Patents by Inventor Wilfried Smarsly

Wilfried Smarsly 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: 8012271
    Abstract: The presently described technology relates to a material for components of a gas turbine, in particular for components of a gas turbine aircraft engine, having a matrix of an iron-based alloy material, wherein the matrix of the iron-based alloy material being hardened by means of an intermetallic material of the Laves phase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2011
    Assignee: MTU Aero Engines GmbH
    Inventors: Wilfried Smarsly, Gerhard Sauthoff
  • Publication number: 20110189026
    Abstract: A material for a gas turbine component, to be specific a titanium-aluminum-based alloy material, including at least titanium and aluminum. The material has a) in the range of room temperature, the ?/B2-Ti phase, the ?2-Ti3Al phase and the ?-TiAl phase with a proportion of the ?/B2-Ti phase of at most 5% by volume, and b) in the range of the eutectoid temperature, the ?/B2-Ti phase, the ?2-Ti3Al phase and the ?-TiAl phase, with a proportion of the ?/B2-Ti phase of at least 10% by volume.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2008
    Publication date: August 4, 2011
    Inventors: Wilfried Smarsly, Helmut Clemens, Volker Guether, Sascha Kremmer, Andreas Otto, Harald Chladil
  • Patent number: 7699581
    Abstract: A run-in coating is for gas turbines. The run-in coating is used for sealing a radial gap between a housing of the gas turbine and rotating rotor blades of same, the run-in coating being applied onto the housing. The run-in coating is made of an intermetallic titanium-aluminum material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2010
    Assignee: MTU Aero Engines GmbH
    Inventors: Erwin Bayer, Wilfried Smarsly
  • Publication number: 20090214824
    Abstract: A running-in coating for a compressor housing is disclosed. The running-in coating has at least two layers where a first layer is dimensionally stable and at least one additional layer has run-in capability.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2005
    Publication date: August 27, 2009
    Applicant: MTU AERO ENGINES GMBH
    Inventors: Manfred Daeubler, Renate Mendritzki, Horst Mueller-Wittek, Wilfried Smarsly
  • Publication number: 20090202381
    Abstract: The presently described technology relates to a material for components of a gas turbine, in particular for components of a gas turbine aircraft engine, having a matrix of an iron-based alloy material, wherein the matrix of the iron-based alloy material being hardened by means of an intermetallic material of the Laves phase.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2006
    Publication date: August 13, 2009
    Inventors: Wilfried Smarsly, Gerhard Sauthoff
  • Publication number: 20090110560
    Abstract: A run-in coating is for gas turbines. The run-in coating is used for sealing a radial gap between a housing of the gas turbine and rotating rotor blades of same, the run-in coating being applied onto the housing. The run-in coating is made of an intermetallic titanium-aluminum material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2004
    Publication date: April 30, 2009
    Inventors: Erwin Bayer, Wilfried Smarsly
  • Patent number: 7389809
    Abstract: A tool and method for production of a cast component from molten titanium alloy. The tool includes a casting mold, wherein at least one mold wall area of the casting mold, which comes into contact with the molten titanium alloy, is made of yttrium oxide, magnesium oxide and calcium oxide. The casting mold includes at least first and second layers, the first layer forming a mold wall area which comes into contact with the molten titanium alloy and the second layer forming a backfilling stabilization area for the mold wall area. Both the first layer and the second layer is formed of yttrium oxide, magnesium oxide and calcium oxide. In addition, the second layer, which backfills the first layer, has less yttrium oxide and is more coarsely grained than the first layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2008
    Assignee: G4T GmbH
    Inventors: Manfred Renkel, Wilfried Smarsly
  • Patent number: 7389808
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing a cast component, particularly a gas turbine component, by casting. According to the invention, the method comprises at least the following steps: a) preparing a melting crucible; b) preparing a semifinished granular material from an intermetallic titanium/aluminum material; c) filling the melting crucible with the semifinished granular material, whereby the quantity of the semifinished granular material placed inside the melting crucible corresponds to the quantity necessary for casting the component; d) melting the semifinished granular material made of the intermetallic titanium/aluminum material inside the melting crucible; e) preparing a casting mold; f) pouring the melt into the casting mold; g) solidifying the melt inside the casting mold, and; h) removing the cast component from the casting mold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2008
