Patents by Inventor Benedikt Wanner

Benedikt Wanner 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: 8636475
    Abstract: A turbomachine includes a turbine stage having a plurality of blades including a first and a second blade disposed adjacent to each other, each blade having a radial longitudinal axis and a blade tip and configured to twist around the radial longitudinal axis in an operating state in a twist direction, wherein the first and the second blades are pretwisted in a direction of twist in a non-operating state, and wherein a connecting element interconnects the first and the second blades to each other in a circumferential direction in a region of the respective blade tip so as to maintain the pretwisting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2014
    Assignee: Alstom Technology Ltd
    Inventors: Pierre-Alain Masserey, Rolf Hunziker, Benedikt Wanner, Christoph Gerber
  • Patent number: 8425193
    Abstract: A rotating blade row is provided for the final stage of a steam turbine has blades with an integrated shroud. The shroud of each blade has a projection in the axial direction, in each case on its pressure side, which prevents droplets in the working fluid of the steam turbine from reaching the shroud fillet of the respective subsequent blade in the flow direction. The shroud fillet is therefore protected against erosion damage caused by droplets impact erosion. The projection is positioned and of such a size that mass equilibrium is ensured between the suction side and the pressure side of the shroud, and stress equilibrium is ensured between the projection on the pressure side and the suction-side shroud. The projection furthermore has a recess between its greatest axial extent and the leading edge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2013
    Assignee: ALSTOM Technology Ltd
    Inventors: Pierre-Alain Masserey, Rolf Hunziker, Benedikt Wanner
  • Publication number: 20110268574
    Abstract: A rotating blade row is provided for the final stage of a steam turbine has blades with an integrated shroud. The shroud of each blade has a projection in the axial direction, in each case on its pressure side, which prevents droplets in the working fluid of the steam turbine from reaching the shroud fillet of the respective subsequent blade in the flow direction. The shroud fillet is therefore protected against erosion damage caused by droplets impact erosion. The projection is positioned and of such a size that mass equilibrium is ensured between the suction side and the pressure side of the shroud, and stress equilibrium is ensured between the projection on the pressure side and the suction-side shroud. The projection furthermore has a recess between its greatest axial extent and the leading edge.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2011
    Publication date: November 3, 2011
    Applicant: ALSTOM TECHNOLOGY LTD
    Inventors: Pierre-Alain MASSEREY, Rolf HUNZIKER, Benedikt WANNER
  • Publication number: 20100135775
    Abstract: A turbomachine includes a turbine stage having a plurality of blades including a first and a second blade disposed adjacent to each other, each blade having a radial longitudinal axis and a blade tip and configured to twist around the radial longitudinal axis in an operating state in a twist direction, wherein the first and the second blades are pretwisted in a direction of twist in a non-operating state, and wherein a connecting element interconnects the first and the second blades to each other in a circumferential direction in a region of the respective blade tip so as to maintain the pretwisting.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2009
    Publication date: June 3, 2010
    Applicant: ALSTOM TECHNOLOGY LTD
    Inventors: Pierre-Alain Masserey, Rolf Hunziker, Benedikt Wanner, Christoph Gerber