Patents by Inventor Sabrina SCHMIDTKE

Sabrina SCHMIDTKE 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: 10495107
    Abstract: A guide vane assembly with at least one guide vane row and a housing for the at least one guide vane row that extends along a circumferential direction about a central axis, wherein the at least one guide vane row includes multiple guide vanes that are respectively mounted at the housing in an adjustable manner by means of an adjusting appliance of the guide vane assembly. The adjusting appliance includes at least one adjusting element for adjusting the guide vanes that is arranged at a radial distance to an outer side of the housing with respect to the central axis, and a compensation device is provided, by means of which a radial distance of the adjusting element to the outer side of the housing is predetermined, and the different thermal expansions of the adjusting element and of the housing are at least partially compensated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Assignee: ROLLS-ROYCE DEUTSCHLAND LTD & CO KG
    Inventor: Sabrina Schmidtke
  • Publication number: 20180142705
    Abstract: A guide vane assembly with at least one guide vane row and a housing for the at least one guide vane row that extends along a circumferential direction about a central axis, wherein the at least one guide vane row includes multiple guide vanes that are respectively mounted at the housing in an adjustable manner by means of an adjusting appliance of the guide vane assembly. The adjusting appliance includes at least one adjusting element for adjusting the guide vanes that is arranged at a radial distance to an outer side of the housing with respect to the central axis, and a compensation device is provided, by means of which a radial distance of the adjusting element to the outer side of the housing is predetermined, and the different thermal expansions of the adjusting element and of the housing are at least partially compensated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2017
    Publication date: May 24, 2018
    Inventor: Sabrina SCHMIDTKE