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: 9040116
    Abstract: A method for spraying a coating and a cold gas spray nozzle is disclosed. The method includes spraying a coating by the cold gas spray nozzle. A rinsing gas is fed to the cold gas spray nozzle during an interruption of the spraying or at an end of the spraying. Deposits in the cold gas spray nozzle are cooled and detached by the rinsing gas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2015
    Assignee: MTU Aero Engines GmbH
    Inventors: Andreas Jakimov, Stefan Schneiderbanger, Manuel Hertter
  • Patent number: 9021696
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing a plating (5) of a vane tip. Said method consists of the following steps: a) a vane having a vane tip which is arranged opposite the base of the vane (2) and which comprises a surface which points radially outwards is provided, and b) a porous layer (7) is applied to at least the surface (4) of the vane tip and/or c) a bulge (8) which increases the surface of the vane tip is applied to at least one part of the flanks of the vane tip, said flanks surrounding the surface of the vane tip, and d) the plating (5) is applied to the porous layer and/or the bulge. The invention also relates to corresponding vanes or gas turbines with corresponding vanes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2015
    Assignee: MTU Aero Engines AG
    Inventors: Andreas Jakimov, Stefan Schneiderbanger, Manuel Hertter
  • Publication number: 20150064050
    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: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2013
    Publication date: March 5, 2015
    Applicant: MTU Aero Engines AG
    Inventors: Ulrich Retze, Andreas Jakimov, Herbert Hanrieder
  • Patent number: 8951606
    Abstract: A method for producing a component is disclosed. The method includes calculating a load line of the component as a result of a load to be absorbed by the component and applying a layer on a core by gas dynamic cold spraying, where the layer has a layer section and where the layer section runs along the calculated load line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2015
    Assignee: MTU Aero Engines GmbH
    Inventors: Manuel H. Hertter, Andreas Jakimov, Marcin Olbrich, Mihaela-Sorina Seitz, Juergen Kraus, Bertram Kopperger, Klaus Broichhausen, Hans Banhirl, Erwin Bayer, Wolfgang Werner, Eberhard Knodel
  • Publication number: 20150017054
    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: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2014
    Publication date: January 15, 2015
    Inventors: Andreas JAKIMOV, Georg SCHLICK, Joachim BAMBERG, Thomas HESS
  • Publication number: 20140360664
    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: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2014
    Publication date: December 11, 2014
    Applicant: MTU Aero Engines AG
    Inventors: Andreas JAKIMOV, Stefan SCHNEIDERBANGER, Manuel HERTTER
  • Patent number: 8852681
    Abstract: A mask and method for kinetic cold gas compacting is disclosed. The mask includes a body for covering a not-to-be-coated region of a substrate to be coated having a work side exposed to a coating substance. The work side has a hardness such that the work side is not plastic deformable by a striking coating particle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2014
    Assignee: MTU Aero Engines GmbH
    Inventors: Andreas Jakimov, Manuel Hertter, Stefan Schneiderbanger
  • Patent number: 8697184
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for producing a coating on a gas turbine component, in which particles at least of parts of a material to be applied as coating are accelerated by means of kinetic gas dynamic cold spraying in a spray jet onto the surface (2) of the component (1) to be coated, wherein a reactive gas is fed into the spray jet (6), so that the reactive gas reacts at least partially with the particles of the coating material when the particles impinge on the surface (2) to be coated and/or wherein the deposited layer (9) is heated locally and/or over a large area and impacted with a reactive gas, as well as a gas turbine component produced in this way.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2014
    Assignee: MTU Aero Engines GmbH
    Inventors: Manuel Hertter, Andreas Jakimov, Stefan Schneiderbanger
  • Publication number: 20140094950
    Abstract: A method for producing an abradable spray coating for a component of a turbine engine by a thermal spraying process is disclosed. A process parameter pB1 is calculated according to the formula pB1=pB2+HB1?HB2?(?x·y)/z+n where pB1 is a process parameter of a spraying process that is to be conducted, pB2 is a corresponding process parameter of a previous spraying process, HB1 is a hardness of a coating that is to be applied by the spraying process to be conducted, HB2 is a hardness of a coating that was applied by the previous spraying process, ?x is a process variable related to the thermal spraying process and the previous spraying process and y, z and n are constant parameters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2013
    Publication date: April 3, 2014
    Applicant: MTU Aero Engines AG
    Inventors: Andreas Jakimov, Manuel Hertter, Andreas Kaehny
  • Publication number: 20140072823
    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: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2011
