Patents by Inventor Hans-Peter Borufka
Hans-Peter Borufka 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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Publication number: 20180016936Abstract: In the case of a device and a method for monitoring the service life of an engine or of a turbine having a compressor blisk and/or a turbine blisk, momentary stresses of blisk substructures, such as the blade (1), the disk (2), and the join region (3) between the blade (1) and the disk (2), are calculated on the basis of operating parameters that are measured in the course of engine or turbine operation; and accumulated damage to the individual substructures, that was caused by the momentary stresses, is estimated.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 27, 2017Publication date: January 18, 2018Inventors: Eberhard Knodel, Hans-Peter Borufka, Hernan Victor Arrieta
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Patent number: 9133855Abstract: The invention relates to a rotor (10) for a turbo machine, in particular for an aircraft turbine, with rotating blades (12) that are joined to a basic rotor body (16), whereby at least one channel (22) extending between the high-pressure side (HD) and the low-pressure side (ND) of rotor (10) radially underneath a blade platform (18) of at least one rotating blade (12) is provided, whereby a slope of a principal axis of extension (H) of channel (22) relative to an axis of rotation (D) of rotor (10) has the same sign as a slope of a principal axis of extension (R) of a radially inner boundary of the flow channel of rotor 10. In addition, the invention relates to a turbo machine having a rotor (10) as well as to a method for manufacturing a rotor (10) for a turbo machine.Type: GrantFiled: November 11, 2011Date of Patent: September 15, 2015Assignee: MTU AERO ENGINES GMBHInventors: Hans Peter Borufka, Frank Stiehler
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Patent number: 9074479Abstract: A damping system for damping vibrations of a rotor blade of a rotor of a turbomachine is disclosed. A damping element is guided on a support such that the damping element is radially outwardly movable during a rotation of the rotor and is contactable with a lower platform area of a rotor blade. A circumferential contact surface is formed by an elevation on the lower platform area, where the circumferential contact surface is a limit stop for a movement of the damping element.Type: GrantFiled: April 15, 2011Date of Patent: July 7, 2015Assignee: MTU Aero Engines GmbHInventors: Hans Peter Borufka, Andreas Hartung, Patrick Prokopczuk, Frank Stiehler
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Patent number: 9045989Abstract: A coupling element 2, 52 is disclosed for arrangement between shrouds 14,16 of adjacent rotor blades 4, 6, the coupling element having force-transmission surfaces 28, 30 for bounding damping gaps 12a, 12b between shrouds 14, 16, and a rotor having at least one coupling element 2, 52 of this type.Type: GrantFiled: November 11, 2010Date of Patent: June 2, 2015Assignee: MTU AERO ENGINES GMBHInventors: Frank Stiehler, Hans Peter Borufka, Patrick Prokopczuk
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Patent number: 9022727Abstract: A rotor (13) for a turbo machine, in particular for an aircraft turbine, has rotating blades (12), which are joined to a basic rotor body (14), in which at least one rotating blade (12) has at least one inner cooling channel, which extends at least along a predominant region of a blade element (18) of rotating blade (12) and has an inlet opening (23) for introducing cooling air into blade element (18), in which the inlet opening (23) is formed in a blade neck (16) lying between a blade foot (32) and a blade platform (10) of rotating blade (12). Inlet opening (23) is disposed in a cavity (22) formed radially underneath blade platform (10).Type: GrantFiled: November 11, 2011Date of Patent: May 5, 2015Assignee: MTU Aero Engines GmbHInventors: Hans Peter Borufka, Frank Stiehler
