Patents by Inventor Mandy Eileen SCHNEIDER

Mandy Eileen SCHNEIDER 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).

  • Sealing element for a turbo-machine, turbo-machine comprising a sealing element and method for manufacturing a sealing element
    Patent number: 10480340
    Abstract: A sealing element for a turbomachine, in particular an aircraft engine, with a housing for the at least one rotating structural component is provided. The sealing element comprises a honeycomb structure for arrangement inside the housing, wherein the honeycomb structure extends in a first direction, wherein support structures are connected to the honeycomb structure in one piece and/or in a pattern-like manner and extend at least partially into the honeycomb structure, and the support structures extend at least partially or completely in a second direction that is different from the first direction. The support structures have planar portions, which are formed by at least one partially or completely closed cell together with the honeycomb structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: ROLLS-ROYCE DEUTSCHLAND LTD & CO KG
    Inventors: Miklos Gaebler, Stephan Pannier, Mandy Eileen Schneider
  • SEALING ELEMENT FOR A TURBO-MACHINE, TURBO-MACHINE COMPRISING A SEALING ELEMENT AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A SEALING ELEMENT
    Publication number: 20170058689
    Abstract: A sealing element for a turbomachine, in particular an aircraft engine, with a housing for the at least one rotating structural component is provided. The sealing element comprises a honeycomb structure for arrangement inside the housing, wherein the honeycomb structure extends in a first direction, wherein support structures are connected to the honeycomb structure in one piece and/or in a pattern-like manner and extend at least partially into the honeycomb structure, and the support structures extend at least partially or completely in a second direction that is different from the first direction. The support structures have planar portions, which are formed by at least one partially or completely closed cell together with the honeycomb structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2016
    Publication date: March 2, 2017
    Inventors: Miklos GAEBLER, Stephan PANNIER, Mandy Eileen SCHNEIDER