Patents by Inventor Thomas Uihlein

Thomas Uihlein 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: 20100064515
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for repairing and/or replacing individual elements of a gas turbine component (10), particularly for repairing and/or replacing a blade or blade part arranged on a rotor support of a gas turbine, at least some of the components (10) being provided with at least one wear-resistant and/or erosion-resistant layer and the method comprising the following steps: a) a coated or uncoated individual element that is damaged and/or needs to be replaced is removed from the component (10); b) a coated, partially coated or uncoated replacement element (12) is provided; c) the replacement element (12) is fed and aligned relative to the component (10); and d) the replacement element (12) is connected to the component (10), corresponding contact areas (20, 22) of the replacement element (12) and the component (10) being connected by means of an inductive low-frequency or high-frequency pressure welding process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2007
    Publication date: March 18, 2010
    Applicant: MTU Aero Engines GmbH
    Inventors: Wolfgang Eichmann, Falko Heutling, Thomas Uihlein, Alexander Gindorf
  • Publication number: 20090302004
    Abstract: A method for removing the coating from a gas turbine component, namely for the complete or partial removal of a multilayer wear protection coating from the surface of the gas turbine component, the wear protection coating having at least one relatively hard ceramic layer and at least one relatively soft metallic layer, wherein, in order to remove the multilayer wear protection coating, the gas turbine component is alternately positioned in two different chemical baths, a first bath being used exclusively for the removal of each relatively hard ceramic layer, and a second bath being used exclusively for the removal of each relatively soft metallic layer of the wear protection coating.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2006
    Publication date: December 10, 2009
    Inventors: Karl-Heinz Manier, Thomas Uihlein, Carl-Stefan Thöne
  • Publication number: 20090297876
    Abstract: A thermal barrier layer for metallic components, in particular for gas turbine components which are subject to high temperatures or hot gas, is disclosed. The thermal barrier layer includes an inner contact layer and an outer top layer, where the inner contact layer is applied to a surface of the component via an adhesion-promoting layer that is disposed therebetween, and between the outer top layer and the inner contact layer an intermediate layer is formed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2007
    Publication date: December 3, 2009
    Applicant: MTU Aero Engines GmbH
    Inventors: Stefan Schneiderbanger, Ralf Stolle, Thomas Uihlein, Wolfgang Wachter
  • Publication number: 20090269207
    Abstract: A component, specifically a component for a gas turbine, having a main body of a base material and a wear protection coating applied to a surface of the main body, specifically a protective coating against corrosion and/or oxidation and/or erosion, is disclosed. A barrier coat is applied between the main body and the wear protection coating to protect the main body during chemical or electrochemical decoating of the component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2006
    Publication date: October 29, 2009
    Applicant: MTU Aero Engines GmbH
    Inventors: Wolfgang Eichmann, Falko Heutling, Karl-Heinz Manier, Markus Uecker, Thomas Uihlein
  • Publication number: 20090233111
    Abstract: The invention relates to a thermal insulation layer system (11) for structural components (10), in particular for metallic structural components of a gas turbine such as an aircraft engine, wherein the thermal insulation layer system (11) is formed of a thermal insulation base material. According to the invention, at least one aerogel is incorporated or encased or embedded in the thermal insulation base material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2006
    Publication date: September 17, 2009
    Inventor: Thomas Uihlein
  • Publication number: 20080317998
    Abstract: The present technology generally relates to a wear-resistant coating, especially for gas turbine components, comprising a horizontally segmented or multilayered structure, i.e. at least one relatively hard, ceramic layer and at least one relatively soft, metallic layer. The ceramic layer and the metallic layer are alternately arranged on top of each other in such a way that an external layer forming an external surface of the wear-resistant coating is embodied as a ceramic layer. According to the invention, at least the external, ceramic layer is segmented in a column-type manner in a vertical direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2008
    Publication date: December 25, 2008
    Inventors: Wolfgang Eichmann, Falko Heutling, Thomas Uihlein
  • Publication number: 20080124469
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for the production of a component, especially gas turbine component, coated with a wear-protection coating, especially a corrosion-protection coating or erosion-protection coating, with the following steps: a) providing a component (10) to be coated on a component surface (13); b) at least partially coating the component (11) on its component surface with an at least two-layered or at least two-plied wear-protection coating (14), whereby the wear-protection coating (14) encompasses at least one relatively soft layer (15) and at least one relatively hard layer (16); c) surface densifying the at least partially coated component on its coated component surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2005
