Patents by Inventor Peter Douglas Smout

Peter Douglas Smout 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).

  • Fault tolerant electric drive system
    Patent number: 8823332
    Abstract: A fault tolerant electric drive system includes an alternator, a motor controller and an electric motor, wherein the alternator and motor each have a plurality of corresponding independent phase windings, the motor controller having a plurality of independent phase drives corresponding to the phase windings, and a plurality of independent electric drive phases is defined by connecting each corresponding phase winding of the alternator and motor to a corresponding phase drive of the motor controller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2014
    Assignee: Rolls-Royce Controls and Data Services Limited
    Inventor: Peter Douglas Smout
  • Electrical Equipment Device
    Publication number: 20100057406
    Abstract: An electrical equipment device arrangement comprises an electrical equipment device (EED) including an environmental sensor, and a processor device, the environmental sensor and processor device being operable to monitor the environmental conditions to which the EED has been exposed, and to output signals indicative of the impact of the environmental conditions upon the operability and/or availability of the EED.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2009
    Publication date: March 4, 2010
    Applicant: Goodrich Control Systems
    Inventor: Peter Douglas Smout