Patents Examined by Mark O. Bodd
  • Compact resistor assembly for rotary electric machine
    Patent number: 4492887
    Abstract: A rotary electric machine including a stator with a rotor journalled for rotation within the stator about an axis and carrying an electrical conductor. The resistor is mounted on the rotor and is electrically associated with the conductor. The resistor is narrow axially of the rotor and elongated radially but within the periphery of the rotor to thereby provide an axially compact rotary electric machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 1983
    Date of Patent: January 8, 1985
    Assignee: Sundstrand Corporation
    Inventor: Jeffrey D. Baldwin