Patents by Inventor Gilles D. Gagnon

Gilles D. Gagnon 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).

  • Winding end turn cooling in an electric machine
    Patent number: 8198762
    Abstract: Winding end turns in an electric machine are cooled by a coolant. Cooling is improved by redirecting the coolant generally tangentially through the winding end turns to improve heat transfer between coolant and windings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2012
    Assignee: Pratt & Whitney Canada Corp.
    Inventor: Gilles D. Gagnon
  • WINDING END TURN COOLING IN AN ELECTRIC MACHINE
    Publication number: 20090195092
    Abstract: Winding end turns in an electric machine are cooled by a coolant. Cooling is improved by redirecting the coolant generally tangentially through the winding end turns to improve heat transfer between coolant and windings.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2008
    Publication date: August 6, 2009
    Inventor: Gilles D. Gagnon
  • ASSEMBLY FOR TRANSMITTING N-PHASE CURRENT
    Publication number: 20080179969
    Abstract: An assembly and method for providing at multiphase current signals in which a plurality of conductors is arranged with conductors carrying dissimilar phases adjacent one another, and preferably in a balanced arrangement, such that the induced magnetic fields are subtractive from each other, and the assembly with reduced inductance results.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2007
    Publication date: July 31, 2008
    Inventors: Kevin A. Dooley, Joshua David Bell, Gilles D. Gagnon, Michael J. Dowhan, Joseph Brand, Jerzy Wasiewicz