Patents by Inventor Jan Munzer

Jan Munzer 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).

  • Publication number: 20180272450
    Abstract: Ceramics or ceramic layer systems can be machined due to the use of high speeds of an EDM electrode. Disclosed is a method and an EDM device for carrying out the method for drilling ceramics or ceramic-coated components, which uses an EDM electrode and wherein the EDM electrode is rotated at a speed of at least 1000 rpm, in particular of at least 10,000 rpm, for drilling through the ceramic or through the ceramic-coated component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2016
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Inventors: Susanne Kamenzky, Jan Münzer, Dimitrios Thomaidis
  • Publication number: 20170306766
    Abstract: A turbine blade having a casing and having an inner module, wherein a cooling medium can flow through the inner module both in a longitudinal direction and in a radial direction, and the inner module is attached to the casing by fixed bearings and floating bearings. A method for producing a turbine blade having an inner module and having a casing is produced by selective laser melting.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2015
    Publication date: October 26, 2017
    Applicant: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Jan Münzer
  • Publication number: 20170225270
    Abstract: A method for producing through-holes in a wall of a component, by laser radiation is provided, that includes a wall delimiting a cavity in which a protection agent is provided that can be liquefied when heated. According to the method, through-holes are successively produced in the wall of the component in a plurality of defined points, two directly subsequent through-holes being produced such that a through-hole is produced in a predetermined point and the next through-hole is produced in an additional point which is further away from the predetermined point than at least two, in particular three or more omitted points that are closer to the predetermined point, and/or are produced such that a through-hole is produced in a predetermined point and the next through-hole is produced an additional point.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2015
    Publication date: August 10, 2017
    Inventors: THOMAS BECK, GEORG BOSTANJOGLO, JENS DIETRICH, OLIVER KATZURKE, MARCEL KRÜGERKE, JAN MÜNZER, SILKE SETTEGAST
  • Publication number: 20170216969
    Abstract: A method for producing a thermal barrier coating on a component, more particularly on a turbine component and preferably on a turbine blade, wherein the component is provided with the thermal barrier coating and structures are then created in the outer surface of the thermal barrier coating using a laser ablation process so as to segment the surface of the thermal barrier coating, the structures being created in the surface of the thermal barrier coating by an ultrashort pulse laser, more particularly a femtosecond laser is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2015
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Inventors: Jens Dietrich, Jan Münzer
  • Patent number: 9597751
    Abstract: A method for producing a hole with side-delimiting flanks in a component using a laser beam is provided. A laser beam is directed onto the component. A side flank of the hole is traced with the laser beam. A partial volume of the hole is formed by vaporizing the component material. This is repeated until the whole volume is formed. The laser beam may be oriented so that it includes an angle of more than 8° with the traced side flank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignee: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Hans-Thomas Bolms, Jan Münzer, Thomas Podgorski, Lutz Wolkers
  • Patent number: 9040871
    Abstract: Methods for producing a continuous hole in a substrate are provided. A laser is used for producing an inner proportion and a diffuser of the continuous hole, wherein an angular position of the laser with respect to the substrate is changed at least three times.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2015
    Assignee: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Jan Münzer, Thomas Podgorski
  • Publication number: 20150047168
    Abstract: In a method for repairing a machinery component, one or more defects are detected on the machinery component. At least one portion of the component is removed, wherein the at least one portion includes at least one of the one or more defects. One or more data points are determined for at least one slot, wherein the at least one slot is created by removing the at least one portion of the component. At least one repair coupon is generated from the one or more data points. The at least one repair coupon is attached with the at least one slot.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2013
    Publication date: February 19, 2015
    Inventors: Allister William James, Jan Münzer, Michael Ott
  • Publication number: 20140099476
