Patents by Inventor Ronald W. Tribley

Ronald W. Tribley 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 for cooling the core of a liquid cooled transformer
    Patent number: 4862956
    Abstract: Apparatus for containing liquid coolant within a liquid cooled transformer includes a vessel having opposing sides for forming a chamber. The chamber is prevented from decreasing below a predetermined volume limit when compressive force is applied to the vessel by providing separation elements which are coupled to at least one of the sides and extend into the chamber for contacting the other side when the limit is reached, thereby preventing further volume reduction of the chamber. When a liquid under pressure is supplied to the chamber the vessel tends to expand, such that when the apparatus is disposed between laminations of a core of a transformer for cooling the transformer, force is exerted on the laminations, thereby ensuring that the laminations do not loosen under adverse operating conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 1988
    Date of Patent: September 5, 1989
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Morris V. VanDusen, Thomas E. VanSchaick, Ronald W. Tribley
  • Apparatus for cooling the core of a liquid cooled transformer
    Patent number: 4739825
    Abstract: Apparatus for containing liquid coolant within a liquid cooled transformer includes a vessel having opposing sides for forming a chamber. The chamber is prevented from decreasing below a predetermined volume limit when compressive force is applied to the vessel by providing separation elements which are coupled to at least one of the sides and extend into the chamber for contacting the other side when the limit is reached, thereby preventing further volume reduction of the chamber. When a liquid under pressure is supplied to the chamber the vessel tends to expand, such that when the apparatus is disposed between laminations of a core of a transformer for cooling the transformer, force is exerted on the laminations, thereby ensuring that the laminations do not loosen under adverse operating conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 1986
    Date of Patent: April 26, 1988
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Morris V. Van Dusen, Thomas E. Van Schaick, Ronald W. Tribley