Patents by Inventor Daniel Kirchner
Daniel Kirchner 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).
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Patent number: 12372011Abstract: A bearing chamber housing (20) for bearing a shaft (3) of a turbomachine (1), including a housing outer shell (21) that delimits an oil chamber (33) of the bearing chamber housing (20) radially outwardly in relation to a rotational axis (4) of the shaft (3), and a housing inner shell (22) for bearing the shaft (3). The housing inner shell (22) is radially connected to the housing outer shell (21) via support ribs (23) that in each case extend axially, at least in part, and the housing inner shell (22), the housing outer shell (21), and two support ribs (23) that are next-adjacent to one another jointly delimit a cavity (41) that is axially open at the rear, and thus lead into a rear opening (32). The rear opening (32), viewed in tangential sections, has a clearance (35) in each case that constitutes at least 50% of a circumferential distance (43) between the next-adjacent support ribs (23).Type: GrantFiled: June 1, 2022Date of Patent: July 29, 2025Assignee: MTU Aero Engines AGInventors: Florian Neuberger, Daniel Kirchner, Georg Kempinger, Stephan Doeppl, Kaspar Wolf
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Publication number: 20220397039Abstract: A bearing chamber housing (20) for bearing a shaft (3) of a turbomachine (1), including a housing outer shell (21) that delimits an oil chamber (33) of the bearing chamber housing (20) radially outwardly in relation to a rotational axis (4) of the shaft (3), and a housing inner shell (22) for bearing the shaft (3). The housing inner shell (22) is radially connected to the housing outer shell (21) via support ribs (23) that in each case extend axially, at least in part, and the housing inner shell (22), the housing outer shell (21), and two support ribs (23) that are next-adjacent to one another jointly delimit a cavity (41) that is axially open at the rear, and thus lead into a rear opening (32). The rear opening (32), viewed in tangential sections, has a clearance (35) in each case that constitutes at least 50% of a circumferential distance (43) between the next-adjacent support ribs (23).Type: ApplicationFiled: June 1, 2022Publication date: December 15, 2022Inventors: Florian NEUBERGER, Daniel KIRCHNER, Georg KEMPINGER, Stephan DOEPPL, Kaspar WOLF
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Patent number: 11248484Abstract: A gas turbine component for a gas turbine is provided. The gas turbine component has a shell portion having an abradable portion (2) to allow rotor blade ends (1) of a rotor blade array of the gas turbine to rub into the same. The abradable portion adjoins a neighboring portion (3) of the shell portion axially at both sides and is additively manufactured together therewith.Type: GrantFiled: February 4, 2016Date of Patent: February 15, 2022Assignee: MTU Aero Engines AGInventors: Steffen Schlothauer, Thomas Hess, Christian Liebl, Richard Scharl, Daniel Kirchner, Alexander Buck
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Patent number: 10443445Abstract: A method for manufacturing a turbine casing part having a bearing chamber system including a shell (1) and at least one bearing receptacle (2) and further having a protective heat shield (30) that at least partially encompasses the shell (1) radially outwardly, the protective heat shield (30) being additively manufactured integrally with the bearing chamber system by selectively solidifying layer-by-layer a feedstock material (5) is provided.Type: GrantFiled: March 25, 2016Date of Patent: October 15, 2019Assignee: MTU Aero Engines AGInventors: Christian Liebl, Richard Scharl, Alexander Buck, Daniel Kirchner, Thomas Hess
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Patent number: 10392972Abstract: A liner element of a hot-gas-conveying duct of a turbine intermediate case of a gas turbine, in particular of an aircraft gas turbine, the liner element includes a central portion having at least one first reinforcement portion projecting in a direction away from the duct and extending substantially straight between an axial forward end and an axial rearward end; at least one of the two axial ends being adjoined by a second reinforcement portion projecting in a direction away from the duct and extending inclinedly or curvedly relative to the straight-line extent of the first reinforcement portion; the first reinforcement portion and the second reinforcement portion together forming a reinforcing element; the entire reinforcing element being disposed within the outer surface of the central portion, in particular in such a way that the reinforcing element is spaced apart from the first connecting portion and from the second connecting portion.Type: GrantFiled: July 19, 2017Date of Patent: August 27, 2019Assignee: MTU Aero Engines AGInventors: Thomas Flatscher, Alois Eichinger, Wolfgang Bickmeier, Manfred Feldmann, Daniel Kirchner, Johannes Geisler
