Patents by Inventor Harald DENKEL

Harald DENKEL 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).

  • Publication number: 20210254505
    Abstract: An exhaust gas turbocharger includes: a compressor wheel; a turbine; and a shaft configured to rotatably interconnect the compressor wheel and the turbine. The shaft is mounted in the turbocharger by a bearing configured to absorb axial forces acting on the shaft. The turbocharger further includes a one-piece thrust ring arranged on the shaft, the one-piece thrust ring indirectly connecting the shaft with the bearing and being configured to transmit the axial forces acting on the shaft both in a thrust direction and in a counter-thrust direction opposite to the thrust direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2020
    Publication date: August 19, 2021
    Inventor: Harald DENKEL
  • Patent number: 11041408
    Abstract: A turbocharger, with a turbine for expanding a first medium, a compressor for compressing a second medium utilising energy extracted in the turbine during expansion of the first medium. A turbine housing and a compressor housing are connected to a bearing housing. A casing radially and axially surrounds the turbine housing, the compressor housing, and/or the bearing housing at least in sections, which is connected to the respective housing via multiple fastening devices. At least some of the fastening devices extend through a wall of the casing into the housing include metallic damping elements made of wire on opposite sides of the wall of the casing through which the same extend.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2021
    Assignee: MAN Energy Solutions SE
    Inventors: Steffen Braun, Daniel Albrecht, Harald Denkel, Stefan Weihard, Bernd Haas, Johannes Niebuhr, Urban Spatz
  • Patent number: 10914197
    Abstract: A casing of a turbocharger, which surrounds a housing to be encased such as a turbine housing and/or a compressor housing and/or a bearing housing of the turbocharger at least in sections, with axial casing segments, which axially adjoin the housing to be encased, with at least one radial casing segment, which radially adjoins the housing to be encased radially outside, and at least one stiffening element is formed or acts on at least one casing segment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2021
    Assignee: MAN Energy Solutions SE
    Inventors: Steffen Braun, Daniel Albrecht, Harald Denkel, Stefan Weihard, Bernd Haas, Johannes Niebuhr, Urban Spatz
  • Publication number: 20200355093
    Abstract: A casing which surrounds a housing of the turbocharger has a first casing body, which emanating from a first side of the housing can be pushed onto the housing in an axial direction. The first casing body has an axial casing segment adjoining the housing adjoining the first side axially outside, and multiple casing segments adjoining the housing radially outside. A second casing body can be pushed onto the housing in the axial direction has an axial casing segment adjoining the housing adjoining a second side axially outside, and a radial casing segment, which adjoins the housing radially outside, covers the first casing body radially outside in sections and is connected to the first casing body. Multiple supports each has first sections, via which the respective support can be mounted to the housing. Each support has second sections), via which the first casing body is mounted to the respective support.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2020
    Publication date: November 12, 2020
    Inventors: Steffen BRAUN, Daniel ALBRECHT, Harald DENKEL, Stefan WEIHARD, Bernd HAAS, Johannes NIEBUHR, Urban SPATZ
  • Patent number: 10738647
    Abstract: A burst protection device for a gas radial turbo engine configured annularly around a central axis in the circumferential direction and like a box in a cross sectional direction, to grip a turbine housing in the area of the turbine wheel. The burst protection device includes at least one axial wall section extending in an axial direction and at least one radial wall section extending in the radial direction are indirectly interconnected via an intermediate wall section lying in between. A partial area of the intermediate wall section in the axial direction runs inclined and/or curved relative to the orientation of the axial wall section and radial wall section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignee: MAN Energy Solutions SE
    Inventors: Steffen Braun, Daniel Albrecht, Harald Denkel, Stefan Weihard, Bernd Haas, Johannes Niebuhr, Urban Spatz
  • Publication number: 20200248615
    Abstract: A turbocharger includes a turbine for expanding a first medium and a compressor for compressing a second medium utilizing energy extracted in the turbine during the expansion of the first medium. A turbine housing of the turbine and a compressor housing of the compressor each are connected to a bearing housing arranged therebetween. A casing: surrounds the turbine housing radially outside and axially outside at least in certain sections, and/or surrounds the compressor housing radially outside and axially outside at least in certain sections. The respective casing is positioned loosely around the turbine housing without direct connection to the turbine housing or loosely around the compressor housing without direct connection to the compressor housing. The respective casing is connected to an assembly which, during the operation of the turbocharger, has a temperature level corresponding to the respective casing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2020
    Publication date: August 6, 2020
    Inventors: Steffen BRAUN, Urban SPATZ, Daniel ALBRECHT, Harald DENKEL, Stefan WEIHARD, Bernd HAAS, Johannes NIEBUHR
