Suction Pump Or Fan Patents (Class 310/62)
  • Patent number: 11777368
    Abstract: A drive device includes a fluid coupling and a rotary electrical machine. The fluid coupling includes an impeller and a turbine, and is configured such that a torque is inputted thereto from one axial side and outputted therefrom to another axial side. The rotary electrical machine includes a first stator and a rotor. The first stator is disposed in a non-rotatable manner. The rotor is disposed to be rotated about a rotational axis of the fluid coupling. The first stator includes a first stator core, first and second coil ends. The first coil end protrudes from the first stator core in an axial direction. The second coil end protrudes from the first stator core to an opposite side of the first coil end in the axial direction. The first coil end is bent radially outward and located in part radially outside an outer peripheral surface of the first stator core.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: EXEDY Corporation
    Inventors: Kenji Kitada, Yuki Kawahara, Tomohiro Wada, Takuma Shimada, Yukiyoshi Takada
  • Patent number: 11764634
    Abstract: A fan motor waterproof structure includes a fan motor, a disk-shaped member, and a tubular member. The fan motor is arranged with a shaft projecting upward from a motor body. The a disk-shaped member is fitted to an outside of a projecting portion of the shaft of the fan motor on a motor body side. The tubular member is press-fitted onto the disk-shaped member and disposed on an outer periphery of the shaft. The tubular member covers a boundary between an upper surface of the disk-shaped member and the shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: Daikin Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Teppei Kobata, Jun Ishimaru, Takayuki Hatakeyama
  • Patent number: 11679891
    Abstract: An electrical propulsor motor includes a stator having a hollow cylinder with an inner cylindrical surface and an outer cylindrical surface, rotor incorporated in a hub of a propulsor and mounted to the stator, including a first cylindrical surface facing the inner cylindrical surface, where the inner cylindrical surface and first cylindrical surface form a first air gap, a second cylindrical surface facing the outer cylindrical surface, wherein the outer cylindrical surface and the second cylindrical surface form a second air gap, and a plurality of axial impeller vanes mounted to at least one of the first cylindrical surface and the second cylindrical surface and within at least one of the first air gap and the second air gap and positioned to force air through the at least one of the first air gap and the second air gap when the rotor rotates about the axis of rotation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: BETA AIR, LLC
    Inventors: Raffaelo Verna, Riley Griffin, Nathan Wiegman, Manon Danielle Belzile
  • Fan
    Patent number: 11473587
    Abstract: A radial fan comprising: a plurality of blades rotatable about an axis of rotation and extending radially from the axis of rotation; characterised in that each of the blades has a transverse profile that is symmetrical about a radial line of symmetry extending through the blade, at least a portion of the profile of each blade being curved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: GE Renewable (Switzerland) GmbH
    Inventors: Stefan Albert Baumeister, Hubert Christof Baumeister
  • Patent number: 11431221
    Abstract: A brushless motor has a rotor assembly including a shaft, an impeller, a bearing assembly and a rotor core. The brushless motor has a stator assembly and a frame having an outer portion and an inner portion radially inward of the outer portion. The inner portion supports at least one of the rotor assembly and the stator assembly. The brushless motor has a strut extending between the outer portion and the inner portion. The strut extends at least partially into a recess formed in the stator assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: Dyson Technology Limited
    Inventors: Thomas Richard Stafford, Vadivel Kumaran Sivashanmugam, Lukasz Andrzej Kowalczyk
  • Patent number: 11387697
    Abstract: A tooth of a stator is divided into two tooth segments, and an inter-segment gap is formed between the segments. The inter-segment gap is open toward a slot which is a space between adjacent teeth. A cooling fluid is sent to the inter-segment gap from an in-rotor-core flow channel of a rotor core, and the sent cooling fluid directly contacts and cools a coil conductor wiring in the slot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Takashi Matsumoto
  • Patent number: 11387711
    Abstract: An air intake port has an opening part and an air intake port cover forming an air flow channel from the opening part to the air intake port. The air intake port cover has a guide plate to block the opening part and the air intake port from each other and leave an air flow path between the guide plate and an outer perimeter surface facing a vehicle body, a discharge port formed in the outer perimeter surface, a discharge port cover separating the discharge port and the air intake port from each other, and leaving an air flow path from the opening part to the discharge port, and a pair of cylindrical members, one end of each being connected to two holes formed in the discharge port cover, and the other ends facing each other in a travel direction, and tapering in cross-sectional area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kenta Kaneko
