Patents by Inventor Eric S McDonald

Eric S McDonald 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).

  • Set of tools for removing a coil from a core slot of a dynamoelectric machine
    Patent number: 8245386
    Abstract: A set of tools for removing a half turn of a coil from a slot of a dynamoelectric machine. The set of tools includes a coil cutting tool for cutting the coil, an upending tool that grips the coil at an end of the coil where the coil was cut and hydraulically or pneumatically lifts the end of the coil at least partially out of the slot, and an extraction tool that hydraulically or pneumatically grips the upended portion of the coil and pulls the coil from the slot hydraulically or pneumatically a segment at a time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2012
    Assignee: Siemens Energy, Inc.
    Inventors: George F. Dailey, Eric S. McDonald, Adam Stein, Michael Vindler, Jared Orndoff, Ryan Fayewicz, Jason V. Jurgen
  • AN APPARATUS FOR REMOVING A COIL FROM A CORE SLOT OF A DYNAMOELECTRIC MACHINE
    Publication number: 20110030204
    Abstract: A method and apparatus which quickly clamps onto the copper strand bundle in the slot of a dynamoelectric machine and rips out the coil from the slot one axial position at a time. As the copper bundle is ripped from the slot the tooling moves along the slot from one end to the other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2010
    Publication date: February 10, 2011
    Inventors: George F. Dailey, Erics S. McDonald, Adam Stein, Michael Vindler, Jared Orndoff, Ryan Fayewicz, Jason V. Jurgen
  • Method for removing a half turn of a coil from a slot of a dynamoelectric machine
    Patent number: 7818872
    Abstract: A method and apparatus which quickly clamps onto the copper strand bundle in the slot of a dynamoelectric machine and rips out the coil from the slot one axial position at a time. As the copper bundle is ripped from the slot the tooling moves along the slot from one end to the other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2010
    Assignee: Siemens Energy, Inc.
    Inventors: George F Dailey, Eric S McDonald, Adam Stein, Michael Vindler, Jared Orndoff, Ryan Fayewicz, Jason V Jurgen
  • Method and Apparatus for Removing a Coil from a Core Slot of a Dynamoelectric Machine
    Publication number: 20090229119
    Abstract: A method and apparatus which quickly clamps onto the copper strand bundle in the slot of a dynamoelectric machine and rips out the coil from the slot one axial position at a time. As the copper bundle is ripped from the slot the tooling moves along the slot from one end to the other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2008
    Publication date: September 17, 2009
    Applicant: SIEMENS POWER GENERATION, INC.
    Inventors: George F. Dailey, Eric S. McDonald, Adam Stein, Michael Vindler, Jared Orndoff, Ryan Fayewicz, Jason V. Jurgen