Patents by Inventor Christian Kirchner

Christian Kirchner 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: 10670149
    Abstract: A gas seal, in particular dry gas seal, which extends in a circumferential direction with respect to an axis, has a rotating slide ring and a stationary slide ring, wherein the stationary slide ring is axially movable. The gas seal has a slide sleeve and a pressure element which bears against the stationary slide ring at a first contact surface by a second contact surface, wherein, by the pressure element, an elastic element axially presses the stationary slide ring by way of the sealing surface of the latter against the rotating slide ring. The seal is arranged at least partially with a fastening portion between the two portions. The first portion is metal, the second portion is ceramic, and the slide sleeve is ceramic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Christian Kirchner
  • Patent number: 10648570
    Abstract: A gas seal which extends in a circumferential direction in an axis has a rotating slip ring and an axially movable stationary slip ring. A slip sleeve guides the stationary slip ring in the axial movement direction by a first sliding face on a second sliding face. The slip sleeve is fastened to a stator of the gas seal, wherein the slip sleeve has a first recess extending in the circumferential direction, and the stator has a second recess, opposite the first recess in the region of the fastening, extending in the circumferential direction, such that the first recess and the second recess define a common cavity extending in the circumferential direction. In the cavity there is an elongate fixing element which at least partially fills the first recess and the second recess such that an unlimited axial relative movement is only possible when the fixing element is radially deformed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Christian Kirchner
  • Patent number: 10601270
    Abstract: A rotor having a lamination stack including a first partial stack with first sheet metal laminations and a second partial stack with second sheet metal laminations. The laminations and partial stacks are joined axially along a center axis of the lamination stack. Each partial stack has a radially inner circumferential area and a radially outer circumferential area and a plurality of connection areas distributed in circumferential direction in mutual register at the joined partial stacks and form a common connection area. At least one of the partial stacks includes a fastening area for arranging the lamination stack at a carrier element. The lamination stack has a magnetic interaction area formed by one of the circumferential areas of the partial stacks for cooperation with a stator. The magnetic interaction area has a plurality of rotor poles with permanent magnets, which are uniformly distributed along the circumference.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2020
    Assignee: ZF Friedrichshafen AG
    Inventors: Walter Wolf, Hubertus Büttner, Christian Kirchner
  • Publication number: 20190219173
    Abstract: A gas seal which extends in a circumferential direction in an axis has a rotating slip ring and an axially movable stationary slip ring. A slip sleeve guides the stationary slip ring in the axial movement direction by a first sliding face on a second sliding face. The slip sleeve is fastened to a stator of the gas seal, wherein the slip sleeve has a first recess extending in the circumferential direction, and the stator has a second recess, opposite the first recess in the region of the fastening, extending in the circumferential direction, such that the first recess and the second recess define a common cavity extending in the circumferential direction. In the cavity there is an elongate fixing element which at least partially fills the first recess and the second recess such that an unlimited axial relative movement is only possible when the fixing element is radially deformed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2017
    Publication date: July 18, 2019
    Applicant: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Christian Kirchner
  • Publication number: 20190207444
    Abstract: A rotor having a lamination stack including a first partial stack with first sheet metal laminations and a second partial stack with second sheet metal laminations. The laminations and partial stacks are joined axially along a center axis of the lamination stack. Each partial stack has a radially inner circumferential area and a radially outer circumferential area and a plurality of connection areas distributed in circumferential direction in mutual register at the joined partial stacks and form a common connection area. At least one of the partial stacks includes a fastening area for arranging the lamination stack at a carrier element. The lamination stack has a magnetic interaction area formed by one of the circumferential areas of the partial stacks for cooperation with a stator. The magnetic interaction area has a plurality of rotor poles with permanent magnets, which are uniformly distributed along the circumference.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2017
    Publication date: July 4, 2019
    Inventors: Walter WOLF, Hubertus BÜTTNER, Christian KIRCHNER
  • Publication number: 20190186635
    Abstract: A gas seal, in particular dry gas seal, which extends in a circumferential direction with respect to an axis, has a rotating slide ring and a stationary slide ring, wherein the stationary slide ring is axially movable. The gas seal has a slide sleeve and a pressure element which bears against the stationary slide ring at a first contact surface by a second contact surface, wherein, by the pressure element, an elastic element axially presses the stationary slide ring by way of the sealing surface of the latter against the rotating slide ring. The seal is arranged at least partially with a fastening portion between the two portions. The first portion is metal, the second portion is ceramic, and the slide sleeve is ceramic.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2017
