Patents by Inventor Harald Hoell

Harald Hoell 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: 20240084708
    Abstract: A rotor of a gas turbine having two adjacent rotor discs, on each of which moving blades are fastened, an annular rotor component being arranged between the rotor discs and having at its opposite ends circumferential annular grooves, in each of which a circumferential fastening projection on the respective rotor disc engages. When the rotor is stationary a first outer flank of the first annular groove rests under pressure against a first outer flank of the first fastening projection and there is play between a first inner flank of the first annular groove and a first inner flank of the first fastening projection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2020
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Applicant: Siemens Energy Global GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Peter Kury, Mirko Milazar, Christopher W Ross, Yulia Bagaeva, Karsten Kolk, Ivan Lbov, Alexander Romanov, Harald Hoell, Kevin Kampka, Rene Mahnke, Andreas Andreas, Daniel Hofsommer, Ekkehard Maldfeld, Jörg Richter
  • Patent number: 11339662
    Abstract: A rotor of a gas turbine, having two adjacent rotor disks having a plurality of blade-holding grooves for receiving rotor blades, distributed around the periphery thereof, and having an axially extending peripheral ring projection radially beneath the blade-holding grooves. A peripheral rotor component is fixed to the ring projections, between the rotor disks. In order to protect the periphery, the rotor disk or the rotor component includes at least two recesses arranged on the periphery in a distributed manner, in each of which engaging shoulders of the rotor component or the rotor disk engage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: Siemens Energy Global GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Peter Kury, Harald Hoell, Karsten Kolk, Vyacheslav Veitsman, Yulia Bagaeva, Christopher W Ross, Peter Schröder, Andrew Waddell
  • Patent number: 11319824
    Abstract: A rotor for a gas turbine having a rotor disk on which there are a plurality of rotor components distributed around the circumference. The rotor disk has a circumferential securing shoulder with a contact face. Retaining faces come to bear against the contact face, each of the retaining faces have a retaining shoulder of the respective rotor component and are designed with a form that complements the contact face. In order to optimize the bearing stresses between the retaining shoulder and the securing shoulder, the retaining face has a smaller radius than the contact face, namely the retaining radius is at least 0.99 times and at most 0.995 times the contact radius. Also provided is an axially extending aperture in the rotor component, the width of which in the circumferential direction is 25% to 75% of the rotor component width in the circumferential direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: Siemens Energy Global GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Harald Hoell, Kevin Kampka, Peter Schröder
  • Publication number: 20210310359
    Abstract: A rotor of a gas turbine, having two adjacent rotor disks having a plurality of blade-holding grooves for receiving rotor blades, distributed around the periphery thereof, and having an axially extending peripheral ring projection radially beneath the blade-holding grooves. A peripheral rotor component is fixed to the ring projections, between the rotor disks. In order to protect the periphery, the rotor disk or the rotor component includes at least two recesses arranged on the periphery in a distributed manner, in each of which engaging shoulders of the rotor component or the rotor disk engage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2019
    Publication date: October 7, 2021
    Applicant: Siemens Energy Global GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Peter Kury, Harald Hoell, Karsten Kolk, Vyacheslav Veitsman, Yulia Bagaeva, Christopher W Ross, Peter Schröder, Andrew Waddell
  • Publication number: 20210095568
    Abstract: A rotor for a gas turbine having a rotor disk on which there are a plurality of rotor components distributed around the circumference. The rotor disk has a circumferential securing shoulder with a contact face. Retaining faces come to bear against the contact face, each of the retaining faces have a retaining shoulder of the respective rotor component and are designed with a form that complements the contact face. In order to optimize the bearing stresses between the retaining shoulder and the securing shoulder, the retaining face has a smaller radius than the contact face, namely the retaining radius is at least 0.99 times and at most 0.995 times the contact radius. Also provided is an axially extending aperture in the rotor component, the width of which in the circumferential direction is 25% to 75% of the rotor component width in the circumferential direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2019
