Brake Patents (Class 310/77)
  • Publication number: 20110291503
    Abstract: An electromechanical device for driving and/or braking a shaft (1) includes an electric motor having a rotor (2) that is rotationally fixed to the shaft (1), and a stator (4) supported in a housing (3) around the shaft (1) with a rotational degree of freedom in the peripheral direction in the direction of brake actuation. The stator (4) is operatively connected to the brake pad (7) by a device (5) that converts rotational movement of the stator (4) into axial movement of at least one brake pad (7) that is supported in an axially movable fashion such that, when the electric motor is operated as a generator, the stator (4) is rotated relative to the housing (3) by torque arising between the rotor (2) and the stator (4), such that the brake pad (7) is pressed by the device (5) against the brake disc (8).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2010
    Publication date: December 1, 2011
    Applicant: ZF FRIEDRICHSHAFEN AG
    Inventors: Daniel Wolf, Martin Munster
  • Patent number: 8067869
    Abstract: A hollow actuator includes a motor section, a reduction gear section, a brake section, a rotation position detecting section, and a shaft having a hollow shape and transmitting rotation, wherein the motor section and the brake section are disposed in a same chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2011
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Yaskawa Denki
    Inventors: Ryuuichirou Tominaga, Tomohiro Matsuo
  • Patent number: 8058757
    Abstract: An electric motor (102) with passive integral brake (104) includes a stator (204) with one or more magnetic field controllable coils (206) and a rotor (208) with a rotor shaft (210) positioned within an inner diameter (212) of the stator (204). The rotor (208) is operable to rotate about a longitudinal axis (214) of the rotor shaft (210). The electric motor (102) with passive integral brake (104) also includes a brake shoe (302) positioned within the inner diameter (212) of the stator (204) along the longitudinal axis (214) of the rotor shaft (210). The brake shoe (302) is operable to apply a braking force to the rotor shaft (210) and remove the braking force from the rotor shaft (210) responsive to a magnetic field strength produced by the one or more magnetic field controllable coils (206). One or more springs (220) passively apply the braking force.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2011
    Assignee: Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation
    Inventor: Richard A. Himmelmann
  • Publication number: 20110254394
    Abstract: The electric motor consists of a rotor fitted with permanent magnets and comprises a stator the armature of which is made up of two parts: a stack of laminations forming round teeth and a solid tube-shaped field frame made of a material of the stainless steel kind enveloping the said stack of laminations. This armature constitutes a non-disengageable braking system that produces a damping effect in the face of possible movements of its rotor which are brought about and/or imposed by the members with which it collaborates. This motor can be used for driving a roto-linear actuator device with satellite rollers which is used as an actuator for manoeuvring the control surfaces of an aircraft, for example an aileron.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2009
    Publication date: October 20, 2011
    Applicant: SAGEM DEFENSE SECURITE
    Inventor: Jérôme Piaton
  • Publication number: 20110227435
    Abstract: A motor lock apparatus which can lock a rotor by a relatively simple structure and is advantageous to downsizing. The motor lock apparatus is applied to a motor generator having a stator and rotor which are installed so as to be rotatable relative to each other about a common axis, where the rotor has circumferentially arranged salient rotor poles projecting toward the stator. The motor lock apparatus has a lock plate and an actuator. The lock plate is fixed so as not to be rotatable about the axis and is movable between a locked position at which the lock plate is inserted between the salient rotor poles of the rotor and an unlock position at which the lock plate removed from between the salient rotor poles. The actuator drives the lock plate between the locked position and the unlocked position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2008
    Publication date: September 22, 2011
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Eiji Maeda
  • Publication number: 20110221291
    Abstract: Transmission drive unit (10), in particular for adjusting movable parts in the motor vehicle, having a drive motor (12) and a transmission (14) which is driven thereby, wherein the transmission (14) has an output element (70) and a self-locking device (60) with a locking element (63, 55), and the locking element locks the transmission (12) with respect to torques which are applied to the transmission (12) by the output element (70), wherein the transmission (12) with its transmission toothing (47) and a motor shaft bearing (32, 28) is designed to have optimized efficiency and minimal friction, and the drive motor (12) has, as an exciter magnet, a sleeve-shaped annular magnet (18) which is arranged in a pole pot (16) which forms a magnetic return.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2009
    Publication date: September 15, 2011
    Applicant: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
    Inventors: Tarek Mili, Detlef Lauk, Uwe Merkelbach
  • Patent number: 8013485
    Abstract: A motor with an electromagnetic brake is provided that is capable of sufficiently reducing influence of leakage magnetic flux on a magnetic sensor. A second ball bearing is configured to be ferromagnetic. An inner circumferential surface of a bearing stopper member that faces the shaft is disposed in proximity to the outer circumferential surface of the shaft. The bearing stopper member, which is ferromagnetic, is fixed to the second bearing holder in order to prevent the second ball bearing from getting out of a bearing fitting portion. A magnetic shield member is fixed to a portion of the shaft between the bearing stopper member and a magnetic sensor. The magnetic shield member guides leakage magnetic flux, which has been generated by an electromagnetic coil and leaked through the shaft, from the shaft to the bearing stopper member, thereby reducing influence of the leakage magnetic flux on the magnetic sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2011
    Assignee: Sanyo Denki Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshihito Miyashita, Masahiro Yamaguchi
  • Patent number: 8008817
    Abstract: A hybrid-electric vehicle is provided having a respective electrical machine in each wheel thereof. Each electrical machine is of the axial-flux type, having a rotor sandwiched axially between two parts of a stator. Each electrical machine is fitted to the respective wheel such that the rotor takes the place of a disc of a disc brake system, and the stator is mounted in place of a calliper of the disc brake system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2011
    Assignee: EVO Electric Ltd.
