Patents by Inventor Laurent Didier

Laurent Didier 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: 10707730
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a stripping tool, and an arrangement for stripping a conductor bar from a slot of a core of an electric machine. The disclosure provides a device to facilitate the removal of a conductor bar out of a slot of an electric machine. A stripping tool is described with a piston and a support to apply the piston to the core, a rope to be wound around the conductor bar, and a puller suitable to move the rope vertically to the core to pull the conductor bar out of the slot by means of the rope.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Assignee: General Electric Technology GmbH
    Inventors: Massimilano Visintin, Erminio Merati, Laurent Terrade, Luigi Cattaneo, Laurent Didier Clemence
  • Patent number: 10014740
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a chamber for housing strands of a stator bar for electric machines. The problem to provide a reliable chamber for a stator bar of an electric machine is solved with a stator bar chamber engaging a stator bar in an electric machine. The chamber includes a number of hollow conductors in a first straight part of the chamber, a number of hollow conductors in a second tapered part, and a number of hollow conductors and adjacent solid conductors in a third straight part. The first part of the chamber is closed with a ring mounted at the edge of the first part and a nipple adapted to the ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC TECHNOLOGY GMBH
    Inventors: Janusz Bialik, Laurent Didier Jean Clemence, Duncan Madle, Jean-Noel Simon, Cristian Ana
  • Publication number: 20170214302
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a stripping tool, a method to strip a conductor bar, and an arrangement for stripping a conductor bar from a slot of a core of an electric machine. The disclosure provides a device and a method to facilitate the removal of a conductor bar out of a slot of an electric machine. A stripping tool for removing a conductor bar out of a slot of a core of an electric machine is described, with a piston and a support to apply the piston to the core, a rope to be wound around the conductor bar, and a puller suitable to move the rope vertically to the core to pull the conductor bar out of the slot by means of the rope. Also disclosed is a method to strip a conductor bar out of a slot of a core of an electric machine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2017
    Publication date: July 27, 2017
    Inventors: Massimiliano VISINTIN, Erminio MERATI, Laurent TERRADE, Luigi CATTANEO, Laurent Didier CLEMENCE
  • Publication number: 20170146472
    Abstract: This invention relates to determining the functional capability of an electric machine by checking the degree of contamination in a slot for housing a conductor bar. It is an object of the invention to appropriately determine the pollution of a slot of an electric machine. Disclosed is a tool to measure a contamination in a slot for a conductor bar of an electric machine, with a voltage generator to apply a voltage at the slot and a voltmeter to measure a voltage drop along the slot, and a processor to calculate the contamination from the voltage drop. Further disclosed is a method to measure a contamination in a slot for a conductor bar of an electric machine with the steps of applying a voltage at the slot, measuring a voltage drop along the slot, and calculating the contamination in the slot on basis of the measured voltage drop.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2016
    Publication date: May 25, 2017
    Inventors: Laurent Didier Jean CLEMENCE, Stéphane Christian Avit BERMOND
  • Publication number: 20150340918
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a chamber for housing strands of a stator bar for electric machines. The problem to provide a reliable chamber for a stator bar of an electric machine is solved with a stator bar chamber engaging a stator bar in an electric machine. The chamber includes a number of hollow conductors in a first straight part of the chamber, a number of hollow conductors in a second tapered part, and a number of hollow conductors and adjacent solid conductors in a third straight part. The first part of the chamber is closed with a ring mounted at the edge of the first part and a nipple adapted to the ring.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2015
    Publication date: November 26, 2015
    Inventors: Janusz BIALIK, Laurent Didier Jean CLEMENCE, Duncan MADLE, Jean-Noel SIMON, Cristian ANA
  • Patent number: 4741182
    Abstract: An apparatus for determining the load of clothes in a rotating drum including determining the moment of inertia of the mass of clothes in the drum which is the image of the load of clothes, from data relating to the drive torque of the drum, the friction torque of the drum, the moment of inertia of this drum and the acceleration of the drum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 1986
    Date of Patent: May 3, 1988
    Assignee: Esswein S.A.
    Inventors: Laurent Didier, Jean C. Geay
  • Patent number: 4607408
    Abstract: A process for determining the load of clothes in a rotating drum includes determining the moment of inertia of the mass of clothes in the drum, which is the image of the load of clothes, from data relating to the drive torque of the drum, the friction torque of the drum, the moment of inertia of this drum and the acceleration of the drum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 1984
    Date of Patent: August 26, 1986
    Assignee: Es swein S.A.
    Inventors: Laurent Didier, Jean C. Geay