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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 30, 2019
Filed:
Oct. 21, 2016
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Ravindra Shankar Ganiger, Karnataka, IN;
Shuvajyoti Ghosh, Karnataka, IN;
Shivaram AC, Karnataka, IN;
Akash Joshi, Karnataka, IN;
Vidya Lokammanahalli Shivashankar, Karnataka, IN;
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A method of reducing loads in a rotor assembly during an imbalance condition, a shape memory alloy recoupler device, and a hybrid bearing support system are provided. The hybrid bearing support system includes a shaft extension fixedly coupled to a rotatable member at a radially inner end of the shaft extension, a radially outer end of the shaft extension fixedly coupled to a rotatable race of a bearing supporting the rotatable member, and a recoupler device formed of a shape memory alloy (SMA) material coupled in parallel with at least a portion of the shaft extension between the radially inner end and the radially outer end.