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).
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Patent number: 11519296Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: February 12, 2019Date of Patent: December 6, 2022Assignee: MTU Aero Engines AGInventors: Frank Stiehler, Georg Kempinger, Juergen Kraus, Steffen Schlothauer, Christian Liebl, Alois Eichinger, Thomas Koebke
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Publication number: 20220372892Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: February 12, 2019Publication date: November 24, 2022Inventors: Frank STIEHLER, Georg KEMPINGER, Juergen KRAUS, Steffen SCHLOTHAUER, Christian LIEBL, Alois EICHINGER, Thomas KOEBKE
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Patent number: 11377966Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: September 16, 2019Date of Patent: July 5, 2022Assignee: MTU Aero Engines AGInventors: Frank Stiehler, Lars Schellhorn
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Patent number: 11300004Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: August 16, 2019Date of Patent: April 12, 2022Assignee: MTU Aero Engines AGInventor: Frank Stiehler
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Patent number: 11242757Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: July 5, 2019Date of Patent: February 8, 2022Assignee: MTU Aero Engines AGInventors: Frank Stiehler, Lars Schellhorn
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Patent number: 11162376Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: March 7, 2017Date of Patent: November 2, 2021Assignee: MTU Aero Engines AGInventor: Frank Stiehler
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Patent number: 10982562Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: February 7, 2019Date of Patent: April 20, 2021Assignee: MTU Aero Engines AGInventors: Frank Stiehler, Georg Kempinger, Juergen Kraus, Steffen Schlothauer, Christian Liebl, Thomas Koebke, Alois Eichinger
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Patent number: 10830098Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: May 22, 2019Date of Patent: November 10, 2020Assignee: MTU Aero Engines AGInventors: Frank Stiehler, Georg Kempinger, Juergen Kraus, Steffen Schlothauer, Christian Liebl, Alois Eichinger, Thomas Koebke
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Publication number: 20200088044Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: September 16, 2019Publication date: March 19, 2020Inventors: Frank STIEHLER, Lars SCHELLHORN
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Publication number: 20200056499Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: August 16, 2019Publication date: February 20, 2020Applicant: MTU Aero Engines AGInventor: Frank Stiehler
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Publication number: 20200018171Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: July 5, 2019Publication date: January 16, 2020Inventors: Frank STIEHLER, Lars SCHELLHORN
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Publication number: 20190360355Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: May 22, 2019Publication date: November 28, 2019Applicant: MTU Aero Engines AGInventors: Frank Stiehler, Georg Kempinger, Juergen Kraus, Steffen Schlothauer, Christian Liebl, Alois Eichinger, Thomas Koebke
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Patent number: 10450888Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: January 27, 2017Date of Patent: October 22, 2019Assignee: MTU Aero Engines AGInventors: Joachim Wulf, Frank Stiehler
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Publication number: 20190249569Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: February 7, 2019Publication date: August 15, 2019Applicant: MTU Aero Engines AGInventors: Frank Stiehler, Georg Kempinger, Juergen Kraus, Steffen Schlothauer, Christian Liebl, Thomas Koebke, Alois Eichinger
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Patent number: 10287989Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: January 28, 2014Date of Patent: May 14, 2019Assignee: MTU AERO ENGINES AGInventors: Frank Stiehler, Stephan Klaen, Stefan Busam, Bernhard Theis
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Patent number: 10240472Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: September 25, 2014Date of Patent: March 26, 2019Assignee: MTU Aero Engines AGInventor: Frank Stiehler
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Publication number: 20180258784Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: March 5, 2018Publication date: September 13, 2018Inventors: Steffen SCHLOTHAUER, Frank STIEHLER, Alexander LADEWIG, Christian LIEBL, Johannes CASPER, Juergen KRAUS, Johannes JAKIMOV
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Patent number: 10060275Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: July 16, 2015Date of Patent: August 28, 2018Assignee: MTU AERO ENGINES AGInventors: Frank Stiehler, Martin Pernleitner, Andreas Hartung
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Patent number: 10047619Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: November 4, 2014Date of Patent: August 14, 2018Assignee: MTU Aero Engines AGInventors: Andre Werner, Stephan Klaen, Manuel Hertter, Frank Stiehler
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Patent number: 10001016Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: July 9, 2015Date of Patent: June 19, 2018Assignee: MTU Aero Engines AGInventors: Frank Stiehler, Andreas Hartung