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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6971537 | Support arrangement for semi-membrane tank walls In the support arrangements for a semi-membrane tank walls described in the specification, the top and side walls of a semi-membrane tank are provided with stiffener members and a surrounding tank support structure has support members which are connected to the stif... | 12/06/2005 |
| 6963151 | Composite lamina arrangement for canning of motors In the embodiments described in the specification, an electric motor has a stator and a rotor and a wrap layer includes composite lamina arrangement containing a liquid barrier with a veil cloth and a chopped strand mat resin layer, a strength element containing a h... | 11/08/2005 |
| 6854960 | Segmented composite impeller/propeller arrangement and manufacturing method In the embodiments described in the specification, an impeller is manufactured by providing a mold for one angular segment containing one vane of an impeller and corresponding hub and rim portions, injection-molding fiber-reinforced polymer composite resin material ... | 02/15/2005 |
| 6847145 | Encapsulated permanent magnet motor rotor Encapsulation of a permanent magnet rotor is achieved by applying a glass roving material to spaces in the rotor structure, applying a veil cloth around the outer surface of the rotor, mounting a vacuum bag with vacuum ports around the outer surface of the rotor, re... | 01/25/2005 |
| 6837757 | Rim-driven propulsion pod arrangement In the embodiments described in the specification, a rim-driven propulsion pod arrangement has a cylindrical housing with a duct providing a flow path for water and a rotor assembly supported from a central shaft and containing a rotating blade row and driven by a r... | 01/04/2005 |
| 6750628 | Flux shunt wave shape control arrangement for permanent magnet machines In the embodiments described in the specification, a permanent magnet machine includes a stator having windings which intercept flux received from peripheral pole pieces in a rotor generated by permanent magnets disposed between the pole pieces. In order to control ... | 06/15/2004 |
| 6626319 | Integrated tank erection and support carriage for a semi-membrane LNG tank In the typical embodiment of the invention described in the specification, a prismatic semi-membrane LNG tank is assembled within a support carriage surrounding the top and side walls of the tank and is connected to the tank by a plurality of load bearing... | 09/30/2003 |
| 6619502 | Vertical corner transition arrangement for semi-membrane tank In the vertical corner transition arrangement for semi-membrane tanks disclosed in the specification, curved horizontal sides plate of a semi-membrane tank wall are welded to one side of a vertical extruded aluminum modified I-beam with a vertical tapered... | 09/16/2003 |
| 6603232 | Permanent magnet retaining arrangement for high speed rotors In the embodiments described in the specification, permanent magnets are retained on a permanent magnet rotor rim by inverted U-shaped retainers and in one embodiment the outer surfaces of the retainers converge inwardly in the radially outward direction ... | 08/05/2003 |
| 6573800 | Continuously changing random signal generating arrangement and method In the particular embodiments of the invention described in the specification, a first signal generator produces a signal which changes in cycles having approximately straight line segments between maximum and minimum values at a first rate and a second s... | 06/03/2003 |
| 6548932 | Nonmagnetic magnet retention channel arrangement for high speed rotors In the magnet retention channel arrangement for a high speed rotor described in the specification, a rotor has an array of radially projecting, angularly spaced pole pieces and a magnet retention channel member inserted between each adjacent pair of pole ... | 04/15/2003 |
| 6540407 | Rolling element bearing arrangement In the typical embodiments described in the specification, a rolling element bearing arrangement includes an inner raceway with a curved outer surface facing in one lateral direction, an outer raceway with a curved inner surface facing in the opposite lat... | 04/01/2003 |
| 6504281 | Synchronous machine fault tolerant arrangement A fault tolerant synchronous machine has a stator with a core containing a plurality of phase windings, a rotor supported for rotation within the core, and a non-magnetic sleeve affixed to the stator and disposed in the space between the stator and the ro... | 01/07/2003 |
