Patents by Inventor Harald Nimptsch

Harald Nimptsch 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: 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
  • Publication number: 20150068216
    Abstract: A turbine rotor with at least one rotor disk is provided. The turbine rotor includes a heating arrangement for heating at least a part of the rotor disk. The heating arrangement has a conductor for conducting electric current. The conductor is positioned such that in presence of the electric current in the conductor, Eddy current is generated in the part of the rotor disk. The electric current is an alternating current. The Eddy currents so generated in the part of the rotor disk result in inductive heating of the part of the rotor disk.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Publication date: March 12, 2015
    Inventors: Sven Exnowski, Stefan Kulig, Harald Nimptsch
  • 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
  • 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: 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: 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: 7766611
    Abstract: The invention relates a method for improving the hot-starting behavior of a turbomachine. By virtue of the setting of a radial gap formed between a brushing edge of a blade profile and a guide face lying opposite this, in which setting a guide ring forming the guide face can be acted upon with a coolant, the hot-starting behavior can be improved, in that the guide ring is cooled before the start of the machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2010
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Tobias Buchal, Gerhard Hülsemann, Mirko Milazar, Dieter Minninger, Michael Neubauer, Harald Nimptsch, Heinrich Pütz, Kang Qian, Arnd Reichert, Volker Vosberg
  • Patent number: 7334408
    Abstract: A combustion chamber according to the invention, in particular for a gas turbine, includes at least one combustion chamber wall through which cooling fluid flows and at least one resonator device. The combustion chamber according to the invention is distinguished in that the resonator device is integrated into the combustion chamber wall in such a way that it has the cooling fluid flow passing there through.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2008
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Sven Bethke, Tobias Buchal, Michael Huth, Harald Nimptsch, Bernd Prade, John Carl Glessner
  • Publication number: 20060245910
    Abstract: The invention relates a method for improving the hot-starting behavior of a turbomachine. By virtue of the setting of a radial gap formed between a brushing edge of a blade profile and a guide face lying opposite this, in which setting a guide ring forming the guide face can be acted upon with a coolant, the hot-starting behavior can be improved, in that the guide ring is cooled before the start of the machine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2006
    Publication date: November 2, 2006
    Inventors: Tobias Buchal, Gerhard Hulsemann, Mirko Milazar, Dierer Minninger, Michael Neubauer, Harald Nimptsch, Heinrich Putz, Kang Qian, Arnd Reichert, Volker Vosberg
  • Publication number: 20060059913
    Abstract: A combustion chamber according to the invention, in particular for a gas turbine, includes at least one combustion chamber wall through which cooling fluid flows and at least one resonator device. The combustion chamber according to the invention is distinguished in that the resonator device is integrated into the combustion chamber wall in such a way that it has the cooling fluid flow passing there through.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2004
    Publication date: March 23, 2006
    Inventors: Sven Bethke, Tobias Buchal, Michael Huth, Harald Nimptsch, Bernd Prade, John Glessner