Inventor · Saratoga Springs, NY, US

Robert John Nygard

27Patents
10h-index
26Co-inventors
71Inventor score

Filing activity: May 18, 1993 → Aug 26, 2004

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6448686B1 Packaged stator core and method forming the same Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 40 Expired
US5358432A Resilient connectors for a generator/motor rotor Electricity 36 Expired
US5886434A Generator field turn copper Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 26 Expired
US6629356B2 Method and apparatus for concentric assembly of structural rotor enclosure on an electrical machine rotor Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 18 Expired
US6313561A Dynamic blocking restraint of a rotor field winding contained by a non-metallic structural rotor enclosure Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 14 Expired
US6369482B1 Generator armature bar support system and related method Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 14 Expired
US6784573B1 Corrosion-resistant liquid-cooled armature bar clip-to-strand connection and related method Performing Operations; Transporting 13 Expired
US6590305B2 High temperature super-conducting synchronous rotor having an electromagnetic shield and method for assembly Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 12 Expired
US6548928B2 Grounding of stator core to stator frame Electricity 10 Expired
US6775900B2 Method of forming a stator Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 10 Expired
US6965185B1 Variable pitch manifold for rotor cooling in an electrical machine Electricity 10 Expired
US6437476B1 Multi-pole electric machine including flat winding for generator fields Electricity 10 Expired
US6597081B2 Stator having reduced forces at generator stator key bar and method for forming the same Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 10 Expired
US6952070B1 Capped flat end windings in an electrical machine Electricity 8 Expired
US6815860B2 High temperature super-conducting rotor coil support with split coil housing and assembly method Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 6 Expired
US6762517B2 High temperature super-conducting rotor having a vacuum vessel and electromagnetic shield and an assembly method Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 6 Expired
US6703733B1 Removable self-locking field winding block Electricity 6 Expired
US6608409B2 High temperature super-conducting rotor having a vacuum vessel and electromagnetic shield and an assembly method Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 6 Expired
US6766572B2 Method of assembling a stator Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 5 Expired
US6710497B2 Apparatus and method for a field winding assembly mountable on a rotor in a synchronous machine Electricity 5 Expired
US6570292B2 High temperature super-conducting rotor coil support with split coil housing and assembly method Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 4 Expired
US6844655B2 Expandable flat winding for rotating electric machine fields Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 4 Expired
US6910258B2 Method of assembling windings on a rotor core Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 3 Expired
US6977459B1 Apparatus and methods for anchoring a modular winding to a rotor in an electrical machine Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 2 Expired
US6972507B1 End winding restraint in an electrical machine Electricity 2 Expired

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.