Patents by Inventor Erhard Friedrich Liebig

Erhard Friedrich Liebig 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).

  • Turbomachine temperature control system
    Patent number: 10577962
    Abstract: Various embodiments include a system having: a first steam turbine coupled with a shaft; a seal system coupled with the shaft, the seal system including a set of linearly disposed seal locations on each side of the steam turbine along the shaft, each seal location corresponding with a control valve for controlling a flow of fluid therethrough; and a control system coupled with each of the control valves, the control system configured to control flow of a dry air or gas to at least one of the seal locations for heating the system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Wolfgang Franz Dietrich Mohr, Erhard Friedrich Liebig, Kurt Rechsteiner
  • TURBOMACHINE TEMPERATURE CONTROL SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20180066534
    Abstract: Various embodiments include a system having: a first steam turbine coupled with a shaft; a seal system coupled with the shaft, the seal system including a set of linearly disposed seal locations on each side of the steam turbine along the shaft, each seal location corresponding with a control valve for controlling a flow of fluid therethrough; and a control system coupled with each of the control valves, the control system configured to control flow of a dry air or gas to at least one of the seal locations for heating the system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2016
    Publication date: March 8, 2018
    Inventors: Wolfgang Franz Dietrich Mohr, Erhard Friedrich Liebig, Kurt Rechsteiner