Patents by Inventor Michael Frank Matouka

Michael Frank Matouka 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).

  • Method and system for regulating a charge voltage delivered to a battery
    Patent number: 6404163
    Abstract: A method of regulating a charge voltage delivered to a battery in an automobile, wherein the automobile has an engine and an ignition system capable of being activated with an ignition switch, is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2002
    Assignee: General Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Nick S. Kapsokavathis, Michael Frank Matouka, David William Walters
  • Rotor for hybrid generator having improved magnet retention
    Patent number: 5747913
    Abstract: A hybrid alternator has a rotor with a plurality of permanent magnets disposed between opposing claw-pole segment pole fingers. The magnets are radially retained by the pole fingers during rotation. The magnets are supported during high speed rotation characterized by outward flexure of the pole fingers at surfaces inboard of extreme ends of the magnets thereby reducing load stresses on the magnet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 1996
    Date of Patent: May 5, 1998
    Assignee: General Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Dale Alan Amlee, Michael Frank Matouka, Richard Allen Rausch, Keith Otipoby