Patents by Inventor Steffen Braun

Steffen Braun 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: 11925999
    Abstract: A workpiece processing machine that includes: a beam emission head for providing a beam for processing the workpiece, an optical interferometer for splitting, redirecting, and detecting the beam, an adjustment element for changing a second portion of a power of the beam redirected from a retroreflector to a detector, and a control unit for actuating the adjustment element to control a ratio between a first power portion of the beam redirected from the workpiece to the detector and the second power portion of the beam redirected from the retroreflector to the detector to a target ratio.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: TRUMPF Laser- und Systemtechnik GmbH
    Inventors: Jan-Patrick Hermani, Steffen Kessler, Friedhelm Dorsch, Holger Braun
  • Patent number: 11041407
    Abstract: A turbocharger includes a turbine with a housing and a rotor for expanding a first medium; a compressor with a housing and a rotor for compressing a second medium utilizing energy extracted in the turbine during expansion of the first medium. A housing surrounds the turbine housing and/or the compressor housing and/or the bearing housing at least in sections, which housing is at least formed from a first housing section and a second housing section, which are connected to one another via screw connections. On the first housing section, shearing force absorption elements are formed or fastened which extend through the second housing section and in the event that shearing forces occur, absorb the shearing forces and thus relieve the screw connections of the shearing forces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2021
    Assignee: MAN ENERGY SOLUTIONS SE
    Inventors: Steffen Braun, Frank Griesshaber, Vladimir Hort
  • Patent number: 11041408
    Abstract: A turbocharger, with a turbine for expanding a first medium, a compressor for compressing a second medium utilising energy extracted in the turbine during expansion of the first medium. A turbine housing and a compressor housing are connected to a bearing housing. A casing radially and axially surrounds the turbine housing, the compressor housing, and/or the bearing housing at least in sections, which is connected to the respective housing via multiple fastening devices. At least some of the fastening devices extend through a wall of the casing into the housing include metallic damping elements made of wire on opposite sides of the wall of the casing through which the same extend.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2021
    Assignee: MAN Energy Solutions SE
    Inventors: Steffen Braun, Daniel Albrecht, Harald Denkel, Stefan Weihard, Bernd Haas, Johannes Niebuhr, Urban Spatz
  • Patent number: 10914197
    Abstract: A casing of a turbocharger, which surrounds a housing to be encased such as a turbine housing and/or a compressor housing and/or a bearing housing of the turbocharger at least in sections, with axial casing segments, which axially adjoin the housing to be encased, with at least one radial casing segment, which radially adjoins the housing to be encased radially outside, and at least one stiffening element is formed or acts on at least one casing segment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2021
    Assignee: MAN Energy Solutions SE
    Inventors: Steffen Braun, Daniel Albrecht, Harald Denkel, Stefan Weihard, Bernd Haas, Johannes Niebuhr, Urban Spatz
  • Patent number: 10876427
    Abstract: A turbine for a turbocharger, for expanding a medium, with a turbine rotor, having a turbine housing with an insert piece, which runs radially outside of the adjoining blades of the turbine rotor. The insert piece at an upstream end, includes a first flange and a second flange at a downstream end. The insert piece, in a middle section, which extends between the first flange and the second flange, has an approximately constant thickness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: MAN Energy Solutions SE
    Inventors: Steffen Braun, Jirí Klíma, Vladimir Hort, Tobias Weisbrod, Bernd Haas, Johannes Niebuhr
  • Patent number: 10876428
    Abstract: A casing of a turbocharger surrounds a housing to be encased at least in sections, with axial casing segments, which follow the housing to be encased axially outside, and with radial casing segments, which follow the housing to be encased radially outside. In the radial casing segments slot-like material recesses are introduced. Two adjacent slot-like material recesses delimit a strap of a respective radial casing segment. In a region of the respective strap, the radial casing segments are exclusively connected to the housing to be encased. Outside the respective strap, the radial casing segments are exclusively connected to the axial casing segments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: MAN Energy Solutions SE
    Inventors: Tobias Weisbrod, Santiago Uhlenbrock, Steffen Braun, Urban Spatz, Heiko Schmidt
  • Publication number: 20200355093
    Abstract: A casing which surrounds a housing of the turbocharger has a first casing body, which emanating from a first side of the housing can be pushed onto the housing in an axial direction. The first casing body has an axial casing segment adjoining the housing adjoining the first side axially outside, and multiple casing segments adjoining the housing radially outside. A second casing body can be pushed onto the housing in the axial direction has an axial casing segment adjoining the housing adjoining a second side axially outside, and a radial casing segment, which adjoins the housing radially outside, covers the first casing body radially outside in sections and is connected to the first casing body. Multiple supports each has first sections, via which the respective support can be mounted to the housing. Each support has second sections), via which the first casing body is mounted to the respective support.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2020
