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: 20150003965
    Abstract: A turbomachine having a rotor is provided, wherein the rotor comprises a central holding element and rotor elements which are arranged thereon, is intended to permit faster start-up without reducing the lifetime of the rotor, while permitting better predictions relating to the remaining lifetime of the rotor. To this end, a contact element is arranged in a region of the rotor between the holding element and the rotor element, wherein the contact element comprises a temperature measurement device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2012
    Publication date: January 1, 2015
    Applicant: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Guido Ahaus, Ingo Balkowski, Patrick Ronald Flohr, Waldemar Heckel, Harald Hoell, Christian Lyko, Oliver Ricken, Uwe Sieber, Sebastian Stock, Vyacheslav Veitsman, Frank Woditschka
  • Patent number: 8894371
    Abstract: A rotor section for a rotor of a gas turbine, a rotor blade, and a blocking element are provided. The rotor section includes a rotor disk including rotor blades that are inserted thereon in holding grooves and that are secured against sliding along the holding grooves by means of a sealing element arranged at the end face. In order to specify a reliable, simple, and easy-to-design construction for the circumferential fixing of the sealing elements, it is proposed that each sealing element be secured by one blocking element, which engages in a hole arranged at the end face in the rotor blade root.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2014
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Guido Ahaus, Axel Buschmann, Sascha Dungs, Harald Hoell, Karsten Kolk, Mirko Milazar, Peter Schröder, Vyacheslav Veitsman
  • Patent number: 8888460
    Abstract: A rotor section for a rotor of a gas turbine is provided. The rotor section includes a rotor disk with rotor blades inserted in retaining grooves thereupon, the rotor blades being secured against displacement along the retaining grooves by means of a sealing element which is arranged on the end face. In order to disclose a reliable construction which can be designed in a straightforward and simple manner for the circumferential fixing of the sealing element, each sealing element is secured by means of a blocking element in each case which in this case engages in a hole which is arranged in the rotor blade root on the end face.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2014
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Guido Ahaus, Axel Buschmann, Sascha Dungs, Harald Hoell, Karsten Kolk, Mirko Milazar, Peter Schröder, Vyacheslav Veitsman
  • Patent number: 8641365
    Abstract: A rotor of a thermal turbomachine, particularly a gas turbine, is provided. The rotor includes a plurality of individual rotor components that are held together by a tie-bold and combined into a unit. The tie-bolt is supported by the assembly of the surrounding rotor components including the tie-bolt and the rotor disks. A hollow shaft which is made up of two tubular sections and a support wheel further support the rotor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2014
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Guido Ahaus, Francois Benkler, Ulrich Ehehalt, Harald Hoell, Karsten Kolk, Walter Loch, Harald Nimptsch, Oliver Schneider, Peter-Andreas Schneider, Peter Schröder, Vyacheslav Veitsman
  • Patent number: 8545171
    Abstract: A rotor of a thermal fluid flow machine, especially a gas turbine, is provided. The rotor includes a plurality of rotor components that are held together by a common tie-bolt that extends through the center of the rotor components. The tie-bolt is fixed in at least one of the rotor components using at least one star spring that surrounds the tie-bolt in a circumferential direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2013
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Francois Benkler, Ulrich Ehehalt, Harald Hoell, Uwe Kahlstorf, Karsten Kolk, Walter Loch, Peter-Andreas Schneider
  • Patent number: 8506239
    Abstract: A gas turbine is provided. The gas turbine includes at least one rotor, having rotor blades arranged on the periphery of rotor disks in a plurality of radial planes, and a tie-bolt extending along slots in the rotor disks and holding the rotor disks together as a unit. At least one annular spacer for fixing the position of the tie-bolt in relation to the center line of the rotor disks is also provided. The spacer includes through-openings that are arranged radially in relation to the tie-bolt or to its center line and that extend coaxially.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2013
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Francois Benkler, Ulrich Ehehalt, Harald Hoell, Walter Loch, Peter-Andreas Schneider
  • Patent number: 8459951
