Patents by Inventor Steven Lester Adams

Steven Lester Adams 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).

  • Connector support block for limiting deflection of a main lead connector in an electric machine
    Patent number: 6020670
    Abstract: A connector support block has a recess defined in part by an arcuate surface for limiting deflection of a main lead connector coupled between the main lead terminal and the innermost turn of end coils on a generator. The recess is spanned by a pin displaceable in elliptical openings in flanges defining the recess and about which pin the main lead connector makes a 180.degree. bend. By limiting the deflection of the main lead connector, stresses introduced into the main lead connector at the 180.degree. bend, a 90.degree. bend and the joint between the main lead connector and innermost turn are reduced under cyclic loading whereby increased fatigue life of the main lead connector is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 1998
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2000
    Assignee: General Electric Co.
    Inventors: Steven William Jones, Marcus Edward Harrington, James F. Hopeck, Patrick Brian Douglass, Steven Lester Adams, Klaus Sommerlatte, Kena Kimi Yokoyama, Apostolos Karafillis