    Abstract: A method for additive manufacturing with multiple materials. First (48), second (50), and third (52) adjacent powder layers are delivered onto a working surface (54A) in respective first (73), second (74), and third (75) area shapes of adjacent final materials (30, 44, 45) in a given section plane of a component (20). The first powder may be a structural metal delivered in the sectional shape of an airfoil substrate (30). The second powder may be a bond coat material delivered in a sectional shape of a bond coat (45) on the substrate. The third powder may be a thermal barrier ceramic delivered in a section shape of the thermal barrier coating (44). A particular laser intensity (69A, 69B) is applied to each layer to melt or to sinter the layer. Integrated interfaces (57, 77, 80) may be formed between adjacent layers by gradient material overlap and/or interleaving projections.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2013
    Publication date: April 10, 2014
    Inventors: Ramesh Subramanian, Michael Ott, Dimitrios Thomaidis, Alexandr Sadovoy, Jan Münzer
  • Patent number: 8414264
    Abstract: There is described a method with which, on the basis of a three-dimensional recording of a component to be reworked, its surface configuration can be determined and stored temporarily so that, after it has been coated, it can be produced in its original surface form, or in its surface form then required, in certain regions, i.e. locally in the area of film-cooling openings. An especially precise and quick three-dimensional recording can be achieved by the use of the triangulation method. In this case, a reference pattern depicted on the component by a projector is recorded by two camera arranged at an angle. From the images from the cameras, the coordinates describing the surface three-dimensionally can then be determined by a control system using the triangulation method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2013
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Hans-Thomas Bolms, Stefan Irmisch, Jan Münzer
  • Patent number: 8257032
    Abstract: A guide vane for a gas turbine with a vane base body which is of single-piece design and comprises a profiled vane blade extending between a vane root and a cover plate and also the vane root formed integrally with the vane blade and the cover plate formed integrally with the vane blade, is intended, in a relatively simple way to be able to be matched to the individual conditions of use with especially little outlay on apparatus and logistics. For this purpose, according to the invention, a flow-routing body with an advance guide blade that is connected upstream of the vane blade as seen in the direction of flow of the working medium of the gas turbine is joined to the vane base body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2012
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Alexander R. Beeck, Katharina Bergander, Georg Bostanjoglo, Tobias Buchal, Winfried Eβer, Dirk Goldschmidt, Torsten Koch, Rudolf Küperkoch, Thorsten Mattheis, Jan Münzer, Ralf Müsgen, Matthias Oechsner, Ursula Pickert, Volker Vosberg
  • Publication number: 20120205355
    Abstract: A process for producing a hole with an asymmetrical diffuser is produced. The angular position of the laser with respect to the substrate is changed discontinuously during the processing. The production of complex holes in a substrate is simplified by using a laser in five different angular positions relative to a substrate to be processed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2009
    Publication date: August 16, 2012
    Inventors: Jan Münzer, Thomas Podgorski
  • Patent number: 8156714
    Abstract: A beverage bottling plant for filling beverage bottles with a beverage bottle treatment machine and a beverage bottle treatment machine in a beverage bottling plant. The abstract of the disclosure is submitted herewith as required by 37 C.F.R. §1.72(b). As stated in 37 C.F.R. §1.72(b): A brief abstract of the technical disclosure in the specification must commence on a separate sheet, preferably following the claims, under the heading “Abstract of the Disclosure.”The purpose of the abstract is to enable the Patent and Trademark Office and the public generally to determine quickly from a cursory inspection the nature and gist of the technical disclosure. The abstract shall not be used for interpreting the scope of the claims. Therefore, any statements made relating to the abstract are not intended to limit the claims in any manner and should not be interpreted as limiting the claims in any manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2012
    Assignee: KHS AG
    Inventor: Jan Münzer
  • Patent number: 8128357
    Abstract: The invention relates to a guide blade segment of a thermal turbomachine, in particular a gas turbine, comprising a number of profiled blades which are arranged on a platform. A plurality of securing elements for securing the guide blade segment to an associated guide blade support are arranged on the side of the platform which is oriented away from the blade. The aim of the invention is to provide a guide blade segment which can be produced in a simple and economical manner avoiding casting problem areas enabling the guide blade segment to be attached in a particularly reliable and secure manner to the associated guide blade support. According to the invention, at least one section of at least one of the securing elements is a separately produced component which is rigidly connected to the platform or to an additional section of the securing element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2012
