Patents by Inventor Timo Schudeleit

Timo Schudeleit 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).

  • Combined additive and subtractive manufacturing of bladed rotors
    Patent number: 11802483
    Abstract: Embodiments of bladed rotors and methods for manufacturing bladed rotors are provided herein. The method for manufacturing bladed rotors includes providing a workpiece including a first rotor blade segment. The first rotor blade segment includes a first platform portion on a radially outward end portion of the first rotor blade segment. Further, the method includes forming a second rotor blade segment, by additive manufacturing, removing a side portion of the first platform portion, and removing a side portion of the second rotor blade segment, whereby a second platform portion remains on a radially outward end portion of the second rotor blade segment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: Turbo Systems Switzerland LTD.
    Inventors: Timo Schudeleit, Ralf Hock
  • METHOD FOR REMOVAL OF SUPPORT STRUCTURES OF ADDITIVE MANUFACTURED COMPONENTS BY PRESSURIZED JET
    Publication number: 20230278107
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a vaned component of a turbomachine is provided. The method includes providing a base portion, additively manufacturing, on top of the base portion, a plurality of vanes and a plurality of support structures, the plurality of support structures having predetermined breaking points, additively manufacturing, on top of the plurality of support structures and the vanes, a top portion being supported by the plurality of support structures, whereby the vanes are sandwiched between the base portion and the top portion, and applying a pressurized jet to the plurality of support structures, thereby breaking the predetermined breaking points of the plurality of support structures and removing the plurality of support structures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2021
    Publication date: September 7, 2023
    Inventors: Timo SCHUDELEIT, Egon SEEGERS, Lukas GAMPP, Felix KAECH
  • COMBINED ADDITIVE AND SUBTRACTIVE MANUFACTURING OF BLADED ROTORS
    Publication number: 20220364471
    Abstract: Embodiments of bladed rotors and methods for manufacturing bladed rotors are provided herein. The method for manufacturing bladed rotors includes providing a workpiece including a first rotor blade segment. The first rotor blade segment includes a first platform portion on a radially outward end portion of the first rotor blade segment. Further, the method includes forming a second rotor blade segment, by additive manufacturing, removing a side portion of the first platform portion, and removing a side portion of the second rotor blade segment, whereby a second platform portion remains on a radially outward end portion of the second rotor blade segment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2020
    Publication date: November 17, 2022
    Inventors: Timo Schudeleit, Ralf Hock