Patents by Inventor Nico Petry

Nico Petry 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: 11313384
    Abstract: An arrangement having an impeller that rotates about an axis and a stationary diffuser located downstream with guide vanes. The impeller has an inlet for an axial supply flow and an outlet for a radial out-flow, wherein radially and axially extending rotor blades are arranged between a wheel disc and a cover disc of the impeller. The impeller channels are separated from one another in a circumferential direction. The diffuser extends substantially radially along a main flow direction and has an axial channel width. The diffuser has a diffuser inlet and outlet, wherein guide vanes extending axially along a blade vertical direction and radially along a through-flow direction are arranged between the wheel disc side and the cover disc side of the diffuser, which separate the guide vane channels from one another. An inlet edge angle is smaller on the cover disc side than on the wheel disc side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: SIEMENS ENERGY GLOBAL GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Uwe Martens, Nico Petry
  • Patent number: 11225977
    Abstract: An arrangement having an impeller that rotates about an axis and a stationary diffuser located downstream with guide vanes. The impeller has an inlet for an axial supply flow and an outlet for a radial out-flow, wherein radially and axially extending rotor blades are arranged between a wheel disc and a cover disc of the impeller. The impeller channels are separated from one another in a circumferential direction. The diffuser extends substantially radially along a main flow direction and has an axial channel width. The diffuser has a diffuser inlet and outlet, wherein guide vanes extending axially along a blade vertical direction and radially along a through-flow direction are arranged between the wheel disc side and the cover disc side of the diffuser, which separate the guide vane channels from one another. An inlet edge angle is smaller on the cover disc side than on the wheel disc side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2022
    Assignee: SIEMENS ENERGY GLOBAL GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Uwe Martens, Nico Petry
  • Patent number: 10989202
    Abstract: A backfeed stage of a radial turbo fluid energy machine having a backfeed channel extending annularly about an axis and four sections adjacent in the flow direction through which process fluid flows. A first section conducts the process fluid radially outward; a second section deflects the process fluid from radially outward to radially inward; a third section conducts the process fluid radially inward; a fourth section redirects the process fluid in the axial direction; the third section has first guide vanes defining flow channels of the backfeed channel in relation to each other in the circumferential direction; the backfeed stage has second guide vanes downstream of the first guide vanes defining the flow channels of the backfeed channel in relation to each other in the circumferential direction. The first guide vanes are arranged only in the third section, the second guide vanes are arranged only in the fourth section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Assignee: SIEMENS ENERGY GLOBAL GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventor: Nico Petry
  • Publication number: 20200284269
    Abstract: An arrangement having an impeller that rotates about an axis and a stationary diffuser located downstream with guide vanes. The impeller has an inlet for an axial supply flow and an outlet for a radial out-flow, wherein radially and axially extending rotor blades are arranged between a wheel disc and a cover disc of the impeller. The impeller channels are separated from one another in a circumferential direction. The diffuser extends substantially radially along a main flow direction and has an axial channel width. The diffuser has a diffuser inlet and outlet, wherein guide vanes extending axially along a blade vertical direction and radially along a through-flow direction are arranged between the wheel disc side and the cover disc side of the diffuser, which separate the guide vane channels from one another. An inlet edge angle is smaller on the cover disc side than on the wheel disc side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2018
    Publication date: September 10, 2020
    Applicant: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Uwe Martens, Nico Petry
  • Publication number: 20200277967
    Abstract: An arrangement having an impeller that rotates about an axis and a stationary diffuser located downstream with guide vanes. The impeller has an inlet for an axial supply flow and an outlet for a radial out-flow, wherein radially and axially extending rotor blades are arranged between a wheel disc and a cover disc of the impeller. The impeller channels are separated from one another in a circumferential direction. The diffuser extends substantially radially along a main flow direction and has an axial channel width. The diffuser has a diffuser inlet and outlet, wherein guide vanes extending axially along a blade vertical direction and radially along a through-flow direction are arranged between the wheel disc side and the cover disc side of the diffuser, which separate the guide vane channels from one another. An inlet edge angle is smaller on the cover disc side than on the wheel disc side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2018
    Publication date: September 3, 2020
    Applicant: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Uwe Martens, Nico Petry
  • Publication number: 20200025205
    Abstract: A backfeed stage of a radial turbo fluid energy machine having a backfeed channel extending annularly about an axis and four sections adjacent in the flow direction through which process fluid flows. A first section conducts the process fluid radially outward; a second section deflects the process fluid from radially outward to radially inward; a third section conducts the process fluid radially inward; a fourth section redirects the process fluid in the axial direction; the third section has first guide vanes defining flow channels of the backfeed channel in relation to each other in the circumferential direction; the backfeed stage has second guide vanes downstream of the first guide vanes defining the flow channels of the backfeed channel in relation to each other in the circumferential direction. The first guide vanes are arranged only in the third section, the second guide vanes are arranged only in the fourth section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2018
    Publication date: January 23, 2020
    Applicant: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Nico Petry