Patents by Inventor Oliver Memminger

Oliver Memminger 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: 10439350
    Abstract: A contact-making rotary transmission includes a brush forming an electrically conductive sliding contact element and a contact path of electrically conductive material for contact with the brush. The brush is guided and/or held by an arrangement which includes a plurality of carrier segments arranged axially behind one another. Each carrier segment has attached thereto a brush receptacle such as to define a first gap between the carrier segment and the brush receptacle. The brush receptacle includes a stationary receiving shaft which is formed by walls and configured to receive the brush, and a guide element which is provided on a wall of the receiving shaft so as to define a second gap between the brush and the wall. At least one of the walls includes an opening in communication with the first and second gaps to allow a flow of cooling air for cooling the brush.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Josef Maier, Herbert Binder, Robert Gruber, Martin Krompass, Oliver Memminger, Klaus Schifferer
  • Patent number: 10389074
    Abstract: A slip ring unit for an electrically excited rotor of a rotary dynamo-electric machine includes an electrical terminal which protrudes axially from an end face of the slip ring unit and having a contact point and a circumferential slip contact surface electrically connected to the electrical terminal. Disposed adjacent to the slip contact surface is an insulation element, with end plates axially retaining the circumferential slip contact surface and the insulation element. An electrically insulated support element is arranged on an end face of the slip ring unit and has a cross section which substantially matches a cross section of the slip ring unit. The support element axially surrounds the electrical terminal and radially supports the electrical terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Herbert Binder, Oliver Memminger
  • Publication number: 20180372271
    Abstract: A lubricant collecting device including a lubricant guide and a lubricant container, where the lubricant guide has an outer surface for guiding a first medium and an inner surface for guiding a second medium, and also includes a gap that forms an inlet for the first medium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2015
    Publication date: December 27, 2018
    Inventors: Georg BRUNNER, Oliver MEMMINGER, Klaus SCHIFFERER
  • Publication number: 20180269739
    Abstract: An electrical machine includes a first active part and a second active part. Both the first active part and the second active part have a plurality of laminated sub-cores, with each laminated sub-core having a plurality of individual laminations. Each lamination is defined by an axial width. The laminated sub-cores are mutually spaced in an axial direction such that a respective radial cooling slot is formed between two adjacent laminated sub-cores. The radial cooling slots in the first active part are offset in the axial direction in relation to one another in comparison to the radial cooling slots in the second active part, and the sum of the axial widths of all individual laminations in the first active part corresponds to the sum of the axial widths of all individual laminations in the second active part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2016
    Publication date: September 20, 2018
    Applicant: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Frank Brasas, ROBERT GRUBER, MARTIN KROMPASS, OLIVER MEMMINGER, KLAUS SCHIFFERER, TOBIAS SPERL, ROLAND ZEICHFÜSSL
  • Publication number: 20180131149
    Abstract: A slip ring unit for an electrically excited rotor of a rotary dynamo-electric machine includes an electrical terminal which protrudes axially from an end face of the slip ring unit and having a contact point and a circumferential slip contact surface electrically connected to the electrical terminal. Disposed adjacent to the slip contact surface is an insulation element, with end plates axially retaining the circumferential slip contact surface and the insulation element. An electrically insulated support element is arranged on an end face of the slip ring unit and has a cross section which substantially matches a cross section of the slip ring unit. The support element axially surrounds the electrical terminal and radially supports the electrical terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2016
    Publication date: May 10, 2018
    Applicant: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: HERBERT BINDER, OLIVER MEMMINGER
  • Patent number: 9476404
    Abstract: In a method an inner segment is first pre-assembled on each of a number of outer segments by at least one fixing element, so as to produce a plurality of segment modules having each a predetermined air gap between the inner segment and the outer segment. The inner segments and the outer segments are assigned to the rotor or stator of the electrical machine. The inner segments of the plurality of segment modules are fastened to an inner assembly device (for example a hub). The outer segments of the plurality of segment modules are fastened to an outer assembly device (for example a supporting structure). Finally, the fixing elements between the inner segments and the outer segments are removed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Kornel Feher, Ulrich Hartmann, Martin Junge, Andreas Jöckel, Martin Kristl, Wilfried Luchs, Oliver Memminger, Joachim Mucha, Axel Möhle
