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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 11, 2021
Filed:
Jan. 04, 2019
GE Aviation Systems Llc, Grand Rapids, MI (US);
Samuel Robert Hathaway, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Clifford D. Westerlund, Rockford, IL (US);
Jason D. Wilkening, South Beloit, IL (US);
Robert D. Grennan, Byron, IL (US);
David George Kloos, Dayton, OH (US);
John S. Mears, Cincinnati, OH (US);
GE AVIATION SYSTEMS LLC, Grand Rapids, MI (US);
Abstract
An apparatus and method for a generator for generating power having a rotary union between a rotor and a stator, the rotary union comprising a first fluid passage having a converging nozzle and located within the stator having a first inlet and a first outlet, a second fluid passage having a diverging nozzle and located within the rotor and having a second inlet and a second outlet, the second inlet is aligned with the first outlet and at least one gap located between the rotor and stator.