Patents by Inventor Alphonse Schacher

Alphonse Schacher 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).

  • Method and system for wave energy conversion
    Patent number: 9587620
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for converting wave energy using the relative rotational movement between two interconnected float assemblies and the relative rotational movement between each of the float assemblies and a spar which extends from a buoyant nacelle having a central longitudinal axis wherein the floats are nestable behind the buoyant nacelle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignee: Columbia Power Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Kenneth Edward Rhinefrank, Alphonse Schacher, Joseph Prudell, Erik Hammagren, Pukha Lenee-Bluhm, Zhe Zhang
  • Mechanical assembly for maintaining an air gap between a stator and rotor in an electro-mechanical energy converter
    Patent number: 9484779
    Abstract: An apparatus and corresponding method for maintaining an air gap between a stator and rotor in an electro-mechanical energy converter is provided. The apparatus includes a structural sleeve and a plurality of stator sections attached to an inner surface of the structural sleeve. A hub is enclosed by the structural sleeve and is concentric with the structural sleeve. A plurality of rotor sections is flexibly coupled to the hub and is enclosed by the structural sleeve. A rail system is positioned within the structural sleeve and is concentric with the structural sleeve. The rail system guides the rotor sections in a substantially circular path and defines an air gap between the plurality of stator sections and plurality of rotor sections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2016
    Assignee: Columbia Power Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Kenneth Edward Rhinefrank, Joseph Prudell, Alphonse Schacher, Erik Hammagren
  • METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR WAVE ENERGY CONVERSION
    Publication number: 20150252777
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for converting wave energy using the relative rotational movement between two interconnected float assemblies and the relative rotational movement between each of the float assemblies and a spar which extends from a buoyant nacelle having a central longitudinal axis wherein the floats are nestable behind the buoyant nacelle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2013
    Publication date: September 10, 2015
    Inventors: Kenneth Joseph Rhinefrank, Alphonse Schacher, Joseph Prudell, Erik Hammagren, Pukha Lenee-Bluhm, Zhe Zhang
  • MECHANICAL ASSEMBLY FOR MAINTAINING AN AIR GAP BETWEEN A STATOR AND ROTOR IN AN ELECTRO-MECHANICAL ENERGY CONVERTER
    Publication number: 20140084590
    Abstract: An apparatus and corresponding method for maintaining an air gap between a stator and rotor in an electro-mechanical energy converter is provided. The apparatus includes a structural sleeve and a plurality of stator sections attached to an inner surface of the structural sleeve. A hub is enclosed by the structural sleeve and is concentric with the structural sleeve. A plurality of rotor sections is flexibly coupled to the hub and is enclosed by the structural sleeve. A rail system is positioned within the structural sleeve and is concentric with the structural sleeve. The rail system guides the rotor sections in a substantially circular path and defines an air gap between the plurality of stator sections and plurality of rotor sections.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2012
    Publication date: March 27, 2014
    Applicant: Columbia Power Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Kenneth Rhinefrank, Joseph Prudell, Alphonse Schacher, Erik Hammagren