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Patent number: 8888456Abstract: The invention relates to a rotor for a turbo machine, having rotating blades (12), which are joined to a basic rotor body (14), whereby a damping element (24) for damping blade vibrations is provided between blade platforms (10) of at least two adjacent rotating blades (12), damping element (24) being arched radially upward along its axial extent relative to an axis of rotation of the rotor. In addition, the invention relates to a method for manufacturing, repairing, and/or overhauling a rotor for a turbo machine, in which rotating blades (12) are joined to a basic rotor body (14), whereby a damping element (24) for damping blade vibrations is disposed between at least two adjacent rotating blades (12). In this case, damping element (24) is arched radially upward along its axial extent relative to an axis of rotation of the rotor.Type: GrantFiled: November 14, 2011Date of Patent: November 18, 2014Assignee: MTU Aero Engines GmbHInventors: Hans Peter Borufka, Frank Stiehler
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Patent number: 8851847Abstract: The invention relates to a rotor (10) for a turbo machine, in particular for an aircraft turbine, having rotating blades (12), which are joined with a basic rotor body (16) and, radially underneath their blade platforms (18), comprise channels (22) for introducing cooling air (KL) into rotating blades (12), whereby a gas diffusor (24) is provided on a high-pressure (HD) side of rotor (10), this diffusor being designed to at least reduce a hot-gas (HL) flow into channels (22) during the operation of the associated turbo machine and to permit an entry of cooling air (KL) into channels (22), whereby gas diffusor (24) is joined to rotor (10) and comprises a blocking element (28) running annularly in the circumferential direction of rotor (10). A related method for manufacturing, repairing and/or overhauling a rotor (10) for a turbo machine is also provided.Type: GrantFiled: November 14, 2011Date of Patent: October 7, 2014Assignee: MTU Aero Engines GmbHInventors: Hans Peter Borufka, Frank Stiehler
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Patent number: 8821122Abstract: An integrally bladed rotor disk (20) for a turbine, including rotor blades (40), which are joined in a substance-to-substance bond to a disk element (30), and a sealing device (60) for preventing or reducing the extent to which cooling air is able to flow from a high-pressure side (12) of the rotor disk (20) through openings (24) on the rotor disk (20) to a low-pressure side (14) of the rotor disk (20).Type: GrantFiled: February 1, 2010Date of Patent: September 2, 2014Assignee: MTU Aero Engines GmbHInventors: Hans-Peter Borufka, Frank Stiehler, Hernan Victor Arrieta, Patrick Prokopczuk, Joachim Lorenz
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Patent number: 8622704Abstract: The invention relates to a gas turbine blade (10), in particular a compressor blade and/or turbine blade for a turbomachine, wherein the gas turbine blade (10) comprises at least one receptacle (18) for the form-fitting arrangement of a connecting element, by means of which a mechanical load can be introduced into gas turbine blade (10). The invention further relates to a shrouding band segment (16) for arrangement on a gas turbine blade (10), a connection system having a gas turbine blade (10) and having a connecting element, a method for connecting a gas turbine blade (10) to a connecting element, and a rotor for a turbomachine having a rotor disk (12) joined to a blade ring or having a rotor ring joined to a blade ring.Type: GrantFiled: November 12, 2010Date of Patent: January 7, 2014Assignee: MTU Aero Engines GmbHInventors: Frank Stiehler, Hans Peter Borufka, Patrick Prokopczuk
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Patent number: 8573939Abstract: A shroud for the rotating blades of a turbo machine, particularly a gas turbine, in which shroud is arranged along the circumference of a row of several rotating blades disposed on a rotor and has at least one separation gap along its circumference. The separation gap is formed in zigzag shape and has at least three damping gaps that are distanced from one another and extend at an angle relative to an axis of rotation of the rotor, and adjacent to these, has connection gaps each connecting damping gaps or extending the latter in the direction of shroud edges, wherein, when the rotor rotates, the gap width of damping gaps is reduced until the gap walls forming the damping gaps come to rest against each other.Type: GrantFiled: April 30, 2009Date of Patent: November 5, 2013Assignee: MTU Aero Engines GmbHInventors: Hans-Peter Borufka, Hernan Victor Arrieta, Klemens Hain