    Publication date: June 20, 2019
    Applicant: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Christian Kirchner
  • Patent number: 9657842
    Abstract: A shaft seal arrangement with a shaft extending along an axis and with a stator, wherein a rotating sealing ring is arranged on the shaft and a static sealing ring is arranged on the stator, wherein the rotating sealing ring has a rotating sealing surface and the stationary sealing ring has a stationary sealing surface, wherein these sealing surfaces are arranged in such a way that they are located opposite one another in a sealing manner in a substantially radial sealing plane, wherein the shaft seal arrangement forms a contactless gas seal, wherein at least one of the sealing surfaces has a nonrotationally symmetrical surface contouring the rotating sealing ring is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2017
    Assignee: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventor: Christian Kirchner
  • Publication number: 20150240951
    Abstract: An arrangement having a gas seal, a stator and a rotor extending along an axis for sealing a sealing gap between the rotor and the stator, including a rotating rotor sealing ring and a static stator sealing ring, comprising a rotating fixing element, which axially fixes the rotor sealing ring at the rotor is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2013
    Publication date: August 27, 2015
    Inventor: Christian Kirchner
  • Publication number: 20150226336
    Abstract: A shaft seal arrangement with a shaft extending along an axis and with a stator, wherein a rotating sealing ring is arranged on the shaft and a static sealing ring is arranged on the stator, wherein the rotating sealing ring has a rotating sealing surface and the stationary sealing ring has a stationary sealing surface, wherein these sealing surfaces are arranged in such a way that they are located opposite one another in a sealing manner in a substantially radial sealing plane, wherein the shaft seal arrangement is designed as a contactless gas seal, wherein at least one of the sealing surfaces has a nonrotationally symmetrical surface contouring the rotating sealing ring is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2013
    Publication date: August 13, 2015
    Inventor: Christian Kirchner
  • Patent number: 8715835
    Abstract: A tolerance strip is formed a strip of resilient material with corrugations, the corrugations extending transversely across the full width of the strip, the corrugations defining crests with troughs between adjacent corrugations, a central portion of the corrugations being of substantially uniform height across the strip, portions of the corrugations adjacent each longitudinal edge of the strip decreasing in height towards the edge of the strip. In one form the corrugations are flat longitudinally of the strip at the crests and/or troughs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2014
    Assignee: John Crane UK Limited
    Inventors: Christian Kirchner, Jingjing Luo
  • Publication number: 20110300399
    Abstract: A tolerance strip is formed a strip of resilient material with corrugations, the corrugations extending transversely across the full width of the strip, the corrugations defining crests with troughs between adjacent corrugations, a central portion of the corrugations being of substantially uniform height across the strip, portions of the corrugations adjacent each longitudinal edge of the strip decreasing in height towards the edge of the strip. In one form the corrugations are flat longitudinally of the strip at the crests and/or troughs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2010
    Publication date: December 8, 2011
    Inventors: Christian Kirchner, Jingjing Luo
  • Publication number: 20110140366
    Abstract: A seal assembly for providing a seal between a pair of components has a sealing ring made of flexible plastics material and a backup ring (70) made of resiliently flexible plastics material being located coaxially of the sealing ring on the side thereof remote from the limbs, the backup ring abutting a f rusto-conical surface (62) of a base of the sealing ring, said frusto-conical surface engaging a corresponding frusto-conical surface (74) of the backup ring, to apply a radial load to the inner periphery of the backup ring urging it towards the outer periphery of the inner component, when an axial load is applied to the sealing ring by exposure of the sealing ring to pressure from the side of the sealing ring to which the limbs extend, a projection (72) on the backup ring engaging an inner periphery of an axially extending annular recess (80) in the outer component, to locate and support the reinforcing ring radially.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2009
    Publication date: June 16, 2011
    Applicant: John Crane UK Limited
    Inventor: Christian Kirchner
  • Publication number: 20100283210
    Abstract: A seal (10, 12) having a mating ring (100, 100?) mounted in a fixed axial and rotational relationship with respect to a shaft (14) and a primary ring (120, 120?) mounted in fixed rotational relationship but movable axially with respect to a housing assembly (16). Springs (136) are provided to urge the primary ring (120, 120?) axially into sealing engagement with the mating ring (100, 100?). The mating ring (100, 100?) are mounted with respect to the shaft (14) in abutment with a first radial face (44, 62). A circumferential surface of the mating ring (100, 100?) is spaced radially from a circumferential surface on the shaft (14) and an annular helical spring element (104) is located, under radial compression, between the circumferential surfaces. The annular helical spring element (104) is formed from wire of elongate section, the axial width of the section being greater than the radial thickness.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2008
    Publication date: November 11, 2010
    Applicant: JOHN CRANE UK LIMITED
    Inventors: Christian Kirchner, Mark Ansley-Watson