Patents by Inventor Thomas Schillinger

Thomas Schillinger has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 11448162
    Abstract: The invention relates to a propelling nozzle for a turbofan engine on a supersonic aircraft, the propelling nozzle including: a propelling nozzle wall, a duct, which is radially outwardly bounded by the propelling nozzle wall, and a central body arranged in the duct. According to the invention, the central body is connected to the propelling nozzle wall via at least one brace.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: ROLLS-ROYCE DEUTSCHLAND LTD & CO KG
    Inventors: Predrag Todorovic, Thomas Schillinger
  • Patent number: 11187186
    Abstract: An exhaust nozzle of a gas turbine engine which includes an outer nozzle wall, a flow channel which is limited radially outwards by the nozzle wall, a centerbody arranged in the flow channel, and exactly one strut connecting the centerbody to the nozzle wall. The strut is connected to the nozzle wall by means of a connecting structure that is displaceable in the axial direction of the outer nozzle wall. At least one actuator is provided interacting with the connecting structure or the outer nozzle wall for displacing the strut in the axial direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: ROLLS-ROYCE DEUTSCHLAND LTD & CO KG
    Inventors: Predrag Todorovic, Thomas Schillinger
  • Publication number: 20210190004
    Abstract: An exhaust nozzle of a gas turbine engine which includes an outer nozzle wall, a flow channel which is limited radially outwards by the nozzle wall, a centerbody arranged in the flow channel, and exactly one strut connecting the centerbody to the nozzle wall. The strut is connected to the nozzle wall by means of a connecting structure that is displaceable in the axial direction of the outer nozzle wall. At least one actuator is provided interacting with the connecting structure or the outer nozzle wall for displacing the strut in the axial direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2019
    Publication date: June 24, 2021
    Inventors: Predrag TODOROVIC, Thomas SCHILLINGER
  • Publication number: 20210079870
    Abstract: The invention relates to a propelling nozzle for a turbofan engine on a supersonic aircraft, the propelling nozzle comprising: a propelling nozzle wall (20), a duct (15), which is radially outwardly bounded by the propelling nozzle wall (20), and a central body (5) arranged in the duct (15). According to the invention, the central body (5) is connected to the propelling nozzle wall (20) via at least one brace (31, 32).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2018
    Publication date: March 18, 2021
    Inventors: Predrag TODOROVIC, Thomas SCHILLINGER
  • Publication number: 20200332741
    Abstract: The invention relates to a thrust nozzle for a turbofan engine of a supersonic aircraft, wherein the thrust nozzle includes a thrust nozzle wall, and a flow channel that is delimited radially outwards by the thrust nozzle wall, wherein the flow channel has a nozzle throat surface and a central body that is arranged in a flow channel. According to the invention, the central body forms a bypass channel, which extends within the central body, and which is designed for the gas of the flow channels to flow through.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2018
    Publication date: October 22, 2020
    Inventors: Predrag TODOROVIC, Thomas SCHILLINGER, Sören STEINER
  • Publication number: 20140096533
    Abstract: A bearing chamber venting system for an aircraft engine includes at least one bearing chamber air-sealed by sealing air via bearing chamber seals, a vent line connected to the bearing chamber, via which an oil/air mixture present in the bearing chamber is vented out, and an oil separator connected to the vent line. An oil return line is connected to the oil separator via which oil separated from the mixture is discharged. An air outlet line is connected to the oil separator, via which cleaned air is passed to the environment. An air ejector is arranged in the air outlet line to eject gas supplied to the air ejector into the air outlet line at a speed which is greater than the speed of the air flowing in the air outlet line and passed to the environment out of the oil separator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2013
    Publication date: April 10, 2014
    Applicant: Rolls-Royce Deutschland Ltd & Co KG
    Inventors: Christian HOMEYER, Thomas SCHILLINGER
  • Patent number: 6022190
    Abstract: In connection with a turbine rotor disk in whose disk grooves air-cooled turbine blades have been inserted, at least two cooling air channels, respectively extending from the same disk front face, terminate in each disk groove. The outlet openings of two cooling air channels in each disk groove preferably lie essentially next to each other in a common sectional plane, which is normal to the disk axis. Because of this it is possible to supply a larger cooling air flow without drastically increasing the weakening, or respectively the stress of the disk in the groove bottom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 1998
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2000
    Assignee: BMW Rolls-Royce GmbH
    Inventor: Thomas Schillinger
  • Patent number: 5957660
    Abstract: In connection with a turbine rotating disk with disk grooves, constituted by disk fingers, for receiving turbine blades, as well as with measures for guiding a cooling air flow from a chamber located in front of the disk to one behind the disk, a cooling air transfer channel is provided in at least some of the disk fingers, which respectively starts at the front disk face, and makes a transition into a cooling air exhaust channel, also essentially extending in the radial direction in the disk finger, whose outlet opening on the rear disk face side lies closer to the disk axis than the disk ring section, which has the disk grooves and is widened in the disk axial directions. By means of this it is possible to convey a larger cooling air flow which, in an advantageous manner, indirectly aids the cooling of the disk in the area of the disk grooves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 1998
    Date of Patent: September 28, 1999
    Assignee: BMW Rolls-Royce GmbH
    Inventors: Neil M Evans, Thomas Schillinger