Patents by Inventor Reinhold Meier

Reinhold Meier 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: 9333589
    Abstract: A component, in particular a component of a gas turbine, is described composed of at least two metallic structural elements, the first structural element having a first joining surface, and the second structural element having a second joining surface, and the structural elements being joined via their joining surfaces by an inductive high-frequency pressure welding. One of the joining surfaces is shaped to widen peripherally in comparison to the other joining surface, and an upsetting deformation produced in a join region in response to the joining of the structural elements rests virtually entirely within and, in particular, on a peripheral collar formed by the peripheral widening of the one joining surface. A method is described for joining metallic structural elements, in particular structural elements of a gas turbine, an inductive high-frequency pressure welding being used to join corresponding joining surfaces of the structural elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2016
    Assignee: MTU Aero Engines GmbH
    Inventors: Herbert Hanrieder, Alexander Gindorf, Reinhold Meier
  • Patent number: 8501297
    Abstract: Disclosed is a honeycomb structure for non-hermetic rotor-stator and rotor-rotor seals in turbo machines. Said honeycomb structure comprises a plurality of at least predominantly radially oriented honeycomb cells which are separated by cell walls, are open on one side, cooperate with at least one sharp sealing edge that rotates relative to the honeycomb structure, and can yield relative to the sharp sealing edge by being deformed and/or material being removed therefrom when being touched. The walls of the honeycomb cells have holes according to a defined perforation pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Assignee: MTU Aero Engines AG
    Inventor: Reinhold Meier
  • Publication number: 20130187066
    Abstract: A single-ended infrared emitter may be provided, having at least one glass tube, in which a heating element is accommodated, wherein at least one insulated current return line is arranged spaced apart from the glass tube.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2011
    Publication date: July 25, 2013
    Applicant: OSRAM AG
    Inventors: Hans-Willi Heller, Reinhold Meier, Markus Roth
  • Patent number: 8434663
    Abstract: A process for manufacturing a honeycomb seal is disclosed. The process includes the following steps: a) the honeycomb structure is brought to the desired three-dimensional form and is fixed in this form; b) then the honeycomb structure is filled with a filler material; c) then the honeycomb structure filled with the filler material is machined on a side on which a carrier element is arranged, such that this side has the desired contour and that the end edges of the honeycomb structure are sealed flushly with the filler compound; d) then the side contoured in this way is coated with a coating; e) next the carrier element is applied to the coating, preferably by laser powder build-up welding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2013
    Assignee: MTU Aero Engines GmbH
    Inventor: Reinhold Meier
  • Patent number: 8158903
    Abstract: In a method of repairing a structural component, especially a stator-side structural component such as a housing or a guide vane ring of a gas turbine, a damaged section is separated-out along a separating line and removed from the structural component, and a new section that replaces the removed damaged section is connected with the structural component by welding along the separating line to produce a weld seam. The damaged section is separated-out from the structural component so as to minimize the length of the separating line and thus the weld seam. Depending on the material thickness distribution of the component along the separating line, material is removed from the structural component to provide the most uniform possible material thickness along the weld seam. After connecting the new section with the structural component by welding, at least the removed material is renewed by laser powder deposit welding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2012
    Assignee: MTU Aero Engines GmbH
    Inventor: Reinhold Meier
  • Patent number: 7950147
    Abstract: A method for producing gas turbine components, in particular blades, blade sections or rotors with integral blades for a jet engine is provided. The method comprises at least the following steps: preparation of at least one metallic powder and at least one expanding agent; mixing of the metallic powder or each metallic powder with the expanding agent or each expanding agent; compression of the resultant mixture to form at least one semi-finished product; expansion of the semi-finished product or each semi-finished product by heating to achieve a defined degree of expansion; termination of the expansion process by cooling, once the defined degree of expansion has been reached.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2011
    Assignee: MTU Aero Engines GmbH
    Inventors: Reinhold Meier, Erich Steinhardt
  • Patent number: 7841084
