Patents by Inventor Eric Alan Larson

Eric Alan Larson 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: 11532964
    Abstract: A generator including a stator winding, a rotor positioned radially inside the stator winding, including multiple coil assemblies each using a flat wire, a primary termination plate residing radially inside the rotor configured to connect a wire of a coil assembly to an adjacent wound coil and a secondary termination plate residing radially inside the rotor configured to connect a wound coil to an adjacent wound coil and connect the wound coil to a terminus connection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation
    Inventors: Eric Alan Larson, Brady A. Manogue, David S. Behling, Andrew P. Grosskopf
  • Patent number: 11522398
    Abstract: A supply end plate apparatus includes a supply end plate with an aperture therethrough configured to be mounted at a first axial end of the rotor core for supplying fluid to the rotor core. The supply end plate defines a plurality of end plate passages therein extending outward from an inward portion of the supply end plate toward an outward portion of the supply end plate. Each of the plurality of end plate passages includes: a radial section extending in a radial direction from an inlet in the inward portion of the supply end plate toward the outward portion; a transition section extending obliquely from the radial section; and a circumferential section extending circumferentially from the transition section to an outlet of the supply end plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation
    Inventors: Eric Alan Larson, Brady A. Manogue
  • Publication number: 20210265886
    Abstract: An electric machine rotor assembly includes a rotor core defining a rotor axis. Windings are seated in the rotor core. A plurality of wedges circumferentially spaced apart around the rotor core relative to the rotor axis. Each rotor core extends axially and separates between two respective portions of the windings. A supply end plate is mounted at a first axial end of the rotor core. A return end plate is mounted at a second axial end of the rotor core opposite the first axial end. A flow path for coolant fluid extends through the supply end plate into the wedges, through the wedges and into the return end plate, and through the return end plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2021
    Publication date: August 26, 2021
    Applicant: Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation
    Inventors: Eric Alan Larson, Glenn C. Lemmers, Brady A. Manogue
  • Publication number: 20210226502
    Abstract: A generator including a stator winding, a rotor positioned radially inside the stator winding, including multiple coil assemblies each using a flat wire, a primary termination plate residing radially inside the rotor configured to connect a wire of a coil assembly to an adjacent wound coil and a secondary termination plate residing radially inside the rotor configured to connect a wound coil to an adjacent wound coil and connect the wound coil to a terminus connection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2020
    Publication date: July 22, 2021
    Inventors: Eric Alan Larson, Brady A. Manogue, David S. Behling, Andrew P. Grosskopf
  • Publication number: 20210218302
    Abstract: A supply end plate apparatus includes a supply end plate with an aperture therethrough configured to be mounted at a first axial end of the rotor core for supplying fluid to the rotor core. The supply end plate defines a plurality of end plate passages therein extending outward from an inward portion of the supply end plate toward an outward portion of the supply end plate. Each of the plurality of end plate passages includes: a radial section extending in a radial direction from an inlet in the inward portion of the supply end plate toward the outward portion; a transition section extending obliquely from the radial section; and a circumferential section extending circumferentially from the transition section to an outlet of the supply end plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2020
    Publication date: July 15, 2021
    Applicant: Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation
    Inventors: Eric Alan Larson, Brady A. Manogue
  • Patent number: 11025115
    Abstract: An electric machine rotor assembly includes a rotor core defining a rotor axis. Windings are seated in the rotor core. A plurality of wedges circumferentially spaced apart around the rotor core relative to the rotor axis. Each rotor core extends axially and separates between two respective portions of the windings. A supply end plate is mounted at a first axial end of the rotor core. A return end plate is mounted at a second axial end of the rotor core opposite the first axial end. A flow path for coolant fluid extends through the supply end plate into the wedges, through the wedges and into the return end plate, and through the return end plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation
    Inventors: Eric Alan Larson, Glenn C. Lemmers, Jr., Brady A. Manogue
  • Patent number: 11018556
    Abstract: A generator includes a stator with a stator winding, a rotor with a field winding supported for rotation relative to the stator, and a housing enclosing the stator and the rotor. The housing has an independent system port that is connected to a shared system port by a selector. The selector fluidly couples the stator and one of the independent system port and the shared system port. The selector also fluidly separates the stator from the other of the independent system port and the shared system port. Generator arrangements and methods of making generators are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignee: HAMILTON SUNSTRAND CORPORATION
    Inventor: Eric Alan Larson
  • Publication number: 20200303980
    Abstract: An electric machine rotor assembly includes a rotor core defining a rotor axis. Windings are seated in the rotor core. A plurality of wedges circumferentially spaced apart around the rotor core relative to the rotor axis. Each rotor core extends axially and separates between two respective portions of the windings. A supply end plate is mounted at a first axial end of the rotor core. A return end plate is mounted at a second axial end of the rotor core opposite the first axial end. A flow path for coolant fluid extends through the supply end plate into the wedges, through the wedges and into the return end plate, and through the return end plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2019
    Publication date: September 24, 2020
    Inventors: Eric Alan Larson, Glenn C. Lemmers, JR., Brady A. Manogue
  • Publication number: 20200295624
    Abstract: A generator includes a stator with a stator winding, a rotor with a field winding supported for rotation relative to the stator, and a housing enclosing the stator and the rotor. The housing has an independent system port that is connected to a shared system port by a selector. The selector fluidly couples the stator and one of the independent system port and the shared system port. The selector also fluidly separates the stator from the other of the independent system port and the shared system port. Generator arrangements and methods of making generators are also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2019
    Publication date: September 17, 2020
    Inventor: Eric Alan Larson