    Publication date: November 12, 2020
    Inventors: Steffen BRAUN, Daniel ALBRECHT, Harald DENKEL, Stefan WEIHARD, Bernd HAAS, Johannes NIEBUHR, Urban SPATZ
  • Patent number: 10738647
    Abstract: A burst protection device for a gas radial turbo engine configured annularly around a central axis in the circumferential direction and like a box in a cross sectional direction, to grip a turbine housing in the area of the turbine wheel. The burst protection device includes at least one axial wall section extending in an axial direction and at least one radial wall section extending in the radial direction are indirectly interconnected via an intermediate wall section lying in between. A partial area of the intermediate wall section in the axial direction runs inclined and/or curved relative to the orientation of the axial wall section and radial wall section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignee: MAN Energy Solutions SE
    Inventors: Steffen Braun, Daniel Albrecht, Harald Denkel, Stefan Weihard, Bernd Haas, Johannes Niebuhr, Urban Spatz
  • Publication number: 20200248615
    Abstract: A turbocharger includes a turbine for expanding a first medium and a compressor for compressing a second medium utilizing energy extracted in the turbine during the expansion of the first medium. A turbine housing of the turbine and a compressor housing of the compressor each are connected to a bearing housing arranged therebetween. A casing: surrounds the turbine housing radially outside and axially outside at least in certain sections, and/or surrounds the compressor housing radially outside and axially outside at least in certain sections. The respective casing is positioned loosely around the turbine housing without direct connection to the turbine housing or loosely around the compressor housing without direct connection to the compressor housing. The respective casing is connected to an assembly which, during the operation of the turbocharger, has a temperature level corresponding to the respective casing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2020
    Publication date: August 6, 2020
    Inventors: Steffen BRAUN, Urban SPATZ, Daniel ALBRECHT, Harald DENKEL, Stefan WEIHARD, Bernd HAAS, Johannes NIEBUHR
  • Publication number: 20200157968
    Abstract: A burst protection device is provided for a radial turbocharger having a turbine housing completely enclosing a turbine wheel rotatably arranged in the turbine housing, and turbine housing inner wall. The burst protection device is annularly arranged in the radial turbocharger about a central axis (A) in a circumferential direction on the turbine housing inner wall, so as to at least partly engage about the turbine wheel. The burst protection device defines at least one recess/hollow space. The at least one recess/hollow space is configured such that kinetic energy of fragments of the turbine wheel produced upon bursting of the turbine wheel is absorbed by the burst protection device based on plastic deformation of the at least one recess/hollow space, a first one of the at least one recess/hollow space being unilaterally open in a direction of the turbine housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2019
    Publication date: May 21, 2020
    Inventors: Steffen BRAUN, Frank GRIEßHABER, Vladimir HORT, Roland KRAUß, Boris THASER
  • Publication number: 20200141320
    Abstract: A compensation device for two interconnected components arranged for the axial and radial compensation of thermally induced expansions of the two components between the two components and includes a central connecting portion for mechanically connecting to the first component and a plurality of connecting portions for connecting to the second component, which are connected to the central connecting portion in one piece. The connecting portions are at least partly formed offset relative to the connecting portion in an axial direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2019
    Publication date: May 7, 2020
    Inventors: Steffen BRAUN, Daniel Albrecht, Harald Denkel, Stefan Weihard, Bernd Haas, Johannes Niebuhr, Urban Spatz
  • Publication number: 20190383162
    Abstract: A burst protection device for a gas turbomachine formed of at least one pipe section of a pipe in the form of a bend segment of the pipe section for assembly about a turbine wheel housing and/or compressor housing of the gas turbomachine. The bend segment of the pipe section seen in the circumferential direction of the pipe has an interruption for the gas or air outlet of the turbine wheel housing or compressor housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2019
    Publication date: December 19, 2019
    Inventors: Stefan WEIHARD, Steffen BRAUN, Harald DENKEL, Bernd HAAS, Johannes NIEBUHR, Urban SPATZ, Daniel ALBRECHT
  • Publication number: 20190376413
    Abstract: A burst protection device for a turbo machine having a rotor housing, which includes an axle and a rotor that is rotatably mounted about the axle in the rotor housing. The burst protection device surrounds the rotor housing at least in the region of the rotor in a circumferential direction of the rotor and is formed in one part of at least one burst protection element. The at least one burst protection element is a material having an elongation at break of at least 30%.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2019
    Publication date: December 12, 2019
    Inventors: Urban SPATZ, Steffen BRAUN, Daniel ALBRECHT, Harald DENKEL, Stefan WEIHARD, Bernd HAAS, Johannes NIEBUHR
  • Publication number: 20190331128
