Bleed valve assemblies

US12366202B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• General Electric Company · US

Inventors

• Li Zheng · Latham, US
• Nicholas Joseph Kray · Mason, US
• Changjie Sun · Clifton Park, US
• Thomas Malkus · Albany, US
• Giridhar Jothiprasad · Clifton Park, US
• Mitchell Jay Headley · Lebanon, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jan 18, 2022
• Grant date: Jul 22, 2025
• Expiry date: Jan 18, 2042

Classification

• Technology area (CPC F): Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
• CPC primary: F05D2270/3062
• WIPO field: Engines, pumps, turbines
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

Methods, apparatus, systems, and articles of manufacture are disclosed for a variable bleed valve assembly. An example variable bleed valve assembly a variable bleed valve (VBV) door corresponding to a bleed port and a first unison ring, the VBV door coupled to the first unison ring, the first unison ring to move in a circumferential direction between a first position and a second position causing the VBV door to move between the first position and the second position.