Patents by Inventor Carl Vanhoutte

Carl Vanhoutte 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).

  • Laminated bus bar assembly
    Patent number: 7557298
    Abstract: A laminated bus bar assembly comprises alternating layers of a conductive layer and a foam dielectric layer. The foam dielectric layer has a dielectric constant greater than a solid non-porous dielectric constant of the same material, the use of which increases the partial discharge inception and extinction voltage levels, provides vibration resistance, decreases inductance and the like. The bus bar assembly of laminar construction is useful for power distribution systems, high power transistor modules, and the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2009
    Assignee: World Properties, Inc.
    Inventors: Carl Vanhoutte, Jean-Pierre Roelandt
  • Laminated bus bar assembly
    Publication number: 20040069527
    Abstract: A laminated bus bar assembly comprises alternating layers of a conductive layer and a foam dielectric layer. The foam dielectric layer has a dielectric constant greater than a solid non-porous dielectric constant of the same material, the use of which increases the partial discharge inception and extinction voltage levels, provides vibration resistance, decreases inductance and the like. The bus bar assembly of laminar construction is useful for power distribution systems, high power transistor modules, and the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2002
    Publication date: April 15, 2004
    Inventors: Carl Vanhoutte, Jean-Pierre Roelandt