Patents by Inventor Ralph G. Rhudy

Ralph G. Rhudy 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: 5686774
    Abstract: An individual phase winding arrangement having a sixty electrical degree phase belt width for use with a three phase motor armature includes a delta connected phase winding portion and a wye connected phase winding portion. Both the delta and wye connected phase winding portions have a thirty electrical degree phase belt width. The delta and wye connected phase winding portions are each formed from a preselected number of individual coils each formed, in turn, from an unequal number of electrical conductor turns in the approximate ratio of .sqroot.3. The individual coils of the delta and wye connected phase winding portions may either be connected in series or parallel. This arrangement provides an armature winding for a three phase motor which retains the benefits of the widely known and utilized thirty degree phase belt concept, including improved mmf waveform and fundamental distribution factor, with consequent reduced vibrations and improved efficiency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 1995
    Date of Patent: November 11, 1997
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Department of Energy
    Inventors: Charles J. Slavik, Ralph G. Rhudy, Ralph E. Bushman
  • Patent number: 4008409
    Abstract: A dynamoelectric machine core and coil assembly characterized by having a separately insertable conformable side filler, such as resin impregnated fiber glass provided with a plurality of ridges of an electrically semi-conductive, pressure-deformable elastomer bonded to one side thereof. In the assembly the conformable side filler is compressed between the side of a coil-receiving laminated core slot and the relatively smooth sides of coil windings mounted in the slot. As thus compressed, the side filler forms a good thermally conductive path between the somewhat irregular coil sides and the core to thereby prevent undesirable temperature rises. The side fillers also prevent insulation-destroying vibration of the coils in the slots, and due to the semi-conductive nature of the side fillers, they prevent the formation of corona across any voids that might exist between the sides of the coil insulation and the sides of the coil-receiving slots.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 1975
    Date of Patent: February 15, 1977
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Ralph G. Rhudy, Hans H. Casanova