Laminated Patents (Class 29/609)
  • Patent number: 11532962
    Abstract: An electrical motor includes a housing, a stator seated in the housing, wherein the stator includes a plurality of stator teeth which extend in the radial direction toward the rotor, a yoke that connects the stator teeth is arranged in such a way that a plurality of first clearances are formed between the housing and the yoke and a plurality of second clearances are formed between the yoke and a free end of the stator teeth, and a coolant guide in contact with at least one axial lateral surface of the yoke, wherein the stator is in interlocking contact with the inner side of the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: SCHAEFFLER TECHNOLOGIES AG & CO. KG
    Inventors: Peter Schwanemann, Matthias Gramann, Carsten Angrick, Wolfgang Reik
  • Patent number: 11488759
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a transformer iron core. The present invention comprises: an upper yoke (50); a lower yoke (51) extending in parallel with the upper yoke (50); and an end leg (60) which is installed between the upper yoke (50) and the lower yoke (51), which extends perpendicularly to the longitudinal direction of the upper yoke (50) and the lower yoke (51), and which is coupled to the upper yoke (50) and to the lower yoke (51). The upper yoke (50) and the lower yoke (51) are made by laminating multiple yoke steel plates (50?). The end leg (60) is also made by laminating multiple leg steel plates (60?). The upper yoke (50) and the lower yoke (51) have leg coupling portions (52) on both ends thereof. The end leg (60) has yoke coupling portions (62) coupled to the leg coupling portions (52).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: HYOSUNG HEAVY INDUSTRIES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Do Jin Kim, Chul Jun Park, Kyo Ho Lee
  • Patent number: 11456098
    Abstract: An insulator-coated soft magnetic powder includes core particles each of which includes a base portion containing a soft magnetic material and an oxide film provided on the surface of the base portion and containing an oxide of an element contained in the soft magnetic material, ceramic particles which are provided on the surface of each of the core particles and have an insulating property, and a glass material which is provided on the surface of each of the core particles, has an insulating property, and contains at least one type of phosphorus oxide, bismuth oxide, zinc oxide, boron oxide, tellurium oxide, and silicon oxide as a main component, wherein the ceramic particles are included in a proportion of 100 vol % or more and 500 vol % or less of the glass material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Inventor: Atsushi Nakamura
  • Patent number: 11456262
    Abstract: An integrated circuit and method of making an integrated circuit is provided. The integrated circuit includes a substrate having an electronic component. A substrate-based coil is on the substrate and the substrate-based coil is electrically coupled to the electronic component. A magnetic mold compound encapsulates the substrate-based coil and the electronic component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Yuki Sato, Kenji Otake, Takafumi Ando, Jeffrey Morroni, Charles Allen Devries, Jr., Kristen Nguyen Parrish
  • Patent number: 11451122
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a laminated iron core product includes laminating a plurality of iron core members which are punched from a first metal plate to form a laminate, removing oil adhering to the laminate, removing oil adhering to an end surface plate which is punched from a second metal plate, and disposing the end surface plate on an end surface of the laminate and welding the end surface plate and the laminate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: MITSUI HIGH-TEC, INC.
    Inventors: Jin Oda, Akinori Mizuno, Yuichi Shiraishi
  • Patent number: 11322281
    Abstract: A multilayer block core includes a multilayer block in which nanocrystalline alloy ribbon pieces are layered, the nanocrystalline alloy ribbon pieces having a composition represented by the following Composition Formula (A). Fe100-a-b-c-dBaSibCucMd??Composition Formula (A) In Composition Formula (A), each of a, b, c, and d is an atomic percent; the expressions 13.0?a?17.0, 3.5?b?5.0, 0.6?c?1.1, and 0?d?0.5 are satisfied; and M represents at least one element selected from the group consisting of Ti, Zr, Hf, V, Nb, Ta, Cr, Mo, and W.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignees: HITACHI METALS, LTD., Metglas, Inc.
