Patents by Inventor Olaf Froede

Olaf Froede 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: 7866421
    Abstract: A remote-controlled dynamoelectric machine maintenance vehicle that can fit and travel within the air gap between a stator and rotor of a dynamoelectric machine. The maintenance vehicle has an effectuator that can remotely attach to an adjustable wedge within a coil slot of the stator and tighten the wedge in position and then move on to repeat the process until all the wedges on the stator are secured.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2011
    Assignee: Siemens Energy, Inc.
    Inventors: Charles C. Moore, Mark W. Fischer, James A. Bauer, Waldemar Spruda, Olaf Froede
  • Publication number: 20090194346
    Abstract: A remote-controlled dynamoelectric machine maintenance vehicle that can fit and travel within the air gap between a stator and rotor of a dynamoelectric machine. The maintenance vehicle has an effectuator that can remotely attach to an adjustable wedge within a coil slot of the stator and tighten the wedge in position and then move on to repeat the process until all the wedges on the stator are secured.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2008
    Publication date: August 6, 2009
    Applicant: SIEMENS POWER GENERATION, INC.
    Inventors: Charles C. Moore, Mark W. Fischer, James A. Bauer, Waldemar Spruda, Olaf Froede