Patents by Inventor Waldemar Kowalski

Waldemar Kowalski 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: 10218236
    Abstract: An electrodynamic machine includes a housing and a rotor, as well as a neutral point, wherein the neutral point is located inside the housing and the neutral point ends are interconnected by means of shorting bridges, and the shorting bridges are designed such that the neutral point ends inside the generator housing are electrically isolated from each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2019
    Assignee: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Waldemar Kowalski, Christoph Lehmann
  • Patent number: 9866090
    Abstract: An electric machine such as for example, an electric generator, is provided having a lock system which enables a monitoring device to be housed in the machine such that the generator is not required to be purged. The machine, which can be filled with a gas, with a housing, wherein a first chamber is arranged on the housing, wherein a first flap valve is arranged between the housing and the first chamber, creating a fluidic connection between said housing and first chamber, and a second chamber which is arranged on the first chamber, wherein a second flap valve is arranged between the first and the second chambers, creating a fluidic connection between said first chamber and second chamber, wherein a monitoring device for inspection purposes is provided in the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2018
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiegesellschaft
    Inventors: Waldemar Kowalski, Christoph Lehmann
  • Patent number: 9847700
    Abstract: A monitoring system for monitoring an electric machine is provided. A mini-camera for observing the electric machine is arranged inside the electric machine. Moreover, the mini-camera is arranged movably on guide elements, wherein the guide element is designed in such a way that the mini-camera is held in an uncritical parked position during the operation of the electric machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2017
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Waldemar Kowalski, Christoph Lehmann
  • Patent number: 9712013
    Abstract: A winding for an electric machine is provided. The electric machine includes conductor bars which are arranged one above the other and each of which has a cooling slot. The conductor bars are designed such that the height of the conductor bars increases in the radial direction and the effective cooling cross-section decreases in the radial direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2017
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Waldemar Kowalski, Christoph Lehmann
  • Publication number: 20160006312
    Abstract: An electrodynamic machine includes a housing and a rotor, as well as a neutral point, wherein the neutral point is located inside the housing and the neutral point ends are interconnected by means of shorting bridges, and the shorting bridges are designed such that the neutral point ends inside the generator housing are electrically isolated from each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2014
    Publication date: January 7, 2016
    Applicant: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Waldemar Kowalski, Christoph Lehmann
  • Publication number: 20150207385
    Abstract: An electric machine such as for example, an electric generator, is provided having a lock system which enables a monitoring device to be housed in the machine such that the generator is not required to be purged. The machine, which can be filled with a gas, with a housing, wherein a first chamber is arranged on the housing, wherein a first flap valve is arranged between the housing and the first chamber, creating a fluidic connection between said housing and first chamber, and a second chamber which is arranged on the first chamber, wherein a second flap valve is arranged between the first and the second chambers, creating a fluidic connection between said first chamber and second chamber, wherein a monitoring device for inspection purposes is provided in the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2013
    Publication date: July 23, 2015
    Applicant: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Waldemar Kowalski, Christoph Lehmann
  • Publication number: 20150200581
    Abstract: A monitoring system for monitoring an electric machine is provided. A mini-camera for observing the electric machine is arranged inside the electric machine. Moreover, the mini-camera is arranged movably on guide elements, wherein the guide element is designed in such a way that the mini-camera is held in an uncritical parked position during the operation of the electric machine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2013
    Publication date: July 16, 2015
    Applicant: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Waldemar Kowalski, Christoph Lehmann
  • Publication number: 20150188373
    Abstract: A winding for an electric machine is provided. The electric machine includes conductor bars which are arranged one above the other and each of which has a cooling slot. The conductor bars are designed such that the height of the conductor bars increases in the radial direction and the effective cooling cross-section decreases in the radial direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2013
    Publication date: July 2, 2015
    Applicant: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Waldemar Kowalski, Christoph Lehmann
  • Patent number: 8847445
    Abstract: A rotor for a turbo generator is provided. The rotor includes a cylindrical rotor shaft that expands in the center to form a rotor body, grooves introduced into the cylindrical surface of the rotor body, an excitation winding accommodated in the grooves, a feeding duct through which a cooling gas flows, and cooling ducts which penetrate the excitation winding substantially in the radial direction and connect the feeding duct to respective outlets in the cylindrical surface of the rotor body A distribution duct extending in the longitudinal direction of the shaft is arranged in the area of the central longitudinal axis. The feeding ducts are connected to the distribution duct via junction ducts. An admission duct for feeding the cooling gas is provided for each distribution duct.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2014
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Waldemar Kowalski, Christoph Lehmann
  • Patent number: 8193674
    Abstract: An arrangement having at least two generator bars for a stator of an electrical generator which are electrically connected to one another via a respective bar end is characterized, according to the invention, by the fact that the respective bar ends, which are electrically connected to one another, of the at least two generator bars are braced with respect to one another by means of a tape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2012
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Waldemar Kowalski, Christoph Lehmann, Claus-Georg Richter, Karlheinz Spiess
  • Publication number: 20120119603
    Abstract: A rotor for a turbo generator is provided. The rotor includes a cylindrical rotor shaft that expands in the center to form a rotor body, grooves introduced into the cylindrical surface of the rotor body, an excitation winding accommodated in the grooves, a feeding duct through which a cooling gas flows, and cooling ducts which penetrate the excitation winding substantially in the radial direction and connect the feeding duct to respective outlets in the cylindrical surface of the rotor body A distribution duct extending in the longitudinal direction of the shaft is arranged in the area of the central longitudinal axis. The feeding ducts are connected to the distribution duct via junction ducts. An admission duct for feeding the cooling gas is provided for each distribution duct.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2010
    Publication date: May 17, 2012
    Inventors: Waldemar Kowalski, Christoph Lehmann
  • Patent number: 7795776
    Abstract: An oscillation damping system for stator windings is provided which includes a supporting component of an end winding. The supporting component is equipped with damping elements, which are arranged asymmetrically in the circumferential direction in order to suppress excited natural oscillations. Masses or springs and screw-type restraints which connect the supporting component to the stator housing are suitable as damping elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2010
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Ronald Beck, Ulrich Ehehalt, Waldemar Kowalski, Christoph Lehmann, Christoph Richter, Karlheinz Spiess
  • Publication number: 20090302696
    Abstract: An oscillation damping system for stator windings is provided which includes a supporting component of an end winding. The supporting component is equipped with damping elements, which are arranged asymmetrically in the circumferential direction in order to suppress excited natural oscillations. Masses or springs and screw-type restraints which connect the supporting component to the stator housing are suitable as damping elements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2007
    Publication date: December 10, 2009
    Inventors: Ronald Beck, Ulrich Ehehalt, Waldemar Kowalski, Christoph Lehmann, Christoph Richter, Karlheinz Spiess
  • Publication number: 20090295252
    Abstract: An arrangement having at least two generator bars for a stator of an electrical generator which are electrically connected to one another via a respective bar end is characterized, according to the invention, by the fact that the respective bar ends, which are electrically connected to one another, of the at least two generator bars are braced with respect to one another by means of a tape.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2006
    Publication date: December 3, 2009
    Inventors: Waldemar Kowalski, Christoph Lehmann, Claus-Georg Richter, Karlheinz Spiess