    Abstract: A rotor for an axial flow turbomachine is provided. The rotor includes a plurality of rotor discs that are arranged in stacks and clamped together with at least one tie rod. At least one of the rotor discs of the rotor comprises a smaller outer diameter than one of the neighboring rotor discs and that the difference in diameter is compensated by a drum surrounding the rotor disc with the smaller outer diameter as a ring. The drum may be made of a heat resistant material. The rotor discs surrounded by the drum may be made of a less expensive material. Furthermore, the drum may include at least one more blade ring than the rotor discs that are surrounded by the drum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2013
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Douglas J. Arrell, Harald Hoell, David W. Hunt, Karsten Kolk, Harald Nimptsch
  • Publication number: 20120207615
    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: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2010
    Publication date: August 16, 2012
    Applicant: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Fathi Ahmad, Harald Hoell, Karsten Kolk, Harald Nimptsch, Werner Setz
  • Publication number: 20120128504
    Abstract: A rotor section for a rotor of a gas turbine is provided. The rotor section includes a rotor disk with rotor blades inserted in retaining grooves thereupon, the rotor blades being secured against displacement along the retaining grooves by means of a sealing element which is arranged on the end face. In order to disclose a reliable construction which can be designed in a straightforward and simple manner for the circumferential fixing of the sealing element, each sealing element is secured by means of a blocking element in each case which in this case engages in a hole which is arranged in the rotor blade root on the end face.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2012
    Publication date: May 24, 2012
    Inventors: Guido AHAUS, Axel BUSCHMANN, Sascha DUNGS, Harald HOELL, Karsten KOLK, Mirko MILAZAR, Peter SCHRÖDER, Vyacheslav VEITSMAN
  • Publication number: 20120114459
    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: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2011
    Publication date: May 10, 2012
    Inventors: Francois Benkler, Sascha Dungs, Harald Hoell
  • Publication number: 20120057980
    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 the turbine casing cover.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2011
    Publication date: March 8, 2012
    Inventors: Guido Ahaus, Axel Buschmann, Harald Hoell, Peter Schroeder
  • Publication number: 20120039719
    Abstract: A rotor section for a rotor of a gas turbine, a rotor blade, and a blocking element are provided. The rotor section includes a rotor disk including rotor blades that are inserted thereon in holding grooves and that are secured against sliding along the holding grooves by means of a sealing element arranged at the end face. In order to specify a reliable, simple, and easy-to-design construction for the circumferential fixing of the sealing elements, it is proposed that each sealing element be secured by one blocking element, which engages in a hole arranged at the end face in the rotor blade root.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2010
    Publication date: February 16, 2012
    Inventors: Guido Ahaus, Alex Buschmann, Sascha Dungs, Harald Hoell, Karsten Kolk, Mirko Milazar, Peter Schröder, Vyacheslav Veitsman
  • Patent number: 8105041
    Abstract: An arrangement is presented for axially securing rotating blades in a rotor, having a shaft collar on whose external circumference rotating blade securing grooves which extend in the axial direction of the rotor are provided. At one end side face of the shaft a projection is arranged in the region of the securing grooves, in which projection a circumferential groove which is open radially towards the outside is provided and said projection having securing grooves which are arranged in each rotating bade, sheet-metal-shaped sealing elements which each engage in the circumferential groove and in the securing groove and form an end side sealing ring in the circumferential direction being provided for axially securing the rotating blades, and at least one of the sealing elements comprising a sheet metal strip which is attached to said sealing ring in order to secure the sealing elements against displacement in the circumferential direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2012
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Dieter Brillert, Harald Hoell, Armin Hülfenhaus, Claus Vögelin
  • Publication number: 20110318184
    Abstract: A rotor for an axial flow turbomachine is provided. The rotor includes a plurality of rotor discs that are arranged in stacks and clamped together with at least one tie rod. At least one of the rotor discs of the rotor comprises a smaller outer diameter than one of the neighboring rotor discs and that the difference in diameter is compensated by a drum surrounding the rotor disc with the smaller outer diameter as a ring. The drum may be made of a heat resistant material. The rotor discs surrounded by the drum may be made of a less expensive material. Furthermore, the drum may include at least one more blade ring than the rotor discs that are surrounded by the drum.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2008
