Patents Examined by Ramon M. Barrera
  • Patent number: 11967458
    Abstract: A superconducting coil includes: a winding member 12 that has a side surface 18 along a coil radial direction and is formed by laminating a superconducting tape wire 20 in the coil radial direction by winding; and a bypass 19 that is provided on the side surface 18 of the winding member 12 and electrically connects the superconducting tape wire 20 in the coil radial direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignees: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, Toshiba Energy Systems & Solutions Corporation
    Inventors: Sadanori Iwai, Taizo Tosaka, Hiroshi Miyazaki, Kenji Tasaki
  • Patent number: 11967477
    Abstract: A programmable pushbutton breaker switch having a pushbutton, a plurality of amperage indicating light emitting diodes (LEDs), a plurality of breaker circuits, and a plurality of LED light pipes in an interior of the pushbutton. Each of the LEDs is associated with a specific breaker circuit and with a specific light pipe. Light from a specific LED passes through a specific LED light pipe and produces an indicator light on the top of the pushbutton. The indicator light identifies an amperage amount, shown on the top of the pushbutton, of a specific breaker circuit. A programming switch inside the programmable pushbutton breaker switch allows the operation of the pushbutton to select a desired breaker amperage amount from a plurality of breaker amperage amounts shown on the top of the pushbutton and to set and store the desired amperage amounts in the programmable pushbutton breaker switch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Inventor: David Worsham
  • Patent number: 11962211
    Abstract: A vibration module is provided, having a main axis passing through the center of the vibration module. The vibration module includes a fixed part and a first vibration part. The first vibration part is disposed within the fixed part. The first vibration part includes a first moving member and a first driving assembly. The first driving assembly drives the first moving member to move along the main axis relative to the fixed part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: TDK TAIWAN CORP.
    Inventors: Chao-Chang Hu, Liang-Ting Ho, Che-Wei Chang
  • Patent number: 11948766
    Abstract: In one example, a reset switch assembly is provided. The reset switch assembly may include a reset button assembly, a slider, a leaf switch, and a trip coil assembly. The slider may have a at least a first slider position and a second slider position. In the first slider position, the trip coil assembly may engage the slider to the reset button assembly. The leaf switch may be biased to a closed position. In in the second slider position, the slider may maintain the leaf switch in an open position. In another example, a circuit interrupter including the reset switch assembly is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Inventor: Ze Chen
  • Patent number: 11949294
    Abstract: An assembly comprises a resistor plate for a rotating rectifier assembly (RRA). A shaft bore is defined through the resistor plate for passage of a shaft of an electrical machine, and the resistor plate defines a main annular body around the shaft bore. A first protrusion extends radially outward from the main annular body, so that a first pin bore extends through the first protrusion. At least one contact band is seated in a the pin bore of the resistor plate for mounting a direct current (DC) pin to the resistor plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation
    Inventors: Kyle S. Sirbasku, Dhaval Patel, Andrew R. Wilkinson, Mary Christelle Ann Calacal, Yaser J. Isa, Edward C. Allen, Duane C. Johnson
  • Patent number: 11942820
    Abstract: An electric motor-generator with a plurality of field coils spaced about the periphery of a stator, and a plurality of permanent magnets spaced about the periphery of each of a pair of rotors, the pair of rotors disposed one on each side of the stator, such that during rotation of the rotors, a center of each magnet generally passes across a center of each coil. The magnets arrayed on respective rotors in alternate pole orientation N-S S-N, the magnets of one rotor offset from the magnets of the other rotor by one pole orientation, such that as a N pole on the one rotor is passing directly across one end of a field coil, a S pole of a corresponding magnet on the other rotor is passing directly across the other end of the field coll. A rotary electrical switch enables paired alternating periods of current flow and no current flow into respective stator field coils, such that in a period pair the period of current flow is shorter than the period of no current flow.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Inventor: Adam Theuret
  • Patent number: 11942821
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an injection molding stepping motor, including an injection molding stator assembly and a rotor assembly, wherein the injection molding stator assembly includes a stator iron core, a front framework, a rear framework, a stator winding, a front lining ring, a rear lining ring and a mounting bracket, the stator winding is wound in a groove of the stator iron core into which the front framework and the rear framework are inserted, the front lining ring and the rear lining ring are mounted on two sides of the stator iron core, the stator iron core is fixed on the mounting bracket, and the front lining ring and the rear lining ring each adopts a structure which is formed by punching and laminating thin plates with different inner diameters. Compared with the prior art, the present invention has the advantages of reducing axial magnetic flux leakage of a motor and improving the moment of the motor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: SHANGHAI MOONS' ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Guangming Peng, Wangxian Wu, Jianjun Gan
