Steinmetz Patent Register
This page begins the patent side of the Steinmetz archive. It is deliberately labeled as a seeded register, not a complete patent bibliography.
Source basis: Wikipedia states that Steinmetz held over 200 patents, but its current bibliography lists selected examples. Those examples have been seeded here with Google Patents authority links. The full 200-plus catalog requires a separate authority pass before it can be called complete.
Machine-readable register: sources/steinmetz_patents/patent_register.json.
Open the seeded patent dossiers
Rigor Rule
Section titled “Rigor Rule”Patent language is legal apparatus language. A patent can reveal an invention, a circuit, a machine design, a drawing, a mathematical term, or a practical engineering problem. It should not be used by itself as proof of Steinmetz’s whole scientific worldview.
Each mature patent page should eventually include original claims, drawings, source PDF, checksum, apparatus explanation, modern engineering reading, mathematical notes, related Steinmetz books, and any interpretive reading clearly labeled.
Seeded Patent Examples
Section titled “Seeded Patent Examples”| Patent | Title | Date | Technical Digest |
|---|---|---|---|
| US533244A | System of distribution by alternating currents | 1895-01-29 | Monocyclic AC distribution using a phase-modifying source so single-phase lighting loads and polyphase motor loads can share a common system. |
| US559419A | Inductor-dynamo | 1896-05-05 | Inductor-dynamo construction that reduces field-coil count, copper cost, and excitation loss. |
| US583950A | Three-phase induction-meter | 1897-06-08 | Three-phase induction wattmeter using current coils, potential coils, and quadrature relations to register energy in balanced or unbalanced systems. |
| US594145A | Inductor-dynamo | 1897-11-23 | Auxiliary air-gap and short-circuited winding to reduce magnetic pulsation and eddy-current heating. |
| US714412A | Induction-motor | 1902-11-25 | Squirrel-cage induction motor starting system with high starting resistance and progressively lowered secondary resistance. |
| US717464A | System of electrical distribution | 1902-12-30 | Distribution and transformation arrangement combining quarter-phase magnetomotive forces to produce three-phase flux relations. |
| US865617A | Induction-motor | 1907-09-10 | High-resistance induction-motor rotor with hollow conductors and forced cooling for severe reversing service. |
| US1025932A | Means for producing light | 1912-05-07 | Mercury-arc lighting system with added conducting vapors to modify the spectral output and improve useful light. |
| US1042986A | Induction-furnace | 1912-10-29 | Induction furnace where the metallic crucible acts as a primary winding closely coupled to the charge, improving power factor. |
| US1230615A | Protective device | 1917-06-19 | High-voltage surge protection using surge resistance and selective response to high-frequency disturbances. |
| USRE11576E | Inductor-dynamo | 1896-11-24 | Reissue-related inductor-dynamo record that must be compared with US559419A before unique claims are promoted. |
Patent Themes To Build
Section titled “Patent Themes To Build”| Theme | Seed Patents | Future Public Work |
|---|---|---|
| Polyphase distribution | US533244A, US717464A | Diagram the phase-modifying and phase-conversion geometry; compare to AC symbolic method pages. |
| Inductor dynamos and magnetic paths | US559419A, US594145A, USRE11576E | Extract drawings, explain magnetic flux paths, reluctance, eddy losses, and machine construction. |
| Induction motors | US714412A, US865617A | Connect starting resistance, slip, torque, heating, and cooling to modern induction-machine theory. |
| Lighting and radiation | US1025932A | Link mercury arc spectrum language to Radiation, Light and Illumination. |
| Induction heating | US1042986A | Build a power-factor and leakage-flux apparatus page. |
| Surges and protection | US1230615A | Extract surge-resistance math, compare to distributed-line theory, and redraw the protective circuit. |
Completion Pipeline
Section titled “Completion Pipeline”- Run an authority search for every Steinmetz patent, not only the Wikipedia examples.
- Download PDFs and drawings into
sources/steinmetz_patents/raw/<patent-number>/. - Extract claims, diagrams, titles, dates, assignees, and classification metadata.
- Create one patent page per verified patent.
- Crosslink each patent to concepts, equations, diagrams, source books, and comparison pages.
- Mark the register complete only after the 200-plus patent claim is independently reconciled.