Patents by Inventor Karl A. Hermann

Karl A. Hermann 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: 20170087669
    Abstract: An apparatus and a method for producing and/or repairing a component. The method comprises: a. providing a component and/or a starting platform, b. placing the component and/or the starting platform on a sample table, c. preheating the component and/or the starting platform by a heating source to a temperature from about 300° C. below to about 50° C. above the brittle-ductile transition temperature of the material of the component, d. applying a wire-shaped and/or rod-shaped filler material comprising TiAl to the component and/or starting platform by build-up welding, an energy source melting the filler material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2016
    Publication date: March 30, 2017
    Inventors: Martin SCHLOFFER, Karl-Hermann RICHTER
  • Publication number: 20170067487
    Abstract: A blade for a turbomachine, in particular a compressor or turbine stage of a gas turbine, having at least one matrix having a first impact chamber (10) in which at least one impulse element (11) is disposed with play, at least one second impact chamber (20) whose volumetric centroid is offset from a volumetric centroid of the first impact chamber (10) along a first matrix axis (A) and in which at least one impulse element (21) is disposed with play, and at least one third impact chamber (30) whose volumetric centroid is offset from the volumetric centroid of the first impact chamber (10) along a second matrix axis (B) transversely to the first matrix axis (A) and in which at least one impulse element (31) is disposed with play, the first matrix axis (A) and an axis of rotation (R) of the turbomachine forming an angle of at least 60° and no more than 120° is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2016
    Publication date: March 9, 2017
    Inventors: Andreas Hartung, Karl-Hermann Richter, Herbert Hanrieder, Manfred Schill
  • Publication number: 20170050244
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for producing shaped articles composed of refractory metals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2016
    Publication date: February 23, 2017
    Inventors: Henning UHLENHUT, Uwe BLUMLING, Klaus ANDERSSON, Bernd DOBLING, Michael SVEC, Karl-Hermann BUCHNER
  • Patent number: 9550255
    Abstract: A method for depositing material layers on a workpiece made of a material which contains a titanium aluminide includes the steps of: preparing the workpiece; heating the workpiece in a localized region by induction to a predefined preheating temperature; and depositing an additive, preferably in powder form, on the heated surface of the workpiece by build-up welding, in particular laser build-up welding, plasma build-up welding, micro-plasma build-up welding, TIG build-up welding or micro-TIG build-up welding; the additive including a titanium aluminide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2017
    Assignee: MTU Aero Engines GmbH
    Inventors: Karl-Hermann Richter, Herbert Hanrieder, Sonja Dudziak, Albert Grueninger
  • Publication number: 20160365871
    Abstract: In a method in a computer system for recoding a coded intermediate variable into a recoded result variable a product is formed by multiplying an input constant by an input variable to be coded. The coded intermediate variable is formed as a function of the product and a multiplicative inverse is determined on the basis of the input constant. The multiplicative inverse is applied to the coded intermediate variable, so that no uncoded or partially uncoded interim result is produced and/or an error information potentially contained in the coded intermediate variable is still detectable in the interim result.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2016
    Publication date: December 15, 2016
    Applicant: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: JAN RICHTER, MAXIMILIAN WALTER, KARL-HERMANN WITTE
  • Patent number: 9511413
    Abstract: The method serves for the production of a wire strip (1) comprising a plurality of wires (2) arranged parallel to each other. For this purpose a metal strip is first pre-notched either on one side or both sides for the formation of the wires (2), whereby wires (2) are generated which are still connected to webs (3). To transform the webs (3) subsequently into thin, easy to separate and, when separated, smooth and burr-free separation webs forming separation areas, the wire strip (1) is subjected to a milling process during which each web (3) is subjected to a multiple bending strain along the longitudinal axis thereof in such a way that incipient cracks form, due to fatigue fracture, in the area of the webs (3), and thereby the separation web is created.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2016
    Assignee: CENT & CENT GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventor: Karl-Hermann Stahl
  • Publication number: 20160146020
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for arranging a reinforcement (8, 9) on a TiAl component (1) of a turbomachine, the reinforcement being formed by a reinforcing molding, which is applied to the TiAl component (1) by means of brazing, a nickel-base alloy with the chemical composition 7.5% to 22.5% by weight Cr, 0.5% to 7% by weight B, remainder Ni, being used as the brazing filler metal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2015