  • Patent number: 9225224
    Abstract: A dynamoelectric machine includes a stator having a laminated core and a winding system, which forms winding heads on end faces of the stator, and a rotor having a laminated core and connected to a shaft in a rotationally fixed manner. The stator and the rotor are arranged in a housing, and the shaft is supported by bearings arranged in bearing shields. The laminated core of the stator and/or rotor has axially extending cooling channels. The bearing shields form with the housing a closed interior having at least one closed inner cooling circuit. The housing has an outer jacket and an inner jacket facing the stator and arranged at a distance from the outer jacket in some sections. The outer jacket and the inner jacket combined form a cooling jacket defined by an axial extension which equals at least the axial extension of the laminated core of the stator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2015
    Assignee: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Oliver Memminger, Friedrich Schöberl
  • Patent number: 8686607
    Abstract: The rotor of an electrical motor should be designed simply and able to be efficiently cooled. To this end, the invention relates to an electrical motor having a rotor that has at least one radial cooling slot (16) and axially running cooling channels. The first cooling channels (18) run having their central axis at a different radial height opposite the axis of the rotor (11) than the second cooling channels (19). A spacer (29) is arranged in the at least one radial cooling slot (16) by means of which a first cooling stream (28) can be conducted from one of the first cooling channels (18) into one of the second cooling channels (19). A second partial package (T2) in the flow direction can also be supplied with cool air in this way if it flows through the first partial package (T1) in a cool region, such as near the shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2014
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Gunther Elender, Oliver Memminger, Norbert Schönbauer, Karl Senninger
  • Patent number: 8648505
    Abstract: An electrical machine with a stator has a winding support, which has at least one radial cooling slot, and a rotor, which likewise has at least one radial cooling slot. The winding support of the stator has on its outer shell a number of axially running cooling ribs, along which an axially running first cooling flow can be directed. Furthermore, the rotor has axially running first cooling ducts, which open out into its at least one radial cooling slot, so that a second cooling flow can be directed in the axial direction along the axial cooling ribs of the stator through the axial first cooling ducts of the rotor, the at least one radial cooling slot of the rotor, the air gap between the rotor and the stator and the at least one radial cooling slot. In this way, the stator can be cooled by two different cooling flows.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2014
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Oliver Memminger, Friedrich Schöberl, Norbert Schönbauer, Johann Stegner, Robert Danner, Jürgen Draber, Daniel Friedl, Anatoli Vogel
  • Publication number: 20140028138
    Abstract: In a method an inner segment is first pre-assembled on each of a number of outer segments by at least one fixing element, so as to produce a plurality of segment modules having each a predetermined air gap between the inner segment and the outer segment. The inner segments and the outer segments are assigned to the rotor or stator of the electrical machine. The inner segments of the plurality of segment modules are fastened to an inner assembly device (for example a hub). The outer segments of the plurality of segment modules are fastened to an outer assembly device (for example a supporting structure). Finally, the fixing elements between the inner segments and the outer segments are removed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2012
    Publication date: January 30, 2014
    Applicant: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Kornel Feher, Ulrich Hartmann, Martin Junge, Andreas Jöckel, Martin Kristl, Wilfried Luchs, Oliver Memminger, Joachim Mucha, Axel Möhle
  • Patent number: 8624455
    Abstract: A bearing change in an electrical motor and in particular a generator having permanent magnetic excitation should be able to be carried out safely. To this end, the invention relates to an electrical motor having a shaft (2) on which a rotor is mounted and a bearing unit (5) by means of which the shaft (2) is rotatably mounted. In addition, the electrical motor has a rotor support shield (1) to which the bearing unit (5) is fastened. Furthermore, the rotor support shield (1) is sized so as to be capable of supporting the shaft (2) when the bearing unit (5) is removed and seals a grease chamber (8) of the bearing unit (5) opposite the shaft (2). With the rotor support shield, a permanent magnet-equipped rotor can in particular be prevented from coming into contact with the stator when the bearing is removed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2014