    Publication date: December 29, 2011
    Inventors: Douglas J. Arrell, Harald Hoell, David W. Hunt, Karsten Kolk, Harald Nimptsch
  • Patent number: 7819632
    Abstract: The invention relates to a rotor disk for the rotor of a non-positive displacement machine with at least one borehole extending in an axial direction. The aim of the invention is to provide a rotor disk for a non-positive displacement machine that has an increased serviceable life. To this end, the boring extends in an at least partially convex manner whereby having an enlarged diameter in the middle area in order to increase internal compressive stress an to reduce tangential stresses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2010
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Harald Hoell, Reimar Schaal, Werner Setz
  • Publication number: 20100166559
    Abstract: A rotor of a thermal turbomachine, particularly a gas turbine, is provided. The rotor includes a plurality of individual rotor components that are held together by a tie-bold and combined into a unit. The tie-bolt is supported by the assembly of the surrounding rotor components including the tie-bolt and the rotor disks. A hollow shaft which is made up of two tubular sections and a support wheel further support the rotor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2008
    Publication date: July 1, 2010
    Inventors: Guido Ahaus, Francois Benkler, Ulrich Ehehalt, Harald Hoell, Karsten Kolk, Walter Loch, Harald Nimpstch, Oliver Schneider, Peter-Andreas Schneider, Peter Schröder, Vyacheslav Veitsman
  • Publication number: 20100143149
    Abstract: A gas turbine is provided. The gas turbine includes at least one rotor, having rotor blades arranged on the periphery of rotor disks in a plurality of radial planes, and a tie-bolt extending along slots in the rotor disks and holding the rotor disks together as a unit. At least one annular spacer for fixing the position of the tie-bolt in relation to the center line of the rotor disks is also provided. The spacer includes through-openings that are arranged radially in relation to the tie-bolt or to its center line and that extend coaxially.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2008
    Publication date: June 10, 2010
    Inventors: Francois Benkler, Ulrich Ehehalt, Harald Hoell, Walter Loch, Peter-Andreas Schneider
  • Publication number: 20100092293
    Abstract: A rotor of a thermal fluid flow machine, especially a gas turbine, is provided. The rotor includes a plurality of rotor components that are held together by a common tie-bolt that extends through the center of the rotor components. The tie-bolt is fixed in at least one of the rotor components using at least one star spring that surrounds the tie-bolt in a circumferential direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2008
    Publication date: April 15, 2010
    Inventors: Francois Benkler, Ulrich Ehehalt, Harald Hoell, Uwe Kahlstorf, Karsten Kolk, Walter Loch, Peter-Andreas Schneider
  • Patent number: 7585148
    Abstract: The invention relates to a rotor for a non-positive-displacement machine provided with a hollow shaft, which is arranged coaxial to the rotation axis, is supported, on both sides and on the face, on two axially opposed sections of the rotor, and which encloses an inner hollow space. In order to provide a rotor for a non-positive-displacement machine, which has a higher serviceable life and is less susceptible to mechanical defects, the invention provides that the hollow shaft, in the axial direction of the rotor, is formed from a number of adjoining rings, and the rings are outwardly sealed against one another an with regard to the sections of the hollow space. Each ring has an I-shaped cross-section and the web of the I shape extends in the radial direction of the rotor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2009
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Harald Hoell
  • Publication number: 20090116965
    Abstract: An arrangement is presented for axially securing rotating blades in a rotor, having a shaft collar on whose external circumference rotating blade securing grooves which extend in the axial direction of the rotor are provided. At one end side face of the shaft a projection is arranged in the region of the securing grooves, in which projection a circumferential groove which is open radially towards the outside is provided and said projection having securing grooves which are arranged in each rotating bade, sheet-metal-shaped sealing elements which each engage in the circumferential groove and in the securing groove and form an end side sealing ring in the circumferential direction being provided for axially securing the rotating blades, and at least one of the sealing elements comprising a sheet metal strip which is attached to said sealing ring in order to secure the sealing elements against displacement in the circumferential direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2006
    Publication date: May 7, 2009
    Inventors: Dieter Brillert, Harald Hoell, Armin Hulfenhaus, Claus Vogelin