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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 03, 2020
Filed:
Apr. 25, 2019
Applicant:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Inventors:
Ravindra Shankar Ganiger, Karnataka, IN;
Shuvajyoti Ghosh, Karnataka, IN;
Shivaram Ac, Karnataka, IN;
Akash Joshi, Karnataka, IN;
Vidya Lokammanahalli Shivashankar, Karnataka, IN;
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16C 19/06 (2006.01); F16C 25/08 (2006.01); F04D 29/056 (2006.01); F02K 3/06 (2006.01); F04D 29/32 (2006.01); F04D 29/053 (2006.01); F16C 35/073 (2006.01); F16C 39/02 (2006.01); F16C 19/22 (2006.01); F01D 25/16 (2006.01); F04D 29/66 (2006.01); F01D 21/04 (2006.01); F02C 7/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16C 39/02 (2013.01); F01D 21/045 (2013.01); F01D 25/162 (2013.01); F01D 25/164 (2013.01); F02K 3/06 (2013.01); F04D 29/321 (2013.01); F04D 29/662 (2013.01); F16C 19/06 (2013.01); F16C 19/225 (2013.01); F16C 25/083 (2013.01); F16C 35/073 (2013.01); F02C 7/06 (2013.01); F05D 2220/36 (2013.01); F05D 2260/311 (2013.01); F05D 2300/505 (2013.01); F16C 2202/06 (2013.01); F16C 2202/08 (2013.01); F16C 2360/23 (2013.01); Y02T 50/671 (2013.01);
Abstract
A hybrid bearing support system includes a shaft extension fixedly coupled to a rotatable member at a radial inner end of the shaft extension, a radial 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 radial inner end and the radial outer end.