Patents by Inventor Willy H HOFFMANN

Willy H HOFFMANN 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: 11680490
    Abstract: A blade for turbo machine is provided. The blade for a turbo machine includes an airfoil body extending in a radial direction between a root end and a tip end and including an inner void extending from the root end in the radial direction, a root body integrally formed with the airfoil body, extending from the root end of the air foil body to a bottom end in the radial direction, and including a receiving slot extending from the bottom end in the radial direction and opening into the inner void of the air foil body, and an insert positioned in the receiving slot of the root body and including a plurality of through holes extending in the radial direction to form a fluid connection to the inner void of the air foil body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: DOOSAN ENERBILITY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Igor Tsypkaykin, Stefan Emanuel Martin, Wade Beaumont, Joerg Krueckels, Willy H Hoffmann
  • Patent number: 11624282
    Abstract: A blade for a turbo machine is provided. The blade for a turbo machine includes an airfoil body extending in a radial direction and including a suction side surface and a pressure side surface opposite to the suction side surface with respect to a circumferential direction extending across the radial direction, and a snubber structure including a first snubber element protruding in the circumferential direction from the suction side surface of the airfoil body and a second snubber element protruding in the circumferential direction from the pressure side surface of the airfoil body, wherein the first snubber element is connected to the suction side surface of the airfoil body by a concave curved first transition portion having a first radius, and the second snubber element is connected to the pressure side surface of the airfoil body by a concave curved second transition portion having a second radius, the first radius being smaller than the second radius.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: DOSAN ENERBILITY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Igor Tsypkaykin, Stefan Emanuel Martin, Wade Beaumont, Joerg Krueckels, Willy H Hoffmann
  • Publication number: 20230003134
    Abstract: A blade for turbo machine is provided. The blade for a turbo machine includes an airfoil body extending in a radial direction between a root end and a tip end and including an inner void extending from the root end in the radial direction, a root body integrally formed with the airfoil body, extending from the root end of the air foil body to a bottom end in the radial direction, and including a receiving slot extending from the bottom end in the radial direction and opening into the inner void of the air foil body, and an insert positioned in the receiving slot of the root body and including a plurality of through holes extending in the radial direction to form a fluid connection to the inner void of the air foil body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2022
    Publication date: January 5, 2023
    Inventors: Igor Tsypkaykin, Stefan Emanuel Martin, Wade Beaumont, Joerg Krueckels, Willy H Hoffmann
  • Publication number: 20230003128
    Abstract: A blade for a turbo machine is provided. The blade for a turbo machine includes an airfoil body extending in a radial direction and including a suction side surface and a pressure side surface opposite to the suction side surface with respect to a circumferential direction extending across the radial direction, and a snubber structure including a first snubber element protruding in the circumferential direction from the suction side surface of the airfoil body and a second snubber element protruding in the circumferential direction from the pressure side surface of the airfoil body, wherein the first snubber element is connected to the suction side surface of the airfoil body by a concave curved first transition portion having a first radius, and the second snubber element is connected to the pressure side surface of the airfoil body by a concave curved second transition portion having a second radius, the first radius being smaller than the second radius.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2022
    Publication date: January 5, 2023
    Inventors: Igor TSYPKAYKIN, Stefan Emanuel MARTIN, Wade BEAUMONT, Joerg KRUECKELS, Willy H HOFFMANN