Patents by Inventor Michael Ebel

Michael Ebel 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: 11939889
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for producing an engine component having a cooling duct arrangement which has a plurality of cooling ducts, each having an inflow opening, the inflow openings being arranged according to a predefined pattern in an inflow surface of the engine component, and each cooling duct opening into a recess in a wall of the engine component, along which wall a cooling film is to be formed. According to the invention, the pattern is formed in at least one subregion of defined size of the inflow surface, from a plurality of identical isosceles triangles, which are defined by a minimum spacing (k) and by a mean diameter (a) of the inflow openings correlating to the minimum spacing (k). This procedure reduces the complexity of the design process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: ROLLS-ROYCE DEUTSCHLAND LTD & CO KG
    Inventors: Kay Heinze, Michael Ebel
  • Publication number: 20220162955
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for producing an engine component having a cooling duct arrangement which has a plurality of cooling ducts, each having an inflow opening, the inflow openings being arranged according to a predefined pattern in an inflow surface of the engine component, and each cooling duct opening into a recess in a wall of the engine component, along which wall a cooling film is to be formed. According to the invention, the pattern is formed in at least one subregion of defined size of the inflow surface, from a plurality of identical isosceles triangles, which are defined by a minimum spacing (k) and by a mean diameter (a) of the inflow openings correlating to the minimum spacing (k). This procedure reduces the complexity of the design process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2020
    Publication date: May 26, 2022
    Inventors: Kay HEINZE, Michael EBEL
  • Patent number: 11320144
    Abstract: A combustion chamber assembly group, and a mounting method therefor, includes a combustion chamber for an engine that includes a curved combustion chamber wall extending along two spatial directions, and a combustion chamber shingle affixed at an inner side of the combustion chamber wall and having a shingle edge defining the outer contour of the shingle. For an at least sectional abutment of the shingle edge at the combustion chamber wall with a minimum clamping force in an operational state of the engine, the shingle is mounted to the combustion chamber wall in a mounting state in which the shingle at least at one section of the shingle edge has a curvature with respect to at least one of the spatial directions that differs from the curvature of the combustion chamber wall with respect to this spatial direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: Rolls-Royce Deutschland Ltd & Co KG
    Inventors: Kay Heinze, Michael Ebel, Igor Sikorski, Manfred Baumgartner, Ivo Szarvasy
  • Patent number: 11187411
    Abstract: A combustion chamber assembly for an engine with at least one tile component, on the cold side of which facing away from a combustion space, a positioning aid with at least two positioning elements, wherein a defined position relative to the combustion chamber component is predefined for the tile component via the contact of the at least two positioning elements on at least one contact face of the combustion chamber component in two spatial axes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: ROLLS-ROYCE DEUTSCHLAND LTD & CO KG
    Inventors: Michael Ebel, Kay Heinze
  • Patent number: 10837646
    Abstract: A combustion chamber shingle arrangement of a gas turbine, including a combustion chamber shingle, at least one threaded bolt configured for attaching the combustion chamber shingle, and a base body connecting the threaded bolt to the combustion chamber shingle, wherein the base body comprises a platform and a connection area that connects the platform to the combustion chamber shingle, wherein the threaded bolt is arranged at the platform, and wherein a hollow space is embodied between the platform and the combustion chamber shingle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignee: ROLLS-ROYCE DEUTSCHLAND LTD & CO KG
    Inventors: Carsten Clemen, Michael Ebel, Kay Heinze, Stefan Penz
  • Publication number: 20200271318
    Abstract: A combustion chamber assembly for an engine, with a tile component fixed to a combustion chamber component and having a hot side facing a combustion space and a cold side facing away from the combustion space and facing towards the combustion chamber component, wherein the tile component on the cold side has at least four fixing elements each arranged eccentrically on the tile component for fixing the tile component to the combustion chamber component. The four base bodies are here oriented with their respective at least one side passage opening towards a reference point lying on a center line of the tile component, so that a respective cavity of the respective base body is open in the direction of the reference point.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2020