    Publication date: March 13, 2014
    Inventors: Manuel Hertter, Erwin Bayer, Markus Waltemathe, Klaus Broichhausen, Wilhelm Meir, Bertram Kopperger, Josef Waermann, Andreas Jakimov
  • Publication number: 20130343947
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for monitoring a generative production process in real time, wherein a component is at least optically detected and the installation space is thermally detected when applying a layer, as well as a device for carrying out said method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2012
    Publication date: December 26, 2013
    Applicant: 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
  • Publication number: 20130287590
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for producing gas turbine components, in particular aircraft turbine components, preferably low-pressure turbine blades, from a powder which is sintered selectively in layers by locally limited introduction of radiant energy, wherein the sintering is carried out in a closed first housing (2), so that a defined atmosphere can be set, wherein the powder or at least a part of the powder is generated in the same first housing (2) or in a second housing connected to the first housing in a gas-tight manner. The invention further relates to a corresponding apparatus and to a gas turbine blade produced thereby.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2012
    Publication date: October 31, 2013
    Applicant: MTU AERO ENGINES AG
    Inventors: Stefan Neuhaeusler, Bertram Kopperger, Josef Waermann, Andreas Jakimov, Erwin Bayer, Wilhelm Meir
  • Publication number: 20130233846
    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: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2011
    Publication date: September 12, 2013
    Inventors: Andreas Jakimov, Herbert Hanrieder, Wilhelm Meiners
  • Publication number: 20130129976
    Abstract: A method for coating a plastic surface and a plastic component is disclosed. The method includes applying a base layer to a plastic surface. A layer of a coating is applied by kinetic cold gas spraying on the base layer. The base layer is applied by a method that is different from the kinetic cold gas spraying. The base layer adheres to the plastic surface and the layer of the coating applied by kinetic cold gas spraying is deposited on the base layer by the kinetic cold gas spraying.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2010
    Publication date: May 23, 2013
    Applicant: MTU AERO ENGINES GMBH
    Inventors: Manuel Hertter, Andreas Jakimov, Mihaela-Sorina Seitz, Marcin Olbrich, Juergen Kraus, Bertram Kopperger, Klaus Broichhausen, Hans Banhirl, Erwin Bayer, Wolfgang Werner, Eberhard Knodel
  • Publication number: 20130084421
    Abstract: The invention relates to a component, which has a layer applied by gas dynamic cold spray, said layer having at, least one layer section or a reinforcing element, the material and orientation of which are selected according to a load line, and to a method for producing such a component by gas dynamic cold spray.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2011
    Publication date: April 4, 2013
    Applicant: MTU Areo Engines GmbH
    Inventors: Manuel H. Hertter, Andreas Jakimov, Marcin Olbrich, Mihaela-Sorina Seitz, Juergen Kraus, Bertram Kopperger, Klaus Broichhausen, Hans Banhirl, Erwin Bayer, Wolfgang Werner, Eberhard Knodel
  • Publication number: 20130034661
    Abstract: A method for processing a surface of a component, in particular in the aviation sector, including the following steps: spraying the component with a first powder and coating the component with a second powder, the first powder having the same chemical composition as the second powder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2011
    Publication date: February 7, 2013
    Applicant: MTU Aero Engines GmbH
    Inventors: Stefan Schneiderbanger, Manuel Hertter, Andreas Jakimov, Jochen Tewes
  • Publication number: 20120225213
    Abstract: A method for spraying a coating and a cold gas spray nozzle is disclosed. The method includes spraying a coating by the cold gas spray nozzle. A rinsing gas is fed to the cold gas spray nozzle during an interruption of the spraying or at an end of the spraying. Deposits in the cold gas spray nozzle are cooled and detached by the rinsing gas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2010
    Publication date: September 6, 2012
    Applicant: MTU Aero Engines GmbH
    Inventors: Andreas Jakimov, Stefan Schneiderbanger, Manuel Hertter
  • Publication number: 20120201691
    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: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2010
    Publication date: August 9, 2012
    Applicant: MTU AERO ENGINES GMBH
    Inventors: Thomas Dautl, Andreas Jakimov, Manuel Hertter
  • Publication number: 20120171041
    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: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2010
    Publication date: July 5, 2012
    Applicant: MTU Aero Engines GmbH
    Inventors: Andreas Jakimov, Erwin Bayer, Karl-Heinz Dusel, Carsten Butz
  • Publication number: 20120121431
    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: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2010
    Publication date: May 17, 2012
    Applicant: MTU AERO ENGINES GMBH
    Inventors: Andreas Jakimov, Stefan Schneiderbanger, Manuel Hertter