  • Patent number: 11286956
    Abstract: A motor includes a shaft centered on a center axis oriented in a vertical direction, a bearing supporting the shaft, an armature disposed radially outward of the bearing, a bracket to which the bearing and the armature are fixed, and a covered cylindrical rotor connected to the shaft. The rotor includes a rotor lid portion connected to the shaft, a rotor side wall portion extending downward from an outer edge of the rotor lid portion, a blower plate portion connected to a lower surface of the rotor lid portion and extending radially outward from a center portion of the rotor lid portion, an inlet disposed radially outward of the cylindrical portion and penetrating the bracket, and an outlet disposed radially outward of the blower plate portion and radially penetrating the rotor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: NIDEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Satoshi Kajikawa, Tomoya Ueda, Yusuke Makino
  • Patent number: 11261879
    Abstract: This fluid machine includes a motor housing, a rotating shaft which is inserted through the motor housing, an impeller which is mounted on a protruding portion of the rotating shaft, and a facing portion which faces the motor housing on a first end side in the axial direction. A first opening is provided on the first end side of the motor housing, a second opening is provided on a second end side of the motor housing, and an in-housing passage fluidly couples the first opening with the second opening. The fluid machine further includes an exhaust passage which is formed between the motor housing and the facing portion and which fluidly couples the first opening with external air, and a rotating blade which is disposed between the first opening and the exhaust passage, wherein the rotating blade is mounted on the rotating shaft and is rotatable with the rotating shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Inventors: Yosuke Akamatsu, Gen Kuwata, Kentaro Yamada
  • Patent number: 11258322
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a high speed induction machine includes: a stator formed of a first plurality of laminations having a thickness of less than approximately 0.01 inch and a winding comprising a coil formed of Litz wire adapted about the stator; and a rotor adapted within the stator. The rotor may include: a rotor core formed of a second plurality of laminations having a second thickness of greater than approximately 0.10 inch and formed of high strength steel and sandwiched between a first end region including at least one first peripheral second lamination and a second end region including at least one second peripheral second lamination, the first end region having a first end ring retained by a first retaining ring adapted there around, the second end region having a second end ring retained by a second retaining ring adapted there around.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: TECO-Westinghouse Motor Company
    Inventors: Haran Chandra Karmaker, Edward Kuan-Chen Chen, James Arnold Keck, Paulo Guedes-Pinto
  • Patent number: 11018540
    Abstract: Provided are a slim-type stator using a multilayer printed circuit board (PCB) capable of maximally generating torque in an opposite rotor and capable of increasing airflow, and a single-phase motor and a cooling fan using the same. The slim-type stator includes: a multilayer PCB; and a plurality of coil patterns formed on respective PCB layers of the multilayer PCB and connected via throughholes, wherein the multilayer PCB includes at least one protrusion corresponding to the plurality of coil patterns, and at least one recess disposed between the plurality of coil patterns.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignee: AMOTECH CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Byung Soo Kim, Jin Gwan Kim
  • Patent number: 11005328
    Abstract: A motor includes a bearing housing, a stator, and a fixing member. The stator includes a stator core, an insulator, and a lead. The insulator is an insulating body that covers at least a portion of the stator core. The lead is wound around the stator core with the insulator interposed therebetween. The bearing housing includes a first bearing holding portion and a second bearing holding portion that hold two bearings; and an intermediate portion that is positioned between the first bearing holding portion and the second bearing holding portion in the vertical direction. The lower surface of the fixing member is in contact with the upper surface of the stator. The fixing member is fixed at a position opposite the intermediate portion in the radial direction. As a result, the displacement of the stator relative to the bearing housing is suppressed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Assignee: NIDEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuya Horii, Kohei Kurazono, Tsuyoshi Yasumura
  • Patent number: 10998793