    Inventor: Motoki Ohta
  • Patent number: 11193518
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to modular furniture made from a number of substantially flat panels. The panels have bevelled edges and magnets are disposed in or on the bevelled edges. Multiple panels thus may be joined together magnetically to construct a piece of furniture. In some examples, the outward pointing poles of adjacent magnets alternate (North, South, North South, etc.) around the panel. In some examples, there are protrusions and depressions on some or all bevelled edges, such that a protrusion of one panel can mate with the depression of another panel so as to resist the bevelled edges sliding past each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Inventors: Francesco Catemario Di Quadri, Efrem Cappelletti, Fabio Sestito
  • Patent number: 11117181
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a laminated iron core includes: inserting a plurality of electrical steel strips in a superposed state to feed rolls including a pair of upper and lower feed rolls that are driven by a drive device to feed the electrical steel strips in a superposed state into a die having a plurality of punching processes in sequence; joining a part or all of the superposed electrical steel strips together before entering the die or at an upstream stage portion of the die after feeding out the electrical steel strips from the pair of upper and lower feed rolls; and punching simultaneously the plurality of electrical steel strips in a superposed state in the die.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: JFE STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kunihiro Senda, Masanori Uesaka, Yoshihiko Oda
  • Patent number: 11005345
    Abstract: A punch processing method for electrical steel sheets to manufacture core segments includes: stacking a plurality of electrical steel sheets; and punching out the plurality of electrical steel sheets in a stacked state simultaneously to manufacture the core segments, wherein in a case where the core segments are applied to a stator core in which a maximum magnetic flux density at a tooth portion is to be higher than a maximum magnetic flux density at a back yoke portion, degrees of Vickers hardness of an electrical steel sheet located second from a bottom side and above in the stacked state are set to 180 HV or higher, and 10 HV or higher than a value of degree of Vickers hardness of an electrical steel sheet located on the bottom side in the stacked state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Assignee: JFE STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kunihiro Senda, Masanori Uesaka, Yoshihiko Oda
  • Patent number: 10919103
    Abstract: A welding system includes an inductor on an output of a welding power supply. The power supply may be of the type including an engine and a generator for producing power, with power conversion circuitry conditioning the power to a form suitable for a stick welding application. The inductor has an inductance sufficient for storing energy for maintaining a welding arc with XX10 electrodes, such as on the order of 700 mH. The inductor may have a particular structure, such as one designed around T and L shaped core elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignee: ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC.
    Inventor: Randall J. DuVal
  • Patent number: 10902967
    Abstract: A surface finish for a printed circuit board (PCB) and semiconductor wafer includes a nickel disposed over an aluminum or copper conductive metal surface. A barrier layer including all or fractions of a nitrogen-containing molecule is deposited on the surface of the nickel layer to make a barrier layer/electroless nickel (BLEN) surface finish. The barrier layer allows solder to be reflowed over the surface finish. Optionally, gold (e.g., immersion gold) may be coated over the barrier layer to create a nickel/barrier layer/gold (NBG) surface treatment. Presence of the barrier layer causes the surface treatment to be smoother than a conventional electroless nickel/immersion gold (ENIG) surface finish. Presence of the barrier layer causes a subsequently applied solder joint to be stronger and less subject to brittle failure than conventional ENIG.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Inventors: Kunal Shah, Purvi Shah
  • Patent number: 10892090
    Abstract: A magnet core for low-frequency applications and method for producing a magnet core for low-frequency applications is provided. The magnet core is made of a spiral-wound, soft-magnetic, nanocrystalline strip. The strip essentially has the alloy composition FeRestCoaCubNbcSidBeCf, wherein a, b, c, d, e and f are stated in atomic percent and 0?a?1; 0.7?b?1.4; 2.5?c?3.5; 14.5?d?16.5; 5.5?e?8 and 0?f?1, and cobalt may wholly or partially be replaced by nickel. The magnet core has a saturation magnetostriction ?s of ?s<2 ppm, a starting permeability ?1 of ?1>100 000 and a maximum permeability ?max of ?max>400 000. In addition, a sealing metal oxide coating is provided on the surfaces of the strip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Assignee: Vacuumschmelze GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Jörg Petzold
  • Patent number: 10832852