    Publication date: May 29, 2008
    Inventors: Wolfgang Eichmann, Karl-Heinz Manier, Markus Uecker, Thomas Uihlein
  • Publication number: 20070190351
    Abstract: A wear-resistant coating, in particular an erosion-resistant coating for a component that is exposed to fluidic loads, is disclosed. The wear-resistant coating has one or more multilayer systems applied repeatedly to the surface to be coated, where each of the applied multilayer systems has at least four different layers. A first layer of each multilayer system facing the surface to be coated is made of a metallic material adapted to the composition of the component surface to be coated. A second layer applied to the first layer of each multilayer system is made of a metal alloy material adapted to the composition of the component surface to be coated. A third layer applied to the second layer of each multilayer system is made of a gradated metal-ceramic material and a fourth layer applied to the third layer of each multilayer system is made of a nanostructured ceramic material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2004
    Publication date: August 16, 2007
    Inventors: Wolfgang Eichmann, Rolf Gerstner, Karl-Heinz Manier, Markus Uecker, Thomas Uihlein
  • Patent number: 6171351
    Abstract: An abrasive coating is formed on the tip of a component of a drive unit for abrading an abradable coating during a stripping operation by thermal spraying a ceramic layer on the component, the ceramic layer being profiled and providing a succession of abrading edges and intermediate spaces between the abrading edges to take up and remove abraded material. The abrading edges can be formed as deposits of ceramic material on the component or, as a ceramic layer applied on a profiled surface etched on the component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 1997
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2001
    Assignee: MTU Motoren-und Turbinen Union M{umlaut over (u)}nchen GmbH
    Inventors: Johannes Schröder, Thomas Uihlein, Hans Weber, Herbert Fischer, Erwin Fischhaber, Norbert Legrand
  • Patent number: 5756217
    Abstract: An abrasive coating is formed on the tip of a component of a drive unit for abrading an abradable coating during a stripping operation by thermal spraying a ceramic layer on the component, the ceramic layer being profiled and providing a succession of abrading edges and intermediate spaces between the abrading edges to take up and remove abraded material. The abrading edges can be formed as deposits of ceramic material on the component or, as a ceramic layer applied on a profiled surface etched on the component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 1995
    Date of Patent: May 26, 1998
    Assignee: MTU Motoren-und Turbinen Union Munchen GmbH
    Inventors: Johannes Schroder, Thomas Uihlein, Hans Weber, Herbert Fischer, Erwin Fischhaber, Norbert Legrand
  • Patent number: 5660320
    Abstract: A metallic alloy part having a bonded coating that includes dispersed hard-material particles embedded in a metal matrix, composed of a eutectic solder whose alloy elements include at least the base metal of the metallic alloy part. The solder is formed by fusion bonding on the metallic alloy part, a precoating composed of sequential layers of the elemental components of the solder applied on the metal part or on the hard-material particles. The composition and disposition of the various layers are graduated such that the melting points of the elemental solder components increase towards the outermost layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 1995
    Date of Patent: August 26, 1997
    Assignee: MTU Motoren-Und Turbinen-Union Munchen GmbH
    Inventors: Wilhelm Hoffmuller, Josef Eichner, Robert Sigl, Thomas Uihlein
  • Patent number: 5202163
    Abstract: A method for producing a surface coating provides protection of a structural component of metal against titanium fires that can be caused by flying and burning titanium droplets, e.g. in a propulsion unit. The protection against titanium fires of metal structural components is provided by embedding ceramic fibers in a matrix material of a high temperature lacquer having dispersed therein aluminum powder as a filler material. The high temperature resistant lacquer is formed of silicates as a vehicle in which the aluminum powder is dispersed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 1991
    Date of Patent: April 13, 1993
    Assignee: MTU Motoren-und Turbinen-Union Muenchen GmbH
    Inventors: Thomas Uihlein, Gerhard Wydra
  • Patent number: 5087512
    Abstract: A structural component of metal is protected against titanium fires that can be caused by flying and burning titanium droplets, e.g. in a propulsion unit. The protection against titanium fires of metal structural components is provided by a surface coating made of ceramic fibers embedded in a matrix material of a high temperature lacquer having dispersed therein aluminum powder as a filler material. The high temperature resistant lacquer is formed of silicates as a vehicle in which the aluminum powder is dispersed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 1990
    Date of Patent: February 11, 1992
    Assignee: MTU Motoren-und Turbinen-Union Muenchen GmbH
    Inventors: Thomas Uihlein, Gerhard Wydra