US 11,746,667 B2
Seal for combustion apparatus
Markus Raben, Recklinghausen (DE); Kunyuan Zhou, Berlin (DE); Wojciech Dyszkiewicz, Charlotte, NC (US); Adam J. Weaver, Oviedo, FL (US); Robert H. Bartley, Oviedo, FL (US); James Bertoncello, Charlotte, NC (US); Mahmut Faruk Aksit, Istanbul (TR); Ertugrul Tolga Duran, Istanbul (TR); Erdem Gorgun, Istanbul (TR); Sadik Hazer, Istanbul (TR); and Ali Ihsan Yurddas, Istanbul (TR)
Assigned to SIEMENS ENERGY GLOBAL GMBH & CO. KG, Munich (DE)
Appl. No. 17/634,969
Filed by Siemens Energy Global GmbH & Co. KG, Bayern (DE)
PCT Filed Aug. 6, 2020, PCT No. PCT/EP2020/072086
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Feb. 12, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/043527, PCT Pub. Date Mar. 11, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/896,008, filed on Sep. 5, 2019.
Claims priority of application No. 19210381 (EP), filed on Nov. 20, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0389827 A1, Dec. 8, 2022
Int. Cl. F01D 9/02 (2006.01); F01D 11/00 (2006.01); F16J 15/08 (2006.01)
CPC F01D 11/003 (2013.01) [F01D 9/02 (2013.01); F16J 15/0887 (2013.01); F05D 2220/32 (2013.01); F05D 2240/12 (2013.01); F05D 2240/55 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A seal for sealing intentional a gap in high temperature application, with a first side and an opposite second side, and a seal width cross to the path of the gap, comprising:
a steel strap with a flat shape extending in an essentially closed manner over the full length and width of the seal, and
a second metal web attached to the steel strap on the second side,
wherein the seal has a seal thickness with at least the steel strap plus the thickness of the second metal web and has a seal height, wherein the seal thickness is at most 0.2-times of the seal width,
wherein the second metal web comprises an Omega shape and is attached on both sides with a flat shaped portion to the steel strap and comprises a convex arch portion between both flat portions, and wherein the seal height is at least 0.3-times of the seal width and at least 3-times of the seal thickness.