Patents by Inventor Birgit Grüger

Birgit Grüger 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: 9702561
    Abstract: A machine component including a base body produced from a base material is provided. The base body is equipped in a partial region of the surface thereof with a plating made of an application material having a greater hardness and/or viscosity as compared to the base material. The plating is foamed by a number of plating elements that are applied to the base body in the longitudinal direction thereof in a tilted manner relative to the main flow direction of a hot gas flowing through the base body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2017
    Assignee: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Birgit Grüger, Elke Henschel, Joachim Skoczowski, Martin Stapper
  • Patent number: 9162317
    Abstract: A method for producing a part from ductile iron, including the steps of designing the part in such a way that the part is composed of a plurality of part components, producing the part components from ductile iron, providing the part components in pairs, depositing buffer material onto the rim edge of the first part component and onto the rim edge of the second part component by means of deposition welding, laying the second part component with the rim section thereof on the rim section of the first part component so that the rim edges lie against each other with the buffer materials thereof, and welding the rim sections, wherein the buffer material is selected in such a way that a structure change in the ductile iron material of the part components is prevented when the rim sections are welded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2015
    Assignee: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Stefan Brussk, Birgit Grüger, Michael Kretschmer, Karsten Niepold, Shilun Sheng, Claus Wilhelm
  • Patent number: 9157370
    Abstract: A burner assembly is provided. The burner assembly includes a support housing with a supply manifold, the supply manifold includes a fuel passage system, and fuel nozzles extending from the supply manifold and being supplied with fuel through the fuel passage system of the supply manifold. The supply manifold is sandwiched using at least two subparts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2015
    Assignee: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Andreas Böttcher, Timothy A. Fox, Thomas Grieb, Birgit Grüger, Tobias Krieger, Stephen A. Ramier, Christin Schlensog, Holger Streb
  • Patent number: 8324526
    Abstract: The repair of cracks according to the state of the art comprises the fact that defects located on the inside must be worked outward in order to be able to be welded closed. The method according to the invention proposes not to work out cracks located on the inside, but to melt the crack located on the inside utilizing a flux agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2012
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Birgit Grüger, Lucian Iordache, Ovidiu Timotin
  • Publication number: 20120118860
    Abstract: A method for producing a part from ductile iron, including the steps of designing the part in such a way that the part is composed of a plurality of part components, producing the part components from ductile iron, providing the part components in pairs, depositing buffer material onto the rim edge of the first part component and onto the rim edge of the second part component by means of deposition welding, laying the second part component with the rim section thereof on the rim section of the first part component so that the rim edges lie against each other with the buffer materials thereof, and welding the rim sections, wherein the buffer material is selected in such a way that a structure change in the ductile iron material of the part components is prevented when the rim sections are welded.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2010
    Publication date: May 17, 2012
    Inventors: Stefan Brussk, Birgit Grüger, Michael Kretschmer, Karsten Niepold, Shilun Sheng, Claus Wilhelm
  • Publication number: 20120107136
    Abstract: A rotor blade system, for example, of a gas turbine is provided. The rotor blade system includes a plurality of rotor blades which are arranged annularly on a rotor disk. A plurality of sealing plates are arranged on a side surface of the rotor disk. An individual sealing plate is formed from a plurality of metal sheets, wherein two of the metal sheets are arranged opposite each other a distance apart and parallel to a plane of the sealing plate, forming a gap for guiding of cooling air.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2010
    Publication date: May 3, 2012
    Inventors: Tobias Buchal, Sascha Dungs, Winfried Esser, Birgit Grüger, Oliver Lüsebrink, Mirko Milazar, Nicolas Savilius, Oliver Schneider, Peter Schröder, Waldemar Socha
  • Publication number: 20120047900
    Abstract: A burner assembly is provided. The burner assembly includes a support housing with a supply manifold, the supply manifold includes a fuel passage system, and fuel nozzles extending from the supply manifold and being supplied with fuel through the fuel passage system of the supply manifold. The supply manifold is sandwiched using at least two subparts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2010
    Publication date: March 1, 2012
    Inventors: Andreas Böttcher, Tiimothy A. Fox, Thomas Grieb, Birgit Grüger, Tobias Krieger, Stephen A. Ramier, Christin Schlensog, Holger Streb
  • Patent number: 8091366
    Abstract: A machine component with a base body made of a base material, a part of the surface of which has been equipped with cladding material having a hardness greater in comparison to the base material. The cladding material is segmented and made up of a number of cladding segments that are spaced apart on the machine component. Each cladding segment may be disposed within a respective recess on the surface of the base body forming strips of the base body and material, and each such strip is disposed between consecutive segments forming a continuous surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2012
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Birgit Grüger, Martin Stapper
  • Publication number: 20110088482
    Abstract: A material specimen is provided. The material specimen for tensile or HCF tests includes two welds arranged opposite one another on the specimen which do not touch. The welds are arranged symmetrically in relation to a plane or mirror symmetrically in relation to a longitudinal axis of the specimen which extends parallel to the line of effective force.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2010
    Publication date: April 21, 2011
    Inventors: Raoul Costamagna, Birgit Grüger, Michael Rollmann, Joachim Skoczowsky
  • Publication number: 20100269510
    Abstract: A machine component including a base body produced from a base material is provided. The base body is equipped in a partial region of the surface thereof with a plating made of an application material having a greater hardness and/or viscosity as compared to the base material. The plating is foamed by a number of plating elements that are applied to the base body in the longitudinal direction thereof in a tilted manner relative to the main flow direction of a hot gas flowing through the base body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2008
    Publication date: October 28, 2010
    Inventors: Birgit Grüger, Elke Henschel, Joachim Skoczowski, Martin Stapper
  • Publication number: 20100224600
    Abstract: A welding process is provided. The welding process includes two steps. First, the welding material is applied over a large area of the substrate in the region without melting or partially melting the welding material. Then, a welding device is used to melt the applied welding material. In addition the welding material may be applied in two applications where the second application of the welding material is applied over a large area of the first application of molten and solidified welding material. Then, the second application of the welding material is melted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2010
    Publication date: September 9, 2010
    Inventors: Reiner Anton, Birgit Grüger, Brigitte Heinecke, Dirk Martin Seeger
  • Publication number: 20100116793
    Abstract: The repair of cracks according to the state of the art comprises the fact that defects located on the inside must be worked outward in order to be able to be welded closed. The method according to the invention proposes not to work out cracks located on the inside, but to melt the crack located on the inside utilizing a flux agent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2007
    Publication date: May 13, 2010
    Inventors: Birgit Grüger, Lucian Iordache, Ovidiu Timotin
  • Publication number: 20090180873
    Abstract: The invention relates to a machine component with a base made of a base material, a part of the surface of which has been equipped with armor-plating, made of a plating material with greater hardness in comparison to the base material, with the armor-plating being segmented and made up of a number of armor-plating segments.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2007
    Publication date: July 16, 2009
    Inventors: Birgit Grüger, Martin Stapper