Patents by Inventor Brian E. B. Gott

Brian E. B. Gott 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 of minimizing rotor body windage loss
    Patent number: 6438820
    Abstract: In a rotating electric machine including a rotor and a stator surrounding said rotor in substantially concentric relation therewith to establish a gap therebetween, and wherein the stator is formed with a plurality of radially oriented slots, each slot receiving a stator bar held in place by a wedge, an arrangement to minimize rotor windage loss wherein each wedge substantially fills its respective slot such that an end surface of the wedge is substantially flush with adjacent surfaces of the stator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2002
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Wei Tong, Brian E. B. Gott