Patents by Inventor Redmond Wood

Redmond Wood 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).

  • Apparatus and method of making a rotor core with elimination of outer periphery machining
    Patent number: 6745456
    Abstract: An apparatus and an associated method are utilized to make a rotor core. The apparatus includes a support for supporting a lamina stack that has an axis extending along the stack. The apparatus includes a plurality of collets. A collet moving mechanism moves the collets radially inward against the lamina stack. An arrangement receives casting material that is cast to the lamina stack while the collets are against the lamina stack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2004
    Assignee: A. O. Smith Corporation
    Inventor: Redmond Wood
  • Apparatus and method of making a rotor core with elimination of outer periphery machining
    Publication number: 20030145451
    Abstract: An apparatus and an associated method are utilized to make a rotor core. The apparatus includes a support for supporting a lamina stack that has an axis extending along the stack. The apparatus includes a plurality of collets. A collet moving mechanism moves the collets radially inward against the lamina stack. An arrangement receives casting material that is cast to the lamina stack while the collets are against the lamina stack.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2002
    Publication date: August 7, 2003
    Applicant: White Consolidated Industries, Inc.
    Inventor: Redmond Wood