Patents by Inventor Bernhard W. Küsters

Bernhard W. Küsters 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).

  • Swirling midframe flow for gas turbine engine having advanced transitions
    Patent number: 9528706
    Abstract: A gas turbine engine can-annular combustion arrangement (10), including: an axial compressor (82) operable to rotate in a rotation direction (60); a diffuser (100, 110) configured to receive compressed air (16) from the axial compressor; a plenum (22) configured to receive the compressed air from the diffuser; a plurality of combustor cans (12) each having a combustor inlet (38) in fluid communication with the plenum, wherein each combustor can is tangentially oriented so that a respective combustor inlet is circumferentially offset from a respective combustor outlet in a direction opposite the rotation direction; and an airflow guiding arrangement (80) configured to impart circumferential motion to the compressed air in the plenum in the direction opposite the rotation direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2016
    Assignee: SIEMENS ENERGY, INC.
    Inventors: Matthew D. Montgomery, Richard C. Charron, Jose L. Rodriguez, Bernhard W. Küsters, Jay A. Morrison, Alexander R. Beeck
  • SWIRLING MIDFRAME FLOW FOR GAS TURBINE ENGINE HAVING ADVANCED TRANSITIONS
    Publication number: 20150167986
    Abstract: A gas turbine engine can-annular combustion arrangement (10), including: an axial compressor (82) operable to rotate in a rotation direction (60); a diffuser (100, 110) configured to receive compressed air (16) from the axial compressor; a plenum (22) configured to receive the compressed air from the diffuser; a plurality of combustor cans (12) each having a combustor inlet (38) in fluid communication with the plenum, wherein each combustor can is tangentially oriented so that a respective combustor inlet is circumferentially offset from a respective combustor outlet in a direction opposite the rotation direction; and an airflow guiding arrangement (80) configured to impart circumferential motion to the compressed air in the plenum in the direction opposite the rotation direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2013
    Publication date: June 18, 2015
    Inventors: Matthew D. Montgomery, Richard C. Charron, Jose L. Rodriguez, Bernhard W. Küsters, Jay A. Morrison, Alexander R. Beeck