Patents by Inventor Frank HEINICHEN

Frank HEINICHEN 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: 11391169
    Abstract: A blade wheel of a turbomachine, which blade wheel has a multiplicity of blades which are suitable and provided for extending radially in a flow path of the turbomachine, wherein the blades form a blade entry angle and a blade exit angle. Provision is made whereby the blade wheel forms N blocks of blades, where N?2, wherein the blades of a block have in each case the same blade entry angle and the same blade exit angle, and the blades of at least two mutually adjacent blocks have a different blade entry angle and/or a different blade exit angle. According to a further aspect of the invention, partial gaps that the blades form in relation to an adjacent flow path boundary are varied in mutually adjacent blocks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignees: ROLLS-ROYCE DEUTSCHLAND LTD & CO KG, ROLLS-ROYCE PLC
    Inventors: Sven Schrape, Bernhard Mück, Jens Nipkau, Thomas Giersch, Frank Heinichen, John Dodds
  • Publication number: 20210340875
    Abstract: A blade wheel of a turbomachine, which blade wheel has a multiplicity of blades which are suitable and provided for extending radially in a flow path of the turbomachine, wherein the blades form a blade entry angle and a blade exit angle. Provision is made whereby the blade wheel forms N blocks of blades, where N?2, wherein the blades of a block have in each case the same blade entry angle and the same blade exit angle, and the blades of at least two mutually adjacent blocks have a different blade entry angle and/or a different blade exit angle. According to a further aspect of the invention, partial gaps that the blades form in relation to an adjacent flow path boundary are varied in mutually adjacent blocks.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2021
    Publication date: November 4, 2021
    Inventors: Sven SCHRAPE, Bernhard MÜCK, Jens NIPKAU, Thomas GIERSCH, Frank HEINICHEN, John DODDS
  • Patent number: 11131322
    Abstract: A structural subassembly for a compressor of a turbomachine, which has a rotor having a plurality of blades, which extend radially in a flow path of the turbomachine, and a compressor casing, which forms a flow path boundary, which delimits the flow path through the turbomachine radially on the outside. In this subassembly, the compressor casing has casing structuring adjoining the rotor. It is envisaged that the compressor casing has a plurality of circumferential segments, which extend in the circumferential direction, wherein only one or only some of the circumferential segments forms or form casing structuring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Assignees: ROLLS-ROYCE DEUTSCHLAND LTD & CO KG, TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT DARMSTADT
    Inventors: Patrick Grothe, Thomas Giersch, Frank Heinichen, Bernd Becker, Maximilian Juengst
  • Patent number: 11105207
    Abstract: A blade wheel of a turbomachine, which blade wheel has a multiplicity of blades which are suitable and provided for extending radially in a flow path of the turbomachine, wherein the blades form a blade entry angle and a blade exit angle. Provision is made whereby the blade wheel forms N blocks of blades, where N?2, wherein the blades of a block have in each case the same blade entry angle and the same blade exit angle, and the blades of at least two mutually adjacent blocks have a different blade entry angle and/or a different blade exit angle. According to a further aspect of the invention, partial gaps that the blades form in relation to an adjacent flow path boundary are varied in mutually adjacent blocks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignees: Rolls-Royce Deutschland Ltd & Co KG, Rolls-Royce
    Inventors: Sven Schrape, Bernhard Mück, Jens Nipkau, Thomas Giersch, Frank Heinichen, John Dodds
  • Publication number: 20200056486
    Abstract: A blade wheel of a turbomachine, which blade wheel has a multiplicity of blades which are suitable and provided for extending radially in a flow path of the turbomachine, wherein the blades form a blade entry angle and a blade exit angle. Provision is made whereby the blade wheel forms N blocks of blades, where N?2, wherein the blades of a block have in each case the same blade entry angle and the same blade exit angle, and the blades of at least two mutually adjacent blocks have a different blade entry angle and/or a different blade exit angle. According to a further aspect of the invention, partial gaps that the blades form in relation to an adjacent flow path boundary are varied in mutually adjacent blocks.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2019
    Publication date: February 20, 2020
    Inventors: Sven SCHRAPE, Bernhard MÜCK, Jens NIPKAU, Thomas GIERSCH, Frank HEINICHEN, John DODDS
  • Publication number: 20200032816