    Abstract: A ferrite core comprising a yoke body having a length dimension, a width dimension and a height dimension, which are oriented perpendicular to one another, the length dimension being larger than the height dimension and/or the width dimension. A lateral surface of the yoke body has provided therein a positioning structure and an alignment structure, which differs from the positioning structure, the positioning and alignment structures being spaced apart along the length dimension by 5% to 75% of the length dimension.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: SUMIDA COMPONENTS & MODULES GMBH
    Inventors: Stefan Hundhammer, Martin Grubl, Helmut Rott
  • Patent number: 10707015
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a laminated iron core includes setting a blanking position on a strip-shaped workpiece for iron core pieces each including a yoke piece part having a linear shape and a magnetic pole piece part extending from the yoke piece part, such that a pair of iron core pieces are opposed each other and the magnetic pole piece part of one iron core piece is arranged between adjacent magnetic pole piece parts of the other iron core piece among the pair of iron core pieces, simultaneously blanking a front end side of the magnetic pole piece part and a back surface side of the yoke piece part of the one iron core piece from the strip-shaped workpiece before simultaneously blanking those of the other iron core piece from the strip-shaped workpiece, and blanking the iron core pieces from the strip-shaped workpiece.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Assignees: MITSUI HIGH-TEC, INC., MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akihiro Hashimoto, Masahiko Furuta, Toshio Goto, Yoshihiro Harada, Yoshiro Imazawa
  • Patent number: 10634645
    Abstract: An eddy current probe for nondestructive evaluation of an object made of an electrically conductive material with a planar or curved surface, comprising: an excitation portion, consisting of a plurality of multi-turn conductive coils and a bar core, the bar core having a primary surface in proximity to the outer surface of the object to be inspected, each multi-turn coil formed by winding a conductor along the core with each wound equally spaced and parallel on the primary surface of the core, multi-turn coils intersecting from one to another on the primary surface of the core and forming a plurality of congruent grid shapes with the winding conductors, each multi-turn coil is energized by an AC current with each of AC currents at a phase difference from one to another; and a sensing portion, consisting of a plurality of magnetic field sensors with each of the sensors positioned in proximity to the symmetric center of congruent grid shapes, each magnetic field sensor having a sensitivity axis is placed with i
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: LabSys LLC
    Inventors: Xiaopeng Bi, Stanley Zuo, Yue Huang
  • Patent number: 10636567
    Abstract: A heat treatment apparatus for a laminated body of amorphous alloy ribbon includes: a lamination jig that holds the laminated body of amorphous alloy ribbon; two heating plates that sandwich the laminated body from upper and lower surfaces in a lamination direction without coming into contact with the lamination jig; and a heating control apparatus that controls a heating temperature of the two heating plates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignees: TOHOKU MAGNET INSTITUTE CO., LTD., PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akihiro Makino, Nobuyuki Nishiyama, Terutsugu Segawa, Tohru Kojima, Yukio Nishikawa
  • Patent number: 10536059
    Abstract: The apparatus for manufacturing an iron core for a dynamo-electric machine according to an embodiment of the present invention is provided with a rotary layering part for layering while rotating an iron core material punched from an electromagnetic steel sheet, a drive source for generating a drive force for rotating the rotary layering part, and a drive force transmission part for transmitting the drive force generated by the drive source to the rotary layering part. The drive force transmission part is configured from a plurality of gears arranged between the drive source and the rotary layering part. The rotary layering part is provided with a rotation position establishing means for establishing the rotation position of the rotary layering part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2020
    Assignee: TOSHIBA INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTS & SYSTEMS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takayuki Akatsuka, Toyonobu Yamada, Naoya Fujita, Masanori Ihori
  • Patent number: 10177636
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a laminated core includes inserting permanent magnets 14 into magnet insertion holes 12, 12a of a core body 13; injecting a resin 18 into the holes 12, 12a from resin reservoir pots 17 in the die 15 (16) to fix the magnets 14; placing a dummy plate 19 between the die 15 having the pots 17 and the body 13, the plate 19 having gate holes 35, 35a guiding the resin 18 from the pots 17 into the holes 12, 12a, the hole 35 (35a) overlapping with both of a part of the hole 12 (12a) and a surface of the body 13; poring the resin 18 via the holes 35, 35a and curing the resin 18 in the holes 12, 12a; and separating the plate 19 from the body 13 to remove the resin 18 overflowed from the holes 12, 12a.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2019
    Assignee: MITSUI HIGH-TEC, INC.
