Patents by Inventor Daniel Hediger

Daniel Hediger 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).

  • Patent number: 9876415
    Abstract: A tool for assembly of an inner enclosure of a generator or a machine comprises a first part and a second part. The first part comprises a plate with one edge constructed to form a first half-ring. The second part comprises a second half-ring corresponding to the first half-ring of the first part. Upon assembly of the first part and the second part, the first half-ring and the second half-ring form a full-ring to encompass a shaft of the generator or the machine and to connect to an inner enclosure of the generator or the machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2018
    Inventors: Grzegorz Jakub Kunka, Robert Fogel, Daniel Hediger
  • Patent number: 9444316
    Abstract: The method for extraction or introduction of a rotor (4) from or into a stator (2) of an electric machine (1) includes removing the fan blades (20) from the seats (19) of the rotor shaft (26), connecting a first guide (16) into the seats (19) of the removed fan blades (20), connecting a second guide (23) to the stator or to an element fixed to the stator (2), extracting or inserting the rotor (4) by sliding the first guide (16) on the second guide (23).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2016
    Assignee: ALSTOM TECHNOLOGY LTD
    Inventors: Robert Fogel, Daniel Hediger, Urs Hafner, Jacek Kanicki
  • Patent number: 9438094
    Abstract: The arrangement of an electric machine, a connecting system and a converter, includes the connecting system connected between the electric machine and the converter. The connecting system has an enclosure that houses non-shielded conductors each non-shielded conductor is connected between a phase of the electric machine and the inner side of the converter. The non-shielded conductors of the connecting system that are connected to an operating phase of the electric machine are adjacent to conductors of the connecting system that are not connected to operating phases of the electric machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2016
    Assignee: ALSTOM Technology Ltd
    Inventors: Not-Curdin Fried, Damir Novosel, Daniel Hediger, Andre Arndt, Hossein Safari Zadeh, Gregoire Vienne
  • Patent number: 9118233
    Abstract: The electric machine has a stator with windings connected to phase connections. An insulating cap protects the reciprocally connected portions of the phase connections and windings. The insulating cap has a box-shaped body with an opening for the introduction of a winding within it. The body defines a seat housing the phase connection. The seat is formed in one piece with the body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2015
    Assignee: ALSTOM TECHNOLOGY LTD
    Inventors: Francesco Stallone, Grzegorz Kunka, Daniel Hediger
  • Patent number: 9035528
    Abstract: A press plate (5) for tightening the metal sheets (2) of a stator core of an electric machine has an annular element (16) with a plurality of holes (17) provided at a side wall (11) thereof. The holes (17) have an elongated recessed top portion (20) and a cylindrical recessed bottom portion (21) extending from the ceiling (22) of the elongated recessed top portion (20).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2015
    Assignee: ALSTOM TECHNOLOGY LTD.
    Inventors: Leszek Stachyra, Jacek Mariusz Kanicki, Daniel Hediger, Lothar Eckert
  • Patent number: 9027233
    Abstract: A supporting basket for an end winding of a stator winding of an electrical machine, the supporting basket including: at least one supporting ring; a plurality of supporting brackets arranged circumferentially distributed along the at least one supporting ring and attached to the at least one supporting ring; and a plurality of round connectors arranged radially externally on the supporting brackets, the round connectors extending circumferentially and being attached to the supporting brackets; wherein the supporting brackets, the at least one supporting ring, and the round connectors comprise an impregnation formed by dip-impregnation as a preassembled unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2015
    Assignee: Alstom Technology Ltd.