    Abstract: A structural subassembly for a compressor of a turbomachine, which has: a stator with a multiplicity of guide blades which extend in a flow path of the turbomachine, wherein the guide blades have an axis of rotation and are designed to be adjustable in terms of their stagger angle; an inner flow path boundary, which delimits the flow path through the turbomachine radially at the inside; and an outer flow path boundary, which delimits the flow path through the turbomachine radially at the outside. Here, the guide blades have first partial gaps with respect to the outer flow path boundary and/or second partial gaps with respect to the inner flow path boundary. Provision is made whereby the guide blades are arranged and formed such that the axes of rotation of the guide blades have a combined inclination both with respect to the axial direction and in a circumferential direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2019
    Publication date: January 30, 2020
    Inventors: Frank HEINICHEN, Ali Can CIVELEK
  • Publication number: 20200011346
    Abstract: A structural subassembly for a compressor of a turbomachine, which has a rotor having a plurality of blades, which extend radially in a flow path of the turbomachine, and a compressor casing, which forms a flow path boundary, which delimits the flow path through the turbomachine radially on the outside. In this subassembly, the compressor casing has casing structuring adjoining the rotor. It is envisaged that the compressor casing has a plurality of circumferential segments, which extend in the circumferential direction, wherein only one or only some of the circumferential segments forms or form casing structuring.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2019
    Publication date: January 9, 2020
    Inventors: Patrick GROTHE, Thomas GIERSCH, Frank HEINICHEN, Bernd BECKER, Maximilian JUENGST
  • Publication number: 20180142569
    Abstract: An embodiment of the invention relates to an inlet guide wheel for a turbo engine with a plurality of guide vanes that radially extend inside a flow channel of the turbo engine, and that respectively comprise: a first, radially outer aerofoil that comprises a radially inner end, and a second, radially inner aerofoil that comprises a radially outer end, wherein the first aerofoil and/or the second aerofoil is embodied in a rotatable manner. It is provided that the first aerofoil and the second aerofoil are separated by a tip shroud which at least partially covers both the radially inner end of the first aerofoil and the radially outer end of the second aerofoil.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2017
    Publication date: May 24, 2018
    Inventor: Frank HEINICHEN
  • Patent number: 9822795
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a stator of an axial compressor stage of a turbomachine featuring a radially outer blade ring forming an outer ring surface, a radially inner blade ring forming an inner ring surface, and several stator blades connected to the blade rings. It is provided that the outer ring surface and/or the inner ring surface has at least in a partial area a changing radius relative to a central axis of the stator both in the axial direction and in the circumferential direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2017
    Assignee: ROLLS-ROYCE DEUTSCHLAND LTD & CO KG
    Inventors: Erik Johann, Frank Heinichen
  • Patent number: 9512727
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a rotor of an axial compressor stage of a turbomachine featuring a rotor assembly with a rotary axis, forming on its circumference a blade ring with a radially outer ring surface, and several rotor blades arranged on the blade ring. It is provided that the ring surface between two adjacent rotor blades has at least in a partial area a changing radius relative to the rotary axis of the rotor assembly both in the axial direction and in the circumferential direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2016
    Assignee: ROLLS-ROYCE DEUTSCHLAND LTD & CO KG
    Inventors: Erik Johann, Frank Heinichen
  • Publication number: 20120251312
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a stator of an axial compressor stage of a turbomachine featuring a radially outer blade ring forming an outer ring surface, a radially inner blade ring forming an inner ring surface, and several stator blades connected to the blade rings. It is provided that the outer ring surface and/or the inner ring surface has at least in a partial area a changing radius relative to a central axis of the stator both in the axial direction and in the circumferential direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2012
    Publication date: October 4, 2012
    Applicant: ROLLS-ROYCE DEUTSCHLAND LTD & CO KG
    Inventors: Erik JOHANN, Frank HEINICHEN
  • Publication number: 20120251324
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a rotor of an axial compressor stage of a turbomachine featuring a rotor assembly with a rotary axis, forming on its circumference a blade ring with a radially outer ring surface, and several rotor blades arranged on the blade ring. It is provided that the ring surface between two adjacent rotor blades has at least in a partial area a changing radius relative to the rotary axis of the rotor assembly both in the axial direction and in the circumferential direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2012
    Publication date: October 4, 2012
    Applicant: ROLLS-ROYCE DEUTSCHLAND LTD & CO KG
    Inventors: Erik JOHANN, Frank HEINICHEN