Patents by Inventor Richard C. Merrill

Richard C. Merrill 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: 4229777
    Abstract: A medium high voltage capacitor roll section comprises a sheet of double metallized plastic film and a sheet of paper adjacent thereto, with the paper and film forming parallel dielectrics. A dielectric liquid impregnant is used and the roll is wound sufficiently tightly so that after impregnation with a dielectric liquid impregnant and consequent swelling there is an essentially zero negative space factor within the roll.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 1978
    Date of Patent: October 21, 1980
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Richard C. Merrill, Richard G. Conners
  • Patent number: 4037298
    Abstract: A method of producing a hard roll capacitor includes winding on a core a capacitor roll using heat shrinkable synthetic resin strips some of which are metallized while maintaining tension on the strips above about 200 grams per inch of strip width per mil thickness. The roll is then subjected to temperature sufficient to shrink the strips on the roll after which the roll is placed in a casing and its ends are covered with a dielectric liquid. The process results in a capacitor with only a narrow margin section of the roll at the edges being wetted by the dielectric liquid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 1975
    Date of Patent: July 26, 1977
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Robert J. Flanagan, Richard C. Conners, Richard C. Merrill
  • Patent number: 3987348
    Abstract: A wound AC capacitor is made of resin strips with the electrodes being metal films on resin strips. The capacitor is wound on a hard core and is partially impregnated with a non-halogenated liquid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 1974
    Date of Patent: October 19, 1976
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Robert J. Flanagan, Richard G. Conners, Richard C. Merrill