Patents by Inventor Christopher Michael Roche

Christopher Michael Roche 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).

  • Publication number: 20130174497
    Abstract: A system includes a portable transformer repair station that includes a portable building. The portable building includes a framework, a roof, and walls having a disassembled building configuration and an assembled building configuration. The portable building is configured to be transported in the disassembled building configuration. The portable building is configured to enclose a transformer repair space in the assembled building configuration. The portable transformer repair station also includes a portable floor having a disassembled floor configuration and an assembled floor configuration. The portable floor is configured to be transported in the disassembled floor configuration. The portable floor is configured to be disposed within the portable building in the assembled floor configuration. The portable transformer repair station also includes a portable oven configured to be disposed within the portable building.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2012
    Publication date: July 11, 2013
    Applicant: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Johnathan Christopher Brown, John Michael Engstrom, Jerry Paul Snowball, JR., Chetan Raghu Aswathanarayana Polavaram, Christopher Michael Roche
  • Publication number: 20130176046
    Abstract: A system includes a transformer testing system that includes a mobile platform configured to couple to a vehicle and an impulse testing system coupled to the mobile platform. The impulse testing system includes an impulse generator tower disposed in a lowered position along the mobile platform during transport by the vehicle. The transformer testing system also includes a lift system coupled to the mobile platform. The lift system is configured to lift the impulse generator tower from the lowered position to a raised position. The impulse testing system is configured to perform an impulse test of a high voltage power transformer while the impulse generator tower is disposed in the raised position. The transformer testing system also includes a protective cover disposed on the mobile platform. The protective cover is configured to surround a region having the impulse testing system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2012
    Publication date: July 11, 2013
    Applicant: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Johnathan Christopher Brown, John Michael Engstrom, David Warren Deines, Chetan Raghu Aswathanarayana Polavaram, Christopher Michael Roche, Fred Faro Noto, Terry Joseph Geringer