Patents by Inventor Ueli Wieland

Ueli Wieland 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: 5580218
    Abstract: In a bladed rotor of an axial-flow turbomachine, the blades essentially consist of a blade body and a blade root. They are fastened with their blade roots in rows in encircling blade grooves having lateral supporting prongs. A shoulder serving to assemble the blades on the rotor is attached between blade body and blade root. The blade grooves are shaped symmetrically to the associated planes of symmetry by a plurality of radii (R1-R4), the preceding radius (R1) in each case being larger than the following radius (R2). The circular arcs formed by the radii (R1-R4) have a common tangent (T) at their contact points.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 1995
    Date of Patent: December 3, 1996
    Assignee: ABB Management AG
    Inventors: Uy-Liem Nguyen, Ueli Wieland
  • Patent number: 4948333
    Abstract: In an axial-flow turbine consisting essentially of an outer casing, an inner casing with a preferably integrated vane carrier (5) and a rotor (3) fitted with rotor blades (6), the first stage is designed as a radial/axial stage. It is supplied with working medium from a toroidal or spiral inlet flow housing (4). The radial vanes (10) are provided at their two ends with root plates (14) by means of which they are bladed in annular recesses (15) in the blade carrier (5). The free end faces (19) of the root plates are of curved design.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 1989
    Date of Patent: August 14, 1990
    Assignee: Asea Brown Boveri Ltd.
    Inventors: Hans-Peter Meer, Ueli Wieland