Patents by Inventor Min-Fu Hsieh

Min-Fu Hsieh has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 11791678
    Abstract: A motor and a rotor structure thereof are disclosed. The rotor structure includes a rotor core. The rotor core has a plurality of magnetic member units arranged around a periphery of the rotor core. Each magnetic member unit includes two first magnetic members and a second magnetic member. The two first magnetic members are obliquely arranged in a V shape relative to a center of the rotor core. The second magnetic member extends transversely between the two first magnetic members. Each first magnetic member has at least two permanent magnets that are arranged obliquely. The motor further includes a stator core covering the rotor core. The stator core has a plurality of stator windings arranged annularly. The stator windings correspond to the magnetic member units. The rotor structure has high structural strength, and the phenomenon of stress concentration is less obvious when the motor is running.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: National Cheng Kung University
    Inventors: Min-Fu Hsieh, Mi-Ching Tsai, Kai-Jung Shih, Lucio Jose Fernando Caceres Vera, Guan-Ming Chen
  • Patent number: 11695310
    Abstract: A motor, a cooling device, and a cooling method are disclosed. The cooling device is mounted on a stator of the motor. The cooling device includes a sleeve and a spiral duct. A wall of the sleeve has a spiral groove extending along the sleeve. The sleeve is sleeved onto the stator. The spiral duct is mounted in the spiral groove. The spiral duct has a first spiral form corresponding to the spiral groove, so that the spiral duct is correspondingly installed in the spiral groove. The spiral duct has a second spiral form extending along the spiral duct. A twisted spiral cooling channel is formed along the spiral pathway. A cooling fluid flowing through the twisted spiral cooling channel is subjected to the continuously changing cross-section of the twisted spiral cooling channel to enhance the swirl intensity, thereby improving the convection heat transfer effectiveness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: National Cheng Kung University
    Inventors: Mi-Ching Tsai, Shyy-Woei Chang, Min-Fu Hsieh, Kai-Jung Shih, Wei-Ling Cai, Jen-Hsiang Liu
  • Patent number: 11677303
    Abstract: A motor and a coreless stator coil winding unit thereof are disclosed. The coreless stator coil winding unit includes an overlapping coil winding assembly and a non-overlapping coil winding assembly. The overlapping coil winding assembly includes a plurality of first coils arranged annularly and a plurality of second coils arranged annularly. The first coils and the second coils overlap with a phase difference. The non-overlapping coil winding assembly includes a plurality of third coils arranged annularly. The third coils are each located between an adjacent one of the first coils and an adjacent one of the second coils. Thus, the back electromotive force constant and torque constant of the motor have a better performance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: National Cheng Kung University
    Inventors: Mi-Ching Tsai, Min-Fu Hsieh, Kai-Jung Shih, Po-Wei Huang, Lucio Jose Fernando Caceres Vera, Shang-Hui Shen, Jung-Kun Chiu, Hsin-Yu Chiu
  • Patent number: 11641142
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a stator and winding assembly thereof. The stator includes a stator core including a tube wall and a hollow portion and a winding assembly. The winding assembly is disposed in the hollow portion and includes a first winding group and a second winding group. The first winding group includes plural winding units disposed on an inner side of the tube wall and defining an outer layer. The second winding group includes plural winding units disposed on an inner side of the outer layer and defining an inner layer. Any one of the projections of the winding units at the inner layer is partially overlapped with the projections of the two adjacent winding units at the outer layer. A number of turns of the winding units of the first winding group is equal to or greater than that of the winding units of the second winding group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2023
    Assignee: DELTA ELECTRONICS, INC.