    Inventor: Michael Ulrich Lamperth
  • Patent number: 7997390
    Abstract: An industrial truck with at least one driven wheel, which is adapted to being braked during traveling operation by means of a service brake and which is adapted to being immobilized by a parking brake, comprises a braking force generation and braking force transmission apparatus, which is adapted to generating a braking force and to transmitting it to at least one wheel, preferably a driven wheel, the service brake being actuatable mechanically and/or pneumatically and/or hydraulically, wherein the parking brake is actuatable electromagnetically, and the industrial truck comprises a first armature disk, which is associated with the parking brake, has ferromagnetic material and is movable between an active position, in which it activates the braking force generation and braking force transmission apparatus for generating and transmitting a braking force to the at least one wheel, and an inactive position, in which it does not activate the braking force generation and braking force transmission apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2011
    Assignee: Jungheinrich Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Rolf Bögelein, Christoph Zeidler
  • Publication number: 20110175473
    Abstract: A rotating electrical machine apparatus comprising a motor generator 10 having a stator (11) to which a plurality of coil groups are provided and a rotor (12), and a control apparatus (30) which controls a current supplied to the coil groups of the stator (11), wherein the stator (11) is provided with a stator friction portion (21) and the rotor (12) is provided with a rotor friction part (19), and the rotor (12) is movable between a connection position, in which the stator friction portion (21) and the rotor friction portion (19) are in contact with each other and the rotor (12) and the stator (11) are connected with each other, and a separation position, in which the stator friction portion (21) and the rotor friction portion (19) are separated from each other, and is constituted to move to the connection position when at least two coil groups among the plurality of coil groups are simultaneously excited, and the control apparatus (30) controls a current supplied to the coil groups so that at least two coil
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2009
    Publication date: July 21, 2011
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hirotatsu Kitabatake, Hiroaki Ebuchi, Hideaki Komada, Michinobu Suzuki, Tomohito Ono, Kensei Hata
  • Publication number: 20110169433
    Abstract: A servomotor system is provided. The servomotor system includes an enclosure and a motor stator and rotor disposed in the enclosure. The servomotor system also includes a motor brake disposed in the enclosure and configured to selectively brake the rotor from rotation and a brake control switch disposed in the enclosure and coupled to the motor brake for selectively providing power to the motor brake for selectively engaging and/or disengaging the brake.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2010
    Publication date: July 14, 2011
    Applicant: Rockwell Automation Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Thomas D. Lundell
  • Publication number: 20110140557
    Abstract: A linear actuator having an output shaft with a long moving distance is provided. A linear actuator includes a rotary shaft, a motor portion having a rotor and a stator, a ball screw mechanism including a ball screw nut fixed to a first end of the rotary shaft and a ball screw, a casing assembly including a first end bracket and a second end bracket, an electromagnetic brake device including a rotary brake disc, a stationary brake disc, and an electromagnetic coil, and a brake cover for covering the electromagnetic brake device. The electromagnetic brake device has a hollow structure allowing a second end of the rotary shaft to pass therethrough.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2010
    Publication date: June 16, 2011
    Applicant: SANYO DENKI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shigenori Miyairi, Koji Nakatake
  • Publication number: 20110140556
    Abstract: An electric motor (102) with passive integral brake (104) includes a stator (204) with one or more magnetic field controllable coils (206) and a rotor (208) with a rotor shaft (210) positioned within an inner diameter (212) of the stator (204). The rotor (208) is operable to rotate about a longitudinal axis (214) of the rotor shaft (210). The electric motor (102) with passive integral brake (104) also includes a brake shoe (302) positioned within the inner diameter (212) of the stator (204) along the longitudinal axis (214) of the rotor shaft (210). The brake shoe (302) is operable to apply a braking force to the rotor shaft (210) and remove the braking force from the rotor shaft (210) responsive to a magnetic field strength produced by the one or more magnetic field controllable coils (206). One or more springs (220) passively apply the braking force.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2009
    Publication date: June 16, 2011
    Applicant: HAMILTON SUNDSTRAND CORPORATION
    Inventor: Richard A. Himmelmann
  • Patent number: 7958977
    Abstract: The invention relates to a mounting of one or more electromagnetically bleeding spring-loaded brakes (a, b) on a machine wall or the like. The invention is characterized in that the brakes are, while distributed over the periphery on the face, act upon an axially moving brake rotor (5) with continuous friction linings (6) on both sides (i.e. left and right), whereby braking (left) surface of the friction lining (6) and on the opposite side with the armature discs of the brakes on the second (right) friction lining (6).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2011
    Inventors: Gunter Klingler, Harald Weiss, Johann Eberle, Christoph Dropmann
  • Publication number: 20110121579
    Abstract: A brake system, especially for a generator, including a rotor assembly, a stator assembly and a rotation axis is disclosed. The rotor assembly includes an outer portion which is located radially outward of the stator assembly. The outer portion includes a brake disc, and the stator assembly comprises at least one frictional member operatively configured for frictionally engaging at least a portion of the brake disc.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2010
    Publication date: May 26, 2011
    Inventors: Uffe Eriksen, Jens Anton Agerskov Veng
  • Publication number: 20110115232
