Patents by Inventor Katrin Friedberger

Katrin Friedberger 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: 12121970
    Abstract: The invention relates to a layer building process for the additive manufacture of at least one wall region of a component including applying at least one powder layer of a material to at least one building-up and joining zone of at least one movable building platform, carrying out a first solidifying step, in which the material is irradiated selectively with at least one energy beam, wherein irradiation parameters of the at least one energy beam are set so a molten bath is produced and a defect-affected wall region of the wall is produced, without applying a further powder layer, carrying out a second solidifying step, in which the defect-affected wall region produced in the first solidifying step is irradiated selectively with the at least one energy beam, lowering the building platform layer by layer by a predefined layer thickness, and repeating the steps above one or more times.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2024
    Assignee: MTU Aero Engines AG
    Inventors: Andreas Jakimov, Steffen Schlothauer, Katrin Friedberger
  • Publication number: 20230271257
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for determining individual vectors for open-loop and/or closed-loop control of at least one energy beam of a layering apparatus, comprising at least the steps of: providing layer data characterizing at least one component layer of a component to be additively manufactured, on the basis of the layer data, determining individual vectors, according to which at least one energy beam is to be moved relative to a construction and joining zone of the layering apparatus in order to solidify a material powder selectively to the component layer, determining at least one node point of a plurality of individual vectors, and adapting at least one property of at least one individual vector of the at least one node point, the at least one property being selected from a group comprising spatial orientation, radiation sequence in relation to at least one other individual vector, and vector length.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2021
    Publication date: August 31, 2023
    Applicant: MTU Aero Engines AG
    Inventors: Sebastian Rott, Katrin Friedberger, Alexander Ladewig, Christian Liebl, Steffen Schlothauer, Johannes Casper, Jonas Weich
  • Publication number: 20220288690
    Abstract: The layer construction method comprises at least the following steps: a) applying at least one powder layer of a material to at least one construction and joining zone of at least one movable construction platform; b) locally solidifying the material to form a component layer, wherein the material is selectively scanned along scan lines by at least one energy beam and fused; c) lowering the construction platform layer by layer by a predefined layer thickness; and d) repeating the steps a) to c) until the component region is complete. In step b), a distance hs between at least two central lines of neighboring scan lines in at least one component layer is adjusted in accordance with Formula I 0.85?bsmin/hs?1.00??(I) wherein bsmin represents a minimum melt pool width of the scan lines.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2020
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Applicant: MTU Aero Engines AG
    Inventors: Katrin Friedberger, Sebastian Rott, Steffen Schlothauer, Wolfgang Nietsch
  • Patent number: 11413702
    Abstract: A method for ascertaining the concentration of at least one material in a powder mixture used as starting material for the production of a component in an additive production method, comprising: providing the powder mixture having at least two different materials; guiding a high-energy beam generated by a radiation source over the surface of the powder mixture; detecting by a detection unit at least one brightness value of at least one subregion of the surface irradiated by the high-energy beam during the irradiation; ascertaining by an analysis unit the concentration of at least one material in the powder mixture depending on the detected at least one brightness value and at least one predetermined reference brightness value for a concentration and/or a concentration range of the material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: MTU AERO ENGINES AG
    Inventors: Alexander Ladewig, Andreas Jakimov, Katrin Friedberger
  • Publication number: 20220241860
    Abstract: The invention relates to a layer building process for the additive manufacture of at least one wall region of a component including applying at least one powder layer of a material to at least one building-up and joining zone of at least one movable building platform, carrying out a first solidifying step, in which the material is irradiated selectively with at least one energy beam, wherein irradiation parameters of the at least one energy beam are set so a molten bath is produced and a defect-affected wall region of the wall is produced, without applying a further powder layer, carrying out a second solidifying step, in which the defect-affected wall region produced in the first solidifying step is irradiated selectively with the at least one energy beam, lowering the building platform layer by layer by a predefined layer thickness, and repeating the steps above one or more times
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2020
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    Applicant: MTU Aero Engines AG
    Inventors: Andreas Jakimov, Steffen Schlothauer, Katrin Friedberger
  • Publication number: 20170203387
    Abstract: A method for ascertaining the concentration of at least one material in a powder mixture used as starting material for the production of a component in an additive production method, comprising: providing the powder mixture having at least two different materials; guiding a high-energy beam generated by a radiation source over the surface of the powder mixture; detecting by a detection unit at least one brightness value of at least one subregion of the surface irradiated by the high-energy beam during the irradiation; ascertaining by an analysis unit the concentration of at least one material in the powder mixture depending on the detected at least one brightness value and at least one predetermined reference brightness value for a concentration and/or a concentration range of the material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2017
    Publication date: July 20, 2017
    Inventors: Alexander LADEWIG, Andreas JAKIMOV, Katrin FRIEDBERGER
  • Publication number: 20170157704
    Abstract: The invention provides a method for determining a scanning speed of a high-energy beam of a manufacturing device for the additive production of a component, in particular a component of a turbomachine, comprising the steps of guiding of the high-energy beam, which is generated by a radiation source of the manufacturing device, over a surface; detection of the path, irradiated during a predetermined period of time with the high-energy beam, on the surface, by recording respective brightness values on the surface by a detection device during the predetermined period of time; calculation of the scanning speed as a function of the predetermined period of time and of the detected irradiated path by an analysis device. The invention further relates to a method for operating a manufacturing device and to a manufacturing device for the additive production of a component of a turbomachine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2016
    Publication date: June 8, 2017
    Inventors: Alexander Ladewig, Georg Schlick, Johannes Casper, Laura Buerger, Katrin Friedberger, Christian Liebl
  • Publication number: 20080263865
    Abstract: A method for producing a blade tip armor plating on a blade of a turbomachine, in particular on a high-pressure compressor rotary blade of a gas turbine, having the following steps: a) provision of a blade made of a nickel base material; b) application of a solder to a blade tip of the blade, the solder being a nickel base solder; c) application of hard material particles of cubic boron nitride to the solder, the hard material particles of cubic boron nitride being coated with titanium or with a titanium base material; d) fusion of the solder in a vacuum in order to form a matrix that at least partially surrounds the hard material particles; and e) fixing of the blade tip armor plating through cooling.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2006
    Publication date: October 30, 2008
    Inventors: Bernd Daniels, Katrin Friedberger