Patents by Inventor Klaus Rud

Klaus Rud 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: 5170964
    Abstract: The proposal is for a thrust nozzle for aircraft fitted with jet engines especially for lateral thrust vector control, in which the upstream ends of at least two flaps (8, 12) actuated via lever-like adjusters are arranged to pivot simultaneously at different angles of rotation about spindles running across the nozzle axis (20) and between walls (22, 23) running substantially parallel to the nozzle axis of a square nozzle housing in such a way that, with a permanently convergent nozzle contour, a narrowest cross-section is formed between the flaps (8, 12) at the outlet side; one end of each lever-like adjuster (28, 29) is to engage in downstream ends of the flaps, said adjusters being arranged at their movably mutually coupled other ends to travel in a guide path (30) which is curved so as to produce continuously different flap rotation angles; one or more narrowest cross-sections can either be kept continuously constant or change dependently upon the jet deflection angle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 1991
    Date of Patent: December 15, 1992
    Assignee: MTU Motoren- und Turbinen-Union Munchen GmbH
    Inventors: Heinrich Enderle, Klaus Rud, Helmut-Arnd Geidel
  • Patent number: 5167117
    Abstract: An apparatus for cooling components of an airplane engine at least partially operated by a cryogenically stored propellant via cooling air includes an air supply line for supplying the cooling air from an outside environment. A heat exchanger exchanges the cooling air with the propellant to precool the cooling air and includes a condenser having an in-flow and an out-flow side connected to the air supply line for precooling the cooling air. A pump is coupled to a cooling air line for conveying the precooled air in a liquid or vapor state to the components to be cooled wherein the cryogenically stored propellant acts upon the condenser. A propellant tank is connected to the in-flow side of the condenser and stores the cryogenically stored propellant, wherein the out-flow side of the condenser is connected to at least one combustion system of the airplane engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 1990
    Date of Patent: December 1, 1992
    Assignee: MTU Motoren und Turbinen-Union Muenchen GmbH
    Inventors: Claus Herzog, Rainer R. Schwab, Klaus Rud, Harald Mark
  • Patent number: 4999994
    Abstract: A turbo engine with a gas turbine to drive propellers or propfan blades is disclosed which includes a speed reduction transmission interposed behind the gas turbine output drive shaft and the propellers or propfan blades. A cooling air impeller is provided to provide the supply of cooling air to an oil cooler for the speed reduction transmission. The impeller is arranged directly on the turbine output drive shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 1989
    Date of Patent: March 19, 1991
    Assignee: MTU Motoren- und Turbinen-Union Munchen GmbH
    Inventors: Klaus Rud, Alois Rohra