Patents Examined by John K Kim
  • Patent number: 11159075
    Abstract: A motor includes a shaft, at least two bearings supporting the shaft, a magnet supported by the shaft between the at least two bearings, a stator surrounding the magnet, and a magnetic member arranged between the magnet and at least one of the bearings in a longitudinal direction of the shaft. The magnetic member has a large outer diameter with respect to an outer diameter of the magnet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: MINEBEA MITSUMI INC.
    Inventor: Koji Kebukawa
  • Patent number: 11159079
    Abstract: This patent describes a three-phased reluctance motor (10) of stepper type with six coils placed in six slots (151-156) in a stator (5), n*6 teeth (7) in rotor (5) where n is an integer equal to or larger than 3, typically 8-16 and were the teeth (18) in stator (4) are shifted unsymmetrical so the motor (10) can produce torque at every angle between rotor (5) and stator (4).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignees: ELTORQUE AS, GREENWAY AS
    Inventors: Jon Eirik Brennvall, Terje Søras, Asle Hagen, Lars Erling Stensen, Tor Erik Naebb, Agnar AA
  • Patent number: 11152836
    Abstract: A rotating electric machine includes a stator having a winding head at each axial end and including a rotor, which is rotatably mounted in an opening in the stator and which has a rotor shaft and a laminated rotor core. The electric machine includes a bearing unit for the rotatable mounting of the rotor shaft with respect to the laminated rotor core, a transmission unit, a coupling unit, which is designed to provide at least two coupling states for coupling the rotation of the rotor shaft to the laminated rotor core and, in at least one of the coupling states, to couple the rotor shaft to the laminated rotor core by means of the transmission unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: VALEO SIEMENS EAUTOMOTIVE GERMANY GMBH
    Inventors: Yves Burkhardt, Eckhard Kirchner
  • Patent number: 11152835
    Abstract: An electric actuator includes a motor portion, a circuit board, a speed reduction mechanism, a busbar holder that holds a busbar, and a housing. The housing has a motor case and a compartmental wall. The compartmental wall has a through-hole which penetrates the compartmental wall in an axial direction. The busbar holder has a base portion and a projecting portion which projects from the base portion in the axial direction and is disposed in the through-hole. An end portion of the busbar at one side projects from the busbar holder toward one side in the axial direction and is connected to the circuit board, and an end portion of the busbar at the other side projects into the through-hole from a side surface of the projecting portion of the busbar holder and is connected to a coil of a stator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: NIDEC TOSOK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shun Kato, Youngdae Kang, Hiroaki Takahashi
  • Patent number: 11139759
    Abstract: An apparatus for holding, positioning and/or moving an object is described. The apparatus includes a base, and a carrier which is movable relative to the base. The apparatus further includes at least three magnetic bearings, by means of which the carrier is supported on the base in a contactless manner such that the carrier can be displaced with respect to at least one predefined direction, wherein at least two of the magnetic bearings are configured as actively controllable magnetic bearings. The apparatus has at least one damping unit, which is fixed to the carrier or to the base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignee: APPLIED MATERIALS, INC.
    Inventors: Christian Wolfgang Ehmann, Britta Späh, Martin Aenis, Timo Adler
  • Patent number: 11139718
    Abstract: An electric machine includes a frame and a plurality of electrical components including a rotor assembly and a stator assembly. The electric machine further includes an auxiliary blower mounting arrangement for cooling the electrical components and/or a modular exhaust assembly for noise attenuation, wherein the modular exhaust assembly further has one or more louvers allowing cooling fluid for cooling the electrical components to exit the electric machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignee: Siemens Industry, Inc.
    Inventors: Nicholas G. Lang, Keith Kane, Ryan Edward Queen
  • Patent number: 11133720
    Abstract: A stator assembly for a brushless DC motor includes a stator core defining poles and having an outer surface, at least one magnet wire wound on the poles forming phases, and a bus bar including a non-conductive mount arranged on the outer surface and conductive terminals. Each conductive terminal includes: a main portion mounted on the non-conductive mount substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis of the motor, a tang portion folded over the main portion from a first longitudinal end of the main portion, and a connection tab at a second longitudinal end of the main portion. At least a contact portion of the at least one magnet wire is wrapped around the tang portion and fused to make an electric connection to the conductive terminal, and the connection tab is arranged to makes electric contact with a wire supplying electric power to the motor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Assignee: Black & Decker Inc.
