Patents by Inventor Helmut Clemens

Helmut Clemens 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: 10590520
    Abstract: Described is a TiAl alloy which, besides titanium, comprises 42 to 48 at. % aluminum, 3 to 5 at. % niobium, 0.05 to 1 at. % molybdenum, 0.2 to 2.2 at. % silicon, 0.2 to 0.4 at. % carbon, 0.05 to 0.2 at. % boron, and optionally tungsten, zirconium and hafnium, as well as unavoidable impurities, and at room temperature has a microstructure which comprises globular colonies of lamellae of ?2-Ti3Al and ?-TiAl, as well as silicide precipitates, and essentially no ? phase. A method for producing a component made of this alloy is also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: MTU AERO ENGINES AG
    Inventors: Wilfried Smarsly, Martin Schloffer, Helmut Clemens, Thomas Klein
  • Patent number: 10465264
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a TiAl alloy for use at high temperatures which has aluminum and titanium as main constituents. The TiAl alloy has an aluminum content of greater than or equal to 50 at. % and a matrix of ?-TiAl and at least one phase of Al and Ti incorporated in the ?-TiAl matrix which is different from ?-TiAl, as well as depositions of oxides and/or carbides and/or silicides. In addition, the invention relates to a method for producing the alloy and to the use of the alloy for components of turbo-machines, in particular aircraft engines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignee: MTU AERO ENGINES AG
    Inventors: Wilfried Smarsly, Martin Schloffer, Helmut Clemens, Svea Mayer
  • Patent number: 9994934
    Abstract: Disclosed is a TiAl alloy for high-temperature applications which comprises not more than 43 at. % of Al, from 3 at. % to 8 at. % of Nb, from 0.2 at. % to 3 at. % of Mo and/or Mn, from 0.05 at. % to 0.5 at. % of B, from 0.1 at. % to 0.5 at. % of C, from 0.1 at. % to 0.5 at. % of Si and Ti as balance. Also disclosed is a process for producing a component made of this TiAl alloy and the use of corresponding TiAl alloys in components of flow machines at operating temperatures up to 850° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: MTU Aero Engines AG
    Inventors: Wilfried Smarsly, Helmut Clemens, Emanuel Schwaighofer
  • Publication number: 20180016668
    Abstract: Described is ?-TiAl alloy which, besides titanium, comprises 42 to 48 at. % aluminum, 3 to 5 at. % niobium, 0.05 to 1 at. % molybdenum, 0.2 to 2.2 at. % silicon, 0.2 to 0.4 at. % carbon, 0.05 to 0.2 at. % boron, and optionally tungsten, zirconium and hafnium, as well as unavoidable impurities, and at room temperature has a microstructure which comprises globular colonies of lamellae of ?2-Ti3Al and ?-TiAl, as well as silicide precipitates, and essentially no ? phase. A method for producing a component made of this alloy is also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2017
    Publication date: January 18, 2018
    Inventors: Wilfried SMARSLY, Martin SCHLOFFER, Helmut CLEMENS, Thomas KLEIN
  • Publication number: 20160010184
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a TiAl alloy for use at high temperatures which has aluminum and titanium as main constituents. The TiAl alloy has an aluminum content of greater than or equal to 50 at. % and a matrix of ?-TiAl and at least one phase of Al and Ti incorporated in the ?-TiAl matrix which is different from ?-TiAl, as well as depositions of oxides and/or carbides and/or silicides. In addition, the invention relates to a method for producing the alloy and to the use of the alloy for components of turbo-machines, in particular aircraft engines.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2015
    Publication date: January 14, 2016
    Inventors: Wilfried SMARSLY, Martin SCHLOFFER, Helmut CLEMENS, Svea MAYER
  • Publication number: 20150086414
    Abstract: Disclosed is a TiAl alloy for high-temperature applications which comprises not more than 43 at. % of Al, from 3 at. % to 8 at. % of Nb, from 0.2 at. % to 3 at. % of Mo and/or Mn, from 0.05 at. % to 0.5 at. % of B, from 0.1 at. % to 0.5 at. % of C, from 0.1 at. % to 0.5 at. % of Si and Ti as balance. Also disclosed is a process for producing a component made of this TiAl alloy and the use of corresponding TiAl alloys in components of flow machines at operating temperatures up to 850° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2014
    Publication date: March 26, 2015
    Inventors: Wilfried SMARSLY, Helmut CLEMENS, Emanuel SCHWAIGHOFER
  • Patent number: 8888461
    Abstract: A material for a gas turbine component, to be specific a titanium-aluminum-based alloy material, including at least titanium and aluminum. The material has a) in the range of room temperature, the ?/B2-Ti phase, the ?2-Ti3Al phase and the ?-TiAl phase with a proportion of the ?/B2-Ti phase of at most 5% by volume, and b) in the range of the eutectoid temperature, the ?/B2-Ti phase, the ?2-Ti3Al phase and the ?-TiAl phase, with a proportion of the ?/B2-Ti phase of at least 10% by volume.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2014
