Patents by Inventor Markus Denk

Markus Denk 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).

  • Airfoils with vibration damping system
    Patent number: 8376710
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to adjacently mounted circumferentially distributed turbo machine airfoils with a vibration damping system. Each adjacent pair of airfoils includes a fixing and receiving portion, extending between the paired adjacent airfoils, each with a face that are proximal (e.g., in contact with) each other. Vibration can be suppressed by the fixing and receiving portions each having a received magnet fixingly installed therein and a non-magnetic conducting plate therebetween. Each magnet has a pole that faces the pole of the other magnet in between which the non-magnetic conducting plate is located and in which eddy currents can be induced by the relative movement of the magnets due to vibration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2013
    Assignee: Alstom Technology Ltd.
    Inventors: Christoph Gerber, Markus Denk, Pierre-Alain Masserey, Jacob Laborenz, Christian Siewert
  • AIRFOILS WITH VIBRATION DAMPING SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20100290893
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to adjacently mounted circumferentially distributed turbo machine airfoils with a vibration damping system. Each adjacent pair of airfoils includes a fixing and receiving portion, extending between the paired adjacent airfoils, each with a face that are proximal (e.g., in contact with) each other. Vibration can be suppressed by the fixing and receiving portions each having a received magnet fixingly installed therein and a non-magnetic conducting plate therebetween. Each magnet has a pole that faces the pole of the other magnet in between which the non-magnetic conducting plate is located and in which eddy currents can be induced by the relative movement of the magnets due to vibration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2010
    Publication date: November 18, 2010
    Applicant: ALSTOM TECHNOLOGY LTD
    Inventors: Christoph Gerber, Markus Denk, Pierre-Alain Masserey, Jacob Laborenz, Christian Siewert