    Abstract: A wind turbine with an electric generator, having a vertical axis of rotation, the wind turbine having: a cantilevered spindle having an upper end and a lower base for securing to a support structure, the spindle having an electric generator stator disposed about the spindle in communication with electrical conductors; a rotor assembly comprising a sleeve and a rotor housing mounted coaxially around the spindle and the stator for rotation about the vertical axis, the rotor housing having a number of permanent magnets disposed about the stator mounted in the rotor housing, the rotor assembly including rotor bearings mounting the rotor housing to the spindle; and a number of blades mounted to the rotor housing, the electric generator optionally having: a stator having a first annular flux surface and a second annular flux surface transverse the axis of rotation and a plurality of armature sections disposed in a circumferential array wherein each armature section has metal wire coils in communication with electr
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2009
    Publication date: May 19, 2011
    Applicant: TWO-WEST WIND AND SOLAR INC.
    Inventor: Jack vanderDeen
  • Patent number: 7944102
    Abstract: An electrical machine includes a stator having circumferentially arranged winding heads, with a winding head space being defined radially beneath the winding heads. Interacting with the stator is a rotor which has a rotatable laminated core. A magnetic brake is received in the winding head space and includes a magnet module having at least one permanent magnet which is axially resiliently fixed and constraint against rotation and which is magnetized in an axial direction, and an electromagnet which is arranged axially adjacent to the permanent magnet and securely fixed thereto. The electromagnet produces a magnetic field with a main direction oriented in an axial direction. Interacting with the at least one permanent magnet and the electromagnet is a ring-shaped armature which is secured directly and rigidly to the rotor so as to establish a fixed rotative engagement between the armature and the rotor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2011
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Frank Eckert
  • Publication number: 20110109179
    Abstract: A power plant which is capable of reducing the size and costs thereof and attaining high driving efficiency. In the power plant 1, the ratio between the number of first armature magnetic poles that form a first rotating magnetic field generated by a first stator 23 of a first rotating machine 21, the number of first magnetic poles 24a of a first rotor 24, and the number of first soft magnetic material elements 25a of a second rotor 25 disposed between the two 23 and 24 is set to 1:m:(1+m)/2 (m?1.0), and the ratio between the number of second armature magnetic poles that form a second rotating magnetic field generated by a second stator 33 of a second rotating machine 31, the number of second magnetic poles 34a of a third rotor 34, and the number of second soft magnetic material elements 35a of a fourth rotor 35 disposed between the two 33 and 34 is set to 1:n:(1+n)/2 (n?1.0). The two stators 23 and 33 are connected to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2009
    Publication date: May 12, 2011
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shigemitsu Akutsu, Satoyoshi Oya, Kota Kasaoka, Noriyuki Abe
  • Publication number: 20110109180
    Abstract: To provide a power plant which makes it possible to make the power plant more compact in size, reduce manufacturing costs thereof, and improve the degree of freedom in design. The power plant 1 comprises an engine 3, and first and second rotating machines 10 and 20, and drives front wheels 4 by motive power from these. The first rotating machine 10 includes first and second rotors 14 and 15, and a stator 16, and is configured such that a ratio between the number of armature magnetic poles generated in the stator 16, the number of magnetic poles of the first rotor 14, and the number of soft magnetic material cores 15a of the second rotor 15 becomes 1:m:(1+m)/2 (m?1.0).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2009
    Publication date: May 12, 2011
    Applicant: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shigemitsu Akutsu, Satoyoshi Oya, Kota Kasaoka, Noriyuki Abe
  • Publication number: 20110080063
    Abstract: A direct-drive motor module employing a torque motor as a power source. The direct-drive motor module includes a transmission member having the form of a ring-shaped disc with larger radius for transmitting power. The transmission member is directly coupled with an end of the power output shaft of the torque motor, whereby the power output by the torque motor is transmitted to the transmission member to directly drive a load in a rotational manner with larger radius of gyration. Accordingly, the direct-drive motor module can directly drive the load without any reducing mechanism. In this case, the precision of positioning will not be affected due to the backlash of the gears of the reducing mechanism. Also, the number of the components of the motor module is reduced to minify the volume and save room as well as lower energy loss. In addition, the service of the motor module is facilitated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2009
    Publication date: April 7, 2011
    Inventor: Ming-Hung HSIEH
  • Publication number: 20110073297
    Abstract: A direct drive drawworks has a permanent magnet motor, a shaft extending from the permanent magnet motor so that the permanent magnet motor directly rotates the shaft, and a drum connected to the shaft away from the permanent magnet motor such that the rotation of the shaft causes a corresponding rotation of the drum. The permanent magnet motor has a housing, a stator positioned in the housing, and a rotor cooperative with the stator. The rotor has a drive plate affixed thereto. The shaft is directly connected to the drive plate. A bearing housing rotatably supports the shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2009
    Publication date: March 31, 2011
    Inventor: Kevin R. Williams
  • Patent number: 7880351
    Abstract: A drive with an electric motor, a housing and a direction-dependent brake, which includes a driver splined to a motor shaft, a drive output coupled freely pivotable around a small angle and shape-mated with the driver, several clamping devices and a clamping ring, in which the clamping devices cooperate with the clamping ring so that the brake conveys a torque from the electric motor to the driver output and brakes a back-driving torque of the drive output. The task of the invention is to present a brake in which no static redundancy occurs, which is simple to construct and in which no abrupt blocking is possible. This task is solved according to the invention in that the clamping ring is connected radially movable to the housing, a gearbox or a part attached to the housing so that the clamping ring after overcoming a defined force can be moved at least slightly radially by a clamping device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2011
