Patents by Inventor Lothar ALBERS

Lothar ALBERS 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: 9587499
    Abstract: An inner ring of a fluid flow machine includes fixing rings and seal carriers split into at least two fixing ring segments and into at least two seal carrier segments, respectively. The fixing ring segments and the seal carrier segments are arranged with the respective end faces facing each other. A first fixing ring segment has a first ring segment shoulder and a second fixing ring segment has an offset second ring segment shoulder. A first seal carrier segment has a first carrier segment shoulder, and a second seal carrier segment has a second carrier segment shoulder, which is offset with respect to the first carrier segment shoulder. In a separation plane of the inner ring, the first carrier segment shoulder abuts the second ring segment shoulder at the end face. Also in the separation plane, the second carrier segment shoulder abuts the first ring segment shoulder at the end face.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignee: MTU Aero Engines AG
    Inventors: Lothar Albers, Georg Zotz, Rudolf Pilzweger, Hermann Becker
  • Publication number: 20160362995
    Abstract: A rotor for a turbomachine having at least a first rotor main body and a second rotor main body, the second rotor main body having a rotor arm having an arrangement for form-fittingly flange-mounting the first rotor main body to the second rotor main body, the arrangement having a balancing ring disposed on the radially outer side of the rotor arm is provided. The balancing ring is integrally connected to the rotor arm for form-fittingly flange-mounting the second rotor main body to the first rotor main body, the arrangement being disposed at the upstream and/or downstream end of the rotor arm. A compressor of a turbomachine having a rotor is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2016
    Publication date: December 15, 2016
    Inventor: Lothar Albers
  • Publication number: 20160010488
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a wear protection arrangement for a turbomachine, comprising at least one adjustable guide vane, a casing in which the guide vane is arranged in an adjustable manner, an inner ring, made from a metallic material, in or on which the guide vane is arranged in an adjustable manner, a first gap between an inner guide vane tab and the inner ring and a second gap between an outer guide vane tab and the casing, at least one wear protection coating, wherein the wear protection coating(s) is/are connected to the inner ring and/or to the inner guide vane tab and the wear protection coating(s) forms or form the first gap, at least in certain regions, and/or the wear protection coating(s) is/are connected to the casing and/or to the outer guide vane tab and the wear protection coating(s) forms/form the second gap, at least in certain regions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2015
    Publication date: January 14, 2016
    Inventors: Lothar ALBERS, Stephan BOCK, Stefan SCHNEIDERBANGER
  • Publication number: 20150132124
    Abstract: An inner ring of a fluid flow machine includes fixing rings and seal carriers split into at least two fixing ring segments and into at least two seal carrier segments, respectively. The fixing ring segments and the seal carrier segments are arranged with the respective end faces facing each other. A first fixing ring segment has a first ring segment shoulder and a second fixing ring segment has an offset second ring segment shoulder. A first seal carrier segment has a first carrier segment shoulder, and a second seal carrier segment has a second carrier segment shoulder, which is offset with respect to the first carrier segment shoulder. In a separation plane of the inner ring, the first carrier segment shoulder abuts the second ring segment shoulder at the end face. Also in the separation plane, the second carrier segment shoulder abuts the first ring segment shoulder at the end face.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2014
    Publication date: May 14, 2015
    Inventors: Lothar ALBERS, Georg Zotz, Rudolf Pilzweger, Hermann Becker