Patents by Inventor Stefan Baumeister

Stefan Baumeister 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: 10931173
    Abstract: A combined cooling and abrasion particles removal system and method for providing cooling and removing abrasion particles in a contact region between a brush and a slip ring of an electromechanical machine, the system comprising a passage for accommodating the brush and having a front opening adapted to face the slip ring, at least one supply tube with an outlet for blowing a gaseous medium at least partially into a direction towards a free space adjacent to the front opening, and at least one suction tube with an inlet opening for sucking off the gaseous medium and the abrasion particles from the free space. In order to pick up abrasion particles and provide sufficient cooling, the free space merges with a vortex chamber for generating a vortex of the gaseous medium carrying the abrasion particles in operation of the system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Assignee: GE Renewable Technologies
    Inventors: Stefan Baumeister, Sebastien Bruna, Jerome Hamburger, Thierry Auzolle
  • Patent number: 10305353
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a rotor for a rotating machine and more in particular, to a component of the rotor. The present invention generally relates to an improved cooling configuration of a rotating machine. Unlike generally known arrangements, the solution proposed herein does not guide coolant fluid to parts which require cooling. Instead, the heat generated from the losses in the rotor pole is transferred to parts having favourable characteristics for establishing heat exchange.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Assignee: GE RENEWABLE TECHNOLOGIES
    Inventors: Stefan Baumeister, Simon Andreas Frutiger
  • Publication number: 20180083511
    Abstract: A combined cooling and abrasion particles removal system and method for providing cooling and removing abrasion particles in a contact region between a brush and a slip ring of an electromechanical machine, the system comprising a passage for accommodating the brush and having a front opening adapted to face the slip ring, at least one supply tube with an outlet for blowing a gaseous medium at least partially into a direction towards a free space adjacent to the front opening, and at least one suction tube with an inlet opening for sucking off the gaseous medium and the abrasion particles from the free space. In order to pick up abrasion particles and provide sufficient cooling, the free space merges with a vortex chamber for generating a vortex of the gaseous medium carrying the abrasion particles in operation of the system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2017
    Publication date: March 22, 2018
    Inventors: Stefan BAUMEISTER, Sebastien BRUNA, JErome HAMBURGER, Thierry AUZOLLE
  • Patent number: 9621007
    Abstract: An electric machine with a closed circuit air cooling provides using only passive elements to realize an efficient and compact heat transfer from inside the electric machine to an ambient heat sink.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2017
    Assignee: ALSTOM Renewable Technologies
    Inventors: Stefan Baumeister, Erwan Boivent, Mostafa Sadeghi
  • Patent number: 9473000
    Abstract: The rotor for an electric machine comprises a shaft, a spider on the shaft, a laminated drum on the spider. The spider has a plurality of apart elements defining ducts between each other. The laminated drum has a plurality of cooling channels connected to the ducts. The rotor also has throttle elements associated to at least one duct and/or cooling channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2016
    Assignee: ALSTOM Renewable Technologies
    Inventors: Alexander Schwery, Stefan Baumeister
  • Publication number: 20150155751
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a rotor for a rotating machine and more in particular, to a component of the rotor. The present invention generally relates to an improved cooling configuration of a rotating machine. Unlike generally known arrangements, the solution proposed herein does not guide coolant fluid to parts which require cooling. Instead, the heat generated from the losses in the rotor pole is transferred to parts having favourable characteristics for establishing heat exchange.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2014
    Publication date: June 4, 2015
    Inventors: Stefan BAUMEISTER, Simon Andreas Frutiger
  • Publication number: 20150077933
    Abstract: An electric machine with a closed circuit air cooling provides using only passive elements to realize an efficient and compact heat transfer from inside the electric machine to an ambient heat sink.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2014
    Publication date: March 19, 2015
    Inventors: Stefan BAUMEISTER, Erwan BOIVENT, Mostafa SADEGHI
  • Patent number: 8878403
    Abstract: An air-cooled motor-generator (10) includes a rotor (34) with a rotor shaft (11), which is arranged rotatably about a machine axis (15) and on which a rotor winding (16) is arranged, and a stator (35) with a stator laminate stack (18) and a stator winding (17) arranged therein, which concentrically surrounds the rotor winding (16) A closed cooling circuit operating with cooling air (24) is provided, with the cooling air in the cooling circuit flowing through the rotor winding (16) and the stator winding (17) radially from the inside outwards, the cooling air being cooled in coolers (19) arranged outside the stator (35) and being fed back to the rotor (34). Cooling which can be changed before or during operation is achieved in a simple manner by virtue of the fact that adjustable throttle devices are provided for adjusting the volume flow of the cooling air in the cooling circuit at the coolers (19).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2014
    Assignee: Alstom Renewable Technologies
    Inventors: Alexander Schwery, Stefan Baumeister, Benjamin Jordan, Simon Andreas Frutiger
  • Patent number: 8872406
    Abstract: A slip-ring arrangement of a rotating electrical machine includes a plurality of slip-rings disposed concentrically about an axis of the electrical machine one behind the other in an axial direction, the plurality of slip-rings configured to be self-supporting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2014
    Assignee: Alstom Renewable Technologies
    Inventors: Alexander Schwery, Naoki Ricardo Okai, Stefan Baumeister
  • Publication number: 20130328422
    Abstract: The rotor for an electric machine comprises a shaft, a spider on the shaft, a laminated drum on the spider. The spider has a plurality of apart elements defining ducts between each other. The laminated drum has a plurality of cooling channels connected to the ducts. The rotor also has throttle elements associated to at least one duct and/or cooling channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2013
    Publication date: December 12, 2013
    Inventors: Alexander Schwery, Stefan Baumeister
  • Publication number: 20120200194
    Abstract: A slip-ring arrangement of a rotating electrical machine includes a plurality of slip-rings disposed concentrically about an axis of the electrical machine one behind the other in an axial direction, the plurality of slip-rings configured to be self-supporting.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2012
    Publication date: August 9, 2012
    Applicant: ALSTOM HYDRO FRANCE
    Inventors: Alexander Schwery, Naoki Ricardo Okai, Stefan Baumeister
  • Publication number: 20120068561
    Abstract: An air-cooled motor-generator (10) includes a rotor (34) with a rotor shaft (11), which is arranged rotatably about a machine axis (15) and on which a rotor winding (16) is arranged, and a stator (35) with a stator laminate stack (18) and a stator winding (17) arranged therein, which concentrically surrounds the rotor winding (16) A closed cooling circuit operating with cooling air (24) is provided, with the cooling air in the cooling circuit flowing through the rotor winding (16) and the stator winding (17) radially from the inside outwards, the cooling air being cooled in coolers (19) arranged outside the stator (35) and being fed back to the rotor (34). Cooling which can be changed before or during operation is achieved in a simple manner by virtue of the fact that adjustable throttle devices are provided for adjusting the volume flow of the cooling air in the cooling circuit at the coolers (19).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2011
    Publication date: March 22, 2012
    Inventors: Alexander Schwery, Stefan Baumeister, Benjamin Jordan, Simon Andreas Frutiger