  • Patent number: 11931847
    Abstract: A magnet chuck has a piston assembly including a tube shaped permanent magnet and a core yoke able to move on the interior of a cylinder tube. The permanent magnet is provided on the outer periphery of the core yoke, is magnetized in the radial direction, and a magnetic sensor is attached to the side surface of the cylinder tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: SMC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hisashi Yajima, Motohiro Sato, Tsuyoshi Sasaki, Koji Hara, Kouichirou Kanda
  • Patent number: 11926205
    Abstract: A connection rod seal for sealing an interface between a connection rod and a motor cover of an electric motor is disclosed. The connection rod seal includes a body, a radial seal, and a face seal. The body includes a through hole formed therein. The through hole is adapted to receive the connection rod. The radial seal is positioned within the through hole and is adapted to form a seal with the connection rod. The face seal is positioned at a bottom surface of the body and extends completely around the through hole at the bottom surface. The face seal is adapted to form a seal with an outer surface of the motor cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: Rivian IP Holdings, LLC
    Inventors: Dang Dinh Dang, Logan Noel Balliett
  • Patent number: 11929203
    Abstract: A superconducting magnet assembly may include a switch component including a first thermal switch and/or a second thermal switch. The first thermal switch may include a first activation mode configured to facilitate heat transfer between a first stage cold head and a radiation shield, and a first deactivation mode configured to break or impede the heat transfer between the first stage cold head and the radiation shield. The second thermal switch may include a second activation mode configured to facilitate heat transfer between a second stage cold head and a superconducting magnet, and a second deactivation mode configured to break or impede the heat transfer between the second stage cold head and the superconducting magnet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: SHANGHAI UNITED IMAGING HEALTHCARE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xingen Yu, Jin Qian
  • Patent number: 11923136
    Abstract: A magnetic coupling, includes a driving rotor sleeved on the driving shaft, a driven rotor sleeved on the driven shaft, external magnets mounted on the driving rotor and internal magnets mounted on the driven rotor and located on the inner sides of the external magnets; a plurality of internal magnets are arranged and uniformly distributed along the circumferential direction of the driven rotor; the external magnets and the internal magnets are aligned one by one along a radial direction; the internal magnets and the external magnets are magnetized along the radial direction; adjacent internal magnets have opposite magnetizing directions, and adjacent external magnets have opposite magnetizing directions; magnetic poles of the internal magnets are opposite to magnetic poles of the corresponding external magnets, and the driving rotor and the driven rotor form a working magnetic circuit through a magnetic field generated by the external magnets and a magnetic field generated by the internal magnets, wherein at
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Zhuzhou Times New Material Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Guanghui Xiao, Caichun He, Fengchen Tu, Hao Li
  • Patent number: 11923741
    Abstract: A motor stator for a motor is disclosed. The motor stator includes a stator body and a plurality of windings. The stator body includes a weld end, a crown end, and a plurality of slots arranged circumferentially and extending axially therethrough between the weld end and the crown end. Each winding including a phase lead, a neutral lead, and a plurality of coils. The plurality of coils include a same-layer lead coil including two legs that spans across multiple slots of the plurality of slots and that are inserted into respective slots at a same layer thereof. The same-layer lead coil positions the phase lead at the weld end. The neutral lead and welds joining the plurality of coils are all positioned at the weld end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Rivian IP Holdings, LLC
    Inventors: Dang Dinh Dang, Logan Noel Balliett
  • Patent number: 11923134
    Abstract: A flexible magnetic component can include a magnetizable powder including a rare earth element. The flexible magnetic component can also include a polymer binder. The flexible magnetic component can define a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface. A first magnetic field adjacent to the first surface can have a field strength at least 3 times greater than a field strength of a second magnetic field adjacent to the second surface, and the flexible magnetic component can elongate greater than 20% before a permanent deformation occurs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventor: Qigen Ji
  • Patent number: 11916436
