Patents Assigned to MTU Motoren-und Turbinen-Union Muenchen GmbH
  • Patent number: 6709711
    Abstract: The invention is directed to a method for producing a corrosion-resistant and oxidization-resistant layer that is applied onto a component part, whereby the method can be simply and cost-beneficially implemented in fabrication-oriented terms and comprises the steps: a) producing a slip by mixing powder containing at least one of the elements Cr, Ni or Ce with a binding agent; b) applying the slip onto the component part; c) drying the slip at temperatures from room temperature through 300° C.; and d) alitizing the slip layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2004
    Assignee: MTU Motoren-und Turbinen-Union München GmbH
    Inventors: Gerhard Wydra, Martin Thoma, Horst Pillhoefer
  • Patent number: 6543998
    Abstract: A nozzle ring for a gas turbine, more particularly for an aircraft engine, has at least one shroud with a circumferential surface and at least one blade with a surface. The shroud has at least one opening for fastening the blade. The blade has at least one end section with a platform which projects at least partially over its circumference and which has a transition curve and which is inserted into the opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2003
    Assignee: MTU Motoren-und Turbinen-Union Muenchen, GmbH
    Inventor: Richard Scharl
  • Patent number: 6539807
    Abstract: The invention pertains to differential pressure transducers for gas turbine motors, for measuring variable pressure differences within a medium or between different media. The differential pressure transducer is constructed as a linear displacement sensor according to the linear variable displacement transducer (LVDT) principle, and has a ferromagnetic core that can be moved in a translatory manner, a spring element for the set position of the core given nominal differential pressure, a primary coil and two secondary coils arranged in succession axially over the length of the stroke range of the core, and a tubular housing having a delivery connection on both sides of the stroke area of the core.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 1999
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2003
    Assignee: MTU Motoren-und Turbinen-Union München GmbH
    Inventors: Dankwart Wohlrab, Friedrich Schwamm
  • Patent number: 6542843
    Abstract: A method for producing matched surfaces on rotor units with integral blades comprising a hub and at least one blade ring, by removing by machine after integral joining with component overmeasure in the area of the joining zone, whereby at least one actual surface is acquired by measuring method, and a surface matching it, is produced. Acquisition by measuring method and production take place on a process machine in one clamping of the rotor unit. The desired surface of each processing area is provided in the form of stored data. Starting from at least one measured actual surface, a matched surface is produced beyond the joining zone, with the surface everywhere adjoining the actual surface and/or a so-called repair surface of which there is at least one, without any kinks or steps at a specifiable minimum curvature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2003
    Assignee: MTU Motoren-und Turbinen-Union München GmbH
    Inventors: Peter Metzinger, Rupert Stelzer, Reimund Haimerl, Georg Muschal, Arndt Glaesser
  • Patent number: 6364805
    Abstract: A planetary gear arrangement includes a gear housing, a first shaft and a second shaft located coaxially opposite each other, an internal geared wheel, a sun wheel torsionally fixedly connected to the first shaft, a planet carrier that forms a rotatably supported constructional unit together with the second shaft, and several step planets that are rotatably supported in the planet carrier. Each step planet includes two connected planet wheels with different effective diameters, whereby the larger planet wheels intermesh with the sun wheel, and the smaller planet wheels intermesh with the internal geared wheel. Each planet wheel is arranged as a separate unit and is rotatably supported on both sides in the planet carrier respectively via at least one roller bearing, with high stability under load. The two planet wheels of each step planet are coupled to each other in a torsionally fixed manner via an additional shaft that engages each planet wheel in a positive-locking manner in the circumferential direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2002
    Assignee: MTU Motoren- und Turbinen-Union Muenchen GmbH
    Inventor: Rudolf Stegherr
  • Patent number: 6302400
    Abstract: A brush seal for sealing a rotor against a housing. The brush seal includes a front panel and a supporting plate attached to the housing wherein a number of bristles are disposed between the front panel and supporting plate. A seal housing that defines a fit surface is formed by cold joining the front panel and supporting plate. The front panel or the supporting plate include a beaded lip for firmly joining the front panel to the supporting plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2001
    Assignee: MTU Motoren-und Turbinen-Union München GmbH
    Inventors: Klemens Werner, Alfons Gail
  • Patent number: 6299824
    Abstract: A process and arrangement for manufacturing brush-type seals having inclined bristles provides at least one ring-shaped brush-type seal having radially extending bristles of a length which, by way of the inclining of the bristles with respect to the radii of the ring-shaped brush-type seal leads at least essentially to the desired brush diameter; positions the at least one brush-type seal and at least one heatable annealing wall of an annealing device relative to one another so that the free bristle ends, while the bristles are bent, rest against the annealing wall, and simultaneously or subsequently rotating the at least one brush-type seal and at least the heatable annealing wall relative to one another until the bristles are inclined with respect to the radii of the ring-shaped brush-type seal in its ring plane by a definable angle; heats the annealing wall to a definable temperature; maintains the temperature of the heated annealing wall for a definable time period; and removes the at least one brush-type
