Patents by Inventor William R. Snow

William R. Snow 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: 5672920
    Abstract: A hybrid vehicle includes a power unit communicating power between a turbine alternator, flywheel and traction motor. The power unit stores DC power in capacitors and places the power on DC bus for use in driving the induction machines. Power transistors receive the DC power from the DC bus and are pulse width modulated to output a synthesized AC wave form at their output. An Ac bus assembly comprises the power transistor modules connected in a plane and each having contact pads formed thereon for providing AC current sources. A bus bar interconnects at least one of the current sources to a peripheral device. The bus bar comprises a plurality of elongated flat plates having a width substantially greater than its thickness and laminated to one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 1996
    Date of Patent: September 30, 1997
    Assignee: Chrysler Corporation
    Inventors: Kevin J. Donegan, Dennis E. Hartzell, Gary P. Millas, William R. Snow
  • Patent number: 4500563
    Abstract: Semiconductive wafers are processed, i.e., etched or layers deposited thereon, by means of a plasma enhanced chemical vapor processing system wherein the plasma is generated by a train of R.F. power pulses. The pulse repetition rate, pulse length and peak power level of the individual pulses are independently variably controlled to variably control the uniformity of the processing of the semiconductive wafers within the processing gaps.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 1982
    Date of Patent: February 19, 1985
    Assignee: Pacific Western Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Charles E. Ellenberger, George L. Bower, William R. Snow