Patents Examined by Robert E. Mates
  • Patent number: 11139720
    Abstract: A drive apparatus includes a motor that includes a motor shaft disposed along a first central axis that extends in one direction a housing that includes a first housing portion housing the motor and that is capable of storing oil, a liquid cooling portion disposed in thermal contact with an inverter electrically coupled to the motor, the liquid cooling portion including a refrigerant liquid flowing therein, and a pipe portion connected to the liquid cooling portion, the refrigerant liquid inside the liquid cooling portion flowing in the pipe portion. The pipe portion passes inside the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignee: NIDEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasuo Yamaguchi, Takayuki Migita, Yuki Ishikawa
  • Patent number: 11133722
    Abstract: An electric motor, in particular an internal rotor motor, with a stator constructed from laminations and with a rotor arranged concentrically in the stator, with a housing surrounding the stator circumferentially, and with two housing caps for axially closing the housing at both ends and for accommodating and carrying a shaft of the rotor, wherein the laminations each have at least three crosspieces arranged on the circumference for creating at least one coolant channel between the stator and the housing, and wherein the at least one coolant channel can be bounded by the housing caps in a fluidtight manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Assignee: AUDI AG
    Inventors: Alfred Rehr, Nico Schobeß, Thierry Caramigeas
  • Patent number: 11125315
    Abstract: Systems and methods for cooling power transmission systems are include providing oil through an aperture defined in a housing to a stator cooling ring, through the stator cooling ring and into stator cooling channels, through the stator cooling channels and into spaces defined between the housing and jet rings, and through holes in the jet rings and onto the end-windings. The stator cooling ring, stator cooling channels and jet rings can encircle the stator and end-windings and, via the holes in the jet rings, spray pressurized jets of oil from various angles onto the end-windings, and in particular middle regions thereof. Seals may be used between the jet rings and housing, and between the jet rings and stator ends. The seals may be compressed so as to form an interference fit between the jet rings and housing or stator ends as the case may be.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: Tesla, Inc.
    Inventors: Scott Michael Graves, Eric Bellemare, Alexander Hain
  • Patent number: 11121596
    Abstract: A stator of a brushless motor includes a stator core and a plurality of coils. The stator core includes a base portion having an annular plate shape and a plurality of teeth protruding from one surface of the base portion in an axial direction and disposed in a circumferential direction. The plurality of coils is respectively wound by concentrated winding along peripheral surfaces of the plurality of teeth. The base portion includes an inner circumferential edge that is recessed radially outward from an inner end of each of the plurality of teeth or the base portion includes an outer circumferential edge that is recessed radially inward from an outer end of each of the plurality of teeth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akihisa Hattori, Yoji Yamada, Koji Mikami, Seiya Yokoyama
  • Patent number: 11081915
    Abstract: A rotor device for an electric motor and/or generator with a rotor body and a plurality of magnets, wherein the rotor body comprises a rotor shaft seat and a plurality of magnet receptacles arranged coaxially with the rotor shaft seat. The magnets are rigidly positioned and mounted in the magnet receptacles by means of a plastic molding compound injected into the magnet receptacles, which plastic molding compound forms at least one cover element that covers the openings of the magnet receptacles at least partially. The cover element comprises at least one magnet wheel centering means and/or at least one magnet wheel alignment means. The invention furthermore relates to a rotor and a motor with such a rotor device as well as to a production method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: BÜHLER MOTOR GMBH
    Inventor: Georg Bernreuther
  • Patent number: 11081916
    Abstract: A rotor device for an electric motor and/or generator with a rotor body and a plurality of magnets, wherein the rotor body comprises a rotor shaft seat and a plurality of magnet receptacles arranged coaxially with the rotor shaft seat. The magnets are rigidly positioned and mounted in the magnet receptacles by means of a plastic molding compound injected into the magnet receptacles, which plastic molding compound forms at least one cover element that covers the openings of the magnet receptacles at least partially. The cover element comprises at least one magnet wheel centering means and/or at least one magnet wheel alignment means. The invention furthermore relates to a rotor and a motor with such a rotor device as well as to a production method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: BÜHLER MOTOR GMBH
    Inventor: Georg Bernreuther
  • Patent number: 11063482
    Abstract: A stator and a motor include a plurality of split cores disposed in an annular shape and a connector configured to connect the plurality of split cores to allow a circumferential spacing distance between the split cores to be changed, wherein a diameter of the stator is changed by changing the spacing distance between the split cores in a state in which the plurality of split cores disposed in an annular shape by the connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Osamu Kazama, Katsuhisa Mukai
