Patents Assigned to MTU Aero Engines GmbH
  • Patent number: 7985051
    Abstract: A gas turbine vane, especially a vane pertaining to an aircraft engine, comprising a blade and a vane footing. The blade is defined by a flow inlet edge or a front edge, a flow outlet edge or a rear edge, and a blade surface extending between the front edge and the rear edge and forming a suction side and a pressure side. The suction side of the blade includes at least one microprofiled or microstructured region for optimizing the flow around the blade.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2011
    Assignee: MTU Aero Engines GmbH
    Inventors: Joachim Bamberg, Franz Heitmeir, Axel Rossmann
  • Publication number: 20110176922
    Abstract: A method for producing a rotor, particularly a turbine disk or a turbine ring for a turbine stage of a turbomachine, wherein at least the following steps are carried out: producing a blade ring (14) including a plurality of rotor blades (12), welding adapters (22) together which are disposed in the region of blade footings of the rotor blades (12), wherein at least substantially radial weld seams (30a) having predetermined welding depths are generated, disposing a rotor disk (32) or a rotor ring on the blade ring (14), and welding the rotor disk (32) or the rotor ring to the adapters (22) of the rotor blades (12), wherein at least one further weld seam (30b) is generated. A rotor, particularly a turbine disk or a turbine ring for a turbine stage of a turbomachine is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2009
    Publication date: July 21, 2011
    Applicant: MTU Aero Engines GmbH
    Inventor: Robert Schmidt
  • Patent number: 7973421
    Abstract: A jet engine, in particular for an aircraft, having a high-pressure compressor that is situated inside a compressor housing, the high-pressure compressor having blade elements that, through their rotational motion, compress air flowing into the high-pressure compressor via an intake channel, the high-pressure compressor having a plurality of compressor stages on which the blade elements are situated, and the jet engine also having an integrated electric motor/generator unit, wherein the motor/generator unit is situated in the rotational plane of the at least first compressor stage of the high-pressure compressor, and includes a stator that extends around the periphery of the compressor housing, as well as a runner that is formed by the blade elements of the at least first compressor stage, and that the motor/generator unit has an output power of 100 kVA to 150 kVA.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2011
    Assignee: MTU Aero Engines GmbH
    Inventor: John Sharp
  • Patent number: 7966885
    Abstract: A sonotrode for accelerating shot for ultrasonic shot peening, includes at least one vibration exciter and a cover element that has an output side of the sonotrode, wherein the cover element is to be operated by means of the vibration exciter with a forced vibration such that the value of the vibration amplitude of the cover element corresponds essentially to the value of the vibration amplitude of the vibration exciter, where from this cover element another cover element is set out on the further side of the vibration exciter and in which between these two cover elements is stretched a majority of spring elements in the form of tension springs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2011
    Assignee: MTU Aero Engines GmbH
    Inventors: Erwin Bayer, Philipp Thümmler, Jürgen Steinwandel
  • Patent number: 7967183
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for repairing components comprising a base material with an oriented microstructure, wherein the repair point comprises a correspondingly oriented microstructure as the surrounding base material. According to the inventive method, solder is applied in the region of a point which is to be repaired and is soldered to the component by means of a heating effect produced by a device. A temperature gradient, i.e., approximately a temperature characteristic, is produced during the heating effect, said temperature characteristic ranging from a high to a low temperature in the region of the point which is to be repaired.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2011
    Assignees: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft, MTU Aero Engines GmbH
    Inventors: Dirk Goldschmidt, Matthias Oechsner, Michael Ott, Uwe Paul, Ursula Pickert, Eckart Schumann, Beate Seiler, Robert Singer, Jan Steinbach, Andreas Volek, Volker Vosberg
  • Patent number: 7964086
    Abstract: An electrode and method for the electrochemical machining of a workpiece is disclosed. The electrode is designed as a cathodically polarized tool electrode. It has a geometry that corresponds to the geometry to be removed from the workpiece, at least in a machining range, and perviousnesses in the electrode to allow an electrolyte to flow through and exit at the electrode surface, at least in the area of the machining range. The perviousnesses are formed by a porous design of the electrode and/or by artificially created openings in the electrode or the electrode surface. The porosity distribution and/or the number, arrangement and configuration of the openings is selected such that a uniform electrolyte flow and/or electrolyte exchange at the electrode surface is ensured at least in the machining range of the electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2011
    Assignee: MTU Aero Engines GmbH
