Patents by Inventor Jan Wilkes

Jan Wilkes 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).

  • Patent number: 10088163
    Abstract: A jet burner has a hot-gas side, which faces toward a combustion chamber during operation, and a cold-gas side, which faces away from a combustion chamber, including a base plate on which there are arranged multiple jet nozzles, wherein the base plate has at least one cooling duct, wherein the at least one cooling duct issues into a burner stage which comprises a pilot burner arranged on the base plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2018
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Christian Beck, Simon Bez, Bjorn Buchholz, Thomas Grieb, Matthias Hase, Werner Krebs, Berthold Kostlin, Stefan Reich, Marc Tertilt, Jan Wilkes
  • Publication number: 20170136543
    Abstract: An unpacking device for use in an apparatus for producing a three-dimensional work piece by irradiating layers of a raw material powder with electromagnetic or particle radiation, the unpacking device comprises a holding device which is configured to hold a building chamber arrangement. The building chamber arrangement comprises a building chamber accommodating a carrier, wherein the carrier is configured to receive a three-dimensional work piece produced from a raw material powder by an additive layering process. An engagement unit of the unpacking device is configured to engage with the carrier of the building chamber arrangement. A moving mechanism is configured to cause a relative movement between the building chamber and the engagement unit with the carrier engaged therewith so as to allow a separation of the carrier with a three-dimensional work piece received thereon from the building chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2016
    Publication date: May 18, 2017
    Inventors: André Hermann, Toni Adam Krol, Andreas Wiesner, Jan Wilkes, Bodo Haack, Karsten Huebinger, Peter Koerner, Simon Mueller, Kaj Merten Berggreen, Jonas Mersch
  • Publication number: 20170106445
    Abstract: An apparatus for producing a three-dimensional work piece comprises a carrier to receive a layer of raw material powder, a control unit, an irradiation system adapted to selectively irradiate electromagnetic or particle radiation onto the layer of raw material powder applied onto the carrier, wherein the control unit controls the operation of the irradiation system in such a manner that the raw material powder is heated to a first temperature which allows sintering and/or melting of the raw material powder in order to generate a layer of the three-dimensional work piece, and a heating system adapted to selectively irradiate electromagnetic or particle radiation onto the layer of raw material powder applied onto the carrier, wherein the control unit is adapted to control the operation of the heating system in such a manner that the raw material powder is heated to a second temperature that is lower than the first temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2016
    Publication date: April 20, 2017
    Inventors: Dieter Schwarze, Toni Adam Krol, Jan Wilkes
  • Publication number: 20170087635
    Abstract: An apparatus for producing a three-dimensional work piece, the apparatus comprises a process chamber accommodating a carrier for receiving a raw material powder, an irradiation device for selectively irradiating electromagnetic or particle radiation onto the raw material powder on the carrier in order to produce a work piece made of said raw material powder by an additive layer construction method, a first gas inlet for supplying gas to the process chamber and a gas outlet for discharging gas from the process chamber, wherein the first gas inlet and the gas outlet are configured and arranged in such a manner that a first gas flow across the carrier is generated, a transmission element which allows the transmission of the electromagnetic or particle radiation emitted by the irradiation device into the process chamber, and a second gas inlet for supplying gas to the process chamber, wherein the second gas inlet is configured and arranged in such a manner that a second gas flow in a direction facing away from th
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2016
    Publication date: March 30, 2017
    Inventors: Jan Wilkes, Toni Adam Krol, Dieter Schwarze
  • Patent number: 9556525
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of producing a (shaped) ceramic or glass-ceramic article, involving the steps of: (a) providing a powder or a powder mixture comprising ceramic or glass-ceramic material, (b) depositing a layer of said powder or powder mixture on a surface, (d) heating at least one region of said layer by means of an energy beam or a plurality of energy beams to a maximum temperature such that at least a part of said ceramic or glass-ceramic material in said at least one region is melted and (e) cooling said at least one region of said layer so that at least part of the material melted in step (d) is solidified, such that the layer is joined with said surface in said at least one region. The invention also relates to ceramic or glass-ceramic articles and their use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2017
    Assignees: BEGO BREMER GOLDSCHLAEGEREI WILH, HERBST GMBH & CO. KG, NEDERLANDSE ORGANISATIE VOOR TOEGEPAST NATUURWETENSCHAPPELIJK ONDERZOEK TNO INNALOX BV, FRAUNHOFER-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FOERDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNGE E.V.
