Patents by Inventor Axel Möhle

Axel Möhle 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: 10355539
    Abstract: A method for producing an annular active part of an electric machine, where the active part has ring segment-shaped sections with grooves for receiving electric conductors, an electric machine with the ring segment-shaped section, a mill with the electric machine, and a service method for such an electric machine or such a mill, and where the goal is to assembly the electric machine inexpensively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Ulrich Hartmann, Horst Kuemmlee, Axel Moehle, Peter Petereit, Marian Rakowicz, Kurt Tischler
  • Patent number: 9959959
    Abstract: A magnetic steel sheet including a layer adjoining at least one of a top side and bottom side of the magnetic metal sheet. The layer includes a metal oxide containing titanium oxide or tantalum oxide and the layer adjoins the magnetic steel sheet along a diffusion zone into which the titanium or tantalum of the metal oxide has diffused into the magnetic steel sheet. The diffusion zone is produced on at least one of a top surface and a bottom surface of the magnetic steel sheet and the diffusion layer diffuses one of tantalum and titanium as metal into the at least one surface. The metal of the at the at least one surface is converted into an associated metal oxide to form the layer including the metal oxide, and a residual content of the metal of the metal oxide remains in the diffusion zone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2018
    Assignee: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Jens Dahl Jensen, Axel Möhle, Ralph Reiche, Manuela Schneider, Oliver Stier
  • Publication number: 20170179776
    Abstract: A method for producing an annular active part of an electric machine, where the active part has ring segment-shaped sections with grooves for receiving electric conductors, an electric machine with the ring segment-shaped section, a mill with the electric machine, and a service method for such an electric machine or such a mill, and where the goal is to assembly the electric machine inexpensively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2015
    Publication date: June 22, 2017
    Applicant: Siemens Aktiengesselschaft
    Inventors: Ulrich HARTMANN, Horst KUEMMLEE, Axel MOEHLE, Peter PETEREIT, Marian RAKOWICZ, Kurt TISCHLER
  • Patent number: 9476404
    Abstract: In a method an inner segment is first pre-assembled on each of a number of outer segments by at least one fixing element, so as to produce a plurality of segment modules having each a predetermined air gap between the inner segment and the outer segment. The inner segments and the outer segments are assigned to the rotor or stator of the electrical machine. The inner segments of the plurality of segment modules are fastened to an inner assembly device (for example a hub). The outer segments of the plurality of segment modules are fastened to an outer assembly device (for example a supporting structure). Finally, the fixing elements between the inner segments and the outer segments are removed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Kornel Feher, Ulrich Hartmann, Martin Junge, Andreas Jöckel, Martin Kristl, Wilfried Luchs, Oliver Memminger, Joachim Mucha, Axel Möhle
  • Patent number: 9419492
    Abstract: An interface for transmitting electrical power to a motor of a motor-compressor is provided. The interface may include a receptacle having a first end portion coupled with a stator of the motor and a second end portion defining a hole at least partially extending therethrough. The interface may also include a plug configured to be detachably coupled with the receptacle. The plug may include a rigid, conductive rod having a first end portion configured to be coupled with a penetrator of the motor-compressor, and a second end portion configured to be at least partially disposed in the hole of the receptacle and detachably coupled therewith. The rigid, conductive rod may be configured to electrically couple the penetrator with the receptacle, and the receptacle may be configured to transmit the electrical power to the stator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2016
    Assignee: Dresser-Rand Company
    Inventors: Jose L. Gilarranz, William C. Maier, William C. Egan, Axel Moehle, Patrick Gels, Marco Festa, Andreas Bethge, Pal Benestad, Jonas Nelson
  • Publication number: 20160125986
    Abstract: A magnetic steel sheet including a layer adjoining at least one of a top side and bottom side of the magnetic metal sheet. The layer includes a metal oxide containing titanium oxide or tantalum oxide and the layer adjoins the magnetic steel sheet along a diffusion zone into which the titanium or tantalum of the metal oxide has diffused into the magnetic steel sheet. The diffusion zone is produced on at least one of a top surface and a bottom surface of the magnetic steel sheet and the diffusion layer diffuses one of tantalum and titanium as metal into the at least one surface. The metal of the at the at least one surface is converted into an associated metal oxide to form the layer including the metal oxide, and a residual content of the metal of the metal oxide remains in the diffusion zone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2014
    Publication date: May 5, 2016
    Applicant: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Jens Dahl Jensen, Axel Möhle, Ralph Reiche, Manuela Schneider, Oliver Stier
  • Patent number: 9287747
    Abstract: A wind power generator with a closed internal cooling circuit has a stator that is implemented as sheet metal and includes a winding system which forms winding heads at the end faces of the stator. The stator is enclosed by a cooling jacket at least in the region of the laminated core, wherein permanent magnets of a rotor are disposed on a magnet wheel jacket embodied as a hollow shaft. The magnet wheel jacket is connected in a rotationally fixed manner to a shaft or shaft stubs by way of support elements at its end faces, wherein in its interior the hollow shaft has at least one tube whose lateral surface area runs at an equidistant clearance from the magnet wheel jacket. Blowers are mounted at the end faces of the rotor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2016
