Patents by Inventor Andreas GOUMAS

Andreas GOUMAS 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: 11603921
    Abstract: A planetary gear mechanism for a gas turbine engine includes a planet carrier and a planet pin rotationally fixedly connected thereto and on which a planet gear is rotatably mounted via a planet bearing. The planet pin is at least approximately hollow cylindrical in regions. A sleeve in the planet pin comprises an oil feed region through which the bearing is supplied with oil. An outer side region of the sleeve and an inner side region of the planet pin are press fit together. The sleeve has a web radially inside the outer side region. The web extends radially through the sleeve and is fixedly connected to the outer side region in an end region of a main load zone of the bearing, and at the other end is fixedly connected to the outer side region on the opposite side thereof in the radial direction of the sleeve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: ROLLS-ROYCE DEUTSCHLAND LTD & CO KG
    Inventors: Christopher Campbell, Silvio Eis, Andreas Goumas
  • Publication number: 20220333679
    Abstract: A planetary gear mechanism for a gas turbine engine includes a planet carrier and a planet pin rotationally fixedly connected thereto and on which a planet gear is rotatably mounted via a planet bearing. The planet pin is at least approximately hollow cylindrical in regions. A sleeve in the planet pin comprises an oil feed region through which the bearing is supplied with oil. An outer side region of the sleeve and an inner side region of the planet pin are press fit together. The sleeve has a web radially inside the outer side region. The web extends radially through the sleeve and is fixedly connected to the outer side region in an end region of a main load zone of the bearing, and at the other end is fixedly connected to the outer side region on the opposite side thereof in the radial direction of the sleeve.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2022
    Publication date: October 20, 2022
    Inventors: Christopher CAMPBELL, Silvio EIS, Andreas GOUMAS
  • Patent number: 11105396
    Abstract: The invention regards a planetary gearbox which includes a sun gear, a plurality of planet gears which are driven by the sun gear, a ring gear, and a plurality of journal bearing pins. Each of the journal bearing pins is located in an inner bore of one of the planet gears, wherein the journal bearing pins each have a longitudinal axis which extends in the axial direction of the planetary gearbox. In each case a journal bearing pin and a planet gear form a journal bearing. It is provided that the journal bearing pin includes, along the length of the journal bearing, a stiffness which varies along the longitudinal axis of the pin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: Rolls-Royce Deutschland Ltd & Co KG
    Inventor: Andreas Goumas
  • Publication number: 20210025477
    Abstract: The invention regards a planetary gearbox which includes a sun gear, a plurality of planet gears which are driven by the sun gear, a ring gear, and a plurality of journal bearing pins. Each of the journal bearing pins is located in an inner bore of one of the planet gears, wherein the journal bearing pins each have a longitudinal axis which extends in the axial direction of the planetary gearbox. In each case a journal bearing pin and a planet gear form a journal bearing. It is provided that the journal bearing pin includes, along the length of the journal bearing, a stiffness which varies along the longitudinal axis of the pin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2020
    Publication date: January 28, 2021
    Inventor: Andreas GOUMAS
  • Publication number: 20190345876
    Abstract: A method for positioning two parts relative to each other in a formlocking connection, the two parts having a plurality of contact faces o transmit contact forces between the two parts, computing for each possible relative position of the two parts the contact forces between the two parts and determining the relative position of the two parts with the minimal contact force among a plurality of relative positions or all possible relative positions and assembling the two parts relative to each other in the position with the minimal contact force. A formlocking device and a gas turbine engine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2019
    Publication date: November 14, 2019
    Inventor: Andreas GOUMAS