Patents by Inventor Robert Scott Downing

Robert Scott Downing 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: 10621541
    Abstract: A dynamoelectric machine includes a shaft, a rotor radially outward from the shaft with the rotor and shaft arranged to rotate in unison, a stator radially outward from the rotor with the stator being stationary relative to the rotor and shaft, and a heat transfer feature adjacent to and radially outward from the stator. The heat transfer feature includes a base encasing the stator, the base having a first end, a second end, and an axial middle; a first set of fins extending radially outward from the base adjacent the first end and the second end; and a second set of fins extending radially outward from the axial middle of the base with the second set of fins each having a smaller surface area and being closer to one another than the first set of fins.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2020
    Assignee: Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation
    Inventors: Michael J. Andres, Robert Scott Downing
  • Patent number: 10587170
    Abstract: A rotor body for a high-speed generator includes a rotor body with interior and exterior surfaces, a coolant inlet and outlet, and a rotor cooling path for actively cooling the rotor body. The coolant inlet and outlet extend between the interior and exterior surfaces. An interior segment of the rotor cooling path fluidly couples the coolant inlet and coolant outlet and is bounded by the rotor body interior surface. An exterior segment of the cooling path is bounded by the rotor body exterior surface and fluidly couples the coolant outlet an environment external to the rotor body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2020
    Assignee: Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation
    Inventors: Lubomir A. Ribarov, Robert Scott Downing, Richard A. Himmelmann
  • Publication number: 20190154351
    Abstract: A plate-fin condenser includes a plate body defining an interior channel having a fluid inlet, a first interior channel section having a first cross-sectional area in fluid communication with the inlet, a second interior channel section downstream of the first interior channel section, and a fluid outlet in fluid communication with the converging interior channel. The second interior channel section has a second cross-sectional area that is smaller than the first cross-sectional area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2019
    Publication date: May 23, 2019
    Inventor: Robert Scott Downing
  • Publication number: 20190005448
    Abstract: A dynamoelectric machine includes a shaft, a rotor radially outward from the shaft with the rotor and shaft arranged to rotate in unison, a stator radially outward from the rotor with the stator being stationary relative to the rotor and shaft, and a heat transfer feature adjacent to and radially outward from the stator. The heat transfer feature includes a base encasing the stator, the base having a first end, a second end, and an axial middle; a first set of fins extending radially outward from the base adjacent the first end and the second end; and a second set of fins extending radially outward from the axial middle of the base with the second set of fins each having a smaller surface area and being closer to one another than the first set of fins.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2018
    Publication date: January 3, 2019
    Inventors: Michael J. Andres, Robert Scott Downing
  • Publication number: 20180219457
    Abstract: A rotor body for a high-speed generator includes a rotor body with interior and exterior surfaces, a coolant inlet and outlet, and a rotor cooling path for actively cooling the rotor body. The coolant inlet and outlet extend between the interior and exterior surfaces. An interior segment of the rotor cooling path fluidly couples the coolant inlet and coolant outlet and is bounded by the rotor body interior surface. An exterior segment of the cooling path is bounded by the rotor body exterior surface and fluidly couples the coolant outlet an environment external to the rotor body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2018
    Publication date: August 2, 2018
    Inventors: Lubomir A. Ribarov, Robert Scott Downing, Richard A. Himmelmann
  • Publication number: 20180174098
    Abstract: A dynamoelectric machine includes a shaft, a rotor radially outward from the shaft with the rotor and shaft arranged to rotate in unison, a stator radially outward from the rotor with the stator being stationary relative to the rotor and shaft, and a heat transfer feature adjacent to and radially outward from the stator. The heat transfer feature includes a base encasing the stator, the base having a first end, a second end, and an axial middle; a first set of fins extending radially outward from the base adjacent the first end and the second end; and a second set of fins extending radially outward from the axial middle of the base with the second set of fins each having a smaller surface area and being closer to one another than the first set of fins.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2018
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Inventors: Michael J. Andres, Robert Scott Downing
  • Patent number: 9912019
    Abstract: A battery system including a passive cooling system for cooling a plurality battery cells during normal operation and during overheating of the battery cells. The passive cooling system may include a housing, a cooling fluid (coolant pool) within the housing, and a plurality of dividers between each of the plurality of battery cells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2018
    Assignee: HAMILTON SUNDSTRAND CORPORATION
    Inventors: Michael J. Andres, Robert Scott Downing
  • Patent number: 9723753
    Abstract: A cooling system for cooling an electronic component has a heat pipe defined by an inner wall and an outer wall with an intermediate fluid chamber. The heat pipe has a wall to be put in contact with a cold plate and extends away from the cold plate to define a cup shape with a fluid movement member positioned within the chamber to move the fluid from an end of the chamber adjacent to the cold plate to a spaced end of the cup shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2017
    Assignee: Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation
    Inventors: Michael J. Andres, Robert Scott Downing
  • Patent number: 9685266
    Abstract: An immersion cooled inductor includes an inductor at least partially submerged in cooling liquid and a localized boiling feature operable to instigate boiling of the cooling liquid prior to oversaturation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2017
    Assignee: Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation
    Inventor: Robert Scott Downing
  • Publication number: 20160294231
    Abstract: A dynamoelectric machine includes a shaft, a rotor radially outward from the shaft with the rotor and shaft arranged to rotate in unison, a stator radially outward from the rotor with the stator being stationary relative to the rotor and shaft, and a heat transfer feature adjacent to and radially outward from the stator. The heat transfer feature includes a base encasing the stator and fins extending radially outward from the base with a configuration where the fins extend an axial length that is less than a total axial length of the base and/or extend at least partially in a circumferential direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2015