    Inventors: Daniel Hediger, Francesco Stallone
  • Publication number: 20140306558
    Abstract: The arrangement of an electric machine, a connecting system and a converter, includes the connecting system connected between the electric machine and the converter. The connecting system has an enclosure that houses non-shielded conductors each non-shielded conductor is connected between a phase of the electric machine and the inner side of the converter. The non-shielded conductors of the connecting system that are connected to an operating phase of the electric machine are adjacent to conductors of the connecting system that are not connected to operating phases of the electric machine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2013
    Publication date: October 16, 2014
    Applicant: ALSTOM Technology Ltd
    Inventors: Not-Curdin Fried, Damir Novosel, Daniel Hediger, Andre Arndt, Hossein Safari Zadeh, Gregoire Vienne
  • Patent number: 8791360
    Abstract: The electrical connection of a sealed electrical machine is provided and includes a casing containing lead conductors each connected to a bushing via an electrical connector. The casing has at least an inlet and an outlet for a cooling fluid. The electrical connector includes at least a permeable element defining a chamber such that during operation the cooling fluid, passing through the chamber and the permeable element, cools the permeable element. A method is also provided for cooling an electrical connection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2014
    Assignee: Alstom Technology Ltd
    Inventors: Not-Curdin Fried, Daniel Hediger, Andrzej Klopotowski
  • Publication number: 20130333201
    Abstract: The method for extraction or introduction of a rotor (4) from or into a stator (2) of an electric machine (1) includes removing the fan blades (20) from the seats (19) of the rotor shaft (26), connecting a first guide (16) into the seats (19) of the removed fan blades (20), connecting a second guide (23) to the stator or to an element fixed to the stator (2), extracting or inserting the rotor (4) by sliding the first guide (16) on the second guide (23).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2013
    Publication date: December 19, 2013
    Inventors: Robert Fogel, Daniel Hediger, Urs Hafner, Jacek Kanicki
  • Patent number: 8339002
    Abstract: An end winding is described for a stator of an electrical machine. The end winding includes at least two round connectors via which the current is passed out from the winding bars of the stator, as well as a plurality of supporting brackets, via which the end winding is attached to the stator. The end winding has at least two round connectors having a radial section at whose end a phase connection block is in each case arranged. At least two phase connection blocks of one phase are arranged alongside one another in the circumferential direction. The adjacent phase connection blocks are connected via at least one pin element and is mounted at least partially integrally in recesses in the mutually facing side surfaces of the phase connection blocks. A method for fitting an end winding such as this is also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2012
    Assignee: ALSTOM Technology Ltd
    Inventors: Matthias Banziger, Daniel Hediger
  • Patent number: 8074343
    Abstract: A method for the production of a supporting basket (1) for an end winding of a stator winding of an electrical machine includes preassembling the supporting basket (1), mounting electrically insulated round connectors (6) on the supporting basket (1), immersing the supporting basket (1) with the mounted round connectors (6) in an impregnation agent bath (12), evacuating the impregnation agent bath (12), and removing the supporting basket (1) with the mounted round connectors (6) from the impregnation agent bath (12), and drying, curing, or both, the impregnation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2011
    Assignee: ALSTOM Technology Ltd.
    Inventors: Daniel Hediger, Francesco Stallone
  • Publication number: 20110278982
    Abstract: A press plate (5) for tightening the metal sheets (2) of a stator core of an electric machine has an annular element (16) with a plurality of holes (17) provided at a side wall (11) thereof. The holes (17) have an elongated recessed top portion (20) and a cylindrical recessed bottom portion (21) extending from the ceiling (22) of the elongated recessed top portion (20).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2011
    Publication date: November 17, 2011
    Inventors: Leszek Stachyra, Jacek Mariusz Kanicki, Daniel Hediger, Lothar Eckert
  • Publication number: 20100289355
    Abstract: An end winding is described for a stator of an electrical machine. The end winding includes at least two round connectors via which the current is passed out from the winding bars of the stator, as well as a plurality of supporting brackets, via which the end winding is attached to the stator. The end winding has at least two round connectors having a radial section at whose end a phase connection block is in each case arranged. At least two phase connection blocks of one phase are arranged alongside one another in the circumferential direction. The adjacent phase connection blocks are connected via at least one pin element and is mounted at least partially integrally in recesses in the mutually facing side surfaces of the phase connection blocks. A method for fitting an end winding such as this is also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2010
    Publication date: November 18, 2010
    Applicant: ALSTOM TECHNOLOGY LTD
    Inventors: Matthias Bänziger, Daniel Hediger
  • Publication number: 20100066202
    Abstract: A method for the production of a supporting basket (1) for an end winding of a stator winding of an electrical machine includes preassembling the supporting basket (1), mounting electrically insulated round connectors (6) on the supporting basket (1), immersing the supporting basket (1) with the mounted round connectors (6) in an impregnation agent bath (12), evacuating the impregnation agent bath (12), and removing the supporting basket (1) with the mounted round connectors (6) from the impregnation agent bath (12), and drying, curing, or both, the impregnation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2009
    Publication date: March 18, 2010
    Inventors: Daniel Hediger, Francesco Stallone
  • Patent number: 7485999
    Abstract: An electrical machine (10) has a built-in stator (11) which is mounted in a housing (12, 13, 14) by a built-in stator suspension, in particular in the form of a plurality of supporting rings (29) which are arranged one behind the other, at a distance apart, in the axial direction and surround the built-in stator (11), which housing (12, 13, 14) surrounds the built-in stator (11) at a distance from it, with additional apparatuses (38, 39) being provided in order to fix the housing (12, 13, 14) relative to the built-in stator (11) and with respect to the built-in stator suspension (29). In a machine such as this, the housing oscillations are minimized without any deterioration in the robustness that is required for transportation in that the fixing apparatuses (38, 39) are apparatuses which can be adjusted from outside the housing (12, 13, 14).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2009
    Assignee: ALSTOM Technology Ltd.