    Inventors: Erwin Bayer, Harald Geiger, Jochen Laun, Martin Bussmann, Thomas Kraenzler, Albin Platz, Walter Rothammel, Martin Stroeer, Juergen Steinwandel
  • Patent number: 7955712
    Abstract: A semifinished product of composite material consists of a metallic matrix material and high tensile strength fibers embedded in the matrix material, whereby the metallic matrix material is formed of titanium or a titanium based alloy. Ceramic particles are encased or embedded in the matrix material for increasing the strength of the semifinished product with respect to torsional loading or transverse loading. The product is produced by a method in which the fibers are coated with the matrix material, ceramic particles are embedded in the matrix material coating the fibers, and then the thusly coated fibers are arranged in a desired geometry and are consolidated to form the product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2011
    Assignee: MTU Aero Engines GmbH
    Inventors: Bertram Kopperger, Axel Rossmann, Alexander Sagel
  • Publication number: 20110129347
    Abstract: A process for producing a join between a first component and a second component is disclosed. The second component contains a single-crystal or directionally solidified material. A polycrystalline layer is produced on a joining surface of the second component for joining the second component to the first component. The joining surface of the second component is joined to the first component by friction welding.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2009
    Publication date: June 2, 2011
    Applicant: MTU Aero Engines GmbH
    Inventors: Dieter Schneefeld, Joachim Bamberg, Johannes Gabel
  • Publication number: 20110126943
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for joining two components (10, 12) made of a metal material, which are connected on two mutually associated joining surfaces (14, 16) by means of a joined connection, wherein at least one of the components (10) is strengthened in at least a partial region of the joining surface (14) thereof prior to joining. The invention further relates to a joined connection of two components (10, 12) made of a metal material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2008
    Publication date: June 2, 2011
    Applicant: MTU Aero Engines GmbH
    Inventors: Joachim Bamberg, Roland Hessert, Wilhelm Satzger, Thomas Mack, Alexander Gindorf
  • Patent number: 7950147
    Abstract: A method for producing gas turbine components, in particular blades, blade sections or rotors with integral blades for a jet engine is provided. The method comprises at least the following steps: preparation of at least one metallic powder and at least one expanding agent; mixing of the metallic powder or each metallic powder with the expanding agent or each expanding agent; compression of the resultant mixture to form at least one semi-finished product; expansion of the semi-finished product or each semi-finished product by heating to achieve a defined degree of expansion; termination of the expansion process by cooling, once the defined degree of expansion has been reached.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2011
    Assignee: MTU Aero Engines GmbH
    Inventors: Reinhold Meier, Erich Steinhardt
  • Patent number: 7950121
    Abstract: A method for rounding edges of parts, in particular of turbo engines, is disclosed. An edge to the surfaces is rounded, the edge being created by at least two adjacent surfaces of the part. A blasting jet consisting mostly of abrasive particles is directed at its center approximately tangentially to the angle bisecting line between the surfaces at the edge and is moved at a defined rate of advance in relation to the part along the edge such that there is a defined removal of material of the part with rounding toward the surfaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2011
    Assignee: MTU Aero Engines GmbH
    Inventor: Klemens Werner
  • Patent number: 7942638
    Abstract: A blade of a turbomachine such as a gas turbine includes a blade vane with a blade tip and a blade base. A blade tip armor cladding is applied on the blade tip. A coating covers at least the armor cladding and includes at least one multilayer coating system, and preferably plural such coating systems stacked repetitively on one another. Each coating system includes at least two different layers stacked successively on one another, with one layer of a metal material closer to the blade tip and one layer of a ceramic material farther from the blade tip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2011
    Assignee: MTU Aero Engines GmbH
    Inventors: Wolfgang Eichmann, Karl-Heinz Manier, Thomas Uihlein, Markus Uecker, Falko Heutling
  • Publication number: 20110103931
    Abstract: A gas turbine compressor is disclosed. The compressor includes a compressor housing, guide vanes, rotor blades, and valve-controlled blow-in openings for stabilizing the compressor flow by air that is blown in. The air flow is detected by pressure sensors and the valves are controlled as a function thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2009
    Publication date: May 5, 2011
    Applicant: MTU Aero Engines GmbH
    Inventor: Sven-J. Hiller
  • Patent number: 7927709
