Patents by Inventor David M. Pierre

David M. Pierre 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: 10122236
    Abstract: An electric machine includes a motor having a motor chassis having a first and second end, a stator assembly, and a rotor assembly. The electric machine includes a motor control assembly having a circuit board. The motor control assembly is attached to the stator assembly of the motor. A first end shield is attached to the first end of the motor chassis. The first end shield includes a first opening that is configured to enable a cooling air stream to pass therethrough to cool the motor and the motor control assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: Regal Beloit America, Inc.
    Inventors: Wei Song, David M. Pierre, Kamron Wright, Paul Nathanael Selking, Donn Edward Steffen
  • Publication number: 20150076941
    Abstract: An electric machine includes a motor having a motor chassis having a first and second end, a stator assembly, and a rotor assembly. The electric machine includes a motor control assembly having a circuit board. The motor control assembly is attached to the stator assembly of the motor. A first end shield is attached to the first end of the motor chassis. The first end shield includes a first opening that is configured to enable a cooling air stream to pass therethrough to cool the motor and the motor control assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2014
    Publication date: March 19, 2015
    Inventors: Wei Song, David M. Pierre, Kamron Wright, Paul Nathanael Selking, Donn Edward Steffen
  • Patent number: 8896169
    Abstract: A method for fabricating a motor is described that includes attaching a circuit board of a motor control assembly to a first side of a mounting adapter, and attaching a second side of the mounting adapter to a stator assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2014
    Assignee: Regal Beloit America, Inc.
    Inventors: Wei Song, David M. Pierre, Kamron Wright
  • Publication number: 20130106257
    Abstract: A method for fabricating a motor is described that includes attaching a circuit board of a motor control assembly to a first side of a mounting adapter, and attaching a second side of the mounting adapter to a stator assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2011
    Publication date: May 2, 2013
    Inventors: Wei Song, David M. Pierre, Kamron Wright
  • Patent number: 5522125
    Abstract: An operator sequentially inserts into an automated system for making armatures for electrodynamic machines loaded magazines containing a required number of hairpin conductors for an armature to be made, an armature core comprising a plurality of substantially aligned laminations preassembled to form the core and a commutator, and removes armatures completed by assembling these components. All the insertion and removal steps are performed from an operator's position such that operation of the system embodying the present invention is easily and conveniently performed even though the components and completed armatures can be of substantial weight. The use of a hairpin magazine, including the hairpin conductors required for an armature, permits simultaneous transfer of all the hairpin conductors into upper twist tooling wherein upper ends of the hairpin conductors adjacent end turn portions of the conductors are moved apart relative to one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 1994
    Date of Patent: June 4, 1996
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Lynn E. Bradtmueller, Gustave F. Wiedemann, David M. Pierre, Ronnie G. Smitley
  • Patent number: 5363546
    Abstract: An operator sequentially inserts into an automated system for making armatures for electrodynamic machines loaded magazines containing a required number of hairpin conductors for an armature to be made, an armature core comprising a plurality of substantially aligned laminations preassembled to form the core and a commutator, and removes armatures completed by assembling these components. All the insertion and removal steps are performed from an operator's position such that operation of the system embodying the present invention is easily and conveniently performed even though the components and completed armatures can be of substantial weight. The use of a hairpin magazine, including the hairpin conductors required for an armature, permits simultaneous transfer of all the hairpin conductors into upper twist tooling wherein upper ends of the hairpin conductors adjacent end turn portions of the conductors are moved apart relative to one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 1992
    Date of Patent: November 15, 1994
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Lynn E. Bradtmueller, Gustave F. Wiedemann, David M. Pierre, Ronnie G. Smitley
  • Patent number: 4035277
    Abstract: A probe for measuring the oxygen content in a fluid, particularly a molten metal, by galvanic action. The probe assembly of the invention utilizes the thermal expansive properties of the probe components to increase the physical contact pressure between the solid electrolyte and its reference electrode so as to increase its reliability, ruggedness and lifetime.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 1976
    Date of Patent: July 12, 1977
    Assignee: Essex Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel R. Hennessy, David M. Pierre, Horace Pops