Patents by Inventor Manfred Dopfer

Manfred Dopfer 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: 9470099
    Abstract: A securing device (20) for axially securing a blade root (12) of a blade in a groove (11) of a turbine engine. The outer contour (24) of the securing device (20) that faces a groove wall, in particular a groove base (33), is curved at least in some regions, the outer contour (24) having three different radii (R1, R2, R3) in some regions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2016
    Assignee: MTU Aero Engines GmbH
    Inventors: Rudolf Stanka, Manfred Dopfer, Martin Pernleitner, Wilfried Schuette
  • Patent number: 9359904
    Abstract: A blade for a turbomachine, in particular a jet engine, including a shroud, having two opposite lateral edges, for delimiting a main flow channel and including a blade which extends away from the shroud, a rounded transition area being provided which encompasses the blade on its root side and is guided beyond the one lateral edge, a section of the transition area protruding beyond the one lateral edge being severed and situated in the area of the other lateral edge as an elevation offset in the transverse direction, a blade arrangement having at least two of such blades as well as a turbomachine having a plurality of such blades.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: MTU Aero Engines GmbH
    Inventors: Martin Pernleitner, Manfred Dopfer, Norbert Huebner
  • Publication number: 20130287583
    Abstract: A damper (2) for damping a blade movement of a turbomachine (1), and to a method for producing the damper (2). The damper (2) has at least one side surface (21, 21?) which can be brought into frictional contact with a friction surface of the turbomachine (1) in order to damp a blade movement. The side surfaces (21, 21?) are asymmetrically convex in shape.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2011
    Publication date: October 31, 2013
    Applicant: MTU Aero Engines GmbH
    Inventors: Carsten Schoenhoff, Manfred Dopfer, Martin Pernleitner, Wilfried Schuette
  • Publication number: 20130272884
    Abstract: A blade for a turbomachine, in particular a jet engine, including a shroud, having two opposite lateral edges, for delimiting a main flow channel and including a blade which extends away from the shroud, a rounded transition area being provided which encompasses the blade on its root side and is guided beyond the one lateral edge, a section of the transition area protruding beyond the one lateral edge being severed and situated in the area of the other lateral edge as an elevation offset in the transverse direction, a blade arrangement having at least two of such blades as well as a turbomachine having a plurality of such blades.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2013
    Publication date: October 17, 2013
    Inventors: Martin Pernleitner, Manfred Dopfer, Norbert Huebner
  • Publication number: 20130251532
    Abstract: A securing device (20) for axially securing a blade root (12) of a blade in a groove (11) of a turbine engine. The outer contour (24) of the securing device (20) that faces a groove wall, in particular a groove base (33), is curved at least in some regions, the outer contour (24) having three different radii (R1, R2, R3) in some regions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2011
    Publication date: September 26, 2013
    Applicant: MTU AERO ENGINES GMBH
    Inventors: Rudolf Stanka, Manfred Dopfer, Martin Pernleitner, Wilfried Schuette