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: 20150071769
    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: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2014
    Publication date: March 12, 2015
    Applicant: MTU Aero Engines AG
    Inventors: Walter GIEG, Petra KUFNER, Rudolf STANKA
  • Publication number: 20150016969
    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: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2014
    Publication date: January 15, 2015
    Inventors: Walter Gieg, Petra Kufner, Rudolf Stanka
  • Publication number: 20140321998
    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: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2014
    Publication date: October 30, 2014
    Applicant: MTU Aero Engines AG
    Inventors: Karl Maar, Thomas Hess, Petra Kufner