    Inventors: Yuichi Hirayama, Kento Aono, Naoki Isomura
  • Patent number: 10050496
    Abstract: An induced draft fan, including: a housing, a wind wheel, an AC motor, and a controller. The controller includes: an AC-DC conversion circuit, a microprocessor, a Hall sensor, a drive circuit, and a relay. The input end of the AC-DC conversion circuit is connected to an external AC input, and the output end of the AC-DC conversion circuit supplies a DC current to each circuit part. The input end of the relay is connected to the external AC input, and the output end of the relay supplies power for corresponding parts. A magnetic ring is disposed on a rotating shaft of the AC motor. The Hall sensor is disposed close to the magnetic ring for detecting a signal of a rotational speed of the AC motor and inputting the signal of the rotational speed into the microprocessor. The microprocessor controls energization or deenergization of the relay.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: ZHONGSHAN BROAD-OCEAN MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Wei Lei, Wenqing Bian
  • Patent number: 9880026
    Abstract: A magnetic field sensor for detecting motion of an object includes a magnet configured to generate a magnetic field and having a first surface adjacent to the object and a second surface distal from the object. The first surface of the magnet has a centerline axis substantially parallel to and disposed on the first surface, and the centerline axis is diagonal with respect to a motion axis substantially parallel to and disposed on the first surface and parallel to which the object moves. The magnetic field sensor also includes a semiconductor substrate disposed between the magnet and the object, the semiconductor substrate supporting a plurality of spaced magnetoresistance elements disposed along a sensing element axis substantially parallel to the centerline axis of the magnet and configured to generate a respective plurality of magnetic field signals in response to the motion of the object with respect to magnetic field.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Assignee: Allegro MicroSystems, LLC
    Inventors: Jeffrey Eagen, Paul A. David, William P. Taylor
  • Patent number: 9876399
    Abstract: The invention concerns a stator for an electric machine, comprising a plate stack comprising a plurality of superposed stator plates, the plate stack being delimited at the ends by cover plates and an insulating plate being disposed on at least one cover plate in the plate stack, the insulating plate interlocking with the adjacent cover plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2018
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventor: Christian Aumann
  • Patent number: 9866092
    Abstract: A method of forming a rotor includes inserting a conductor bar into a slot defined by a lamination stack to define a gap between the conductor bar and the lamination stack. The method further includes, after inserting, swelling the conductor bar within the slot to fill the gap and form the rotor. A rotor is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2018
    Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLC
    Inventors: Michael D. Hanna, James G. Schroth, John S. Agapiou, John C. Morgante
  • Patent number: 9866079
    Abstract: An electric motor includes a rotor and a wound stator structure. The stator structure includes a housing, a laminated stator core and windings wound around the stator core. The laminations of the stator core have an annular body and a plurality of teeth extending radially inwardly from the annular body. Projections and recesses are formed at the outer edge of the annular body. When assembled, the recesses of one lamination are aligned with the projections of an adjacent lamination such that when fitting the stator into the housing the projections may be deformed into an axially adjacent recess by contact with the housing. Thus the stator core contacts the housing at discrete locations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2018
    Assignee: Johnson Electric S.A.
    Inventors: Yong Bin Li, Long Shun Jiang, Xian Chun Fan, Ping Wang
  • Patent number: 9824818
    Abstract: In a single phase transformer core and transformer, thin-strip metal is wound into multiple rings of different widths and arranged to define a ring-like structure having a stepped, substantially circular cross-section without any cuts or gaps in the magnetic path, or the core is wound from a tapered strip that is configured to define a substantially circular cross-section when wound, while in a three phase transformer core and transformer two inner frames, each made of one or more wound rings are arranged side-by-side and an outer frame of one or more rings is wound around the two inner frames, the core being covered with epoxy prior to winding coils on it.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2017
    Inventor: Keith D Earhart
  • Patent number: 9676053
    Abstract: A welding system includes an inductor on an output of a welding power supply. The power supply may be of the type including an engine and a generator for producing power, with power conversion circuitry conditioning the power to a form suitable for a stick welding application. The inductor has an inductance sufficient for storing energy for maintaining a welding arc with XX10 electrodes, such as on the order of 700 mH. The inductor may have a particular structure, such as one designed around T and L shaped core elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2017
    Assignee: ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC.
