Patents by Inventor Helmut Streifinger

Helmut Streifinger 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: 9441786
    Abstract: Disclosed is a device for preserving fluid systems, for example of a fuel system and an oil system of a turbine engine, with at least one drive for driving at least one fuel pump and at least one oil pump, wherein a valve arrangement is provided, which makes transfer-pumping a fluid between the fluid systems possible, an engine having such a device as well as a method for triggering such a device or for preserving fluid systems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2016
    Assignee: MTU AERO ENGINES GMBH
    Inventor: Helmut Streifinger
  • Patent number: 8807282
    Abstract: A lubricant system is disclosed, in particular for the supply of lubricant to a user in a gas turbine aircraft engine. The system includes a lubricant reservoir, where in the lubricant reservoir a lubricant can be set in rotation by at least one rotatable drum that is integrated into the lubricant reservoir or by at least one rotatable blade that is integrated into the lubricant reservoir, such that the lubricant, as a result of centrifugal force, comes into contact against a rotationally symmetrical wall of the lubricant reservoir, and from there can be transported toward a user. A drive system is included for the or each rotatable drum or the or each rotatable blade of the lubricant reservoir. At least one rotating lubricant separator is provided for the venting of the lubricant. The or each lubricant separator can be driven by the drive system of the or of each rotatable drum and/or of the or of each rotatable blade of the lubricant reservoir.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2014
    Assignee: MTU Aero Engines GmbH
    Inventor: Helmut Streifinger
  • Publication number: 20130032215
    Abstract: Disclosed is a device for preserving fluid systems, for example of a fuel system and an oil system of a turbine engine, with at least one drive for driving at least one fuel pump and at least one oil pump, wherein a valve arrangement is provided, which makes transfer-pumping a fluid between the fluid systems possible, an engine having such a device as well as a method for triggering such a device or for preserving fluid systems.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2011
    Publication date: February 7, 2013
    Applicant: MTU AERO ENGINES GMBH
    Inventor: Helmut Streifinger
  • Publication number: 20080217105
    Abstract: A lubricant system is disclosed, in particular for the supply of lubricant to a user in a gas turbine aircraft engine. The system includes a lubricant reservoir, where in the lubricant reservoir a lubricant can be set in rotation by at least one rotatable drum that is integrated into the lubricant reservoir or by at least one rotatable blade that is integrated into the lubricant reservoir, such that the lubricant, as a result of centrifugal force, comes into contact against a rotationally symmetrical wall of the lubricant reservoir, and from there can be transported toward a user. A drive system is included for the or each rotatable drum or the or each rotatable blade of the lubricant reservoir. At least one rotating lubricant separator is provided for the venting of the lubricant. The or each lubricant separator can be driven by the drive system of the or of each rotatable drum and/or of the or of each rotatable blade of the lubricant reservoir.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2006
    Publication date: September 11, 2008
    Applicant: MTU Aero Engines GmbH
    Inventor: Helmut Streifinger
  • Patent number: 4755103
    Abstract: A flow machine, especially a gas turbine equipped with means for separating an oil/air mixture and for returning centrifuged oil droplets to a circulation having oil consuming devices such as bearing places and with a vent line leading from the center toward the outside; the separating means includes a porous air-permeable element built into the hollow main shaft between two oil-impermeable walls whereby radially outer feed openings for the oil/air mixture are arranged in the upstream wall which correspond to openings in the main shaft while an air discharge opening is arranged in the downstream wall in its center which is in communication with the vent line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 1987
    Date of Patent: July 5, 1988
    Assignee: MTU Motoren- und Turbinen-Union Munchen GmbH
    Inventor: Helmut Streifinger