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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 07, 2023
Filed:
Aug. 30, 2022
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Naveena K P, Bengaluru, IN;
Ravindra Shankar Ganiger, Bengaluru, IN;
Domala Uma Maheshwar, Bengaluru, IN;
Kishore Budumuru, Bengaluru, IN;
Kudum Shinde, Bengaluru, IN;
Abhishek Goverdhan, Bengaluru, IN;
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
Disclosed herein are example variable flowpath casings for blade tip clearance control. An example casing for a turbine engine includes an annular substrate extending along an axial direction, the annular substrate defining a cavity at a radially inward surface of the annular substrate, and a smart structure coupled to the annular substrate, the smart structure including a support structure; an actuator structure to at least one of expand or contract in response to a change in temperature of the actuator structure, and a variable surface coupled to the support structure, the support structure to move the variable surface in a radial direction.