Patents by Inventor Martin PANZNER

Martin PANZNER 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).

  • Gas turbine and method for protecting a gas turbine in case of a shaft break
    Patent number: 10557374
    Abstract: A gas turbine includes a main shaft connecting a turbine to a compressor and an additional shaft extending coaxially to the main shaft. The additional shaft has a first shaft section connected to the compressor and a second shaft section connected to the turbine, the shaft sections separated from each other by a gap. At mutually facing ends, the two shaft sections have mutually corresponding structures. The gap been the two shaft sections is dimensioned such that, upon a break of the main shaft, the mutually corresponding structures of the mutually facing ends of the two shaft sections come into interaction and rotate relative to one another as a result of their differing rotational speeds. The mutually corresponding structures are formed such that the two shaft sections are moved away from one other in the event of twisting of the two shaft sections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2020
    Assignee: ROLLS-ROYCE DEUTSCHLAND LTD & CO KG
    Inventors: Martin Panzner, Enrique Sielaff
  • GAS TURBINE AND METHOD FOR PROTECTING A GAS TURBINE IN CASE OF A SHAFT BREAK
    Publication number: 20180016937
    Abstract: A gas turbine includes a main shaft connecting a turbine to a compressor and an additional shaft extending coaxially to the main shaft. The additional shaft has a first shaft section connected to the compressor and a second shaft section connected to the turbine, the shaft sections separated from each other by a gap. At mutually facing ends, the two shaft sections have mutually corresponding structures. The gap between the two shaft sections is dimensioned such that, upon a break of the main shaft, the mutually corresponding structures of the mutually facing ends of the two shaft sections come into interaction and rotate relative to one another as a result of their differing rotational speeds. The mutually corresponding structures are formed such that the two shaft sections are moved away from one other in the event of twisting of the two shaft sections.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2017
    Publication date: January 18, 2018
    Inventors: Martin PANZNER, Enrique SIELAFF