Patents by Inventor Sebastian KOPP

Sebastian KOPP 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: 20240102420
    Abstract: An apparatus for an aircraft includes an electric machine and a gas turbine. The gas turbine includes a compressor, a turbine unit having a high-pressure turbine and a low-pressure turbine, and a combustion chamber. The compressor is connected via a high-pressure shaft to the high-pressure turbine, and the low-pressure turbine is connected via a low-pressure shaft directly to an output shaft of the electric machine. The high-pressure shaft and the low-pressure shaft are rotatable in different directions. The electric machine is operable as a generator and may be operated as a motor to start the gas turbine. The output shaft is connected via a gear box unit and a free-wheel to the high-pressure shaft. The free-wheel separates the connection between the output shaft of the electric machine and the high-pressure shaft in the presence of a torque flow from the high-pressure shaft in a direction of the output shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: Stephen MOUNTAIN, Christian SEYDEL, Gideon Daniel VENTER, Sebastian KOPP
  • Publication number: 20210404386
    Abstract: A gas turbine engine for an aircraft comprising an engine core and including a bypass channel which radially surrounds the engine core at least in part is described. A core shaft is operatively connected to an engine accessory gearbox, which is arranged between the engine core and the bypass channel, by means of a radial shaft of a drive train. An electric machine is provided which is designed to start the gas turbine engine during motor operation and to generate electrical energy during alternator operation. The electric machine is arranged coaxially with the core shaft and connected thereto for conjoint rotation. Alternatively, the electric machine can be arranged radially outside the bypass channel and can be operatively connected to the core shaft by means of the radial shaft, wherein a rotor of the electric machine is arranged coaxially with the radial shaft and connected thereto for conjoint rotation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2021
    Publication date: December 30, 2021
    Inventors: Gideon Daniel VENTER, Michael SCHACHT, Sebastian KOPP, RĂ¼diger MERZ
  • Publication number: 20210404387
    Abstract: A gas turbine engine including an engine core and including a bypass channel of an aircraft is described. The bypass channel radially surrounds the engine core at least in part. At least one core shaft extending in the axial direction is provided, which shaft is operatively connected, by means of a drive train, to a core accessory gearbox arranged between the engine core and the bypass channel, and to an aircraft accessory gearbox. The aircraft accessory gearbox is arranged radially outside the bypass channel. The drive train extends substantially in the radial direction between the core shaft and the aircraft accessory gearbox. The drive train has an angle drive between a radial shaft and the core shaft. Furthermore, the drive train comprises another angle drive between the radial shaft and the core accessory gearbox and an additional angle drive between the radial shaft and the aircraft accessory gearbox.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2021
    Publication date: December 30, 2021
    Inventors: Gideon Daniel VENTER, Michael SCHACHT, Sebastian KOPP, RĂ¼diger MERZ
  • Publication number: 20200191276
    Abstract: A device has two components with at least one of the components being rotatable relative to the other component. The components each have oil-conducting regions. The components are operatively connected to one another via an overlap region to transfer oil. The overlap region is delimited by a sealing unit which has at least one slide ring seal. The slide ring seal includes at least one recess which is operatively connected to the oil-conducting regions and which is formed to run in the direction of a sealing side, averted from said oil-conducting regions, of the slide ring seal. Via the sealing side, the slide ring seal bears sealingly against at least one of the components. An end, which faces toward the sealing side, of the recess is spaced apart from the sealing side in an axial direction of the slide ring seal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2019
    Publication date: June 18, 2020
    Inventor: Sebastian KOPP