Patents by Inventor Thomas Hillmer

Thomas Hillmer 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: 9926222
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an insulation material for a conductor bar of an electric machine. An object of the invention is to provide for an alternative insulation material in the field of electric machines. The object is solved by an insulation material for a conductor bar for an electric machine comprising glass-ceramic flakes made from a heat treated silica glass precursor in the shape of flakes. Further disclosed are a corresponding method and the use of glass-ceramic flakes as an insulation material for a conductor bar of an electric machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2018
    Assignee: General Electric Technology GmbH
    Inventors: Thomas Hillmer, Paul Howard, Iwona Szkoda-Giannaki, Thomas Baumann
  • Publication number: 20170126107
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to conductor bars, especially for assembly into electric machines. It is an object of the invention to provide an alternative method for fabricating a conductor bar with a vacuum pressure resin-rich process. A method for producing a conductor bar is disclosed, comprising packing a conductive bar with a B-stage resin-rich main wall insulation into a layer of release tape, a layer of breather/bleeder and thereon a layer of synthetic material which is forming a hermetical sealing around the pre-impregnated insulated conductive bar, placing the pre-impregnated insulated conductive bar with the layers described above into a vessel where the volume inside the synthetic layer is connected to a vacuum pump outside of the vessel and is evacuated while an overpressure is created inside the vessel with a heated compression gas causing a compacting and thermal curing of the resin-rich insulation around the conductive bar.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2015
    Publication date: May 4, 2017
    Inventors: Armin FUBEL, Thomas HILLMER, Alexander Rene ANDERTON, Reudiger STEIN
  • Publication number: 20170101337
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an insulation material for a conductor bar of an electric machine. An object of the invention is to provide for an alternative insulation material in the field of electric machines. The object is solved by an insulation material for a conductor bar for an electric machine comprising glass-ceramic flakes made from a heat treated silica glass precursor in the shape of flakes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2015
    Publication date: April 13, 2017
    Applicant: General Electric Technology GmbH
    Inventors: Thomas HILLMER, Paul HOWARD, Iwona SZKODA-GIANNAKI, Thomas BAUMANN
  • Publication number: 20170025914
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an insulated conductor bar, a use of a certain material for manufacturing an insulated conductor bar, and to a method for impregnating an insulated conductor bar. An object of the invention is to provide an alternative impregnation of a conductor bar for an electric machine. The invention discloses an insulated conductor bar for an electric machine having an insulation from a tape made from mica material, mica material on a glass fabric, or mica material on a polyester film, whereas a thermoplastic material is applied to the mica material or the mica material on a glass fabric.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2015
    Publication date: January 26, 2017
    Inventors: Thomas BAUMANN, Thomas HILLMER
  • Patent number: 9257878
    Abstract: An arrangement includes conducting bar ends connected together and a cap) covering them filled with a putty. The cap is made of a resin containing a high thermal conductivity filler. The putty is a silicone elastomer containing a high thermal conductivity filler.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2016
    Assignee: ALSTOM TECHNOLOGY LTD.
    Inventors: Alexander Anderton, Thomas Baumann, Massimiliano Vezzoli, Thomas Hillmer, Stephan Mueller, Konstantinos Ballos, Mostafa Sadeghi, Dieter Stoll, Hossein Safari Zadeh
  • Patent number: 9032618
    Abstract: A method for insulating (5) a conductive bar (1) includes wrapping an insulating tape (2) around the conductive bar (1), enclosing it in a flexible container (4), applying a vacuum, impregnating the insulating tape (2) with an impregnating resin, curing the impregnating resin, and removing the conductive bar (1) with the insulation (5) around it from the flexible container (4). In addition, together with the insulating tape (2), an impregnating tape (3) made of the impregnating resin is wrapped around the conductive bar (1). In order to impregnate, the impregnating tape (3) is melted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2015
    Assignee: ALSTOM RENEWABLE TECHNOLOGIES
    Inventors: Thomas Baumann, Massimiliano Vezzoli, Thomas Hillmer, Thomas Widmer, Dieter Stoll, Clemens Dransfeld
  • Publication number: 20120068560
    Abstract: An arrangement includes conducting bar ends connected together and a cap) covering them filled with a putty. The cap is made of a resin containing a high thermal conductivity filler. The putty is a silicone elastomer containing a high thermal conductivity filler.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2011
    Publication date: March 22, 2012
    Applicant: ALSTOM TECHNOLOGY LTD
    Inventors: Alexander ANDERTON, Thomas Baumann, Massimiliano VEZZOLI, Thomas HILLMER, Stephan MUELLER, Konstantinos BALLOS, Mostafa SADEGHI, Dieter STOLL, Hossein SAFARI ZADEH
  • Publication number: 20110179643
    Abstract: A method for insulating (5) a conductive bar (1) includes wrapping an insulating tape (2) around the conductive bar (1), enclosing it in a flexible container (4), applying a vacuum, impregnating the insulating tape (2) with an impregnating resin, curing the impregnating resin, and removing the conductive bar (1) with the insulation (5) around it from the flexible container (4). In addition, together with the insulating tape (2), an impregnating tape (3) made of the impregnating resin is wrapped around the conductive bar (1). In order to impregnate, the impregnating tape (3) is melted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2010
    Publication date: July 28, 2011
    Inventors: Thomas Baumann, Massimiliano Vezzoli, Thomas Hillmer, Thomas Widmer, Dieter Stoll, Clemens Dransfeld
  • Patent number: 6927342
    Abstract: Electrical conductors, such as bare or round wires, are insulated by taping with a micaceous insulating tape, having a film support of a polymer which can be heat-shrunk above 150° C. and a layer of mica fastened to the film support by means of a binder, and subsequent heat shrinkage of the polymer. The micaceous tape can also have a second film support of a polymer which can be heat shrunk above 150° C.; this second film support is then fastened to the mica layer on the side opposing the first film support.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2005
    Assignee: Von Roll Isola Winding Systems GmbH
    Inventors: Heinz Brandes, Thomas Hillmer, Jean-Luc Rediger, François Jund, Franz Hänggi, José Fernandez