Patents by Inventor Andreas Jakimov

Andreas Jakimov 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: 11413702
    Abstract: A method for ascertaining the concentration of at least one material in a powder mixture used as starting material for the production of a component in an additive production method, comprising: providing the powder mixture having at least two different materials; guiding a high-energy beam generated by a radiation source over the surface of the powder mixture; detecting by a detection unit at least one brightness value of at least one subregion of the surface irradiated by the high-energy beam during the irradiation; ascertaining by an analysis unit the concentration of at least one material in the powder mixture depending on the detected at least one brightness value and at least one predetermined reference brightness value for a concentration and/or a concentration range of the material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: MTU AERO ENGINES AG
    Inventors: Alexander Ladewig, Andreas Jakimov, Katrin Friedberger
  • Publication number: 20220241860
    Abstract: The invention relates to a layer building process for the additive manufacture of at least one wall region of a component including applying at least one powder layer of a material to at least one building-up and joining zone of at least one movable building platform, carrying out a first solidifying step, in which the material is irradiated selectively with at least one energy beam, wherein irradiation parameters of the at least one energy beam are set so a molten bath is produced and a defect-affected wall region of the wall is produced, without applying a further powder layer, carrying out a second solidifying step, in which the defect-affected wall region produced in the first solidifying step is irradiated selectively with the at least one energy beam, lowering the building platform layer by layer by a predefined layer thickness, and repeating the steps above one or more times
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2020
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    Applicant: MTU Aero Engines AG
    Inventors: Andreas Jakimov, Steffen Schlothauer, Katrin Friedberger
  • Patent number: 11125101
    Abstract: A sealing ring for a turbomachine, in particular a compressor or turbine stage of a gas turbine is provided, the sealing ring having an, in particular at least partially honeycomb-like and/or integral, seal, in particular an abradable coating (13); a profile cross section of the sealing ring, which is in particular at least partially manufactured by a generative manufacturing process, varying in the circumferential direction, in particular at least in some regions continuously and/or non-continuously at one or more circumferential positions, in particular separation points.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: MTU Aero Engines AG
    Inventors: Christian Scherer, Peter Eibelshaeuser, Steffen Schlothauer, Andreas Jakimov, Juergen Kraus
  • Patent number: 10875258
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method and device for generatively producing components, said device comprising a radiation device for selectively radiating a powder bed, and an induction device for inductively heating the component produced by radiating the powder bed, Said induction device comprising at least one voltage source which can simultaneously produce alternating voltages with at least two different frequencies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: MTU AERO ENGINES AG
    Inventors: Joachim Bamberg, Erwin Bayer, Andreas Jakimov, Herbert Hanrieder, Bertram Kopperger, Wilhelm Satzger, Thomas Hess, Karl-Heinz Dusel, Stefan Schneiderbanger
  • Patent number: 10821510
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method and an associated device, the method including at least the following steps: applying a layer of powder to a component platform in the region of a building and joining area; locally melting and/or sintering the powder layer, wherein, in the region of the building and joining area, at least one high-energy beam is moved in relation to the component platform, selectively impinging the powder layer, at least part of which at least one high-energy beam and the component platform are moved in relation to one another, in the form of a parallel arrangement arranged along a linear feed direction; lowering the component platform by a predetermined layer thickness in a lowering direction; and repeating the above-mentioned steps until the component region is completed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignees: MTU Aero Engines AG, EOS GmbH Electro Optical Systems
    Inventors: Andreas Jakimov, Georg Schlick, Herbert Hanrieder, Martin Leuterer
  • Patent number: 10533569
    Abstract: The segmented seal carrier of a guide vane ring of a turbomachine has a number of segments that form two half-rings of the seal carrier when assembled. They are clamped together by their opposite-lying, corresponding lateral contact regions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2020
    Assignee: MTU Aero Engines AG
    Inventors: Andreas Jakimov, Richard Scharl, Steffen Schlothauer
  • Patent number: 10518325
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device (10) for generative production of at least one component area of a component (12), in particular of a component (12) of a flow machine. Therein, the device (10) can include at least one lowerable component platform (16) with at least one construction and joining zone (20) for receiving at least one powder layer of a component material, at least one heating device (24, 28) movable relative to the component platform (16) and at least one radiation source for generating at least one high-energy beam (22), by means of which the powder layer can be locally melted and/or sintered to a component layer in the area of the construction and joining zone (20), as well as at least one suction and/or gas supply device (36) disposed on the heating device (24, 28). However, the device (10) can also include at least one coater (14).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignees: MTU Aero Engines AG, EOS GmbH Electro Optical Systems