    Inventor: Randall J. DuVal
  • Patent number: 9479034
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for the production of relatively large diameter annular components, such as stator cores for electric motors, without excessive waste of material. In one embodiment, a first progressive die assembly forms a plurality of identical pole pieces each made of a plurality of individual stacked and interlocked laminations. The pole pieces, having protruding end portions, are loaded into a rotary carousel. A second progressive die assembly forms a continuous strip including a plurality of body segments connected via hinge portions disposed adjacent recesses between the body segments that are dimensioned to receive the protruding ends of the pole pieces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: L.H. Carbide Corporation
    Inventors: Thomas Neuenschwander, Barry A. Lee, Trevor Hirst
  • Patent number: 9336940
    Abstract: There is provided a laminated inductor including: a body having a plurality of sheets laminated in a width direction, and having first and second main surfaces in a thickness direction, third and fourth end surfaces in a length direction, and fifth and sixth side surfaces in the width direction; a first connection electrode formed on the first main surface of the body; first and second terminal electrodes formed on the second main surface of the body to be spaced apart from one another; a plurality of first internal conductive patterns connecting the first connection electrode and the first terminal electrode; and at least one or more second internal conductive patterns connecting the first connection electrode and the second terminal electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2016
    Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Heung Kil Park, Min Cheol Park
  • Patent number: 9299488
    Abstract: A magnetic device includes an electrically insulating body and a conductor coil. The insulating body defines an internal cavity for a magnetic device core and a coolant channel routed about the internal cavity. The conductor coil extends through the insulating body and winds about the internal cavity. The electrically insulating body electrically insulates the internal cavity and coolant channel from the conductor coil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2016
    Assignee: Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation
    Inventors: Charles Shepard, Eric Karlen
  • Patent number: 9251939
    Abstract: An iron core is configured as a winding iron core block group that is obtained in such a manner that winding iron core blocks having rectangular cross-sections each of which is obtained by laminating magnetic metal ribbons with a predetermined width and which have plural widths and laminated thicknesses are arranged in the width direction of the magnetic metal ribbons. The laminated thickness of the winding iron core block located in the middle of the width direction of the magnetic metal ribbons is larger, and the cross-section of each iron core leg is configured substantially in a circular shape by centering the winding iron core blocks in the laminated direction of the magnetic metal ribbons. Upper and lower yokes are arranged in such a manner that the bottom faces of the winding iron core blocks are aligned, and an in-window support member supports the upper yoke on a plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2016
    Assignee: HITACHI, LTD.
    Inventors: Naoya Miyamoto, Satoshi Ichimura, Naoyuki Kurita
  • Patent number: 9196417
    Abstract: Several new and useful features for a magnetic structure are provided. One feature is that the magnetic structures are configured to help minimize the winding's AC losses, improving the system's efficiency. Another feature is that the combination of different magnetic hats creates a shaping path for the magnetic field. Still another feature is that a magnetic hat concept can be applied to a variety of magnetic core shapes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2015
    Assignee: DET International Holding Limited
    Inventors: Ionel Jitaru, Marco Antonio Davila, Andrei Savu, Andrei Ion Radulescu
  • Publication number: 20150123757
    Abstract: A chip electronic component may include an insulating layer formed on a lower portion of a side surface of an internal coil pattern to avoid a direct contact between the internal coil pattern and a magnetic material, thereby preventing a waveform distortion indicating a reduction in inductance at high frequency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2014
    Publication date: May 7, 2015
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Min Sung CHOI
  • Patent number: 8997333