    Publication date: April 1, 2021
    Applicant: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Harald Hoell, Kevin Kampka, Peter Schröder
  • Patent number: 10378367
    Abstract: A wheel disk assembly having a wheel disk, a plurality of blade devices, which are arranged thereon in a manner distributed over the circumference, and a plurality of sealing plates, which are retained in two annular grooves spaced apart from each other radially. In this assembly, the first annular groove is provided in the wheel disk and is bounded axially outward by an annular projection. The projection, in turn, is interrupted by a recess extending in the circumferential direction, with the result that a sealing plate can be inserted axially through the recess between the annular grooves. A closure piece is furthermore provided for closing the recess, which closure piece is captively retained on the sealing plate by a form fit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Harald Hoell, Kevin Kampka, Karsten Kolk, Marc Lange, Peter Schröder, Vyacheslav Veitsman
  • Patent number: 10309234
    Abstract: Wheel disc arrangement has a wheel disc, a plurality of blade devices fastened along the outer circumference, and a plurality of sealing plates held in two radially spaced-apart annular grooves. The first annular groove is bounded axially outwards by an annular projection. The second annular groove is defined by a plurality of adjacently arranged annular groove segments in the individual blade devices. The first annular groove is of undercut design and has at least two axially opposite and protruding holding projections with a respective bearing surface. The sealing plates have, in the inside diameter, two supporting projections corresponding to the holding projections, axially opposite and face away from one another, with a supporting surface. The arrangement is configured such that the supporting surfaces of the sealing plates are supported against the bearing surfaces of the holding projections under the effect of a centrifugal force.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2019
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Harald Hoell, Kevin Kampka, Karsten Kolk, Marc Lange, Peter Schröder, Vyacheslav Veitsman
  • Patent number: 10174618
    Abstract: A rotor for a turbine has a plurality of rotor components lined up in the axial direction and connected by a connecting rod, wherein a groove which extends in the circumferential direction and is open in the axial direction is disposed on one of the rotor components, wherein a coupling element running around the connecting rod in order to support the connecting rod is disposed in the groove. The rotor is adapted to enable particularly stable support of the connecting rod in order to prevent vibrations. The coupling element is disposed on a retaining element connected to the connecting rod.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2019
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Karin Costamagna, Sascha Dungs, Harald Hoell, Kevin Kampka, Karsten Kolk, Ulf Laudage, Peter Schröder, Vyacheslav Veitsman
  • Publication number: 20180023401
    Abstract: A wheel disk assembly, having a wheel disk, a plurality of blade devices, which are fastened along the outer circumference of the wheel disk, and a plurality of sealing plates, which are retained in two annular grooves radially spaced apart from each other. A first annular groove is in the wheel disk and a second annular groove is formed by the blade devices in a segmented manner. Simplified mounting of the sealing plates is achieved in that the first annular groove is expanded by an axially extending recess.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2016
    Publication date: January 25, 2018
    Applicant: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Harald Hoell, Kevin Kampka, Karsten Kolk, Marc Lange, Peter Schröder, Vyacheslav Veitsman
  • Publication number: 20170241284
    Abstract: A wheel disc arrangement having a wheel disc, having multiple vane devices which are fastened along an outer circumference of the wheel disc, having at least one sealing plate received between the wheel disc and the vane devices so as to be displaceable in a circumferential direction, and having at least one securing device designed so as to secure the sealing plate against a displacement in the circumferential direction, wherein the securing device has a bolt, which extends through a passage opening provided in the sealing plate, and a recess, which is provided on the wheel disc or on a vane device, which recess receives the free end of the bolt and the wall of which recess limits a movement of the bolt in the circumferential direction, wherein the bolt is, in an axial direction, secured on the sealing plate against undesired release by way of a detent connection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2015
    Publication date: August 24, 2017