    Abstract: The present invention provides a motor for a drone, comprising: a rotary shaft; a stator including a hole into which the rotary shaft is inserted; and a rotor arranged on the outer side of the stator, wherein the rotor comprises: a cover part coupled to the rotary shaft so as to cover the upper portion of the stator; a body part for covering a side portion of the stator; and a magnet coupled to the inner circumferential surface of the body part, wherein the cover part comprises: a propeller coupling part including a hole through which the rotary shaft penetrates; an upper surface part connected to the body part; a connecting part for connecting the propeller coupling part and the upper surface part; and a plurality of blades arranged in the radial direction from the lateral surface of the propeller coupling part and formed so as to be spaced apart from the upper surface part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignee: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Young Dae Park
  • Patent number: 10975889
    Abstract: A fan module and an electronic device are provided. The fan module includes a hub and a plurality of blades. The blades are mounted around the hub, and each of the blades has a first end that is connected to a periphery of the hub and a second end that is relatively away from the hub. A first axial direction distance in the axial direction is provided between a first point of the first end that is relatively away from the top surface and the top surface. A second axial direction distance in the axial direction is provided between a second point of the first end that is near the top surface and the top surface. A ratio of the second axial direction distance to the first axial direction distance is 0.4 to 0.5.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Assignee: Coretronic Corporation
    Inventors: Shih-Hang Lin, Chih-Cheng Chou
  • Patent number: 10965193
    Abstract: A motor includes a shaft centered on a center axis oriented in a vertical direction, a bearing rotatably supporting the shaft, an armature disposed radially outward of the bearing, a bracket to which the bearing and the armature are fixed, and a covered cylindrical rotor connected to the shaft. The rotor includes a disk-shaped rotor lid portion connected to the shaft, and a rotor side wall portion extending downward from an outer edge of the rotor lid portion. The shaft is made of metal. The rotor lid portion and the rotor side wall portion are made of resin. The rotor lid portion and the shaft are an integrally molded article.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignee: NIDEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Satoshi Kajikawa, Yusuke Makino
  • Patent number: 10907654
    Abstract: A rotor disk for an exhaust turbocharger is mounted in a housing of the exhaust turbocharger able to rotate about an axis of rotation. The rotor disk has a disk hub comprising a disk back and a disk front remote from the disk back. A plurality of rotor disk blades are formed on the disk hub in a manner extending between the disk back and the disk front. A balancing mark is arranged in a blade channel formed between a first blade of the plurality of rotor disk blades and a second blade, arranged adjacent to the first blade, of the plurality of rotor disk blades. A width of the balancing mark is less than a length of the balancing mark. The disclosure also relates to an exhaust turbocharger comprising such a rotor disk and to a method for balancing a rotor assembly for such an exhaust turbocharger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignees: IHI Charging Systems International GmbH, IHI Charging Systems International Germany GmbH
    Inventors: Diana Feustel, Ingo Zähringer, Torsten Gramsch, Martin Kreschel
  • Patent number: 10873228
    Abstract: A bell-shaped rotor of an electric machine includes a cylindrical segment and a conical segment, wherein the cylindrical segment has magnetically active regions and nonmagnetic regions, where the rotor is produced at least partially via an additive production method, where the electric machine includes, in particular, an outer stator, an inner stator, which is arranged concentric to the outer stator within the outer stator, and the rotor, which is arranged concentric to the outer stator and the inner stator between the outer stator and the inner stator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2020
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Benjamin Volkmuth, Rolf Vollmer
  • Patent number: 10833566
    Abstract: An inverter integrated motor having a frame, a motor body, a cap, a fan, an inverter, and a heat transfer module is provided. The motor body is received in the frame, and a heat dissipation passage is formed between them, the motor body is covered and closed by the cap, and the cap and the motor body are presented in a continuous form. The inverter is attached on an outer side surface of the frame. The heat transfer module is located between the cap and the fan and thermally connected to the inverter. Airflow is generated by the fan to flow through the heat transfer module and exchange heat therewith, and the airflow then flows into the heat dissipation passage along the cap. Accordingly, an attached additional fan for the inverter is not necessary.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: CHICONY POWER TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Meng-Fang Chang, Yu-Chia Ting