    Publication date: October 6, 2016
    Inventors: Michael J. Andres, Robert Scott Downing
  • Publication number: 20160120066
    Abstract: A cooling system for cooling an electronic component has a heat pipe defined by an inner wall and an outer wall with an intermediate fluid chamber. The heat pipe has a wall to be put in contact with a cold plate and extends away from the cold plate to define a cup shape with a fluid movement member positioned within the chamber to move the fluid from an end of the chamber adjacent to the cold plate to a spaced end of the cup shape.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2014
    Publication date: April 28, 2016
    Inventors: Michael J. Andres, Robert Scott Downing
  • Publication number: 20160005524
    Abstract: An inductor assembly includes a substrate that is configured to circulate coolant; an outer cylindrical housing arranged on the substrate and defining an internal cavity; a wound inductor core arranged in internal cavity; a condenser arranged between the wound inductor core and the substrate; and a working fluid disposed in the internal cavity and in contact with each of the inductor core and the condenser. The condenser is configured to condense vaporized working fluid as it traverses through the condenser.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2014
    Publication date: January 7, 2016
    Inventor: Robert Scott Downing
  • Patent number: 9225208
    Abstract: A core for an electric machine includes a core component having a plurality of core teeth defining a plurality of core slots between adjacent core teeth of the plurality of core teeth. The plurality of core slots are receptive of one or more windings. A coolant flowpath through the core component is formed through at least one core tooth. The at least one core tooth has one or more coolant tube banks and one or more mixing chambers arranged in an alternating pattern along the at least one core tooth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2015
    Assignee: Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation
    Inventors: Robert Scott Downing, Roger John Collings, Mark F. Franzen, Hebri Vijayendra Nayak, Kris H. Campbell
  • Patent number: 9178400
    Abstract: A cooling arrangement for a motor assembly includes a motor operably connected to a load. Also included is a motor controller disposed adjacent to, and fluidly coupled to, the motor, the motor controller disposed within a housing enclosing a cooling fluid for immersion of a plurality of motor controller components. Further included is a duct arrangement configured to route a cooling flow to a location proximate the housing of the motor controller for cooling therealong.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2015
    Assignee: Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation
    Inventors: Debabrata Pal, Mustansir Hussainy Kheraluwala, Eric Alan Carter, Robert Scott Downing, Charles Patrick Shepard
  • Patent number: 9095075
    Abstract: An enclosure is provided and includes a frame defining an interior and a pathway, the frame being configured to prevent external air infiltration to the interior, a divider disposed to divide the interior into first and second chambers that are each fluidly communicative with the pathway and a blower including a cold-plate configured to cool first electronic components disposed on the cold plate, second electronic components disposed in the second chamber and third electronic components disposed in the first chamber by cycling air through the first chamber, the second chamber and the airflow pathway.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2015
    Assignee: Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation
    Inventor: Robert Scott Downing
  • Patent number: 8913385
    Abstract: A cooling system comprises an electronics module and a duct. The electronics module produces more heat at a first location than at a second location, and is rated to a safe operating temperature. The duct surrounds the electronics module, and has a shaped baffle with a constricted region near the first location and an open region near the second location. The expanded region has greater cross-sectional flow area than the constricted region. Airflow through the duct cools both the first location and the second location to within an efficiency margin below the safe operating temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2014
    Assignee: Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation
    Inventor: Robert Scott Downing
  • Patent number: 8902033
    Abstract: An inductor comprises a ferromagnetic core, a litz wire conductor encircling the ferromagnetic core, a housing, a bobbin, a conductive pin, and a seal assembly. The housing encloses the ferromagnetic core and the litz wire conductor. The conductive pin is conductively attached to the litz wire conductor, and extends therefrom to form an external electrical contact. The bobbin supports the litz wire conductor and positions the conductive pin in alignment with an aperture in the housing which is sealed against fluid egress by the seal assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2014
    Assignee: Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation
    Inventors: Charles Shepard, Kris H. Campbell, Adam M. Finney, Robert Scott Downing
  • Publication number: 20140342197
    Abstract: A battery system including a passive cooling system for cooling a plurality battery cells during normal operation and during overheating of the battery cells. The passive cooling system may include a housing, a cooling fluid (coolant pool) within the housing, and a plurality of dividers between each of the plurality of battery cells.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2013
    Publication date: November 20, 2014
    Inventors: Michael J. Andres, Robert Scott Downing
  • Publication number: 20140232219
    Abstract: A cooling arrangement for a motor assembly includes a motor operably connected to a load. Also included is a motor controller disposed adjacent to, and fluidly coupled to, the motor, the motor controller disposed within a housing enclosing a cooling fluid for immersion of a plurality of motor controller components. Further included is a duct arrangement configured to route a cooling flow to a location proximate the housing of the motor controller for cooling therealong.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2012
    Publication date: August 21, 2014
    Inventors: Debabrata Pal, Mustansir Hussainy Kheraluwala, Eric Alan Carter, Robert Scott Downing, Charles Patrick Shepard
  • Publication number: 20140159843
    Abstract: An immersion cooled inductor includes an inductor at least partially submerged in cooling liquid and a localized boiling feature operable to instigate boiling of the cooling liquid prior to oversaturation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2014
    Publication date: June 12, 2014
    Applicant: Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation
    Inventor: Robert Scott Downing