    Assignee: Buehler Motor GmbH
    Inventor: Juergen Strueber
  • Publication number: 20100320855
    Abstract: This electric actuator for driving a home-automation screen is provided with a spring brake (105) comprising a helical spring (130), a friction part (140) having a friction surface (141) against which the helical spring (130) bears radially. Said brake further comprises an inlet part (110) suitable for driving the spring in rotation in a direction reducing the contact force between the spring (130) and the friction part (140), and an outlet part (120) connected to the screen. While the screen is being lowered, the inlet part (110; 210) drives the spring (130; 230) in rotation with the contact force being decreased to the extent that the outlet part (120; 220) is released in rotation, without direct contact between the inlet part and the outlet part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2010
    Publication date: December 23, 2010
    Applicant: SOMFY SAS
    Inventors: Eric LAGARDE, Didier MENETRIER
  • Patent number: 7852183
    Abstract: A no-back device for a power drive unit is configured such that, during operation of the power drive unit, the no-back device does not supply magnetic or frictional force against power drive unit rotation. The no-back device is implemented either redundantly or no-redundantly, and includes a latch rotor and an electromagnet. In both embodiments, the latch rotor is coupled to the power drive unit to rotate therewith, and the electromagnet is coupled to receive a flow of current and, upon receipt thereof, generates a magnetic field force that opposes rotation of the latch rotor. In the redundant embodiment, the no-back device further includes one or more permanent magnets, and the magnetic field generated by the electromagnet selectively opposes or aids the magnetic field supplied by the permanent magnet(s).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2010
    Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
    Inventors: Calvin C. Potter, Casey Hanlon, Paul T. Wingett
  • Patent number: 7851956
    Abstract: An electric motor (10) with a low number of revolutions comprises a rotor (17) powered by three-phase alternating voltage, a series of magnets (21, 22) and a coil forming a stator (24), in which the rotor (17) and the stator (24) have the same number of magnetic poles. The stator (24) is powered with direct voltage, and the frequency of the rotor voltage (17) is varied to obtain a predetermined number of rpm of the motor and to vary the acceleration and deceleration conditions of the motor. A thrust bearing opposes the effort of the falling brake disc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2010
    Inventor: Giorgio Jezek
  • Patent number: 7839035
    Abstract: A power-driven rolling and receiving apparatus includes a housing, a DC brushless motor, a deceleration unit, a motor linker, a control and driving unit, and a first brake unit. The DC brushless motor, the deceleration unit, the motor linker, the control and driving unit and the first brake unit are received in the housing. Two ends of the motor linker are respectively connected with the deceleration unit and the DC brushless motor. The controlling and driving unit is connected with the DC brushless motor. The first brake is located in the controlling and driving unit. Thereby, the dimension of the power-driven rolling and receiving apparatus is smaller, its weight is lighter, its temperature is low and its operation noise is also low.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2010
    Inventor: Su-Yuan Hwaung
  • Patent number: 7839252
    Abstract: A spool includes at least one bobbin and one winding wire, e.g., a winding wire lacquered for electrical insulation, the bobbin including at least one channel, e.g., one arranged as a pocket, at least one sleeve being electrically connected to the winding wire, the sleeve being electrically connected to an electrical line, e.g., a stranded conductor of a cable, the sleeve including deformable regions, for producing the electrical connections, a respectively deformable region being deformable such that a force-locking connection is provided and welding is able to be carried out.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2010
    Assignee: Sew-Eurodrive GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Pascal Heinrich, Gerhard Flörchinger, Laurent Criqui, Jean-Pierre Lambling, Gerd Schüler
  • Publication number: 20100283252
    Abstract: A brushless generator with permanent-magnet multi-pole rotor disks and coreless stator winding disks includes integral electronics to efficiently generate regulated DC current and voltage from shaft input power over a broad speed range. Its power rating is scalable, and it incurs no cogging torque, or friction from gearing. Integral power control electronics includes high-frequency pulse-width-modulated boost regulation, which provides regulated current at requisite voltage over its broad speed range. A main embodiment to produce DC power at widely variable speeds includes signal processing so output power varies according to the third power of speed. A version for use with vertical-axis wind turbines has a relatively large diameter to facilitate a large number of poles. Combined boost-regulation, zero cogging torque, and no gearing, enable a wide speed range, for better power quality and higher wind energy yields.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2009
    Publication date: November 11, 2010
    Inventor: RICHARD B. FRADELLA
  • Patent number: 7825616
    Abstract: A drive system is provided for a utility vehicle and includes an alternating-current (AC) motor for providing a drive torque. An AC motor controller receives a battery voltage signal, throttle pedal position signal, brake pedal position signal, key switch signal, forward/neutral/reverse (FNR) signal, and run/tow signal indicative of the utility vehicle being configured to be driven and being configured to be towed. The AC motor controller generates an AC drive signal for the AC motor, wherein the AC drive signal is based on the battery voltage signal, throttle pedal position signal, brake pedal position signal, key switch signal, FNR signal, and run/tow signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2010
    Assignee: Textron Innovations Inc.
    Inventors: Warren Clark, Oliver A. Bell, Jr.
