Patents by Inventor Frank Stiehler

Frank Stiehler 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: 11519296
    Abstract: A bearing chamber housing for supporting a shaft of a turbomachine is provided, the bearing chamber housing including an additively built-up housing wall which bounds an oil chamber of the bearing chamber housing radially outwardly relative to an axis of rotation of the shaft, the housing wall being built up with an oil duct which has an inlet opening toward the oil chamber for admission of oil from the oil chamber into the oil duct, and which has an outlet opening for discharging the oil from the oil duct, the outlet opening being located at a different axial position and at a different circumferential position than the inlet opening, considered relative to the axis of rotation of the shaft, and the oil duct having an extent with both an axial component and a circumferential component, at least over a portion thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: MTU Aero Engines AG
    Inventors: Frank Stiehler, Georg Kempinger, Juergen Kraus, Steffen Schlothauer, Christian Liebl, Alois Eichinger, Thomas Koebke
  • Publication number: 20220372892
    Abstract: A bearing chamber housing for supporting a shaft of a turbomachine is provided, the bearing chamber housing including an additively built-up housing wall which bounds an oil chamber of the bearing chamber housing radially outwardly relative to an axis of rotation of the shaft, the housing wall being built up with an oil duct which has an inlet opening toward the oil chamber for admission of oil from the oil chamber into the oil duct, and which has an outlet opening for discharging the oil from the oil duct, the outlet opening being located at a different axial position and at a different circumferential position than the inlet opening, considered relative to the axis of rotation of the shaft, and the oil duct having an extent with both an axial component and a circumferential component, at least over a portion thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2019
    Publication date: November 24, 2022
    Inventors: Frank STIEHLER, Georg KEMPINGER, Juergen KRAUS, Steffen SCHLOTHAUER, Christian LIEBL, Alois EICHINGER, Thomas KOEBKE
  • Patent number: 11377966
    Abstract: A moving blade for a turbine or compressor stage of a gas turbine is provided, including a vane (10) and a radially outer shroud (20), for at least one contour point (PK) of an outer contour of a profile cross section (P) of the vane at a radial outer gas channel boundary, the wall thickness of the shroud at at least one edge point (PR) of the shroud, whose connecting line (V), including the contour point with a normal (N), which is perpendicular to the outer contour of the profile cross section in the contour point, encloses an angle (?), which is no more than 5°, is less than a wall thickness of the shroud at the contour point, the wall thickness of the shroud decreasing strictly monotonously along the connecting line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: MTU Aero Engines AG
    Inventors: Frank Stiehler, Lars Schellhorn
  • Patent number: 11300004
    Abstract: A guide vane arrangement for a turbomachine, wherein the guide vane arrangement has a plurality of adjustable guide vanes that are rotatably mounted around an adjustment axis, at least one inner ring segment that is formed separately from the guide vanes, and a seal carrier that is formed separately from the at least one inner ring segment, wherein the at least one inner ring segment is fastened to one guide vane or to a plurality of guide vanes, and wherein the seal carrier is mounted in a spoke-centered manner with respect to the at least one inner ring segment, so that the seal carrier is movably mounted with respect to the at least one inner ring segment in the direction of at least one adjustment axis of at least one guide vane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: MTU Aero Engines AG
    Inventor: Frank Stiehler
  • Patent number: 11242757
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a blade or vane assembly having at least one hollow airfoil (10) for a gas turbine, profile sections (A, B, C) of this airfoil being configured (S20) on the basis of a predetermined desired torsion of the airfoil, and the airfoil being manufactured (S30) on the basis of the configured profile sections using an additive manufacturing process (S30).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2022
    Assignee: MTU Aero Engines AG
    Inventors: Frank Stiehler, Lars Schellhorn
  • Patent number: 11162376
    Abstract: A guide vane according to the invention for a guide vane ring of a turbomachine has a vane element as well as a guide vane plate for its support on an inner ring. The guide vane plate has a cover surface facing the vane element, a base surface lying opposite to the cover surface, and an edge surface joining the cover and base surfaces. In a first region, the edge surface forms a chamfer of the vane plate, and in a second region, which forms the edge of a sector of the guide vane plate that is different from that of the first region, the edge surface runs along a cylindrical surface. A method comprises inserting a plurality of guide vanes according to the invention into respective uptakes in an inner ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignee: MTU Aero Engines AG
    Inventor: Frank Stiehler
  • Patent number: 10982562