  • Patent number: 10710248
    Abstract: A robot including: a driving mechanism that drives a movable member with respect to a base; and a fan that cools the driving mechanism, wherein the driving mechanism is provided with a motor, and a reducer that is disposed between the base and the movable member and that moves the movable member with respect to the base by reducing the speed of the rotation of the motor, the motor and the reducer are disposed on either side of a securing plate that is secured to the base, the cooling fan is disposed on an opposite side from the securing plate with the motor interposed between the fan and the securing plate, a space in which a surface of the reducer is exposed is formed outside the reducer, and the securing plate is provided with a vent that is connected to the space by passing through the securing plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: FANUC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Shigeru Kohzaki
  • Patent number: 10615665
    Abstract: An electric machine, with a stator and a rotor. The rotor is provided with a sheet metal packet fixed to the rotor shaft of the electric machine having sheet metal plates stacked in the axial direction of the rotor. The sheet metal packet and at least one short-circuit ring arranged on an axial side of the sheet metal plate form at least one cooling channel for a cooling fluid which extends at least in sections in the radial direction of the rotor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2020
    Assignee: AUDI AG
    Inventor: Albert Scharlach
  • Patent number: 10601283
    Abstract: A cooling portion has an air inlet into which cooling air flows and is positioned in a preset range. When a distance from the upper to lower ends of an oil chamber in the axial direction of a rotating shaft member is h, and the shortest distance between an outer peripheral face of a casing and an inner peripheral face of a cover is a, the preset range is set in the following manner. Specifically, the preset range is set between ¼h upward and 5/4h downward relative to the upper end of the oil chamber as a reference point, in the axial direction of the rotating shaft member. Additionally, the preset range is set between the outer peripheral face of the casing and relative to the outer peripheral face of the casing as a reference point, in the radial direction of the rotating shaft member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2020
    Assignee: DAIDO METAL COMPANY LTD.
    Inventors: Kwangik Na, Motohira Yamada, Shigeyoshi Mori
  • Patent number: 10501171
    Abstract: A rotorcraft together with a heat dissipation structure for a motor are provided. The motor includes a body and a revolving shaft driven by the body, and the heat dissipation structure for the motor includes: a casing being a hollow structure having a top opening and an air inlet in a bottom portion, in which the body is disposed inside of the casing, and an air channel is formed between a circumferential edge of the body and an inner wall of the casing; a head cover connected to the revolving shaft of the motor synchronously and provided with a plurality of air flow picks on the lower surface thereof; and a mounting stand fixed to an upper surface of the head cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2019
    Assignee: GUANGZHOU XAIRCRAFT TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Bin Peng, Dingfeng Xiao
  • Patent number: 10451078
    Abstract: Provided is an air-conditioning blower motor unit that includes: a brushless motor which has an output shaft to be coupled with an air-conditioning blower fan constituting an air conditioner; a circuit board configured to allow the brushless motor to be driven by a supply of electric power; a casing configured to house the brushless motor and the circuit board; and a base frame configured to support the circuit board and the output shaft. The circuit board on the base frame is disposed at a position eccentric with respect to the output shaft inside the casing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignee: KEIHIN CORPORATION
    Inventor: Masashi Ueda
  • Patent number: 10443619
    Abstract: A motor housing assembly for a cabin air compressor assembly is provided that includes a central body portion, a first end portion, and a second end portion. The central body portion has an internal cavity configured to receive an electric motor. The first end portion includes a first and second motor cooling inlet duct. The second end portion includes a flange configured to couple with an outlet housing of the cabin air compressor assembly. A motor cooling duct centerline is defined between the first and second motor cooling inlet duct and is perpendicular to a central body portion centerline. A first distance is defined between an outer edge of the first and second motor cooling inlet duct. A second distance is defined between an outer face of the flange and an intersection of the centerlines. A ratio of the first distance to the second distance is between 1.29 and 1.3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: HAMILTON SUNDSTRAND CORPORATION
    Inventors: Darryl A. Colson, Brent J. Merritt, Paul E. Hamel, David Anderson, Jr.