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Publication number: 20120280021Abstract: A method for producing an integrally bladed rotor, in particular a gas turbine rotor, comprises the following steps:—Providing a blade (12) having a lower blade foot that has a joining surface (18);—Retaining the blade (12) in a retaining unit (20); and—Exciting the blade (12) to oscillate about an axis of rotation. A device for carrying out the method comprises a retaining unit, in which blade (12) can be solidly clamped in place, and an oscillating unit (24) that transmits translational oscillations to the retaining unit in a plane substantially parallel to joining surface (18), and a fixation unit (30) for establishing the axis of rotation.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 12, 2010Publication date: November 8, 2012Applicant: MTU AERO ENGINES GMBHInventors: Frank Stiehler, Hans Peter Borufka, Patrick Prokopczuk
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Publication number: 20120230825Abstract: The invention relates to a gas turbine blade (10), in particular a compressor blade and/or turbine blade for a turbomachine, wherein the gas turbine blade (10) comprises at least one receptacle (18) for the form-fitting arrangement of a connecting element, by means of which a mechanical load can be introduced into gas turbine blade (10). The invention further relates to a shrouding band segment (16) for arrangement on a gas turbine blade (10), a connection system having a gas turbine blade (10) and having a connecting element, a method for connecting a gas turbine blade (10) to a connecting element, and a rotor for a turbomachine having a rotor disk (12) joined to a blade ring or having a rotor ring joined to a blade ring.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 12, 2010Publication date: September 13, 2012Applicant: MTU AERO ENGINES GMBHInventors: Frank Stiehler, Hans Peter Borufka, Patrick Prokopczuk
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METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PRODUCING AN INTEGRALLY BLADED ROTOR AND ROTOR PRODUCED BY MEANS OF THE METHOD
Publication number: 20120224972Abstract: A method for producing an integrally bladed rotor, in particular a gas turbine rotor, by means of joining, comprises the following steps:—Providing a blade (10) having a joining surface;—Providing a retaining mechanism having two clamping jaws (28);—Retaining the blade (10) at two opposite points of blade (10) by means of clamping jaws (28) in a purely force-closed manner; and—Pressing the blade (10) retained in a force-closed manner onto a basic rotor body, so that blade (10) is aligned independently in a joining position. A device for producing an integrally bladed rotor comprises a retaining mechanism for a blade (10) having two clamping jaws (28), and by pressing these jaws together, blade (10) is retained at two opposite points in a purely force-closed manner; and a mechanism for pressing blade (10) retained in a force-closed manner onto a basic rotor body, in such a way that blade (10) is aligned independently in a joining position.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 12, 2010Publication date: September 6, 2012Applicant: MTU AERO ENGINES GMBHInventors: Frank Stiehler, Hans Peter Borufka, Patrick Prokopczuk -
Publication number: 20120224969Abstract: A coupling element 2, 52 is disclosed for arrangement between shrouds 14,16 of adjacent rotor blades 4, 6, the coupling element having force-transmission surfaces 28, 30 for bounding damping gaps 12a, 12b between shrouds 14, 16, and a rotor having at least one coupling element 2, 52 of this type.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 11, 2010Publication date: September 6, 2012Applicant: MTU AERO ENGINES GMBHInventors: Frank Stiehler, Hans Peter Borufka, Patrick Prokopczuk
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Publication number: 20120121435Abstract: The invention relates to a rotor (10) for a turbo machine, in particular for an aircraft turbine, with rotating blades (12) that are joined to a basic rotor body (16), whereby at least one channel (22) extending between the high-pressure side (HD) and the low-pressure side (ND) of rotor (10) radially underneath a blade platform (18) of at least one rotating blade (12) is provided, whereby a slope of a principal axis of extension (H) of channel (22) relative to an axis of rotation (D) of rotor (10) has the same sign as a slope of a principal axis of extension (R) of a radially inner boundary of the flow channel of rotor 10. In addition, the invention relates to a turbo machine having a rotor (10) as well as to a method for manufacturing a rotor (10) for a turbo machine.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 11, 2011Publication date: May 17, 2012Applicant: MTU AERO ENGINES GMBHInventors: Hans Peter Borufka, Frank Stiehler
