Patents by Inventor Donald J. Schenk

Donald J. Schenk 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).

  • Apparatus and method for induction motor heat transfer
    Patent number: 9520755
    Abstract: A heat sink apparatus for induction motors and other dynamoelectric machines. The heat sink has a mounting portion adapted for coupling to a motor housing. A first heat sink portion is adapted for insertion into a motor housing interior, such as through an aperture in the frame or bearing bracket, and is thermally coupled to a second heat sink portion that is adapted for orientation outside the housing. The heat sink apparatus first heat sink portion may be inserted within an air channel of a TEFC induction motor. The heat sink preferably has a higher heat transfer rate than the motor housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2016
    Assignee: SIEMENS INDUSTRY, INC.
    Inventors: Nicholas G. Lang, Donald J. Schenk
  • APPARAUS AND METHOD FOR INDUCTION MOTOR HEAT TRANSFER
    Publication number: 20140062227
    Abstract: A heat sink apparatus for induction motors and other dynamoelectric machines. The heat sink has a mounting portion adapted for coupling to a motor housing. A first heat sink portion is adapted for insertion into a motor housing interior, such as through an aperture in the frame or bearing bracket, and is thermally coupled to a second heat sink portion that is adapted for orientation outside the housing. The heat sink apparatus first heat sink portion may be inserted within an air channel of a TEFC induction motor. The heat sink preferably has a higher heat transfer rate than the motor housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2012
    Publication date: March 6, 2014
    Applicant: SIEMENS INDUSTRY, INC.
    Inventors: Nicholas G. Lang, Donald J. Schenk