Patents by Inventor Michael D. Matthews

Michael D. Matthews 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: 6650122
    Abstract: A rotor analyzer for an induction motor or generator checks and quantifies the integrity of a rotor that is not currently installed within its stator. The analyzer includes an electromagnetic coil that exposes the bars of a rotor to a pulsating magnetic field to induce a current through the bars. At the same time, the rotor is slowly rotated to sequentially expose each bar. A magnetic field created by the induced current in the bars induces an analog signal within a search coil. The analog signal is converted to digital and inputted to a microprocessor system. The system interprets the input data and manipulates it to provide a clear, understandable indication of the rotor's condition, such as the relative impendence of each bar. The system also determines how many bars are within a rotor having an unknown number of bars.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2003
    Assignee: American Standard International Inc.
    Inventors: Michael D. Matthews, Brian T. Sullivan, Henry G. Lenz
  • Publication number: 20030020485
    Abstract: A rotor analyzer for an induction motor or generator checks and quantifies the integrity of a rotor that is not currently installed within its stator. The analyzer includes an electromagnetic coil that exposes the bars of a rotor to a pulsating magnetic field to induce a current through the bars. At the same time, the rotor is slowly rotated to sequentially expose each bar. A magnetic field created by the induced current in the bars induces an analog signal within a search coil. The analog signal is converted to digital and inputted to a microprocessor system. The system interprets the input data and manipulates it to provide a clear, understandable indication of the rotor's condition, such as the relative impendence of each bar. The system also determines how many bars are within a rotor having an unknown number of bars.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2002
    Publication date: January 30, 2003
    Inventors: Michael D. Matthews, Brian T. Sullivan, Henry G. Lenz
  • Patent number: 6459276
    Abstract: A rotor analyzer for an induction motor or generator checks and quantifies the integrity of a rotor that is not currently installed within its stator. The analyzer includes an electromagnetic coil that exposes the bars of a rotor to a pulsating magnetic field to induce a current through the bars. At the same time, the rotor is slowly rotated to sequentially expose each bar. A magnetic field created by the induced current in the bars induces an analog signal within a search coil. The analog signal is converted to digital and inputted to a microprocessor system. The system interprets the input data and manipulates it to provide a clear, understandable indication of the rotor's condition, such as the relative impendence of each bar. The system also determines how many bars are within a rotor having an unknown number of bars.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2002
    Assignee: American Standard Inc.
    Inventors: Michael D. Matthews, Brian T. Sullivan, Henry G. Lenz
  • Patent number: 6198003
    Abstract: A highly efficient method of producing alkyl mercaptan and/or dialkyl monosulfides which involves employing carbon dioxide as an internal coolant is described. Only negligible amounts of carbonyl sulfide were formed. In addition, relatively easy separation of carbon dioxide from the reaction mixture facilitates an efficient coolant recycle process, giving a simple and effective mode of temperature control.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 1999
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2001
    Assignee: Albemarle Corporation
    Inventors: Kaung-Far Lin, James E. Boone, Michael D. Matthews, John C. Prindle, Jr., Sharon D. Booth McGee
  • Patent number: 5856500
    Abstract: N-?4-(Cyanoethylthiomethyl)-2-thiazolyl!guanidine, is prepared by (a) mixing 1,3-dihaloacetone and 2-imino-4-thiobiuret in a suitable polar organic solvent at initial temperatures of about -10.degree. to about 25.degree. C., and agitating the mixture at about -10.degree. to about 60.degree. C. for at least about 1 hour; (b) heating the resultant mixture at about 40.degree. to about 60.degree. C. for at least about 0.5 hour; (c) mixing with the mixture from (b), thiourea and then water at about 40.degree. to about 60.degree. C. for a period of at least about 1 hour; (d) removing liquid polar solvent from the mixture of (c); and (e) mixing with the mixture from (d), 3-halopropionitrile and water-soluble alcohol, ether, or ether-alcohol, followed by aqueous alkali metal hydroxide while maintaining the temperature at below about 20.degree. C., to form N-?4-(cyanoethylthiomethyl)-2-thiazolyl!guanidine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 1997
    Date of Patent: January 5, 1999
    Assignee: Albemarle Corporation
    Inventors: Michael D. Matthews, Arcelio J. Malcolm