Patents by Inventor André Werner

André Werner 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: 10654137
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a component of a turbomachine with a repair layer and a method for repairing wear-damaged components (1, 10) of a turbomachine, in particular of elements of a flow duct boundary, having the following method steps: preparing the area to be repaired, in order to provide a smooth and clean surface (4), applying an Ni-based braze (7) with a proportion of hard material particles (8) to the surface (4) to form a repair layer (15), wherein the hard material particles comprise hard alloys based on cobalt or nickel, heat treating the component to braze the repair layer onto the component under vacuum conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Assignee: MTU AERO ENGINES AG
    Inventors: Bernd Daniels, Michael Hillen, André Werner
  • Patent number: 10519792
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a run-in coating for a turbomachine, in particular for an aero engine, to be attached to a seal between a rotor and a stator, wherein the run-in coating comprises a metallic scaffold having interstices which are filled with an inorganic-nonmetallic filler material, and wherein the metallic scaffold is formed from an arrangement of metal fibers (9). The invention also relates to a corresponding turbomachine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignee: MTU AERO ENGINES AG
    Inventors: André Werner, Olaf Andersen, Ralf Hauser, Cris Kostmann
  • Patent number: 10428437
    Abstract: Disclosed is process for producing a wear-resistant coating on a component. The process comprises providing an electrolyte which contains Co and/or Ni, dispersing first particles comprising hard material particles and/or slip material particles in the electrolyte, dispersing second particles comprising metal alloy particles in which the metal alloy comprises chromium and aluminum in the electrolyte, providing a component to be coated in a bath of the electrolyte which has first and second particles dispersed therein, and electrodepositing a matrix of Co and/or Ni with incorporated first and second particles on the component. A correspondingly produced wear-resistant coating is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignee: MTU AERO ENGINES AG
    Inventors: André Werner, Josef Linska
  • Patent number: 10385783
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a seal arrangement for a turbomachine, in particular a gas turbine, having a plurality of rows, arranged in succession in the axial direction (A), of shells (1-3) connected to one another in the circumferential direction (U), wherein shells adjacent in the axial direction have cross sections opened counter to a throughflow direction (A) and/or a thread axis inclined counter to the throughflow direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignee: MTU AERO ENGINES AG
    Inventors: André Werner, Steffen Schlothauer, Franz Prieschl, Thomas Hess
  • Patent number: 10364686
    Abstract: A component for a turbomachine having at least one region made of an intermetallic material which is formed from an intermetallic compound or comprises an intermetallic phase as the largest constituent. The intermetallic material is compacted and/or modified in microstructure by microplasticization at least partially at a surface or interface in a region close to the surface or interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2019
    Assignee: MTU AERO ENGINES AG
    Inventors: André Werner, Wilfried Smarsly
  • Patent number: 10267167
    Abstract: Disclosed is a blade element of a turbomachine, in particular of a gas turbine, which comprises a fastening element (10) with which the blade element is arranged in a receptacle (11) of the turbomachine. in the region of the fastening element, the blade element has a core region (18) and an envelope region (19) which at least partially envelops the core region. The core region is formed from a blade base material which is more brittle than the envelope material of the envelope region, and the envelope region is formed by a coating. The envelope material is a blade base material which has been modified to achieve a higher ductility or is a pseudoelastic or superelastic material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2019
    Assignee: MTU Aero Engines AG
    Inventors: Erich Steinhardt, Wilfried Smarsly, André Werner
  • Publication number: 20170122118
    Abstract: Disclosed is a blade element of a turbomachine, in particular of a gas turbine, which comprises a fastening element (10) with which the blade element is arranged in a receptacle (11) of the turbomachine. in the region of the fastening element, the blade element has a core region (18) and an envelope region (19) which at least partially envelops the core region. The core region is formed from a blade base material which is more brittle than the envelope material of the envelope region, and the envelope region is formed by a coating. The envelope material is a blade base material which has been modified to achieve a higher ductility or is a pseudoelastic or superelastic material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2017
    Publication date: May 4, 2017
    Inventors: Erich STEINHARDT, Wilfried SMARSLY, André WERNER
  • Publication number: 20170100805
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a component of a turbomachine with a repair layer and a method for repairing wear-damaged components (1, 10) of a turbomachine, in particular of elements of a flow duct boundary, having the following method steps: preparing the area to be repaired, in order to provide a smooth and clean surface (4), applying an Ni-based braze (7) with a proportion of hard material particles (8) to the surface (4) to form a repair layer (15), wherein the hard material particles comprise hard alloys based on cobalt or nickel, heat treating the component to braze the repair layer onto the component under vacuum conditions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2016
    Publication date: April 13, 2017
    Inventors: Bernd DANIELS, Michael HILLEN, André WERNER
  • Publication number: 20170096906
    Abstract: A method for coating a sealing fin (2) on a component of a turbomachine, in particular on a blade tip (6) of a blade (1) of a turbomachine, with armoring (3, 30, 300), and to a corresponding component, in which method a blade (1) having at least one sealing fin (2) and a slurry which comprises particles of MCrAlY or particles for forming an MCrAlY layer (31), where M is nickel and/or cobalt, are provided, the slurry is applied onto the sealing fin and dried, and the sealing fin with the applied slurry is subjected to an aluminizing process so that the MCrAlY layer comprises an Al-rich sublayer (32).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2016
    Publication date: April 6, 2017
    Inventors: André WERNER, Manuel PUSCH, Philipp UTZ, Heinrich WALTER
  • Patent number: 9561556
