Patents by Inventor Hilde DE GERSEM

Hilde DE GERSEM 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).

  • Impeller and turbocompressor equipped with such impeller and method for manufacturing such an impeller
    Patent number: 11878347
    Abstract: An impeller includes a central shaft or a tube for mounting on a shaft; around the shaft or tube a hollow hub, which in the direction from one end to the other end increases in diameter. The hub possesses an outside and an inside oriented towards the shaft or tube; a back wall which is provided at the end of the hub with the largest diameter perpendicular to the shaft or tube which at least partially closes the hollow space of the hub; a series of blades that are attached to the outside of the hub by their base; wherein a number of flat, straight reinforcing ribs are provided which extend on the shaft or tube in an essentially radial direction and form a radial connection between the shaft or tube and the inside of the hub.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: ATLAS COPCO AIRPOWER, NAAMLOZE VENNOOTSCHAP
    Inventors: Karolien Kempen, Hilde De Gersem, Guy De Greef
  • IMPELLER AND TURBOCOMPRESSOR EQUIPPED WITH SUCH IMPELLER AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SUCH AN IMPELLER
    Publication number: 20220112900
    Abstract: An impeller includes a central shaft or a tube for mounting on a shaft; around the shaft or tube a hollow hub, which in the direction from one end to the other end increases in diameter. The hub possesses an outside and an inside oriented towards the shaft or tube; a back wall which is provided at the end of the hub with the largest diameter perpendicular to the shaft or tube which at least partially closes the hollow space of the hub; a series of blades that are attached to the outside of the hub by their base; wherein a number of flat, straight reinforcing ribs are provided which extend on the shaft or tube in an essentially radial direction and form a radial connection between the shaft or tube and the inside of the hub.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2019
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Inventors: Karolien KEMPEN, Hilde DE GERSEM, Guy DE GREEF