| 6492754 | Magnet retention channel arrangement for high speed operation In the magnet retention channel arrangement for a high speed rotor described in the specification, a rotor has an array of radially projecting, angularly spaced pole pieces and a magnet retention channel arrangement inserted between each adjacent pair of ... | 12/10/2002 |
| 6481090 | Installation and removal of energized permanent magnets in permanent magnet rotors In the embodiments described in the specification, a permanent magnet machine has a stator assembly containing a circular array of stator windings and a rotor assembly containing passages for permanent magnets and supported for rotation within the stator ... | 11/19/2002 |
| 6452301 | Magnet retention arrangement for high speed rotors In the rotor arrangement disclosed in the specification a rotor has a central shaft with a surrounding rim to which a circumferential array of pole pieces is mechanically affixed by screws. An array of permanent magnets each mounted between an adjacent pa... | 09/17/2002 |
| 6340851 | Modular transformer arrangement for use with multi-level power converter A modular transformer arrangement providing power to a multi-level power converter includes a plurality of three phase transformers having delta or extended delta connected primary windings and delta or extended delta or wye or zig zag wye connected secon... | 01/22/2002 |
| 6320731 | Fault tolerant motor drive arrangement with independent phase connections and monitoring system In the embodiment described in the specification, a fault tolerant motor drive circuit arrangement includes a motor having three stator windings which are electrically isolated and are supplied by separate single phase drive circuits, each having a differ... | 11/20/2001 |
| 6295190 | Circuit breaker arrangement with integrated protection, control and monitoring A PCM module arrangement includes a three phase circuit breaker and PCM electronics unit. Each phase of the circuit breaker has a Rogowski coil at the line side and load side contacts in a vacuum bottle and another zero sequence current sensor encloses th... | 09/25/2001 |
| 6276442 | Combined condenser/heat exchanger A combined steam condenser and liquid-to-liquid heat exchanger has an outer shell forming an enclosure within which a first plurality of tubes are supported at opposite ends by tube sheets to provide a steam condenser. Within the outer shell an inner shel... | 08/21/2001 |
| 6244912 | Strut-mounted marine propulsion unit A marine propulsion unit supported from a vessel by a strut contains an electric motor within a housing and a forward propeller driven by the electric motor and having a diameter larger than that of the housing. Hydrodynamic vanes projecting from the surf... | 06/12/2001 |
| 6230791 | Heat transfer cold plate arrangement In the embodiments described in the specification a metal heat transfer cold plate has two sets of parallel coolant passages extending between opposite end surfaces and non-metallic headers made of electrically insulating material are attached to the oppo... | 05/15/2001 |
| 6232731 | Multi-channel motor winding configuration and pulse width modulated controller A multi-channel motor winding configuration providing low harmonic distortion and a PWM inverting controller for this type of winding configuration are disclosed. The motor winding configuration includes a plurality of individually insulated conductors wo... | 05/15/2001 |
| 6217399 | Propulsion arrangement for axisymmetric fluid-borne vehicles In the propulsion arrangement for an axisymmetric vehicle described in the specification, four propulsion modules are removably mounted at the rear of a vehicle in symmetric disposition about the vehicle axis, each module having an inlet section at its fo... | 04/17/2001 |
| 6203388 | Integrated external electric drive propulsion module arrangement for surface ships In the external electric drive propulsion module arrangement described in the specification, two parallel propulsion units are mounted in a housing affixed beneath the stern of a ship and having a surface contour conforming to the contour of the adjacent ... | 03/20/2001 |
| 6188139 | Integrated marine power distribution arrangement A marine power distribution arrangement includes a turbine-driven AC generator which supplies AC power at a frequency of 240 Hz through a switchgear unit to a transformer and a first power converter by which the power is converted to a variable frequency,... | 02/13/2001 |
| 6175163 | Integrated high frequency marine power distribution arrangement with transformerless high voltage variable speed drive A marine power distribution arrangement utilizes generators driven at standard or higher than normal speeds and/or having a number of poles to produce electric power at a standard 50/60 Hz frequency or substantially higher than the standard 50/60 Hz frequ... | 01/16/2001 |