    Abstract: Disclosed is a process for producing a wear-resistant layer, in particular on components of gas turbines or aero engines. The process comprises providing a component with a titanium material on at least part of a surface on which the wear-resistant layer is to be produced, applying a solder formed from a cobalt base material to the titanium material, soldering the solder to the titanium material by applying heat and producing at least one diffusion zone between solder and titanium material which comprises intermetallic phases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2017
    Assignee: MTU AERO ENGINES AG
    Inventors: André Werner, Bernd Daniels, Michael Strasser
  • Patent number: 9551231
    Abstract: Disclosed is a blade element of a turbomachine, in particular of a gas turbine, which comprises a fastening element (10) with which the blade element is arranged in a receptacle (11) of the turbomachine. In the region of the fastening element, the blade element has a core region (18) and an envelope region (19) which at least partially envelops the core region. The core region is formed from a blade base material which is more brittle than the envelope material of the envelope region, and the envelope region is formed by a coating. The envelope material is a blade base material which has been modified to achieve a higher ductility or is a pseudoelastic or superelastic material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2017
    Assignee: MTU AERO ENGINES AG
    Inventors: Erich Steinhardt, Wilfried Smarsly, André Werner
  • Patent number: 9303522
    Abstract: A method for repairing run-in coatings is provided. The method includes the steps of filling a damaged site of the run-in coating with a filling material having a material composition that corresponds to a material composition of the run-in coating or is comparable to the material composition of the run-in coating or having material properties that are comparable to material properties of the run-in coating; drying the filling material that has been filled into the damaged site; depositing a donor diffusion layer over an area of the damaged site and onto the dried filling material; and thermally treating the run-in coating at least in the area of the damaged site to locally diffuse at least one metallic element from the donor diffusion layer into the filling material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2016
    Assignee: MTU Aero Engines GmbH
    Inventors: Manfred A. Daeubler, Horst Mueller-Wittek, Renate Mendritzki, André Werner, Heinrich Walter
  • Publication number: 20150139786
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a run-in coating for a turbomachine, in particular for an aero engine, to be attached to a seal between a rotor and a stator, wherein the run-in coating comprises a metallic scaffold having interstices which are filled with an inorganic-nonmetallic filler material, and wherein the metallic scaffold is formed from an arrangement of metal fibers (9). The invention also relates to a corresponding turbomachine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2014
    Publication date: May 21, 2015
    Inventors: André WERNER, Olaf ANDERSEN, Ralf HAUSER, Cris KOSTMANN
  • Publication number: 20150075327
    Abstract: Disclosed is process for producing a wear-resistant coating on a component. The process comprises providing an electrolyte which contains Co and/or Ni, dispersing first particles comprising hard material particles and/or slip material particles in the electrolyte, dispersing second particles comprising metal alloy particles in which the metal alloy comprises chromium and aluminum in the electrolyte, providing a component to be coated in a bath of the electrolyte which has first and second particles dispersed therein, and electrodepositing a matrix of Co and/or Ni with incorporated first and second particles on the component. A correspondingly produced wear-resistant coating is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2014
    Publication date: March 19, 2015
    Inventors: André WERNER, Josef LINSKA
  • Publication number: 20150050511
    Abstract: Disclosed is a process for producing a wear-resistant layer, in particular on components of gas turbines or aero engines. The process comprises providing a component with a titanium material on at least part of a surface on which the wear-resistant layer is to be produced, applying a solder formed from a cobalt base material to the titanium material, soldering the solder to the titanium material by applying heat and producing at least one diffusion zone between solder and titanium material which comprises intermetallic phases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2014
    Publication date: February 19, 2015
    Inventors: André WERNER, Bernd DANIELS, Michael STRASSER
  • Publication number: 20140356644
    Abstract: A component for a turbomachine having at least one region made of an intermetallic material which is formed from an intermetallic compound or comprises an intermetallic phase as the largest constituent. The intermetallic material is compacted and/or modified in microstructure by microplasticization at least partially at a surface or interface in a region close to the surface or interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2014
    Publication date: December 4, 2014
    Applicant: MTU AERO ENGINES AG
    Inventors: André WERNER, Wilfried SMARSLY
  • Publication number: 20140044549
    Abstract: Disclosed is a blade element of a turbomachine, in particular of a gas turbine, which comprises a fastening element (10) with which the blade element is arranged in a receptacle (11) of the turbomachine. In the region of the fastening element, the blade element has a core region (18) and an envelope region (19) which at least partially envelops the core region. The core region is formed from a blade base material which is more brittle than the envelope material of the envelope region, and the envelope region is formed by a coating. The envelope material is a blade base material which has been modified to achieve a higher ductility or is a pseudoelastic or superelastic material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2013
    Publication date: February 13, 2014
    Applicant: MTU AERO ENGINES AG
    Inventors: Erich Steinhardt, Wilfried Smarsly, André Werner
  • Publication number: 20110186439
    Abstract: A device for use in a method for the galvanic production of a protective layer featuring hard material particles on a component of a turbomachine, particularly a blade tip armoring of a blade tip of a rotor blade, is disclosed. The device includes a pouch-, bag- or sack-like receiving device for receiving the hard material particles and is made of a net-, screen- or non-woven-like material that is pervious to an electrochemical coating solution and has a mesh size smaller than the diameter of the hard material particles. The receiving device is designed such that it can be removably attached with an opening over and around a region of the component to be coated. A method for the galvanic production of a protective layer featuring hard material particles on a component of a turbomachine using a pouch-, bag- or sack-like receiving device filled with hard material particles, is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2009
    Publication date: August 4, 2011
    Applicant: MTU Aero Engines GmbH
    Inventors: Josef Linska, André Werner, Uwe Michel