    Assignee: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Christoph Balzer, Karsten Brach, Christian Meyer, Axel Möhle, Andre Schlawitz, Frank Seibicke
  • Patent number: 9276446
    Abstract: An active part of an electrical machine has a carrier, a plurality of coils which are arranged on the carrier and which each include a plurality of sub-conductors and a winding head area, in which the coils project out of the carrier in a curved shape, respectively and are connected to one another. At least one of the plurality of coils has a coil arc in the winding head area, and the center line of the coil runs in one plane in the coil arc. The sub-conductors of one coil run parallel to the plane in the coil arc of the coil and themselves in each case form sub-conductor arcs. The vertices of the sub-conductor arcs of the coil form a line of inclination which runs at an angle to the plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2016
    Assignee: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Norbert Schönbauer, Axel Möhle
  • Patent number: 9257890
    Abstract: A rotor for an electrical machine has a rotor body and permanent magnets arranged on the circumference of the rotor body, wherein those areas of the circumference of the rotor body which are covered by the permanent magnets have at least one recess and/or that side of the permanent magnets which faces the circumference of the rotor body has at least one recess. Each recess is configured as a slot which extends in parallel relationship to a circumference-proximal side of the permanent magnets. Removably insertable in the recesses are ferromagnetic bars to allow removal of the permanent magnets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2016
    Assignee: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Ludwig Erd, Axel Möhle
  • Publication number: 20150061432
    Abstract: An interface for transmitting electrical power to a motor of a motor-compressor is provided. The interface may include a receptacle having a first end portion coupled with a stator of the motor and a second end portion defining a hole at least partially extending therethrough. The interface may also include a plug configured to be detachably coupled with the receptacle. The plug may include a rigid, conductive rod having a first end portion configured to be coupled with a penetrator of the motor-compressor, and a second end portion configured to be at least partially disposed in the hole of the receptacle and detachably coupled therewith. The rigid, conductive rod may be configured to electrically couple the penetrator with the receptacle, and the receptacle may be configured to transmit the electrical power to the stator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2014
    Publication date: March 5, 2015
    Applicants: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT, DRESSER-RAND COMPANY
    Inventors: Jose L. Gilarranz, William C. Maier, William C. Egan, Axel Moehle, Patrick Gels, Marco Festa, Andreas Bethge, Pal Benestad, Jonas Nelson
  • Patent number: 8847453
    Abstract: The invention relates to methods for manufacturing a rotor (14) for an electric machine (13), having the following method steps: a) manufacturing a magnetic element (8) by bonding permanent magnets (1, 1?, 1?, 1??) by means of a first adhesive, each permanent magnet (1, 1?, 1?, 1??) having a side with a magnetic North pole (N) and a side with a magnetic South pole (S), the permanent magnets (1, 1?, 1?, 1??) being arranged during bonding such that the sides of the magnetic North poles (N) or the sides of the magnetic South poles (S) form a common underside (3, 3?, 3?, 3??) of the magnetic elements (8), the first adhesive having a hard consistency in the cured state; and b) bonding the underside of the magnetic element (8) to a yoke (12) by means of a second adhesive, the second adhesive being soft and elastic in the cured state. Furthermore, the invention relates to an associated rotor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2014
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Heiner Bayer, Ludwig Erd, Ulrich Hartmann, Torsten Metzner, Axel Möhle
  • Publication number: 20140028138
    Abstract: In a method an inner segment is first pre-assembled on each of a number of outer segments by at least one fixing element, so as to produce a plurality of segment modules having each a predetermined air gap between the inner segment and the outer segment. The inner segments and the outer segments are assigned to the rotor or stator of the electrical machine. The inner segments of the plurality of segment modules are fastened to an inner assembly device (for example a hub). The outer segments of the plurality of segment modules are fastened to an outer assembly device (for example a supporting structure). Finally, the fixing elements between the inner segments and the outer segments are removed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2012
    Publication date: January 30, 2014
    Applicant: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Kornel Feher, Ulrich Hartmann, Martin Junge, Andreas Jöckel, Martin Kristl, Wilfried Luchs, Oliver Memminger, Joachim Mucha, Axel Möhle
  • Publication number: 20130292950
    Abstract: A wind turbine includes a machine frame (20) and, on opposite sides of the machine frame (20), a rotor and a generator (10). The rotor and the generator (10) are coupled to one another, without a gearbox, via a rotor shaft (60) and a generator shaft (70) an interposed coupling arrangement (50). The generator (10) has an external rotor configuration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2013
    Publication date: November 7, 2013
    Inventors: Uwe Ritschel, Robert Gutzmer, Ulrich Hartmann, Andreas Joeckel, Gunther Elender, Axel Moehle
  • Publication number: 20130270954
    Abstract: A rotor for an electrical machine has a rotor body and permanent magnets arranged on the circumference of the rotor body, wherein those areas of the circumference of the rotor body which are covered by the permanent magnets have at least one recess and/or that side of the permanent magnets which faces the circumference of the rotor body has at least one recess. Each recess is configured as a slot which extends in parallel relationship to a circumference-proximal side of the permanent magnets. Removably insertable in the recesses are ferromagnetic bars to allow removal of the permanent magnets.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2011