    Applicant: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Harald Hoell, Kevin Kampka, Karsten Kolk, Marc Lange, Peter Schröder, Vyacheslav Veitsman
  • Publication number: 20170211397
    Abstract: A wheel disk assembly having a wheel disk, a plurality of blade devices, which are arranged thereon in a manner distributed over the circumference, and a plurality of sealing plates, which are retained in two annular grooves spaced apart from each other radially. In this assembly, the first annular groove is provided in the wheel disk and is bounded axially outward by an annular projection. The projection, in turn, is interrupted by a recess extending in the circumferential direction, with the result that a sealing plate can be inserted axially through the recess between the annular grooves. A closure piece is furthermore provided for closing the recess, which closure piece is captively retained on the sealing plate by a form fit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2015
    Publication date: July 27, 2017
    Applicant: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Harald HOELL, Kevin KAMPKA, Karsten KOLK, Marc LANGE, Peter SCHRODER, Vyacheslav VEITSMAN
  • Publication number: 20170204732
    Abstract: Wheel disc arrangement has a wheel disc, a plurality of blade devices fastened along the outer circumference, and a plurality of sealing plates held in two radially spaced-apart annular grooves. The first annular groove is bounded axially outwards by an annular projection. The second annular groove is defined by a plurality of adjacently arranged annular groove segments in the individual blade devices. The first annular groove is of undercut design and has at least two axially opposite and protruding holding projections with a respective bearing surface. The sealing plates have, in the inside diameter, two supporting projections corresponding to the holding projections, axially opposite and face away from one another, with a supporting surface. The arrangement is configured such that the supporting surfaces of the sealing plates are supported against the bearing surfaces of the holding projections under the effect of a centrifugal force.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2015
    Publication date: July 20, 2017
    Applicant: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Harald Hoell, Kevin Kampka, Karsten Kolk, Marc Lange, Peter Schröder, Vyacheslav Veitsman
  • Publication number: 20170191371
    Abstract: A wheel disc with at least one sealing metal sheet, which is fixed to the wheel disc in a movable manner in the circumferential direction of the wheel disc, and with at least one securing device, which is designed to secure the at least one sealing metal sheet against a displacement in the circumferential direction of the wheel disc in the correctly assembled state. The securing device has a screw, which is screwed to the sealing metal sheet and which extends through the sealing metal sheet, and a depression, which is provided on the wheel disc and which receives the free end of the screw in the correctly assembled state and the wall of which restricts a movement of the screw in the circumferential direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2015
    Publication date: July 6, 2017
    Applicant: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Sascha Dungs, Harald Hoell, Kevin Kampka, Karsten Kolk, Marc Lange, Peter Schröder, Vyacheslav Veitsman
  • Publication number: 20170037736
    Abstract: A wheel disk assembly, having a wheel disk, a plurality of blade devices, which are fastened along the outer circumference of the wheel disk, and a plurality of sealing plates, which are retained in two annular grooves radially spaced apart from each other, the first annular groove in the wheel disk and bounded axially outward by an annular projection, and the second annular groove defined by a plurality of annular-groove segments arranged adjacently, which are in the individual blade devices. At least one opening extends axially through the annular projection, the minimum width of which opening in the circumferential direction is greater than the width of the sealing plates at the inside diameter such that a sealing plate is axially insertable between the annular grooves through the opening and moveable in the circumferential direction while guided by the annular grooves. A method assembles such a wheel disk assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2015
    Publication date: February 9, 2017
    Applicant: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Sascha Dungs, Harald Hoell, Kevin Kampka, Karsten Kolk, Marc Lange, Peter Schröder, Vyacheslav Veitsman
  • Patent number: 9416661
