Patents by Inventor Tobias Steffen

Tobias Steffen 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: 11371267
    Abstract: A motor vehicle lock including a rotary latch and a pawl for latching the rotary latch in a latching position, in particular main latching position, and also a lock plate with a screw-on point for attaching the motor vehicle lock to a vehicle door or vehicle flap, wherein the rotary latch comprises a support which is provided in such a manner that, in the latching position, in particular main latching position, the rotary latch can be supported on the screw-on point via the support in the event of an overload. Opening of a vehicle door or flap can thus be avoided even in the event of a crash.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: Kiekert AG
    Inventors: Tobias Steffen, Thomas Heide
  • Publication number: 20190003212
    Abstract: A motor vehicle lock including a rotary latch and a pawl for latching the rotary latch in a latching position, in particular main latching position, and also a lock plate with a screw-on point for attaching the motor vehicle lock to a vehicle door or vehicle flap, wherein the rotary latch comprises a support which is provided in such a manner that, in the latching position, in particular main latching position, the rotary latch can be supported on the screw-on point via the support in the event of an overload. Opening of a vehicle door or flap can thus be avoided even in the event of a crash.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2016
    Publication date: January 3, 2019
    Inventors: Tobias STEFFEN, Thomas HEIDE
  • Patent number: 9739177
    Abstract: The invention refers to a rotary flow machine having a rotor unit, rotating about a rotational axis, around which in at least one partial axial area a stationary inner housing (IH) is provided at a radial distance. The stationary inner housing (IH) can be divided up along the rotational axis in an upper and a lower inner housing half which adjoin each other along a horizontal split plane. The inner housing (IH) is surrounded in at least one axial section by an outer housing (OH) which can be divided up along the rotational axis in one upper and one lower outer housing half. Further a method for disassembling of a rotary flow machine is disclosed. The lower inner housing half provides support means which support the inner lower housing half on the lower outer housing half. The support means are detachably mounted at the lower inner housing half at least at two opposite support positions (P1, P2) relative to the rotational axis along the split plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: ANSALDO ENERGIA SWITZERLAND AG
    Inventors: Martin Schaefer, Marc Rauch, Tobias Steffen, Daniel Seng
  • Patent number: 9212567
    Abstract: A gas duct for a gas turbine through which exhaust gases from the gas turbine are discharged to an outside includes a concentric inner casing and an outer casing disposed at a distance from the inner casing and concentrically encompassing the inner casing. A plurality of radial support struts interconnect the inner casing and the outer casing. Each of the support struts, the inner casing and the outer casing each have a heat-resistant lining disposed so as to provide protection against heat from the exhaust gases. The heat-resistant the linings of each of the support struts, the inner casing and the outer casing are divided in each case into a plurality of separate segments that are fastened to a support structure in an arrangement that provides an individual entirely or almost stress-free thermal expansion of each of the plurality of separate segments in an expansion plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2015
    Assignee: ALSTOM TECHNOLOGY LTD
    Inventors: Marc Rauch, Tobias Steffen, Joachim Krautzig, Amin Busekros, Juergen Pacholleck
  • Publication number: 20140241876
    Abstract: The invention refers to a rotary flow machine having a rotor unit, rotating about a rotational axis, around which in at least one partial axial area a stationary inner housing (IH) is provided at a radial distance. The stationary inner housing (IH) can be divided up along the rotational axis in an upper and a lower inner housing half which adjoin each other along a horizontal split plane. The inner housing (IH) is surrounded in at least one axial section by an outer housing (OH) which can be divided up along the rotational axis in one upper and one lower outer housing half. Further a method for disassembling of a rotary flow machine is disclosed. The lower inner housing half provides support means which support the inner lower housing half on the lower outer housing half. The support means are detachably mounted at the lower inner housing half at least at two opposite support positions (P1, P2) relative to the rotational axis along the split plane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2014
    Publication date: August 28, 2014
    Applicant: ALSTOM Technology Ltd.
    Inventors: Martin SCHAEFER, Marc Rauch, Tobias Steffen, Daniel Seng
  • Publication number: 20140003926
    Abstract: A compressor for a gas turbine having a rotor rotating about an axis and a housing coaxially surrounding the rotor, thereby defining a flow channel between the rotor and the housing for a fluid to be compressed. Alternating rows of vanes and blades are arranged within the flow channel, with the vanes being mounted in the inner wall of the housing, and the blades being mounted in the outer wall of the rotor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2013
    Publication date: January 2, 2014
    Inventors: Tobias STEFFEN, Marc RAUCH, Mauro CORRADI, Bjoern VEITH
  • Publication number: 20130055725
    Abstract: A gas duct for a gas turbine through which exhaust gases from the gas turbine are discharged to an outside includes a concentric inner casing and an outer casing disposed at a distance from the inner casing and concentrically encompassing the inner casing. A plurality of radial support struts interconnect the inner casing and the outer casing. Each of the support struts, the inner casing and the outer casing each have a heat-resistant lining disposed so as to provide protection against heat from the exhaust gases. The heat-resistant the linings of each of the support struts, the inner casing and the outer casing are divided in each case into a plurality of separate segments that are fastened to a support structure in an arrangement that provides an individual entirely or almost stress-free thermal expansion of each of the plurality of separate segments in an expansion plane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2012
    Publication date: March 7, 2013
    Applicant: ALSTOM TECHNOLOGY LTD
    Inventors: Marc Rauch, Tobias Steffen, Joachim Krautzig, Amin Busekros, Juergen Pacholleck