Patents by Inventor Vasileios Lelos

Vasileios Lelos 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: 7504756
    Abstract: A high strength induction machine, rotor, rotor cage end ring and bar joint, rotor end ring, and related methods are provided. An embodiment of an end ring and bar joint includes a main body adapted to substantially surround a rotor shaft when mounted thereto, a plurality of slots extending inwardly in a radial direction from outer peripheries of the main body, a thicker end ring section extending outwardly from a medial portion of the main body, being thicker than the outer peripheries of the main body, and also being adapted to substantially surround the rotor shaft, and a plurality of bosses extending axially and outwardly from outer peripheral portions in a direction opposite to the thicker end ring section and each adapted to receive an end portion of a rotor bar therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2009
    Assignee: Board of Regents, The University of Texas System
    Inventors: Matthew T. Caprio, Vasileios Lelos, John Herbst, Stephen Manifold, Howard Jordon
  • Publication number: 20060273683
    Abstract: A high strength induction machine, rotor, rotor cage end ring and bar joint, rotor end ring, and related methods are provided. An embodiment of an end ring and bar joint includes a main body adapted to substantially surround a rotor shaft when mounted thereto, a plurality of slots extending inwardly in a radial direction from outer peripheries of the main body, a thicker end ring section extending outwardly from a medial portion of the main body, being thicker than the outer peripheries of the main body, and also being adapted to substantially surround the rotor shaft, and a plurality of bosses extending axially and outwardly from outer peripheral portions in a direction opposite to the thicker end ring section and each adapted to receive an end portion of a rotor bar therein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2006
    Publication date: December 7, 2006
    Applicant: Board of Regents, The University of Texas System
    Inventors: Matthew Caprio, Vasileios Lelos, John Herbst, Stephen Manifold, Howard Jordon