Patents by Inventor Volker Dr. Guemmer

Volker Dr. Guemmer 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).

  • Gas turbine
    Patent number: 6877953
    Abstract: A gas turbine with a compressor area has a rotor shaft 2 to carry rotor blades 1 and a casing 4 to carry stator vanes 3, with the related rotor blades 1 and stator vanes 3 forming an axial clearance space 5 between one another, wherein, in the area of the axial clearance space 5, at least one wall of the rotor shaft 2 and/or of the casing 4 is provided with an arrangement of fins 6 which are inclined against the axial direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2005
    Assignee: Rolls-Royce Deutschland Ltd & Co KG
    Inventor: Volker Dr. Guemmer
  • Gas turbine
    Publication number: 20030152456
    Abstract: A gas turbine with a compressor area has a rotor shaft 2 to carry rotor blades 1 and a casing 4 to carry stator vanes 3, with the related rotor blades 1 and stator vanes 3 forming an axial clearance space 5 between one another, wherein, in the area of the axial clearance space 5, at least one wall of the rotor shaft 2 and/or of the casing 4 is provided with an arrangement of fins 6 which are in-lined against the axial direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2003
    Publication date: August 14, 2003
    Inventor: Volker Dr. Guemmer