Patents by Inventor Bertram Kopperger

Bertram Kopperger 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: 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: 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
  • 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
  • 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: 20140239553
    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: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2012
    Publication date: August 28, 2014
    Applicant: MTU AERO ENGINES AG
    Inventors: Joachim Bamberg, Erwin Bayer, Abdreas Jakimov, Herbert Hanrieder, Bertram Kopperger, Wilhelm Satzger, Thomas Hess, Karl-Heinz Dusel, Stefan Schneiderbanger
  • 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: 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
  • Patent number: 8123487
    Abstract: A rotor for a turbo engine is disclosed including a rotor base body and a plurality of rotor blades distributed over the circumference of the rotor base body. The rotor base body is formed by at least one ring-shaped element made of a metal matrix composite material. The rotor blades are attached by footing to the rotor base body in such a way that the footing is positioned in a fiber-free area of the rotor base body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2012
    Assignee: MTU Aero Engines GmbH
    Inventors: Erwin Bayer, Bertram Kopperger
  • Publication number: 20110217176
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for connecting at least one turbine blade (10) to a turbine disk (18) or a turbine ring for a turbine stage of a turbomachine, particularly a thermal gas turbine, wherein first a connecting body (16) is formed on the at least one turbine blade (10) by means of a cold gas spraying method, and the connecting body (16) is subsequently connected to turbine disk (18) or to the turbine ring by means of a fusion-welding method. The invention further relates to a turbine stage for a turbine of a turbomachine as well as a turbomachine having a turbine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2009
    Publication date: September 8, 2011
    Applicant: MTU AERO ENGINES GMBH
    Inventors: Thomas Uihlein, Bertram Kopperger, Erich Steinhardt
  • Patent number: 7955712
    Abstract: A semifinished product of composite material consists of a metallic matrix material and high tensile strength fibers embedded in the matrix material, whereby the metallic matrix material is formed of titanium or a titanium based alloy. Ceramic particles are encased or embedded in the matrix material for increasing the strength of the semifinished product with respect to torsional loading or transverse loading. The product is produced by a method in which the fibers are coated with the matrix material, ceramic particles are embedded in the matrix material coating the fibers, and then the thusly coated fibers are arranged in a desired geometry and are consolidated to form the product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2011
    Assignee: MTU Aero Engines GmbH
    Inventors: Bertram Kopperger, Axel Rossmann, Alexander Sagel
  • Publication number: 20080233419
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing a semifinished product from a composite material. The semifinished product is made of a composite material consisting of a metallic matrix material and of high-tensile fibers embedded in the matrix material, whereby the metallic matrix material is formed from titanium or from a titanium-based alloy. According to the invention, ceramic particles are incorporated in the matrix material in order to increase the strength of the semifinished product with regard to torsional stress or transversal stress.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2004
    Publication date: September 25, 2008
    Inventors: Bertram Kopperger, Axel Rossmann, Alexander Sagel
  • Publication number: 20080025844
    Abstract: A rotor for a turbo engine is disclosed including a rotor base body and a plurality of rotor blades distributed over the circumference of the rotor base body. The rotor base body is formed by at least one ring-shaped element made of a metal matrix composite material. The rotor blades are attached by footing to the rotor base body in such a way that the footing is positioned in a fiber-free area of the rotor base body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2004
    Publication date: January 31, 2008
    Applicant: MTU Aero Engines GmbH
    Inventors: Erwin Bayer, Bertram Kopperger
  • Publication number: 20070274832
    Abstract: A rotor for a turbo machine, in particular for a gas turbine, is disclosed. The rotor includes a rotor base body and several rotor blades arranged over the circumference of the rotor base body, in which case the rotor base body is manufactured of an MMC composite material, and in which case the rotor blades are an integral part of the rotor. The rotor base body is configured in the shape of a ring, in which case the ring-shaped rotor base body includes, in a radially internal section, at least one groove-like recess which is filled radially on the inside with fibers exhibiting tensile strength.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2004
    Publication date: November 29, 2007
    Applicant: MTU Aero Engines GmbH
    Inventors: Gerhard Andrees, Manfred Berthan, Bertram Kopperger, Josef Kranzeder, Raimund Lackermeier, Axel Rossmann
  • Patent number: 7005598
    Abstract: A process for is producing a fiber-reinforced semifinished product in the form of metal strips, metal sheets etc., from at least one layer of fibers which includes a number of long to endless reinforcing fibers spaced apart from one another and arranged in parallel and a metal. A metal jacket applied to the reinforcing fiber by a PVD process (physical vapor deposition) may act for example as the metal. At least certain regions of the metal and the reinforcing fibers run through a welding process in which a bonding takes place by planar melting of the metal to form a matrix surrounding the reinforcing fibers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2006
    Assignees: DaimlerChrysler AG, MTU Aero Engines GmbH
    Inventors: Gerhard Andrees, Heiko Fietzek, Falko Heutling, Bertram Kopperger, Juergen Wehr
  • Patent number: 6773817
    Abstract: A wear-resistant layer is applied to a surface, which is to be protected, of a component which is subjected to mechanical and/or fluidic loads and substantially consists of amorphous or amorphous-nanocrystalline metals. The layer for protecting against abrasive or erosive wear substantially consists of an Ni—W-base alloy or substantially consists of an alloy based on Cu—Al—Ti(or —Ta or —Zr) or Pd—Cu—Si or Pt—Al—Si or Ta—Si—N, or substantially consists of an alloy of Al, at least one rare earth and a transition metal, such as Cu or Ni or Co.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2004
    Assignee: MTU Aero Engines GmbH
    Inventors: Aléxander Sagel, Bertram Kopperger, Erwin Bayer, Wilfried Smarsly
  • Patent number: 6698645
    Abstract: A method of producing fiber-reinforced metallic building components having a complicated three-dimensional geometric shape includes the following steps. First, metal-coated SiC fibers are applied to a metallic sectional piece having a simple geometric shape, and are then held thereon without restraint by a metallic counterpart piece. Then, the unit consisting of the sectional piece, fibers and counterpart piece undergoes plastic deformation in vacuo between mold halves by applying pressure at an elevated temperature, without bonding of the fibers to one another or to the building component metal. By further increasing the pressure and/or temperature, the molded unit is compressed further between the mold halves and is consolidated to a monolithic part by metallic bonding (diffusion welding), whereby the part, either alone or bonded to other parts, forms the building component, after cooling and removing it from the mold halves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2004
    Assignee: MTU Aero Engines GmbH
    Inventors: Michael Buchberger, Bertram Kopperger, Alexander Sagel, Axel Rossmann
  • Publication number: 20040020904
    Abstract: A process for is producing a fiber-reinforced semifinished product in the form of metal strips, metal sheets etc., from at least one layer of fibers which includes a number of long to endless reinforcing fibers spaced apart from one another and arranged in parallel and a metal. A metal jacket applied to the reinforcing fiber by a PVD process (physical vapor deposition) may act for example as the metal. At least certain regions of the metal and the reinforcing fibers run through a welding process in which a bonding takes place by planar melting of the metal to form a matrix surrounding the reinforcing fibers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2003
    Publication date: February 5, 2004
    Inventors: Gerhard Andrees, Heiko Fietzek, Falko Heutling, Bertram Kopperger, Juergen Wehr