Patents by Inventor Stephen Royston Williams

Stephen Royston Williams 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: 10982558
    Abstract: Disclosed is a lever linkage for the rotationally fixed connection of a guide vane to a lever of a guide vane adjusting device of a turbomachine, wherein the guide vane has a vane shaft, which extends along a vertical axis. In accordance with the invention, the lever is formed in one piece at a radially outer end of an essentially hollow cylindrical clamping sleeve, which coaxially surrounds the vane shaft in sections, and the vane shaft and the clamping sleeve are coupled by way of a longitudinal side form-fitting connection or a front-end form-fitting connection, and the vane shaft can be tensioned with the clamping sleeve along the vertical axis by means of a fastening element, in particular a threaded nut. In consequence thereof, a separation of two different force flows that act on the guide vanes is obtained, as a result of which local load peaks are reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: MTU AERO ENGINES AG
    Inventors: Vitalis Mairhanser, Stephen Royston Williams, Werner Humhauser
  • Patent number: 10711628
    Abstract: A rotor member is described for a gas turbine that is adapted for rotating about a central axis, the rotor member being a blisk having a rotor blade row that extends around the central axis or a rotor disk having a mounting portion for installing rotor blades of a rotor blade row that extends around the central axis, and being axially offset from the rotor blade row and/or the mounting portion and, extending coaxially, having at least one annular and axially asymmetrical sealing fin that has a radially outer tip portion having a front flank facing the rotor blade row and/or the mounting portion, and an opposite flank facing away from the rotor blade row and/or the mounting portion; the front flank being less steep than the opposite flank; a turbine and a compressor having such a rotor member, and a method for manufacturing such a rotor member having at least one sealing fin coating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: MTU Aero Engines AG
    Inventors: Lothar Albers, Thomas Binsteiner, Johann Geppert, Stefan Herbst, Manuel Hertter, Alexander Scharf, Robert Winsy, Stephen Royston Williams
  • Publication number: 20190178096
    Abstract: Disclosed is a lever linkage for the rotationally fixed connection of a guide vane to a lever of a guide vane adjusting device of a turbomachine, wherein the guide vane has a vane shaft, which extends along a vertical axis. In accordance with the invention, the lever is formed in one piece at a radially outer end of an essentially hollow cylindrical clamping sleeve, which coaxially surrounds the vane shaft in sections, and the vane shaft and the clamping sleeve are coupled by way of a longitudinal side form-fitting connection or a front-end form-fitting connection, and the vane shaft can be tensioned with the clamping sleeve along the vertical axis by means of a fastening element, in particular a threaded nut. In consequence thereof, a separation of two different force flows that act on the guide vanes is obtained, as a result of which local load peaks are reduced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2018
    Publication date: June 13, 2019
    Applicant: MTU Aero Engines AG
    Inventors: Vitalis Mairhanser, Stephen Royston Williams, Werner Humhauser
  • Patent number: 10221697
    Abstract: A turbine blade (100) having an airfoil (1). In its radially outer region, the turbine blade (100) has at least one shroud (200) or at least one shroud segment, as well as at least one cutting tooth (300) which is intended to engage at least once into portions of a turbine casing during use of the turbine blade (100). The cutting tooth (300) is connected to the shroud (200) or the shroud segment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2019
    Assignee: MTU Aero Engines AG
    Inventors: Alexander Boeck, Manfred Feldmann, Stephen Royston Williams
  • Publication number: 20170159573
    Abstract: The invention relates to a turbofan aircraft engine that comprises a primary duct including a combustion chamber; a first turbine disposed downstream of the combustion chamber; a compressor disposed upstream of the combustion chamber and coupled to the first turbine; and a second turbine disposed downstream of the first turbine and coupled to a fan for feeding a secondary duct of the turbofan aircraft engine. The bypass ratio of the inlet area of the secondary duct to the inlet area of the primary duct is at least 7 and the second turbine comprises at least two stages. For the first stage the mean radius r of a stator vane expressed in inch divided by the number of stator vanes is at least 0.18.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2016
    Publication date: June 8, 2017
    Inventors: Carsten SCHOENHOFF, Rudolf STANKA, Erich STEINHARDT, Claus RIEGLER, Stephen Royston WILLIAMS, Hans-Peter HACKENBERG, Eckart HENRICH, Stefan WEBER, Klaus Peter RUED, Hermann KLINGELS, Patrick WACKERS, Christoph BICHLMAIER, Stefan BUSAM, Matthias KROBOTH, Norbert HUEBNER
  • Publication number: 20170159609
    Abstract: The invention relates to a turbofan aircraft engine that comprises a primary duct including a combustion chamber; a first turbine disposed downstream of the combustion chamber; a compressor disposed upstream of the combustion chamber and coupled to the first turbine; and a second turbine disposed downstream of the first turbine and coupled to a fan for feeding a secondary duct of the turbofan aircraft engine. The bypass ratio of the inlet area of the secondary duct to the inlet area of the primary duct is at least 7 and the second turbine comprises at least two stages. The mean outer radius of the last stage of the second turbine divided by the length of the second turbine is at least 1.4.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2016
    Publication date: June 8, 2017
    Inventors: Carsten SCHOENHOFF, Rudolf STANKA, Erich STEINHARDT, Claus RIEGLER, Stephen Royston WILLIAMS, Hans-Peter HACKENBERG, Eckart HENRICH, Stefan WEBER, Klaus Peter RUED, Hermann KLINGELS, Patrick WACKERS, Christoph BICHLMAIER, Stefan BUSAM, Matthias KROBOTH, Norbert HUEBNER
  • Publication number: 20140178201
    Abstract: A turbine blade (100) having an airfoil (1). In its radially outer region, the turbine blade (100) has at least one shroud (200) or at least one shroud segment, as well as at least one cutting tooth (300) which is intended to engage at least once into portions of a turbine casing during use of the turbine blade (100). The cutting tooth (300) is connected to the shroud (200) or the shroud segment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2013
    Publication date: June 26, 2014
    Applicant: MTU Aero Engines AG
    Inventors: Alexander Boeck, Manfred Feldmann, Stephen Royston Williams