Patents by Inventor Konrad Roman Weeber

Konrad Roman Weeber 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: 11791684
    Abstract: An electric winding assembly comprising a conductor core which includes at least a first end and a distal second end, an insulation layer overlying the conductor core, and a conductive shield layer overlying the insulation layer. The conductive shield layer further having a terminal end conductively connected with the conductive shield layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: GE Aviation Systems LLC
    Inventors: Wei Zhang, Lili Zhang, John Russell Yagielski, Karim Younsi, Peter Francis Finigan, Jason Rueda, Konrad Roman Weeber
  • Publication number: 20220069672
    Abstract: An electric motor may include a stator assembly comprising a stator housing, and one or more rotors coupled to the stator by a rotor shaft assembly. The stator housing may include a cooling structure that has a plurality of cooling body portions and a plurality of cooling conduits defined by the plurality of cooling body portions. A method of forming a stator housing for an electric machine may include additively manufacturing a stator housing that includes a cooling structure defining a fluid domain, coupling a working fluid source to the stator housing and introducing a working fluid into the fluid domain defined by the cooling structure, and sealing the cooling structure with the working fluid contained within the fluid domain of the cooling structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2021
    Publication date: March 3, 2022
    Inventors: Joseph John Zierer, Brian Magann Rush, Karthik K. Bodla, Andrew Thomas Cross, Vandana Prabhakar Rallabandi, Konrad Roman Weeber, Anoop Kumar Jassal
  • Publication number: 20220006346
    Abstract: An electric winding assembly comprising a conductor core which includes at least a first end and a distal second end, an insulation layer overlying the conductor core, and a conductive shield layer overlying the insulation layer. The conductive shield layer further having a terminal end conductively connected with the conductive shield layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2020
    Publication date: January 6, 2022
    Inventors: Wei Zhang, Lili Zhang, John Russell Yagielski, Karim Younsi, Peter Francis Finigan, Jason Rueda, Konrad Roman Weeber
  • Patent number: 10807729
    Abstract: A propulsion system for an includes a combustion engine, a propulsor, and an electric machine configured to either be driven by the combustion engine or configured to drive the propulsor. The electric machine defines an axis. The electric machine includes a rotor extending along and rotatable about the axis, and a stator having a plurality of winding assemblies, the plurality of winding assemblies spaced along the axis of the electric machine, each winding assembly operable with the rotor independently of an adjacent winding assembly during operation of the electric machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Randy M. Vondrell, Michael Thomas Gansler, Glenn David Crabtree, Konrad Roman Weeber
  • Patent number: 10584923
    Abstract: A support form defining a longitudinal axis is provided. The support form includes a first section, a second substantially solid section, and at least one flow feature form. The first section includes a plurality of unit cells of a first material joined together to form a lattice. The second section includes a second material and surrounds the first section. The at least one flow feature form is defined in the second section and is configured to generate a flow feature on a heat exchanger tube formed by plating the support form.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2020
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Hendrik Pieter Jacobus de Bock, Karthik Kumar Bodla, William Dwight Gerstler, James Albert Tallman, Konrad Roman Weeber
  • Publication number: 20190178585
    Abstract: A support form defining a longitudinal axis is provided. The support form includes a first section, a second substantially solid section, and at least one flow feature form. The first section includes a plurality of unit cells of a first material joined together to form a lattice. The second section includes a second material and surrounds the first section. The at least one flow feature form is defined in the second section and is configured to generate a flow feature on a heat exchanger tube formed by plating the support form.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2017
    Publication date: June 13, 2019
    Inventors: Hendrik Pieter Jacobus de Bock, Karthik Kumar Bodla, William Dwight Gerstler, James Albert Tallman, Konrad Roman Weeber
  • Publication number: 20180334258
    Abstract: A propulsion system for an includes a combustion engine, a propulsor, and an electric machine configured to either be driven by the combustion engine or configured to drive the propulsor. The electric machine defines an axis. The electric machine includes a rotor extending along and rotatable about the axis, and a stator having a plurality of winding assemblies, the plurality of winding assemblies spaced along the axis of the electric machine, each winding assembly operable with the rotor independently of an adjacent winding assembly during operation of the electric machine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2017
