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).
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Patent number: 11391169Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: July 15, 2021Date of Patent: July 19, 2022Assignees: ROLLS-ROYCE DEUTSCHLAND LTD & CO KG, ROLLS-ROYCE PLCInventors: Sven Schrape, Bernhard Mück, Jens Nipkau, Thomas Giersch, Frank Heinichen, John Dodds
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Publication number: 20210340875Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: July 15, 2021Publication date: November 4, 2021Inventors: Sven SCHRAPE, Bernhard MÜCK, Jens NIPKAU, Thomas GIERSCH, Frank HEINICHEN, John DODDS
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Patent number: 11131322Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: June 26, 2019Date of Patent: September 28, 2021Assignees: ROLLS-ROYCE DEUTSCHLAND LTD & CO KG, TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT DARMSTADTInventors: Patrick Grothe, Thomas Giersch, Frank Heinichen, Bernd Becker, Maximilian Juengst
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Patent number: 11105207Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: August 13, 2019Date of Patent: August 31, 2021Assignees: Rolls-Royce Deutschland Ltd & Co KG, Rolls-RoyceInventors: Sven Schrape, Bernhard Mück, Jens Nipkau, Thomas Giersch, Frank Heinichen, John Dodds
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Publication number: 20200056486Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: August 13, 2019Publication date: February 20, 2020Inventors: Sven SCHRAPE, Bernhard MÜCK, Jens NIPKAU, Thomas GIERSCH, Frank HEINICHEN, John DODDS
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Publication number: 20200032816Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: July 16, 2019Publication date: January 30, 2020Inventors: Frank HEINICHEN, Ali Can CIVELEK
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Publication number: 20200011346Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: June 26, 2019Publication date: January 9, 2020Inventors: Patrick GROTHE, Thomas GIERSCH, Frank HEINICHEN, Bernd BECKER, Maximilian JUENGST
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Publication number: 20180142569Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: November 14, 2017Publication date: May 24, 2018Inventor: Frank HEINICHEN
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Patent number: 9822795Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: March 27, 2012Date of Patent: November 21, 2017Assignee: ROLLS-ROYCE DEUTSCHLAND LTD & CO KGInventors: Erik Johann, Frank Heinichen
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Patent number: 9512727Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: March 27, 2012Date of Patent: December 6, 2016Assignee: ROLLS-ROYCE DEUTSCHLAND LTD & CO KGInventors: Erik Johann, Frank Heinichen
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Publication number: 20120251312Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: March 27, 2012Publication date: October 4, 2012Applicant: ROLLS-ROYCE DEUTSCHLAND LTD & CO KGInventors: Erik JOHANN, Frank HEINICHEN
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Publication number: 20120251324Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: March 27, 2012Publication date: October 4, 2012Applicant: ROLLS-ROYCE DEUTSCHLAND LTD & CO KGInventors: Erik JOHANN, Frank HEINICHEN