Patents by Inventor Petra Kufner

Petra Kufner 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: 20240077047
    Abstract: A geared turbofan engine includes a plurality of turbine stages, wherein for each stage (i) of the turbine, an inner radius Ri has a maximum deviation between +1.5% and ?3% as compared to the average inner radius of the inner blade platforms of the plurality of stages. The engine further includes a fan, the fan coupled to the turbine stages via a gear.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2023
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Inventors: Jan von Frowein, Markus Brettschneider, Petra Kufner, Günter Ramm, Roman Seiband, Jens Trübenbach
  • Patent number: 11268398
    Abstract: A gas turbine includes a housing and an outer sealing ring. In an assembled state of the housing and the outer sealing ring, a first planar structure of the outer sealing ring is axially moveable with respect to a second planar structure of the housing against a direction of flow through the gas turbine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: MTU Aero Engines AG
    Inventors: Walter Gieg, Petra Kufner, Rudolf Stanka
  • Patent number: 10533449
    Abstract: A containment for a continuous flow machine, in particular for a gas turbine, is disclosed. The containment has at least one annular housing with at least one axial section of lesser radial wall thickness and at least one axial section adjacent thereto of greater wall thickness, where the housing is designed and constructed so that the section of greater wall thickness is at a distance in the axial direction of the continuous flow machine from a trailing edge of a guide vane lying downstream in the direction of flow of the continuous flow machine, and extends downstream in the direction of flow of the continuous flow machine over a leading edge of the next downstream guide vane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2020
    Assignee: MTU Aero Engines AG
    Inventors: Carsten Schoenhoff, Rene Schneider, Petra Kufner, Marc Hassler
  • Patent number: 10480341
    Abstract: The invention relates to a run-in coating (10) for an outer air seal of a turbomachine, especially of an aero engine, comprising a substrate (12) of segmented form which carries a honeycomb structure (14) with an run-in surface (15) to face rotor blades of a rotor of the turbomachine, wherein a radial thickness of the honeycomb structure (14) varies in the circumferential direction. The invention furthermore relates to an outer air seal for a turbomachine and also to a turbomachine with an outer air seal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: MTU AERO ENGINES AG
    Inventors: Petra Kufner, Walter Gieg, Rudolf Stanka, René Schneider, Norman Cleesattel, Joachim Lorenz
  • Patent number: 10465560
    Abstract: A housing element (12) for an intermediate turbine housing of a gas turbine, in particular an aircraft gas turbine; the housing element (12) being installable or installed in the intermediate turbine housing radially outwardly, in each case between a plurality of circumferentially spaced struts; the housing element (12) having a planar form and, relative to the radial outer side (16) thereof, a plurality of depressions (18c), is provided. On the radial inner side (32, 34) thereof, the housing element (12) has at least one recess (26) that is configured outside of the regions in which depressions (18c) are formed on the radial outer side (16).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignee: MTU Aero Engines AG
    Inventors: Wolfgang Bickmeier, Petra Kufner
  • Patent number: 10422247
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a turbomachine with a housing structure as well as a corresponding housing structure an outer housing wall and an inner housing wall, which, passing around the flow duct of the turbomachine at a distance from each other, surround the outer side of the flow duct, wherein the inner housing wall of the housing structure is formed by an OAS (outer air seal, outer fluid seal) in the region of the rotating blades of the turbomachine, which rotate around an axial axis of the turbomachine, wherein a heat protection shield is constructed between the outer housing wall and the OAS. The heat protection shield has a plurality of spacers in the peripheral direction that are distanced from one another in the peripheral direction and are situated additionally to and in the radial direction outside of the heat protection element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Assignee: MTU Aero Engines AG
    Inventors: Petra Kufner, Walter Gieg
  • Publication number: 20180347388
    Abstract: A method for assembly of a rotor of a gas turbine with a housing and a channel which diverges in a direction of flow includes axially displacing the rotor in the direction of flow. Then, an outer sealing ring whose minimum inside diameter is smaller than the maximum outside diameter of the rotor is axially displaced in the direction of flow.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2018
    Publication date: December 6, 2018
    Applicant: MTU Aero Engines AG
    Inventors: Walter GIEG, Petra KUFNER, Rudolf STANKA
  • Patent number: 10125627
