Patents by Inventor Martin PERNLEITNER

Martin PERNLEITNER 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: 11905852
    Abstract: An intermediate element is for a blade/rotor disk connection in a rotor of a fluid flow machine. The intermediate element is adapted to a shape of a blade root of a blade and to a blade root slot in a rotor disk for receiving the blade root such that, when arranged between the blade root and rotor disk, the intermediate element prevents contact between the blade root and rotor disk. The intermediate element has, on an outer surface that faces the rotor disk, at least one protrusion to reduce an air flow parallel to an axis of rotation of the rotor between the rotor disk and the intermediate element; and on an inner surface that faces the blade root, a recess that corresponds to the at least one protrusion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: MTU AERO ENGINES AG
    Inventors: Martin Pernleitner, Klaus Wittig, Manfred Dopfer, Dieter Freno, Tino Hummel
  • Patent number: 11873722
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a lever for adjusting an adjustable vane of a turbomachine, wherein the lever has a fulcrum for the rotatable mounting of the lever about an axis of rotation, a first load arm with a first adjusting connection point for at least indirect connection to an adjustable vane and a first force arm with a first actuating connection point for connection to an adjusting device, wherein the lever further has a first strut, which connects the first adjusting connection point and the first actuating connection point to each other and thereby extends in an arc-shaped manner about the axis of rotation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: MTU Aero Engines AG
    Inventors: Franz-Josef Ertl, Florian Neuberger, David Strunck, Martin Pernleitner, Christian Roth
  • Patent number: 11788415
    Abstract: Described is a blade for a high-speed turbine stage of an aircraft gas turbine, in particular of an aircraft engine, the blade including a radially inner blade root, and an airfoil extending radially outwardly from the blade root. It is provided that the blade be shroudless and that the airfoil have a radially outer end portion that is positionable opposite a rub surface when the blade is in an installed state, and that the airfoil have a radially inner chord length that is at least 1.1 times, preferably at least 1.2 times, in particular at least 1.3 times a radially outer chord length, the inner chord length being measured at the airfoil directly above the blade root, and the outer chord length being measured at the airfoil in the region of or below the end portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: MTU Aero Engines AG
    Inventors: Karl Maar, Joerg Frischbier, Hermann Klingels, Jens Wittmer, Martin Pernleitner
  • Patent number: 11753950
    Abstract: A gas turbine has a rotor blade. The rotor blade has a blade root connected to an airfoil. The blade root has a root contour with respect to a cross-sectional view. From a lower end of the blade root, the blade root contour has convex contour portions and concave contour portions. From the lower end along the blade root contour between a convex contour portion and an adjoining concave contour portion, there is a contour portion as a flank portion that is load-bearing. From the lower end along the blade root contour between a concave contour portion and an adjoining convex contour portion, there is a contour portion as a flank portion that is not load-bearing in operation. At least one of the concave contour portions has a first arc portion, a second arc portion, and a straight portion disposed between the two arc portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: MTU AERO ENGINES AG
    Inventors: Martin Pernleitner, Dieter Freno, Klaus Wittig, Christian Eichler, Lutz Friedrich, Johannes Linhard
  • Publication number: 20230265765
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a lever for adjusting an adjustable vane of a turbomachine, wherein the lever has a fulcrum for the rotatable mounting of the lever about an axis of rotation, a first load arm with a first adjusting connection point for at least indirect connection to an adjustable vane and a first force arm with a first actuating connection point for connection to an adjusting device, wherein the lever further has a first strut, which connects the first adjusting connection point and the first actuating connection point to each other and thereby extends in an arc-shaped manner about the axis of rotation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2023
    Publication date: August 24, 2023
    Applicant: MTU Aero Engines AG
    Inventors: Franz-Josef Ertl, Florian Neuberger, David Strunck, Martin Pernleitner, Christian Roth
  • Patent number: 11725518
    Abstract: A method for machining a blade and a blade for a turbomachine comprising a shroud which is positioned on a tip side of the blade. The shroud has an outer surface with at least one circumferential fin arranged thereon, whereby at least one section of the outer surface beside the at least one fin is processed in at least two manufacturing steps. At least one first section of the outer surface is processed to have a first shape and at least one second section of the outer surface is processed to have a second shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: MTU Aero Engines AG
    Inventors: Krzysztof Skura, Martin Pernleitner, Christian Eichler, Lutz Friedrich
  • Publication number: 20230128349
    Abstract: The invention relates to a rotor for a turbomachine, having at least one blade and having at least one rotor main part, which has at least one recess, in which a blade root of the least one blade is interlockingly received, wherein the blade root comprises at least one depression, in which at least one protrusion of the at least one rotor main part which protrusion delimits the at least one recess in regions is received, wherein the at least one depression is delimited by a first delimiting face on the blade root side and the at least one protrusion is delimited by a second delimiting face on the rotor main part side. At least the first delimiting face has at least one elevation which narrows a gap at least in regions, which extends between the first delimiting face and the second delimiting face.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2020