    Inventors: Stephan Dierkes, Anne Jans Faber, Jan Wilkes, Mark P. M. Welters, Wilhelm Meiners, Konrad Wissenbach
  • Publication number: 20160018109
    Abstract: A jet burner has a hot-gas side, which faces toward a combustion chamber during operation, and a cold-gas side, which faces away from a combustion chamber, including a base plate on which there are arranged multiple jet nozzles, wherein the base plate has at least one cooling duct, wherein the at least one cooling duct issues into a burner stage which comprises a pilot burner arranged on the base plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2014
    Publication date: January 21, 2016
    Applicant: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Christian Beck, Simon Bez, Bjorn Buchholz, Thomas Grieb, Matthias Hase, Werner Krebs, Berthold Kostlin, Stefan Reich, Marc Tertilt, Jan Wilkes
  • Publication number: 20150027128
    Abstract: A heat-shield element (14), for lining a combustion-chamber wall (13), the chamber wall has a first wall (17) with a hot side (18) which can be loaded with a hot medium, a cold side (19) which lies opposite the hot side (18), and a circumferential edge (24) which extends on a first (20), a second (21) and a third narrow side (22) of the first wall (17) to a first height (25) beyond the cold side (19), the circumferential edge (24) extends on a fourth narrow side (23) to a second shorter height (26), substantially at the second height (26), a second wall (27) lies opposite the cold side (19) and extends over the width of the fourth narrow side (23) from the fourth narrow side (23) and over a part of the length of the narrow sides (20, 22), which adjoin the fourth narrow side; (23), the second wall (27) has an edge (29) at the end (28) thereof which faces away from the fourth narrow side (23), which edge (29) extends to the first height (25). Furthermore, a combustion chamber and a gas turbine are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2013
    Publication date: January 29, 2015
    Applicant: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Francois Benkler, Thomas Brandenburg, Olga Deiss, Thomas Grieb, Marco Link, Nicolas Savilius, Daniel Vogtmann, Jan Wilkes
  • Publication number: 20150007573
    Abstract: An annular combustion chamber (1) for a gas turbine, the chamber having an outer shell (12) which has at least one inlet opening (4) for a burner (3) and an outlet (7) which opens into a turbine chamber (8), wherein ducts (14) which can be closed, which are oriented substantially parallel to the symmetry axis (2) of the annular combustion chamber (1), and through which final compressor air is guided into the annular combustion chamber (1) are provided in the outer shell (12) in the region of the outlet (7). Ring segments around the outer shell have projections selectively movable to at least partially block and open the ducts. A gas turbine is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Publication date: January 8, 2015
    Inventors: Francois Benkler, Thomas Brandenburg, Olga Deiss, Thomas Grieb, Marco Link, Nicolas Savilius, Daniel Vogtmann, Jan Wilkes
  • Publication number: 20120237745
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of producing a (shaped) ceramic or glass-ceramic article, involving the steps of: (a) providing a powder or a powder mixture comprising ceramic or glass-ceramic material, (b) depositing a layer of said powder or powder mixture on a surface, (d) heating at least one region of said layer by means of an energy beam or a plurality of energy beams to a maximum temperature such that at least a part of said ceramic or glass-ceramic material in said at least one region is melted and (e) cooling said at least one region of said layer so that at least part of the material melted in step (d) is solidified, such that the layer is joined with said surface in said at least one region. The invention also relates to ceramic or glass-ceramic articles and their use.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2010
    Publication date: September 20, 2012
    Applicants: Frauhofer-Gesellschaft Zur Forderung Der Angewandten Forschung E.V., Innalox BV, Nederlandse Organisatie Voor Toegepast Natuurwetenschappelijk Onderzoek Tno, Bego Bremer Goldschagerei Wilh Herbst GmbH & Co KG
    Inventors: Stephan Dierkes, Anne Jans Faber, Jan Wilkes, Mark P.M. Welters, Wilhelm Meiners, Konrad Wissenbach