Patents by Inventor Joachim Frauenhofer

Joachim Frauenhofer 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: 9257877
    Abstract: A superconducting machine is disclosed, in particular for use as a generator in a stand-alone power system. In at least one embodiment, the superconducting machine includes a stator and a rotor capable of rotating with respect to the stator. At least one superconducting coil for generating at least two magnetic poles is provided on at least one component part, in particular the rotor, which superconducting coil is cooled via a cooling device; and at least two parallel winding elements are provided on the respective other component part, in particular the stator, in the armature winding for each phase, which winding elements can be connected either in series or in parallel via at least one switching device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2016
    Assignee: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Joachim Frauenhofer, Jörn Grundmann, Rainer Hartig, Peter Kummeth, Peter Van Hasselt
  • Publication number: 20140247022
    Abstract: A superconducting machine is disclosed, in particular for use as a generator in a stand-alone power system. In at least one embodiment, the superconducting machine includes a stator and a rotor capable of rotating with respect to the stator. At least one superconducting coil for generating at least two magnetic poles is provided on at least one component part, in particular the rotor, which superconducting coil is cooled via a cooling device; and at least two parallel winding elements are provided on the respective other component part, in particular the stator, in the armature winding for each phase, which winding elements can be connected either in series or in parallel via at least one switching device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2012
    Publication date: September 4, 2014
    Applicant: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Joachim Frauenhofer, Jörn Grundmann, Rainer Hartig, Peter Kummeth, Peter Van Hasselt
  • Patent number: 7448929
    Abstract: Disclosed is a ship propulsion system comprising a synchronous machine (6) with an especially superconducting rotor winding that is to be subjected to intense cooling and a normally conducting stator winding (11) which is to be cooled. The stator winding (11) is disposed at least in part inside a support structure (14) encompassing a hollow cylindrical magnetically soft outer body (13) and web-type support teeth (21i) that extend in an axial and radial direction. A hollow cylindrical part (15a) of an exterior housing (15) encloses the outer body (13). In order to cool at least some areas of said housing part (15a), the stator winding (11) is thermally coupled to water as a cooling medium (K) via the support structure (14) and the housing part (15a).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2008
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Norbert Huber, Jürgen Rieger, Wolfgang Schmidt, Bernd Wacker, Joachim Frauenhofer, Wolfgang Rzadki
  • Publication number: 20070117478
    Abstract: Disclosed is a ship propulsion system comprising a synchronous machine (6) with an especially superconducting rotor winding that is to be subjected to intense cooling and a normally conducting stator winding (11) which is to be cooled. The stator winding (11) is disposed at least in part inside a support structure (14) encompassing a hollow cylindrical magnetically soft outer body (13) and web-type support teeth (21i) that extend in an axial and radial direction. A hollow cylindrical part (15a) of an exterior housing (15) encloses the outer body (13). In order to cool at least some areas of said housing part (15a), the stator winding (11) is thermally coupled to water as a cooling medium (K) via the support structure (14) and the housing part (15a).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2004
    Publication date: May 24, 2007
    Applicant: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Joachim Frauenhofer, Norbert Huber, Jurgen Rieger, Wolfgang Rzadki, Wolfgang Schmidt, Bernd Wacker