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Katharina Bergander, Georg Bostanjoglo, Tobias Buchal, Winfried Eβer, Dirk Goldschmidt, Torsten Koch, Rudolf Küperkoch, Thorsten Mattheis, Jan Münzer, Ralf Müsgen, Matthias Oechsner, Ursula Pickert, Volker Vosberg
  • Patent number: 8123110
    Abstract: A method in which no voids occur during the soldering processes is provided. A component with a soldering material is heated using a first temperature plateau for a first time duration such that the solder material is completely melted. Each subsequent heating is at a temperature plateau with a temperature that is lower than a temperature of the previous plateau.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2012
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Ingo Berger, Jan Münzer, Ingo Reinkensmeier, Silke Settegast
  • Patent number: 8021118
    Abstract: A turbine blade for a turbine of a thermal power plant, with a platform for partial delimiting of a flow passage in the turbine, wherein the platform has at least one cooling medium passage, which extends inside the platform, for guiding a cooling medium, is characterized according to the invention in that the at least one cooling medium passage emerges from the platform at at least two connecting openings, and the turbine blade has at least one supplementary component which can be fastened on the platform, with a communicating passage, which is designed for interconnecting the connecting openings in a fluid-guiding manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2011
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Katharina Bergander, Georg Bostanjoglo, Tobias Buchal, Winfried Eβer, Dirk Goldschmidt, Torsten Koch, Rudolf Küperkoch, Thorsten Mattheis, Jan Münzer, Ralf Müsgen, Matthias Oechsner, Ursula Pickert, Volker Vosberg
  • Publication number: 20110036819
    Abstract: Methods for producing a continuous hole in a substrate are provided. A laser is used for producing an inner proportion and a diffuser of the continuous hole, wherein an angular position of the laser with respect to the substrate is changed at least three times.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2010
    Publication date: February 17, 2011
    Inventors: Jan Münzer, Thomas Podgorski
  • Publication number: 20110017809
    Abstract: A method in which no voids occur during the soldering processes is provided. A component with a soldering material is heated using a first temperature plateau for a first time duration such that the solder material is completely melted. Each subsequent heating is at a temperature plateau with a temperature that is lower than a temperature of the previous plateau.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2010
    Publication date: January 27, 2011
    Inventors: Ingo Berger, Jan Münzer, Ingo Reinkensmeier, Silke Settegast
  • Patent number: 7832620
    Abstract: In soldering processes according to prior art, there is often an insufficient tie-up to a substrate of a component. A method in which no voids occur during the soldering processes is provided. A temperature pattern is proposed according to the method in which the temperature is lowered successively during the soldering operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2010
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Ingo Berger, Jan Münzer, Ingo Reinkensmeier, Silke Settegast
  • Patent number: 7832988
    Abstract: A turbine blade with an aerodynamically profiled blade leaf which is produced from two assembled shell elements is provided. The shell elements forming the suction-side and the pressure-side blade leaf wall have been assembled by a high-temperature and high-pressure bonding process. In the region of the blade leaf tip, a cramp is provided which hooks the two blade walls together with one another with a form fit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2010
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Katharina Bergander, Georg Bostanjoglo, Tobias Buchal, Winfried Eβer, Dirk Goldschmidt, Torsten Koch, Rudolf Küperkoch, Thorsten Mattheis, Jan Münzer, Ralf Müsgen, Matthias Oechsner, Ursula Pickert, Volker Vosberg
  • Publication number: 20100186347
    Abstract: A beverage bottling plant for filling beverage bottles with a beverage bottle treatment machine and a beverage bottle treatment machine in a beverage bottling plant. The abstract of the disclosure is submitted herewith as required by 37 C.F.R. §1.72(b). As stated in 37 C.F.R. §1.72(b): A brief abstract of the technical disclosure in the specification must commence on a separate sheet, preferably following the claims, under the heading “Abstract of the Disclosure.” The purpose of the abstract is to enable the Patent and Trademark Office and the public generally to determine quickly from a cursory inspection the nature and gist of the technical disclosure. The abstract shall not be used for interpreting the scope of the claims. Therefore, any statements made relating to the abstract are not intended to limit the claims in any manner and should not be interpreted as limiting the claims in any manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2009
    Publication date: July 29, 2010
    Inventor: Jan Münzer