    Inventors: Cheng-An Wu, Wei-Lun Kao, Min-Fu Hsieh
  • Publication number: 20230130551
    Abstract: A motor and a coreless stator coil winding unit thereof are disclosed. The coreless stator coil winding unit includes an overlapping coil winding assembly and a non-overlapping coil winding assembly. The overlapping coil winding assembly includes a plurality of first coils arranged annularly and a plurality of second coils arranged annularly. The first coils and the second coils overlap with a phase difference. The non-overlapping coil winding assembly includes a plurality of third coils arranged annularly. The third coils are each located between an adjacent one of the first coils and an adjacent one of the second coils. Thus, the back electromotive force constant and torque constant of the motor have a better performance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2021
    Publication date: April 27, 2023
    Inventors: MI-CHING TSAI, MIN-FU HSIEH, KAI-JUNG SHIH, PO-WEI HUANG, LUCIO JOSE FERNANDO CACERES VERA, SHANG-HUI SHEN, JUNG-KUN CHIU, HSIN-YU CHIU
  • Patent number: 11626785
    Abstract: A motor commutation waveform generating circuit is provided. The motor commutation waveform generating circuit includes: an edge detection circuit, configured to receive sensing signals of the motor and derive a clock signal indicating a commutation switching point of the motor; an angle cutting circuit, controlled by the clock signal to generate an angle indication pulse indicating a rotation angle of the motor; a synthetic wave generating circuit, using the angle indication pulse to sequentially change waveform voltages corresponding to required angles and output them in segments; and a signal combining circuit, controlled by the clock signal to combine waveform voltage signals generated by the synthetic wave generating circuit, thereby obtaining a plurality of synthetic waveforms provided to a drive control system of the motor for drive control after pulse width modulation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: HOYI ELECTRONIC TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chi-Yang Chen, Min-Fu Hsieh
  • Publication number: 20230077368
    Abstract: A motor commutation waveform generating circuit is provided. The motor commutation waveform generating circuit includes: an edge detection circuit, configured to receive sensing signals of the motor and derive a clock signal indicating a commutation switching point of the motor; an angle cutting circuit, controlled by the clock signal to generate an angle indication pulse indicating a rotation angle of the motor; a synthetic wave generating circuit, using the angle indication pulse to sequentially change waveform voltages corresponding to required angles and output them in segments; and a signal combining circuit, controlled by the clock signal to combine waveform voltage signals generated by the synthetic wave generating circuit, thereby obtaining a plurality of synthetic waveforms provided to a drive control system of the motor for drive control after pulse width modulation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2021
    Publication date: March 16, 2023
    Inventors: Chi-Yang CHEN, Min-Fu HSIEH
  • Patent number: 11581778
    Abstract: A motor and a rotating shaft cooling device thereof are disclosed. A rotating shaft of the motor is formed with an annular space. A shaft has a front end and a rear end. The shaft is a blind tube formed with a channel communicating with the annular space through a plurality of nozzles. The distance between the nozzles and the rear end is less than one-half of the length of the shaft. A cooling fluid flows through the nozzles to form a jet array to impinge on the inner wall of the rotating shaft to cool the rotating shaft, and flows back in the annular space to enhance the cooling effect, increase the heat exchange area, and improve the cooling effectiveness of the rotating shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: National Cheng Kung University
    Inventors: Mi-Ching Tsai, Shyy-Woei Chang, Min-Fu Hsieh, Kai-Jung Shih, Wei-Ling Cai, Bi-Sheng Wei
  • Patent number: 11575286
    Abstract: A motor and a spoke-type rotor structure thereof are disclosed. The rotor structure comprises a rotor core which has a plurality of spoke-type first magnetic members. Two oblique second magnetic members arranged in a V shape are provided between every adjacent two of the first magnetic members. A radius of the rotor core is R. A length of the first magnetic member is ls. A length of the second magnetic member is lv. A length component of the second magnetic member on the radius of the rotor core is x. An included angle between the first magnetic member and the second magnetic member is ?. An included angle between every adjacent two of the first magnetic members is ?. The parameters satisfy: ls+x<R, wherein x=lv·cos(180°??); 90°+?/2<?<180°.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: National Cheng Kung University
    Inventors: Mi-Ching Tsai, Min-Fu Hsieh, Kai-Jung Shih, Lucio Jose Fernando Caceres Vera
  • Publication number: 20230024298
