Timothy W Carey

US Patent:

6462446, Oct 8, 2002

Filed:

Dec 27, 2000

Appl. No.:

09/749206

Inventors:

Michael Andrew Cook - Silver Lake IN
Paul Christopher Lin - Fort Wayne IN
Vijay Pal Singh Chahar - Fort Wayne IN
Sreeramachandra Murty Ragidimilli - Fort Wayne IN
Timothy Wilbur Carey - Kendallville IN

Assignee:

General Electric Company - Schenectady NY

International Classification:

H02K 500

US Classification:

310 91, 310 90, 248638

Abstract:

A mounting assembly for an electric motor with deep drawn endshields includes a resilient outer ring and a split inner ring for gripping engagement with an outer surface of a bearing endshield. The gripping engagement is sufficient to hold the mounting assembly to the motor but insufficient to deform the endshields. The inner ring is distanced slightly from first and second ends of the mounting assembly to isolate and damp motor vibration and prevent vibration transmission to a mounting base.

US Patent:

6664681, Dec 16, 2003

Filed:

Jul 17, 2000

Appl. No.:

09/617896

Inventors:

Timothy Wilbur Carey - Kendallville IN
Michael Andrew Cook - Silver Lake IN
Son Cao Huynh - Fort Wayne IN
Laura Ann Leany - Fort Wayne IN

Assignee:

General Electric Company - Schenectady NY

International Classification:

H02K 500

US Classification:

310 89, 29596

Abstract:

A mounting system for a motor assembly includes a plurality of fasteners for mounting a grill to a motor. The motor includes an endshield including a plurality of attachment points for attaching the endshield to the motor assembly and a plurality of openings for attaching the endshield to the grill. The grill is configured to be mounted to one of a first motor assembly and a second motor assembly. The endshield is formed with either a plurality of bosses including openings or a plurality of self-clinching nuts pressed into the plurality of openings.

US Patent:

6692158, Feb 17, 2004

Filed:

Mar 22, 2002

Appl. No.:

10/104176

Inventors:

Timothy O. Williams - Fort Wayne IN
Michael A. Cook - Silver Lake IN
Michael W. Henry - Fort Wayne IN
Timothy W. Carey - Grabill IN

Assignee:

General Electric Company - Schenectady NY

International Classification:

F16C 1902

US Classification:

384537, 2989807

Abstract:

A bearing seat includes a cylindrical scat defining a cylindrical pocket for at least partially containing a bearing. The cylindrical seat includes a cylindrical first wall and an end wall extending from the cylindrical first wall. The cylindrical first wall has an inner face and the end wall includes an integral shim extending outwardly therefrom. The integral shim is configured to contact a side of an outer race of a bearing such that the side of the outer race of the bearing seats firmly against the integral shim.

US Patent:

20030042804, Mar 6, 2003

Filed:

Dec 28, 2000

Appl. No.:

09/750414

Inventors:

Michael Cook - Silver Lake IN, US
Kerry Shelton - Fort Wayne IN, US
Timothy Carey - Kendallville IN, US

International Classification:

H02K005/24

US Classification:

310/051000, 310/091000

Abstract:

A motor including a washer assembly that facilitates reducing or eliminating end bump noise generated as a result of a rotor contacting a bearing assembly during motor operation is described. The rotor assembly includes a shaft rotatably supported within the housing with a pair of bearing assemblies. Each washer assembly includes a snap ring and a damping washer. The damping washer includes three layers, wherein the first and third layers are fabricated from a wear resistant material and the second layer is between the first and third layers, and is fabricated from an energy absorbing material.

US Patent:

53270363, Jul 5, 1994

Filed:

Jan 19, 1993

Appl. No.:

8/006254

Inventors:

Timothy W. Carey - Grabill IN

Assignee:

General Electric Company - Fort Wayne IN

International Classification:

H02K 500
H02K 524

US Classification:

310 89

Abstract:

A motor assembly has a stator and rotor housed within a frame. An end shield is attached to one end of the frame for rotatably supporting a shaft extending therethrough. A fan is mounted to the shaft adjacent the end shield. A fan cover is mounted to the end shield and about the fan in a snap-fit manner. The end shield includes a front face and an annular side face, and has a plurality of slots formed in the annular face. The end shield also includes a boss adjacent each slot, which is formed to include at least one bearing surface and a ramp thereon. The fan cover includes a plurality of mounting brackets spaced about its inner periphery and extending outwardly toward the end shield. Each mounting bracket has a projection thereon, which is receivable within the slot on the annular face of the end shield. Each bracket also includes a backstop with a crushable rib thereon.

US Patent:

53861647, Jan 31, 1995

Filed:

Jan 19, 1993

Appl. No.:

8/006043

Inventors:

James A. Butcher - Fort Wayne IN
Timothy W. Carey - Grabill IN

Assignee:

General Electric Company - Fort Wayne IN

International Classification:

H02K 522
H02K 504

US Classification:

310 71

Abstract:

A motor assembly has a lead guard detachably disposed within a housing adjacent a conductor receiving opening formed therein. The lead guard defines a space within the motor housing into which a conductor may be routed. The guard has a generally flat portion and an upstanding portion connected at an angle thereto that extends around three of four perimetral edges of the flat portion. A mounting mechanism is provided to position the lead guard within the housing of the motor. A guide mechanism for guiding conductors fed through the conductor receiving opening into the space defined by the lead guard may also be provided. This guide mechanism may be attached to or integrally molded with the generally flat portion of the lead guard and may include an angled/ramped portion, the edge of which abuts the inner surface of the housing below the conductor receiving opening to prevent conductors from entering the motor housing and coming in contact with rotating components disposed therein.

US Patent:

53918371, Feb 21, 1995

Filed:

Jan 15, 1993

Appl. No.:

8/004802

Inventors:

Timothy W. Carey - Grabill IN

Assignee:

General Electric Company - Fort Wayne IN

International Classification:

H02G 308

US Classification:

174 50

Abstract:

A covered conduit box includes a cover which maintains screws, used to fix the cover to a base member of the box, captive, when the cover is disengaged. The cover includes stepped screw bores therein which allow the screws to cock slightly relative to the cover, to engage in mating channels provided in flanges on the base member, the flanges being angled away from the cover to provide a torque upon the screws, maintaining engagement between the cover and the body. The stepped screw bore maintains the screw captured within the bore unless pressure is applied against the end of the screw to cause a thread thereof to interact with sidewalls of the bore, at which point the screw can be disengaged from capture therein.

US Patent:

60206675, Feb 1, 2000

Filed:

Sep 10, 1998

Appl. No.:

9/151005

Inventors:

Timothy W. Carey - Grabill IN
Elza L. Campbell - Ozark MO
James C. Dills - Springfield MO

Assignee:

General Electric Company - Schenectady NY

International Classification:

H02K 100

US Classification:

310216

Abstract:

A stator includes projecting portions extending from an outer edge of a plurality of stator laminations. The projecting portions form a point. When the stator is inserted into a motor housing, the projecting portions scrape along an inner surface of the housing. The contact between the projecting portions and the housing achieves a bond between the stator and the housing.