A turbocharger includes a compressor equipped with an inlet-adjustment mechanism disposed in the air inlet of the compressor, the inlet-adjustment mechanism including a plurality of arcuate blades distributed about a circumference of a circle and partially overlapping one another so as to form an uninterrupted 360-degree blade ring. Each blade is pivotable about a respective fixed pivot point such that the ring is adjustable between a maximum-open position and a minimum-open position, the ring being adjustable via simultaneous coordinated pivoting of the blades about the respective fixed pivot points. The blades are structured and arranged to form said uninterrupted 360-degree blade ring in the maximum-open position and the minimum-open position and any intermediate position therebetween.

A sealing assembly positioned between a first component having a first interface and a second component having a second interface is provided. The sealing assembly includes a flat bracket fixedly attached to the first interface to define an extension and a floating seal including a body portion, a first U-shaped channel arranged to engage the extension, and a second U-shaped channel inhibiting movement of the floating seal in an axial direction while allowing movement in a radial direction, and the second U-shaped channel allowing movement in the axial direction and inhibiting movement in the radial direction.

An assembly forming an acoustic insulator having a first sheet, a pierced second sheet, and a plurality of first and second structures. Each first structure comprises a first and a second strip, wherein each is shaped to form half of the wall of a cage and wherein, for two successive halves, each strip comprises a facet of a joining wall. Each second structure is made up of a first and a second strip, wherein each is shaped to form half of the wall of a cone, wherein. For each strip, at least one of the wall halves of each cone is pierced. For two successive halves, each strip comprises one facet of the connecting wall. Each cone is located in a cell and each connecting wall is located between the two facets of a joining wall, and, between two adjacent first structures, a second structure is likewise fitted.

A combustion engine component is disclosed. The combustion engine component comprises a body that includes a first surface in operative thermal communication with a hot combustion gas, and a second surface in operative fluid communication with a cooling fluid. Also, as disclosed in greater detail below, the second surface includes a first surface contour feature configured to increase a contact angle of a liquid on the second surface.

Disclosed is a method of repairing a rear cone segment erosion coating including removing a portion of an existing fluoroelastomer coating from a rear cone segment to form a repair area; forming a cured replacement erosion coating corresponding to the repair area, wherein the cured replacement erosion coating has a layer of fluoroelastomer and a layer of fibrous reinforcement; preparing the repair area and the cured replacement erosion coating for adhesion; locating the prepared cured replacement erosion coating on the prepared repair area; and adhering the prepared cured replacement erosion coating to the prepared repair area. Also disclosed is a cured replacement erosion coating and a repaired inlet nose cone.

A service tube assembly comprises a service tube having a threaded end portion and a shoulder. The outer shoulder has a conical surface converging in a direction away from the threaded end portion. The threaded end portion is threadably engaged with a mating part. The mating part has a seat surface which cooperates with the shoulder of the service tube to form a conical seat. The assembly further includes a locking member having an outer conical surface complementary to the conical seat. A mechanical fastener is provided for releasably holding the locking member against the conical seat.

An inner band assembly for at turbine nozzle of a rotary machine that includes a centerline axis, the inner band assembly comprising a platform portion, a first flange portion coupled to the platform portion and obliquely oriented with respect to the centerline axis, and a second flange coupled to the first flange and obliquely oriented with respect to the first flange. Wherein the platform portion and the first flange intersect.

A wind turbine rotor blade element includes a connection section with a front face, an inner and an outer surface. A plurality of connection assemblies each have (i) a metal insert with a longitudinal axis, a circumferential outer surface and a joining portion for connecting the rotor blade to a wind turbine rotor hub; and, (ii) a transition material aligned with the metal insert and having a tapering longitudinal section. The longitudinal section has an axial outer surface parallel to the longitudinal axis of the metal insert and an inclined outer surface at an angle with reference to the longitudinal axis. The connection assemblies are embedded in the connection section such that the joining portions of the metal inserts are accessible. The connection assemblies are arranged in an inner row closer to the inner surface of the connection section and an outer row closer to the outer surface thereof.

An apparatus is provided for a turbine engine. This turbine engine apparatus includes a turbine engine component that includes a sidewall and a cooling aperture. The cooling aperture includes an inlet, an outlet, a meter section, a diffuser section and a transition section between and fluidly coupled with the meter section and the diffuser section. The cooling aperture extends through the sidewall from the inlet to the outlet. The meter section is at the inlet. The diffuser section is at the outlet. The transition section is configured to accommodate lateral misalignment between the meter section and the diffuser section.

A variable guide vane (VGV) assembly, has: vanes distributed about a central axis, each of the vanes having an airfoil extending between first and second stems, the vanes rotatable about vane axes extending between the first and second stems; and a bushing ring supporting the first stems of the vanes, the bushing ring defining circumferentially distributed pockets receiving the first stems of the vanes, the bushing ring having a first ring body extending circumferentially around the central axis, a second ring body extending circumferentially around the central axis and removably secured to the first ring body, the second ring body defining at least one tab projecting axially to axially overlap at least a portion of the first ring body and defining a contact plane therebetween, and at least one locking member extending radially through the contact plane to removably secure the first ring body and the second ring body together.