| 6152791 | External electric drive propulsion module arrangement for swath vessels In the embodiments described in the specification, a SWATH vessel has a superstructure supported by strut members from a pair of pontoons and each pontoon has a propulsion module removably attached to the rear end of the pontoon. The propulsion module has... | 11/28/2000 |
| 6150747 | Composite stator and rotor for an electric motor In the embodiments described in the specification, a stator for an electric motor has an outer ring member made of resin material and supported from a frame by stator caps and a flanged inner composite ring member made of resin material which receives a s... | 11/21/2000 |
| 6150731 | Integrated high frequency marine power distribution arrangement with transformerless high voltage variable speed drive A marine power distribution arrangement utilizes generators driven at standard or higher than normal speeds and/or having a number of poles to produce electric power at a standard 50/60 Hz frequency or substantially higher than the standard 50/60 Hz frequ... | 11/21/2000 |
| 6150743 | Composite motor end housing with a metallic sleeve bearing support An electric motor housing including a metal internal hub and composite material reduces weight, reduces motor vibration transmission, increases mechanical damping, improves corrosion resistance and improves electrical performance.... | 11/21/2000 |
| 6142090 | Power converter arrangement for integration into a ship structure In the embodiments described in the specification, a power converter unit contains a series of enclosures mounted on a platform which is supported from a ship's hull structure by isolation mounts. Each enclosure includes power conversion modules and is su... | 11/07/2000 |
| 6141228 | Parallel resonant DC linked inverter arrangement and method utilizing antiferroelectric dielectric material In the parallel resonant DC link inverter described in the specification, a DC voltage is applied to a plurality of semiconductor switches to provide an AC driving voltage for an AC motor by way of an LC tank circuit containing a nonlinear capacitance dev... | 10/31/2000 |
| 6131648 | High pressure corrugated plate-type heat exchanger A high pressure corrugated plate-type heat exchanger includes a plate pack consisting of stacked corrugated plates having seals between adjacent plates contained in a high pressure enclosure. The seals act as the primary arrangement for containing the hig... | 10/17/2000 |
| 6125528 | Method for making a composite electric motor housing An electric motor housing is made by press-forming a composite material on a metal cylinder and machining passages in the press-formed material. This reduces weight, reduces motor vibration transmission, increases mechanical damping, improves corrosion re... | 10/03/2000 |
| 6118932 | Method and arrangement for a high voltage single-stage variable speed drive A high voltage, single-stage variable speed motor power supply utilizes direct AC-to-AC converters that do not have any intermediate DC link, along with a multi-level, multi-phase, multi-circuit variable speed motor drive and a motor in which a stator is ... | 09/12/2000 |
| 6082670 | Method and arrangement for fluidborne vehicle propulsion and drag reduction A method and arrangement for propelling fluidborne vehicles is disclosed that results in reduction in the overall form drag of certain classes of vehicles. The method and arrangement consists of using a propulsion system with an inlet that circumscribes t... | 07/04/2000 |
| 6075684 | Method and arrangement for direct current circuit interruption In the direct current circuit interruption arrangements disclosed in the specification, a solid state circuit interrupter interrupts the connection in a circuit path between a power source and a load. The stored energy in the circuit is dissipated in a re... | 06/13/2000 |
| 6072252 | Composite electric motor shaft A composite electric motor shaft including axially distributed metallic and nonmetallic sections joined together exhibit increased mechanical damping, increased rotor critical speed, improved corrosion resistance and improved motor performance.... | 06/06/2000 |
| 6069421 | Electric motor having composite encapsulated stator and rotor The electric motor disclosed in the specification has an encapsulated stator which includes inner and outer annular composite layers each having a radial flange joined to an end of the other layer by chemical welds, an array of laterally adjacent circular... | 05/30/2000 |
