Patents by Inventor Nils WEIDLICH

Nils WEIDLICH 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).

  • Publication number: 20240084716
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for inspecting a component, in particular a component of a turbomachine (1), including the steps of: capturing (S2) at least one X-ray or CT image of the component (10) using an image-capturing device (20); providing (S21) metadata about the component (10), the metadata including, in particular, a component type, a running time of the component (10), a number of remaining life cycles, and/or a repair history; classifying, by a machine learning system (30), the component (10) into a “serviceable” category or a “non-serviceable” category based on the image captured by the image-capturing device (20) and the provided metadata.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2021
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Inventors: Marius Bonhage, Nils Weidlich, Lars Aschermann, Frank Seidel, Philipp Döbber, Dirk Wilhelm Reker
  • Patent number: 11566524
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for repairing a damaged blade tip of a turbine blade which is armor-plated and provided with a blade coating, of a thermal gas turbine. The method according to the invention comprises the steps of removing a blade tip armor plating of the turbine blade at least in the region of the damaged blade tip and producing a repair surface (12), removing only a part of the blade coating of the turbine blade in the region of the repair surface while preserving a part of the blade coating separated from the repair surface (14), restoring the blade tip reinforcement (20), and restoring the blade coating in the region of the repaired blade tip (22). The invention furthermore relates to a device for carrying out such a method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: MTU AERO ENGINES AG
    Inventors: Frank Seidel, Nils Weidlich
  • Patent number: 10532524
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method of repairing damage of an aircraft engine component made of or comprising weldable thermoplastic material, which method comprises welding of the weld filler material into an initially prepared damaged area. Also disclosed are the use of plastic welding technique for repairing damaged aircraft engine components made of weldable thermoplastic materials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2020
    Assignee: MTU AERO ENGINES AG
    Inventors: Frank Seidel, Leszek Zak, Nils Weidlich
  • Publication number: 20180216465
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for repairing a damaged blade tip of a turbine blade which is armor-plated and provided with a blade coating, of a thermal gas turbine. The method according to the invention comprises the steps of removing a blade tip armor plating of the turbine blade at least in the region of the damaged blade tip and producing a repair surface (12), removing only a part of the blade coating of the turbine blade in the region of the repair surface while preserving a part of the blade coating separated from the repair surface (14), restoring the blade tip reinforcement (20), and restoring the blade coating in the region of the repaired blade tip (22). The invention furthermore relates to a device for carrying out such a method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2018
    Publication date: August 2, 2018
    Inventors: Frank SEIDEL, Nils WEIDLICH
  • Publication number: 20170165928
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method of repairing damage of an aircraft engine component made of or comprising weldable thermoplastic material, which method comprises welding of the weld filler material into an initially prepared damaged area. Also disclosed are the use of plastic welding technique for repairing damaged aircraft engine components made of weldable thermoplastic materials.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2016
    Publication date: June 15, 2017
    Inventors: Frank SEIDEL, Leszek ZAK, Nils WEIDLICH