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing an inductor includes a lamination step, a division step, a firing step, and a plating step. In the lamination step, a laminate including an insulator, a coil body, and external electrodes is formed. That is, in the lamination step, insulating layers having wide filling conductors, insulating layers having narrow filling conductors, and conductor patterns having external electrode patterns are laminated. As a result, the conductor patterns form the coil body, and the wide filling conductors, the narrow filling conductors, and the external electrode patterns form the external electrodes. The narrow filling conductors have a width that is less than the widths of the wide filling conductors and the external electrode patterns, and recesses and projections are provided in the external electrodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2015
    Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Kazuhiko Yamano
  • Patent number: 8943677
    Abstract: A method for joining core laminations by adhesive force to form a soft-magnetic laminated core by applying a coating that is wettable with epoxy resin to top sides and undersides of each sheet. The sheets are separated into core laminations made of soft-magnetic sheets, which are stacked to form a core lamination stack, and a cured adhesive introduced in a state of low viscosity into interstices between the core laminations. The core lamination stack has intermediate layers between the core laminations. For this purpose, the core laminations comprise a final-annealed, crystalline CoFe alloy, an adhesive-wettable top side and an adhesive-wettable underside. Together with the intermediate layers, the core laminations form a dimensionally accurate laminated core. The laminated core has a substantially adhesive-free contour consisting of contour surfaces of the core laminations. The adhesive is solvent-free in its low-viscosity state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2015
    Assignee: Vacuumschmelze GmbH & Co. KB
    Inventors: Joachim Gerster, Witold Pieper, Harald Staubach, Dominik Fackelmann
  • Patent number: 8935845
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing an inner rotor for a rotary electric machine, the rotor comprising a plurality of pole pieces surrounding a shaft, each pole piece being made from a stack of metal sheets (3) made of magnetic material, the pole pieces delimiting recesses between them for permanent magnets. The method comprises, in succession the steps of cutting blanks (33) each grouping together n metal sheets (3), “n” being the number of poles of the rotor, the n metal sheets of a blank being held together by temporary bridges (35) straddling the recesses, at least two bridges each comprising an outer lug (36), stacking the blanks while keeping them aligned via the outer lugs, immobilizing the stack of blanks, and eliminating all the temporary bridges in order to free up the radial access to the recesses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 20, 2015
    Assignees: Compagnie Generale des Etablissements Michelin, Michelin Recherche et Technique S.A.
    Inventors: Maeick Blanc, Bertrand Vedy
  • Publication number: 20140373341
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a laminated coil component having: a step of placing a first green sheet having pairs of bordering first and second areas; a step of placing a second green sheet having pairs of bordering third and fourth areas; and a step of staggering another second green sheet on the second green sheet. The first, second, third and fourth areas have identical rectangular shapes and have a first, second, third and fourth conductor, respectively. The third and fourth linear conductors form a loop. An end of the first linear conductor is connected to a first side of the first area. A part of the first linear conductor closest to a second side adjacent to the first side has a line width smaller than a part of the third linear conductor or a part of the fourth linear conductor overlapping with the part of the first linear conductor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2014
    Publication date: December 25, 2014
    Applicant: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kouji YAMAUCHI, Mitsuru ODAHARA
  • Patent number: 8912702
    Abstract: A process and a blanking mold are described for the production of a ferromagnetic core for electric motors formed by a plurality of segments. The laminations are blanked from a sheet of ferromagnetic material and stacked in an accumulation chamber of the blanking mold, along which they advance until a segment constituted by a stack having a preset number of laminations is formed, which is mechanically connected to an adjacent segment, thereby forming a rectilinear sequence of segments. The segments are hinged to each other with the possibility of mutual rotation to allow the sequence of segments to be brought from the rectilinear condition to a closed circular configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2014
    Assignee: Ernesto Malvestiti S.p.A.