  • Patent number: 11050335
    Abstract: A transverse flux type linear motor and a linear compressor having the same include: a stator core in which a plurality of stator sheets are laminated along an axial direction; a winding coil provided in the stator core to form an alternating magnetic flux in a transverse direction perpendicular to the axial direction in the stator core; a plurality of magnets fixedly coupled to a radial side surface of the stator core to have different magnetic poles alternately arranged along the axial and circumferential directions; and an integral mover provided with a radial air gap with respect to the plurality of magnets to reciprocate in an axial direction with respect to the stator core by a magnetic force formed on the magnet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Jaebeum Kim, Susok Lee
  • Patent number: 11050317
    Abstract: It is realized that a shape of a bus ring is simplified, and a rotary electric machine is downsized. A coil connecting portion, which is protruded from bus ring maintaining portions to a shaft direction, is provided at a bus ring, and coil terminals are arranged in such a way that the coil terminals are protruded toward an outer side in a diameter direction with respect to the coil connecting portion, and the coil terminals and the coil connecting portion are connected by performing a resistance welding process. Thereby, it is not required that a slit and a bent portion or the like are formed at a tip of the bus ring, and a shape of the bus ring is simplified. Moreover, a welding board for a welding process and a chuck board for a connecting portion are not required, so that a rotary electric machine can be downsized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Fumitaka Totsuka, Yoshiki Kuwahara, Yoshiaki Kitta, Kohei Kawata
  • Patent number: 11050308
    Abstract: An electromagnetic machine includes a spherical stator, an armature, a first coil, and a second coil. The spherical stator has an outer surface, and the outer surface has a plurality of spaced-apart protuberances formed thereon. Each protuberance extends radially from, and is disposed normal to, the outer surface. The armature is disposed adjacent to the spherical stator and includes a magnet that emanates a magnetic field. The magnet has at least one of its magnetic poles facing the spherical stator. The first coil is wound around at least a portion of the spherical stator, and is disposed between the plurality of spaced-apart protuberances and along latitudinal lines of the spherical stator. The second coil is wound around at least a portion of the spherical stator, and is disposed between the plurality of spaced-apart protuberances and along longitudinal lines of the spherical stator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.
    Inventors: Jason Dai, Pablo Bandera, Peter Yang, Yonghui Zhang, Qiang Li, Jing Wang
  • Patent number: 11043865
    Abstract: A rotor for an electric machine having a rotor shaft, a winding support coupled to the rotor shaft in rotationally fixed manner, and at least one winding arranged on the winding support or a squirrel cage arranged on the winding support, wherein the rotor includes at least one heat pipe running at an angle to the rotor shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2021
    Assignee: AUDI AG
    Inventor: Korbinian Weber
  • Patent number: 11031831
    Abstract: An electric motor includes an annular stator and a consequent-pole-type rotor including an annular rotor core disposed on the inner side of the stator and a plurality of permanent magnets disposed inside the rotor core and arrayed in a circumferential direction of the rotor core, in which the stator is covered with an unsaturated polyester resin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Tomoaki Oikawa, Mineo Yamamoto, Hiroyuki Ishii, Hiroki Aso, Junichiro Oya, Yuto Urabe
  • Patent number: 11031851
    Abstract: A power transmission device for a vehicle is comprised of a motor including a rotor shaft and a stator having an electromagnetic coil; an inverter configured to generate an alternating current, the inverter being connected with the coil to controllably rotate the rotor shaft relative to the stator; a gear set including an input shaft coupled with and rotated by the rotor shaft, an output shaft and gears so meshed as to transmit torque of the input shaft to the output shaft; and a grounding path electrically connecting a part of the gear set with a body of the vehicle, the part being so disposed as to have the input shaft electrically interposed between the part and the rotor shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tomohiro Okada, Naoaki Oikawa, Takahiro Saruwatari, Tatsuhiko Ikeda, Ken Nakayama, Kazuhiko Soeda, Akinori Inada
  • Patent number: 11025107
    Abstract: Embodiments involve rotors for axial flux induction rotating electric machines that use a soft magnetic composite for the rotor core. A first embodiment is directed to a rotor for a rotating electrical machine that transmits magnetic flux parallel to a shaft of the rotor. The rotor includes a rotor winding and a plurality of cores. The rotor winding consists of a solid piece of conductive material that comprises a plurality of cavities. Each core is placed in a respective cavity and comprises a highly resistive isotropic ferromagnetic powder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: Maxxwell Motors, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Paritee, Maksym Pryimak
  • Patent number: 11018548
