Patent ID: 11959391
Assignee: SIEMENS ENERGY GLOBAL GMBH & CO. KG
Field: Engines, pumps, turbines (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC F | IPC F

Claim 9:
10. A housing of a machine, comprising:
a housing upper part and a housing lower part, which are detachably fastened to one another by housing flanges and by threaded bolts that extend through the housing flanges and are secured by nuts, and wherein at least one housing part comprises a crack which extends toward the other housing part, and
a respective metallic support plate comprising a plurality of support plate holes which is arranged on outer sides of each housing flange in such a way that the plurality of support plate holes of the respective support plate coincide with housing flange holes of an associated housing flange which are provided for receiving the threaded bolts, and
wherein the threaded bolts each extend through the housing flange of the housing upper part, the housing flange of the housing lower part and through the support plates arranged on the outer sides thereof.