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Patent number: 10347349Abstract: The present disclosure provides a flash memory device including a flash memory comprising a plurality of nonvolatile memory cells, divided into a plurality of erase units; a memory section dedicated to storing erase status information, the erase status information indicating an erase status of the plurality of erase units; and a memory controller configured to receive an erase request indicating at least one erase unit; store erase status information for the at least one erase unit in the memory section; perform an erase operation on the at least one erase unit; and update the stored erase status information upon completion of the erase operation. In addition, the present disclosure provides a way how incomplete erase commands can be handled transparently in a fail safe way.Type: GrantFiled: August 10, 2016Date of Patent: July 9, 2019Assignee: HARMAN BECKER AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS GmbHInventor: Daniel Kirchner
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Patent number: 10280775Abstract: The invention relates to a guide vane ring with at least one guide vane ring segment for a turbomachine, including a plurality of guide vanes arranged radially around an axis of rotation, an outer shroud arranged radially on the outer side of the guide vanes, and an inner shroud arranged radially on the inner side of the guide vanes, wherein the outer shroud or the inner shroud has at least one expansion joint, wherein the guide vane ring segment is formed in one piece with the guide vanes, the outer shroud, and the inner shroud and the at least one expansion joint is sealed in each case by at least one sealing device arranged in the respective expansion joint.Type: GrantFiled: January 26, 2016Date of Patent: May 7, 2019Assignee: MTU Aero Engines AGInventors: Christian Liebl, Richard Scharl, Daniel Kirchner, Alexander Buck, Thomas Hess
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Patent number: 10240474Abstract: A turbomachine includes a seal device for sealing a gap between two components, with a plurality of sealing elements tippable in the direction of a relative displacement of the components. The sealing elements are mounted on one of the components and bridge the gap where the device has prestressing elements, by which the tippable sealing elements are prestressed against a respective sealing edge of the components. The prestressing elements are each supported at a front support point and a back support point of the component on the mounting side, these points being distanced from one another in the axial direction and in the radial direction of the turbomachine where the front support point is disposed radially outside and the back support point is disposed radially inside with respect to the mounting.Type: GrantFiled: May 3, 2016Date of Patent: March 26, 2019Assignee: MTU Aero Engines AGInventors: Manfred Feldmann, Daniel Kirchner
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Publication number: 20180038244Abstract: A liner element of a hot-gas-conveying duct of a turbine intermediate case of a gas turbine, in particular of an aircraft gas turbine, the liner element includes a central portion having at least one first reinforcement portion projecting in a direction away from the duct and extending substantially straight between an axial forward end and an axial rearward end; at least one of the two axial ends being adjoined by a second reinforcement portion projecting in a direction away from the duct and extending inclinedly or curvedly relative to the straight-line extent of the first reinforcement portion; the first reinforcement portion and the second reinforcement portion together forming a reinforcing element; the entire reinforcing element being disposed within the outer surface of the central portion, in particular in such a way that the reinforcing element is spaced apart from the first connecting portion and from the second connecting portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 19, 2017Publication date: February 8, 2018Inventors: Thomas Flatscher, Alois Eichinger, Wolfgang Bickmeier, Manfred Feldmann, Daniel Kirchner, Johannes Geisler
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Patent number: 9759231Abstract: The invention relates to a mid-frame (10) for a gas turbine, having at least one outer casing element (12) and having a plurality of duct segments (16), which are arranged in succession in the radial direction on the inside of the outer casing element (12) and in the peripheral direction of the casing element (12) and by which segments, in each case, at least one duct (18) through which a gas can flow is delimited at least in the radial direction at least partially, wherein a ring element (22) that is common to the duct segments (16) and is formed in one piece is provided, by means of which the duct segments (16) are held at the outer casing element (12).Type: GrantFiled: May 18, 2015Date of Patent: September 12, 2017Assignee: MTU AERO ENGINES AGInventors: Daniel Kirchner, Alois Eichinger