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2001
    Assignee: MTU Motoren- und Turbinen-Union Muenchen GmbH
    Inventors: Alfred Mayr, Dieter Hagg
  • Patent number: 6299953
    Abstract: A form-fitting cast-on enclosure arrangement has parallel chucking surfaces for the fixing of metallic workpieces with irregular contours to be processed. A process is provided for the manufacturing and separating of the enclosure arrangement. The enclosure arrangement is made of plastic material and consists of several spaced ribs which are connected by webs. The enclosure arrangement has the advantage that workpieces with irregular contours can be enclosed in a cost-effective and fast manner and can be finished or repaired.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 1993
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2001
    Assignee: MTU Motoren-und Turbinen-Union Muenchen GmbH
    Inventors: Reinhold Meier, Karl Kerger-Knilling
  • Patent number: 6293553
    Abstract: A brush seal for sealing a rotor against a housing. The brush seal includes a number of bristles that are each attached to the housing by a clamp member. The clamp member is positioned between a supporting plate and a front panel. The supporting plate has a supporting section for supporting the bristles in an inclined position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2001
    Assignee: Mtu Motoren-und Turbinen-Union München GmbH
    Inventors: Klemens Werner, Alfons Gail
  • Patent number: 6272843
    Abstract: A fuel metering system for a turbojet engine includes (1) a pump-supplied feed pipe; (2) a supply pipe to the engine; (3) a recirculation pipe; (4) a main metering valve; (5) a pressure control device for the main metering valve; (6) an emergency device for an unintentional opening of the main metering valve; and (7) an automatic pressure limiting device for the pipe system. Control-related connections of the main metering valve and the emergency device exist to an electronic engine controller. The pressure control device and the emergency device are combined in a recirculation valve and are controlled by the engine controller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2001
    Assignee: MTU Motoren- und Turbinen-Union München GmbH
    Inventor: Friedrich Schwamm
  • Patent number: 6252446
    Abstract: A method and an electrical circuit for converting highly structured analog signals arriving with variable pulse frequency into trigger pulses with an electronic circuit that locks the trigger pulses for a specific time, which is referred to as a dead time. The dead time being adapted to the current pulse frequency of the analog signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2001
    Assignee: MTU Motoren-und Turbinen-Union München GmbH
    Inventors: Michael Zielinski, Gerhard Ziller
  • Patent number: 6244492
    Abstract: A cover for a component surface to provide protection against hot metal splashes, during processing of the component itself or a component in its vicinity. The material for the cover is an elastic rubber plastic of adequate temperature stability which can be fixed to, and removed from, the component by adhesion/sticking. The surface geometry facing the component, of the cover is exactly complementary to the geometry of the component surface. The thickness of the cover is matched to the energy content of the expected metal splashes with the highest energy, and maintains a specified minimum dimension at every position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2001
    Assignee: MTU Motoren-und Turbinen-Union München GmbH
    Inventors: Bern Kupetz, Anton Meitinger
  • Patent number: 6221795
    Abstract: The invention relates to a composite material having a substrate, which contains at least one fiber layer, and a cover layer, which adjoins the substrate and which, at least adjacent to the at least one fiber layer, contains metallic fibers and/or threads. The at least one fiber layer of the substrate and the metallic fibers and/or threads of the cover layer being saturated with binder and, as a result, the substrate and the cover layer are formed together or connected. Metallic, ceramic or glass-type particles are embedded in the cover layer in the area of the metallic fibers and/or threads. Preferably, the particles may be one or more or a combination of TiC, TiN, TiAl, Fe, steel, Ni, Si, metal alloys, diamond, or glass. In addition, the invention provides a process for manufacturing a composite material and articles of manufacture comprising the composite material, especially for rotor blades or propellers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 1997
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2001
    Assignee: MTU Motoren-und Turbinen-Union Muenchen GmbH
    Inventors: Siegfried Sikorski, Michael Schober, Reinhold Schönacher
  • Patent number: 6202420
    Abstract: A pre-mixing combustion chamber (8) for a gas turbine is disclosed which includes a main stage with at least one pre-mixing chamber and a combustion chamber fashioned at least partly dynamically balanced relative to its longitudinal axis with a main combustion zone (3) and an after-combustion zone (5) placed downstream, whereby the at least one pre-mixing chamber discharges into the combustion chamber in the region of the main combustion zone tangentially producing twisting action. The pre-mixing chamber also includes a pilot stage (4) with a pilot injection means, whereby the main combustion zone in the combustion chamber proceeds essentially coaxial to the after-combustion zone, and the pilot stage is arranged at that end of the combustion chamber remote from the after-combustion zone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 1998
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2001
    Assignee: MTU Motoren-und Turbinen-Union München GmbH
    Inventors: Nikoloas Zarzalis, Thomas Ripplinger
  • Patent number: 6203851