    Inventors: Andreas Jakimov, Georg Schlick, Herbert Hanrieder, Martin Leuterer
  • Patent number: 10494940
    Abstract: A seal segment assembly for a turbomachine, in particular a gas turbine, including a first seal carrier and a second seal carrier, that are adjacently disposed in the circumferential direction, the first seal carrier having a first carrier base and at least one first sealing member that is joined to the first carrier base, and the second seal carrier having a second carrier base and at least one second sealing member that is joined to the second carrier base, the first sealing member and the second sealing member being formed by a plurality of cavities, that are adjacently disposed in the circumferential direction and in the axial direction, in particular evenly spaced, the cavities extending in the radial direction from the particular carrier base. The first carrier base and the second carrier base are intercouplable or are intercoupled in the circumferential direction by a mating connection assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Assignee: MTU Aero Engines AG
    Inventors: Christian Liebl, Steffen Schlothauer, Andreas Jakimov, Alexander Ladewig, Karl Blumenschein, Juergen Kraus
  • Patent number: 10464170
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a device for the additive manufacturing of components by selectively irradiating a powder bed, the device having a working chamber in which at least one powder bed chamber and at least one radiation source are arranged such that the radiation source can irradiate a powder in the powder bed chamber, and wherein the device comprises at least one induction coil such that the powder bed and/or a component, which is generated by irradiating the powder bed, can be at least partially inductively heated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignee: MTU Aero Engines AG
    Inventors: Andreas Jakimov, Herbert Hanrieder
  • Patent number: 10442001
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device and a method for the additive manufacture of components through the layered bonding of powder particles to one another and/or to a semi-finished product or substrate already produced, using selective interaction of the powder particles with a high-energy beam, wherein, during the bonding of the powder particles into a layer made of powder particles with the aid of the high-energy beam, a gas flow, which has a flow direction having a directional component directed at least partially parallel to the layer of powder particles, is provided across the layer of powder particles and/or the bonding region in the layer of powder particles, wherein the directional component of the gas flow directed at least partially parallel to the layer of powder particles during the bonding of the powder particles in a layer is generated in at least two directions, which have oppositely directed directional components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: MTU Aero Engines AG
    Inventors: Andreas Jakimov, Thomas Hess, Georg Schlick, Alexander Ladewig
  • Patent number: 10427244
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for generatively producing components by layer-by-layer building from a powder material by selective material bonding of powder particles by a high-energy beam. An eddy current testing is carried out concurrently with the material bonding. Also disclosed is an apparatus which is suitable for carrying out the method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignee: MTU AERO ENGINES AG
    Inventors: Andreas Jakimov, Georg Schlick, Joachim Bamberg, Thomas Hess
  • Publication number: 20190232371
    Abstract: A layer-by-layer manufacturing method for the additive production of a region of a component, in particular of a turbomachine. The layer-by-layer manufacturing method includes: a) depositing a powder layer of a material onto a buildup and joining zone of a lowerable build platform; b) locally solidifying the material to form a component layer by selectively irradiating the material using an energy beam in accordance with a predetermined exposure strategy; c) lowering the build platform layer-by-layer by a specified layer thickness; and d) repeating the steps a) through c) until completion of the component region. Following at least one of the steps a) through c), a monitoring system ascertains and evaluates a result of the respective step; at least one intermediate correction step e) is executed for improving the ascertained result when the evaluation reveals an unacceptable deviation from a result specified for the respective step. Also, a corresponding layer-by-layer manufacturing apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2019
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Inventors: Alexander LADEWIG, Joachim BAMBERG, Andreas JAKIMOV, Sebastian ROTT, Steffen SCHLOTHAUER, Daniel GREITEMEIER, Michael SCHACHER
  • Patent number: 10363606
    Abstract: A device for the generative production of a component, particularly a component of a gas turbine engine, includes a working chamber, a hardening means, in particular a laser, for the layerwise local hardening of an initial material disposed in the working chamber, in order to produce the component layerwise in a direction of layer construction; and a movable induction heating arrangement with a first inductor and a second inductor for induction tempering in pre-determinable regions of the working chamber, wherein the first inductor engages in the second inductor at least in one operating position and/or the first and/or second inductor is disposed on a distribution means, in particular a slider, for the layerwise disposal of initial material in the working chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2019
    Assignee: MTU Aero Engines AG
    Inventors: Georg Schlick, Andreas Jakimov, Herbert Hanrieder
  • Patent number: 10285222