    Publication date: August 27, 2020
    Inventors: Michael EBEL, Kay HEINZE, Miklos GERENDAS, Igor SIKORSKI
  • Publication number: 20200056787
    Abstract: A combustion chamber assembly for an engine with at least one tile component, on the cold side of which facing away from a combustion space, a positioning aid with at least two positioning elements, wherein a defined position relative to the combustion chamber component is predefined for the tile component via the contact of the at least two positioning elements on at least one contact face of the combustion chamber component in two spatial axes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2019
    Publication date: February 20, 2020
    Inventors: Michael EBEL, Kay HEINZE
  • Publication number: 20190293290
    Abstract: A combustion chamber assembly group, and a mounting method therefor, includes a combustion chamber for an engine that includes a curved combustion chamber wall extending along two spatial directions, and a combustion chamber shingle affixed at an inner side of the combustion chamber wall and having a shingle edge defining the outer contour of the shingle. For an at least sectional abutment of the shingle edge at the combustion chamber wall with a minimum clamping force in an operational state of the engine, the shingle is mounted to the combustion chamber wall in a mounting state in which the shingle at least at one section of the shingle edge has a curvature with respect to at least one of the spatial directions that differs from the curvature of the combustion chamber wall with respect to this spatial direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2019
    Publication date: September 26, 2019
    Inventors: Kay HEINZE, Michael EBEL, Igor SIKORSKI, Manfred BAUMGARTNER, Ivo SZARVASY
  • Publication number: 20180252413
    Abstract: A combustion chamber shingle arrangement of a gas turbine, including a combustion chamber shingle, at least one threaded bolt configured for attaching the combustion chamber shingle, and a base body connecting the threaded bolt to the combustion chamber shingle, wherein the base body comprises a platform and a connection area that connects the platform to the combustion chamber shingle, wherein the threaded bolt is arranged at the platform, and wherein a hollow space is embodied between the platform and the combustion chamber shingle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2018
    Publication date: September 6, 2018
    Inventors: Carsten CLEMEN, Michael EBEL, Kay HEINZE, Stefan PENZ
  • Patent number: 10041415
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a combustion chamber for a gas turbine with a combustion chamber head and a heat shield which are designed in one piece, with the heat shield being provided with at least one recess, in which is arranged a burner or an annular sleeve enclosing the burner, with a burner seal being provided between the heat shield and the burner, characterized in that the heat shield is provided in the area of the recess with an annular groove, in which is arranged at least one elastic sealing element forming the burner seal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2018
    Assignee: Rolls-Royce Deutschland Ltd & Co KG
    Inventors: Carsten Clemen, Michael Ebel
  • Patent number: 9803869
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a gas-turbine combustion chamber having a head plate as well as an outer and an inner combustion chamber wall, wherein the combustion chamber is formed by segments or partial segments manufactured in one piece by means of a DLD method and welded to one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2017
    Assignee: Rolls-Royce Deutschland Ltd & Co KG
    Inventors: Carsten Clemen, Miklós Gerendás, Michael Ebel, Stefan Penz
  • Publication number: 20150260409
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a gas-turbine combustion chamber having a head plate as well as an outer and an inner combustion chamber wall, wherein the combustion chamber is formed by segments or partial segments manufactured in one piece by means of a DLD method and welded to one another.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2015
    Publication date: September 17, 2015
    Inventors: Carsten CLEMEN, Miklós GERENDÁS, Michael EBEL, Stefan PENZ
  • Publication number: 20150128603
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a gas-turbine combustion chamber having a head plate and an outer and an inner combustion chamber wall, characterized in that the combustion chamber is designed in one piece by means of a DLD method, or is assembled from segments which are welded to one another and manufactured in one piece by means of a DLD method, as well as to a method for manufacturing the gas-turbine combustion chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2014
    Publication date: May 14, 2015
    Inventors: Carsten CLEMEN, Miklós GERENDÁS, Michael EBEL, Stefan PENZ
  • Publication number: 20140318148