    Publication date: April 27, 2023
    Applicant: MTU Aero Engines AG
    Inventors: Martin Pernleitner, Dieter Freno, Manfred Dopfer, Tino Hummel, Klaus Wittig
  • Publication number: 20230025455
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a rotor blade (20) for arrangement in a gas duct (2) of a turbomachine (1), having a rotor blade airfoil (23), which, viewed in a tangential section, has a blade airfoil profile (24) with a leading edge radius RVK and a rotor blade airfoil thickness d, wherein the blade airfoil profile (24) is thickened, at least in sections, specifically the blade airfoil thickness d is specified, in relation to the front edge radius RVK, such that (2d/Rvk2)?d?5.5.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2020
    Publication date: January 26, 2023
    Inventors: Karl MAAR, Franz MALZACHER, Martin PERNLEITNER
  • Publication number: 20230003137
    Abstract: A rotor blade system includes a blade root, a blade neck adjoining the blade root, an airfoil adjoining the blade neck, a radially outer partition wall, an axially forward partition wall and an axially rearward partition wall, connected to the radially outer partition wall such that the partition walls surround the blade neck on three sides, the partition walls projecting beyond the blade neck in the circumferential direction, and further including a blade root protection plate designed to be arranged on the blade root. It is provided that the blade root protection plate have at least one sealing portion that extends in the axial direction from the forward partition wall to the rearward partition wall and whose radially outer side is disposed opposite the radially outer partition wall when the blade root protection plate is arranged on the blade root.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2020
    Publication date: January 5, 2023
    Inventors: Martin PERNLEITNER, Dieter FRENO, Manfred DOPFER
  • Publication number: 20220268164
    Abstract: An intermediate element is for a blade/rotor disk connection in a rotor of a fluid flow machine. The intermediate element is adapted to a shape of a blade root of a blade and to a blade root slot in a rotor disk for receiving the blade root such that, when arranged between the blade root and rotor disk, the intermediate element prevents contact between the blade root and rotor disk. The intermediate element has, on an outer surface that faces the rotor disk, at least one protrusion to reduce an air flow parallel to an axis of rotation of the rotor between the rotor disk and the intermediate element; and on an inner surface that faces the blade root, a recess that corresponds to the at least one protrusion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2020
    Publication date: August 25, 2022
    Inventors: Martin Pernleitner, Klaus Wittig, Manfred Dopfer, Dieter Freno, Tino Hummel
  • Publication number: 20220251959
    Abstract: A gas turbine has a rotor blade. The rotor blade has a blade root connected to an airfoil. The blade root has a root contour with respect to a cross-sectional view. From a lower end of the blade root, the blade root contour has convex contour portions and concave contour portions. From the lower end along the blade root contour between a convex contour portion and an adjoining concave contour portion, there is a contour portion as a flank portion that is load-bearing. From the lower end along the blade root contour between a concave contour portion and an adjoining convex contour portion, there is a contour portion as a flank portion that is not load-bearing in operation. At least one of the concave contour portions has a first arc portion, a second arc portion, and a straight portion disposed between the two arc portions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2020
    Publication date: August 11, 2022
    Inventors: Martin PERNLEITNER, Dieter FRENO, Klaus WITTIG, Christian EICHLER, Lutz FRIEDRICH, Johannes LINHARD
  • Patent number: 11255196
    Abstract: A cooling system for cooling a turbine blade with a cooling fluid via an internal flow passage formed in the turbine blade extending from an inlet to an outlet edge having a first passage section defining a first flow direction, a second passage section defining a second flow direction, a wall between the first and second passage section and a diverter, between the first and the second passage section. The wall in a region of the diverter forms a pier head which extends into the region of the first passage section and thereby reduces the flow cross section of the flow passage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignees: MTU AERO ENGINES, MAN Energy Solutions SE
    Inventors: Dieter Freno, Thorsten Pöhler, Martin Pernleitner, Paul Storm, Electra Stavropoulou, Dirk Frank
  • Patent number: 11230933
    Abstract: Described is a blade for a high-speed turbine stage of an aircraft gas turbine, in particular of an aircraft engine, the blade including a radially inner blade root, a radially outer shroud, and an airfoil extending between the blade root and the shroud. It is provided that the outer shroud have only a single sealing element, which projects radially from the shroud, in particular only a single sealing fin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: MTU Aero Engines AG
    Inventors: Karl Maar, Joerg Frischbier, Hermann Klingels, Jens Wittmer, Martin Pernleitner
  • Patent number: 11215062
