General Electric Company

Ernest W Litch

Paul Alan McConnelee

Bernard Gorowitz

Stefan J Rzad

Michael W DeVre

A flexible, multilayer thin film capacitor comprises a flexible substrate and at least two electrode layers mounted on the substrate alternately with at least one dielectric layer. The dielectric layer may include amorphous hydrogenated carbon. The at least two electrode layers and the at least one dielectric layer are capable of acting as at least one capacitor, and the flexible substrate is capable of being manipulated so as to have a desired shape.

Flexible multilayer thin film capacitors

Motor vibration isolating arrangements and systems using such arrangements are disclosed. In preferred arrangements, leaf spring mounting arms have low torsional spring constants and yet strength to withstand shipping and handling loads. The mounting member spring constants for axial, radial and tilting vibration modes are selected in specific forms so that the characteristic vibration transmissibility ratios for these modes are each close to unity, but so that torsional mode vibration transmissibility is substantially less than unity. In particularly preferred arrangements, sheet steel having a martensitic grain structure is utilized. In some forms, the motor shell constitutes one weldable member and a holding plate is weldable. The spring material is protected by heat sinking from being softening and weakened by conventional welding processes. The heat sinking members also contribute to a very strong fastening scheme.

Torsional vibration isolating motor mounting system, mounting

The disclosure describes flexible motor mounting members particularly adapted for vibration induced flexing movement. In illustrated forms, leaf spring mounting arms have low torsional spring constants and yet have sufficient strength to withstand shipping and handling loads for motor-blower assemblies and to permit all angle motor mounting. The free end of the lug is specifically configured to prevent deformation and tearing, and the lugs are extremely easy to mount to a blower housing simply by deflecting the mounting arms (when necessary) with finger pressure so as to align holes in the mounting arms with previously provided holes in the blower housing.

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Ft. Wayne, IN, United States of America

Ernest W Litch