    Abstract: The present technology relates to the problem that during diverse machining steps of application to the production or reconditioning of internally cooled gas turbine blades, an undesired effect may be had on sections of the gas turbine blades and proposes, as an improvement, to inject the cavity of the gas turbine blades before the machining steps with a plastic material which can be removed without trace, such as polystyrene, which can be subsequently removed again, in particular by heat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2010
    Assignee: MTU Aero Engines GmbH
    Inventor: Reinhold Meier
  • Publication number: 20100283211
    Abstract: Disclosed is a honeycomb structure for non-hermetic rotor-stator and rotor-rotor seals in turbo machines. Said honeycomb structure comprises a plurality of at least predominantly radially oriented honeycomb cells which are separated by cell walls, are open on one side, cooperate with at least one sharp sealing edge that rotates relative to the honeycomb structure, and can yield relative to the sharp sealing edge by being deformed and/or material being removed therefrom when being touched. The walls of the honeycomb cells have holes according to a defined perforation pattern.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2008
    Publication date: November 11, 2010
    Applicant: MTU AERO ENGINES, GMBH
    Inventor: Reinhold Meier
  • Patent number: 7775766
    Abstract: A static gas turbine component, especially for an aircraft engine, is formed at least partially region-wise of metal foam. An abradable shroud lining of metal foam and a carrier allow a radial through-flow of gas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2010
    Assignee: MTU Aero Engines GmbH
    Inventors: Reinhold Meier, Erich Steinhardt
  • Publication number: 20100158691
    Abstract: A component, in particular a component of a gas turbine, is described composed of at least two metallic structural elements, the first structural element having a first joining surface, and the second structural element having a second joining surface, and the structural elements being joined via their joining surfaces by an inductive high-frequency pressure welding. One of the joining surfaces is shaped to widen peripherally in comparison to the other joining surface, and an upsetting deformation produced in a join region in response to the joining of the structural elements rests virtually entirely within and, in particular, on a peripheral collar formed by the peripheral widening of the one joining surface. A method is described for joining metallic structural elements, in particular structural elements of a gas turbine, an inductive high-frequency pressure welding being used to join corresponding joining surfaces of the structural elements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2007
    Publication date: June 24, 2010
    Applicant: MTU Aero Engines GmbH
    Inventors: Herbert Hanrieder, Alexander Gindorf, Reinhold Meier
  • Publication number: 20090317548
    Abstract: A gas turbine component of an aircraft engine having a base body, which comprises at least a first material, and a thermal barrier coating that is applied to the base body and consists of or includes an oxide ceramic, is disclosed. Micro-defects and/or nano-defects are included in the oxide ceramic in order to reduce the thermal conductivity of the thermal barrier coating.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2007
    Publication date: December 24, 2009
    Inventor: Reinhold Meier
  • Patent number: 7634854
    Abstract: A method is provided for joining blades to blade roots or rotor disks when manufacturing and/or repairing gas turbine blades or integrally bladed gas turbine rotors. A blade and a blade root or rotor disk that is to be joined to the blade are supplied, and provided with a thickening in sections that are to be joined together. The sections of the blade and the blade root or rotor disk that are to be joined together are machined so as to form recesses and; c) are then aligned relative to each other, opposite recesses defining at least one groove-shaped seam preparation. The blade and the blade root or rotor disk are joined in the area of the or each seam preparation by means of laser power build-up welding and the joined blade and blade root or rotor disk are machined so as to provide a gas turbine blade or an integrally bladed gas turbine rotor having a predefined geometrical profile.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2009
    Assignee: MTU Aero Engines GmbH
    Inventor: Reinhold Meier
  • Publication number: 20090304515
    Abstract: A method and a device for joining at least one rotor blade or at least one part of a rotor blade with a rotor support of a gas turbine, in particular a rotor blade connection of the rotor support, is disclosed. Corresponding connecting surfaces of the rotor blade, the rotor blade part, the rotor support or the rotor blade connection of the rotor support are joined by inductive high-frequency pressure welding. In this case, at least one rotor blade or rotor blade part is automatically supplied from at least one rotor blade reservoir and/or rotor blade part reservoir and, in addition, the rotor support is automatically positioned in such a way that the connecting surfaces to be joined are positioned precisely with respect to one another for the joining process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2007
    Publication date: December 10, 2009
    Applicant: MTU Aero Engines GmbH
    Inventors: Herbert Hanrieder, Alexander Gindorf, Reinhold Meier