  • Patent number: 10408184
    Abstract: An electric starter system for a powertrain or other system having an engine includes a solenoid device coupled to a pinion gear, a brushless starter motor, and a controller. The starter motor has actual machine speed, and is connectable to the flywheel via the pinion gear during a change-of-mind event when a commanded engine auto-stop sequence is interrupted before completion. When engine speed exceeds a threshold speed and is less than a calibrated starting speed, the controller executes a method in which closed-loop speed control of the starter motor is enabled using the engine speed as a reference value until an effective machine speed is within a permissible speed delta of engine speed. The controller causes the solenoid device to translate the pinion gear into engagement with the flywheel and starter motor, disables closed-loop speed control, and commands the starter motor to start the engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLC
    Inventors: Chandra S. Namuduri, Lei Hao, Suresh Gopalakrishnan
  • Patent number: 10399694
    Abstract: A ram air turbine system includes a rotatable shaft, a housing having a body defining an interior, a generator located within the interior and having a stator and a rotor, and a turbine having a first set of blades operably coupled with the rotatable shaft and configured such that airstream passing through the first set of blades rotates the shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Assignee: GE Aviation Systems LLC
    Inventors: Hao Huang, Xiaochuan Jia, Lanchao Lin
  • Patent number: 10348152
    Abstract: An electric generator may include a housing having a housing casing running around in a circumferential direction and front and rear side walls, a radially outer stator rotatably arranged on the housing about an axis of rotation, and a radially inner rotor arranged on the housing in a rotationally fixed manner. The generator may also have an axially outer impeller wheel arranged on an outer side of the front side wall and arranged in a rotationally fixed fashion on the rotor. The generator may further have a primary air inlet having inlet openings formed in the rear side wall, a secondary air inlet having secondary inlet openings formed in the housing casing, an air outlet having a plurality of outlet openings formed in the front side wall, a primary air path from the primary air inlet to the air outlet, and a secondary air path from the secondary air inlet to the air outlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Assignee: Mahle International GmbH
    Inventors: Simon Malovec, Mitja Berce
  • Patent number: 10260519
    Abstract: A bidirectional axial fan device includes: a moving blade member with a plurality of vanes; and a casing that includes a mounting portion, a frame, and a plurality of spokes, a motor being mounted to the mounting portion, the frame forming a ventilation hole. The plurality of spokes couple the mounting portion to the frame at an exhaust air side during a normal rotation of the motor. An inner peripheral surface of the frame has a multiple stage shape, in which a part on the exhaust air side during the normal rotation has a diameter larger than a diameter of a part on an air intake side during the normal rotation, such that intervals between tops on the exhaust air side during the normal rotation at outer peripheral edges of the plurality of vanes and the inner peripheral surface of the frame are expanded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignee: SANYO DENKI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Satoshi Fujimake, Toshiya Nishizawa, Takashi Kawashima
  • Patent number: 10211697
    Abstract: The invention concerns a cover device for an electronics housing of an electric motor with at least one base segment and at least one rib formed on the base segment, wherein the base segment is geometrically configured so as to cover at least part of the surface of an electronics housing opening for drawing in a cooling air volume flow in order to close the electronics housing opening at least for a portion against the intrusion of solids, and the base segment forms with the at least one rib at least one flow duct, which can be fluidically connected to the electronics housing opening, and wherein the cover device is designed as a modular insert for the electronics housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Assignee: EBM-PAPST MULFINGEN GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Michael Sturm, Thomas Sauer
  • Patent number: 10164496
    Abstract: An electric machine for starting an internal combustion engine, comprising a housing (10) having at least one sealing device (14) which seals an interior (10a) of the housing with respect to the surroundings of the housing (10), and at least one pressure reduction device (1), wherein the at least one pressure reduction device (1) is embodied so as to be moveable in a translatory fashion relative to the at least one sealing device (14) in order to form, in the case of an overpressure in the interior (10a) of the housing, at least one venting duct via which an at least partial reduction in pressure is ensured.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2018
