Blade tip seal insert

US5622474A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• MTU Motoren-und Turbinen-Union München GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Klemens Werner · Munich, DE
• Paul Lottes · Puchheim, DE
• Hans-Juergen Schmuhl · Herrsching am Ammersee, DE
• Lothar Reisinger · Dachau, DE
• Gerhard Wydra · Oberschleißheim, DE
• Dietrich Schulte · Pinneberg, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 14, 1995
• Grant date: Apr 22, 1997
• Expiry date: Sep 14, 2015

Classification

• Technology area (CPC F): Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
• CPC primary: F05D2300/603
• WIPO field: Engines, pumps, turbines
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

Run-on linings for turbo-engines are arranged between the free ends of moving blades and a housing of a compressor or a turbine of a turbo-engine. The run-on linings are formed of a carrier and fiber bundles and are fastened on the circumference of the housing.