    Abstract: A blade arrangement for a turbomachine, in particular a gas turbine, with a first blade, which has a first blade body and a first platform, and a second blade, which is adjacent in the peripheral direction, and has a second blade body and a second platform. A first wall of the first blade and a second wall of the second blade bound a blade cavity, in which a damper with a wall-side contact surface is arranged. This contact surface has at least one first surface portion, which is convexly curved in a first direction, which, in at least one contact position, contacts the first wall in the first surface portion and is parallel to at least one portion of an edge of the first platform, said edge facing the second platform.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: MTU Aero Engines AG
    Inventors: Andreas Hartung, Martin Pernleitner
  • Patent number: 11125088
    Abstract: A rotor blade for a gas turbine, in particular an aircraft gas turbine, having a blade root element and a stream deflection portion adjoining the blade root element (12) in the longitudinal direction of the blade (RR); respective centroids (24) of blade cross-sectional areas of the stream deflection portion residing on a common stacking axis (26). It is provided that, starting from a first centroid (24) of a first blade cross-sectional area adjoining the blade root element (12), the stacking axis (26) extend within a cone (28) whose apex resides within the first centroid (24), and whose cone height (KH) extends orthogonally to the plane of the blade cross-sectional area; the angle (?) of the cone (28) being greater than 0° and smaller than or equal to 4°; preferably greater than or equal to 0.5° and smaller than or equal to 2°.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: MTU Aero Engines AG
    Inventors: Carsten Schoenhoff, Martin Pernleitner, Klaus Wittig, Manfred Dopfer, Marcus Woehler, Wilfrid Schuette, Christoph Bichlmaier, Rudolf Stanka, Norman Cleesattel
  • Publication number: 20210246793
    Abstract: The invention refers to a method for machining a blade and a blade for a turbomachine comprising a shroud which is positioned on a tip side of the blade. The shroud has an outer surface with at least one circumferential fin arranged thereon, whereby at least one section of the outer surface beside the at least one fin is processed in at least two manufacturing steps. At least one first section of the outer surface is processed to have a first shape and at least one second section of the outer surface is processed to have a second shape.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2021
    Publication date: August 12, 2021
    Applicant: MTU Aero Engines AG
    Inventors: Krzysztof Skura, Martin Pernleitner, Christian Eichler, Lutz Friedrich
  • Patent number: 10947850
    Abstract: A blade (10) for a turbomachine is provided. The blade (10) includes an airfoil (16) having at least one thickening (22) on a pressure side (20) of the airfoil (16). The thickening (22) has a region (B) of constant thickness (D). A turbomachine, a compressor and a turbine having stator vanes and/or rotor blades including at least one such blade (10) is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: MTU Aero Enginges AG
    Inventors: Martin Pernleitner, Manfred Dopfer, Daniel Theurich
  • Patent number: 10914180
    Abstract: A shroud segment (100) for disposition on a blade of a turbomachine is provided, in particular a gas turbine, the shroud segment having a stiffening structure raised above a shroud segment surface (15), the stiffening structure including at least three interconnected ribs (3, 5, 7), and a first end portion of the ribs (3, 5, 7) being connected to an upstream sealing tip (11) of the shroud segment (100), and a second end portion of these ribs (3, 5, 7) being connected to a downstream sealing tip (13) of the shroud segment (100). The angles (W1, W2, W3) between the direction of the axis of rotation (a) of the blade and the longitudinal orientations (21, 23, 25) of the ribs (3, 5, 7), as viewed in the direction of flow (9) through the turbomachine, are between zero degrees and eighty degrees. The present invention also relates to a blade (200) of a turbomachine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2021
    Assignee: MTU Aero Engines AG
    Inventors: Martin Pernleitner, Klaus Wittig, Lutz Friedrich
  • Patent number: 10760433
    Abstract: A method for inspecting a rotor blade unit of a gas turbine, the rotor blade unit including a radially outwardly disposed outer shroud connected by a material-to-material bond to a radially inwardly adjoining rotor blade. The method includes: providing a rotor blade unit; processing the outer shroud at its axially forward or axially aft side, the side selected to be processed being the one that has a greater distance from the adjacent axial leading edge or axial trailing edge of the rotor blade, a contact surface being formed by processing the selected side; providing the rotor blade unit having the contact surface in a measuring device, in particular a measuring device for determining the torsion or twist of the rotor blade unit about an axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: MTU Aero Engines AG
    Inventors: Manfred Dopfer, Martin Pernleitner, Gottfried Schuetz
  • Publication number: 20200270995
    Abstract: Described is a blade for a high-speed turbine stage of an aircraft gas turbine, in particular of an aircraft engine, the blade including a radially inner blade root, and an airfoil extending radially outwardly from the blade root. It is provided that the blade be shroudless and that the airfoil have a radially outer end portion that is positionable opposite a rub surface when the blade is in an installed state, and that the airfoil have a radially inner chord length that is at least 1.1 times, preferably at least 1.2 times, in particular at least 1.3 times a radially outer chord length, the inner chord length being measured at the airfoil directly above the blade root, and the outer chord length being measured at the airfoil in the region of or below the end portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2020
    Publication date: August 27, 2020
    Inventors: Karl MAAR, Joerg FRISCHBIER, Hermann KLINGELS, Jens WITTMER, Martin PERNLEITNER