Patents by Inventor Heinrich Prumper

Heinrich Prumper 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).

  • Transmission-driven compressor
    Patent number: 5503523
    Abstract: A transmission-driven compressor for compressing oxygen. It has one or more stages (1-4) mounted on a rotor shaft (8) and accommodated in a housing (15). The shafts are driven by an integrated oil-lubricated transmission and rest in bearings (10) in another housing (5) that accommodates the transmission. The shafts also rest in additional bearings (18) in a stabilizing plate that the compressor housing is secured to and that is separated from the transmission housing (5) by atmosphere.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 1994
    Date of Patent: April 2, 1996
    Assignee: Deutsche Babcock-Borsig Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Heinrich Prumper
  • Geared turbocompressor
    Patent number: 5154571
    Abstract: A multistage turbocompressor with a two-stage transmission with a double intermediate cogwheel (5) consisting of two cogwheels (51 and 52). The first cogwheel has a larger module than the second cogwheel and engages only a central cogwheel (2) that drives the pinion shafts (3 & 4) in the first stage. The second cogwheel engages only the pinion shafts (6, 7, & 8) in the second stage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 1991
    Date of Patent: October 13, 1992
    Assignee: Deutsche Babcock-Borsig Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Heinrich Prumper