Patents by Inventor Jürgen Kraus

Jürgen Kraus 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: 11519296
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: MTU Aero Engines AG
    Inventors: Frank Stiehler, Georg Kempinger, Juergen Kraus, Steffen Schlothauer, Christian Liebl, Alois Eichinger, Thomas Koebke
  • Publication number: 20220372892
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2019
    Publication date: November 24, 2022
    Inventors: Frank STIEHLER, Georg KEMPINGER, Juergen KRAUS, Steffen SCHLOTHAUER, Christian LIEBL, Alois EICHINGER, Thomas KOEBKE
  • Patent number: 11168566
    Abstract: The invention relates to a turbine blade which comprises at least one cavity that is defined by a wall with one or more surface discontinuities which preferably are selected from elevations, depressions and undercuts and preferably change at least one eigenmode of the blade. The blade may suitably be produced by a generative production method such as selective laser melting (SLM).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: MTU AERO ENGINES AG
    Inventors: Juergen Kraus, Hermann Klingels, Manfred Feldmann
  • Patent number: 11125101
    Abstract: A sealing ring for a turbomachine, in particular a compressor or turbine stage of a gas turbine is provided, the sealing ring having an, in particular at least partially honeycomb-like and/or integral, seal, in particular an abradable coating (13); a profile cross section of the sealing ring, which is in particular at least partially manufactured by a generative manufacturing process, varying in the circumferential direction, in particular at least in some regions continuously and/or non-continuously at one or more circumferential positions, in particular separation points.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: MTU Aero Engines AG
    Inventors: Christian Scherer, Peter Eibelshaeuser, Steffen Schlothauer, Andreas Jakimov, Juergen Kraus
  • Patent number: 10982562
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: MTU Aero Engines AG
    Inventors: Frank Stiehler, Georg Kempinger, Juergen Kraus, Steffen Schlothauer, Christian Liebl, Thomas Koebke, Alois Eichinger
  • Publication number: 20200377514
    Abstract: Disclosed are compounds within the scope of formula (II) or a salt or solvate thereof, medical uses involving them, and methods for their preparation
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2020
    Publication date: December 3, 2020
    Applicant: 4SC AG
    Inventors: Stefan TASLER, Ilga KRIMMELBEIN, Juergen KRAUS, Mirko ZAJA
  • Patent number: 10830098
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: MTU Aero Engines AG
    Inventors: Frank Stiehler, Georg Kempinger, Juergen Kraus, Steffen Schlothauer, Christian Liebl, Alois Eichinger, Thomas Koebke
  • Patent number: 10822345
    Abstract: Compounds of formula (II) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or solvate thereof, the medical uses thereof for diseases or medical conditions where the inhibition of the voltage-gated potassium channel Kv1.3 is beneficial, and methods for their preparation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignee: 4SC AG
    Inventors: Stefan Tasler, Ilga Krimmelbein, Juergen Kraus, Mirko Zaja
  • Publication number: 20200339592
    Abstract: Compounds of formula (II) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or solvate thereof, the medical uses thereof for diseases or medical conditions where the inhibition of the voltage-gated potassium channel Kv1.3 is beneficial, and methods for their preparation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2020
    Publication date: October 29, 2020
    Applicant: 4SC AG
    Inventors: Stefan TASLER, Ilga KRIMMELBEIN, Juergen KRAUS, Mirko ZAJA
  • Patent number: 10723743
    Abstract: Compounds of formula (II) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or solvate thereof, the medical uses thereof for diseases or medical conditions where the inhibition of the voltage-gated potassium channel Kv1.3 is beneficial, and methods for their preparation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2020
    Assignee: 4SC AG
    Inventors: Stefan Tasler, Ilga Krimmelbein, Juergen Kraus, Mirko Zaja
  • Patent number: 10494940
    Abstract: A seal segment assembly for a turbomachine, in particular a gas turbine, including a first seal carrier and a second seal carrier, that are adjacently disposed in the circumferential direction, the first seal carrier having a first carrier base and at least one first sealing member that is joined to the first carrier base, and the second seal carrier having a second carrier base and at least one second sealing member that is joined to the second carrier base, the first sealing member and the second sealing member being formed by a plurality of cavities, that are adjacently disposed in the circumferential direction and in the axial direction, in particular evenly spaced, the cavities extending in the radial direction from the particular carrier base. The first carrier base and the second carrier base are intercouplable or are intercoupled in the circumferential direction by a mating connection assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Assignee: MTU Aero Engines AG
