Patents by Inventor Bernhard Bonhoff

Bernhard Bonhoff 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: 6446710
    Abstract: An arrangement for cooling a flow-passage wall surrounding a flow passage is described, having at least one rib element which induces flow vortices in a flow medium passing through the flow passage, is attached to that side of the flow-passage wall which faces the flow passage, and the shape and size of which are selected in accordance with a certain heat transfer coefficient and a certain pressure loss caused in the flow medium due to the latter flowing over the rib element. The invention is characterized in that the rib element, while largely retaining its original shape and/or size, has contours enlarging its surface facing the flow passage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2002
    Assignee: ALSTOM (Switzerland) Ltd
    Inventors: Alexander Beeck, Bernhard Bonhoff, Sacha Parneix, Bernhard Weigand
  • Publication number: 20020005274
    Abstract: An arrangement for cooling a flow-passage wall surrounding a flow passage is described, having at least one rib element which induces flow vortices in a flow medium passing through the flow passage, is attached to that side of the flow-passage wall which faces the flow passage, and the shape and size of which are selected in accordance with a certain heat transfer coefficient and a certain pressure loss caused in the flow medium due to the latter flowing over the rib element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2000
    Publication date: January 17, 2002
    Inventors: Alexander Beeck, Bernhard Bonhoff, Sacha Parneix, Bernhard Weigand
  • Patent number: 6183199
    Abstract: A cooling wall comprises an outer surface, which is exposed to a hot-gas flow, an inner surface, and at least one film-cooling hole within the wall, which film-cooling hole has a diffuser section and an outlet at the outer surface. The diffuser section has first and second internal surfaces, the intersection edge between the first internal surface and the outer surface forming an upstream edge of the outlet, and the intersection edge between the second internal surface and the outer surface forming a downstream edge of the outlet. The diffuser section has side surfaces, which faces one another, connect the first and second internal surfaces and diverge from one another toward the outlet of the diffuser section. The first internal surface of the diffuser section is rounded toward the axis of the film-cooling hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 1999
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2001
    Assignee: ABB Research Ltd.
    Inventors: Alexander Beeck, Bernhard Bonhoff, Günter Wilfert