Patents by Inventor Russell C. Harley

Russell C. Harley 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).

  • Electrical winding termination structure
    Patent number: 5264816
    Abstract: The cutting or crushing of electrical wire during a tang termination process is avoided by the method that includes the steps of providing a post (28) of a thermoplastic material in adjacency to a terminal mounting structure (22, 24) wrapping an electrical conductor (34, 40) forming part of the winding (20) around the post (28), mounting a metal terminal (42) having a tang (52) on the mounting structure (22, 24) so that the tang (52) extends at least partially about the post (28), and closing the tang (52) about the post (28) with sufficient heat to destroy the insulation, if any, on the electrical conductor and establish a fused electrical connection between the tang (52) and/or terminal (42) and the conductor (34, 40).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 1992
    Date of Patent: November 23, 1993
    Assignee: Furnas Electric Company
    Inventors: Thomas W. Degenhart, Russell C. Harley, Allen Wade
  • Method of terminating electrical windings
    Patent number: 5199160
    Abstract: The cutting or crushing of electrical wire during a tang termination process is avoided by the method that includes the steps of providing a post (28) of a thermoplastic material in adjacency to a terminal mounting structure (22, 24) wrapping an electrical conductor (34, 40) forming part of the winding (20) around the post (28), mounting a metal terminal (42) having a tang (52) on the mounting structure (22, 24) so that the tang (52) extends at least partially about the post (28), and closing the tang (52) about the post (28) with sufficient heat to destroy the insulation, if any, on the electrical conductor and establish a fused electrical connection between the tang (52) and/or terminal (42) and the conductor (34, 40).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 1991
    Date of Patent: April 6, 1993
    Assignee: Furnas Electric Company
    Inventors: Thomas W. Degenhart, Russell C. Harley, Allen Wade