Charles R Rowe

US Patent:

6943470, Sep 13, 2005

Filed:

Dec 2, 2003

Appl. No.:

10/725755

Inventors:

Charles M. Rowe - Titusville FL, US
Gary R. Lowther - Casselberry FL, US

Assignee:

Siemens Westinghouse Power Corporation - Orlando FL

International Classification:

H02K009/00

US Classification:

310 58, 310 59

Abstract:

A gas-cooled turbine generator includes a rotor having baffles arranged in rings and defining a plurality of gas cooling zones. A stator core has stator slots in a bore in which the rotor is received. A plurality of air gap baffle assemblies are arranged in segmented baffle rings in the stator slots and cooperate with the zone rings on the rotor. Each of the air gap baffle assemblies includes at least one baffle segment and an individual locking cam cooperating with a respective wedge of the baffle segment to lock the baffle segment relative to a stator slot at which the baffle segment is positioned such that prior baffle “trains” are no longer required.

US Patent:

20060188357, Aug 24, 2006

Filed:

Feb 18, 2005

Appl. No.:

11/062283

Inventors:

Charles Rowe - Titusville FL, US
Benjamin Humphries - Orlando FL, US

International Classification:

F16B 39/10

US Classification:

411119000

Abstract:

An apparatus for containing a nut on a bolt including a housing having a main body, a proximal end and a distal end. A threaded aperture may be formed within the distal end of the main body for threading the housing onto the bolt. A flange extending from the housing that may engage the substrate when the housing is threaded over the bolt. At least one aperture formed within the flange for securing the housing to the substrate. A pair of housings may be placed adjacent one another and secured in a stationary position by a connector inserted through respective apertures formed in a flange of each housing. The connector may connect the housings together and be sized to prevent each housing from turning beyond an acceptable tolerance with respect to the other housing. The connector may be used to secure individual housings to other stationary components.