Patents by Inventor Christian Kötschau

Christian Kötschau 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: 10965185
    Abstract: A rotor hollow shaft for a rotor of an electric machine may include a cylinder barrel that is closed off on both sides by end flanges. On each side, a shaft journal may be positioned or formed on the end flanges. At least one of the shaft journals may include an access bore that provides access to a shaft cavity surrounded by the cylinder barrel. A leadthrough element may be fitted into the access bore so as to impart a sealing action with respect to the shaft cavity. The leadthrough element may extend through the shaft cavity to the shaft journal on the other side of the cylinder barrel, where the leadthrough element may likewise be fitted so as to impart a sealing action with respect to the shaft cavity. The leadthrough element may permit the leadthrough of a liquid or gaseous medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignee: ThyssenKrupp Presta TecCenter AG
    Inventors: Christian Kötschau, Daniel Paul
  • Patent number: 10790725
    Abstract: An assembled hollow rotor shaft for a rotor, which rotates about a longitudinal axis, of an electric machine, may include a cylinder jacket that surrounds a shaft cavity, and end flanges disposed on both sides on the cylinder jacket. A shaft journal is disposed on each of the end flanges. An inlet is provided in the shaft journal of one of the end flanges via which a cooling medium can be conducted into the shaft cavity and onto an inner surface of the cylinder jacket. A cooling-medium distribution element within the shaft cavity may be formed symmetrically perpendicularly to the longitudinal axis, may receive the cooling medium, which enters via the inlet, via a receiving region, may guide the cooling medium via a removal region in a direction of the inner surface of the cylinder jacket, and may discharge the cooling medium onto the inner surface via a discharging region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignees: THYSSENKRUPP PRESTA TECCENTER AG, THYSSENKRUPP AG
    Inventors: Daniel Paul, Christian Kötschau, Sebastian Wappler
  • Patent number: 10461604
    Abstract: A hollow rotor shaft for a rotor of an electrical machine may include a cylinder barrel closed off by face flanges on both sides. The cylinder barrel may enclose a shaft cavity. A shaft journal may be configured on each face flanges. An inlet may be disposed in one of the shaft journals by way of which a cooling fluid may pass into the shaft cavity and onto an inner surface of the cylinder barrel. A distribution element may be disposed in the shaft cavity. The distribution element may receive the cooling fluid that enters through the inlet, conduct the cooling fluid in a direction of the inner surface of the cylinder barrel by way of a rotation-symmetrical drainage surface, and give off the cooling fluid to the inner surface by way of a mouth region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: THYSSENKRUPP PRESTA TECCENTER AG
    Inventors: Daniel Paul, Christian Kötschau
  • Publication number: 20180358867
    Abstract: An assembled hollow rotor shaft for a rotor, which rotates about a longitudinal axis, of an electric machine, may include a cylinder jacket that surrounds a shaft cavity, and end flanges disposed on both sides on the cylinder jacket. A shaft journal is disposed on each of the end flanges. An inlet is provided in the shaft journal of one of the end flanges via which a cooling medium can be conducted into the shaft cavity and onto an inner surface of the cylinder jacket. A cooling-medium distribution element within the shaft cavity may be formed symmetrically perpendicularly to the longitudinal axis, may receive the cooling medium, which enters via the inlet, via a receiving region, may guide the cooling medium via a removal region in a direction of the inner surface of the cylinder jacket, and may discharge the cooling medium onto the inner surface via a discharging region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2016
    Publication date: December 13, 2018
    Applicants: THYSSENKRUPP PRESTA TECCENTER AG, thyssenkrupp AG
    Inventors: Daniel PAUL, Christian KÖTSCHAU, Sebastian WAPPLER
  • Publication number: 20180191225
    Abstract: A hollow rotor shaft for a rotor of an electrical machine may include a cylinder barrel closed off by face flanges on both sides. The cylinder barrel may enclose a shaft cavity. A shaft journal may be configured on each face flanges. An inlet may be disposed in one of the shaft journals by way of which a cooling fluid may pass into the shaft cavity and onto an inner surface of the cylinder barrel. A distribution element may be disposed in the shaft cavity. The distribution element may receive the cooling fluid that enters through the inlet, conduct the cooling fluid in a direction of the inner surface of the cylinder barrel by way of a rotation-symmetrical drainage surface, and give off the cooling fluid to the inner surface by way of a mouth region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2015
    Publication date: July 5, 2018
    Applicant: ThyssenKrupp Presta TecCenter AG
    Inventors: Daniel Paul, Christian Kötschau
  • Publication number: 20180191224
    Abstract: A rotor hollow shaft for a rotor of an electric machine may include a cylinder barrel that is closed off on both sides by end flanges. On each side, a shaft journal may be positioned or formed on the end flanges. At least one of the shaft journals may include an access bore that provides access to a shaft cavity surrounded by the cylinder barrel. A leadthrough element may be fitted into the access bore so as to impart a sealing action with respect to the shaft cavity. The leadthrough element may extend through the shaft cavity to the shaft journal on the other side of the cylinder barrel, where the leadthrough element may likewise be fitted so as to impart a sealing action with respect to the shaft cavity. The leadthrough element may permit the leadthrough of a liquid or gaseous medium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2015
    Publication date: July 5, 2018
    Applicant: ThyssenKrupp Presta TecCenter AG
    Inventors: Christian Kötschau, Daniel Paul