    Inventors: David J. Smith, Justin H. Ayers, David E. Gillespie, Eric E. Hatfield, Earl M. Ortt, Stephen P. Osborne, Brian E. Friedman, Jarrett A. Dunston
  • Patent number: 11128204
    Abstract: An electric motor is disclosed having a detachable stator tooth. In some implementations, coil windings of the electric motor may be coupled to one or more drivers independently of other coil windings. A method of repairing and manufacturing an electric motor having a detachable stator tooth is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: Arm Limited
    Inventor: David Victor Pietromonaco
  • Patent number: 11128208
    Abstract: A brush motor includes a stator and a rotor. The rotor includes a rotary shaft with a rotor core and commutator fixed thereto. The commutator includes an insulating base and commutator segments fixed to the insulating base. The stator includes 2P stator poles, where P is an integer greater than 1. The rotor comprises m teeth, where 4P>m>2P, and 2m is an integral multiple of P. The rotor includes a rotor winding, which is a concentrated winding having m first elements and m second elements. Each tooth is wound with one of the first elements and one of the second elements. the m first elements form a plurality of element groups, each having n first elements connected in series, and being connected only to corresponding commutator segments at both ends thereof, where P?n?2. Both ends of each second element are connected to corresponding commutator segments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: JOHNSON ELECTRIC INTERNATIONAL AG
    Inventors: Rui Feng Qin, Fei Liu
  • Patent number: 11128194
    Abstract: An electric motor is provided including: a stator assembly having a lamination stack defining poles and magnet wires wound on the poles, and a rotor rotatably arranged inside the stator assembly. A mount having a curved profile and made of non-conductive material is provided. Conductive terminals are mounted on and secured to a first surface of the mount, the conductive terminals being separated and insulated from each other via portions of the mount. A second surface of the mount opposite the first surface is mounted over to an outer surface of the lamination stack in contact therewith to align the plurality of conductive terminals longitudinally along the outer surface of the lamination stack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: Black & Decker Inc.
    Inventors: David J. Smith, Justin H. Ayers, David E. Gillespie, Eric E. Hatfield, Earl M. Ortt, Stephen Osborne, Brian Friedman, Jarrett A. Dunston
  • Patent number: 11121604
    Abstract: Robust electro-static (ES) device embodiments, with application to energy storage flywheels as an example, are described that provide reliable, high-efficiency operation in the presence of thermal and mechanical perturbations, as well as seismic events. Electro-static generators and motors, when augmented with magnetic bearings, passive three-dimensional stabilization techniques and dynamic touch-down bearings, enable robust performance in the face of these environmental concerns, as well as efficient operation during typical operational sequences, including spin-up and steady-state modalities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC
    Inventor: Richard F. Post
  • Patent number: 11121605
    Abstract: A hybrid module includes a motor housing, an electric motor, a shaft, a torque converter housing, a backing plate, a piston, and a hub. The motor housing includes a first flow passage. The electric motor includes a rotor and stator. The shaft is drivingly engaged with the rotor and includes a second flow passage arranged for fluid communication with the first flow passage. The torque converter housing is drivingly engaged with the rotor. The backing plate is fixed to the torque converter housing. The piston is sealed to the torque converter housing and the backing plate and forms at least a portion of a first fluid chamber and a second fluid chamber. The hub includes a third flow passage arranged for fluid communication with the second flow passage and one of the first fluid chamber or the second fluid chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Jeremy Vanni, Matthew Payne, John Ramsey
  • Patent number: 11108302
    Abstract: A machine includes a liquid system and a shaft. The shaft is rotatable about a rotation axis and includes a first part and a second part engaged coaxially with the first part. The first part is rotatable relative to the second part about the rotation axis to define a liquid pump between the first part and the second part. The pump is hydraulically connected to the liquid system. A method of cooling the machine is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: PRATT & WHITNEY CANADA CORP.