    Inventors: Christian Liebl, Steffen Schlothauer, Andreas Jakimov, Alexander Ladewig, Karl Blumenschein, Juergen Kraus
  • Publication number: 20190360355
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2019
    Publication date: November 28, 2019
    Applicant: MTU Aero Engines AG
    Inventors: Frank Stiehler, Georg Kempinger, Juergen Kraus, Steffen Schlothauer, Christian Liebl, Alois Eichinger, Thomas Koebke
  • Publication number: 20190249569
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2019
    Publication date: August 15, 2019
    Applicant: MTU Aero Engines AG
    Inventors: Frank Stiehler, Georg Kempinger, Juergen Kraus, Steffen Schlothauer, Christian Liebl, Thomas Koebke, Alois Eichinger
  • Publication number: 20190185483
    Abstract: Compounds of formula (II) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or solvate thereof, the medical uses thereof for diseases or medical conditions where the inhibition of the voltage-gated potassium channel Kv1.3 is beneficial, and methods for their preparation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2019
    Publication date: June 20, 2019
    Applicant: 4SC AG
    Inventors: Stefan TASLER, Ilga KRIMMELBEIN, Juergen KRAUS, Mirko ZAJA
  • Publication number: 20190010820
    Abstract: A sealing ring for a turbomachine, in particular a compressor or turbine stage of a gas turbine is provided, the sealing ring having an, in particular at least partially honeycomb-like and/or integral, seal, in particular an abradable coating (13); a profile cross section of the sealing ring, which is in particular at least partially manufactured by a generative manufacturing process, varying in the circumferential direction, in particular at least in some regions uniformly and/or non-uniformly at one or more circumferential positions, in particular separation points.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2018
    Publication date: January 10, 2019
    Inventors: Christian SCHERER, Peter EIBELSHAEUSER, Steffen SCHLOTHAUER, Andreas JAKIMOV, Juergen KRAUS
  • Publication number: 20180258784
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2018
    Publication date: September 13, 2018
    Inventors: Steffen SCHLOTHAUER, Frank STIEHLER, Alexander LADEWIG, Christian LIEBL, Johannes CASPER, Juergen KRAUS, Johannes JAKIMOV
  • Publication number: 20180156037
    Abstract: The invention relates to a turbine blade which comprises at least one cavity that is defined by a wall with one or more surface discontinuities preferably selected from elevations, depressions and undercuts. The blade may suitably be produced by a generative production method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2016
    Publication date: June 7, 2018
    Inventors: Juergen KRAUS, Hermann KLINGELS, Manfred FELDMANN
  • Publication number: 20180051034
    Abstract: Disclosed are compounds within the scope of formula (II) or a salt or solvate thereof, medical uses involving them, and methods for their preparation
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2016
    Publication date: February 22, 2018
    Applicant: 4SC AG
    Inventors: Stefan TASLER, Ilga KRIMMELBEIN, Juergen KRAUS, Mirko ZAJA
  • Patent number: 9790813
    Abstract: A twist prevention system for turbomachinery is disclosed. The twist prevention system has a first ring segment pair with a first radially inner ring segment and a first radially outer ring segment and a second ring segment pair having a second radially inner ring segment and a second radially outer ring segment. The ring segment pairs have mutually facing faces. A portion of the face of the first radially inner ring segment overlaps a portion of the face of the second radially outer ring segment in the radial direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2017
    Assignee: MTU Aero Engines AG
    Inventors: Juergen Kraus, Stephan Wintner
  • Publication number: 20170284213
    Abstract: A seal segment assembly for a turbomachine, in particular a gas turbine, including a first seal carrier and a second seal carrier, that are adjacently disposed in the circumferential direction, the first seal carrier having a first carrier base and at least one first sealing member that is joined to the first carrier base, and the second seal carrier having a second carrier base and at least one second sealing member that is joined to the second carrier base, the first sealing member and the second sealing member being formed by a plurality of cavities, that are adjacently disposed in the circumferential direction and in the axial direction, in particular evenly spaced, the cavities extending in the radial direction from the particular carrier base. The first carrier base and the second carrier base are intercouplable or are intercoupled in the circumferential direction by a mating connection assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2017
    Publication date: October 5, 2017
    Inventors: Christian Liebl, Steffen Schlothauer, Andreas Jakimov, Alexander Ladewig, Karl Blumenschein, Juergen Kraus