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for generatively producing or for repairing at least one area of a component, wherein a zone arranged downstream of a molten bath is post-heated to a post-heating temperature and the component is set to a base temperature, and also a device for carrying out such a method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignee: MTU AERO ENGINES AG
    Inventors: Andreas Jakimov, Herbert Hanrieder, Wilhelm Meiners
  • Patent number: 10201853
    Abstract: A device for additive manufacturing of components by selective irradiation of a powder bed, having a processing chamber—in which at least one powder bed chamber and at least one radiation source are arranged such that the radiation source can irradiate a powder in the powder bed chamber, and wherein the device includes at least one induction coil, so that a component which is produced by irradiation of the powder bed can be at least partially inductively heated, and wherein the induction coil is movable relative to one or more powder bed chambers. A method for additive manufacturing of components by selective irradiation of a powder bed, in which method the component being manufactured is inductively heated at the same time, wherein the position of one or more induction coils for inductive heating is determined and adjusted based on the geometry of the component to be produced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2019
    Assignee: MTU Aero Enginges AG
    Inventors: Ulrich Retze, Andreas Jakimov, Herbert Hanrieder
  • Publication number: 20190010820
    Abstract: A sealing ring for a turbomachine, in particular a compressor or turbine stage of a gas turbine is provided, the sealing ring having an, in particular at least partially honeycomb-like and/or integral, seal, in particular an abradable coating (13); a profile cross section of the sealing ring, which is in particular at least partially manufactured by a generative manufacturing process, varying in the circumferential direction, in particular at least in some regions uniformly and/or non-uniformly at one or more circumferential positions, in particular separation points.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2018
    Publication date: January 10, 2019
    Inventors: Christian SCHERER, Peter EIBELSHAEUSER, Steffen SCHLOTHAUER, Andreas JAKIMOV, Juergen KRAUS
  • Publication number: 20190010819
    Abstract: The present invention relates to sealing element for sealing a radial gap relative to a counter element of a turbomachine, wherein the sealing element has a number of adjacent cells in the peripheral direction and/or in the axial direction, which are joined to one another by common walls, wherein an extension of a least one, in particular front-side, cross section of at least one cell in a first axial section of the sealing element in the peripheral direction and/or in the axial direction for sealing against a radial flange of the counter element is smaller than that in a second axial section of the sealing element that adjoins the first axial section upstream and/or in a second axial section that adjoins the first axial section downstream.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2018
    Publication date: January 10, 2019
    Applicant: MTU Aero Engines AG
    Inventors: Alexander Ladewig, Christian Liebl, Steffen Schlothauer, Johannes Casper, Andreas Jakimov, Klaus Semmler, Richard Scharl
  • Publication number: 20180355744
    Abstract: An abradable structure (10) for a turbomachine (40) that is designed to be at least partially deformed and/or at least partially abraded by at least one abrading element (44, 47) of the turbomachine (40) during operation thereof; the at least one abradable structure (10) being formed at least regionally of structural elements (12, 14, 16, 18) that have a respective polygonal cross section (20, 22) that is oriented in a rub direction (X_A) of the abradable structure (10). The structural elements (12, 14, 16, 18) have a greater extent (Xh, Xr) in the rub direction (X_A) than in a direction of the abradable structure (10) that is orthogonal to the rub direction (X_A). Other aspects of the present invention relate to a turbomachine (40) having an abradable structure (10), as well as to a method for manufacturing an abradable structure (10).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2018
    Publication date: December 13, 2018
    Inventors: Andreas JAKIMOV, Steffen SCHLOTHAUER, Beatrice LORENZ
  • Patent number: 10112236
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device for the manufacture or repair of a three-dimensional object, comprising at least one construction chamber for a successive solidification of at least one solidifiable material layer by the layer in predefined regions for the layer-by-layer buildup of the three-dimensional object or for the layer-by-layer repair of individual regions of the three-dimensional object within the construction chamber, and at least one inlet nozzle and at least one suction nozzle for a process gas, wherein the inlet nozzle and the suction nozzle are arranged in such a way that a gas flow that passes at least partially over a construction platform formed in a construction chamber is created.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2018
    Assignee: MTU AERO ENGINES AG
    Inventors: Georg Schlick, Maximilian Fisser, Alexander Ladewig, Steffen Schlothauer, Thomas Hess, Andreas Jakimov
  • Patent number: 9952236
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for monitoring a generative fabrication process in which a component is formed in an installation space from a multiplicity of layers by using a three-dimensional data model and a following layer is fixed to a preceding layer by means of a high-energy beam. The method comprises detecting the component at least optically and detecting the installation space thermally during layer application. Also disclosed is a device for carrying out the method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2018
    Assignee: MTU AERO ENGINES AG
    Inventors: Wilhelm Satzger, Siegfried Sikorski, Karl-Heinz Dusel, Wilhelm Meir, Bertram Kopperger, Josef Waermann, Andreas Jakimov, Manuel Hertter, Hans-Christian Melzer, Thomas Hess