    Abstract: An electric machine includes a housing, a rotor rotatably mounted to the housing, and a stator mounted to the housing about the rotor. The stator includes a stator body formed from a plurality of laminations. The plurality of laminations include an outer annular surface defining a radius, an inner annular surface spaced from the rotor, and a plurality of radially inwardly extending stator teeth spaced one from another by plurality of gaps. Each of the plurality of gaps extend along the radius and include an opening exposed at the inner annular surface. The opening has a first side portion and a second side portion each extending at an angle relative to the radius.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Alireza Fatemi, Mohammad F. Momen, Thomas W. Nehl
  • Patent number: 11915897
    Abstract: A button deck includes a substrate and a two-part non-penetrating pushbutton assembly with an upper portion positioned on an upper surface of the substrate and a lower portion positioned on a lower surface of the substrate. The upper portion includes a button face positioned in a button frame that is coupled to the upper surface of the substrate. The button face is configured to be pressed to move within the button frame toward the upper surface of the substrate. The upper portion and the lower portion are configured to work together to provide a signal to an EGM that the button face has been pressed. The pushbutton assembly is non-penetrating because it does not provide any penetration points through the substrate of the button deck.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: Aristocrat Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Garrett Hill, Samuel Villanueva, Donald Redding
  • Patent number: 11911140
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a system, apparatus and method directed to a magnetizer comprising at least one magnet; and a housing, the housing comprising: a top face; a bottom face positioned on an opposite side of the housing from the top face; a plurality of faces adjoining the top face and the bottom face; an interior comprising an interior surface formed at least in part by the top face, the bottom face and the plurality of faces; wherein the top face includes a first opening configured to receive a medical device; and wherein the at least one magnet is positioned within the interior of the housing. A face of the plurality of faces may include a second opening to expose at least a portion of the interior surface through the second opening. The second opening may be larger than the first opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: Bard Access Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Matthew J. Prince, Tab Robbins, Amir Orome, Bart Peterson, Bradley M. Wilkinson
  • Patent number: 11916463
    Abstract: An arrangement for liquid cooling of an electric machine with a stator and a rotor. The electric machine is enclosed over its outer circumference by a cooling jacket having an input and an output. In an installed position of the electric machine, the input is arranged spatially below a rotational axis of the rotor, and the output is arranged spatially above the rotational axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: ZF FRIEDRICHSHAFEN AG
    Inventors: Gerald Viernekes, Linus Eschenbeck, Christopher Allnoch, Florian Model
  • Patent number: 11905878
    Abstract: An alternator includes an exciter field device generating an exciter magnetic field in a first air gap, an exciter armature device configured to rotate with respect to the exciter magnetic field and impart a first voltage in a first set of coils at the first air gap, a main stator device including a second set of coils, and a rotor field device configured to be energized by the first current in the first set of coils and generate a main magnetic field that imparts a second voltage on the main stator device at a second air gap. The main stator device and the exciter field device lie in on a common plane normal to an axis of rotation, and the exciter armature device is inwardly spaced from the exciter field device, main stator device, and the rotor field device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Inventors: Isaac S. Frampton, Adam Larson, Frank C. Formas
  • Patent number: 11909285
    Abstract: An electric machine includes a stator core and a hairpin winding. The stator core defines slots that are circumferentially arranged between an inner diameter and an outer diameter of the stator core. Each slot has a plurality of pin positions that is arranged in a direction that extends from the inner diameter toward the outer diameter. The hairpin winding has a plurality of electrical paths of interconnected hairpins disposed within the slots. Each of the plurality of electrical paths of interconnected hairpins has a plurality of typical hairpins and an atypical hairpin. Each typical hairpin has a crown pitch of eight, nine, or ten, slots and opposing outwardly extending twist pitches along each end of the typical hairpin of four and one half slots. Each atypical hairpin, has an outwardly extending twist pitch and an inwardly extending twist pitch on opposing respective ends of the atypical hairpin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventor: Adeeb Ahmed
  • Patent number: 11901148
    Abstract: A reset lockout mechanism for a circuit breaker includes a linkage, a rocker, an armature, a solenoid, and a plunger. The linkage is positioned to move between an open position and a closed position. The rocker is selectively engageable with the linkage. The armature is selectively engageable with the rocker. The plunger is supported by the solenoid and operatively coupled to the armature. The plunger is movable between a first position and a second position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: Leviton Manufacturing Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Kamor, Stephen Aaron