  • Publication number: 20200240426
    Abstract: A turbocharger, having a turbine with a turbine housing and a turbine rotor, (a compressor with a compressor housing and a compressor rotor that is coupled to the turbine rotor via a shaft, a bearing housing arranged between the turbine housing and the compressor housing, in which the shaft is mounted via a bearing. An end disc adjoins the bearing ring or the bearing bush. On an axial surface facing the bearing ring or the bearing bush of the bearing facing the turbine, a swirl chamber that is open in the direction of the bearing ring or the bearing bush is introduced into the end disc, which collects and discharges oil leaking from a lubrication gap of the bearing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2020
    Publication date: July 30, 2020
    Inventors: Sven BRANDT, Bernd HAAS, Johannes NIEBUHR, Harald DENKEL, Vladimir HORT, Petr HOLIK, Radek TEPLY
  • Publication number: 20200141320
    Abstract: A compensation device for two interconnected components arranged for the axial and radial compensation of thermally induced expansions of the two components between the two components and includes a central connecting portion for mechanically connecting to the first component and a plurality of connecting portions for connecting to the second component, which are connected to the central connecting portion in one piece. The connecting portions are at least partly formed offset relative to the connecting portion in an axial direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2019
    Publication date: May 7, 2020
    Inventors: Steffen BRAUN, Daniel Albrecht, Harald Denkel, Stefan Weihard, Bernd Haas, Johannes Niebuhr, Urban Spatz
  • Patent number: 10605306
    Abstract: A turbocharger, with a turbine a turbine housing and a turbine rotor, with a compressor with a compressor housing and a compressor rotor that is coupled to the turbine rotor via a shaft, with a bearing housing arranged between the turbine housing and the compressor housing, wherein both the turbine housing and also the compressor housing are connected to the bearing housing, with at least one bearing, via which the shaft is mounted in the bearing housing, wherein the respective bearing comprises a bearing bush arranged in the bearing housing, wherein between the bearing bush and the bearing housing a radially outer lubricating gap and between the bearing bush and the shaft a radially inner lubricating gap are formed, wherein the radially outer lubricating gap and the radially inner lubricating gap are suppliable with lubricating oil emanating from an oil supply main line independently of one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignee: MAN Energy Solutions SE
    Inventors: Sven Brandt, Claudius Wurm, Harald Denkel
  • Patent number: 10598188
    Abstract: A radial compressor (10), with a compressor rotor having moving blades and with a compressor housing (11) accommodating an insert piece (12) and a diffuser (13), in which the insert piece (12) delimits a flow duct leading to the moving blades of the rotor and the diffuser (13) a flow duct leading away from the moving blades of the rotor at least in sections, and in which the diffuser (13) is designed as bladeless diffuser and as an integral part of the insert piece (12).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2020
    Assignee: MAN Energy Solutions SE
    Inventors: Tobias Weisbrod, Harald Denkel, Matthias Glathe
  • Patent number: 10598043
    Abstract: A turbocharger having a turbine with a turbine rotor, a compressor with a compressor rotor that is coupled to the turbine rotor via a shaft. A bearing housing arranged between the turbine housing and the compressor housing, wherein both the turbine housing and also the compressor housing are connected to the bearing housing, with at least one bearing, via which the shaft is mounted in the bearing housing, wherein the respective bearing includes a bearing bush that is mounted on the bearing housing in a rotationally fixed manner, wherein between the bearing bush and the bearing housing a radially outer lubricating cap and between the bearing bush and the shaft a radially inner lubricating gap is formed, and wherein axial ends of the respective bearing bush, at a radially outer section of the same have a greater axial extent than on a radially inner section of the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2020
    Assignee: MAN Energy Solutions SE
    Inventors: Sven Brandt, Claudius Wurm, Harald Denkel
  • Publication number: 20190383162
    Abstract: A burst protection device for a gas turbomachine formed of at least one pipe section of a pipe in the form of a bend segment of the pipe section for assembly about a turbine wheel housing and/or compressor housing of the gas turbomachine. The bend segment of the pipe section seen in the circumferential direction of the pipe has an interruption for the gas or air outlet of the turbine wheel housing or compressor housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2019
    Publication date: December 19, 2019
    Inventors: Stefan WEIHARD, Steffen BRAUN, Harald DENKEL, Bernd HAAS, Johannes NIEBUHR, Urban SPATZ, Daniel ALBRECHT
  • Publication number: 20190376413
    Abstract: A burst protection device for a turbo machine having a rotor housing, which includes an axle and a rotor that is rotatably mounted about the axle in the rotor housing. The burst protection device surrounds the rotor housing at least in the region of the rotor in a circumferential direction of the rotor and is formed in one part of at least one burst protection element. The at least one burst protection element is a material having an elongation at break of at least 30%.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2019