    Assignee: G4T GmbH
    Inventors: Manfred Renkel, Wilfried Smarsly
  • Patent number: 7360579
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for the production of a cast component, in particular a gas turbine component. The inventive method comprises at least the following steps: a) a crucible and at least one semi-finished product is prepared from an intermetallic titanium-aluminium material; b) the or each semi-finished product made of intermetallic titanium-aluminium material is melted in the crucible; c) at least one additional element or an additional compound is added to the melt, whereby the or each element and/or the or each compound is introduced into the melt according to the melting temperature thereof; d) a casting mold is prepared; e) the casting mold is filled with the melt; f) the melt is solidified in the casting mold; g) the casting component is extracted from the casting mold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2008
    Assignee: G4T GmbH
    Inventors: Manfred Renkel, Wilfried Smarsly
  • Publication number: 20080069720
    Abstract: The invention relates to a titanium/aluminium alloy with an alloy composed of titanium, aluminium and niobium, with an aluminium content of between 35 and 60 wt. %. The alloy can further contain 1-100 ppm chlorine and/or fluorine and 0.01-1.0 wt. % gold and/or silver. The invention further relates to a lightweight component made from a titanium/aluminium alloy and the use of a titanium/aluminium alloy for the production of a homogeneous, fine-grain, precursor by means of a spin casting method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2005
    Publication date: March 20, 2008
    Applicant: G4T GmbH
    Inventors: Manfred Renkel, Wilfried Smarsly
  • Publication number: 20070261813
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing a cast component, particularly a gas turbine component, by casting. According to the invention, the method comprises at least the following steps: a) preparing a melting crucible; b) preparing a semifinished granular material from an intermetallic titanium/aluminum material; c) filling the melting crucible with the semifinished granular material, whereby the quantity of the semifinished granular material placed inside the melting crucible corresponds to the quantity necessary for casting the component; d) melting the semifinished granular material made of the intermetallic titanium/aluminum material inside the melting crucible; e) preparing a casting mold; f) pouring the melt into the casting mold; g) solidifying the melt inside the casting mold, and; h) removing the cast component from the casting mold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2005
    Publication date: November 15, 2007
    Applicant: G4T GmbH
    Inventors: Manfred Renkel, Wilfried Smarsly
  • Publication number: 20070190352
    Abstract: A wear protection coating, in particular an erosion protection coating for gas turbine components is disclosed. The wear protection coating is applied to a to-be-protected surface of a flow mechanically stressed component. The wear protection coating has an at least double-layer structure, where a first layer is applied to the to-be-protected surface of the component and has a material composition that is adapted to the material composition of the component and where a second layer forms an outer cover coat.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2004
    Publication date: August 16, 2007
    Inventors: Erwin Bayer, Wilfried Smarsly, Juergen Steinwandel
  • Publication number: 20070151696
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for the production of a cast component, in particular a gas turbine component. The inventive method comprises at least the following steps: a) a crucible and at least one semi-finished product is prepared from an intermetallic titanium-aluminium material; b) the or each semi-finished product made of intermetallic titanium-aluminium material is melted in the crucible; c) at least one additional element or an additional compound is added to the melt, whereby the or each element and/or the or each compound is introduced into the melt according to the melting temperature thereof; d) a casting mould is prepared; e) the casting mould is filled with the melt; f) the melt is solidified in the casting mould; g) the casting component is extracted from the casting mould.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2004
    Publication date: July 5, 2007
    Applicant: G4T GmbH
    Inventors: Manfred Renkel, Wilfried Smarsly
  • Publication number: 20070034350
    Abstract: The invention relates to a tool for producing cast components, especially gas turbine components, from reactive nonferrous molten metals, especially titanium alloys, said tool being embodied as a casting mould. According to the invention, at least one region of the casting mould (10) that comes into contact with the reactive nonferrous molten metal consists of yttrium oxide, magnesium oxide and calcium oxide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2004
