Patents by Inventor Richard N. Dawson

Richard N. Dawson 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).

  • Compact geared drive train
    Patent number: 7815536
    Abstract: A drive train for a wind turbine is provided. The wind turbine includes a rotor connected to a low speed shaft, and a low speed shaft connected to a gearbox. The gearbox has a high speed shaft connected to a generator. The drive train includes a bearing interposed between the gearbox and the generator. A gearbox lubrication medium is at least partially contained within the gearbox, and the bearing shares the gearbox lubrication medium with the gearbox.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2010
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Patrick L. Jansen, Gary R. Barnes, Murtuza Lokhandwalla, Richard N. Dawson, Aniruddha D. Gadre, Ian A. Hughes
  • COMPACT GEARED DRIVE TRAIN
    Publication number: 20100133854
    Abstract: A drive train for a wind turbine is provided. The wind turbine includes a rotor connected to a low speed shaft, and a low speed shaft connected to a gearbox. The gearbox has a high speed shaft connected to a generator. The drive train includes a bearing interposed between the gearbox and the generator. A gearbox lubrication medium is at least partially contained within the gearbox, and the bearing shares the gearbox lubrication medium with the gearbox.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2009
    Publication date: June 3, 2010
    Inventors: Patrick L. Jansen, Gary R. Barnes, Murtuza Lokhandwalla, Richard N. Dawson, Aniruddha D. Gadre, Ian A. Hughes
  • Bore pack exciter cooling system
    Patent number: 4904890
    Abstract: A gas cooling system for a bore pack exciter for a power generator in which high velocity, colder cooling gas is obtained from the region within the generator where the entering cooling gas is impelled by the generator fan, and means to direct part of that cooling gas from that flow through the bore pack exciter before return to the interior of the generator for recycling through the cooling unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 1989
    Date of Patent: February 27, 1990
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: James B. Archibald, Ernest L. Moore, Richard N. Dawson, Kenneth G. Herd