    Publication date: December 12, 2019
    Inventors: Urban SPATZ, Steffen BRAUN, Daniel ALBRECHT, Harald DENKEL, Stefan WEIHARD, Bernd HAAS, Johannes NIEBUHR
  • Publication number: 20190331128
    Abstract: A turbocharger, with a turbine and a compressor. A turbine housing of the turbine and a compressor housing of the compressor are connected to a bearing housing arranged between the same. A casing surrounds the turbine housing and/or the compressor housing and/or the bearing housing radially outside and axially outside at least in sections, which are connected to the respective housing to be encased via multiple fastening devices. At least one fastening device forms a fixed bearing-like connection and at least one fastening device a loose bearing-like connection of the casing on the respective housing to be encased.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2019
    Publication date: October 31, 2019
    Inventors: Steffen Braun, Daniel Albrecht, Harald Denkel, Stefan Weihard, Bernd Haas, Johannes Niebuhr, Urban Spatz
  • Publication number: 20190301304
    Abstract: A turbocharger, with a turbine for expanding a first medium, a compressor for compressing a second medium utilising energy extracted in the turbine during expansion of the first medium. A turbine housing and a compressor housing are connected to a bearing housing. A casing radially and axially surrounds the turbine housing, the compressor housing, and/or the bearing housing at least in sections, which is connected to the respective housing via multiple fastening devices. At least some of the fastening devices extend through a wall of the casing into the housing include metallic damping elements made of wire on opposite sides of the wall of the casing through which the same extend.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2019
    Publication date: October 3, 2019
    Inventors: Steffen Braun, Daniel Albrecht, Harald Denkel, Stefan Weihard, Bernd Haas, Johannes Niebuhr, Urban Spatz
  • Publication number: 20190284956
    Abstract: A casing of a turbocharger, surrounding a turbine, compressor, and/or a bearing housing of the turbocharger at least in sections, with axial casing segments that adjoin the housing axially outside, and with radial casing segments that adjoin the housing to be encased radially outside. An additional casing segment encloses or completes the axial casing segments and/or the radial casing segments in the region of an inlet flange or outlet flange of the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2019
    Publication date: September 19, 2019
    Inventors: Harald DENKEL, Steffen BRAUN, Daniel ALBRECHT, Stefan WEIHARD, Bernd HAAS, Johannes NIEBUHR, Urban SPATZ
  • Publication number: 20190242272
    Abstract: A casing of a turbocharger, which surrounds a housing to be encased such as a turbine housing and/or a compressor housing and/or a bearing housing of the turbocharger at least in sections, with axial casing segments, which axially adjoin the housing to be encased, with at least one radial casing segment, which radially adjoins the housing to be encased radially outside, and at least one stiffening element is formed or acts on at least one casing segment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2019
    Publication date: August 8, 2019
    Inventors: Steffen Braun, Daniel Albrecht, Harald Denkel, Stefan Weihard, Bernd Haas, Johannes Niebuhr, Urban Spatz
  • Publication number: 20190226361
    Abstract: A turbocharger, with a turbine for expanding a first medium, a compressor for compressing a second medium utilising energy extracted in the turbine during the expansion of the first medium, a turbine housing of the turbine and a compressor housing of the compressor connected to a bearing housing arranged between the same, with a casing that radially and axially surrounds one or more of the turbine housing, the compressor housing, and the bearing housing at least in sections. At least one loose fibre of a defined length is introduced into a hollow space between the casing and a respective housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2019
    Publication date: July 25, 2019
    Inventors: Urban SPATZ, Steffen Braun, Daniel Albrecht, Harald Denkel, Stefan Weihard, Bernd Haas, Johannes Niebuhr
  • Publication number: 20190218931
    Abstract: A burst protection device for a gas radial turbo engine configured annularly around a central axis in the circumferential direction and like a box in a cross sectional direction, to grip a turbine housing in the area of the turbine wheel. The burst protection device includes at least one axial wall section extending in an axial direction and at least one radial wall section extending in the radial direction are indirectly interconnected via an intermediate wall section lying in between. A partial area of the intermediate wall section in the axial direction runs inclined and/or curved relative to the orientation of the axial wall section and radial wall section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2019
    Publication date: July 18, 2019
    Inventors: Steffen BRAUN, Daniel Albrecht, Harald Denkel, Stefan Weihard, Bernd Haas, Johannes Niebuhr, Urban Spatz
  • Publication number: 20190153882
    Abstract: A turbine guide apparatus for a radial turbocharger that is assembled in multiple parts from a first annular disc element, a second annular disc element, and a multiplicity of guide blades, which are arranged between the first and second annular disc element. The guide blades are connected to each annular disc element in a firmly bonded, and/or non-positive, and/or positive manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2018
    Publication date: May 23, 2019
    Inventors: Bernd HAAS, Johannes NIEBUHR, Harald DENKEL