Patents by Inventor Hans Schirle

Hans Schirle 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: 11873759
    Abstract: A method for pressurizing exhaust gases from a turbine power plant includes the steps of: applying a pressure to at least a proportion, in particular a proportion rich in carbon dioxide, of the exhaust gases from the power plant by way of a fluid operating machine of a pressurization device, and applying a torque to the fluid operating machine and/or driving the fluid operating machine by way of such a torque, which is present at an output shaft of a main turbine of the power plant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: Voith Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Josef Braun, Hans Schirle
  • Publication number: 20220106909
    Abstract: A method for pressurizing exhaust gases from a turbine power plant includes the steps of: applying a pressure to at least a proportion, in particular a proportion rich in carbon dioxide, of the exhaust gases from the power plant by way of a fluid operating machine of a pressurization device, and applying a torque to the fluid operating machine and/or driving the fluid operating machine by way of such a torque, which is present at an output shaft of a main turbine of the power plant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2021
    Publication date: April 7, 2022
    Applicant: Voith Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Josef Braun, Hans Schirle
  • Patent number: 10145456
    Abstract: A hydrodynamic converter has a working chamber through which an operating medium can flow. A pump wheel is connected to a drive shaft and a turbine wheel is connected to a driven shaft. At least one positioning blade can be adjusted by an adjustment device. In order to provide a compactly formed and robust hydrodynamic converter of this type, having a hard-wearing adjustment device for adjusting at least one positioning vane, the adjustment device includes an actuating drive with ring elements. Each ring element is disposed coaxially in relation to the drive shaft. A first ring element is connected to the at least one positioning blade for transmitting a positioning force or a positioning torque via a diverting device. The first ring element can be rotated relative to a second ring element in the circumferential direction of the drive shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: Voith Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Hans Schirle, Hartmut Graf
  • Patent number: 10113626
    Abstract: A power transmission device includes a hydrodynamic converter. The blading of the pump wheel and/or turbine wheels includes at least one adjusting blade which can be actuated by an adjusting device, and/or at least one multi-element blade having at least one adjustable blade segment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2018
    Assignee: Voith Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Reinhard Kernchen, Rainer Schips, Harmut Graf, Hans Schirle, Bernhard Ludas
  • Publication number: 20160290464
    Abstract: A power transmission device includes a hydrodynamic converter. The blading of the pump wheel and/or turbine wheels includes at least one adjusting blade which can be actuated by an adjusting device, and/or at least one multi-element blade having at least one adjustable blade segment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2014
    Publication date: October 6, 2016
    Applicant: Voith Patent GMBH
    Inventors: REINHARD KERNCHEN, RAINER SCHIPS, HARMUT GRAF, HANS SCHIRLE, BERNHARD LUDAS
  • Publication number: 20160290460
    Abstract: A hydrodynamic converter has a working chamber through which an operating medium can flow. A pump wheel is connected to a drive shaft and a turbine wheel is connected to a driven shaft. At least one positioning blade can be adjusted by an adjustment device. In order to provide a compactly formed and robust hydrodynamic converter of this type, having a hard-wearing adjustment device for adjusting at least one positioning vane, the adjustment device includes an actuating drive with ring elements. Each ring element is disposed coaxially in relation to the drive shaft. A first ring element is connected to the at least one positioning blade for transmitting a positioning force or a positioning torque via a diverting device. The first ring element can be rotated relative to a second ring element in the circumferential direction of the drive shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2014
    Publication date: October 6, 2016
    Applicant: Voith Patent GMBH
    Inventors: HANS SCHIRLE, HARTMUT GRAF
  • Publication number: 20150369351
    Abstract: The invention relates to a pumping device for introduction of a fluid into a base layer, in particular into a base layer containing gas, for the production of gas-permeable structures in the base layer. The pumping device is arranged on a transportation vehicle having a separate drive unit, including a pump motor and a pump, whereby a speed/torque converter is arranged between pump and pump motor. A hydrodynamic device, in particular a hydrodynamic converter, is used in place of a transmission for speed/torque conversion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2015
    Publication date: December 24, 2015
    Applicant: Voith Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Andreas Hermann, Volker Middelmann, Reinhard Kernchen, Hans Schirle
  • Patent number: 8266901
    Abstract: An axial thrust offloading device for axial thrust balance of a machine shaft including a thrust balance ring with a supply channel for a pressurized medium opening into an annular space on the ring's face, first and second side disks disposed axially adjacent to and on opposed sides of the ring and forming first and second pressure chambers closed off on an exit flow inside by a labyrinth seal and on an inlet flow side to a pressurized medium via first and second restrictor locations, and a disk-shaped restrictor element disposed in the annular space, wherein relative axial movement between the ring and the restrictor element provides for reciprocal opening of the first and second restrictor locations to form a pressure difference between the first and second chambers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2012
    Assignee: Voith Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Hans Schirle, Hartmut Graf, Michael Rosovits
  • Publication number: 20090074561