    Inventor: Sergio Confalonieri
  • Patent number: 8898886
    Abstract: A method for producing a laminated ceramic electronic component includes the steps of preparing ceramic green sheets, transferring an inner conductor pattern layer and a lead conductor pattern layer formed on a support on the ceramic green sheets to form the inner conductor and the lead conductor on the ceramic green sheets, laminating the ceramic green sheets to cover the inner conductor and the lead conductor, and firing the ceramic laminated product. In the step of forming the inner conductor and the lead conductor, the inner conductor pattern layer is transferred onto the ceramic green sheet a plurality of times so as to overlap each other, thereby forming the inner conductor, and the lead conductor pattern layer is transferred onto the ceramic green sheet, wherein the number of times of the transferring is less than the number of times of the transferring of the inner conductor pattern layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2014
    Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Tatsukawa, Keisuke Takayama
  • Publication number: 20140331483
    Abstract: A one-piece field-pole magnet is manufactured by filling a gap formed between magnetic pieces placed on a plane with an adhesive or resin. During the process, a pushing member applies a pushing force onto each of the magnet pieces in a thickness direction thereof. The pushing member comprises pushing parts each of which pushes each of the magnet pieces, thereby equalizing the pushing forces applied to the respective magnet pieces.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2012
    Publication date: November 13, 2014
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Takaichi, Kimio Nishimura, Hideki Watababe, Takashi Sekikawa, Yasushi Matsushita, Akihisa Hori, Takumi Ohshima, Michito Kishi, Kunitomo Ishiguro, Yasuhisa Koike
  • Patent number: 8875381
    Abstract: A coil strand is wound on an insulator to produce a divided core member, and then the divided core member is placed on a table. While the table rotates about its axis, ends of the coil strands are inserted into lead end holding grooves, which are defined in a surface of the insulator on an outer circumferential edge of a stator and which extend along a circumferential direction of the stator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2014
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Satoru Uchiumi, Hiroki Tahira, Kohei Fujinoto, Yasuto Ohashi
  • Patent number: 8878415
    Abstract: Permanent magnet synchronous machines (100) are described having good efficiency, as well as corresponding methods for making a stator (110) or stator teeth (114) for such machines. A method for fabricating a stator (110) for an axial flux permanent magnet synchronous machine is for example described comprising obtaining several sets of substantially identical laminates (302), and stacking the sets of substantially identical laminates (302) so that a subsequent laminate has a part overlapping (304) the previous laminate and a part not overlapping (306) the previous laminate. Alternatively, a method of manufacturing a stator (110) is described wherein the method comprises obtaining a set of laminates (302) connected to each other with a thin strip (402) of material and creating a stack by folding the laminates (302) along the thin strip (402) of material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2014
    Assignee: Universiteit Gent
    Inventors: Alex Van Den Bossche, Peter Sergeant
  • Publication number: 20140317908
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a laminated iron core by press punching a thin strip material to manufacture a motor core, comprising, before punching out a scrap 10 of an iron core piece 11 for the motor core, forming a plurality of partition holes 15 in the scrap 10 to divide the scrap 10 into areas 20, each of the partition holes 15 being connected at one end thereof with a peripheral portion 14 of the scrap 10 through a first connecting portion 17. The method further comprises forming a central hole 12, which is connected with the partition holes 15 through second connecting portions 18, at a central portion of the scrap 10. Accordingly, provided are the method for manufacturing a laminated iron core without causing scrap pulling when punching out and laminating the thin iron core pieces 11 and the shape of the scraps formed thereby.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2012
    Publication date: October 30, 2014
    Applicant: MITSUI HIGH-TEC INC.
    Inventors: Kazuhiko Umeda, Masahiro Izumi
  • Patent number: 8732939
    Abstract: An electronic component capable of preventing the occurrence of magnetic saturation due to a magnetic flux surrounding each coil conductor and a method of manufacturing the electronic component are provided. The electronic component includes a laminate formed by stacking unit layers, where each unit layer includes a first insulating layer, and a coil conductor and second insulating layer formed on the first insulating layer. Each second insulating layer has a Ni content greater than a Ni content of each first insulating layer. Portions of the first insulating layers have a Ni content lower than a Ni content of the second portions after the laminate is calcined.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2014
    Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Kiyoshi Iwai
  • Publication number: 20140139307
    Abstract: A magnetic substrate has such a shape that ridges extending between principal surfaces are cut away by cutout portions. A multilayer body has corners arranged so as to overlap the cutout portions. A coil includes lead portions which are connected with both ends of a coil portion and which are drawn out to the corners. A coil is combined with the coil to constitute a common mode choke coil and includes lead portions which are connected with both ends of a coil portion and which are drawn out to the corners. Connecting portions connect external electrodes to the lead portions and are provided at the cutout portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2014
    Publication date: May 22, 2014
