Patents by Inventor Thomas Blakelock

Thomas Blakelock 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).

  • RE-TIGHTENABLE STATOR BODY WEDGE SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20060208598
    Abstract: A generator stator core has a plurality of axially extending radial slots arranged about the periphery thereof with windings in each of the radial slots. At least one adjustable wedge and slide assembly is located in each of the slots, arranged to restrain the windings, the assembly including a wedge component and a slide component which interface along respective sloped surfaces formed on respective sides of each of the wedge component and the slide component. The slide component is formed with a zone of laterally extending, discrete fingers on each side thereof that are angled relative to a longitudinal axis of the slide. The wedge component is slidably received in a pair of dovetail grooves in the radial slot with the slide component located between the wedge component and the windings such that the discrete fingers engage side walls of the radial slot.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2005
    Publication date: September 21, 2006
    Applicant: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Mabel Yung, Thomas Blakelock, Alan Iversen, Sameh Salem, Thomas Butman, Adrian Breitenstein
  • Controlled compliance rotor winding support block
    Patent number: 6608421
    Abstract: The invention comprises a two part rotor coil support block, wherein a spring disposed between the two block halves allows for the thermal expansion of coils wound around the assembled block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2003
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Robert G. Hamilton, Thomas Blakelock, Leonard P. Squillacioti
  • CONTROLLED COMPLIANCE ROTOR WINDING SUPPORT BLOCK
    Publication number: 20030141776
    Abstract: The invention comprises a two part rotor coil support block, wherein a spring disposed between the two block halves allows for the thermal expansion of coils wound around the assembled block.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2002
    Publication date: July 31, 2003
    Inventors: Robert G. Hamilton, Thomas Blakelock, Leonard P. Squillacioti