    Publication date: November 22, 2018
    Inventors: Randy M. Vondrell, Michael Thomas Gansler, Glenn David Crabtree, Konrad Roman Weeber
  • Patent number: 9945897
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for on-line monitoring of the condition of insulation in electrical devices employing a differential current sensor. In certain embodiments a monitor that can be fitted to existing electrical devices by attachment of the sensor to a pair of phase cables is provided. In other embodiments, an electrical device configured with an insulation monitor is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2018
    Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Prabhakar Neti, Karim Younsi, Konrad Roman Weeber
  • Publication number: 20170338757
    Abstract: A direct current electrical machine, which includes a rotor that generates a rotor magnetic field, a first commutation cell that includes a winding component, a first switching device, and a second switching device. The first winding component includes a first portion electrically coupled between a first terminal and a second terminal of the first winding component and a second portion electrically coupled between a third terminal and the second terminal of the first winding component. The first switching device is electrically coupled to the first terminal and is closed when a first voltage induced across the first portion by rotation of the rotor magnetic field is positive; and the second switching device is electrically coupled to the third terminal and is closed when a second voltage induced across the second portion by the rotation of the rotor magnetic field is negative.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2016
    Publication date: November 23, 2017
    Inventors: Pierluigi Tenca, Konrad Roman Weeber
  • Patent number: 9806651
    Abstract: A direct current electrical machine, which includes a rotor that generates a rotor magnetic field, a first commutation cell that includes a winding component, a first switching device, and a second switching device. The first winding component includes a first portion electrically coupled between a first terminal and a second terminal of the first winding component and a second portion electrically coupled between a third terminal and the second terminal of the first winding component. The first switching device is electrically coupled to the first terminal and is closed when a first voltage induced across the first portion by rotation of the rotor magnetic field is positive; and the second switching device is electrically coupled to the third terminal and is closed when a second voltage induced across the second portion by the rotation of the rotor magnetic field is negative.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2017
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Pierluigi Tenca, Konrad Roman Weeber
  • Patent number: 9745038
    Abstract: A power system for a marine ship includes a plurality of protection zones, wherein at least two protection zones are coupled to each other via at least one bus-tie converter. Each of the protection zones includes a plurality of direct current (DC) buses; wherein DC buses which do not have same DC voltage are coupled to each other via at least one DC to DC converter. Furthermore, at least one energy source is coupled to at least one DC bus via a power electronic converter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2017
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Rixin Lai, Di Zhang, Dong Dong, Konrad Roman Weeber, Ravisekhar Nadimpalli Raju, Steven Michael Mankevich
  • Publication number: 20170184656
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for on-line monitoring of the condition of insulation in electrical devices employing a differential current sensor. In certain embodiments a monitor that can be fitted to existing electrical devices by attachment of the sensor to a pair of phase cables is provided. In other embodiments, an electrical device configured with an insulation monitor is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2015
    Publication date: June 29, 2017
    Inventors: Prabhakar Neti, Karim Younsi, Konrad Roman Weeber
  • Patent number: 9640312
    Abstract: A common mode choke includes at least two groups of multi-phase coils wound on a magnetic core for balancing differential mode inductance between the phases. The multi-phase coils in each group are series connected and concentrically wound on a respective portion of the magnetic core. Each group of multi-phase coils is non-overlapping with each other group of multi-phase coils.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2017
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Zhihui Yuan, Xiaoting Dong, Jie Shen, Stefan Schroeder, Konrad Roman Weeber
  • Publication number: 20160055956
