Patents by Inventor Thomas Binsteiner

Thomas Binsteiner 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: 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
  • Patent number: 10458434
    Abstract: A rotor stage (200) for a turbomachine, including a plurality of rotor blades (9), a rotor main body (7) having at least two rotor arms (3) and a balancing assembly (1) for balancing the rotor stage (200). The rotor arm (3) configured downstream from the rotor main body (7) features the balancing assembly (1). The balancing assembly (1) is configured between the axial end region of the rotor arm (3) and the rotor disk (27) of the rotor main body (7). Furthermore, a rotor drum (17, 18) for a turbomachine and a rotor (1000) for a turbomachine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: MTU Aero Engines AG
    Inventors: Thomas Binsteiner, Lothar Albers, Johann Geppert
  • Publication number: 20180112548
    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: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2017
    Publication date: April 26, 2018
    Inventors: Lothar Albers, Thomas Binsteiner, Johann Geppert, Stefan Herbst, Manuel Hertter, Alexander Scharf, Robert Winsy
  • Publication number: 20180087534
    Abstract: A rotor stage (200) for a turbomachine, including a plurality of rotor blades (9), a rotor main body (7) having at least two rotor arms (3) and a balancing assembly (1) for balancing the rotor stage (200). The rotor arm (3) configured downstream from the rotor main body (7) features the balancing assembly (1). The balancing assembly (1) is configured between the axial end region of the rotor arm (3) and the rotor disk (27) of the rotor main body (7). Furthermore, a rotor drum (17, 18) for a turbomachine and a rotor (1000) for a turbomachine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2017
    Publication date: March 29, 2018
    Inventors: Thomas Binsteiner, Lothar Albers, Johann Geppert