Patents by Inventor Peter Broch

Peter Broch 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).

  • Publication number: 20140026650
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for detecting rubbing and/or contact points on machines with rotating parts. The rotating parts form an electrical coaxial system with respect to the stationary parts of such a machine, in which system electrical voltage pulses are propagated at a characteristic speed because of the small distance between the rotating and the stationary part. Short electrical voltage pulses and/or continuous alternating voltage signals are applied between the rotating part and the stationary part, an electrical connection occurring between the rotating and the stationary part at a rubbing and/or contact point. In order to locate this rubbing and/or contact point as a point of electrical discontinuity, the period of time until the reflected pulses arrive is measured along the path of propagation of the electrical voltage pulses and/or of the continuous alternating voltage signals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2013
    Publication date: January 30, 2014
    Applicant: ALSTOM Technology Ltd
    Inventors: Maximilian HOBELSBERGER, Ken Yves Haffner, Etienne Louis Laprais, Peter Broch