Patents by Inventor Bryan E. Ladd

Bryan E. Ladd 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).

  • Braking grid cooling system
    Patent number: 9815374
    Abstract: A braking grid cooling system may include a fan having a hub supporting a rotor and at least partially enclosing a stator, and a plurality of fan blades connected to and projecting radially from the hub; and a dynamic braking grid receiving the fan in a nested relation such that a combined height of the grid and the fan is less than a sum of a height of the grid and a height of the fan.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2017
    Assignee: DAYTON-PHOENIX GROUP, INC.
    Inventors: Gabriel E. Widmer, Bryan E. Ladd, Justin P. Widmer
  • Braking Grid Cooling System
    Publication number: 20160089983
    Abstract: A braking grid cooling system may include a fan having a hub supporting a rotor and at least partially enclosing a stator, and a plurality of fan blades connected to and projecting radially from the hub; and a dynamic braking grid receiving the fan in a nested relation such that a combined height of the grid and the fan is less than a sum of a height of the grid and a height of the fan.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2014
    Publication date: March 31, 2016
    Applicant: DAYTON-PHOENIX GROUP, INC.
    Inventors: Gabriel E. Widmer, Bryan E. Ladd, Justin P. Widmer
  • Motor/generator phase insulation article and method for manufacturing
    Patent number: 8264116
    Abstract: Apparatus including a monolithic, motor/generator phase insulation article having a manufactured state and a ready-to-use state. The insulation article has longitudinally-spaced-apart first and second tabs and flexible, transversely-spaced-apart first and second legs each having a first end monolithically joined to the first tab and a second end monolithically joined to the second tab. The first and second tabs are disposed longitudinally closer together in the manufactured state than in the ready-to-use state. In the manufactured state the first and second legs each have a more serpentine shape, and in the ready-to-use state the first and second legs each have a less serpentine shape. A method for manufacturing the insulation article is also described which cuts a monolithic, substantially-rectangular sheet of motor/generator phase insulation to create the insulation article.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2012
    Assignee: Dayton-Phoenix Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph A. Zahora, Ralph M. Gutman, Bryan E. Ladd
  • MOTOR/GENERATOR PHASE INSULATION ARTICLE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING
    Publication number: 20100019611
    Abstract: Apparatus including a monolithic, motor/generator phase insulation article having a manufactured state and a ready-to-use state. The insulation article has longitudinally-spaced-apart first and second tabs and flexible, transversely-spaced-apart first and second legs each having a first end monolithically joined to the first tab and a second end monolithically joined to the second tab. The first and second tabs are disposed longitudinally closer together in the manufactured state than in the ready-to-use state. In the manufactured state the first and second legs each have a more serpentine shape, and in the ready-to-use state the first and second legs each have a less serpentine shape. A method for manufacturing the insulation article is also described which cuts a monolithic, substantially-rectangular sheet of motor/generator phase insulation to create the insulation article.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2008
    Publication date: January 28, 2010
    Applicant: DAYTON-PHOENIX GROUP, INC.
    Inventors: Joseph A. Zahora, Ralph M. Gutman, Bryan E. Ladd