    Publication date: February 15, 2007
    Inventors: Manfred Renkel, Wilfried Smarsly
  • Publication number: 20050279481
    Abstract: A process for producing a dimensionally accurate component from a nonferrous metal alloy includes the steps of: providing a casting mold corresponding to an external shape of the component and associated with an outlet opening, wherein the casting mold includes at least one heated mold shell; providing a heated rotatably mounted runner device for receiving a melt of the nonferrous metal alloy; determining a three-dimensional setting angle for the casting mold with respect to the outlet opening based on acceleration forces on the melt, wherein the acceleration forces include centrifugal forces applied to the melt and Coriolis forces of the centrifugal forces; disposing the casting mold at the three-dimensional setting angle with respect to the outlet opening; and feeding a melt into the mold through the outlet opening using the runner device so as to completely fill the casting mold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2003
    Publication date: December 22, 2005
    Applicant: MTU Aero Engines GmbH
    Inventors: Manfred Renkel, Wilfried Smarsly
  • Patent number: 6773817
    Abstract: A wear-resistant layer is applied to a surface, which is to be protected, of a component which is subjected to mechanical and/or fluidic loads and substantially consists of amorphous or amorphous-nanocrystalline metals. The layer for protecting against abrasive or erosive wear substantially consists of an Ni—W-base alloy or substantially consists of an alloy based on Cu—Al—Ti(or —Ta or —Zr) or Pd—Cu—Si or Pt—Al—Si or Ta—Si—N, or substantially consists of an alloy of Al, at least one rare earth and a transition metal, such as Cu or Ni or Co.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2004
    Assignee: MTU Aero Engines GmbH
    Inventors: Aléxander Sagel, Bertram Kopperger, Erwin Bayer, Wilfried Smarsly
  • Patent number: 5634189
    Abstract: A structural component is formed with an outer shell of sintered, solid, powder particles, and a porous core of sintered, hollow, bodies arranged in layers. The hollow bodies are of increased diameter in the layers in a direction from the outer periphery of the core towards the center of the core. The material of the outer shell and of the core is a metal or ceramic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 1994
    Date of Patent: May 27, 1997
    Assignee: Mtu Motoren-Und Turbinen Union Munchen GmbH
    Inventors: Axel Rossmann, Wilfried Smarsly
  • Patent number: 5073459
    Abstract: A sintered metallic light-weight structural material consists of spherical voids and lattice-type webs of intermetallic compounds. Owing to its weight-specific strength, which is superior to that of conventional super-alloys, this material is suited especially for application in aircraft and turbine engine construction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 1990
    Date of Patent: December 17, 1991
    Assignee: MTU Motoren- und Turbinen-Union Munchen GmbH
    Inventors: Wilfried Smarsly, Wolfgang Track
  • Patent number: 5032353
    Abstract: Structural components of at least one intermetallc compound and having complicated contours, are made by the steps of preparing a powder mixture of elemental metal powders including at least one powder of a low melting metal element or component and one powder of a high melting metal element or component that subsequently are to form the intermetallic compound. The powder mixture is then sintered to form a sintered body which is machined to a contour close to the finished contour and to dimensions close to the final dimensions. The so machined and shaped part is enveloped with an envelope of the high melting metal element or component. The enveloped part is subjected to a hot isostatic reaction pressing whereby the intermetallic compound is formed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 1990
    Date of Patent: July 16, 1991
    Assignee: MTU Motoren-und Turbinen-Union Muenchen GmbH
    Inventors: Wilfried Smarsly, Raimund Lackermeier
  • Patent number: 4599215
    Abstract: A hermetically sealed capsule (10) containing degased metal powder (11) is embedded in a soft metal flow die (20). Subsequently the flow die (20) is compressed in a cavity block, thereby compressing the metal powder (11) by the hydrostatic pressure of the flow die and simultaneously shaping the said powder. This results in the reforming of the structure right down to the interior of the particles with compression of up to 100%. The shaping process can be aided by moulding dies (17, 18) embedded in the flow die (10) around the capsule (10) at a distance from each other and, when closed, forming a cavity, the shape of which deviates from that of the original shape of the capsule (10). The capsule (10) containing the metal powder is formed during closure of the moulding cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 1984
    Date of Patent: July 8, 1986
    Inventors: Wilfried Smarsly, Karl J. Grundhoff, Hartmut Schurmann