Patents by Inventor Kevin Harpenau

Kevin Harpenau 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: 9702533
    Abstract: A bracket can connect a luminaire to a junction box or other housing or structure, for example at a ceiling. The bracket can be mounted to the junction box using one or more fasteners. The bracket can comprise two tabs, and the luminaire can comprise two corresponding slots. Alternatively, the bracket can comprise two slots, and the luminaire two corresponding tabs. The luminaire can be attached to the bracket by positioning the luminaire so that the two tabs are inserted into the two slots and rotating the luminaire so the slots and tabs engage and lock.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2017
    Assignee: Cooper Technologies Company
    Inventors: Kevin Harpenau, Grzegorz Wronski, Lin Zhihong
  • Publication number: 20050110360
    Abstract: A stator for a dynamoelectric machine improves the cooling of the stator winding without increasing the size of the stator winding or the entire stator. The stator is of a unique construction wherein the size, and more specifically the cross sectional area or volume of the individual conductors is greatly reduced, while the total number of conductors is increased. In addition, a multiple filar construction is employed to avoid the potential for high levels of inductance and resistance in the conductors and to minimize the interference between the cascaded stator end loops and the housing that surrounds the stator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2003
    Publication date: May 26, 2005
    Inventors: Kirk Neet, Kevin Harpenau
  • Patent number: 6441518
    Abstract: An electrical machine comprising a rotor (26) mounted on a shaft (29) for rotation therewith and defining an axis of rotation, and a stator (54) disposed coaxially with and in opposition to the rotor (26). The electrical machine further comprises a housing (22, 24) enclosing the stator (54) and the rotor (26), the housing (22, 24) having a first axial end with a wall with an inner surface and an outer surface and a second axial end with a wall with an inner surface and an outer surface. The electrical machine also includes a first cooling tube (80′) having a first end and a second end and an embedded portion thereof embedded between the first inner surface and the first outer surface of end wall (81). A second cooling tube (82′) has a first end and a second end and an embedded portion thereof embedded between said inner surface and said outer surface of the wall (83) of the second axial end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2002
    Assignee: Visteon Global Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Steve Yockey, Kevin Harpenau, Jayeson Fougner
  • Patent number: 6414407
    Abstract: An electrical machine comprising a rotor (26) mounted on a shaft (29) for rotation therewith and defining an axis of rotation, and a stator (54) disposed coaxially with and in opposition to the rotor (26). The electrical machine further comprises a housing (22, 24) enclosing the stator (54) and the rotor (26), the housing (22, 24) having a first axial end with a wall with an inner surface and an outer surface and a second axial end with a wall with an inner surface and an outer surface. The electrical machine also includes a first cooling tube (80′) having a first end and a second end and an embedded portion thereof embedded between the first inner surface and the first outer surface. The first end and the second end of the first cooling tube have a port therebetween directly fluidically coupling the first end to the second end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2002
    Assignee: Visteon Global Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Kevin Harpenau