Granted Patent B2

US 12,540,674 · App. 18/286,127 · Granted Feb 3, 2026

Inventors: Joachim Krützfeldt (Mulheim an der Ruhr, DE); Alexander Ralph Beeck (Orlando, FL); Shantanu P. Mhetras (Charlotte, NC); Mirko Milazar (Oberhausen, DE); Markus Raben (Recklinghausen, DE); Kunyuan Zhou (Berlin, DE)

Assignee: Siemens Energy Global GmbH & Co. KG

F16J15/062F01D11/003F05D2250/182F05D2250/75

Abstract

Claims (52)

1 . A sealing strip element for sealing a gap between two components,

wherein the sealing strip element is plate-like and comprises a strip thickness between a first main surface and a second main surface, which are opposingly arranged to one another,

wherein the sealing strip element extends along a first, longitudinal direction between a first strip end and a second strip end defining a strip length therebetween and along a second direction defining a strip width, wherein the first direction is perpendicular to the second direction,

wherein the sealing strip element is configured for being located in opposingly arranged grooves of two components to seal the gap,

wherein at least one of the first main surface and the second main surface comprises a riffle structure,

wherein the riffle structure comprises teeth extending substantially from the first strip end to the second strip end along a substantially straight line while establishing chutes between the teeth,

wherein at least one dam is provided at at least one of

i) the first strip end,

ii) the second strip end, and

iii) between the first and second strip ends,

wherein the at least one dam closes the respective chute at the respective strip end or the at least one dam divides the respective chute, and

wherein the at least one dam is oriented transverse to the teeth.

2 . The sealing strip element according to claim 1 , comprising:

wherein the at least one dam comprises multiple dams at the respective strip end for closing all the chutes at the respective strip end of the sealing strip element.

3 . The sealing strip element according to claim 1 ,

wherein a height of the teeth of the riffle structure and a height of dams of the at least one dam are determined with regard to a bottom level of the chutes, and

wherein the dams have substantially the same height as the teeth.

4 . The sealing strip element according to claim 1 ,

wherein both ends of the sealing strip element comprise a respective dam of the at least one dam.

5 . The sealing strip element according to claim 1 ,

wherein, between the first strip end and the second strip end, further dams of the at least one dam are provided for dividing all full length chutes of the chutes, each of which are arranged between two directly adjacent teeth, into a series of chutes arranged along the longitudinal direction.

6 . A sealing arrangement comprising:

a sealing strip element according to claim 1 , and

the two components which are spaced apart opposite one another by the gap, wherein mutually opposite walls of the two components are each provided with a component groove in which the sealing strip element is arranged in order to seal the gap.

7 . The sealing arrangement according to claim 6 ,

wherein each component comprises at least two grooves intersecting each other in T-style, and

wherein, in each of the two pairs of mutually opposite grooves, a respective sealing strip element is engaged such, that a first or a second strip end of one of the two sealing strip elements is located in an intersection area next to further dams of the at least one dam of the other of the two sealing strip elements.

8 . The sealing arrangement according to claim 7 ,

wherein both sealing strip elements comprise dams of the at least one dam, which are located next to each other in the intersection area.

9 . The sealing strip element according to claim 4 ,

wherein both ends of the sealing strip element comprise multiple dams.

10 . The sealing arrangement of claim 8 ,

wherein both sealing strip elements comprise dams of the at least one dam which are in contact with one another.

11 . The sealing strip element of claim 1 ,

wherein the at least one dam comprises a first dam and a second dam;

wherein the first dam intersects a first end of a tooth of the teeth; and

wherein the second dam intersects a second end of the tooth.

12 . A sealing arrangement comprising:

a sealing strip element for sealing a gap between two components,

wherein the sealing strip element is plate-like and comprises a strip thickness between a first main surface and a second main surface, which are opposingly arranged to one another,

wherein the sealing strip element extends along a first, longitudinal direction between a first strip end and a second strip end defining a strip length therebetween and along a second direction defining a strip width, wherein the first direction is perpendicular to the second direction,

wherein the sealing strip element is configured for being located in opposingly arranged grooves of two components to seal the gap,

wherein at least one of the first main surface and the second main surface comprises a riffle structure,

wherein the riffle structure comprises teeth extending substantially from the first strip end to the second strip end along a substantially straight line while establishing chutes between the teeth,

wherein at least one dam is provided at at least one of

i) the first strip end,

ii) the second strip end, and

iii) between the first and second strip ends,

wherein the at least one dam closes the respective chute at the respective strip end or the at least one dam divides the respective chute,

the two components, which are spaced apart opposite one another by the gap, wherein mutually opposite walls of the two components are each provided with a component groove in which the sealing strip element is arranged in order to seal the gap,

wherein each component comprises at least two grooves intersecting each other in T-style, and

wherein, in each of the two pairs of mutually opposite grooves, a respective sealing strip element is engaged such, that a first or a second strip end of one of the two sealing strip elements is located in an intersection area next to further dams of the at least one dam of the other of the two sealing strip elements.

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Priority Claims (1)

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References Cited (13)