Patents by Inventor Nikolai M. Gorbunov

Nikolai M. Gorbunov 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).

  • Speed governor for a hydroelectric unit
    Patent number: 4297589
    Abstract: A speed governor for a hydroelectric unit includes an error sensing means, an integrator and a gate opening control means connected to the output of the integrator for controlling the degree of opening of the turbine gate apparatus. The governor further comprises a limiter connected between the output of the error sensing means and the input of the integrator for limiting the maximum value of the integrator input signal to a limit value equal to the minimum integrator input signal value which insures the maximum permissible rate of change of the degree of opening of the gate apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 1980
    Date of Patent: October 27, 1981
    Inventors: Oleg I. Bashnin, Vasily V. Semenov, Vasily N. Fedorov, Nikolai M. Gorbunov, Evgeny I. Rodionov, Nikolai A. Sorokin