    Abstract: A method for disassembly of a rotor, in particular the front rotor of a gas turbine with a housing and a channel which diverges in a direction of flow and in which the rotor is arranged, is disclosed. An embodiment of the method includes axially displacing an outer sealing ring that is radially opposite the rotor, and whose minimum inside diameter is smaller than the maximum outside diameter of the rotor, against the direction of flow. Then, the rotor is axially displaced against the direction of flow, in particular out of the housing. A method for assembly of such a rotor, as well as a tool for the same, is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: MTU Aero Engines AG
    Inventors: Walter Gieg, Petra Kufner, Rudolf Stanka
  • Patent number: 9982566
    Abstract: A turbomachine includes a sealing segment ring that is provided between a front guide vane row and a back guide vane row for sealing a radial gap between a casing section and a rotor blade row rotating between the guide vane rows, wherein the sealing segment ring has a plurality of identical sealing segments and at least one of the guide vane rows has a plurality of identical guide vane segments, wherein the sealing segments each have a plurality of engagement sites lying adjacent to one another in the peripheral direction for interaction with securing elements of this guide vane row, wherein the engagement sites and securing elements are distributed uniformly over the periphery and the engagement sites are a multiple of the securing elements, a sealing element, and a guide vane segment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2018
    Assignee: MTU AERO ENGINES AG
    Inventors: Walter Gieg, Petra Kufner, Rudolf Stanka
  • Patent number: 9822657
    Abstract: The aircraft-engine gas turbine includes an outer sealing ring for sealing an array of rotor blades that can be attached to a housing by a clamping mechanism (80) in a friction fit, and a plurality of ring segments (20i, 20i+1), wherein a free axial path length (af) of a sealing ring segment counter to the direction of through-flow is at least as large as an axial engagement (a1) of a rotation locking member (10) of the outer sealing ring (af?a1), which is free of form fit counter to the direction of through-flow, and/or an axial overhang (a2) of a radial mounting rail (23) of the outer sealing ring (af?a2), and/or an axial offset (a3, a4) of a sealing fin (31, 41); and/or a quotient of a specific clearance sum of the outer sealing ring attached to the housing in a friction fit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2017
    Assignee: MTU AERO ENGINES AG
    Inventors: Walter Gieg, Petra Kufner, Rudolf Stanka
  • Patent number: 9771830
    Abstract: A housing section of a turbine engine compressor stage or a turbine engine turbine stage that, in particular, has a closed and annular-shaped, radially outer casing. The radially outer casing has radially inwardly extending webs that are angled at a slant relative to the radius.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2017
    Assignee: MTU Aero Engines AG
    Inventors: Karl Maar, Thomas Hess, Petra Kufner
  • Publication number: 20170226897
    Abstract: A housing element (12) for an intermediate turbine housing of a gas turbine, in particular an aircraft gas turbine; the housing element (12) being installable or installed in the intermediate turbine housing radially outwardly, in each case between a plurality of circumferentially spaced struts; the housing element (12) having a planar form and, relative to the radial outer side (16) thereof, a plurality of depressions (18c), is provided. On the radial inner side (32, 34) thereof, the housing element (12) has at least one recess (26) that is configured outside of the regions in which depressions (18c) are formed on the radial outer side (16).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2017
    Publication date: August 10, 2017
    Inventors: Wolfgang Bickmeier, Petra Kufner
  • Publication number: 20170159492
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a turbomachine with a housing structure as well as a corresponding housing structure an outer housing wall (1) and an inner housing wall, which, passing around the flow duct of the turbomachine at a distance from each other, surround the outer side of the flow duct, wherein the inner housing wall of the housing structure is formed by an OAS (outer air seal, outer fluid seal) (2) in the region of the rotating blades of the turbomachine, which rotate around an axial axis of the turbomachine, wherein a heat protection shield (9) is constructed between the outer housing wall (1) and the OAS (2). The heat protection shield has a plurality of spacers (10) in the peripheral direction that are distanced from one another in the peripheral direction and are situated additionally to and in the radial direction outside of the heat protection element (11).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2016
    Publication date: June 8, 2017
    Inventors: Petra Kufner, Walter Gieg
  • Publication number: 20170159482
    Abstract: The invention relates to a run-in coating (10) for an outer air seal of a turbomachine, especially of an aero engine, comprising a substrate (12) of segmented form which carries a honeycomb structure (14) with an run-in surface (15) to face rotor blades of a rotor of the turbomachine, wherein a radial thickness of the honeycomb structure (14) varies in the circumferential direction. The invention furthermore relates to an outer air seal for a turbomachine and also to a turbomachine with an outer air seal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2016
