Patents by Inventor Thomas Gronsfelder

Thomas Gronsfelder 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: 9835034
    Abstract: A method for detuning a rotor-blade cascade of a turbomachine having a plurality of rotor blades includes: a) establishing at least one target natural frequency for at least one vibration mode; b) setting up a value table having discrete mass values and radial center-of-gravity positions, and determining respective natural frequency; c) measuring the mass and radial center-of-gravity position of one of the rotor blades; d) determining an actual natural frequency by interpolating the measured mass and radial center-of-gravity position in the value table; e) if actual natural frequency is outside a tolerance around target natural frequency, selecting a value pair that at least approximates target natural frequency, and removing material from the rotor blade in such a way that mass and radial center-of-gravity position correspond to the value pair; f) repeating steps c) to e) until actual natural frequency is within the tolerance around target natural frequency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Thomas Gronsfelder, Jan Walkenhorst, Armin de Lazzer
  • Publication number: 20160010461
    Abstract: A method for detuning a rotor-blade cascade of a turbomachine having a plurality of rotor blades includes: a) establishing at least one target natural frequency for at least one vibration mode; b) setting up a value table having discrete mass values and radial centre-of-gravity positions, and determining respective natural frequency; c) measuring the mass and radial centre-of-gravity position of one of the rotor blades; d) determining an actual natural frequency by interpolating the measured mass and radial centre-of-gravity position in the value table; e) if actual natural frequency is outside a tolerance around target natural frequency, selecting a value pair that at least approximates target natural frequency, and removing material from the rotor blade in such a way that mass and radial centre-of-gravity position correspond to the value pair; f) repeating steps c) to e) until actual natural frequency is within the tolerance around target natural frequency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2014
    Publication date: January 14, 2016
    Applicant: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Thomas Gronsfelder, Jan Walkenhorst, Armin de Lazzer