Patents by Inventor Christopher McMenamin

Christopher McMenamin 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: 7235895
    Abstract: A rotor for a wind turbine generator includes a rotatable hub forming a cavity. A plurality of rotor blades is connected to the hub. A heat sink is at least partially positioned within the cavity and extends along a portion of a corresponding rotor blade. The heat sink includes a bottom surface mounted on a thermal energy generating component of the wind turbine generator. An opposing top planar surface includes a plurality of pins extending therefrom. The pins form an air flow path through the pins to dissipate the generated thermal energy from the thermal energy generating component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2007
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Jeffrey Alan Melius, Cyrus David Harbourt, Brian Matthew Aiken, Christopher Todd Moore, Howard Ross Edmunds, Brian Eric Lindholm, Christopher McMenamin, William John Bonneau, Amy Marlene Ridenour, Andrew Scott Wilkinson
  • Publication number: 20070085346
    Abstract: A rotor for a wind turbine generator includes a rotatable hub forming a cavity. A plurality of rotor blades is connected to the hub. A heat sink is at least partially positioned within the cavity and extends along a portion of a corresponding rotor blade. The heat sink includes a bottom surface mounted on a thermal energy generating component of the wind turbine generator. An opposing top planar surface includes a plurality of pins extending therefrom. The pins form an air flow path through the pins to dissipate the generated thermal energy from the thermal energy generating component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2005
    Publication date: April 19, 2007
    Inventors: Jeffrey Melius, Cyrus Harbourt, Brian Aiken, Christopher Moore, Howard Edmunds, Brian Lindholm, Christopher McMenamin, William Bonneau, Amy Ridenour, Andrew Wilkinson
  • Patent number: 7064647
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for an air core reactor including a plurality of straight members and a plurality of offset members, the plurality of straight and offset members are interconnected to form an orthogonal spiral having an air core therethrough.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2006
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Howard Ross Edmunds, Brian Matthew Alken, Andrew Phillip, Christopher McMenamin, Christopher T. Moore, John Earl Bittner, Stephen Daniel Nash, Michael L. Miller
  • Patent number: 7018169
    Abstract: A device for controlling a fluid flow is disclosed. The device includes at least two fluid flow drivers, a plenum disposed to receive a fluid flow from the at least two drivers, and a baffle disposed within the plenum. The plenum has a first cross-sectional area proximate the at least two drivers and a second cross-section area at a distance from the at least two drivers, the second cross-sectional area being an exit for the fluid flow. The baffle has a first edge restrained proximate the first cross-sectional area and a second opposing edge freely disposed proximate the second cross-sectional area. The baffle has a surface area responsive to the fluid flow within the plenum to reduce a backflow if one of the at least two drivers is operational and another is non-operational.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2006
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Andrew G. Phillip, Brian Aiken, H. Ross Edmunds, Brian E. Lindholm, Christopher McMenamin, Pedro Monclova, Christopher T. Moore
  • Publication number: 20050280493
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for an air core reactor including a plurality of straight members and a plurality of offset members, the plurality of straight and offset members are interconnected to form an orthogonal spiral having an air core therethrough.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2004
    Publication date: December 22, 2005
    Inventors: Howard Edmunds, Brian Alken, Andrew Phillip, Christopher McMenamin, Christopher Moore, John Bittner, Stephen Nash, Michael Miller
  • Publication number: 20050186066
    Abstract: A device for controlling a fluid flow is disclosed. The device includes at least two fluid flow drivers, a plenum disposed to receive a fluid flow from the at least two drivers, and a baffle disposed within the plenum. The plenum has a first cross-sectional area proximate the at least two drivers and a second cross-section area at a distance from the at least two drivers, the second cross-sectional area being an exit for the fluid flow. The baffle has a first edge restrained proximate the first cross-sectional area and a second opposing edge freely disposed proximate the second cross-sectional area. The baffle has a surface area responsive to the fluid flow within the plenum to reduce a backflow if one of the at least two drivers is operational and another is non-operational.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2004
    Publication date: August 25, 2005
    Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Andrew Phillip, Brian Aiken, H. Edmunds, Brian Lindholm, Christopher McMenamin, Pedro Monclova, Christopher Moore
  • Publication number: 20050081369
    Abstract: A ferrite assembly has a first conductor and a number of ferrite members. Each of the number of ferrite members has a core. The ferrite members are in electrical communication with the first conductor. The ferrite assembly has a number of current dividing members in electrical communication with the first conductor. The current dividing members define a number of passages for allowing an airflow therethrough.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2003
    Publication date: April 21, 2005
    Inventors: Christopher Moore, Howard Edmunds, Brian Aiken, Christopher McMenamin