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Publication number: 20170052734Abstract: The present disclosure provides a flash memory device including a flash memory comprising a plurality of nonvolatile memory cells, divided into a plurality of erase units; a memory section dedicated to storing erase status information, the erase status information indicating an erase status of the plurality of erase units; and a memory controller configured to receive an erase request indicating at least one erase unit; store erase status information for the at least one erase unit in the memory section; perform an erase operation on the at least one erase unit; and update the stored erase status information upon completion of the erase operation. In addition, the present disclosure provides a way how incomplete erase commands can be handled transparently in a fail safe way.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 10, 2016Publication date: February 23, 2017Inventor: Daniel KIRCHNER
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Publication number: 20160326897Abstract: A turbomachine includes a seal device for sealing a gap between two components, with a plurality of sealing elements tippable in the direction of a relative displacement of the components. The sealing elements are mounted on one of the components and bridge the gap where the device has prestressing elements, by which the tippable sealing elements are prestressed against a respective sealing edge of the components. The prestressing elements are each supported at a front support point and a back support point of the component on the mounting side, these points being distanced from one another in the axial direction and in the radial direction of the turbomachine where the front support point is disposed radially outside and the back support point is disposed radially inside with respect to the mounting.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 3, 2016Publication date: November 10, 2016Inventors: Manfred Feldmann, Daniel Kirchner
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Publication number: 20160290164Abstract: A method for manufacturing a turbine casing part having a bearing chamber system including a shell (1) and at least one bearing receptacle (2) and further having a protective heat shield (30) that at least partially encompasses the shell (1) radially outwardly, the protective heat shield (30) being additively manufactured integrally with the bearing chamber system by selectively solidifying layer-by-layer a feedstock material (5) is provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 25, 2016Publication date: October 6, 2016Inventors: Christian Liebl, Richard Scharl, Alexander Buck, Daniel Kirchner, Thomas Hess
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Publication number: 20160230582Abstract: A gas turbine component for a gas turbine is provided. The gas turbine component has a shell portion having an abradable portion (2) to allow rotor blade ends (1) of a rotor blade array of the gas turbine to rub into the same. The abradable portion adjoins a neighboring portion (3) of the shell portion axially at both sides and is additively manufactured together therewith.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 4, 2016Publication date: August 11, 2016Inventors: Steffen Schlothauer, Thomas Hess, Christian Liebl, Richard Scharl, Daniel Kirchner, Alexander Buck
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Publication number: 20160222807Abstract: The invention relates to a guide vane ring (10) with at least one guide vane ring segment for a turbomachine, including a plurality of guide vanes (12) arranged radially around an axis of rotation, an outer shroud (14) arranged radially on the outer side of the guide vanes (12), and an inner shroud (16) arranged radially on the inner side of the guide vanes (12), wherein the outer shroud (14) or the inner shroud (16) has at least one expansion joint (18), wherein the guide vane ring segment is formed in one piece with the guide vanes (12), the outer shroud (14), and the inner shroud (16) and the at least one expansion joint (18) is sealed in each case by at least one sealing device (24) arranged in the respective expansion joint (18).Type: ApplicationFiled: January 26, 2016Publication date: August 4, 2016Inventors: Christian Liebl, Richard Scharl, Daniel Kirchner, Alexander Buck, Thomas Hess
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Publication number: 20150330406Abstract: The invention relates to a mid-frame (10) for a gas turbine, having at least one outer casing element (12) and having a plurality of duct segments (16), which are arranged in succession in the radial direction on the inside of the outer casing element (12) and in the peripheral direction of the casing element (12) and by which segments, in each case, at least one duct (18) through which a gas can flow is delimited at least in the radial direction at least partially, wherein a ring element (22) that is common to the duct segments (16) and is formed in one piece is provided, by means of which the duct segments (16) are held at the outer casing element (12).Type: ApplicationFiled: May 18, 2015Publication date: November 19, 2015Inventors: Daniel Kirchner, Alois Eichinger