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: 9943907
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for the generative production of a component includes a movably dispensing structure for the disposal of a starting material layer; a bonding device, such as a laser, for the local bonding of this starting material layer to a cross section of the component being produced; a platform for supporting the component being produced, which can be displaced counter to a direction of layer buildup in a motor-driven manner; a position sensing device for sensing a position or change in position, such as vibration, of the platform in the direction of layer buildup with the capability of sensing interference as to whether the movement of the dispensing structure is not free of interference on the basis of the sensed position or change in position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2018
    Assignee: MTU AERO ENGINES AG
    Inventors: Thomas Hess, Alexander Ladewig, Christian Liebl, Steffen Schlothauer, Andreas Jakimov, Georg Schlick
  • Publication number: 20170284213
    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: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2017
    Publication date: October 5, 2017
    Inventors: Christian Liebl, Steffen Schlothauer, Andreas Jakimov, Alexander Ladewig, Karl Blumenschein, Juergen Kraus
  • Publication number: 20170203387
    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: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2017
    Publication date: July 20, 2017
    Inventors: Alexander LADEWIG, Andreas JAKIMOV, Katrin FRIEDBERGER
  • Patent number: 9694568
    Abstract: A method for coating a component of a turbomachine is disclosed. The method includes covering a first surface of the component with a covering device, where the covering device is profiled in a zigzag shape. The method further includes applying a coating material via cold kinetic compaction or kinetic cold gas spraying on the component such that a second surface of the component is coated with the coating material and such that particles of the coating material are deflected off of the covering device so that the particles do not adhere to the covering device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2017
    Assignee: MTU Aero Engines AG
    Inventors: Andreas Jakimov, Stefan Schneiderbanger, Manuel Hertter
  • Patent number: 9682397
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device (10) and method for the generative production of a component (12). The device comprises two supply tanks (14a, 14b) for taking up powder-form material (16), two overflow tanks (22a, 22b) for taking up excess powder-form material (16), wherein a closing means (24a, 24b) is assigned to each overflow tank (22a, 22b), this means being switchable between a closed position, in which powder-form material (16) cannot be transported into the respective overflow tank (22a, 22b), and an open position, in which powder-form material (16) can be transported into the respective overflow tank (22a, 22b).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2017
    Assignee: MTU AERO ENGINES AG
    Inventors: Andreas Jakimov, Steffen Schlothauer, Georg Schlick
  • Publication number: 20170136696
    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: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2015
    Publication date: May 18, 2017
    Inventors: Andreas Jakimov, Thomas Hess, Georg Schlick, Alexander Ladewig
  • Publication number: 20160377087
    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: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2016
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Inventors: Andreas Jakimov, Richard Scharl, Steffen Schlothauer
  • Publication number: 20160368052
    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: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2014
    Publication date: December 22, 2016
    Inventors: Andreas JAKIMOV, Georg SCHLICK, Herbert HANRIEDER, Martin LEUTERER
  • Publication number: 20160368051
    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, wherein the device (10) includes at least one coater (14) for applying at least one powder layer of a component material to at least one construction and joining zone (20) of at least one lowerable component platform (16), wherein the coater (14) is 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). In addition, at least one heating device (24, 28) is disposed on the coater (14).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2014
    Publication date: December 22, 2016
    Inventors: Andreas Jakimov, Georg Schlick, Herbert Hanrieder, Martin Leuterer
  • Publication number: 20160288209
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for additively manufacturing at least one component region of a component, in particular of a turbine or compressor component, said method comprising at least the following steps: applying a layer of powder (10a-c) to a component platform in the region of a building and joining area; locally melting and/or sintering the powder layer (10a-c), 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 (10a-c), 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 (16) arranged along a linear feed direction (12); lowering the component platform by a predetermined layer thickness in a lowering direction; and repeating the above-mentioned steps unfil the component region is completed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2014
    Publication date: October 6, 2016
    Inventors: Andreas JAKIMOV, Georg SCHLICK, Herbert HANRIEDER, Martin LEUTERER
  • Patent number: 9393622
    Abstract: A method for producing a thin-walled structural component from a casting material. The casting material is supplied as a powder, and the powder is deposited on a support (1) by a kinetic cold gas spraying process so as to form the structural component (11, 11?). A structural component which is made of a casting material and in which the structure is formed from a plurality of particles (17) that are interlinked and deformed using a cold gas spraying process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2016
    Assignee: MTU Aero Engines GmbH
    Inventors: Andreas Jakimov, Erwin Bayer, Karl-Heinz Dusel, Carsten Butz
  • Publication number: 20160121398
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device (10) for the manufacture or repair of a three-dimensional object, comprising at least one construction chamber (12) 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 (12), and at least one inlet nozzle (22, 26) and at least one suction nozzle (24) for a process gas, wherein the inlet nozzle (22, 26) and the suction nozzle (24) are arranged in such a way that a gas flow (30) that passes at least partially over a construction platform (14) formed in a construction chamber (12) is created.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2015
    Publication date: May 5, 2016