    Publication date: June 8, 2017
    Inventors: Petra KUFNER, Walter GIEG, Rudolf STANKA, René SCHNEIDER, Norman CLEESATTEL, Joachim LORENZ
  • Publication number: 20170152758
    Abstract: A locking element for a borescope opening of a gas turbine is disclosed. The borescope opening includes a radially inner opening edge facing a gas-carrying annular channel of the gas turbine where the locking element includes a main section and a locking section connected to the main section. The locking section is configured at least partially in a rotationally-symmetric manner with regard to a longitudinal axis of the locking element. The locking element is dimensioned such that the locking section protrudes partially over the radially inner opening edge of the borescope opening in the inserted state into the borescope opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2016
    Publication date: June 1, 2017
    Applicant: MTU Aero Engines AG
    Inventors: Petra KUFNER, Markus SCHLEMMER, Walter GIEG, Oliver THIELE, Inga MAHLE
  • Publication number: 20170101887
    Abstract: A containment for a continuous flow machine, in particular for a gas turbine, is disclosed. The containment has at least one annular housing with at least one axial section of lesser radial wall thickness and at least one axial section adjacent thereto of greater wall thickness, where the housing is designed and constructed so that the section of greater wall thickness is at a distance in the axial direction of the continuous flow machine from a trailing edge of a guide vane lying downstream in the direction of flow of the continuous flow machine, and extends downstream in the direction of flow of the continuous flow machine over a leading edge of the next downstream guide vane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2016
    Publication date: April 13, 2017
    Applicant: MTU Aero Engines AG
    Inventors: Carsten SCHOENHOFF, Rene SCHNEIDER, Petra KUFNER, Marc HASSLER
  • Patent number: 9416676
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a gas turbine having a housing (1), an outer sealing ring (2) that can be fastened detachably to the housing, a clamping member (3) for clamping the outer sealing ring and the housing together radially, and a rotation locking member that has at least one housing groove (10) and a radial flange (20) of the outer sealing ring that can be locked against rotation in the housing groove in form-fitting manner with play (sa) in the axial and/or peripheral direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2016
    Assignee: MTU AERO ENGINES AG
    Inventors: Walter Gieg, Petra Kufner, Rudolf Stanka
  • Publication number: 20150192028
    Abstract: The aircraft-engine gas turbine includes an outer sealing ring for sealing an array of rotor blades that can be attached to a housing by a clamping means (80) in a friction fit, and a plurality of ring segments (20i, 20i+1), wherein a free axial path length (af) of a sealing ring segment counter to the direction of through-flow is at least as large as an axial engagement (a1) of a rotation locking member (10) of the outer sealing ring (af?a1), which is free of form fit counter to the direction of through-flow, and/or an axial overhang (a2) of a radial mounting rail (23) of the outer sealing ring (af?a2), and/or an axial offset (a3, a4) of a sealing fin (31, 41); and/or a quotient of a specific clearance sum of the outer sealing ring attached to the housing in a friction fit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2014
    Publication date: July 9, 2015
    Inventors: Walter Gieg, Petra Kufner, Rudolf Stanka
  • Publication number: 20150192026
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a gas turbine having a housing (1), an outer sealing ring (2) that can be fastened detachably to the housing, a clamping member (3) for clamping the outer sealing ring and the housing together radially, and a rotation locking member that has at least one housing groove (10) and a radial flange (20) of the outer sealing ring that can be locked against rotation in the housing groove in form-fitting manner with play (sa) in the axial and/or peripheral direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2014
    Publication date: July 9, 2015
    Inventors: Walter Gieg, Petra Kufner, Rudolf Stanka
  • Patent number: RE48320
    Abstract: The aircraft-engine gas turbine includes an outer sealing ring for sealing an array of rotor blades that can be attached to a housing by a clamping mechanism (80) in a friction fit, and a plurality of ring segments (20i, 201+1), wherein a free axial path length (af) of a sealing ring segment counter to the direction of through-flow is at least as large as an axial engagement (a1) of a rotation locking member (10) of the outer sealing ring (af?a1), which is free of form fit counter to the direction of through-flow, and/or an axial overhang (a2) of a radial mounting rail (23) of the outer sealing ring (af?a2), and/or an axial offset (a3, a4) of a sealing fin (31, 41); and/or a quotient of a specific clearance sum of the outer sealing ring attached to the housing in a friction fit and pi is at least as large as a difference between a maximum outer diameter of the outer sealing ring and a minimum inner diameter of the flow channel inlet of the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: MTU Aero Engines AG
    Inventors: Walter Gieg, Petra Kufner, Rudolf Stanka