    Abstract: An electronic rotary encoder is configured to be disposed on a vertical rotary shaft in a rotary object to obtain two encoded signals: a phase A signal and a phase B signal for calculating a rotational speed and a position. The electronic rotary encoder includes: at least one Hall element outputting Hall signals used as a square wave of the phase A signal; two capacitors, to respectively obtain a first voltage and a second voltage; two buffer gates, to respectively output waveform signals of a first X voltage and a second X voltage; two comparators outputting, a control signal through a latch; and an exclusive OR gate, where a direction signal and the control signal outputted through the latch are inputted to the exclusive OR gate, to obtain the phase B signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2021
    Publication date: January 26, 2023
    Inventors: Chi-Yang CHEN, Min-Fu HSIEH
  • Patent number: 11469703
    Abstract: A circuit system and a circuit control method applied to a motor drive are disclosed. The circuit control method includes the steps of providing a phase-locked circuit unit and providing a PWM control unit. The phase-locked circuit unit enables a first carrier signal and a second carrier signal to have identical amplitudes and starting points. The PWM control unit compares the first carrier signal with a reference signal for controlling a switch. When a load current is independently supplied by at least one DC capacitor, a SVPWM control unit controls an inverter unit for the load current to be zero, thereby reducing DC voltage ripple, operation loss and transient voltage surge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: National Cheng Kung University
    Inventors: Mi-Ching Tsai, Fu-Sheng Pai, Min-Fu Hsieh, Kai-Jung Shih, Zheng-Xuan Wu
  • Publication number: 20220271581
    Abstract: A motor and a rotor structure thereof are disclosed. The rotor structure includes a rotor core. The rotor core has a plurality of magnetic member units arranged around a periphery of the rotor core. Each magnetic member unit includes two first magnetic members and a second magnetic member. The two first magnetic members are obliquely arranged in a V shape relative to a center of the rotor core. The second magnetic member extends transversely between the two first magnetic members. Each first magnetic member has at least two permanent magnets that are arranged obliquely. The motor further includes a stator core covering the rotor core. The stator core has a plurality of stator windings arranged annularly. The stator windings correspond to the magnetic member units. The rotor structure has high structural strength, and the phenomenon of stress concentration is less obvious when the motor is running.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2021
    Publication date: August 25, 2022
    Inventors: MIN-FU HSIEH, MI-CHING TSAI, KAI-JUNG SHIH, LUCIO JOSE FERNANDO CACERES VERA, GUAN-MING CHEN
  • Publication number: 20220224188
    Abstract: A motor and a rotating shaft cooling device thereof are disclosed. A rotating shaft of the motor is formed with an annular space. A shaft has a front end and a rear end. The shaft is a blind tube formed with a channel communicating with the annular space through a plurality of nozzles. The distance between the nozzles and the rear end is less than one-half of the length of the shaft. A cooling fluid flows through the nozzles to form a jet array to impinge on the inner wall of the rotating shaft to cool the rotating shaft, and flows back in the annular space to enhance the cooling effect, increase the heat exchange area, and improve the cooling effectiveness of the rotating shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2021
    Publication date: July 14, 2022
    Inventors: MI-CHING TSAI, SHYY-WOEI CHANG, MIN-FU HSIEH, KAI-JUNG SHIH, WEI-LING CAI, BI-SHENG WEI
  • Publication number: 20220123619
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a stator and winding assembly thereof. The stator includes a stator core including a tube wall and a hollow portion and a winding assembly. The winding assembly is disposed in the hollow portion and includes a first winding group and a second winding group. The first winding group includes plural winding units disposed on an inner side of the tube wall and defining an outer layer. The second winding group includes plural winding units disposed on an inner side of the outer layer and defining an inner layer. Any one of the projections of the winding units at the inner layer is partially overlapped with the projections of the two adjacent winding units at the outer layer. A number of turns of the winding units of the first winding group is equal to or greater than that of the winding units of the second winding group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2021
    Publication date: April 21, 2022
    Inventors: Cheng-An Wu, Wei-Lun Kao, Min-Fu Hsieh
  • Publication number: 20210399669
