Patents by Inventor Thomas Ruda

Thomas Ruda 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: 11867083
    Abstract: A turbine blade for a gas turbine, having a blade root and an aerodynamically curved blade airfoil arranged above the blade root. The blade airfoil has a pressure-side and a suction-side blade wall, together extending from a leading edge, that can receive a flow of working medium, to a trailing edge. A multiplicity of cooling air outlet openings are formed on the pressure-side blade wall, which extend upstream from the trailing edge with respect to the flow direction, and through these openings cooling air that is conveyed through the interior of the blade airfoil can exit. At least one of the cooling air outlet openings has a substantially rectangular or trapezoidal shape with rounded corners. At least the lower corner, pointing towards the leading edge, of the cooling air outlet opening forms a relief notch, which projects outwardly from the rectangular shape, with a rounded notch bottom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: Siemens Energy Global GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Martin Boeff, Thomas Ruda
  • Publication number: 20230220778
    Abstract: A turbine blade for a gas turbine, having a blade root and an aerodynamically curved blade airfoil arranged above the blade root. The blade airfoil has a pressure-side and a suction-side blade wall, together extending from a leading edge, that can receive a flow of working medium, to a trailing edge. A multiplicity of cooling air outlet openings are formed on the pressure-side blade wall, which extend upstream from the trailing edge with respect to the flow direction, and through these openings cooling air that is conveyed through the interior of the blade airfoil can exit. At least one of the cooling air outlet openings has a substantially rectangular or trapezoidal shape with rounded corners. At least the lower corner, pointing towards the leading edge, of the cooling air outlet opening forms a relief notch, which projects outwardly from the rectangular shape, with a rounded notch bottom.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2021
    Publication date: July 13, 2023
    Applicant: Siemens Energy Global GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Martin Boeff, Thomas Ruda
  • Patent number: 9863563
    Abstract: A connecting system is provided for detachably connecting a first pipe end to a second pipe end. The first pipe end has a sealing cone facing toward the second pipe end and a shoulder section. The connecting system includes a first clamping disk surrounding the first pipe end and a second clamping disk surrounding and connected to the second pipe end. The connecting system further includes a multiplicity of screws, detachably connecting the first clamping disk to the second clamping disk. The first clamping disk includes an outer circular disk ring and an inner circular disk ring which is detachably connected to the outer circular disk ring. The inner circular disk ring has multiple separate circular disk ring parts, and an outer diameter of the inner circular disk ring is greater than an outside diameter of the shoulder section provided on the first pipe end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2018
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Wolfgang Piedboeuf, Thomas Ruda
  • Publication number: 20160334037
    Abstract: A connecting system for detachably connecting first pipe end to second pipe end, wherein first pipe end has sealing cone facing toward the second pipe end and a shoulder section. The connecting system includes first clamping disk, surrounding first pipe end and arranged on that side of the shoulder section which is averted from sealing cone, second clamping disk, surrounding and connected to second pipe end, and a multiplicity of screws, detachably connecting first clamping disk to second clamping disk. That section of first clamping disk which surrounds first pipe end is in the form of a separate circular disk ring which is detachably connected to the rest of the clamping disk, wherein the circular disk ring has multiple separate circular disk ring parts, and wherein the outer diameter of the circular disk ring is greater than the diameter of the shoulder section provided on the first pipe end.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2015
    Publication date: November 17, 2016
    Applicant: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Wolfgang Piedboeuf, Thomas Ruda