Patents by Inventor Mathew Hill

Mathew Hill 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).

  • ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR AND DRAIN
    Publication number: 20240146146
    Abstract: An electrical machine which includes a housing defining a cavity and a drain port. The housing is configured to retain a cooling fluid within the cavity. The electrical machine further includes a dual-purpose connector which includes both a drain plug configured to seal the drain port and an electrical connector configured to transfer electrical power or information to the electrical machine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2022
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Inventors: Mathew Hill, Daniel Lawrence Phelps, Erik A. Munevar
  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR INTENTIONALLY BREAKING SHAFTS OF COMPROMISED ELECTRIC MACHINES WITH ELECTRO-THERMAL ACTIVATION
    Publication number: 20240120811
    Abstract: An aircraft includes an engine and an electric power system. The electric power system includes a permanent magnet machine. The permanent magnet machine includes a stator and a rotor configured to rotate relative to the stator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2022
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Inventors: Mathew Hill, David R. Trawick
  • Electrically insulated shaft coupling
    Patent number: 11808311
    Abstract: An electrically insulated shaft coupling may include a first metallic portion, a second metallic portion, and an electrically insulating portion that separates the first metallic portion and the second metallic portion. The first metallic portion may include a first plurality of splines configured to interface with splines of a first rotating shaft, and the second metallic portion comprises a second plurality of splines configured to interface with splines of a second rotating shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: Rolls-Royce Corporation
    Inventors: Mathew Hill, David Russell Trawick
  • CIRCULAR CONFIGURATION OF BATTERY CELLS FOR AIRCRAFT
    Publication number: 20230159174
    Abstract: An example system includes one or more battery modules, a battery module of the one or more battery modules comprising: a cylindrical pressure vessel; a cooling channel extending axially through the cylindrical pressure vessel; and one or more battery packs within the cylindrical pressure vessel, a battery pack of the one or more battery packs comprising a plurality of battery cells radially distributed about the cooling channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2021
    Publication date: May 25, 2023
    Inventors: Riggs Baxter, Peter Laux, Mathew Hill, John Timothy Alt
  • COMPOSITE ROTOR
    Publication number: 20230039344
    Abstract: A rotor assembly includes a rotor core having an axial length and configured to rotate about a longitudinal axis and at least one permanent magnet disposed about a radially outer surface of the rotor core. The rotor assembly further includes an electrical insulator disposed between the radially outer surface of the rotor core and the at least one permanent magnet and configured to disrupt an electrical conduction path along the axial length of the rotor core.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2021
    Publication date: February 9, 2023
    Inventors: Peter Schenk, Mathew Hill, David Loder
  • ELECTRICALLY INSULATED SHAFT COUPLING
    Publication number: 20220299066
    Abstract: An electrically insulated shaft coupling may include a first metallic portion, a second metallic portion, and an electrically insulating portion that separates the first metallic portion and the second metallic portion. The first metallic portion may include a first plurality of splines configured to interface with splines of a first rotating shaft, and the second metallic portion comprises a second plurality of splines configured to interface with splines of a second rotating shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2021
    Publication date: September 22, 2022
    Inventors: Mathew Hill, David Russell Trawick
  • LANDSCAPE SHIELD APPARATUS AND METHOD
    Publication number: 20120234510
    Abstract: A shield apparatus and method for using the apparatus are disclosed. The shield apparatus that includes first and second supports, a screen, and a retraction mechanism associated with the first support. The screen has opposing vertical edges attached to the supports. The retraction mechanism has a construction that allows the second support to be pulled toward the first support, e.g., by way of the screen. During use, the supports are positioned in a substantially vertical position at different locations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2011
    Publication date: September 20, 2012
    Applicant: LANDSCAPE SAFETY SYSTEMS
    Inventors: Ricky Mathew HILL, James Jeffrey KALINSKI