Patents by Inventor Simon Hauswirth

Simon Hauswirth 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: 12078076
    Abstract: A ring segment and a turbomachine including the ring segment are provided. The ring segment installed on an inner circumferential surface of a casing and disposed to face an end of a blade existing inside the casing, the ring segment includes a segment body disposed inside the casing in a radial direction of the casing and having a channel through which cooling air flows, and a pair of segment protrusions protruding outward from the segment body, coupled to the inner circumferential surface of the casing, and spaced apart from each other along a flow direction of fluid flowing through the casing to form an RS cavity through which cooling air flows, wherein the segment body includes a cavity for supplying cooling air introduced from the RS cavity to the channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: DOOSAN ENERBILITY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yun Chang Jang, Simon Hauswirth, Richard Jones
  • Publication number: 20230366327
    Abstract: A ring segment and a turbomachine including the ring segment are provided. The ring segment installed on an inner circumferential surface of a casing and disposed to face an end of a blade existing inside the casing, the ring segment includes a segment body disposed inside the casing in a radial direction of the casing and having a channel through which cooling air flows, and a pair of segment protrusions protruding outward from the segment body, coupled to the inner circumferential surface of the casing, and spaced apart from each other along a flow direction of fluid flowing through the casing to form an RS cavity through which cooling air flows, wherein the segment body includes a cavity for supplying cooling air introduced from the RS cavity to the channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2023
    Publication date: November 16, 2023
    Inventors: Yun Chang JANG, Simon HAUSWIRTH, Richard JONES
  • Patent number: 11725538
    Abstract: A ring segment and a turbomachine including the ring segment are provided. The ring segment installed on an inner circumferential surface of a casing and disposed to face an end of a blade existing inside the casing, the ring segment includes a segment body disposed inside the casing in a radial direction of the casing and having a channel through which cooling air flows, and a pair of segment protrusions protruding outward from the segment body, coupled to the inner circumferential surface of the casing, and spaced apart from each other along a flow direction of fluid flowing through the casing to form an RS cavity through which cooling air flows, wherein the segment body includes a cavity for supplying cooling air introduced from the RS cavity to the channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: DOOSAN ENERBNLITY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yun Chang Jang, Simon Hauswirth, Richard Jones
  • Patent number: 11624286
    Abstract: Impingement insert for an airfoil of a blade/vane of a gas turbine is provided. The impingement insert includes a double-walled section having an outer and an inner walls, that define—an inner channel at an inner surface of the inner wall, an outer channel at an outer surface of the outer wall and a middle channel between the outer and the inner walls. Impingement cooling holes are provided in the outer wall that use the cooling air of the middle channel to eject impingement jets into the outer channel. The impingement insert includes at least one extraction duct that extends between the outer and the inner walls across the middle channel, and has an inlet at the outer channel, and an outlet at the inner channel, for flowing the cooling air, after impingement, from the outer channel into the inner channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: DOOSAN ENERBILITY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Vincent Galoul, Simon Hauswirth, Richard Jones
  • Patent number: 11585228
    Abstract: A turbine vane is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: DOSAN ENERBILITY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Vincent Galoul, Simon Hauswirth, Richard Jones
  • Patent number: 11585226
    Abstract: An impingement insert for an airfoil of a turbomachine component is provided. The insert includes first and second body parts, each having inner and outer surfaces; and first and second contact parts provided on the outer surfaces of the first and the second body parts. The insert includes a flexible mechanical seal part between the body parts. A flow channel for cooling air is defined by the seal part and the inner surfaces of the body parts. One or both of the body parts include impingement holes. The insert has an elastic part connected to the body parts. When the elastic part is subjected to deformation, the elastic part is configured to apply a force, on the first and/or the second body parts, in a direction of increasing a separation between the first contact part and the second contact part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: DOOSAN ENERBILITY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Vincent Galoul, Simon Hauswirth, Richard Jones
  • Patent number: 11542825
    Abstract: The present invention presents a ring assembly 1 disposed radially outwardly of an array of circumferentially arranged blades 38 of a gas turbine engine rotor R. The ring assembly 1 includes ring segments 2 disposed circumferentially one adjacent to another and having a first circumferential end 2a and a second circumferential end 2b circumferentially spaced apart from each other. The first end 2a of a ring segment 2 and the second end 2b of an adjacent ring segment 2 of the plurality of ring segments 2 are arranged facing each other. An integrally formed projecting seal part 92 is formed at the first end 2a. An integrally formed receiving seal part 94 is formed at the second end 2b facing the first end 2a. The receiving seal part 94 receives the projecting seal part 92 to form a mating connection between the ring segment 2 and the adjacent ring segment 2. A gas turbine engine including the ring assembly 1 is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: DOOSAN ENERBNITY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Simon Hauswirth, Wade Beaumont, Vincent Galoul, Richard Jones, Yunchang Jang
  • Patent number: 11480060
    Abstract: The present technique presents a turbomachine component having an airfoil e.g. a vane of a gas turbine. The airfoil wall defines an internal space which includes a first and a second cooling channels having a first and a second impingement inserts, that define a first main and a first peripheral flow channels in the first cooling channel and a second main and a second peripheral flow channels in the second cooling channel, respectively. Impingement jets ejected from the main flow channels via impingement holes of the corresponding impingement inserts are received in the corresponding peripheral flow channels. A channel connecting conduit conducts a flow of the cooling air from the first cooling channel to the second cooling channel. The channel connecting conduit includes an inlet connected to an outlet of the first cooling channel, and an outlet connected to an inlet of the second cooling channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Inventors: Vincent Galoul, Simon Hauswirth, Richard Jones