    Publication date: May 26, 2016
    Inventors: Karl-Hermann RICHTER, Herbert HANRIEDER
  • Patent number: 9321107
    Abstract: A method for arranging a coating, in particular a hardfacing, on a component, in particular a TiAl drive unit component, is disclosed. The coating comprises a metallic coating material. A green body is formed with the coating material, which is arranged in the presence of a solder on the component and is formed into a coating by a combined solder-sintering process and is fixed on the component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2016
    Assignee: MTU Aero Engines GmbH
    Inventors: Bernd Daniels, Herbert Hanrieder, Karl-Hermann Richter, Michael Strasser
  • Patent number: 9284848
    Abstract: A blade-disk unit for a turbine engine includes a disk and a plurality of blades which are integrally connected to the disk, a welding seam being disposed in the joining region between the blade and the disk, which welding seam is situated entirely either in the blade or in the disk.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2016
    Assignee: MTU AERO ENGINES GMBH
    Inventor: Karl-Hermann Richter
  • Publication number: 20150343408
    Abstract: A production arrangement for performing a chemical reaction with a standard transport container in accordance with DIN ISO 668 for accommodating a plurality of processing units disposed inside the standard transport container for assisting and/or performing a processing basic operation, and a supply network, disposed inside the standard transport container, for supplying the processing units with material and/or power and/or information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2013
    Publication date: December 3, 2015
    Applicant: BAYER TECHNOLOGY SERVICES GMBH
    Inventors: Lars FRYE, Dietmar GÜNTHER, Carsten CONZEN, Ulrich LIESENFELDER, Ingo STEINMEISTER, Karl-Robert BOOS, Wolfgang GÜDEL, Karl-Hermann KÖCHING
  • Patent number: 9195534
    Abstract: A method for storing and propagating error information in computer programs, in which a globally valid error variable is used for storing and propagating the error information, wherein for each recognized error a nonzero value for the error is added to the error variable as error information with a respective stipulated arithmetic sign, and wherein the value is formed from a discrepancy in the content of a coded variable from an expected value. This combination and integration of a separate global propagation variable with values derived from an error, particularly by virtue of detected discrepancies in the known error recognition and propagation paths using operations and operands in “coded processing”, achieves an increased propagation certainty.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2015
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Jan Richter, Andreas Schenk, Karl-Hermann Witte
  • Patent number: 9180602
    Abstract: The method serves for producing network-like metal mats from metallic strip material, for which purpose the strip material is first provided with notches (2), running parallel to one another, for the forming of metal wires (1), by means of notching rollers. The notches (2) are thereby formed to such depths, depending on the material, that as far as possible no sliding fractures are formed. The notches (2) are interrupted by unnotched regions—the mutual spacing of which in the respective notch (2) determines the later possible mesh width—at least in such a way that they later form network nodes (4). The network nodes (4) are offset by approximately half a network node spacing in the respectively adjacent notches (2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2015
    Assignee: HACANOKA GMBH
    Inventor: Karl-Hermann Stahl
  • Publication number: 20150298094
    Abstract: Processing unit for assisting and/or performing a processing basic operation for a chemical reaction, with an operating unit for preparing a contribution for the processing basic operation and a frame for accommodating the operating units, the frame having an extension dL in the longitudinal direction which corresponds substantially to an integral multiple ZL of an integral portion NL of an extension LL, in the longitudinal direction of an interior of a standard transport container, in accordance with DIN ISO 668, and/or the frame having an extension dQ in the transverse direction with corresponds substantially to an integral multiple ZQ of an integral portion NQ of an extension LQ in the transverse direction of an interior of a standard transport container, in particular in accordance with DIN ISO 668, wherein different processing units can be stored in a pool for different processing basic operations and be assembled in modular and flexible manner in the standard transport container for the synthesis of a g
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2013
    Publication date: October 22, 2015
    Applicant: BAYER TECHNOLOGY SERVICES GMBH