    Abstract: A wear-resistant coating, in particular an erosion-resistant coating for a component that is exposed to fluidic loads, is disclosed. The wear-resistant coating has one or more multilayer systems applied repeatedly to the surface to be coated, where each of the applied multilayer systems has at least four different layers. A first layer of each multilayer system facing the surface to be coated is made of a metallic material adapted to the composition of the component surface to be coated. A second layer applied to the first layer of each multilayer system is made of a metal alloy material adapted to the composition of the component surface to be coated. A third layer applied to the second layer of each multilayer system is made of a gradated metal-ceramic material and a fourth layer applied to the third layer of each multilayer system is made of a nanostructured ceramic material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2011
    Assignee: MTU Aero Engines GmbH
    Inventors: Wolfgang Eichmann, Rolf Gerstner, Karl-Heinz Manier, Markus Uecker, Thomas Uihlein
  • Publication number: 20110070369
    Abstract: A covering device for the coating of components via cold kinetic compaction or kinetic cold gas spraying, which can be used to cover a region which is not to be coated of a surface of the component which is to be coated. The covering device is profiled such that it encloses an acute angle with that region of the surface which is not to be coated. The particles of a coating material can be deflected from the component such that the particles do not adhere to the covering device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2009
    Publication date: March 24, 2011
    Applicant: MTU Aero Engines GmbH
    Inventors: Andreas Jakimov, Stefan Schneiderbanger, Manuel Hertter
  • Patent number: 7912619
    Abstract: An engine control system is provided having a control unit and a monitoring module. The monitoring module, together with the control unit, forms one structural unit and is designed as a detachable module having an independent electromagnetic shielding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2011
    Assignee: MTU Aero Engines GmbH
    Inventors: Armin Geissler, Thomas Goeler, Werner Riebesel
  • Patent number: 7909334
    Abstract: A sealing arrangement for a non-hermetic seal between a stator and a rotor includes a brush gasket having a plurality of bristles wound around a core element and affixed to the core element with a clamping element. The brush gasket is disposed at least partially in a receiving space delimited by a support element and by a cover element. The support element, the cover element, and the brush gasket are secured using at least one fitting element in at least one recess, especially in an axial groove or bore, in the stator. In addition to being positioned by using the at least one fitting element, the components may also be affixed to the stator using an attachment element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2011
    Assignee: MTU Aero Engines GmbH
    Inventors: Stefan Beichl, Christoph Cernay, Alfons Gail, Erhan Ücgül
  • Publication number: 20110058952
    Abstract: A method for producing a high-temperature protective layer containing metal on a metallic high-temperature material is disclosed. The metal is deposited on the high-temperature material via the gaseous phase to form the high-temperature protective layer. The high-temperature material is held at a diffusion temperature for a specific length of time so that at least a portion of the deposited metal is diffused into the high temperature material to form a diffusion zone and where the high-temperature material is not in contact with solids or liquids in the region of the surface to be coated, but merely has a solid/gas interface. Also disclosed is a component made of a high-temperature material with a hot-gas anti-corrosive layer containing chromium. There is a coating layer containing chromium applied to the surface of the high-temperature material, a diffusion layer in the high-temperature material, and a build-up zone between the coating layer and the diffusion layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2010
    Publication date: March 10, 2011
    Applicant: MTU Aero Engines GmbH
    Inventors: Horst Pillhoefer, Markus Niedermeier, Siegfried Seuss
  • Publication number: 20110058951
    Abstract: A turbine blade of a gas turbine is disclosed. The turbine blade includes a blade pan, a blade root, and a platform positioned between the blade pan and the blade root. The turbine blade is provided with an anti-corrosion coating at least in regions, in particular on a lower side of the platform and/or in the transition region between the lower side of the platform and the blade root. The anti-corrosion coating is a diffusion coating having a chromium content in the surface region of more than 30% by weight.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2010
    Publication date: March 10, 2011
    Applicant: MTU Aero Engines GmbH
    Inventors: Heinrich WALTER, Horst Pillhoefer, Michael Strasser, Karlheinz Manier, Max Morant, Richard Lange
  • Patent number: 7900351
    Abstract: A method is provided for the production of gas turbine rotors with integrated blading. In a first step, rotating blades are produced. Subsequently, at least one of the produced rotating blade blanks is connected to the rotor bearing, then the or each of the rotating blade blanks connected to the rotor bearing are processed to form a nominal shape of the or each rotating blade. Consequently, the end contours of the gar turbine rotor with integrated balding are finely processed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2011
    Assignee: MTU Aero Engines GmbH
    Inventors: Christian Koehler, Klaus Murr, Waldemar Schauer