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https://drivepatents.com/patents/1395456 · 25 Jun 2025
In accordance with at least one aspect of this disclosure, an engine (10) (e.g., an aircraft turbine engine) can include a turbine (12) mounted to a turbine shaft (14) to rotate the turbine. A starter system (100) can include a starter circuit (102), for e...
https://drivepatents.com/patents/970025 · 17 Sep 2014
A series battery start controller (110) for starting an aircraft turbine engine (102) and method (400) thereof is provided, wherein the battery series start controller (110) connects two batteries (104, 106) in series when an aircraft engine starter (114) ...
https://drivepatents.com/patents/970006 · 17 Sep 2014
A system (200) for starting at least one engine from a twin engine installation comprises a first engine arrangement comprising a first electric machine (210) having a single rotor dual stator configuration, a first dual channel power control unit (202) co...
https://drivepatents.com/patents/973539 · 18 Jun 2014
The present invention relates to a combustion chamber for a gas turbine. The combustion chamber comprises a pilot burner device, a fuel injector (102) and an ignitor unit (103). The pilot burner device comprises a pilot body (100) with a pilot surface (101...
https://drivepatents.com/patents/975152 · 7 May 2014
Systems and methods for generating a predictable load upon a completion of a start sequence of a gas turbine 110 are provided. According to one embodiment, a system 100 may include a controller 600 to control the gas turbine 110 and a processor communicati...
https://drivepatents.com/patents/976761 · 2 Apr 2014
A system and method for filling an engine fuel manifold (16) uses an adaptive filling function to determine a flow rate at which fuel is to be delivered to the fuel manifold (16). The filling function receives as an input a present measurement of the engin...
https://drivepatents.com/patents/982861 · 23 Oct 2013
A thermal stress reduction method includes ramping an electric power generator, 240, to start an aircraft engine, 280, for a time period associated with the aircraft engine start sequence toggling three-level inverter switch array, 300, to a three-level pu...
https://drivepatents.com/patents/983916 · 2 Oct 2013
A method of startup control for a gas turbine system that is operating in a fired deceleration shutdown process mode (24) is provided. The method includes determining whether the combustor flame is in a lit state (26). Also included is increasing a fuel fl...
https://drivepatents.com/patents/994662 · 26 Dec 2012
The method involves rotating a rotor by an external rotary drive with drive torque, and igniting fuel within a stationary gas turbine at a rotor rotational speed, where gas-turbine torque is dependent on flow of hot-gas in a turbine unit. The rotor is driv...
https://drivepatents.com/patents/1000668 · 4 Jul 2012
An assembly (102) for a gas turbine engine (1) comprising an accessory gearbox (100) comprising a drive gear (150) and pinion gear (140) and a starter/generator (101) mechanically mounted to the accessory gearbox (100). The starter/generator (101) comprisi...