  • Patent number: 7804220
    Abstract: In a direct cranking electric rotary machine as an axial air-gap motor having an improved configuration mounted on a vehicle, a stator is faced to an end part on a surface of a rotor. The rotor also acts as a flywheel for an engine mounted on the vehicle. The length of a circumference of the stator is limited below 180 deg. of its entire circumference. This configuration enables a repair man to easily detach and repair components forming the direct cranking electric rotary machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2010
    Assignee: Denso Corporation
    Inventors: Masahiko Osada, Makoto Taniguchi
  • Publication number: 20100231069
    Abstract: Provided is an actuator, comprising a motor/generator element and a clutch/brake element. The motor/generator element comprises a stator made of a high magnetic permeable material, an outer coil being wound around the stator; a rotor made of a high magnetic permeable material and with a plurality of permanent magnets fixed thereon; and a cavity configured to receive a fluid. The clutch/brake element is arranged in the cavity. An inner coil is wound around the clutch/brake element. The fluid is capable of producing a shear stress in response to an electromagnetic field induced from the inner coil.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2010
    Publication date: September 16, 2010
    Applicant: THE CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG
    Inventors: Wei Hsin LIAO, Hongtao Guo
  • Patent number: 7781926
    Abstract: An electric motor and modular system of electric motors includes at least a stator, rotor, and a housing, the modular system including several variants of electric motors, e.g., within one size, the housing having a mechanical interface that is arranged for connection to a bearing support, the bearing support including at least a bearing seat for the B-side bearing of the rotor shaft, at least two different bearing supports being alternatively connectable to the housing, a first bearing support including an additional interface for connection to a bottom part of a terminal box, or alternatively to a bottom part for power electronics, and the first bearing support forming a housing for a brake and/or a fan, a second bearing support being constructed in one piece with a bottom part of a terminal box.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2010
    Assignee: Sew-Eurodrive GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Josef Schmidt, Günter Becker, Jochen Pfann, Karl-Heinz Tröndle
  • Patent number: 7772730
    Abstract: The present invention provides a magnetic wheel including a foundation body, a cover body, a fly wheel, a central axis, a drive motor, a drive gear assembly and two magnetic control strips. The drive gear assembly is driven by an output axis of the drive motor, enabling the swinging of the gear wheel of two magnetic control strips. The drive gear assembly has a gearshift unit, a coupling element and rear gear. The axial direction of the coupling element and rear gear is the same as the central axis of the magnetic wheel. The gear wheel of two magnetic control strips is mated with the rear gear through spur gear, thus making it easier to improve the manufacturing precision and drive efficiency and also reduce the manufacturing cost for better economic efficiency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2010
    Assignee: Her Yuan Chyun Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hsien-Mo Lin
  • Patent number: 7745966
    Abstract: A plurality of fan blades are secured to a rotor assembly of a single directional motor. When the motor is powered on, a force generated by the fan blades pushes the rotor assembly in a direction of a low friction thrust interface. When the motor is backdriven in a direction opposite the powered direction, the force generated by the fan blades pushes the rotor assembly in a direction of a higher-friction thrust interface, causing a tapered surface of the pinion and a tapered surface of a bearing retainer to be pressed against each other to produce a frictional braking force. The backdriven speed of the motor and drive device is therefore reduced, improving the reliability of the motor assembly. The invention can be applied to motor actuators used to control air dampers and other valves in gas or fluid delivery systems. The invention can also be used to reduce water hammer in water delivery systems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2010
    Assignee: Hansen Corporation
