Patents by Inventor Tim Dimond

Tim Dimond 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).

  • Thrust and radial magnetic bearings using combined electromagnetic and permanent magnetic flux paths
    Patent number: 9945418
    Abstract: A system, machine, device, manufacture, circuit, and/or a method that can comprise and/or relate to active thrust bearings and/or active radial bearings that each utilize electromagnetic and permanent magnetic flux paths that can influence a location of a shaft of a rotating machine in response to internal and/or external forces applied to the shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2018
    Assignee: Rotor Bearings Solutions International, LLC
    Inventors: Paul Allaire, Brad Nichols, Tim Dimond, Jianming Cao