    Assignees: MTU Aero Engines GmbH, Montanuniversitaet Leoben, Boehler Schmiedetechnik GmbH & Co. KG, GFE Metalle Unf Materialien GmbH
    Inventors: Wilfried Smarsly, Helmut Clemens, Volker Guether, Sascha Kremmer, Andreas Otto, Harald Chladil
  • Patent number: 8864918
    Abstract: A method for producing a component of a titanium-aluminum base alloy comprising hot isostatically pressing the alloy to form a blank, subjecting the blank to a hot forming by a rapid solid-blank deformation, followed by a cooling of the component to form a deformation microstructure with high recrystallization energy potential, thereafter subjecting the component to a heat treatment in the range of the eutectoid temperature (Teu) of the alloy, followed by cooling in air, to form a homogeneous, fine globular microstructure composed of phases GAMMA, BETA0, ALPHA2 and having an ordered atomic structure at room temperature. This abstract is neither intended to define the invention disclosed in this specification nor intended to limit the scope of the invention in any way.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2014
    Assignees: Boehler Schmiedetechnik GmbH & Co. KG, MTU Aero Engines GmbH
    Inventors: Helmut Clemens, Wilfried Wallgram, Martin Schloffer
  • Publication number: 20110277891
    Abstract: A method for producing a component of a titanium-aluminum base alloy comprising hot isostatically pressing the alloy to form a blank, subjecting the blank to a hot forming by a rapid solid-blank deformation, followed by a cooling of the component to form a deformation microstructure with high recrystallization energy potential, thereafter subjecting the component to a heat treatment in the range of the eutectoid temperature (Teu) of the alloy, followed by cooling in air, to form a homogeneous, fine globular microstructure composed of phases GAMMA, BETA0, ALPHA2 and having an ordered atomic structure at room temperature. This abstract is neither intended to define the invention disclosed in this specification nor intended to limit the scope of the invention in any way.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2011
    Publication date: November 17, 2011
    Applicant: BOEHLER SCHMIEDETECHNIK GMBH & CO KG
    Inventors: Helmut CLEMENS, Wilfried WALLGRAM, Martin SCHLOFFER
  • Publication number: 20110189026
    Abstract: A material for a gas turbine component, to be specific a titanium-aluminum-based alloy material, including at least titanium and aluminum. The material has a) in the range of room temperature, the ?/B2-Ti phase, the ?2-Ti3Al phase and the ?-TiAl phase with a proportion of the ?/B2-Ti phase of at most 5% by volume, and b) in the range of the eutectoid temperature, the ?/B2-Ti phase, the ?2-Ti3Al phase and the ?-TiAl phase, with a proportion of the ?/B2-Ti phase of at least 10% by volume.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2008
    Publication date: August 4, 2011
    Inventors: Wilfried Smarsly, Helmut Clemens, Volker Guether, Sascha Kremmer, Andreas Otto, Harald Chladil
  • Publication number: 20060230876
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method of producing metallic and intermetallic alloy ingots by continuous or quasi-continuous billet withdrawal from a cold wall crucible, which is characterized in that the alloy material is continuously or quasi-continuously supplied in a molten and pre-homogenized state to a cold wall induction crucible.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2002
    Publication date: October 19, 2006
    Inventors: Matthias Blum, Georg Jarczyk, Anita Chatterjee, Willy Furwitt, Volker Guther, Helmut Clemens, Heinz Danker, Rainer Gerling, Friedhelm Sasse, Frank-Peter Schimansky
  • Publication number: 20040045644
    Abstract: The invention relates to a component produced in one piece from an intermetallic &ggr;-TiAl-based alloy with graduated microstructure transition between spatially adjacent areas each of different microstructure structure, which has a lamellar cast microstructure composed of &agr;2/&ggr; lamellae in at least one area, and a near-&ggr; microstructure, duplex microstructure or fine-lamellar microstructure in at least one other area, and a transition zone with graduated microstructure, in which the lamellar cast microstructure gradually changes into the other named microstructure, is present between these areas, as well as to a process for its production.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2003
    Publication date: March 11, 2004
    Inventors: Volker Guther, Andreas Otto, Helmut Clemens