    Abstract: A circuit system and a circuit control method applied to a motor drive are disclosed. The circuit control method includes the steps of providing a phase-locked circuit unit and providing a PWM control unit. The phase-locked circuit unit enables a first carrier signal and a second carrier signal to have identical amplitudes and starting points. The PWM control unit compares the first carrier signal with a reference signal for controlling a switch. When a load current is independently supplied by at least one DC capacitor, a SVPWM control unit controls an inverter unit for the load current to be zero, thereby reducing DC voltage ripple, operation loss and transient voltage surge.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2021
    Publication date: December 23, 2021
    Inventors: MI-CHING TSAI, FU-SHENG PAI, MIN-FU HSIEH, KAI-JUNG SHIH, ZHENG-XUAN WU
  • Publication number: 20210328477
    Abstract: A motor, a cooling device, and a cooling method are disclosed. The cooling device is mounted on a stator of the motor. The cooling device includes a sleeve and a spiral duct. A wall of the sleeve has a spiral groove extending along the sleeve. The sleeve is sleeved onto the stator. The spiral duct is mounted in the spiral groove. The spiral duct has a first spiral form corresponding to the spiral groove, so that the spiral duct is correspondingly installed in the spiral groove. The spiral duct has a second spiral form extending along the spiral duct. A twisted spiral cooling channel is formed along the spiral pathway. A cooling fluid flowing through the twisted spiral cooling channel is subjected to the continuously changing cross-section of the twisted spiral cooling channel to enhance the swirl intensity, thereby improving the convection heat transfer effectiveness.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2020
    Publication date: October 21, 2021
    Inventors: MI-CHING TSAI, SHYY-WOEI CHANG, MIN-FU HSIEH, KAI-JUNG SHIH, WEI-LING CAI, JEN-HSIANG LIU
  • Publication number: 20210320541
    Abstract: A motor and a spoke-type rotor structure thereof are disclosed. The rotor structure comprises a rotor core which has a plurality of spoke-type first magnetic members. Two oblique second magnetic members arranged in a V shape are provided between every adjacent two of the first magnetic members. A radius of the rotor core is R. A length of the first magnetic member is ls. A length of the second magnetic member is lv. A length component of the second magnetic member on the radius of the rotor core is x. An included angle between the first magnetic member and the second magnetic member is ?. An included angle between every adjacent two of the first magnetic members is ?. The parameters satisfy: ls+x<R, wherein x=lv·cos(180°??); 90°+?/2<?<180°.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2020
    Publication date: October 14, 2021
    Inventors: MI-CHING TSAI, MIN-FU HSIEH, KAI-JUNG SHIH, LUCIO JOSE FERNANDO CACERES VERA
  • Patent number: 9209733
    Abstract: A current vector controlled synchronous reluctance motor and control method thereof, wherein the motor has a coil on each of the teeth. The coils form a U-phase winding, a V-phase winding and a W-phase winding. The phase windings receive a balanced three-phase current vector to induce closed magnetic field lines, such that the coils induce same magnetic poles adjacent to the rotor unit. Two short magnetic routes are formed along three adjacent teeth and the rotor unit. The efficiency of the reluctance motor is high.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2015
    Assignee: NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Tzu-Shien Chuang, Mi-Ching Tsai, Min-Fu Hsieh
  • Publication number: 20140159512
    Abstract: A stator structure includes a main body having multiple frames each having an arc panel, a main tooth, at least one secondary tooth, at least one main coil and at least one secondary coil. The main tooth and the secondary tooth are disposed at one face of the arc panel. The main coil is installed at the main tooth, and the secondary coil is installed at the secondary coil. A rotor is penetrated through the stator structure. The frames are in a multi-layer circular arrangement at the rotor, and a dislocation angle exists between the frame at any layer and the frame at the neighboring layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2013
    Publication date: June 12, 2014
    Applicant: INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Min-Fu Hsieh, Wan-Yu Wu, Hui-Chun Ho, Yee-Pien Yang
  • Publication number: 20140139154
    Abstract: A current vector controlled synchronous reluctance motor and control method thereof, wherein the motor has a coil on each of the teeth. The coils form a U-phase winding, a V-phase winding and a W-phase winding. The phase windings receive a balanced three-phase current vector to induce closed magnetic field lines, such that the coils induce same magnetic poles adjacent to the rotor unit. Two short magnetic routes are formed along three adjacent teeth and the rotor unit. The efficiency of the reluctance motor is high.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2012
    Publication date: May 22, 2014
    Applicant: NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Tzu-Shien CHUANG, Mi-Ching TSAI, Min-Fu HSIEH