Patents by Inventor Carlos A. Gavilondo

Carlos A. Gavilondo 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).

  • Closed channel axial vent for radially ventilated generator rotor
    Patent number: 4900956
    Abstract: An axial vent channel (30) for installation in a generator rotor winding slot, the channel (30) being in the form of an elongate, closed tube of polygonal cross section enclosing a longitudinal passage (32), the tube being formed to have a closed bottom wall and an opposed, substantially closed, top wall provided with a plurality of radial vent slits (36) spaced apart along the longitudinal passage (32), the channel (30) being configured to be installed in the rotor winding slot with the passage (32) extending parallel to the axis of the rotor, the bottom wall facing toward the axis of the rotor and the top wall facing away from the axis of the rotor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 1988
    Date of Patent: February 13, 1990
    Assignee: Westinghouse Electric Corp.
    Inventors: Carlos A. Gavilondo, Aleksandar Prole