Patents by Inventor Vladimir A. SHIROKOV
Vladimir A. SHIROKOV 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).
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Patent number: 11757322Abstract: The disclosure relates to winding arrangements for electrical machine stators. Example embodiments include a coil for a tooth element of an electrical machine stator, the coil formed from a plurality of hairpin wires having pairs of legs passing through first and second slots on opposing radial faces of the tooth element, the coil having n full turns passing around the tooth element, the first and second slots each having 2n+2 slot positions having a depth d? for accommodating a single hairpin wire, the slots each having a first slot position at a first common end and a 2n+2th slot position at a second opposing end, the coil having first and second terminal connections connected to hairpin wires extending through the first and second slots at respective first and second slot positions.Type: GrantFiled: November 20, 2020Date of Patent: September 12, 2023Assignee: ROLLS-ROYCE plcInventor: Vladimir A. Shirokov
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Patent number: 11680486Abstract: Turbomachinery comprising first and second sets of rotors configured to operate on a working fluid. The machinery further comprises first and second sets of electric machines coupled to the respective first and second rotors, and a coupling arrangement arranged to couple adjacent rotors of the first and second rotor sets to provide for fixed ratio, contra-rotation of the first and second rotor sets.Type: GrantFiled: February 3, 2020Date of Patent: June 20, 2023Assignee: Rolls-Royce plcInventors: Chloe J. Palmer, Vladimir A. Shirokov
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Patent number: 11196254Abstract: A method of controlling two or more sources of electrical power to supply electrical power to a shared bus. Each source of electrical power has a rated power Pr, a maximum overload power Pm, and is operable along a multi-voltage droop slope, the multi-voltage droop slope including a share region and a catch region, the share region being defined by an upper voltage limit, Vhigh and a base voltage Vbase, and the catch region being defined by the base voltage Vbase and a lower voltage limit Vlow.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2020Date of Patent: December 7, 2021Assignee: Rolls-Royce PLCInventors: Vladimir A. Shirokov, Zafer Jarrah
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Publication number: 20210167654Abstract: The disclosure relates to winding arrangements for electrical machine stators. Example embodiments include a coil for a tooth element of an electrical machine stator, the coil formed from a plurality of hairpin wires having pairs of legs passing through first and second slots on opposing radial faces of the tooth element, the coil having n full turns passing around the tooth element, the first and second slots each having 2n+2 slot positions having a depth d? for accommodating a single hairpin wire, the slots each having a first slot position at a first common end and a 2n+2th slot position at a second opposing end, the coil having first and second terminal connections connected to hairpin wires extending through the first and second slots at respective first and second slot positions.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 20, 2020Publication date: June 3, 2021Inventor: Vladimir A. Shirokov
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Patent number: 10978975Abstract: Fault-tolerant electrical drive systems and methods of maintaining electrical balance or continuing operation of a rotary electric machine under a fault condition are provided. One such system comprises: a rotary electric machine comprising pn phases having a common connection point, where p is a prime number and n is an integer greater than or equal to 1; a drive circuit module having pn phase drive circuits and a reserve drive circuit; and a contactor module. The contactor module comprises: pn phase contactors each of which is operable to connect one of the pn phases of the rotary electric machine to a respective one of the pn phase drive circuits; and a phase fault contactor operable to connect the reserve drive circuit to the common connection point.Type: GrantFiled: June 23, 2020Date of Patent: April 13, 2021Assignee: ROLLS-ROYCE plcInventor: Vladimir A Shirokov
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Publication number: 20210021217Abstract: Fault-tolerant electrical drive systems and methods of maintaining electrical balance or continuing operation of a rotary electric machine under a fault condition are provided. One such system comprises: a rotary electric machine comprising pn phases having a common connection point, where p is a prime number and n is an integer greater than or equal to 1; a drive circuit module having pn phase drive circuits and a reserve drive circuit; and a contactor module. The contactor module comprises: pn phase contactors each of which is operable to connect one of the pn phases of the rotary electric machine to a respective one of the pn phase drive circuits; and a phase fault contactor operable to connect the reserve drive circuit to the common connection point.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 23, 2020Publication date: January 21, 2021Inventor: Vladimir A SHIROKOV
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Publication number: 20210004029Abstract: A method of controlling two or more sources of electrical power to supply electrical power to a shared bus. Each source of electrical power has a rated power Pr, a maximum overload power Pm, and is operable along a multi-voltage droop slope, the multi-voltage droop slope including a share region and a catch region, the share region being defined by an upper voltage limit, Vhigh and a base voltage Vbase, and the catch region being defined by the base voltage Vbase and a lower voltage limit Vlow.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 30, 2020Publication date: January 7, 2021Applicant: ROLLS-ROYCE plcInventors: Vladimir A. SHIROKOV, Zafer JARRAH
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Publication number: 20200263545Abstract: Turbomachinery comprising first and second sets of rotors configured to operate on a working fluid. The machinery further comprises first and second sets of electric machines coupled to the respective first and second rotors, and a coupling arrangement arranged to couple adjacent rotors of the first and second rotor sets to provide for fixed ratio, contra-rotation of the first and second rotor sets.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 3, 2020Publication date: August 20, 2020Applicant: ROLLS-ROYCE plcInventors: Chloe J. PALMER, Vladimir A. SHIROKOV
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Publication number: 20180278102Abstract: A permanent magnet electrical machine (30) comprising a first shaft having a rotational axis (34). A second shaft spaced from the first shaft and rotating about the rotational axis. The second shaft comprises magnetic material. A first magnet mounted to the first shaft or aligned with the first shaft to selectively magnetise at least a portion of the first shaft. A second magnet aligned with the second shaft to selectively magnetise at least a portion of the second shaft and thereby to couple the second shaft to the first shaft.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 22, 2018Publication date: September 27, 2018Applicant: ROLLS-ROYCE plcInventor: Vladimir SHIROKOV