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a bearing chamber housing for bearing a shaft of a turbomachine, comprising an additively built-up housing section and a cover, which, in each case referred to an axis of rotation of the shaft, connects axially to the housing section and has a radially extending collar, which collar axially bounds an oil space of the bearing chamber housing, wherein the cover is assembled with the housing section and is connected therewith via a weld.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: MTU Aero Engines AG
    Inventors: Frank Stiehler, Georg Kempinger, Juergen Kraus, Steffen Schlothauer, Christian Liebl, Thomas Koebke, Alois Eichinger
  • Patent number: 10830098
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a bearing chamber housing for bearing a shaft of a turbomachine, having an additively built-up housing wall and a cover of the oil chamber, wherein, in each case referred to an axis of rotation of the shaft, the housing wall bounds radially outwardly an oil chamber of the bearing chamber housing and the cover of the oil chamber disposed on an axial end of the housing wall axially bounds a region of the oil chamber; the region bounds radially inwardly an inner shell of the bearing chamber housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: MTU Aero Engines AG
    Inventors: Frank Stiehler, Georg Kempinger, Juergen Kraus, Steffen Schlothauer, Christian Liebl, Alois Eichinger, Thomas Koebke
  • Publication number: 20200088044
    Abstract: A moving blade for a turbine or compressor stage of a gas turbine is provided, including a vane (10) and a radially outer shroud (20), for at least one contour point (PK) of an outer contour of a profile cross section (P) of the vane at a radial outer gas channel boundary, the wall thickness of the shroud at at least one edge point (PR) of the shroud, whose connecting line (V), including the contour point with a normal (N), which is perpendicular to the outer contour of the profile cross section in the contour point, encloses an angle (?), which is no more than 5°, is less than a wall thickness of the shroud at the contour point, the wall thickness of the shroud decreasing strictly monotonously along the connecting line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2019
    Publication date: March 19, 2020
    Inventors: Frank STIEHLER, Lars SCHELLHORN
  • Publication number: 20200056499
    Abstract: The invention relates to a guide vane arrangement for a turbomachine, wherein the guide vane arrangement has a plurality of adjustable guide vanes that are rotatably mounted around an adjustment axis, at least one inner ring segment that is formed separately from the guide vanes, and a seal carrier that is formed separately from the at least one inner ring segment, wherein the at least one inner ring segment is fastened to one guide vane or to a plurality of guide vanes, and wherein the seal carrier is mounted in a spoke-centered manner with respect to the at least one inner ring segment, so that the seal carrier is movably mounted with respect to the at least one inner ring segment in the direction of at least one adjustment axis of at least one guide vane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2019
    Publication date: February 20, 2020
    Applicant: MTU Aero Engines AG
    Inventor: Frank Stiehler
  • Publication number: 20200018171
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a blade or vane assembly having at least one hollow airfoil (10) for a gas turbine, profile sections (A, B, C) of this airfoil being configured (S20) on the basis of a predetermined desired torsion of the airfoil, and the airfoil being manufactured (S30) on the basis of the configured profile sections using an additive manufacturing process (S30).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2019
    Publication date: January 16, 2020
    Inventors: Frank STIEHLER, Lars SCHELLHORN
  • Publication number: 20190360355
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a bearing chamber housing for bearing a shaft of a turbomachine, having an additively built-up housing wall and a cover of the oil chamber, wherein, in each case referred to an axis of rotation of the shaft, the housing wall bounds radially outwardly an oil chamber of the bearing chamber housing and the cover of the oil chamber disposed on an axial end of the housing wall axially bounds a region of the oil chamber; the region bounds radially inwardly an inner shell of the bearing chamber housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2019
    Publication date: November 28, 2019
    Applicant: MTU Aero Engines AG
    Inventors: Frank Stiehler, Georg Kempinger, Juergen Kraus, Steffen Schlothauer, Christian Liebl, Alois Eichinger, Thomas Koebke
  • Patent number: 10450888
    Abstract: The invention relates to a guide vane system for a turbomachine with at least one guide vane, which can be rotatably mounted around an adjustment axis and is arranged with a radially inner end region in a corresponding recess of an inner ring, wherein the arrangement of the guide vane on the inner ring is secured by a securing element in a form-fitting manner. For an especially advantageous securing of this arrangement, it is provided that the securing element is designed as an oblong element, which is arranged at least in a recess and/or through-opening of the radially inner end region of the guide vane directed in the peripheral direction of the turbomachine and is arranged at least in a recess and/or through-opening of the inner ring directed in the peripheral direction of the turbomachine. In addition, the invention relates to a turbomachine, in particular an aircraft engine, and to a method for assembling a guide vane system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignee: MTU Aero Engines AG