    Inventors: Gianfranco Guerra, Daniel Hediger
  • Publication number: 20070257852
    Abstract: An electrical machine (10) has a built-in stator (11) which is mounted in a housing (12, 13, 14) by a built-in stator suspension, in particular in the form of a plurality of supporting rings (29) which are arranged one behind the other, at a distance apart, in the axial direction and surround the built-in stator (11), which housing (12, 13, 14) surrounds the built-in stator (11) at a distance from it, with additional apparatuses (38, 39) being provided in order to fix the housing (12, 13, 14) relative to the built-in stator (11) and with respect to the built-in stator suspension (29). In a machine such as this, the housing oscillations are minimized without any deterioration in the robustness that is required for transportation in that the fixing apparatuses (38, 39) are apparatuses which can be adjusted from outside the housing (12, 13, 14).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2007
    Publication date: November 8, 2007
    Inventors: Gianfranco Guerra, Daniel Hediger
  • Patent number: 6965184
    Abstract: An apparatus (10) for supporting a winding (7) on a stator (1), in particular on a generator stator in a power station. The winding (7) has an end winding (9) which is supported axially on the core (2) of the stator (1) via winding supports (11) of the supporting apparatus (10). The winding supports (11) are supported on the end winding (9) via a stressing device (22), at right angles to an envelope surface (21). In order to improve the axial position between the winding support (11) and the end winding (9) during operation of the stator (1), a coupling device (23) is provided which allows relative movements between the end winding (9) and the winding support (11) in the circumferential direction and at right angles to the envelope surface (21), and prevents such relative movements in an envelope line direction (30).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2005
    Assignee: Alstom Technology Ltd.
    Inventors: Daniel Hediger, Hrvoje Lukacic, Duncan Madle, Francesco Stallone, Alfred Ziegler
  • Patent number: 6911761
    Abstract: A horizontal-axis electrical machine has an built-in stator concentrically surrounded by a number of parallel retaining rings that spaced apart from one another in the axial direction and are connected on their outer circumference on opposing sides in each case by means of retaining structures to a base frame which extends in the axial direction. A horizontally acting spring, which has the form of a perpendicular, longitudinal plate, is fixed on the one hand with its ends to the associated retaining ring, and is firmly connected on the other hand with its freely flexible central part to the base frame by means of connecting elements, being provided within each of the retaining structures. Improved oscillation isolation between the built-in stator and the base frame is achieved in such an electrical machine by vertically acting spring elements disposed between the ends of the spring and the associated retaining ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2005
    Assignee: Alstom Technology Ltd.
    Inventors: Not-Curdin Fried, Daniel Hediger, Nicola Merlini, René Meylan, Francesco Stallone
  • Publication number: 20050029898
    Abstract: An apparatus (10) for supporting a winding (7) on a stator (1), in particular on a generator stator in a power station. The winding (7) has an end winding (9) which is supported axially on the core (2) of the stator (1) via winding supports (11) of the supporting apparatus (10). The winding supports (11) are supported on the end winding (9) via a stressing device (22), at right angles to an envelope surface (21). In order to improve the axial position between the winding support (11) and the end winding (9) during operation of the stator (1), a coupling device (23) is provided which allows relative movements between the end winding (9) and the winding support (11) in the circumferential direction and at right angles to the envelope surface (21), and prevents such relative movements in an envelope line direction (30).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2004
    Publication date: February 10, 2005
    Inventors: Daniel Hediger, Hrvoje Lukacic, Duncan Madle, Francesco Stallone, Alfred Ziegler
  • Publication number: 20040256946
    Abstract: A horizontal-axis electrical machine has an built-in stator concentrically surrounded by a number of parallel retaining rings that spaced apart from one another in the axial direction and are connected on their outer circumference on opposing sides in each case by means of retaining structures to a base frame which extends in the axial direction. A horizontally acting spring, which has the form of a perpendicular, longitudinal plate, is fixed on the one hand with its ends to the associated retaining ring, and is firmly connected on the other hand with its freely flexible central part to the base frame by means of connecting elements, being provided within each of the retaining structures. Improved oscillation isolation between the built-in stator and the base frame is achieved in such an electrical machine by vertically acting spring elements disposed between the ends of the spring and the associated retaining ring.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2004
    Publication date: December 23, 2004
    Applicant: ALSTOM Technology Ltd
    Inventors: Not-Curdin Fried, Daniel Hediger, Nicola Merlini, Rene Meylan, Francesco Stallone