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Publication number: 20120121436Abstract: The invention relates to a rotor (13) for a turbo machine, in particular for an aircraft turbine, having rotating blades (12), which are joined to a basic rotor body (14), in which at least one rotating blade (12) has at least one inner cooling channel, which extends at least along a predominant region of a blade element (18) of rotating blade (12) and has an inlet opening (23) for introducing cooling air into blade element (18), in which the inlet opening (23) is formed in a blade neck (16) lying between a blade foot (32) and a blade platform (10) of rotating blade (12). Inlet opening (23) is disposed in a cavity (22) formed radially underneath blade platform (10). In addition, the invention relates to a blade or vane, in particular a rotating blade (12) for a rotor (13) of a turbo machine, as well as a turbo machine.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 11, 2011Publication date: May 17, 2012Applicant: MTU AERO ENGINES GMBHInventors: Hans Peter Borufka, Frank Stiehler
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Publication number: 20120121384Abstract: The invention relates to a rotor for a turbo machine, having rotating blades (12), which are joined to a basic rotor body (14), whereby a damping element (24) for damping blade vibrations is provided between blade platforms (10) of at least two adjacent rotating blades (12), damping element (24) being arched radially upward along its axial extent relative to an axis of rotation of the rotor. In addition, the invention relates to a method for manufacturing, repairing, and/or overhauling a rotor for a turbo machine, in which rotating blades (12) are joined to a basic rotor body (14), whereby a damping element (24) for damping blade vibrations is disposed between at least two adjacent rotating blades (12). In this case, damping element (24) is arched radially upward along its axial extent relative to an axis of rotation of the rotor.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 14, 2011Publication date: May 17, 2012Applicant: MTU AERO ENGINES GMBHInventors: Hans Peter Borufka, Frank Stiehler
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Publication number: 20120121437Abstract: The invention relates to a rotor (10) for a turbo machine, in particular for an aircraft turbine, having rotating blades (12), which are joined with a basic rotor body (16) and, radially underneath their blade platforms (18), comprise channels (22) for introducing cooling air (KL) into rotating blades (12), whereby a gas diffusor (24) is provided on a high-pressure (HD) side of rotor (10), this diffusor being designed to at least reduce a hot-gas (HL) flow into channels (22) during the operation of the associated turbo machine and to permit an entry of cooling air (KL) into channels (22), whereby gas diffusor (24) is joined to rotor (10) and comprises a blocking element (28) running annularly in the circumferential direction of rotor (10). A related method for manufacturing, repairing and/or overhauling a rotor (10) for a turbo machine is also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 14, 2011Publication date: May 17, 2012Applicant: MTU AERO ENGINES GMBHInventors: Hans Peter Borufka, Frank Stiehler
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Publication number: 20120102701Abstract: The English-language Abstract from the international application is to be retained and is therefore not duplicated in the specification.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 7, 2010Publication date: May 3, 2012Applicant: MTU AERO ENGINES GMBHInventors: Hans Peter Borufka, Hernan Victor Arrieta, Andreas Hartung, Ulrich Retze
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Publication number: 20110255991Abstract: An integrally bladed rotor disk (20) for a turbine, including rotor blades (40), which are joined in a substance-to-substance bond to a disk element (30), and a sealing device (60) for preventing or reducing the extent to which cooling air is able to flow from a high-pressure side (12) of the rotor disk (20) through openings (24) on the rotor disk (20) to a low-pressure side (14) of the rotor disk (20).Type: ApplicationFiled: February 1, 2010Publication date: October 20, 2011Applicant: MTU Aero Engines GmbHInventors: Hans-Peter Borufka, Frank Stiehler, Hernan Victor Arrieta, Patrick Prokopczuk, Joachim Lorenz