Patents by Inventor Rene Meylan

Rene Meylan 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: 7592722
    Abstract: A gas-cooled generator has a rotor rotatable about an axis, a stator surrounding the rotor concentrically and a rotating exciter connected to the rotor. The stator, rotor and exciter are arranged along the axis on a common base frame. A first cooler configured to cool the rotor and stator and second cooler configured to cool the exciter are connected to one another for the exchange of cooling gas via the base frame. At least one tube running in the base frame provides the connection between the first and second coolers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2009
    Assignee: Alstom Technology Ltd
    Inventors: Michel Bresson, Dominique Chadouteau, Lennart Diestel-Feddersen, Alberto Izquierdo, René Meylan
  • Publication number: 20060197391
    Abstract: A gas-cooled generator has a rotor rotatable about an axis, a stator surrounding the rotor concentrically and a rotating exciter connected to the rotor. The stator, rotor and exciter are arranged along the axis on a common base frame. A first cooler configured to cool the rotor and stator and second cooler configured to cool the exciter are connected to one another for the exchange of cooling gas via the base frame. At least one tube running in the base frame provides the connection between the first and second coolers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2006
    Publication date: September 7, 2006
    Applicant: ALSTOM Technology Ltd
    Inventors: Michel Bresson, Dominique Chadouteau, Lennart Diestel-Feddersen, Alberto Izquierdo, Rene Meylan
  • Patent number: 6911761
    Abstract: A horizontal-axis electrical machine has an built-in stator concentrically surrounded by a number of parallel retaining rings that spaced apart from one another in the axial direction and are connected on their outer circumference on opposing sides in each case by means of retaining structures to a base frame which extends in the axial direction. A horizontally acting spring, which has the form of a perpendicular, longitudinal plate, is fixed on the one hand with its ends to the associated retaining ring, and is firmly connected on the other hand with its freely flexible central part to the base frame by means of connecting elements, being provided within each of the retaining structures. Improved oscillation isolation between the built-in stator and the base frame is achieved in such an electrical machine by vertically acting spring elements disposed between the ends of the spring and the associated retaining ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2005
    Assignee: Alstom Technology Ltd.
    Inventors: Not-Curdin Fried, Daniel Hediger, Nicola Merlini, René Meylan, Francesco Stallone
  • Publication number: 20040256946
    Abstract: A horizontal-axis electrical machine has an built-in stator concentrically surrounded by a number of parallel retaining rings that spaced apart from one another in the axial direction and are connected on their outer circumference on opposing sides in each case by means of retaining structures to a base frame which extends in the axial direction. A horizontally acting spring, which has the form of a perpendicular, longitudinal plate, is fixed on the one hand with its ends to the associated retaining ring, and is firmly connected on the other hand with its freely flexible central part to the base frame by means of connecting elements, being provided within each of the retaining structures. Improved oscillation isolation between the built-in stator and the base frame is achieved in such an electrical machine by vertically acting spring elements disposed between the ends of the spring and the associated retaining ring.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2004
    Publication date: December 23, 2004
    Applicant: ALSTOM Technology Ltd
    Inventors: Not-Curdin Fried, Daniel Hediger, Nicola Merlini, Rene Meylan, Francesco Stallone
  • Patent number: 6130493
    Abstract: In previously known turbogenerators, the cooling-air chambers are included in the structural configuration of the generator casing. In order to avoid complex manufacturing processes, it is intended that the chamber be a box that is separate from the generator casing. The box has an opening on its side facing the built-in stator with an edge surface of the opening being fitted with a sealing element that acts with respect to the circumferential surface of the built-in stator. The box is connected to the built-in stator with the interposition of a rubber bearing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2000
    Assignee: ABB Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Thomas Nitschke, Daniel Hediger, Rene Meylan