Patents by Inventor Nathaniel Z.N. Glessner

Nathaniel Z.N. Glessner 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: 11962205
    Abstract: A refurbished rotor of a wound rotor machine. The refurbished rotor includes a plurality of windings assembled to the rotor core, each manufactured from two separate bars: a top coil and a bottom coil. The top coil is positioned in a rotor core slot at a position radially outward of a position of the bottom coil within another rotor core slot. Each top coil and each bottom coil has a flat rectangular cross-section. On a connection end of the rotor where rotor leads are attached, the top coil has a flat end positioned alongside and in alignment with a flat end of the bottom coil of an adjacent one of the plurality of windings. The top coil and the bottom coil have respective flat ends joined to each other on a non-connection end of the rotor opposite the connection end by a joint for establishing electrical continuity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: The Timken Company
    Inventors: Jan de Swardt, Randall W. Russell, Nathaniel Z. N. Glessner
  • Publication number: 20230344323
    Abstract: A rotor of a wound rotor motor/generator comprising a plurality of rotor windings including a line rotor coil and a star rotor coil. The rotor coil couples to an L-conductor having an L-shaped profile such that a portion of the L-conductor extends from the line rotor coil toward the star rotor coil. A line connector bar couples the L-conductor to a rotor lead such that the line rotor coil is electrically coupled to the rotor lead. The star rotor coil couples to an L-support having an L-shaped profile such that a portion of the L-support extends from the star rotor coil toward the line rotor coil. An insulator is positioned between the L-conductor and the L-support to electrically insulate the L-support from the L-conductor. Lastly, an insulating rope couples the L-conductor to the L-support.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2023
    Publication date: October 26, 2023
    Inventors: Jan de Swardt, Randall W. Russell, Nathaniel Z.N. Glessner
  • Publication number: 20220302802
    Abstract: A refurbished rotor of a wound rotor machine. The refurbished rotor includes a plurality of windings assembled to the rotor core, each manufactured from two separate bars: a top coil and a bottom coil. The top coil is positioned in a rotor core slot at a position radially outward of a position of the bottom coil within another rotor core slot. Each top coil and each bottom coil has a flat rectangular cross-section. On a connection end of the rotor where rotor leads are attached, the top coil has a flat end positioned alongside and in alignment with a flat end of the bottom coil of an adjacent one of the plurality of windings. The top coil and the bottom coil have respective flat ends joined to each other on a non-connection end of the rotor opposite the connection end by a joint for establishing electrical continuity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2022
    Publication date: September 22, 2022
    Inventors: Jan de Swardt, Randall W. Russell, Nathaniel Z.N. Glessner