Patents by Inventor Jens TRUEBENBACH

Jens TRUEBENBACH 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: 20250179921
    Abstract: A turbofan engine having a low-pressure turbine that has at last four stages, at least one of the four stages having a transonic airfoil cascade is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2025
    Publication date: June 5, 2025
    Inventors: Markus BRETTSCHNEIDER, Roman SEIBAND, Petra KUFNER, Jens TRUEBENBACH
  • Publication number: 20240209747
    Abstract: A turbofan engine with a low-pressure turbine module having no more than four stages and a fan coupled to the low-pressure turbine module via a gearbox, the turbofan engine having a maximum thrust of at least 70 kN and at most 300 kN, and the low-pressure turbine module (4.2) having a ratio of the exit annulus area to the inlet annulus area, Aout/Ain, of at least 2.2 and at most 3.3.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2023
    Publication date: June 27, 2024
    Inventors: Jens TRUEBENBACH, Jan VON FROWEIN
  • Patent number: 11959399
    Abstract: Blade root receptacle for receiving a blade root of a rotor blade of a turbomachine. The blade root receptacle, for radially bearing in a form-fitting manner on the blade root, has a supporting flank which, in terms of a rotation axis, at least in proportions faces radially inward, wherein the supporting flank is provided with a convexity which, when viewed in an axially perpendicular section, at least in portions has a convex shape and, also when viewed in an axially parallel section, at least in portions has a convex shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: MTU AERO ENGINES AG
    Inventors: Kilian Bayer, David Koch, Susanne Poesl, Markus Zeis, Andreas Hieber, Jens Truebenbach, Dieter Freno, Hermann Nachtigall, Miriam Rimke
  • Publication number: 20230046019
    Abstract: Blade root receptacle for receiving a blade root of a rotor blade of a turbomachine. The blade root receptacle, for radially bearing in a form-fitting manner on the blade root, has a supporting flank which, in terms of a rotation axis, at least in proportions faces radially inward, wherein the supporting flank is provided with a convexity which, when viewed in an axially perpendicular section, at least in portions has a convex shape and, also when viewed in an axially parallel section, at least in portions has a convex shape.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2022
    Publication date: February 16, 2023
    Inventors: Kilian BAYER, David KOCH, Susanne POESL, Markus ZEIS, Andreas HIEBER, Jens TRUEBENBACH, Dieter FRENO, Hermann NACHTIGALL, Miriam RIMKE