    Abstract: The invention relates to an electrical machine (1) comprising a rotor (4) which is rotatably mounted around a rotation axis (5) extending in the axial direction (3) in bearing devices (16, 17), a stator (7) having two axial ends, an air gap between rotor and stator, an interior chamber (10) encompassing the stator (7) and rotor (4), a sleeve (11) encompassing a first part (111) which encloses the interior chamber (10), a frame (12) having a first (123) and a second (121) longitudinal support (123), a first (122) and a second (124) cross-support, and a dividing device (2) on the frame (12). The stator (7) comprises a fastening device (15) for connection to the frame (12) and the dividing device (2) can make the interior chamber accessible from the outside in a plane parallel to the frame (12). The invention further relates to a collection, to a frame (12), to a sleeve (11), or to a service or production method of such an electrical machine (1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignee: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Konrad Brandl, Christian Deeg, Gerhard Dorr, Benjamin Eichinger, Wolfgang Johann Greul, Jürgen Hofmann, Eric Joseph, Ekkehard Ressel, Uwe Scharf, Mathias Scherer, Sebastian Weiss, Ulrich Werner, Michael Stegherr
  • Patent number: 11011948
    Abstract: Various embodiments may include a rotor for a reluctance machine comprising: an essentially disc-shaped rotor body mounted on a rotor axis running through a rotor center point; and an alternating sequence of barrier regions and pole regions arrayed along a circumferential direction of the rotor body. Each barrier region includes a multiplicity of magnetic flux barriers spatially and materially separated without overlap. Within at least one barrier region, at least one magnetic flux barrier is arranged with a q axis and/or a figure axis rotated with respect to a q axis and/or figure axis of another magnetic flux barrier of the same barrier region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Assignee: VITESCO TECHNOLOGIES GERMANY GMBH
    Inventor: Sachar Spas
  • Patent number: 11011955
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a motor including a shaft, a rotor, a motor housing forming an inner space to receive the shaft and the rotor therein, a stator received in the motor housing and disposed outside the rotor based on a radial direction of the shaft, a first flow path disposed outside the stator based on the radial direction of the shaft such that a first fluid flows in the first flow path, the first fluid being discharged to the inner space and cooling the stator and the rotor, and a second flow path disposed between the first flow path and the stator based on the radial direction of the shaft such that a second fluid flows in the second flow path, the second fluid absorbing heat of the stator transferred through a flow path wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Jongsu Kim, Taehee Kwak, Jungwook Moon, Changhum Jo
  • Patent number: 11011960
    Abstract: A wound rotor motor is provided, in which a rotary shaft is arranged in the vertical direction, to immerse lower coil portions of a stator and a rotor in cooling oil, thereby improving the cooling effect beyond that of a conventional configuration, in which lower coil portions are partially immersed, and consequently decreasing the capacity of an oil pump. A wound rotor motor is provided, in which a rotary shaft is arranged in the vertical direction and has therein a flow passage, through which cooling oil moves up from the region below the rotor and is sprayed to the region above the rotor by centrifugal force generated by rotation of the rotor, thereby enhancing the motor-cooling effect, decreasing the frictional loss of the rotor due to the cooling oil, and consequently improving the operational efficiency of the motor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Sang Hwa Do, Jae Bum Park, Kyoung Bum Kim, Yong Sung Jang
  • Patent number: 10958136
    Abstract: A drive apparatus includes a motor that includes a motor shaft disposed along a first central axis that extends in one direction, a housing that includes a first housing portion housing the motor and that is capable of storing oil, and a liquid cooling portion disposed in thermal contact with an inverter electrically coupled to the motor, the liquid cooling portion including a refrigerant liquid flowing therein. The housing includes a contact portion with which the liquid cooling portion is in thermal contact. At least a portion of the contact portion is disposed below an oil surface of the oil stored in the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: NIDEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasuo Yamaguchi, Takayuki Migita, Yuki Ishikawa
  • Patent number: 10951075
    Abstract: We describe a method of cooling an axial flux permanent magnet machine, the machine having a stator comprising a stator housing enclosing a set of coils wound on respective stator bars and disposed circumferentially at intervals about an axis of the machine, and a rotor bearing a set of permanent magnets and mounted for rotation about said axis, and wherein said rotor and stator are spaced apart along said axis to define a gap therebetween in which magnetic flux in the machine is generally in an axial direction, the method comprising: flowing a coolant through said stator housing around said coils such that said coolant flows between said coils; and controlling said coolant flow between said coils by controlling a gap between adjacent said coils; wherein said controlling of said gap comprises: providing each of said coils with a single layer of windings over said stator bar, said layer of windings comprising a ribbon-shaped wire having a greater width across a surface of the ribbon than thickness through the
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: YASA LIMITED
    Inventor: Tim Woolmer