    Assignee: SEG Automotive Germany GmbH
    Inventors: Thomas Biessenberger, Oliver Neumann, Viktor Rill
  • Patent number: 10141817
    Abstract: In one embodiment, an electric machine includes a rotor including a plurality of permanent magnets and rotatable about a central axis of the machine. The machine further includes a stator including a cylindrical stator shell and a plurality of stator windings positioned at the stator shell and located radially inboard of the plurality of permanent magnets. A plurality of heat sink segments are secured to a radially inboard surface of the stator shell. Each heat sink segment of the plurality of heat sink segments includes a base portion located at the radially inboard surface and a plurality of fins extending radially inwardly from the base portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Assignee: OTIS ELEVATOR COMPANY
    Inventors: James L. Hubbard, Marco Venturini, Davide Tenti
  • Patent number: 10110093
    Abstract: A motor generally includes a housing, a cover, and a cooling fan. The cover defines multiple first inlet holes and is provided with an air collecting ring around the first inlet holes for collecting some of the air current generated by the cooling fan. Furthermore, the cover is provided with multiple wind-catching projections. The housing defines multiple second inlet holes near its opening. The cover is installed to the housing such that the wind-catching projections are respectively located above the second inlet holes of the housing, so as to collect some of the air current. Furthermore, multiple recesses are defined between the wind-catching projections, so that some of the air current may flow along the outer surface of the housing via the recesses to further cool down the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2018
    Inventor: Wen-San Chou
  • Fan
    Patent number: 10072672
    Abstract: A blower fan includes a lower plate portion made of a material having a thermal conductivity of 1.0 W/(m·K) or more, and a side wall portion made of a material having a thermal conductivity of 1.0 W/(m·K) or more. An upper plate portion arranged to cover an upper side of the impeller includes an air inlet. The upper plate portion, the side wall portion, and the lower plate portion are arranged to together define an air outlet on the lateral side of the impeller. The blower fan further includes a heat source contact portion with which a heat source is to be in contact, the heat source contact portion being arranged in a surface of the blower fan which faces away from the impeller. The heat source contact portion and the tongue portion are arranged to at least partially overlap with each other in the plan view.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Assignee: NIDEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takehito Tamaoka, Kazuhiko Fukushima
  • Patent number: 9920771
    Abstract: Some embodiments of an apparatus and system are described for a crossflow blower motor. An apparatus may comprise one or more motors operative to control a crossflow blower. The one or more motors may comprise one or more stator assemblies having a stator coil and a bent stator. The one or more motors may be configured to control a crossflow blower arranged to generate a flow of air in a direction substantially perpendicular to an axis of rotation of the crossflow blower. Other embodiments are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2018
    Assignee: INTEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ben M. Broili, Tod A. Byquist, Michael S. Brazel, Joseph A. Cervantes
  • Patent number: 9893589
    Abstract: The present invention concerns an electric machine (1), in particular an alternator, intended to be coupled to a driving or driven machine, in particular a heat engine, comprising: —a coupling flange (20) for coupling to the driving or driven machine, housing a fan (30) driven by the rotor, said flange comprising: —a rear portion (21) linked to a fixed portion (10) of the electric machine, —an interfacing front portion (22) interfacing with the driving or driven machine, said interfacing front portion being mounted on the rear portion (21), the front portion (22) having a central opening, the fan having a diameter greater than that of the central opening, —at least one air deflector secured to the flange (20).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2018
    Assignee: MOTEURS LEROY-SOMER
    Inventor: Patrick Vohlgemuth
  • Patent number: 9812920
    Abstract: An electric machine comprises a motor housing and an electronics enclosure coupled to the motor housing. The electronics enclosure defines an air passage between the electronics enclosure and the motor housing. The electronics enclosure further defines at least one air intake connected to said air passage. The electric machine also includes a fan configured to draw air through the at least one air intake and into the air passage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2017
    Assignee: REGAL BELOIT AMERICA, INC.
