Patents by Inventor Stefan WEIHARD

Stefan WEIHARD 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: 11041408
    Abstract: A turbocharger, with a turbine for expanding a first medium, a compressor for compressing a second medium utilising energy extracted in the turbine during expansion of the first medium. A turbine housing and a compressor housing are connected to a bearing housing. A casing radially and axially surrounds the turbine housing, the compressor housing, and/or the bearing housing at least in sections, which is connected to the respective housing via multiple fastening devices. At least some of the fastening devices extend through a wall of the casing into the housing include metallic damping elements made of wire on opposite sides of the wall of the casing through which the same extend.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2021
    Assignee: MAN Energy Solutions SE
    Inventors: Steffen Braun, Daniel Albrecht, Harald Denkel, Stefan Weihard, Bernd Haas, Johannes Niebuhr, Urban Spatz
  • Patent number: 10914197
    Abstract: A casing of a turbocharger, which surrounds a housing to be encased such as a turbine housing and/or a compressor housing and/or a bearing housing of the turbocharger at least in sections, with axial casing segments, which axially adjoin the housing to be encased, with at least one radial casing segment, which radially adjoins the housing to be encased radially outside, and at least one stiffening element is formed or acts on at least one casing segment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2021
    Assignee: MAN Energy Solutions SE
    Inventors: Steffen Braun, Daniel Albrecht, Harald Denkel, Stefan Weihard, Bernd Haas, Johannes Niebuhr, Urban Spatz
  • Publication number: 20200355093
    Abstract: A casing which surrounds a housing of the turbocharger has a first casing body, which emanating from a first side of the housing can be pushed onto the housing in an axial direction. The first casing body has an axial casing segment adjoining the housing adjoining the first side axially outside, and multiple casing segments adjoining the housing radially outside. A second casing body can be pushed onto the housing in the axial direction has an axial casing segment adjoining the housing adjoining a second side axially outside, and a radial casing segment, which adjoins the housing radially outside, covers the first casing body radially outside in sections and is connected to the first casing body. Multiple supports each has first sections, via which the respective support can be mounted to the housing. Each support has second sections), via which the first casing body is mounted to the respective support.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2020
    Publication date: November 12, 2020
    Inventors: Steffen BRAUN, Daniel ALBRECHT, Harald DENKEL, Stefan WEIHARD, Bernd HAAS, Johannes NIEBUHR, Urban SPATZ
  • Publication number: 20200300115
    Abstract: A turbocharger includes a turbine and a compressor, each of which includes a rotor and a stator. At least one of the respective rotors and/or stators includes at least one interior flow passage at least partly or completely surrounded by a wall that provides cooling. The respective rotor and/or stator having the at least one flow passage is at least partly produced by additive manufacturing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2020
    Publication date: September 24, 2020
    Inventors: Lutz Aurahs, Stefan Weihard, Christoph Leitenmeier, Claudius Wurm, Stefan Rost
  • Publication number: 20200300161
    Abstract: A turbocharger having a housing and a stator. The housing and/or the stator has an inner and an outer housing component. An inner section of the housing component lies directly against and covers a lateral section of the housing component. The lateral section and the inner section are formed such that they form a positive-locking connection, which fixes the inner housing component and the outer housing component against positional change along a longitudinal axis of the turbocharger and/or against a rotation about this longitudinal axis. The inner housing component and/or the outer housing component is at least partly produced by additive manufacturing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2020
    Publication date: September 24, 2020
    Inventors: Stefan ROST, Sebastian SPENGLER, Boris THASER, Santiago UHLENBROCK, Stefan WEIHARD, Claudius WURM
  • Patent number: 10738647
    Abstract: A burst protection device for a gas radial turbo engine configured annularly around a central axis in the circumferential direction and like a box in a cross sectional direction, to grip a turbine housing in the area of the turbine wheel. The burst protection device includes at least one axial wall section extending in an axial direction and at least one radial wall section extending in the radial direction are indirectly interconnected via an intermediate wall section lying in between. A partial area of the intermediate wall section in the axial direction runs inclined and/or curved relative to the orientation of the axial wall section and radial wall section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignee: MAN Energy Solutions SE
    Inventors: Steffen Braun, Daniel Albrecht, Harald Denkel, Stefan Weihard, Bernd Haas, Johannes Niebuhr, Urban Spatz
  • Publication number: 20200248615