    Abstract: An axial compressor for compressing a flow medium is provided and includes compressor stator blades, which fastened on a stator blade carrier, and compressor rotor blades, which are fastened on a compressor disk of a compressor shaft, wherein two consecutive compressor disks enclose a hollow space lying between them, and wherein the last compressor disk, as seen in the flow direction of the flow medium, delimits a rear hollow space. A cooling medium feed duct leads through a stator blade carrier and a compressor stator blade, and is arranged upstream of the last compressor disk, which cooling medium feed duct, at the tip end of the compressor stator blade facing the compressor shaft, via a discharge opening arranged there, opens into the hollow space, wherein this hollow space, via a cooling medium transfer passage which is led through the subsequent compressor disks, is connected to the rear hollow space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2016
    Assignee: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Francois Benkler, Sascha Dungs, Harald Hoell
  • Publication number: 20160130948
    Abstract: A rotor for a turbine has a plurality of rotor components lined up in the axial direction and connected by a connecting rod, wherein a groove which extends in the circumferential direction and is open in the axial direction is disposed on one of the rotor components, wherein a coupling element running around the connecting rod in order to support the connecting rod is disposed in the groove. The rotor is adapted to enable particularly stable support of the connecting rod in order to prevent vibrations. The coupling element is disposed on a retaining element connected to the connecting rod.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2014
    Publication date: May 12, 2016
    Applicant: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Karin Costamagna, Sascha Dungs, Harald Hoell, Kevin Kampka, Karsten Kolk, Ulf Laudage, Peter Schröder, Vyacheslav Veitsman
  • Publication number: 20150260044
    Abstract: A rotor for an axial flow turbomachine is provided, having a number of a plurality of disc-shaped or drum-shaped rotor components and at least one pin-shaped tie-rod extending through the rotor components, wherein a counter-bearing is screwed onto each of the projecting ends of the tie-rod for axially bracing the rotor components arranged therebetween. The tie-rod has at least two axially adjacent tie-rod elements which are each connected to one another in a detachable manner by connector. Elastic stretching characteristics of the two tie-rod elements are matched to each other such that, with the rotor components being clamped between the two counter-bearings, a clamping of the counter-bearing and the connection element and the rotor components arranged therebetween is at least partially released.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2013
    Publication date: September 17, 2015
    Applicant: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Karin Costamagna, Sascha Dungs, Harald Hoell, Henrik Hull, Karsten Kolk, Ulf Laudage, Harald Nimptsch, Peter Schroder, Vyacheslav Veitsman
  • Publication number: 20150247406
    Abstract: A method for assembling and disassembling a rotor having a number of rotor components of an axial flow turbomachine and such a rotor is provided. The rotor has a number of a plurality of disc-shaped or drum-shaped rotor components and at least one pin-shaped tie-rod extending through the rotor components, wherein a counter-bearing is screwed onto each of the projecting ends of said tie-rod for axially bracing the rotor components arranged therebetween. In order to achieve shorter service intervals, a connector is screwed onto the tie-rod between both counter-bearings, wherein, after the release of one of the two counter-bearings, the rotor components arranged between the connector and the other of the two counter-bearings are braced with each other by the connector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2013
    Publication date: September 3, 2015
    Applicant: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Karin Costamagna, Sascha Dungs, Harald Hoell, Henrik Hull, Karsten Kolk, Ulf Laudage, Harald Nimptsch, Peter Schröder, Vyacheslav Veitsman
  • Patent number: 9109457
    Abstract: A turbine blade rotor assembly provides sealing for the rotor components and bi-direction axially locking of the blades on the rotor using a seal plate on the aft exhaust side without axial locking on the forward intake side of the rotor and blade array. As a result, the blades can be removed from the aft direction without moving a turbine casing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2015
    Assignee: SIEMENS ENERGY, INC.
    Inventors: Guido Ahaus, Axel Buschmann, Harald Hoell, Peter Schroeder
  • Patent number: 8956116
    Abstract: A gas turbine component for example a turbine blade or a rotor disk is provided. In order to extend the service life of the corresponding component by reducing the thermally or mechanically induced stress concentration in the direct surroundings of a duct opening onto a surface, at least one groove-like recess is provided near the effective zone of the opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2015
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Fathi Ahmad, Harald Hoell, Karsten Kolk, Harald Nimptsch, Werner Setz