    Inventors: Marc McKinzie, Stephen Thomas English, Justin Michael Magyar, Zachary Alexander Borts
  • Patent number: 9793780
    Abstract: An induction machine includes: a stator having a stator core and a coil; a rotor, which has a shaft, a rotor core secured to the shaft, and a secondary conductor; a bearing supporting the shaft; a cooling fan having a blade; and a cooling fan fixture. The secondary conductor includes a rotor bar and an end ring. The blade is located axially outward of the end ring, and the distal end of the blade in the axial direction extends axially outward of the coil end of the coil. The cooling fan has a securing portion located radially inward of the end ring and a cylindrical extended portion extending from the securing portion to the blade. The securing portion is secured to the rotor with the cooling fan fixture. The bearing is located axially inward of the distal end of the blade.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2017
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI
    Inventors: Norimoto Minoshima, Taizo Kusadome, Yasuyuki Satake, Shunsuke Sawano
  • Patent number: 9755474
    Abstract: An electrical device comprising a housing having cooling fins located in a central portion along an exterior surface of the housing and a laminated magnetic stack disposed within the housing and interfacing with an interior surface of the housing at the central portion. The cooling fins are configured alternatively higher and smaller on an inlet manifold and in opposition on an outlet manifold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2017
    Assignee: SKF MAGNETIC MECHATRONICS
    Inventors: Nicolas Soulier, Sebastien Ferrari, Stephane Lafon, Alexandre Moureaud
  • Patent number: 9680353
    Abstract: An electric machine includes an inner fan in an inner cooling circuit and an outer fan for producing an outer coolant flow that is separate from the inner cooling circuit. The inner and outer fans are connected to a common shaft of the electric machine and have opposite delivery directions along an axial direction of the electric machine. The outer fan is arranged in a fan housing which has an inlet opening for the inward flow of a coolant of the outer coolant flow, and includes an air directing device, which guides the coolant in a line section which extends in the radial direction of the electric machine from the inlet opening towards the outer fan.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2017
    Assignee: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Thomas Hümer, Ekkehard Ressel
  • Patent number: 9531243
    Abstract: A motor includes an attachment portion, a first circuit board, and a second circuit board. The attachment portion is fixed to a frame of an apparatus to be driven by the motor. The first circuit board is located axially below coils and axially above the attachment portion. End portions of conducting wires defining the coils are connected to the first circuit board. The second circuit board is located axially below the attachment portion. An AC to DC conversion portion is mounted on the second circuit board. In addition, the attachment portion is arranged between the first and second circuit boards.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2016
    Assignee: NIDEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Teppei Sakai, Takahiro Yama, Kazushi Ishikawa
  • Patent number: 9531242
    Abstract: Cooling apparatuses and methods comprising cooling apparatuses, such as those configured to be coupled to and/or cool electric machines (e.g., motors, generators, and the like).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2016
    Assignee: TECO-Westinghouse Motor Company
    Inventors: Devdatta P. Kulkarni, Gabriel Rupertus, Edward Chen
  • Patent number: 9458861
    Abstract: An exemplary dust-proof fan includes a frame, a stator mounted in the frame and a rotor received in the frame. The rotor includes a bracket and multiple blades pivotably mounted to the bracket. The bracket includes an inner ring and an outer ring surrounding the inner ring. Each blade has an inner pole inserted into the inner ring and an outer pole inserted into the outer ring. The blades are spaced from each other to form multiple airflow passages therebetween when the dust-proof fan is in use. The blades are overlapped with each other to close the airflow passages when the dust-proof fan is not in use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2016
    Assignees: AMBIT MICROSYSTEMS (SHANGHAI) LTD., HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Shao-Chun Tang
  • Patent number: 9413207
    Abstract: A vehicle AC generator capable of enhancing a cooling effect by increasing an air volume of cooling air is obtained. The AC generator includes: a casing having a ventilation port on an outer periphery; a stator installed in the casing; a rotor supported in the stator in a rotatable manner; a fan installed oppositely to the ventilation port in the casing and rotated integrally with the rotor; and a protrusion formed on a surface of the casing opposing a tip end of the fan at a position adjacent to an outer periphery of the ventilation port of the casing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2016
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Masao Akiyoshi, Kazuya Hasegawa, Atsushi Ohashi, Kazunori Tanaka
  • Patent number: 9343942