    Inventor: Lincoln J. Dreher
  • Publication number: 20100139999
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a motor having yokes concentrically arranged and a driving apparatus having the motor. More particularly, the present invention relates to a motor, in which armature metal cores having coils wound thereon and yokes having magnets attached thereto are arranged in multiple stages around a central shaft, and a driving apparatus having the motor. A motor having yokes concentrically arranged according to an aspect of the present invention comprises a rotor and a stator. The rotor has a plurality of cylindrical yokes arranged in multiple stages in a radial direction and a plurality of magnets respectively fixed to the yokes with polarities of the magnets alternated with each other in a circumferential direction. The stator has armature metal cores arranged to face the respective yokes and a plurality of armature coils wound on the armature cores to face the magnets.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2008
    Publication date: June 10, 2010
    Inventor: Gye-Jeung Park
  • Patent number: 7732959
    Abstract: A rotational coupling device for use as a clutch and/or brake is provided having improved magnetic efficiency and structural integrity. A permanent magnet is coupled to one of a brake plate and an armature and axially aligned with a portion of the other for improved braking performance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2010
    Assignee: Warner Electric Technology, LLC
    Inventor: James A. Pardee
  • Publication number: 20100127646
    Abstract: An actuating device for displacing a control device, such as a gate valve or other control mechanism, in particular for use in oil or gas production systems, includes a motor-gear unit and a threaded spindle drive, which is operable by said motor-gear unit. The threaded spindle drive includes at least a threaded spindle and a screw nut. The threaded spindle is displaceable in an essentially axial-direction so as to displace the control device between an advance position and a retracted position. The threaded spindle drive further includes a position holding means holding the attained position of the threaded spindle. The position holding means is directly connected to a motor shaft of the motor-gear unit so as to apply a holding torque to said motor shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2007
    Publication date: May 27, 2010
    Applicant: CAMERON INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Klaus Biester, Peter Kunow, Norbert Lenz
  • Patent number: 7717240
    Abstract: An electric brake comprises an actuator module including a module housing, a reciprocating ram, and an electric motor operatively connected to the reciprocating ram for selectively extending and retracting the reciprocating ram with respect to the module housing. The ram has an inner portion of non-circular cross-section and an outer portion of circular cross-sectional, and the housing has a guideway for the ram, which guideway has an inner portion of non-circular cross-section for interacting with the inner portion of the ram to prevent rotation of the inner portion of the ram, and an outer portion of circular cross-sectional. The actuator module can be equipped with a bi-stable holding brake having a first state permitting at least retraction of the ram and a second state preventing at least retraction of the ram.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2010
    Assignee: Goodrich Corporation
    Inventors: Steve Anderson, Robert L. Brundrett, Lawrence F. Corio, Timothy M. Himes, Paul J. Howard
  • Patent number: 7700902
    Abstract: A locking assembly has a base and a rotary shaft which is capable of rotating relative to the base. The rotary shaft has a shaft body and a set of capture portions supported by the shaft body. The locking assembly further includes a set of detention mechanisms supported by the base. The set of detention mechanisms is arranged to (i) initially apply retention force to the set of capture portions to provide resistance against rotation of the rotary shaft from an initial angular position, and (ii) remove application of the retention force from the set of capture portions in response to an amount of rotational torque on the rotary shaft. The amount of rotational torque on the rotary shaft exceeds a predetermined threshold and is sufficient to substantially rotate the rotary shaft from the initial angular position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2010
    Assignee: HR Textron, Inc.