    Inventors: Joachim Wulf, Frank Stiehler
  • Publication number: 20190249569
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a bearing chamber housing for bearing a shaft of a turbomachine, comprising an additively built-up housing section and a cover, which, in each case referred to an axis of rotation of the shaft, connects axially to the housing section and has a radially extending collar, which collar axially bounds an oil space of the bearing chamber housing, wherein the cover is assembled with the housing section and is connected therewith via a weld.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2019
    Publication date: August 15, 2019
    Applicant: MTU Aero Engines AG
    Inventors: Frank Stiehler, Georg Kempinger, Juergen Kraus, Steffen Schlothauer, Christian Liebl, Thomas Koebke, Alois Eichinger
  • Patent number: 10287989
    Abstract: Disclosed is a turbomachine having an annular flow duct and a housing structure surrounding the flow duct and a multiplicity of guide vanes and rotor blades which are arranged in the flow duct. The rotor blades are rotatably accommodated in the housing structure whereas the guide vanes are fixed in the housing structure, a plurality of guide vanes forming an annular guide vane ring. The housing structure has a seal in the region of the radially inner flow duct boundary in order to prevent hot gas escaping from the flow duct, which seal is arranged on guide vane roots of the guide vanes of the guide vane ring via a seal support and forms a seal against a rotatable seal surface, the seal support being formed from an intermetallic material, in particular a TiAl material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2019
    Assignee: MTU AERO ENGINES AG
    Inventors: Frank Stiehler, Stephan Klaen, Stefan Busam, Bernhard Theis
  • Patent number: 10240472
    Abstract: A brush seal for a turbomachine includes a support that has a recess, in which a spring element is clamped axially, which fastens a brush element, where the spring element is axially locked at an undercut in the recess.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2019
    Assignee: MTU Aero Engines AG
    Inventor: Frank Stiehler
  • Publication number: 20180258784
    Abstract: A seal carrier (63) for a turbomachine (60) which is assembled from seal carrier segments, is provided. The seal carrier segments each have a seal structure (1a, b) on the radially inward side. These seal structures (1a, b) are either interleaved in the circumferential direction (4) such that a cross-sectional plane containing the longitudinal axis (2) of the turbomachine (60) intersects both the first seal structure (1a) and the second seal structure (1b), or the seal structures (1a, b) rest against each another.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2018
    Publication date: September 13, 2018
    Inventors: Steffen SCHLOTHAUER, Frank STIEHLER, Alexander LADEWIG, Christian LIEBL, Johannes CASPER, Juergen KRAUS, Johannes JAKIMOV
  • Patent number: 10060275
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a turbomachine blade (100; 200) with a base element, which has a blade part (1) for flow diversion and a blade root (2), a first guide (110; 210), fixed on the base element, in which a first element (111; 211) is movably guided, and a second guide (120; 220), fixed on the base element, in which a second element (121; 221) is movably guided, wherein a dynamic of the first element in the first guide and a dynamic of the second element in the second guide are designed differently, and the first guide (110; 210) is arranged in a half, nearer to the base root, of a radial height (H) of the base element, and the second guide is arranged in a half, more remote from the blade root, of the radial height of the base element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2018
    Assignee: MTU AERO ENGINES AG
    Inventors: Frank Stiehler, Martin Pernleitner, Andreas Hartung
  • Patent number: 10047619
    Abstract: A seal configuration (100) for a turbo machine having a rotor (5), wherein the seal configuration (100) has a sealing element (300) to create a seal with respect to the rotor (5) in an installed position and a supporting device (200). The supporting device (200) has, in at least one section of the supporting device, a material (9) that melts when it comes into contact with the rotating rotor (5) in the installed position. A turbo machine having a seal configuration (100) is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: MTU Aero Engines AG
    Inventors: Andre Werner, Stephan Klaen, Manuel Hertter, Frank Stiehler
  • Patent number: 10001016
    Abstract: A turbomachine blade having a main body (10) that includes a plane, first attachment surface (100) having a first rim contour (110), a cover (20; 21, 22) that has a plane, second attachment surface (200) having a second rim contour (210) that is welded to the first attachment surface, and a tuning body configuration having at least one tuning body (30; 31-33) for contacting an inner wall (220) of the cover by impact therewith, a gap (s) being formed between the first and the second rim contour.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2018
    Assignee: MTU Aero Engines AG
    Inventors: Frank Stiehler, Andreas Hartung