    Publication date: October 17, 2013
    Applicant: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Ludwig Erd, Axel Möhle
  • Patent number: 8497614
    Abstract: A segmented annular stator for a dynamo-electric machine is disclosed which simplifies transport and assembly of the machine. The segment has a cross section essentially shaped as a circular arc and includes a first and a second segment boundary configured for attachment to an additional segment, a corresponding coil associated with each phase of a three-phase system, a first conductor, and a second conductor. The first conductor is connected to the second conductor via an end connection in an area of end windings, such that a first coil associated with a first phase surrounds second and third coils associated with second and third phases of the three-phase system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2013
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Axel Möhle, Rüdiger Schäfer
  • Publication number: 20130154429
    Abstract: An active part of an electrical machine has a carrier, a plurality of coils which are arranged on the carrier and which each include a plurality of sub-conductors and a winding head area, in which the coils project out of the carrier in a curved shape, respectively and are connected to one another. At least one of the plurality of coils has a coil arc in the winding head area, and the center line of the coil runs in one plane in the coil arc. The sub-conductors of one coil run parallel to the plane in the coil arc of the coil and themselves in each case form sub-conductor arcs. The vertices of the sub-conductor arcs of the coil form a line of inclination which runs at an angle to the plane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2011
    Publication date: June 20, 2013
    Applicant: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Norbert Schönbauer, Axel Möhle
  • Publication number: 20120299433
    Abstract: The invention relates to a stator of a permanently excited rotating electric machine having first and second coil groups arranged directly sequentially in the circumferential direction, wherein a first central tooth having a first central tooth width MB is disposed at the center of the first coil group, wherein a first boundary tooth having a first boundary tooth width RB is disposed between the first and the second coil groups, wherein the first boundary tooth width RB is substantially RB=a*ZB and the first central tooth width MB is substantially MB=(2a)*ZB, wherein the factor a is greater than 0 and less than 1. The detent moments and/or oscillating moments occurring in a permanently excited rotating electric machine can thereby be reduced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2010
    Publication date: November 29, 2012
    Applicant: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Axel Möhle
  • Publication number: 20120299434
    Abstract: A stator of a permanently excited rotating electric machine has a plurality of segments abutting each other at radially and axially extending segment boundaries. Each segment has a plurality of radially projecting teeth of uniform width and grooves extending in the axial direction and alternatingly arranged in a peripheral direction of the stator. Abutting segments touch each other at the segment boundaries such that an outer tooth of one segment touches an outer tooth of an abutting segment, wherein a sum of the widths of the two teeth touching each other at the corresponding segment boundary is greater than the uniform width of at least a majority of the plurality of teeth of a segment that are not arranged directly at a segment boundary of that segment. Detent moments and/or oscillating moments occurring in a permanently excited rotating electric machine can thereby reduced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2010
    Publication date: November 29, 2012
    Applicant: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Ulrich Hartmann, Axel Möhle
  • Patent number: 8313316
    Abstract: The invention relates to a compressor system (1), particularly for conveying gases or gas/oil mixtures in the offshore area, with a seawater-tight housing (2) with at least one access opening (3) for gases or gas/oil mixtures which are to be compressed, and with at least one outlet opening (4) for the compressed gases or gas/oil mixtures. In the housing (2), a compressor (8) is disposed, which is connected at the inlet side to the access opening (3) and, at the outlet side, to the outlet opening (4). An electric motor (7), which has a stator assembly (71) and a rotor assembly (72) for driving the compressor (8), is disposed in the housing (2). According to the invention, the stator assembly (71) can be cooled over an inner side (GI) of the housing (2) of the compressor system (1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2012
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Maria Bade, Joachim Mucha, Axel Möhle
  • Publication number: 20120217756
    Abstract: A wind power generator with a closed internal cooling circuit has a stator that is implemented as sheet metal and includes a winding system which forms winding heads at the end faces of the stator. The stator is enclosed by a cooling jacket at least in the region of the laminated core, wherein permanent magnets of a rotor are disposed on a magnet wheel jacket embodied as a hollow shaft. The magnet wheel jacket is connected in a rotationally fixed manner to a shaft or shaft stubs by way of support elements at its end faces, wherein in its interior the hollow shaft has at least one tube whose lateral surface area runs at an equidistant clearance from the magnet wheel jacket. Blowers are mounted at the end faces of the rotor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2010
    Publication date: August 30, 2012
    Applicant: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Christoph Balzer, Karsten Brach, Christian Meyer, Axel Möhle, Andre Schlawitz, Frank Seibicke