    Abstract: A rotating electrical machine for a vehicle includes a protective cover including a protruding portion projected to an opening side from a circumferential edge portion of a through hole formed in a bottom portion, a stud bolt that is inserted into the through hole to fix a rectifier to a portion of a casing at a position on one side in an axial direction, a mold resin including a projecting portion projected toward the protective cover, for electrically insulating the rectifier and the stud bolt from each other, and a fitting fixed to an extending portion of the stud bolt that extends from the through hole. A harness clamp is held by the fitting, and the projecting portion and the protruding portion are arranged at a position so that the projecting portion and the protruding portion are overlapped with each other in the axial direction of the stud bolt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2016
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Hirotaka Kimata, Kazunori Tanaka
  • Patent number: 9306432
    Abstract: A motor is provided including a stator core having a plurality of stator fins projecting outwardly from the stator core. A plurality of stator cooling channels is defined between adjacent stator fins. A flow mixer ring is axially aligned with the stator core and separated therefrom by an axial gap. The flow mixer ring includes a plurality of ring fins projecting inwardly from an interior surface and a plurality of ring cooling channels defined between the plurality of ring fins. The plurality of ring fins extends from a first surface over at least a portion of an axial length of the flow mixer ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2016
    Assignee: HAMILTON SUNDSTRAND CORPORATION
    Inventors: Joseph Kenneth Coldwate, John M. Beck, Debabrata Pal, Milan Lucic
  • Patent number: 9257882
    Abstract: Provided is a vehicle AC generator having a retainer attached on a bearing containing portion of a front bracket, thereby realizing temperature reduction in a bearing without deteriorating the cooling performance as a whole. In the vehicle AC generator, a front bracket 2 has a bearing containing portion 21 supporting a bearing 5 fitted therein, and an air inlet 22 that is provided along the outer circumference of the bearing containing portion 21 and allows cooling air from a fan 83 to pass therethrough. In addition, a retainer 15 is attached on the bearing containing portion 21, so as to cover the bearing 5. The retainer 15 has a planar shape, and has a fin 15b as a surface area increasing portion for increasing an area of contact with the cooling air, formed at a position facing to and outside the air inlet 22 in the shaft direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2016
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Keisuke Shirai, Masao Akiyoshi
  • Patent number: 9160207
    Abstract: A motor, including: a motor body, the motor body including two ends; a damping ring, the damping ring including a bottom; a mounting bracket; a locking device; a control box; and a connection housing, the connection housing including two ends, and a sidewall. The damping ring is disposed on each end of the motor body. The bottom of the damping ring is supported by the mounting bracket. The damping ring is fixed on the mounting bracket by the locking device. One end of the connection housing is connected to a bottom of the motor body; the other end of the connection housing is connected to a top of the control box. A plurality of heat dissipation holes is arranged on the sidewall of the connection housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2015
    Assignee: ZHONGSHAN BROAD-OCEAN MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chongsheng Zeng, Songfa Tang
  • Patent number: 9088184
    Abstract: A drive motor, in particular for a fan wheel of a radiator of a motor vehicle, is provided. The drive motor comprising a stator, and a rotor rotating about an axis of rotation relative to the stator, which is driven in cooperation with the stator. Means for generating an air flow for cooling at least one component of the drive motor are arranged on the rotor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2015
    Assignee: Brose Fahrzeugteile GmbH & Co. KG, Würzburg
    Inventors: Horst Eisert, Detlef Kemmer
  • Patent number: 9062591
    Abstract: Fan system (1) for a cooling system of an internal combustion engine, having an electric machine (2) and an impeller wheel (3), wherein the electric machine (2) comprises a pole housing (20), which is rotatably mounted by means of a bearing (21, 22), wherein the impeller wheel (3) is coupled to the pole housing (20) of the electric machine (2), wherein the impeller wheel (3) has a first engagement element (40), and the pole housing (20) has a second engagement element (50) which corresponds to the first engagement element (40), wherein the two engagement elements (40, 50) engage one in the other in such a way that they form a bearing seat (212) for the bearing (21) of the pole housing (20).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2015
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Harold Bitzer, Andreas Mueller, Michael Schermann
  • Publication number: 20150137631
    Abstract: A drive module for a vehicle has a transmission (12) and an electric machine (11) that is coupled to an input shaft (16) of the transmission (12). An air-filled cavity (23) is formed between the electric machine (11) and the transmission (12). The electric machine (11) is an external-rotor motor with a rotor (24) that surrounds the stator (25). A fan impeller (31) rotates with the rotor (24) and draws air out of the air-filled cavity (23) in an axial direction, draws the air through windings (27) of the stator (25) for cooling, and subsequently conveys the air in the radial direction into a housing-side flow duct (34) in which heated air can be accumulated and via which the air can be returned toward the cavity (23). The heated air can be cooled in the region of the flow duct (34) and/or in the region of the cavity (23).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2014
    Publication date: May 21, 2015
    Inventors: Henrik Schrage, Sebastian Wachter