Patents by Inventor Beate SCHLEIF

Beate SCHLEIF 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).

  • Publication number: 20200132198
    Abstract: A sealing assembly (23) for a turbomachine (1) having a seal carrier (24) and a seal structure (30) configured on the seal carrier (24), the seal structure (30) having additively built-up projections (32) that extend in each case away from the seal carrier (24) to a free end (32.1), the projections (32) being constructed in each case to have a varying cross-sectional profile, namely a particular projection (32) in a section (33) that is distal to the seal carrier (24) having a smaller thickness (34) at the free end (32.1) than in a section (35) that is proximal to the seal carrier (24).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2019
    Publication date: April 30, 2020
    Inventors: Beate Schleif, Daniel Greitemeier
  • Patent number: 10066578
    Abstract: A sliding arrangement has a main body, in particular a crankcase, made from an aluminum material, and a coating which is applied to the main body by way of thermal spraying as a sliding surface, in particular as a cylinder liner. The sliding surface has a first phase consisting of a first material and a second phase consisting of a second material. The first material is different from the second material. The first material has at least 50 percent by mass of iron, and wherein the second material has at least 50 percent by mass of copper.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Beate Schleif, Wolfram Wagener
  • Publication number: 20170067410
    Abstract: A sliding arrangement has a main body, in particular a crankcase, made from an aluminum material, and a coating which is applied to the main body by way of thermal spraying as a sliding surface, in particular as a cylinder liner. The sliding surface has a first phase consisting of a first material and a second phase consisting of a second material. The first material is different from the second material. The first material has at least 50 percent by mass of iron, and wherein the second material has at least 50 percent by mass of copper.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2016
    Publication date: March 9, 2017
    Inventors: Beate SCHLEIF, Wolfram WAGENER