    Abstract: A turbocharger includes a turbine for expanding a first medium and a compressor for compressing a second medium utilizing energy extracted in the turbine during the expansion of the first medium. A turbine housing of the turbine and a compressor housing of the compressor each are connected to a bearing housing arranged therebetween. A casing: surrounds the turbine housing radially outside and axially outside at least in certain sections, and/or surrounds the compressor housing radially outside and axially outside at least in certain sections. The respective casing is positioned loosely around the turbine housing without direct connection to the turbine housing or loosely around the compressor housing without direct connection to the compressor housing. The respective casing is connected to an assembly which, during the operation of the turbocharger, has a temperature level corresponding to the respective casing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2020
    Publication date: August 6, 2020
    Inventors: Steffen BRAUN, Urban SPATZ, Daniel ALBRECHT, Harald DENKEL, Stefan WEIHARD, Bernd HAAS, Johannes NIEBUHR
  • Publication number: 20200191162
    Abstract: An auxetic material or auxetic structures in an exhaust gas turbocharger having a shaft and at least one compressor wheel arranged on the shaft, a turbine wheel and a housing in which the shaft, the compressor wheel, and the turbine wheel are arranged. At least one part of the housing includes an auxetic material with a negative Poisson's ratio.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2019
    Publication date: June 18, 2020
    Inventors: Stefan WEIHARD, Sebastian SPENGLER, Boris THASER, Lutz AURAHS
  • Patent number: 10677097
    Abstract: A turbocharger, includes a turbine for expanding a first medium, the turbine has a turbine housing and a turbine rotor, a compressor for compressing a second medium, having a compressor housing and a compressor rotor that is coupled to the turbine rotor via a shaft. The turbine housing and the compressor housing are each connected to a bearing housing arranged between them, in which the shaft is mounted. In a connecting region between an inflow housing of the turbine housing and the bearing housing a sealing cover is arranged. On a radially inner section of the sealing cover a projection extending in the axial direction is formed, which engages into a groove introduced into the bearing housing forming a radially inner fit and a radially outer fit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: MAN Energy Solutions SE
    Inventors: Bernd Haas, Stefan Rost, Stefan Weihard
  • Publication number: 20200173361
    Abstract: A turbocharger, includes a turbine for expanding a first medium, a compressor for compressing a second medium utilising energy extracted in the turbine during the expansion of the first medium. The turbine housing and a compressor housing are each connected to a bearing housing arranged between the same. The turbine housing, and/or the compressor housing and/or the bearing housing form/s a stator-side assembly and/or receive/s a stator-side assembly, which serves for the lubrication, and/or heat conduction, and/or sealing. The respective stator-side assembly which serves for the lubrication, and/or heat conduction, and/or sealing, is produced by a generative manufacturing method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2019
    Publication date: June 4, 2020
    Inventors: Sven BRANDT, Stefan STÖHR, Lutz AURAHS, Stefan ROST, Stefan WEIHARD, Santiago UHLENBROCK, Sebastian SPENGLER
  • Publication number: 20200141320
    Abstract: A compensation device for two interconnected components arranged for the axial and radial compensation of thermally induced expansions of the two components between the two components and includes a central connecting portion for mechanically connecting to the first component and a plurality of connecting portions for connecting to the second component, which are connected to the central connecting portion in one piece. The connecting portions are at least partly formed offset relative to the connecting portion in an axial direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2019
    Publication date: May 7, 2020
    Inventors: Steffen BRAUN, Daniel Albrecht, Harald Denkel, Stefan Weihard, Bernd Haas, Johannes Niebuhr, Urban Spatz
  • Publication number: 20190383162
    Abstract: A burst protection device for a gas turbomachine formed of at least one pipe section of a pipe in the form of a bend segment of the pipe section for assembly about a turbine wheel housing and/or compressor housing of the gas turbomachine. The bend segment of the pipe section seen in the circumferential direction of the pipe has an interruption for the gas or air outlet of the turbine wheel housing or compressor housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2019
    Publication date: December 19, 2019
    Inventors: Stefan WEIHARD, Steffen BRAUN, Harald DENKEL, Bernd HAAS, Johannes NIEBUHR, Urban SPATZ, Daniel ALBRECHT
  • Publication number: 20190376413
    Abstract: A burst protection device for a turbo machine having a rotor housing, which includes an axle and a rotor that is rotatably mounted about the axle in the rotor housing. The burst protection device surrounds the rotor housing at least in the region of the rotor in a circumferential direction of the rotor and is formed in one part of at least one burst protection element. The at least one burst protection element is a material having an elongation at break of at least 30%.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2019
    Publication date: December 12, 2019
    Inventors: Urban SPATZ, Steffen BRAUN, Daniel ALBRECHT, Harald DENKEL, Stefan WEIHARD, Bernd HAAS, Johannes NIEBUHR
  • Publication number: 20190331128
