Patents by Inventor Ian Arthur Hughes

Ian Arthur Hughes 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).

  • Forced air stator ventilation system and stator ventilation method for superconducting synchronous machine
    Patent number: 6882068
    Abstract: A synchronous electromagnetic machine is disclosed having: a rotor coupled to a rotor cooling system; a stator around the rotor and separated from the rotor by an annular gap between the rotor and an inner surface of the stator, wherein the stator includes stator cooling passages; a stator ventilation system in fluid communication with the stator cooling passages, and the ventilation system including a cooling fluid driving device such as a stator mounted fan.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2005
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Konard Roman Weeber, Ian Arthur Hughes, Albert Eugene Steinbach, Ronald James Chila
  • Acoustic blanket for machinery and method for attenuating sound
    Patent number: 6722466
    Abstract: An acoustic blanket is disclosed for an industrial machine including a plurality of flexible panels, wherein each panel includes at least one layer of a fiber glass material, an outer casing of a chemically resistant material and an attachment for connecting the panel to an adjacent panel, and the plurality of flexible panels are each assigned a position in said blanket corresponding to a location on the industrial machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2004
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Wei Tong, Thomas Arthur Wagner, Ian Arthur Hughes, John Michael Gillivan, James Joseph Gibney, III
  • Forced air stator ventilation system and stator ventilation method for superconducting synchronous machine
    Publication number: 20040066099
    Abstract: A synchronous electromagnetic machine is disclosed having: a rotor coupled to a rotor cooling system; a stator around the rotor and separated from the rotor by an annular gap between the rotor and an inner surface of the stator, wherein the stator includes stator cooling passages; a stator ventilation system in fluid communication with the stator cooling passages, and the ventilation system including a cooling fluid driving device such as a stator mounted fan.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2002
    Publication date: April 8, 2004
    Inventors: Konrad Roman Weeber, Ian Arthur Hughes, Albert Eugene Steinbach, Ronald James Chila
  • ACOUSTIC BLANKET FOR MACHINERY AND METHOD FOR ATTENUATING SOUND
    Publication number: 20040065501
    Abstract: An acoustic blanket is disclosed for an industrial machine including a plurality of flexible panels, wherein each panel includes at least one layer of a fiber glass material, an outer casing of a chemically resistant material and an attachment for connecting the panel to an adjacent panel, and the plurality of flexible panels are each assigned a position in said blanket corresponding to a location on the industrial machine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2002
    Publication date: April 8, 2004
    Inventors: Wei Tong, Thomas Arthur Wagner, Ian Arthur Hughes, John Michael Gillivan, James Joseph Gibney