Patents by Inventor Franz Heitmeir

Franz Heitmeir 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).

  • Gas turbine vane
    Patent number: 7985051
    Abstract: A gas turbine vane, especially a vane pertaining to an aircraft engine, comprising a blade and a vane footing. The blade is defined by a flow inlet edge or a front edge, a flow outlet edge or a rear edge, and a blade surface extending between the front edge and the rear edge and forming a suction side and a pressure side. The suction side of the blade includes at least one microprofiled or microstructured region for optimizing the flow around the blade.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2011
    Assignee: MTU Aero Engines GmbH
    Inventors: Joachim Bamberg, Franz Heitmeir, Axel Rossmann
  • Gas Turbine Vane
    Publication number: 20070217916
    Abstract: A gas turbine vane, especially a vane pertaining to an aircraft engine, comprising a blade and a vane footing. The blade is defined by a flow inlet edge or a front edge, a flow outlet edge or a rear edge, and a blade surface extending between the front edge and the rear edge and forming a suction side and a pressure side. The suction side of the blade includes at least one microprofiled or microstructured region for optimizing the flow around the blade.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2005
    Publication date: September 20, 2007
    Applicant: MTU Aero Engines GmbH
    Inventors: Joachim Bamberg, Franz Heitmeir, Axel Rossmann