    Applicant: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tomohiro KIDO, Miho KITAMURA, Tetsuzo HARA, Nobuhiro ISHIDA
  • Publication number: 20140097923
    Abstract: A laminated coil component includes a magnetic body part made of a ferrite material and a coil conductor wound into a coil shape and embedded in the magnetic body part to form a component base. The component base is divided into a first region near the coil conductor and a second region other than the first region. The grain size ratio of the average crystal grain size of the magnetic body part in the first region to the average crystal grain size of the magnetic body part in the second region is 0.9 or less. The molar content of CuO in the ferrite raw material is set to 0.2 to 4 mol %. In a method laminated coil component, the coil is formed from a conductive paste including Ag, and firing the laminated body is performed by setting the oxygen concentration is 0.1 volume % or less as a firing atmosphere.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2013
    Publication date: April 10, 2014
    Applicant: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Osamu NAITO, Hiroki KOWADA, Atsushi YAMAMOTO
  • Patent number: 8683675
    Abstract: Provided is a method for fabricating a molded stator of a rotary electric machine, the method comprising: a lamination step of laminating a plurality of core sheets each having a plurality of core pieces connected to one joining portion via bridge portions, thereby forming a divided-laminated-core group structure; a winding step of winding a coil on a teeth portion of each divided laminated core of the divided-laminated-core group structure; a cutting step of cutting the bridge portions, thereby separating the divided laminated cores wound with the coils; a temporary fixing step of temporarily fixing the divided laminated cores circularly arranged to form a stator; and a molding step of placing, in a mold, the stator into which a mold mandrel is inserted along the inner circumferential surface, and molding an outer circumferential surface of the stator with resin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2014
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Masahiro Yuya, Nobuaki Miyake, Yuji Nakahara, Haruyuki Hasegawa, Takenori Aomi, Fumiaki Tsuchiya, Ryoko Komaki
  • Patent number: 8661651
    Abstract: The rotary electric machine includes a rotor, and a stator including an stator core that is formed by laminating and integrating magnetic steel plates, and concentrated winding coils that are mounted to respective teeth, the stator being disposed so as to surround the rotor. Bobbins each including a trunk portion and first and second guide portions that are disposed so as to protrude from two longitudinal ends of an upper surface of the trunk portion are disposed so as to place bottom surfaces of the trunk portions alongside two axial end surfaces of the teeth. The concentrated winding coils are configured by winding a conductor wire a predetermined number of times around the teeth so as to pass through a concave space that is formed by the trunk portions and the first and second guide portions at two axial ends of the teeth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2014
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Hironori Tsuiki, Yukinobu Karata, Shinichiro Yoshida, Hiroyuki Akita, Masaya Inoue
  • Publication number: 20140047704
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a multilayered chip power inductor with high direct current superposition characteristics and high-frequency characteristics, particularly to a multilayered chip power inductor using as magnetic materials a magnetic sheet filled up with soft magnetic metal powder and a magnetic core. The present invention is to provide a multilayered chip power inductor achieving high inductance and direct current superposition characteristics.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2013
    Publication date: February 20, 2014
    Applicant: CHANG SUNG CORPORATION
    Inventor: Chang Sung Corporation
  • Publication number: 20140028431
    Abstract: Provided are an amorphous metal core that can minimize a core loss in which amorphous thin plate laminates are mutually combined by coupling protrusions and coupling recesses of assembly plates, an induction device, and a method of making the amorphous metal core. The amorphous metal core includes: a number of amorphous metal unit cores that include an amorphous thin plate laminate and a pair of assembly plates that are respectively laminated on the front and rear surfaces of the amorphous thin plate laminate, and are configured to have an I shape, respectively. The induction device includes: an amorphous metal core including a number of amorphous metal unit cores that are formed of an “I” shape, respectively; and at least one coil that is wound on at least one of the amorphous metal unit cores forming the amorphous metal core.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2012
    Publication date: January 30, 2014
    Applicant: AMOGREENTECH CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chun Geol Lee, Dong Wook Jang
  • Patent number: 8631728
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a radial centering surface on an outer circumference of an annular laminated core of a stator comprises the steps of forming a stator with a hollow cylinder from strip-shaped laminations, preloading the stator axially before and during cutting, creating centering surfaces on an outer circumferential of the stator by using at least two cutting tools.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2014
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Eberhard Rau, Thomas Berger, Martin Henne, Klaus Pflueger, Rob Berry
  • Patent number: 8539665
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a rotor for an electric motor that includes producing a generally flat metal strip, bending one section of the strip relative to another section, and rolling the strip to form a cup-shaped shell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2013
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Luiz V. Dokonal, Claudio W. Lima, Orlando Starke, Rodrigo S. Teixeira