    Abstract: A turbocharger, with a turbine and a compressor. A turbine housing of the turbine and a compressor housing of the compressor are connected to a bearing housing arranged between the same. A casing surrounds the turbine housing and/or the compressor housing and/or the bearing housing radially outside and axially outside at least in sections, which are connected to the respective housing to be encased via multiple fastening devices. At least one fastening device forms a fixed bearing-like connection and at least one fastening device a loose bearing-like connection of the casing on the respective housing to be encased.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2019
    Publication date: October 31, 2019
    Inventors: Steffen Braun, Daniel Albrecht, Harald Denkel, Stefan Weihard, Bernd Haas, Johannes Niebuhr, Urban Spatz
  • Publication number: 20190301304
    Abstract: A turbocharger, with a turbine for expanding a first medium, a compressor for compressing a second medium utilising energy extracted in the turbine during expansion of the first medium. A turbine housing and a compressor housing are connected to a bearing housing. A casing radially and axially surrounds the turbine housing, the compressor housing, and/or the bearing housing at least in sections, which is connected to the respective housing via multiple fastening devices. At least some of the fastening devices extend through a wall of the casing into the housing include metallic damping elements made of wire on opposite sides of the wall of the casing through which the same extend.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2019
    Publication date: October 3, 2019
    Inventors: Steffen Braun, Daniel Albrecht, Harald Denkel, Stefan Weihard, Bernd Haas, Johannes Niebuhr, Urban Spatz
  • Publication number: 20190284956
    Abstract: A casing of a turbocharger, surrounding a turbine, compressor, and/or a bearing housing of the turbocharger at least in sections, with axial casing segments that adjoin the housing axially outside, and with radial casing segments that adjoin the housing to be encased radially outside. An additional casing segment encloses or completes the axial casing segments and/or the radial casing segments in the region of an inlet flange or outlet flange of the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2019
    Publication date: September 19, 2019
    Inventors: Harald DENKEL, Steffen BRAUN, Daniel ALBRECHT, Stefan WEIHARD, Bernd HAAS, Johannes NIEBUHR, Urban SPATZ
  • Publication number: 20190242272
    Abstract: A casing of a turbocharger, which surrounds a housing to be encased such as a turbine housing and/or a compressor housing and/or a bearing housing of the turbocharger at least in sections, with axial casing segments, which axially adjoin the housing to be encased, with at least one radial casing segment, which radially adjoins the housing to be encased radially outside, and at least one stiffening element is formed or acts on at least one casing segment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2019
    Publication date: August 8, 2019
    Inventors: Steffen Braun, Daniel Albrecht, Harald Denkel, Stefan Weihard, Bernd Haas, Johannes Niebuhr, Urban Spatz
  • Publication number: 20190226361
    Abstract: A turbocharger, with a turbine for expanding a first medium, a compressor for compressing a second medium utilising energy extracted in the turbine during the expansion of the first medium, a turbine housing of the turbine and a compressor housing of the compressor connected to a bearing housing arranged between the same, with a casing that radially and axially surrounds one or more of the turbine housing, the compressor housing, and the bearing housing at least in sections. At least one loose fibre of a defined length is introduced into a hollow space between the casing and a respective housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2019
    Publication date: July 25, 2019
    Inventors: Urban SPATZ, Steffen Braun, Daniel Albrecht, Harald Denkel, Stefan Weihard, Bernd Haas, Johannes Niebuhr
  • Publication number: 20190218931
    Abstract: A burst protection device for a gas radial turbo engine configured annularly around a central axis in the circumferential direction and like a box in a cross sectional direction, to grip a turbine housing in the area of the turbine wheel. The burst protection device includes at least one axial wall section extending in an axial direction and at least one radial wall section extending in the radial direction are indirectly interconnected via an intermediate wall section lying in between. A partial area of the intermediate wall section in the axial direction runs inclined and/or curved relative to the orientation of the axial wall section and radial wall section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2019
    Publication date: July 18, 2019
    Inventors: Steffen BRAUN, Daniel Albrecht, Harald Denkel, Stefan Weihard, Bernd Haas, Johannes Niebuhr, Urban Spatz
  • Publication number: 20190218937
    Abstract: A casing of a turbocharger surrounds a housing to be encased at least in sections, with axial casing segments, which follow the housing to be encased axially outside, and with radial casing segments, which follow the housing to be encased radially outside. In the radial casing segments slot-like material recesses are introduced. Two adjacent slot-like material recesses delimit a strap of a respective radial casing segment. In a region of the respective strap, the radial casing segments are exclusively connected to the housing to be encased. Outside the respective strap, the radial casing segments are exclusively connected to the axial casing segments.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2019
    Publication date: July 18, 2019
    Inventors: Tobias Weisbrod, Santiago Uhlenbrock, Steffen Braun, Urban Spatz, Heiko Schmidt