Patents by Inventor Steffi Raue

Steffi Raue 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).

  • Apparatus and method for making bores in an edge of a turbine blade
    Patent number: 8309875
    Abstract: An apparatus for making bores in a turbine blade edge is provided. The apparatus includes a drilling device and a guide for the drilling device. The guide includes a bearing element with a gap which is delimited by bearing faces and has the shape of a turbine blade edge. Further, the apparatus includes two guide modules which lie opposite one another and are brought to bear with a side face of the turbine blade and which together form a tension device for fixing the guide on the turbine blade. Furthermore, a method for making bores in a turbine blade edge using such an apparatus is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2012
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Ingo Berger, Uwe Dunkel, Steffi Raue
  • APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MAKING BORES IN AN EDGE OF A TURBINE BLADE
    Publication number: 20100108644
    Abstract: An apparatus for making bores in a turbine blade edge is provided. The apparatus includes a drilling device and a guide for the drilling device. The guide includes a bearing element with a gap which is delimited by bearing faces and has the shape of a turbine blade edge. Further, the apparatus includes two guide modules which lie opposite one another and are brought to bear with a side face of the turbine blade and which together form a tension device for fixing the guide on the turbine blade. Furthermore, a method for making bores in a turbine blade edge using such an apparatus is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2009
    Publication date: May 6, 2010
    Inventors: Ingo Berger, Uwe Dunkel, Steffi Raue