  • Publication number: 20220268174
    Abstract: A ring segment and a turbomachine including the ring segment are provided. The ring segment installed on an inner circumferential surface of a casing and disposed to face an end of a blade existing inside the casing, the ring segment includes a segment body disposed inside the casing in a radial direction of the casing and having a channel through which cooling air flows, and a pair of segment protrusions protruding outward from the segment body, coupled to the inner circumferential surface of the casing, and spaced apart from each other along a flow direction of fluid flowing through the casing to form an RS cavity through which cooling air flows, wherein the segment body includes a cavity for supplying cooling air introduced from the RS cavity to the channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2022
    Publication date: August 25, 2022
    Inventors: Yun Chang JANG, Simon HAUSWIRTH, Richard JONES
  • Patent number: 11396818
    Abstract: Impingement insert for an airfoil of a blade/vane of a gas turbine is provided. The impingement insert includes a triple-walled section having a central wall, an outer and an inner peripheral walls, that define—a central channel at an inner surface of the central wall, an inner channel between the central wall and the inner peripheral wall, a middle channel between the inner peripheral wall and the outer peripheral wall, and an outer channel at an outer surface of the outer peripheral wall. Impingement cooling holes are provided in the outer peripheral wall that use the cooling air of the middle channel to eject impingement jets into the outer channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2022
    Inventors: Vincent Galoul, Simon Hauswirth, Richard Jones
  • Publication number: 20220213799
    Abstract: The present invention presents a ring assembly 1 disposed radially outwardly of an array of circumferentially arranged blades 38 of a gas turbine engine rotor R. The ring assembly 1 includes ring segments 2 disposed circumferentially one adjacent to another and having a first circumferential end 2a and a second circumferential end 2b circumferentially spaced apart from each other. The first end 2a of a ring segment 2 and the second end 2b of an adjacent ring segment 2 of the plurality of ring segments 2 are arranged facing each other. An integrally formed projecting seal part 92 is formed at the first end 2a. An integrally formed receiving seal part 94 is formed at the second end 2b facing the first end 2a. The receiving seal part 94 receives the projecting seal part 92 to form a mating connection between the ring segment 2 and the adjacent ring segment 2. A gas turbine engine including the ring assembly 1 is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2021
    Publication date: July 7, 2022
    Inventors: Simon HAUSWIRTH, Wade Beaumont, Vincent GALOUL, Richard JONES, Yunchang JANG
  • Publication number: 20220154589
    Abstract: A turbine vane is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2021
    Publication date: May 19, 2022
    Inventors: Vincent GALOUL, Simon HAUSWIRTH, Richard JONES
  • Publication number: 20210277784
    Abstract: The present technique presents a turbomachine component having an airfoil e.g. a vane of a gas turbine. The airfoil wall defines an internal space which includes a first and a second cooling channels having a first and a second impingement inserts, that define a first main and a first peripheral flow channels in the first cooling channel and a second main and a second peripheral flow channels in the second cooling channel, respectively. Impingement jets ejected from the main flow channels via impingement holes of the corresponding impingement inserts are received in the corresponding peripheral flow channels. A channel connecting conduit conducts a flow of the cooling air from the first cooling channel to the second cooling channel. The channel connecting conduit includes an inlet connected to an outlet of the first cooling channel, and an outlet connected to an inlet of the second cooling channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2021
    Publication date: September 9, 2021
    Inventors: Vincent GALOUL, Simon HAUSWIRTH, Richard JONES
  • Publication number: 20210254477
    Abstract: An impingement insert for an airfoil of a turbomachine component is provided. The insert includes first and second body parts, each having inner and outer surfaces; and first and second contact parts provided on the outer surfaces of the first and the second body parts. The insert includes a flexible mechanical seal part between the body parts. A flow channel for cooling air is defined by the seal part and the inner surfaces of the body parts. One or both of the body parts include impingement holes. The insert has an elastic part connected to the body parts. When the elastic part is subjected to deformation, the elastic part is configured to apply a force, on the first and/or the second body parts, in a direction of increasing a separation between the first contact part and the second contact part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2021
    Publication date: August 19, 2021
    Inventors: Vincent GALOUL, Simon HAUSWIRTH, Richard JONES
  • Publication number: 20210246796
    Abstract: Impingement insert for an airfoil of a blade/vane of a gas turbine is provided. The impingement insert includes a double-walled section having an outer and an inner walls, that define—an inner channel at an inner surface of the inner wall, an outer channel at an outer surface of the outer wall and a middle channel between the outer and the inner walls. Impingement cooling holes are provided in the outer wall that use the cooling air of the middle channel to eject impingement jets into the outer channel. The impingement insert includes at least one extraction duct that extends between the outer and the inner walls across the middle channel, and has an inlet at the outer channel, and an outlet at the inner channel, for flowing the cooling air, after impingement, from the outer channel into the inner channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2021
    Publication date: August 12, 2021
    Inventors: Vincent Galoul, Simon Hauswirth, Richard Jones
  • Publication number: 20210246797
    Abstract: Impingement insert for an airfoil of a blade/vane of a gas turbine is provided. The impingement insert includes a triple-walled section having a central wall, an outer and an inner peripheral walls, that define—a central channel at an inner surface of the central wall, an inner channel between the central wall and the inner peripheral wall, a middle channel between the inner peripheral wall and the outer peripheral wall, and an outer channel at an outer surface of the outer peripheral wall. Impingement cooling holes are provided in the outer peripheral wall that use the cooling air of the middle channel to eject impingement jets into the outer channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2021
    Publication date: August 12, 2021
    Inventors: Vincent GALOUL, Simon HAUSWIRTH, Richard JONES