US Patent Issued to Electromechanical Engineering Associates on Dec. 30 for "Replacement or repair of generator neutral ring" (Pennsylvania Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,512,736, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to Electromechanical Engineering Associates Inc. (Monroeville, Pa.).

"Replacement or repair of generator neutral ring" was invented by Jason Sinkhorn (Greensburg, Pa.), Corey Palmer (Greensburg, Pa.), Christopher J. Mascaro (Gibsonia, Pa.) and Thomas J. Schildkamp (Greensburg, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems for replacement of the neutral ring of a rotating electric machine, such as a doubly-fed induction generator (DFIG) useful in a wind turbine, and methods for up-tower repair of the neutral ring. The system generally includes a neutral ring having first, second, and third ring sectio...