    Abstract: In a gas phase coating process for coating turbines blades or housing parts, one or more workpieces to be coated are arranged in a container that is heated. Propellant is supplied to the container via a propellant pipe. A donor substance is arranged at the floor of the container together with an activator and forms a coating gas that is circulated pulse-like in the interior of the container by means for circulation, for example, a Venturi nozzle from which the propellant emerges.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 1999
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2001
    Assignee: MTU Motoren-und Turbinen-Union München GmbH
    Inventor: Heinrich Walter
  • Patent number: 6199744
    Abstract: The invention relates to a friction welding process for mounting blades of a blade carrier (1) of a flow machine as well as a shielding gas shower for supplying gas to welding surfaces. To achieve this, a plurality of longitudinally extending welding surfaces (5a) are provided on the circumference of the blade carrier (1), are oriented at a blade angle &bgr; relative to the rotation axis (R) of the blade carrier (1), and are respectively welded together with a welding surface (5b) of a blade (2). The welding temperature necessary for joining the bodies (blade carrier (1), blade (2)) is achieved by pressing together the welding surfaces (5a,b) and simultaneous oscillating relative motion (P) of the bodies (1, 2) in the welding plane (E), whereby a shielding gas (S) flows around the welding surfaces (5a,b) during the relative motion (P). The shielding gas flow S follows the contour of the blade carrier and the blade and thus serves to provide a closed shielding gas curtain for protecting the welding surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 1998
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2001
    Assignee: MTU Motoren- und Turbinen-Union Muenchen GmbH
    Inventors: Dieter Schneefeld, Erich Thaler, Georg Muschal, Karl Katheder
  • Patent number: 6182521
    Abstract: The invention concerns a device for the precise positioning of a measurement probe along a probe axis A and which can rotate around this axis. By the coaxial arrangement of adjustment units for rotating and longitudinal displacement of the probe as well as by an rpm step-down gear arranged therebetween, a compact construction of the device is made possible and a coaxially situated passage is kept free, through which the probe shaft can be inserted and removed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 1999
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2001
    Assignee: MTU Motoren- und Turbinen-Union München GmbH
    Inventors: Leander Kerner, Hans-Dieter Volz
  • Patent number: 6180170
    Abstract: In a method for preparing and/or coating the surfaces of metallic hollow structural elements that have at least two connection openings between their outer and inner surfaces, first and second reaction gas mixtures (I, II) are prepared by reaction gas sources for treating the outer and inner surfaces of the hollow structural elements. The first reaction gas mixture (I) is guided over the outer surfaces and thereafter over the inner surfaces of the structural elements, and then the second reaction gas mixture (II) is guided over the inner surfaces and thereafter over the outer surfaces of the structural elements. An apparatus for carrying out the method includes a reaction vessel enclosing an outer reaction space, a central holding pipe arranged in the reaction vessel and enclosing an inner space, and hollow support arms removably attached on the holding pipe to extend radially outwardly therefrom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 1998
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2001
    Assignee: MTU Motoren- und Turbinen-Union Muenchen GmbH
    Inventors: Valentin Grossmann, Horst Pillhoefer, Martin Thoma
  • Patent number: 6177174
    Abstract: An armor coating (3) is provided on a surface of a metal engine component (1) that is adapted to be in grazing contact with an abradable bedding-in seal lining provided on a second engine component. The armor coating (3) includes a ceramic layer (6) and has a profiled surface contour including peaks (4, 7, 9, 10) and depressions or grooves (5) therebetween. The grooves (5) serve to receive and carry away abrasion material that is abraded from the bedding-in lining. The profiled surface contour is formed in the surface (2) of the engine component (1) by cold deformation without material removal, and thereafter the ceramic layer (6) is applied thereon preferably by thermal spraying, such that the layer (6) follows and also embodies the profiled surface contour. The cold deformation is carried out by pressing a knurling tool (11) into the original un-profiled surface (2) of the component (1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 1998
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2001
    Assignee: MTU Motoren- und Turbinen-Union Muenchen GmbH
    Inventor: Norbert Legrand
  • Patent number: 6170345
    Abstract: The device is constructed to position a measuring sensor, especially a sensor head at an angle to a sensor shaft, precisely at the point of measurement and in the direction of a fluid flowing in a test tube, in which there is an adjuster through which the measuring sensor, in a coaxial arrangement, can be adjusted via a first adjusting motor about its axis and/or by a second adjusting motor along its axis. A control device communicates with an electronic computer for controlling the sensor adjustment. An adjuster (4) is coupled to the sensor to rotate in unison therewith and has a rotatable pendulum which, in the position of rest transversely to the test tube axis defines the zero position of the sensor. Limit positions of the pendulum are predetermined from a relative movement of the adjuster about the axis which can be photometrically converted into position signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 1998
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2001
    Assignee: MTU Motoren-und Turbinen-Union Muenchen GmbH
    Inventor: Leander Kerner