Patents by Inventor Alexander HOFF

Alexander HOFF 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).

  • Publication number: 20150370848
    Abstract: A method for managing data integrity including: receiving a plurality of constraints related to a data structure stored in a data storage component; analyzing each of the plurality of constraints to determine a plurality of conditions based on the plurality of constraints; determining, a plurality of operations based on each of the plurality of conditions, wherein each operation provides for changes in data; and generating code based on the at least one constraint, the conditions and the operations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2015
    Publication date: December 24, 2015
    Inventors: David YACH, Marc MORIN, Alexander HOFF
  • Patent number: 6962484
    Abstract: This arrangement relates to a moving blade (1), cast in one piece, for a turbomachine, in particular a turbine or compressor, comprising an aerodynamically shaped profile body (2) which has a shroud band (5). The shroud band (5) projects beyond the profile body (2) in the circumferential direction (6) and has a fin (12). The fin (12) possesses a base portion (14), a transitional portion (15) and a sealing portion (16). An axially measured wall thickness decreases in a transitional portion (15) from the base portion (14) to the sealing portion (16). To avoid a porous structure in the base portion (14), two depressions (17), which reduce the wall thickness of the base portion (14), are integrally molded on the outside of the base portion (14).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2005
    Assignee: ALSTOM Technology LTD
    Inventors: Herbert Brandl, Alexander Hoffs
  • Patent number: 6695036
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing a cast part of a thermal turbo-machine by way of a known casting process. Between a model mold and a ceramic insert, projections are located on the ceramic insert, whereby the projections have an angle (&agr;, &bgr;) between the center line and the outer edge of the projections of less than 30°, and whereby the projections are used both for the fixation of the insert during the casting process and for the reduction of the notch factor inside the recesses created in the cast part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2004
    Assignee: Alstom (Switzerland) Ltd
    Inventors: Herbert Brandl, Alexander Hoffs, Roland Muecke, Sergej Riazantsev, Alexander Beeck
  • Publication number: 20030194322
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a moving blade (1), cast in one piece, for a turbomachine, in particular a turbine or compressor, comprising an aerodynamically shaped profile body (2) which has a shroud band (5). The shroud band (5) projects beyond the profile body (2) in the circumferential direction (6) and has a fin (12). The fin (12) possesses a base portion (14), a transitional portion (15) and a sealing portion (16). An axially measured wall thickness decreases in a transitional portion (15) from the base portion (14) to the sealing portion (16).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2003
    Publication date: October 16, 2003
    Inventors: Herbert Brandl, Alexander Hoffs
  • Publication number: 20020129924
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing a cast part of a thermal turbo-machine by way of a known casting process. Between a model mold and a ceramic insert, projections are located on the ceramic insert, whereby the projections have an angle (&agr;, &bgr;) between the center line and the outer edge of the projections of less than 30°, and whereby the projections are used both for the fixation of the insert during the casting process and for the reduction of the notch factor inside the recesses created in the cast part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2001
    Publication date: September 19, 2002
    Inventors: Herbert Brandl, Alexander Hoffs, Roland Muecke, Sergej Riazantsev, Alexander Beeck