    Inventors: Dana Tomescu, Daniel Alecu
  • Patent number: 11104570
    Abstract: Caging structures are disclosed for caging or otherwise reducing the mechanical shock pulse experienced by MEMS device beam structures during events that may cause mechanical shock to the MEMS device. The caging structures at least partially surround the beam such that they limit the motion of the beam in a direction perpendicular to the beam's longitudinal axis, thereby reducing stress on the beam during a mechanical shock event. The caging structures may be used in combination with mechanical shock-resistant beams.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: MEMS Drive (Nanjing) Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Xiaolei Liu, Matthew Ng, Robert Calvet, Gerardo Morabito
  • Patent number: 11101746
    Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosure provide a comb drive, a comb drive system, and a method of operating the comb drive to rotate bi-directionally in a MEMS environment. An exemplary comb drive system may include a comb drive, at least one power source, and a controller. The comb drive may include a stator comb having a first electrically conductive layer spaced apart from a second electrically conductive layer. The comb drive may also include a rotor comb having a first electrically conductive layer spaced apart from a second electrically conductive layer. The controller may be configured to apply first and second voltage levels having opposite polarities to the first and second electrically conductive layers of the rotor comb, respectively. The controller may also be configured to apply an intermediate voltage level to one of the first or second electrically conductive layers of the stator comb.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: BEIJING VOYAGER TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Qin Zhou, Youmin Wang, Yue Lu, Lingkai Kong
  • Patent number: 11097608
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a solenoid-armature ram composite and a corresponding solenoid-armature ram composite for a linear actuator which has a stator with a coil that can be fed with electrical current for producing an electromagnetic field and a single-part or multi-part solenoid armature movable along a longitudinal axis of the coil and a ram connected with the solenoid armature, provides that the solenoid armature surrounds the ram in a ring shape and a gap between the ram and the solenoid armature is cast with a casting material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: RAPA Automotive GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Michael Werner, Markus Franz
  • Patent number: 11101716
    Abstract: Provided is an electric actuator (1), including: a motor part (A); and a motion conversion mechanism part (B). The motion conversion mechanism part (B) includes: a ball screw shaft (33); and a ball screw nut (32), which is rotatably fitted to an outer periphery of the ball screw shaft (33), and is provided so as to be capable of transmitting torque with a rotor (24) of the motor part (A) rotatably supported through intermediation of a rolling bearing (27, 30). The ball screw shaft (33) advances toward one side in the axial direction or retreats toward another side in the axial direction in accordance with a rotation direction of the ball screw nut (32). In the electric actuator (1), a needle roller bearing (47) serving as a thrust bearing is arranged adjacent to the ball screw nut (32) on the another side in the axial direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: NTN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takushi Matsuto, Yoshinori Ikeda, Yuuki Naitou
  • Patent number: 11095186
    Abstract: Device for driving a compressor of a gaseous fluid having a rotor and a stator disposed extending along a common longitudinal axis. The stator comprises connection leads implemented as segments of conductor wires of coils. The device has a plug housing for receiving a connecting element which is electrically connected with a connection lead of a conductor wire with a plug connector. Support element is disposed on the stator with a receiving member for the plug housing. Receiving member comprises a connecting passage and plug housing is slid into the receiving member in such manner and disposed in the receiving member such that in each instance one connecting passage of the receiving member and the connecting element for receiving a plug connector correspond. Plug housing is filled at least in regions with potting compound and connected with support element under hermetic seal. Methods for assembling the device are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: Hanon Systems
    Inventors: Bernd Guntermann, David Walisko, Stephan Heinrichs
  • Patent number: 11088605
    Abstract: The present invention provides a magnet generator that can reduce a mass without lowering a desired inertia and can prevent an engine from being locked by vibration or impact in a high rotation speed region. In a magnet generator including a rotor including a bowl-like flywheel having a cylindrical section and a ceiling section, a plurality of permanent magnets arranged over the inner circumferential wall surface of the cylindrical section, and a boss arranged in the center of the ceiling section and attached to an output shaft of an engine, and a stator facing the permanent magnets, fixed to the engine side inside the flywheel and including laminated steel plates and coils, wherein at least a part of the ceiling section of the flywheel is formed of a synthetic resin and the remaining part is formed of a metal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignee: MAHLE ELECTRIC DRIVES JAPAN CORPORATION
    Inventor: Masato Kameyama
  • Patent number: 11081941
    Abstract: A motor includes a first inverter connected to one end of a winding of each phase and a second inverter connected to another end of the winding of each phase. The first inverter includes a terminal electrically connected to one end of a U-phase winding. The second inverter includes a terminal electrically connected to another end of the U-phase winding. Current output from the terminal of the first inverter and passing through the U-phase winding flows to the terminal of the second inverter. Current output from the terminal of the second inverter and passing through the U-phase winding flows to the terminal of the first inverter. The terminal of the first inverter and the terminal of the second inverter are adjacent to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: NIDEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshiaki Yamashita, Hiromitsu Ohashi