    Abstract: A turbocharger, with a turbine and a compressor. A turbine housing of the turbine and a compressor housing of the compressor are connected to a bearing housing arranged between the same. A casing surrounds the turbine housing and/or the compressor housing and/or the bearing housing radially outside and axially outside at least in sections, which are connected to the respective housing to be encased via multiple fastening devices. At least one fastening device forms a fixed bearing-like connection and at least one fastening device a loose bearing-like connection of the casing on the respective housing to be encased.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2019
    Publication date: October 31, 2019
    Inventors: Steffen Braun, Daniel Albrecht, Harald Denkel, Stefan Weihard, Bernd Haas, Johannes Niebuhr, Urban Spatz
  • Publication number: 20190301304
    Abstract: A turbocharger, with a turbine for expanding a first medium, a compressor for compressing a second medium utilising energy extracted in the turbine during expansion of the first medium. A turbine housing and a compressor housing are connected to a bearing housing. A casing radially and axially surrounds the turbine housing, the compressor housing, and/or the bearing housing at least in sections, which is connected to the respective housing via multiple fastening devices. At least some of the fastening devices extend through a wall of the casing into the housing include metallic damping elements made of wire on opposite sides of the wall of the casing through which the same extend.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2019
    Publication date: October 3, 2019
    Inventors: Steffen Braun, Daniel Albrecht, Harald Denkel, Stefan Weihard, Bernd Haas, Johannes Niebuhr, Urban Spatz
  • Publication number: 20190284956
    Abstract: A casing of a turbocharger, surrounding a turbine, compressor, and/or a bearing housing of the turbocharger at least in sections, with axial casing segments that adjoin the housing axially outside, and with radial casing segments that adjoin the housing to be encased radially outside. An additional casing segment encloses or completes the axial casing segments and/or the radial casing segments in the region of an inlet flange or outlet flange of the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2019
    Publication date: September 19, 2019
    Inventors: Harald DENKEL, Steffen BRAUN, Daniel ALBRECHT, Stefan WEIHARD, Bernd HAAS, Johannes NIEBUHR, Urban SPATZ
  • Publication number: 20190242272
    Abstract: A casing of a turbocharger, which surrounds a housing to be encased such as a turbine housing and/or a compressor housing and/or a bearing housing of the turbocharger at least in sections, with axial casing segments, which axially adjoin the housing to be encased, with at least one radial casing segment, which radially adjoins the housing to be encased radially outside, and at least one stiffening element is formed or acts on at least one casing segment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2019
    Publication date: August 8, 2019
    Inventors: Steffen Braun, Daniel Albrecht, Harald Denkel, Stefan Weihard, Bernd Haas, Johannes Niebuhr, Urban Spatz
  • Publication number: 20190226361
    Abstract: A turbocharger, with a turbine for expanding a first medium, a compressor for compressing a second medium utilising energy extracted in the turbine during the expansion of the first medium, a turbine housing of the turbine and a compressor housing of the compressor connected to a bearing housing arranged between the same, with a casing that radially and axially surrounds one or more of the turbine housing, the compressor housing, and the bearing housing at least in sections. At least one loose fibre of a defined length is introduced into a hollow space between the casing and a respective housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2019
    Publication date: July 25, 2019
    Inventors: Urban SPATZ, Steffen Braun, Daniel Albrecht, Harald Denkel, Stefan Weihard, Bernd Haas, Johannes Niebuhr
  • Publication number: 20190218931
    Abstract: A burst protection device for a gas radial turbo engine configured annularly around a central axis in the circumferential direction and like a box in a cross sectional direction, to grip a turbine housing in the area of the turbine wheel. The burst protection device includes at least one axial wall section extending in an axial direction and at least one radial wall section extending in the radial direction are indirectly interconnected via an intermediate wall section lying in between. A partial area of the intermediate wall section in the axial direction runs inclined and/or curved relative to the orientation of the axial wall section and radial wall section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2019
    Publication date: July 18, 2019
    Inventors: Steffen BRAUN, Daniel Albrecht, Harald Denkel, Stefan Weihard, Bernd Haas, Johannes Niebuhr, Urban Spatz
  • Publication number: 20190078468
    Abstract: A turbocharger, includes a turbine for expanding a first medium, the turbine has a turbine housing and a turbine rotor, a compressor for compressing a second medium, having a compressor housing and a compressor rotor that is coupled to the turbine rotor via a shaft. The turbine housing and the compressor housing are each connected to a bearing housing arranged between them, in which the shaft is mounted. In a connecting region between an inflow housing of the turbine housing and the bearing housing a sealing cover is arranged. On a radially inner section of the sealing cover a projection extending in the axial direction is formed, which engages into a groove introduced into the bearing housing forming a radially inner fit and a radially outer fit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2018
    Publication date: March 14, 2019
    Inventors: Bernd HAAS, Stefan ROST, Stefan WEIHARD