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Daniel Friedl, Oliver Memminger
  • Publication number: 20130076168
    Abstract: A dynamoelectric machine includes a stator having a laminated core and a winding system, which forms winding heads on end faces of the stator, and a rotor having a laminated core and connected to a shaft in a rotationally fixed manner. The stator and the rotor are arranged in a housing, and the shaft is supported by bearings arranged in bearing shields. The laminated core of the stator and/or rotor has axially extending cooling channels. The bearing shields form with the housing a closed interior having at least one closed inner cooling circuit. The housing has an outer jacket and an inner jacket facing the stator and arranged at a distance from the outer jacket in some sections. The outer jacket and the inner jacket combined form a cooling jacket defined by an axial extension which equals at least the axial extension of the laminated core of the stator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2011
    Publication date: March 28, 2013
    Applicant: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Oliver Memminger, Friedrich Schöberl
  • Publication number: 20120187793
    Abstract: The invention relates to a rotor (1) of a rotating dynamoelectric machine, comprising permanent magnets (3) which are arranged on the circumference of the rotor base (4), said permanent magnets (3) being positioned and secured by at least one collar (2) which is closed in circumferential direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2010
    Publication date: July 26, 2012
    Applicant: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Ulrich Hartmann, Oliver Memminger, Joachim Mucha, Matthias Tutsch
  • Publication number: 20110278969
    Abstract: An electrical machine with a stator has a winding support, which has at least one radial cooling slot, and a rotor, which likewise has at least one radial cooling slot. The winding support of the stator has on its outer shell a number of axially running cooling ribs, along which an axially running first cooling flow can be directed. Furthermore, the rotor has axially running first cooling ducts, which open out into its at least one radial cooling slot, so that a second cooling flow can be directed in the axial direction along the axial cooling ribs of the stator through the axial first cooling ducts of the rotor, the at least one radial cooling slot of the rotor, the air gap between the rotor and the stator and the at least one radial cooling slot. In this way, the stator can be cooled by two different cooling flows.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2009
    Publication date: November 17, 2011
    Applicant: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Oliver Memminger, Friedrich Schöberl, Norbert Schönbauer, Johann Stegner, Robert Danner, Jürgen Draber, Daniel Friedl, Anatoli Vogel
  • Publication number: 20110254391
    Abstract: The rotor of an electrical motor should be designed simply and able to be efficiently cooled. To this end, the invention relates to an electrical motor having a rotor that has at least one radial cooling slot (16) and axially running cooling channels. The first cooling channels (18) run having their central axis at a different radial height opposite the axis of the rotor (11) than the second cooling channels (19). A spacer (29) is arranged in the at least one radial cooling slot (16) by means of which a first cooling stream (28) can be conducted from one of the first cooling channels (18) into one of the second cooling channels (19). A second partial package (T2) in the flow direction can also be supplied with cool air in this way if it flows through the first partial package (T1) in a cool region, such as near the shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2009
    Publication date: October 20, 2011
    Applicant: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Gunther Elender, Oliver Memminger, Norbert Schonbauer, Karl Senninger
  • Publication number: 20110254395
    Abstract: A bearing change in an electrical motor and in particular a generator having permanent magnetic excitation should be able to be carried out safely. To this end, the invention relates to an electrical motor having a shaft (2) on which a rotor is mounted and a bearing unit (5) by means of which the shaft (2) is rotatably mounted. In addition, the electrical motor has a rotor support shield (1) to which the bearing unit (5) is fastened. Furthermore, the rotor support shield (1) is sized so as to be capable of supporting the shaft (2) when the bearing unit (5) is removed and seals a grease chamber (8) of the bearing unit (5) opposite the shaft (2). With the rotor support shield, a permanent magnet-equipped rotor can in particular be prevented from coming into contact with the stator when the bearing is removed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2009
    Publication date: October 20, 2011
    Applicant: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Daniel Friedl, Oliver Memminger