Charles C Rowe

US Patent:

6373165, Apr 16, 2002

Filed:

Oct 26, 2000

Appl. No.:

09/696848

Inventors:

Charles M. Rowe - Orlando FL

Assignee:

Siemens Westinghouse Power Corporation - Orlando FL

International Classification:

H02K 346

US Classification:

310260, 310 42

Abstract:

A clamping apparatus clamps opposing pairs of stator coil windings of a turbine generator and includes a retaining platform positioned adjacent one side and across a pair of coil windings having a space therebetween. A bore extends therethrough and is aligned with the space between the pair of coil windings. A connecting insert member is carried within the bore of the retaining platform and has a threaded through-hole aligned with the space between the pair of coil windings. A threaded rod extends through the space between the pair of coil windings and through the threaded through-hole of the connecting insert member. The threaded rod mates with the threaded through-hole such that the tension created in the threaded rod during tightening biases the retaining platform against the pair of coil windings.

US Patent:

6439907, Aug 27, 2002

Filed:

Jul 20, 2001

Appl. No.:

09/910218

Inventors:

Charles M. Rowe - Orlando FL

Assignee:

Siemens Westinghouse Power Corporation - Orlando FL

International Classification:

H01K 460

US Classification:

439196, 439213, 310 71, 310 52

Abstract:

A junction assembly has at least one junction and at least one flexible connector. The junction has at least one channel sized and configured to accept and secure at least a portion of a flexible connector relative to the parallel rings and main lead, and at least one coolant passageway through with a coolant can flow to cool the flexible connectors. The flexible connectors are constructed of conductive wire to provide an electrically conductive path and to provide the junction assembly with flexibility. This junction and channel sizing and configuration provides the junction assembly with a modular capability in that one or more flexible connectors can to be positioned in many different ways within the junction.

US Patent:

6649826, Nov 18, 2003

Filed:

Jul 20, 2001

Appl. No.:

09/910219

Inventors:

Charles M. Rowe - Orlando FL

Assignee:

Siemens Westinghouse Power Corporation - Orlando FL

International Classification:

H01B 734

US Classification:

174 156

Abstract:

A junction assembly has a first electrically conductive junction having at least one inlet and a second electrically conductive junction having at least one outlet. A plurality of electrically conductive flexible connectors are disposed between and attached to the first and second junctions. A casing surrounds the inlet and the outlet such that coolant can flow in from the inlet, throughout the interior of the casing interior, and out through the outlet.

US Patent:

6777853, Aug 17, 2004

Filed:

Aug 14, 2002

Appl. No.:

10/218714

Inventors:

Charles M. Rowe - Orlando FL
Alex Christodoulou - Oviedo FL
Lorenzo Ramirez - Oviedo FL

Assignee:

Siemens Westinghouse Power Corporation - Orlando FL

International Classification:

H02K 346

US Classification:

310260, 310194

Abstract:

A dynamoelectric machine includes a rotor and a stator surrounding the rotor. The stator includes a plurality of windings arranged in a main portion adjacent the rotor and terminating in a plurality of inner and outer end windings extending outwardly from the main portion. An end winding support assembly includes at least one support ring for the plurality of end windings and a respective adjustable bias member between the at least one support ring and each adjacent end winding to provide an adjustable separation bias between the at least one support ring and each adjacent end winding.

US Patent:

6873752, Mar 29, 2005

Filed:

Aug 8, 2003

Appl. No.:

10/637337

Inventors:

Charles M. Rowe - Orlando FL, US

Assignee:

Siemens Westinghouse Power Corporation - Orlando FL

International Classification:

G02B006/00

US Classification:

385 12, 385 13, 385 52

Abstract:

A tuneable sensor reed for fiber optic vibration sensors. A sensor reed is mounted inside of a sensor case with an adjustable mounting structure such as a screw, bolt, clamp or cam lock. Adjusting the mounting structure changes the stresses on the sensor reed, and therefore adjusts the base frequency without the need to replace the whole sensor case. In a particular embodiment, the sensor reed is held in place by screws that completely penetrate the sensor case, and adjustments are made at the terminal end of the screw, which is on the outside of the sensor case, using for example, lock nuts. This adjustment allows for a sensor reed to be reset to its base frequency to compensate for such things as frequency drift, or to be set to a new frequency as desired.

US Patent:

8548558, Oct 1, 2013

Filed:

Jan 13, 2011

Appl. No.:

13/005636

Inventors:

Boyd Dunagan - Wabasha MN, US
Jay M. Dunagan - Wabasha MN, US
Erick Garstka - Westfield MA, US
Keith J. Geolat - Lake City MN, US
Charles A. Rowe - Winona MN, US

Assignee:

Covidien LP - Mansfield MA

International Classification:

A61B 5/04
A61N 1/00

US Classification:

600391, 600382, 600394, 607152

Abstract:

An electrode for selective attachment to at least one of a garment and a subject, is provided and includes a conductive member defining a first side and a second side; a conductive composition disposed on the first side of the conductive member, wherein the conductive composition has a first adhesive strength; a contact layer disposed on the second side of the conductive member, wherein the contact layer includes a pressure sensitive adhesive portion and a conductive hydrogel portion, wherein the pressure sensitive adhesive portion has a second adhesive strength that is greater than the adhesive strength of the conductive composition; whereby the electrode is adherable to the garment and to the subject such that the conductive composition is adhered to the subject and the pressure sensitive adhesive portion is adhered to the garment, wherein removal of the garment from the subject results in removal of the electrode from the subject.

US Patent:

20030015841, Jan 23, 2003

Filed:

Jul 20, 2001

Appl. No.:

09/910220

Inventors:

Charles Rowe - Orlando FL, US

Assignee:

Siemens Westinghouse Power Corporation

International Classification:

F16J015/34

US Classification:

277/370000

Abstract:

A seal system by which a seal located within a confined space can be worked. The seal system includes an access structure having a positioning channel removably attached to a first element, and a second element set apart from the first element to provide a gap between the first element and the second element. The seal system also includes a securement portion sized and configured to be accepted into and retained by the positioning channel of the access structure and/or the first element. By this configuration, the seal can attain a service orientation, where the seal does not appreciably obstruct the gap, and an operation orientation, where the seal can completely obstruct or essentially completely obstruct the gap. By this configuration, the seal can also be contorted or moved into a protected area to make room for another object.

US Patent:

57985952, Aug 25, 1998

Filed:

Dec 30, 1996

Appl. No.:

8/777560

Inventors:

Lennart S. Nilsson - Winter Springs FL
Charles M. Rowe - Orlando FL
Donald Yaffee - Winter Springs FL

Assignee:

Westinghouse Electric Corporation - Pittsburgh PA

International Classification:

H02K 346

US Classification:

310260

Abstract:

A vibrational control system for the coils of a stator includes a coil support bracket affixed to the stator, a coil support brace mounted on the coil support bracket with a shim arranged between the coil support brace and the coil support bracket, a push block arranged between the coils and the coil support brace, and control structure for controlling the vibrations of the stator coils.