  • Publication number: 20090304497
    Abstract: A guide blade segment of a gas turbine, having at least one guide blade and having an inner cover band assigned to the radially inner end of the or each guide blade, is disclosed. An integral constituent part of the inner cover band of the guide blade segment is a sealing element, which serves to seal a radially inner gap between the guide blade segment and a gas turbine rotor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2007
    Publication date: December 10, 2009
    Applicant: MTU Aero Engines GmbH
    Inventors: Reinhold Meier, Claus Mueller, Karl-Heinz Dusel, Roland Huttner
  • Publication number: 20090274550
    Abstract: The present technology relates to the problem that during diverse machining steps of application to the production or reconditioning of internally cooled gas turbine blades, an undesired effect may be had on sections of the gas turbine blades and proposes, as an improvement, to inject the cavity of the gas turbine blades before the machining steps with a plastic material which can be removed without trace, such as polystyrene, which can be subsequently removed again, in particular by heat.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2008
    Publication date: November 5, 2009
    Inventor: Reinhold Meier
  • Patent number: 7559728
    Abstract: A milling tool which is used to mill recesses, in particular, circular-shaped grooves, in a workpiece is provided. The milling tool (10) is disposed on a disk-shaped or plate-shaped base body (14) and on at least one cutting body (15) arranged on the outer periphery of the base body (14). The cutting body or each cutting body (15) is inclined in relation to the disk-shaped base body or the plate-shaped base body (14).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2009
    Assignee: MTU Aero Engines GmbH
    Inventors: Reinhold Meier, Georg Moosrainer, Wilfried Schuette
  • Publication number: 20090101634
    Abstract: A joining method, in particular for gas turbine components, is provided wherein applying inductive heating, using at least one inductor, to a joining zone of a first component section and a second component section; following and/or during the step of applying inductive heating, exerting a press force on the first component second and the second component section to weld the first and second component section together, additionally heating by a capacitor discharge of the joining zone of the first and second component sections.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2007
    Publication date: April 23, 2009
    Applicant: MTU Aero Engines GmbH
    Inventor: Reinhold Meier
  • Publication number: 20090096138
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a honeycomb seal by powder-metallurgical injection molding is described wherein, during the powder-metallurgical injection molding; mixing a metal powder and/or a ceramic powder with at least one binding agent to produce a homogeneous mass; subsequently fabricating a molded article for the honeycomb seal having honeycomb-structured cells from the homogeneous mass by injection molding; subsequently performing a debindering process on the molded article; and, subsequently thereto, compacting the molded article via a sintering process to form the honeycomb seal having the desired geometric properties. Prior to the sintering process, partially filling at least some of the cells of the molded article in each case with at least one hollow body, subsequently sintering the molded article together with the hollow bodies that have been introduced into the cells.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2007
    Publication date: April 16, 2009
    Inventor: Reinhold Meier
  • Publication number: 20090041610
    Abstract: A honeycomb seal which is manufactured by powder metallurgical injection molding is disclosed. The honeycomb seal is composed preferably of several segments. Each segment is embodied as a single piece and has a base element as well as honeycomb elements that are embodied as a single piece with the base element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2008
    Publication date: February 12, 2009
    Applicant: MTU Aero Engines GmbH
    Inventor: Reinhold Meier
  • Publication number: 20090041607
    Abstract: A method is provided for producing a sealing segment for use in compressor and turbine components, by powder injection molding, the method comprising the following steps: a) preparing a first homogeneous mixture of a metal powder or a mixture of metal powders or a ceramic powder or a mixture of ceramic powders and at least one binding agent; b) producing a first molded article by injection molding the first mixture; c) preparing a second homogeneous mixture of a metal powder or a mixture of metal powders or a ceramic powder or a mixture of ceramic powders and at least one binding agent, the second mixture being selected to exhibit a lower abrasion resistance than the first mixture following a subsequent joint sintering process; d) producing a second molded article as a rub strip by injection molding the second mixture; and e) joining the first and second molded articles to produce the sealing segment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2007
    Publication date: February 12, 2009
    Applicant: MTU Aero Engines GmbH
    Inventors: Reinhold Meier, Claus Mueller, Franz Prieschl, Siegfried Sikorski