Patents by Inventor Kenneth E. Larson

Kenneth E. 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).

  • Apparatus and method for consolidating conductive strands of a stator coil
    Patent number: 7088020
    Abstract: A header (10) for use with an inner-cooled half coil (13) in a stator phase winding of an electrical generator. The half coil may include a stack of cooling tubes (16,18) with a first stack of conductive strands (20, 22, 24, 26) adjacent a first side of the stack of cooling tubes and a second stack of conductive strands (20, 22, 24, 26) adjacent a second side of the stack of cooling tubes. A header (10) is conductively bonded (92) by brazing to each strand of the first stack of conductive strands (20, 22, 24, 26) and to each strand of the second stack of conductive strands (20, 22, 24, 26) for consolidating the first and second stacks of conductive strands. A means (34, 36) for allowing a coolant to flow through the header (10) may be provided to allow coolant to flow through the stack of cooling tubes (16, 18).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2006
    Assignee: Siemens Power Generation, Inc.
    Inventors: Henry Mason Holly, III, Rex Joel Baker, Kenneth E. Larson, Jeffrey Neal Lankford, Donnie R. Hartman, Bradley Graves Bardsdale, David E. Hulsey, Thomas M. Majernik, Greyson L. Mellon, Robert Alan Ward, Curtis E. Bass
  • Apparatus and method for consolidating conductive strands of a stator coil
    Publication number: 20040189109
    Abstract: A header (10) for use with an inner-cooled half coil (13) in a stator phase winding of an electrical generator. The half coil may include a stack of cooling tubes (16,18) with a first stack of conductive strands (20, 22, 24, 26) adjacent a first side of the stack of cooling tubes and a second stack of conductive strands (20, 22, 24, 26) adjacent a second side of the stack of cooling tubes. A header (10) is conductively bonded (92) by brazing to each strand of the first stack of conductive strands (20, 22, 24, 26) and to each strand of the second stack of conductive strands (20, 22, 24, 26) for consolidating the first and second stacks of conductive strands. A means (34, 36) for allowing a coolant to flow through the header (10) may be provided to allow coolant to flow through the stack of cooling tubes (16, 18).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2003
    Publication date: September 30, 2004
    Applicant: Siemens westinghouse Power Corporation
    Inventors: Henry Mason Holly, Rex Joel Baker, Kenneth E. Larson, Jeffrey Neal Lankford, Donnie R. Hartman, Bradley Graves Bradsdale, David E. Hulsey, Thomas M. Majernik, Greyson L. Mellon, Robert Alan Ward, Curtis E. Bass
  • Duct finishing machine
    Patent number: 4497189
    Abstract: A duct finishing machine is provided and consists of a duct holding frame that engages and holds a duct in a proper position, a power head carriage that pivotally attaches and locks the duct on the duct holding frame and a power head that moves along the power head carriage traveling an entire length of the duct for sealing a formed lock seam of the duct by rolling a flange down tight.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 1983
    Date of Patent: February 5, 1985
    Inventor: Kenneth E. Larson