    Abstract: The invention concerns an axial thrust offloading device for the axial thrust balance of a machine shaft, including: a thrust balance ring with a supply channel for a pressurised medium therein designed, which opens out into an annular space on the face on the thrust balance ring, a first side disk and a second side disk, which in each case are arranged to be axially adjacent to, and on opposite sides of, the thrust balance ring such that a first pressure chamber and a second pressure chamber are created, wherein the first pressure chamber and the second pressure chamber on the exit flow side are in each case closed off by means of a labyrinth seal, and on the inlet flow side a connection in each case exists to the annular space for the inflow of pressurised a medium, via a first restrictor location for the first pressure chamber and a second restrictor location for the second pressure chamber; a disk-shaped restrictor element entering into the annular space; the thrust balance ring and the restrictor elem
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2008
    Publication date: March 19, 2009
    Applicant: Voith Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Hans Schirle, Hartmut Graf, Michael Rosovits
  • Publication number: 20080245634
    Abstract: The invention relates to a high output machine unit; with a drive system provided with an output shaft; with a machine provided with a drive shaft; with a fillable and dischargeable hydrodynamic coupling arranged between the drive system and the machine; with a mechanical coupling arranged parallel to the hydrodynamic coupling; one half of the mechanical coupling can be connected non-rotationally to the output shaft of the drive system; the other half of the mechanical coupling can be connected non-rotationally to the drive shaft of the machine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2008
    Publication date: October 9, 2008
    Applicant: Voith Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Andreas Basteck, Hans Schirle, Harald Hoffeld
  • Patent number: 7198142
    Abstract: The invention relates to a high power machine unit. Said invention is characterized by the following features: a drive which has an output shaft; a machine which has a drive shaft; a converter (3) which is connected between drive and machine and can be filled and emptied; having a toothed clutch (4) which can be engaged and disengaged and is connected in parallel with the converter (3); one half (4.1) is firmly connected to the output shaft of the drive so as to rotate with it; the other half (4.2) of the clutch is firmly connected to the drive shaft of the machine so as to rotate with it.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2007
    Assignee: Voith Turbo GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Georg Wahl, Hans Schirle, Wolfgang Sautter
  • Patent number: 7155904
    Abstract: A hydrodynamic converter is provided having a pump wheel, which is flowed through in operation from the inside to the outside; a turbine wheel, which is flowed through in operation from the outside to the inside; guide blades between the pump wheel and the turbine wheel; and guide blades between the turbine wheel and the pump wheel. The converter can have a speed ratio of between the speed nT of the turbine wheel and the speed nP of the pump wheel of between 1.2 and 4 at approximately even or falling ? progress. The converter can also have different speed ratios between pump and turbine, which can be realized with the ratio R/r equal to or larger than 1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2007
    Assignee: Voith Turbo GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Hans Schirle, Georg Wahl, Andreas Basteck
  • Publication number: 20050235636
    Abstract: A hydrodynamic converter is provided having a pump wheel, which is flowed through in operation from the inside to the outside; a turbine wheel, which is flowed through in operation from the outside to the inside; guide blades between the pump wheel and the turbine wheel; and guide blades between the turbine wheel and the pump wheel. The converter can have a speed ratio of between the speed nT of the turbine wheel and the speed nP of the pump wheel of between 1.2 and 4 at approximately even or falling ? progress. The converter can also have different speed ratios between pump and turbine, which can be realized with the ratio R/r equal to or larger than 1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2005
    Publication date: October 27, 2005
    Inventors: Hans Schirle, Georg Wahl, Andreas Basteck
  • Patent number: 6782982
    Abstract: The invention relates to a hydrodynamic converter comprising a torus-shaped working chamber surrounding the converter axis, said chamber having the form of a ring channel in an axial cross-section; an impeller which is rotationally fixed to an input shaft; a turbine wheel which is rotationally fixed to an output shaft, and a ring of adjustable guide vanes. The converter is designed in such a way that it has a lambda value of less than 0.0005.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2004
    Assignee: Voith Turbo GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Georg Wahl, Hans Schirle, Marjan Gantar, Rok Pavlin, Dusan Florjancic
  • Publication number: 20040007436
    Abstract: The invention relates to a high power machine unit. Said invention is characterized by the following features: a drive which has an output shaft; a machine which has a drive shaft; a converter (3) which is connected between drive and machine and can be filled and emptied; having a toothed clutch (4) which can be engaged and disengaged and is connected in parallel with the converter (3); one half (4.1) is firmly connected to the output shaft of the drive so as to rotate with it; the other half (4.2) of the clutch is firmly connected to the drive shaft of the machine so as to rotate with it.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2003
    Publication date: January 15, 2004
    Inventors: Georg Wahl, Hans Schirle, Wolfgang Sautter
  • Publication number: 20030037543
    Abstract: The invention relates to a hydrodynamic converter comprising a torus-shaped working chamber surrounding the converter axis, said chamber having the form of a ring channel in an axial cross-section; an impeller which is rotationally fixed to an input shaft; a turbine wheel which is rotationally fixed to an output shaft; and a ring of adjustable vanes. The converter is designed in such a way that it has a lambda value of less than 0.0005.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2002
    Publication date: February 27, 2003
    Inventors: Georg Wahl, Hans Schirle, Marjan Gantar, Rok Pavlin