Pulse body module with bearing protection

US10689983B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• MTU Aero Engines AG · DE

Inventors

• Markus Schlemmer · Mainburg, DE
• Andreas Hartung · Munich, DE
• Gerhard-Heinz Roesele · Aichach, DE
• Martin Pernleitner · Dachau, DE
• Manfred Schill · Munich, DE
• Manfred Feldmann · Eichenau, DE
• Adrian Ehrenberg · Unterschleißheim, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 25, 2017
• Grant date: Jun 23, 2020
• Expiry date: Apr 13, 2038

Classification

• Technology area (CPC F): Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
• CPC primary: F16F15/10
• WIPO field: Engines, pumps, turbines
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

An impulse body module a turbine stage of a gas turbine includes a holder component of one-piece construction, with a base and surrounding side walls arranged at the base, wherein the side walls and the base define a holding chamber; an insert component, of one-piece construction, which is inserted into the holding chamber of the holder component, wherein the holder component and the insert component accommodated therein define a number of mutually separated cavities, and wherein an impulse body, in particular a sphere, is accommodated in each cavity; and a closure component of one-piece construction, which is joined to the holder component in a material-bonded manner where the holding chamber is closed and the insert component is surrounded by the holder component and the closure component. The holder component has at least one base projection in the region of its base, which extends away from the holding chamber.