    Inventors: Lars FRYE, Florian LIPSKI, Stefan SCHMITZ, Nicolai KRASBERG, Dietmar GÜNTHER, Carsten MEYER, Carsten CONZEN, Ulrich LIESENFELDER, Ingo STEINMEISTER, Karl-Robert BOOS, Wolfgang GÜDEL, Karl-Hermann KOECHING
  • Patent number: 9141103
    Abstract: A method for a safety-oriented industrial automation component, wherein the controller is connected to the automation component by a data link includes providing, by a user, an input to the controller at a first user interface. The controller transmits a result of the input to the automation component. The result of the input is used in the automation component to calculate a first test value. The input is converted into a status display in the controller and is output at a second user interface. Here, the user or another user acknowledges the status display by inputting a confirmation, after which a second test value is formed from the status display and the confirmation in the controller, and the second test value is transmitted to the automation component. Finally, the first and second test values are compared in the automation component and the result of the input is used if the comparison is positive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2015
    Assignee: Siemens AG
    Inventors: Ulrich Taschke, Karl-Hermann Witte
  • Patent number: 9138834
    Abstract: A method for replacing a blade (12) of a rotor (2) having integral blades, wherein a new blade (22) is joined to a base (34) arranged on a separation surface (28) on the main rotor body, and to a rotor repaired or mended according to said method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2015
    Assignee: MTU Aero Engines GmbH
    Inventors: Karl-Hermann Richter, Marcus Klemm
  • Publication number: 20150202679
    Abstract: The method serves for the production of a wire strip (1) comprising a plurality of wires (2) arranged parallel to each other. For this purpose a metal strip is first pre-notched either on one side or both sides for the formation of the wires (2), whereby wires (2) are generated which are still connected to webs (3). To transform the webs (3) subsequently into thin, easy to separate and, when separated, smooth and burr-free separation webs forming separation areas, the wire strip (1) is subjected to a milling process during which each web (3) is subjected to a multiple bending strain along the longitudinal axis thereof in such a way that incipient cracks form, due to fatigue fracture, in the area of the webs (3), and thereby the separation web is created.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2014
    Publication date: July 23, 2015
    Inventor: Karl-Hermann STAHL
  • Publication number: 20150202670
    Abstract: A method of making steel fibers, preferably for use as a concrete additive, and for the supply thereof in making steel fiber concrete, characterized in that to form the steel fibers (2) first a sheet-metal strip (1) is notched either on one face or both faces so as to form steel-fiber wires (4) that are initially connected together by webs (5), and that further, for subsequently converting the webs (5) into thin easily mutually separable separation webs forming separation surfaces that are fracture-rough and low in burring upon separation, the steel-fiber strip is subjected to a flexing process in which each web (5) is subjected to multiple bending deformations about its longitudinal axis in such a way that incipient cracks are produced at the webs (5) due to fatigue fracture and thus the separation webs are produced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2015
    Publication date: July 23, 2015
    Inventor: Karl-Hermann STAHL
  • Publication number: 20150129583
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing a low-pressure turbine blade from a TiAl material by means of a selective laser melting process, wherein during production in the selective laser melting process the already partially manufactured low-pressure turbine blade is preheated by inductive heating, and wherein the selective laser melting process is carried out under protective gas, the protective gas atmosphere containing contaminants of oxygen, nitrogen, and water vapor in each case of less than or equal to 10 ppm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2013
    Publication date: May 14, 2015
    Inventors: Karl-Hermann Richter, Herbert Hanrieder
  • Publication number: 20150108101
    Abstract: A method of marking components of an aircraft engine, especially turbine blades of a titanium aluminide intermetallic compound. A solid state laser generates a pulsed laser beam with a pulse width of less than 10 ps and the component is marked with the pulsed laser beam.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2014
    Publication date: April 23, 2015
    Inventors: KARL-HERMANN RICHTER, ROLAND MAYERHOFER, LUDGER MUELLERS
  • Patent number: 9004610
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a quick-change tool holder system, comprising a base part with a quick-change tool holder receptacle and a quick-change tool holder having a cutting tool receptacle configured for insertion into the quick-change tool holder receptacle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2015
    Assignee: BOMAG GmbH
    Inventors: Peter Erdmann, Steffen Wachsmann, Niels Laugwitz, Karl-Hermann Moetz