    Inventors: Georg Schlick, Maximilian Fisser, Alexander Ladewig, Steffen Schlothauer, Thomas Hess, Andreas Jakimov
  • Publication number: 20160074965
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a device for the additive manufacturing of components (4) by selectively irradiating a powder bed (6), the device having a working chamber (1) in which at least one powder bed chamber (2) and at least one radiation source are arranged such that the radiation source can irradiate a powder in the powder bed chamber (2), and wherein the device comprises at least one induction coil (3, 13) such that the powder bed and/or a component, which is generated by irradiating (7) the powder bed, can be at least partially inductively heated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2014
    Publication date: March 17, 2016
    Inventors: Andreas Jakimov, Herbert Hanrieder
  • Patent number: 9260784
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for producing a component, in particular a blade for a gas turbine, wherein a main body (2) is provided, to which a running-in layer (6) is applied, which can be worn away at least partially during operation to form an accurately fitting surface (11), wherein the running-in layer is applied by kinetic cold-gas compacting, and a component, in particular a blade for a gas turbine, comprising a main body, to which a running-in layer is applied, which can be worn away at least partially during operation to form an accurately fitting surface, wherein the running-in layer is a porous layer made of a Ti alloy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: MTU Aero Engines GmbH
    Inventors: Andreas Jakimov, Stefan Schneiderbanger, Manuel Hertter
  • Publication number: 20150290671
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device (10) and method for the generative production of a component (12). The device comprises two supply tanks (14a, 14b) for taking up powder-form material (16), two overflow tanks (22a, 22b) for taking up excess powder-form material (16), wherein a closing means (24a, 24b) is assigned to each overflow tank (22a, 22b), this means being switchable between a closed position, in which powder-form material (16) cannot be transported into the respective overflow tank (22a, 22b), and an open position, in which powder-form material (16) can be transported into the respective overflow tank (22a, 22b).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2015
    Publication date: October 15, 2015
    Inventors: Andreas Jakimov, Steffen Schlothauer, Georg Schlick
  • Patent number: 9132508
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing a rotor or stator blade (1a) of a gas turbine, in particular an aircraft gas turbine (2), comprising forming a airfoil (8a) made of at least one first material and attaching a blade root (4a) made of at least one second material to the airfoil (8a) by means of a thermal spraying method. The invention further relates to a rotor or stator blade (1a) produced according to such a method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2015
    Assignee: MTU Aero Engines GmbH
    Inventors: Thomas Dautl, Andreas Jakimov, Manuel Hertter
  • Publication number: 20150251250
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a device for the generative production of a component (7A, 7B), particularly a component of a gas turbine engine, having a working chamber, a hardening means, in particular a laser (6), for the layerwise local hardening of an initial material (4) 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 (10) and a second inductor (20) 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 (1), for the layerwise disposal of initial material (4) in the working chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2015
    Publication date: September 10, 2015
    Inventors: Georg Schlick, Andreas Jakimov, Herbert Hanrieder
  • Publication number: 20150246481
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for additive manufacturing of components, in particular for manufacturing components for turbomachines, where the component is at least partially built up layer by layer on a substrate or a previously produced part of the component, and where layer-by-layer build-up is performed by layerwise melting of powder material using a high-energy beam and solidification of the molten powder is provided. The high-energy beam moves along a path across the powder material and produces a melting region at the front of the path. A solidification region forms subsequently in the path. In the solidification region, the temperature distribution is temporally and/or locally selected in such a way that residual compressive stresses are produced in the solidified or solidifying powder material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2015
    Publication date: September 3, 2015
    Inventors: Georg Schlick, Herbert Hanrieder, Andreas Jakimov, Thomas Goehler
  • Publication number: 20150246414
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an apparatus and method for the generative production of a component (4A, 4B, . . . ) with a movably dispensing structure (1) for the disposal of a starting material layer (2); a bonding device, such as a laser (3), for the local bonding of this starting material layer to a cross section (4A, 4B, . . . ) of the component being produced; a platform (5) for supporting the component being produced, which can be displaced counter to a direction of layer buildup in a motor-driven manner; a position sensing device (6) for sensing a position or change in position, such as vibration (z(t)), of the platform in the direction of layer buildup with the capability of sensing interference (7) as to whether the movement of the dispensing structure is or is not free of interference on the basis of the sensed position or change in position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2015
    Publication date: September 3, 2015
    Inventors: Thomas Hess, Alexander Ladewig, Christian Liebl, Steffen Schlothauer, Andreas Jakimov, Georg Schlick
  • Patent number: 9095900
    Abstract: The invention relates to a generative production method for producing a component by selectively melting and/or sintering a powder several times consecutively by introducing an amount of heat by means of beam energy, such that the powder particles melt and/or sinter in layers, wherein the powder particles (1) are made of a first material (2) and the powder particles are surrounded by a second material (3) partially or over the entire surface thereof, wherein the second material has a lower melting point than the first material and/or lowers the melting point of the first material when mixed with the first material. The invention further relates to a corresponding powder and to a prototype produced from said powder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2015
    Assignee: MTU AERO ENGINES AG
    Inventors: Manuel Hertter, Erwin Bayer, Markus Waltemathe, Klaus Broichhausen, Wilhelm Meir, Bertram Kopperger, Josef Waermann, Andreas Jakimov