    Inventors: M. Robert Mock, Mark Woodruff
  • Publication number: 20100079019
    Abstract: A disc brake arrangement is provided as adapted for a wind turbine generator incorporating a rotor shaft supporting a rotor wheel and support ring for a rotor structure surrounded by a stator structure within a generator casing. The disc brake arrangement includes a brake disc mounted normal to and concentric with the rotor shaft and operatively connected to the support ring. A plurality of disc brake calipers are arranged concentrically with the rotor shaft and adapted to engage the brake disc.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2008
    Publication date: April 1, 2010
    Inventors: Eric S. Buskirk, Blake W. Wilson
  • Patent number: 7687955
    Abstract: In a braking device for a camshaft adjuster of an internal combustion engine wherein the camshaft adjuster includes at least two adjustment inputs, a respective braking element is provided for each adjustment input to brake the respective adjustment input, the braking elements being operable by an excitation coil arrangement, which, depending on the direction of energization of an excitation coil arrangement, subjects either the one or the other braking element to magnetic flux for initiating braking of the respective adjustment input.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2010
    Assignee: Daimler AG.
    Inventors: Andreas Eichenberg, Matthias Gregor, Jens Meintschel
  • Patent number: 7659647
    Abstract: An actuator. In one embodiment, the actuator comprises a reversible electric motor having a stator having a housing, a rotor housed in the housing of the stator, and a shaft having a forward portion and a rearward portion extending oppositely and coaxially from the rotor, respectively; a fan member coaxially attached to the forward portion or the rearward portion of the motor shaft such that the fan member is operable simultaneously with the rotor of the reversible electric motor; and an electromagnetic brake movable between a first position and a second position, positioned in relation to the fan member such that when the electromagnetic brake is in the first position, the fan member is rotatable with the rotor of the reversible electric motor, and when the electromagnetic brake is in the second position, the fan member stops rotating firmly, thereby causing the motor stops instantly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2010
    Assignee: I-Trust Better Life Corp
    Inventors: Quan Liu, Xiaoxiang Zhang, Jianming Qiu, Yanjun Zhang
  • Patent number: 7633199
    Abstract: A direct drive torque motor comprises: a body, a direct drive torque motor, a main shaft, a bearing assembly, a brake assembly, a cooling assembly, and a position-sensing assembly. The bearing assembly is used to position the main shaft in the direct drive torque motor and the body. The brake assembly is disposed between the body and the main shaft. The cooling assembly is located in the body to cool the torque motor. The position-sensing assembly is mounted on the body for sensing the rotation of the main shaft and then controls the drive of the direct drive torque motor. With above arrangements, the direct drive torque motor can be used on various machines that need to rotate to perform various angle control, rotation control and accuracy control, it can improve the life and the modular application of the product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2009
    Assignee: Hiwin Mikrosystem Corp.
    Inventors: Fu-Yuan Cheng, Chih-Hsien Chao
  • Publication number: 20090284089
    Abstract: An actuator assembly includes a motor assembly, a harmonic drive gearbox, an actuator, and an electromagnet brake device. The actuator assembly is fairly compact in size and the electromagnetic brake device is a non-contact type of devices, making it less prone to wear as compared to many other brake devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2008
    Publication date: November 19, 2009
    Applicant: Honeywell International Inc.
