Patents by Inventor Robert G. Abdoud

Robert G. Abdoud 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).

  • Permanent magnet design for high-speed superconducting bearings
    Patent number: 5554583
    Abstract: A high temperature superconducting bearing including a permanent magnet rotor levitated by a high temperature superconducting structure. The rotor preferably includes one or more concentric permanent magnet rings coupled to permanent magnet ring structures having substantially triangular and quadrangular cross-sections. Both alternating and single direction polarity magnet structures can be used in the bearing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 1994
    Date of Patent: September 10, 1996
    Inventors: John R. Hull, Kenneth L. Uherka, Robert G. Abdoud