Patents by Inventor Edward Lewis Drye

Edward Lewis Drye 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).

  • Electric machine, sealing assembly and associated method
    Patent number: 9876408
    Abstract: An electric machine includes an electric machine having a housing defining a cavity in the housing. The housing has an internal wall of the housing defining an aperture extending from an exterior of the housing to the cavity. The machine also includes a stator secured to the housing and a rotor. The rotor is rotatably secured to the housing. The machine also includes a component positionable in the aperture and a sealing member. The sealing member is operably associated with the component. At least a portion of the sealing member is made of a conformable material and adapted for engagement with the housing. The internal wall of the housing is adapted to radially engage the conformable portion of the sealing member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2018
    Assignee: Regal Beloit America, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Lyon Klopp, Zachary Joseph Stauffer, Edward Lewis Drye
  • Electric machine with magnetic sensor
    Patent number: 9698647
    Abstract: According to an embodiment of the invention, an electric machine is provided. The machine includes a support structure and a stator secured to the support structure. The machine also includes a rotor rotatably scoured to the support structure. The rotor defines a wall of the rotor. The machine also includes a sensor secured to the support structure and adapted to cooperate with the wall of the rotor to sense the position of the rotor relative to that of the stator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2017
    Assignee: Regal Beloit America, Inc.
    Inventors: Edward Lewis Drye, Harold Dean Willis, Stephen Thomas English, Justin Michael Magyar, Christopher Joseph Roth, Alan Michael Smith, Paul Steven Mullin
  • ELECTRIC MACHINE, SENSOR AND ASSOCIATED METHOD
    Publication number: 20160094110
    Abstract: According to an embodiment of the invention, an electric machine is provided. The machine includes a support structure and a stator secured to the support structure. The machine also includes a rotor rotatably scoured to the support structure. The rotor defines a wall of the rotor. The machine also includes a sensor secured to the support structure and adapted to cooperate with the wall of the rotor to sense the position of the rotor relative to that of the stator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2014
    Publication date: March 31, 2016
    Inventors: Edward Lewis Drye, Harold Dean Willis, Stephen Thomas English, Justin Michael Magyar, Christopher Joseph Roth, Alan Michael Smith, Paul Steven Mullin
  • ELECTRIC MACHINE, SEALING ASSEMBLY AND ASSOCIATED METHOD
    Publication number: 20160036285
    Abstract: An electric machine includes an electric machine having a housing defining a cavity in the housing. The housing has an internal wall of the housing defining an aperture extending from an exterior of the housing to the cavity. The machine also includes, a stator secured to the housing and a rotor. The rotor is rotatably secured to the housing. The machine also includes a component positionable in the aperture and a sealing member. The scaling member is operably associated with the component. At least a portion of the sealing member is made of a conformable material and adapted for engagement with the housing. The internal wall of the housing is adapted to radially engage the conformable portion of the sealing member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2014
    Publication date: February 4, 2016
    Inventors: Mark Lyon Klopp, Zachary Joseph Stauffer, Edward Lewis Drye