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a combustion chamber for a gas turbine with a combustion chamber head and a heat shield which are designed in one piece, with the heat shield being provided with at least one recess, in which is arranged a burner or an annular sleeve enclosing the burner, with a burner seal being provided between the heat shield and the burner, characterized in that the heat shield is provided in the area of the recess with an annular groove, in which is arranged at least one elastic sealing element forming the burner seal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2014
    Publication date: October 30, 2014
    Applicant: Rolls-Royce Deutschland Ltd & Co KG
    Inventors: Carsten CLEMEN, Michael EBEL
  • Patent number: 7926278
    Abstract: A gas-turbine combustion chamber wall for a lean-burning gas-turbine combustion chamber with a combustion chamber casing 2, 3 and several combustion chamber segments arranged in the combustion chamber casing 2, 3 and forming a combustion chamber wall 10. Each of the combustion chamber segments is supplied with cooling air with film cooling via axial and/or radial cooling holes 16, 17, with the cooling holes 16, 17 being axially spaced from each other and with dampening openings 19a being provided in this area for the introduction of cooling air.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2011
    Assignee: Rolls-Royce Deutschland Ltd & Co KG
    Inventors: Miklós Gerendás, Michael Ebel
  • Patent number: 7517008
    Abstract: A seat assembly supports an occupant in a passenger compartment of a vehicle. The seat assembly includes a seat cushion pivotally coupled to the vehicle for movement about a first pivot axis between a generally horizontal seating position and a generally upright stowed position. The first pivot axis being fixed with respect to the vehicle. The seat assembly also includes a seat back pivotally coupled to seat cushion for pivotal movement relative to the seat cushion about a second pivot axis, such that the seat back is displaced rearwardly as the seat cushion is moved toward the stowed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2009
    Assignee: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.
    Inventor: Michael Ebel
  • Publication number: 20070283700
    Abstract: A gas-turbine combustion chamber wall for a lean-burning gas-turbine combustion chamber with a combustion chamber casing 2, 3 and several combustion chamber segments arranged in the combustion chamber casing 2, 3 and forming a combustion chamber wall 10. Each of the combustion chamber segments is supplied with cooling air with film cooling via axial and/or radial cooling holes 16, 17, with the cooling holes 16, 17 being axially spaced from each other and with dampening openings 19a being provided in this area for the introduction of cooling air.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2007
    Publication date: December 13, 2007
    Inventors: Miklos Gerendas, Michael Ebel
  • Publication number: 20070182227
    Abstract: A seat assembly supports an occupant in a passenger compartment of a vehicle. The seat assembly includes a seat cushion pivotally coupled to the vehicle for movement about a first pivot axis between a generally horizontal seating position and a generally upright stowed position. The first pivot axis being fixed with respect to the vehicle. The seat assembly also includes a seat back pivotally coupled to seat cushion for pivotal movement relative to the seat cushion about a second pivot axis, such that the seat back is displaced rearwardly as the seat cushion is moved toward the stowed position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2006
    Publication date: August 9, 2007
    Applicant: Toyota Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.
    Inventor: Michael Ebel
  • Patent number: 7124588
    Abstract: A combustion chamber of a gas turbine includes starter film cooling of a combustion chamber wall 4 and several circularly arranged burners 7 with local maxima and minima in the intensity of the starter film 3 being provided around the circumference of the combustion chamber wall 4.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2006
    Assignee: Rolls-Royce Deutschland Ltd & Co KG
    Inventors: Miklos Gerendas, Michael Ebel
  • Patent number: 6679063
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a combustion chamber head for a gas turbine with at least one combustion chamber wall 2,3, a metering panel 1, at least one heat shield 4, at least one sleeve 5 and a cowling 6, characterized in that the metering panel 1 forms one part with the combustion chamber outer wall 2 and the combustion chamber inner wall 3, in that the heat shield 4 is mounted onto the metering panel 1 from the downstream side of the metering panel 1, in that the sleeve 5 is mounted to the metering panel 1 from the upstream side, and in that the cowling 6 is separably attached to the metering panel 1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 20, 2004
    Assignee: Rolls-Royce Deutschland Ltd & Co KG
    Inventor: Michael Ebel