Patents by Inventor Dieter Seliger

Dieter Seliger 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).

  • Apparatus for cranking the rotor of a turbo machine
    Patent number: 4083259
    Abstract: A cranking apparatus comprising a shaft within a sleeve for insertion into a machine casing containing a rotor. The shaft carries a friction wheel for tangentially engaging a circular surface on the rotor, so that when the shaft is rotated the rotor will be cranked. The shaft may be angularly adjusted with respect to the rotor axis, and the friction wheel resiliently urged against the rotor surface. The sleeve may carry a revolution counter engaging the shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 1976
    Date of Patent: April 11, 1978
    Assignee: MTU Munchen GmbH
    Inventors: Dieter Seliger, Arun-Kumar Das-Gupta