Patents by Inventor Thorben Kotzbacher

Thorben Kotzbacher 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: 10233828
    Abstract: A base portion of the support ring includes as many joining areas as connection pins. The joining areas respectively surround pin holes through which to insert end portions of the connection pins, and are arranged in a circumferential direction of the support ring. Cuts are formed around each joining area of the support ring in order to allow deformation of an intermediate portion of the support ring relative to the joining area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2019
    Assignees: IHI Corporation, IHI Charging Systems International GmbH
    Inventors: Kenichi Segawa, Nobuyuki Ikeya, Tobias Scheuermann, Thorben Kotzbacher
  • Publication number: 20160281593
    Abstract: A base portion of the support ring includes as many joining areas as connection pins. The joining areas respectively surround pin holes through which to insert end portions of the connection pins, and are arranged in a circumferential direction of the support ring. Cuts are formed around each joining area of the support ring in order to allow deformation of an intermediate portion of the support ring relative to the joining area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2016
    Publication date: September 29, 2016
    Applicants: IHI Corporation, IHI CHARGING SYSTEMS INTERNATIONAL GMBH
    Inventors: Kenichi SEGAWA, Nobuyuki IKEYA, Tobias SCHEUERMANN, Thorben KOTZBACHER
  • Publication number: 20140099191
    Abstract: In a turbine for exhaust gas turbocharger of a combustion engine with a turbine casing forming an installation space in which a turbine wheel is arranged so as to be rotatable about an axis of rotation and into which exhaust gas of the combustion engine may be supplied via at least one flow duct in which a guide vane structure is arranged, the guide vane structure includes vanes, which are pivotably supported relative to the turbine casing and form an axial inlet nozzle structure adjacent a wall portion of the turbine which extends along the guide vane structure, the wall portion comprising at least a first guide wall area which overlaps the guide vane structure, and which is set back relative to a second guide wall area in which the vanes are pivotably supported and which adjoins the first wall area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2013
    Publication date: April 10, 2014
    Applicant: IHI CHARGING SYSTEMS INTERNATIONAL GMBH
    Inventor: Thorben KOTZBACHER
  • Publication number: 20090277009
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing and/or machining components, in particular gas turbine components such as blades, blade segments or integrally bladed rotors for an aircraft engine, is disclosed. In an embodiment, the method for manufacturing components, in particular gas turbine components, includes at least the following steps: a) providing a workpiece; b) milling the workpiece to provide a component to be manufactured; c) rounding the edges of the component and/or smoothing the surface of the component and/or hardening the surface of the component by a hydraulic method using a lubricant and/or coolant required for the milling.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2004
    Publication date: November 12, 2009
    Applicant: MTU AERO ENGINES
    Inventors: Thorben Kotzbacher, Erich Steinhardt