Patents by Inventor Christoph Hermann Richter

Christoph Hermann Richter 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: 9951648
    Abstract: A method for designing a stage for an axial turbomachine having a guide blade ring and a rotor blade ring arranged downstream of the guide blade ring is provided. The method includes: profiling a guide blade ring having guide blades arranged regularly over the circumference of the guide blade ring in accordance with basic aerodynamic and mechanical conditions; moving at least one profile section of at least one of the guide blades in the circumferential direction in such a way that the pitch angle for the at least one guide blade and a guide blade arranged adjacent thereto varies over the blade height in such a way that during operation of the axial turbomachine the departing flow formed downstream of the guide blade ring is irregularly formed over the circumference of the axial turbomachine, such that the vibration excitation of the rotor blades of the rotor blade ring is low.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2018
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Christoph Hermann Richter, Heinrich Stuer
  • Publication number: 20150063985
    Abstract: A method for designing a stage for an axial turbomachine having a guide blade ring and a rotor blade ring arranged downstream of the guide blade ring is provided. The method includes: profiling a guide blade ring having guide blades arranged regularly over the circumference of the guide blade ring in accordance with basic aerodynamic and mechanical conditions; moving at least one profile section of at least one of the guide blades in the circumferential direction in such a way that the pitch angle for the at least one guide blade and a guide blade arranged adjacent thereto varies over the blade height in such a way that during operation of the axial turbomachine the departing flow formed downstream of the guide blade ring is irregularly formed over the circumference of the axial turbomachine, such that the vibration excitation of the rotor blades of the rotor blade ring is low.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2013
    Publication date: March 5, 2015
    Applicant: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Christoph Hermann Richter, Heinrich Stuer
  • Patent number: 8926285
    Abstract: A turbine blade fastening is provided. The turbine blade fastening include a blade root implemented in a fir tree design, which includes anchoring teeth implemented toward the blade casting tip such that the height of the anchoring teeth is reduced toward the blade casting tip. The anchoring teeth are designed for fitting into corresponding recesses in a rotor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Christoph Hermann Richter
  • Patent number: 8894353
    Abstract: A turbine blade system including a first turbine blade and a second turbine blade being arranged adjacent to each other shall be suited to allow a particularly secure and reliable operation of a turbine. To this end, the turbine blades are in contact in a first surface area and separated from each other in a second surface area, wherein the first turbine blade includes a pocket containing a damping piece in the second surface area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2014
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: James McCracken, Christoph Hermann Richter
  • Patent number: 8568088
    Abstract: An arrangement for damping blade vibrations in a turbomachine is provided. The blade vibrations are due to an arrangement made of magnets and multiple induction plates and the undesired vibrations of the blade are damped by creating turbulent flows, wherein the induction plates are directed parallel to the rotation axis, and the magnetic field caused by the magnets is formed homogenously in the circumferential direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2013
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Christoph Hermann Richter
  • Publication number: 20120224971
    Abstract: A turbine blade fastening is provided. The turbine blade fastening include a blade root implemented in a fir tree design, which includes anchoring teeth implemented toward the blade casting tip such that the height of the anchoring teeth is reduced toward the blade casting tip. The anchoring teeth are designed for fitting into corresponding recesses in a rotor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2010
    Publication date: September 6, 2012
    Inventor: Christoph Hermann Richter
  • Patent number: 8192167
    Abstract: A turbine-blade locking device having a wedge movable in an axial direction is disclosed. The wedge is movable in the axial direction by a tensioning device, as a result of which a force is produced in the axial direction. The force in the axial direction causes the turbine blade to be pressed against the blade holder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2012
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Thomas Helmis, Michael Kleinhaus, Christoph Hermann Richter
  • Publication number: 20120020793
    Abstract: A turbine blade system including a first turbine blade and a second turbine blade being arranged adjacent to each other shall be suited to allow a particularly secure and reliable operation of a turbine. To this end, the turbine blades are in contact in a first surface area and separated from each other in a second surface area, wherein the first turbine blade includes a pocket containing a damping piece in the second surface area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2010
    Publication date: January 26, 2012
    Inventors: James McCracken, Christoph Hermann Richter
  • Publication number: 20110299989
    Abstract: A damping system for damping the vibrations of a blade union is provided. The blades arranged in a neighboring manner are coupled to one another via a coupling element, wherein the coupling element is arranged fixed in a first blade and extends into the second blade, wherein the coupling element is not arranged in the second blade but rather solely contacts there such that, as a consequence of centrifugal forces, a free end of the coupling element presses against the second blade and a friction force thus occurs, leading to an energy dissipation and vibrations being thus damped.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2010
    Publication date: December 8, 2011
    Inventor: Christoph Hermann Richter
  • Publication number: 20100278636
    Abstract: An arrangement for damping blade vibrations in a turbomachine is provided. The blade vibrations are due to an arrangement made of magnets and multiple induction plates and the undesired vibrations of the blade are damped by creating turbulent flows, wherein the induction plates are directed parallel to the rotation axis, and the magnetic field caused by the magnets is formed homogenously in the circumferential direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2008
    Publication date: November 4, 2010
    Inventor: Christoph Hermann Richter
  • Publication number: 20090324414
    Abstract: A turbine-blade locking device having a wedge movable in an axial direction is disclosed. The wedge is movable in the axial direction by a tensioning device, as a result of which a force is produced in the axial direction. The force in the axial direction causes the turbine blade to be pressed against the blade holder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2007
    Publication date: December 31, 2009
    Inventors: Thomas Helmis, Michael Kleinhaus, Christoph Hermann Richter