    Inventors: Paul Wingett, Glenn Lane, Cal Potter
  • Publication number: 20090284105
    Abstract: A motor with an electromagnetic brake is provided that is capable of sufficiently reducing influence of leakage magnetic flux on a magnetic sensor. A second ball bearing that rotatably supports a shaft at a position in the vicinity of a non-load-side end portion is configured to be ferromagnetic. An inner circumferential surface of a bearing stopper member that faces an outer circumferential surface of the shaft is disposed in proximity to the outer circumferential surface of the shaft. The bearing stopper member, which is ferromagnetic, is fixed to the second bearing holder in order to prevent the second ball bearing from getting out of a bearing fitting portion. A magnetic shield member is fixed to a portion of the shaft between the bearing stopper member and a magnetic sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2009
    Publication date: November 19, 2009
    Applicant: SANYO DENKI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Toshihito Miyashita, Masahiro Yamaguchi
  • Publication number: 20090278415
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a coreless motor including a multi-stage rotor and a driving apparatus having the motor. More particularly, the present invention relates to a coreless motor including magnets and coils arranged, in multiple stages, to be concentric with a rotary central shaft and a driving apparatus having the a motor. According to an aspect of the present invention, a coreless motor including a multi-stage rotor comprises a rotor and a stator. The rotor includes a plurality of cylindrical yokes arranged in multiple stages in a radial direction, and a plurality of magnets fixed to the yokes in the respective stages in such a manner that polarities of the magnets fixed to the yoke in each stage are changed in a circumferential direction of the yoke. Further, the stator includes a plurality of cylindrical armature coil assemblies arranged in multiple stages to face the yokes, and each armature coil assembly includes a plurality of armature coils.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2007
    Publication date: November 12, 2009
    Inventor: Kye-Jung Park
  • Publication number: 20090273249
    Abstract: A hybrid-electric vehicle is provided having a respective electrical machine in each wheel thereof. Each electrical machine is of the axial-flux type, having a rotor sandwiched axially between two parts of a stator. Each electrical machine is fitted to the respective wheel such that the rotor takes the place of a disc of a disc brake system, and the stator is mounted in place of a calliper of the disc brake system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2009
    Publication date: November 5, 2009
    Inventors: Michael Ulrich Lamperth, Malte Jaensch
  • Patent number: 7612477
    Abstract: An electromagnetic brake device (3) is assembled to a rear end section of a small-sized motor (1). The electromagnetic brake device (3) has a rotating disc (11) fixed to a motor rotation shaft (4), a sliding disc (12) slidable in an axial direction, a coil spring (13) pressing the sliding disc (12) to the rotating disc (11), and an electromagnet (14) capable of attracting the sliding disc (12) against spring force. A circular recess (16e) is formed in the center of a rear end surface of a yoke (16) of the electromagnet (14). In a state where the electromagnetic brake device (3) is assembled, a bearing (6) supporting a rear end shaft section (4b) of the motor rotation shaft is received in the circular recess (16e). As a consequence, no large circular dead space is produced at a portion on the outer periphery side of the bearing (6), which portion is between a motor end plate (5) and a rear end surface of the electromagnetic brake device (3).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2009
    Assignee: Harmonic Drive Systems Inc.
    Inventors: Toshiyuki Abe, Kiyoto Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20090251016
    Abstract: The invention relates to a rotor (23) for an electrical machine (1), comprising a rotor shaft (4), rotor laminations (5), and a rotor brake body (6). The rotor laminations (5) and the rotor brake body (6) are fixed to the rotor shaft in an axially interspaced manner. According to the invention, the rotor laminations (5) and the rotor brake body (6) are directly interconnected in a rotationally fixed manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 4, 2007
    Publication date: October 8, 2009
    Applicant: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Michael Zisler
  • Patent number: 7598640
    Abstract: A vibration exciter has at least two axles disposed parallel to one another, as well as at least two imbalance masses, which are attached to one or more of the axles. The relative rotary position of the imbalance masses can be adjusted relative to one another by a rotary oscillating motor having a rotor shaft and a stator housing. The rotor shaft is an integral part of one of the axles, and the rotary position of the stator housing relative to the rotor shaft can be changed. The stator housing can be locked to the rotor shaft. The oscillating motor has a rotor shaft and a stator housing, between which working chambers are formed. The stator housing can rotate about the rotor shaft and can be locked relative to the rotor shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2009
    Assignee: ABI Anlagentechnik-Baumaschinen-Industriebedarf Maschinenfabrik und Vertriebsgesellschaft mbH
    Inventors: Christian Heichel, Albrecht Kleibl, Frank Hense, Rolf Winzen