    Abstract: A common mode choke includes at least two groups of multi-phase coils wound on a magnetic core for balancing differential mode inductance between the phases. The multi-phase coils in each group are series connected and concentrically wound on a respective portion of the magnetic core. Each group of multi-phase coils is non-overlapping with each other group of multi-phase coils.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2014
    Publication date: February 25, 2016
    Inventors: ZHIHUI YUAN, XIAOTING DONG, JIE SHEN, STEFAN SCHROEDER, KONRAD ROMAN WEEBER
  • Publication number: 20160009354
    Abstract: A power system for a marine ship includes a plurality of protection zones, wherein at least two protection zones are coupled to each other via at least one bus-tie converter. Each of the protection zones includes a plurality of direct current (DC) buses; wherein DC buses which do not have same DC voltage are coupled to each other via at least one DC to DC converter. Furthermore, at least one energy source is coupled to at least one DC bus via a power electronic converter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2014
    Publication date: January 14, 2016
    Inventors: Rixin Lai, Di Zhang, Dong Dong, Konrad Roman Weeber, Ravisekhar Nadimpalli Raju, Steven Michael Mankevich
  • Patent number: 8928441
    Abstract: A magnetic component such as a transformer or inductor comprises one or more litz-wire windings and one or more metallic cooling tube windings. Each litz-wire winding is wound together with a corresponding single metallic cooling tube winding on a common bobbin to provide an indirectly-cooled magnetic component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Satish Prabhakaran, Konrad Roman Weeber, Richard S. Zhang, Charles Michael Stephens, Mark Edward Dame, Yang Cao
  • Patent number: 8875380
    Abstract: A process of forming an encapsulated magnet assembly is provided, the process comprising welding a second portion of a housing cover formed of a non-magnetic material to a first portion of a housing cover formed of a magnetic material to provide a welded housing cover and subsequently heat-treating the welded housing cover at a temperature effective to relieve weld stress; disposing a magnet within a housing comprising at least one wall formed of the non-magnetic material and defining at least one aperture; and welding the heat treated welded housing cover to the housing such that the second portion of the housing cover is fixedly attached to the housing wall to hermetically seal the aperture. In one embodiment, the magnet of the encapsulated magnet assembly is a permanent magnet, and in an alternate embodiment an electromagnet. In one embodiment the encapsulated magnet assembly is a component of a stator-rotor assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2014
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Konrad Roman Weeber, Jeremy Daniel Van Dam, Mohamed Ahmed Ali
  • Patent number: 8847450
    Abstract: The present invention provides an encapsulated magnet assembly, comprising (a) a magnet disposed within a housing, said housing comprising at least one wall and defining at least one aperture; and (b) a housing cover; the housing cover comprising a first portion made of a magnetic material and a second portion made of a non-magnetic material, wherein the housing cover is configured to hermetically seal said aperture, the first portion being fixedly attached to the second portion wherein a point of attachment is heat treated; and wherein the housing wall is formed of the non-magnetic material and is fixedly attached to the second portion of the housing cover. In one embodiment, the magnet of the encapsulated magnet assembly is a permanent magnet, and in an alternate embodiment an electromagnet. In one embodiment the encapsulated magnet assembly is a component of a stator-rotor assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2014
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Konrad Roman Weeber, Jeremy Daniel Van Dam, Mohamed Ahmed Ali
  • Patent number: 8629592
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a system including a motor comprising a rotor, a stator and a sealing assembly having at least one joint and a monolithic ceramic separator. Each joint of the sealing assembly is a chemical bond joint, and the monolithic ceramic separator is disposed in a gap between the rotor and the stator of the motor such that the sealing assembly hermetically isolates the rotor and the stator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2014
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Curtis Alan Johnson, Myles Standish Peterson, II, Jeremy Daniel Vandam, Timothy James Yosenick, Konrad Roman Weeber, John Russell Yagielski, Wayne Charles Hasz, Martin Mathew Morra
  • Publication number: 20120092108
    Abstract: A magnetic component such as a transformer or inductor comprises one or more litz-wire windings and one or more metallic cooling tube windings. Each litz-wire winding is wound together with a corresponding single metallic cooling tube winding on a common bobbin to provide an indirectly-cooled magnetic component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2011
    Publication date: April 19, 2012
    Inventors: Satish Prabhakaran, Konrad Roman Weeber, Richard S. Zhang, Charles Michael Stephens, Mark Edward Dame, Yang Cao