Patents by Inventor Reinhold Maurus

Reinhold Maurus 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).

  • Method and apparatus for determination of oscillations on a rotating blade disc of a turbine
    Patent number: 7707889
    Abstract: A method for determining oscillations of a rotating blade disc of a turbomachine is provided. The method utilizes the steps including, arranging a substance that emits a light quanta when excited by an external excitation source to emit the light quanta, exciting the light emitting substance by the external excitation source to emit the light quanta, sensing the emitted light quanta by a light sensor, and evaluating a signal from the sensor tot determine the osciallation behavior of the blade disc. A corresponding apparatus is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2010
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Reinhold Maurus, Frank Woditschka
  • Method and apparatus for determination of oscillations on a rotating blade disc of a turbine
    Publication number: 20070158586
    Abstract: Said method and corresponding device operate on a rotor, on which a substance, emitting quanta of light, is arranged at least one point, a radiation source, by means of which radiation my be emitted onto the rotating vane and the substance arranged thereon, a sensor, by means of which the light quanta emitted by the substance may be detected and an analytical circuit, by means of which the signal from the sensor may be analyzed to determine the vibrational behavior of the vane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2005
    Publication date: July 12, 2007
    Applicant: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Reinhold Maurus, Frank Woditschka