US Patent: 610,067
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| Induction-motor
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Patentee:
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| Benjamin G. Lamme (exact or similar names) - Pittsburgh, PA |
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Patent Dates:
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| Applied: |
Jul. 22, 1897 |
| Granted: |
Aug. 30, 1898 |
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Jeff Joslin
Vintage Machinery entry for Westinghouse Electric & Mfg. Co.
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| Benjamin Garver Lamme was an important electrical engineer for Westinghouse. After Westinghouse's researchers failed to industrialize Tesla's two-phase motor (for a 133 Hertz supply), it was abandoned until Lamme focused his attention on it in late 1891, leading to the development of a practical 60 Hertz version of the Tesla motor. This was the first fully practical induction motor from Westinghouse. Another Westinghouse researcher, N. W. Storer, would modify Lamme's motor to a squirrel-cage design, which would prove to work as well and was simpler to manufacture. The Westinghouse two-phase motor was demonstrated at the 1893 Chicago World's Fair. |
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