Patents by Inventor Volker Gummer

Volker Gummer 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: 7967556
    Abstract: A turbomachine has at least one stator (4) and at least one downstream rotor (7), with the stator (4) being provided with stationary stator blades and the rotor (7) comprising several rotor blades attached to a rotating shaft. A casing (2) confines the passage of fluid through the rotor (7) and the stator (4) in the outward direction. A mechanism for peripheral jet creation is provided in the area of at least one vane of the stator (4), with at least one nozzle (21) issuing fluid at the radially outer boundary of a main flow path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2011
    Assignee: Rolls-Royce Deutschland Ltd & Co KG
    Inventor: Volker Gümmer
  • Patent number: 7293964
    Abstract: A turbomachine blade is repaired by making a leading edge cutback between two points (A) and (E) where point (A) lies within a range of relative blade height (h/H) of 0?(h/H)point A<0.85, and point (E) lies within a range of 0.95<(h/H)point E?1.0, with (h) being a blade height coordinate which originates at an end of the blade closer to starting point (A), and (H) being the blade height. A cutback trace is defined by (s/SAE) and (c/Cm), with (c) being a local cutback length in meridional flow direction, (Cm) being a meridional chord length, (s) being a local cutback length in radial direction, and (SAE) being a radial cutback length, where (c) gradually increases from point (A) to its maximum at 0.60<s/SAE<0.95, with (c/Cm) there being ?0.25, and then decreasing to ?0.05.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2007
    Assignee: Rolls-Royce Deutschland Ltd & Co KG
    Inventor: Volker Gümmer
  • Publication number: 20060104805
    Abstract: A turbomachine has at least one stator (4) and at least one downstream rotor (7), with the stator (4) being provided with stationary stator blades and the rotor (7) comprising several rotor blades attached to a rotating shaft. A casing (2) confines the passage of fluid through the rotor (7) and the stator (4) in the outward direction. A mechanism for peripheral jet creation is provided in the area of at least one vane of the stator (4), with at least one nozzle (21) issuing fluid at the radially outer boundary of a main flow path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2005
    Publication date: May 18, 2006
    Inventor: Volker Gummer
  • Publication number: 20050084368
    Abstract: A turbomachine blade is repaired by making a leading edge cutback between two points (A) and (E) where point (A) lies within a range of relative blade height (h/H) of 0?(h/H)point A<0.85, and point (E) lies within a range of 0.95<(h/H)point E?1.0, with (h) being a blade height coordinate which originates at an end of the blade closer to starting point (A), and (H) being the blade height. A cutback trace is defined by (s/SAE) and (c/Cm), with (c) being a local cutback length in meridional flow direction, (Cm) being a meridional chord length, (s) being a local cutback length in radial direction, and (SAE) being a radial cutback length, where (c) gradually increases from point (A) to its maximum at 0.60<s/SAE<0.95, with (c/Cm) there being ?0.25, and then decreasing to ?0.05.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2004
    Publication date: April 21, 2005
    Inventor: Volker Gummer