Dirt, Moisture Or Explosion Proof Patents (Class 310/88)
-
Patent number: 6707195Abstract: An anti-deflagrating actuator adapted to operate in an explosion risk environment includes an external power source and internal components such as a gear reducer, and one of a motion transmission mechanism and a mechanism for transforming rotary motion into linear motion. The internal components are integrally protected within an external housing having a uniform area of free volume that is formed in a shape that outlines the internal components. The actuator further includes a plurality of outlets for connecting electrical power and other control connections received from external sources. These outlets are positioned on the external housing so that they prevent, among other things, kinking of the wiring, which can impair wiring resistance.Type: GrantFiled: April 16, 2001Date of Patent: March 16, 2004Assignee: Edelweiss Italia S.r.l.Inventor: Bernardino De Martino
-
Patent number: 6700252Abstract: A modular electric motor for use in a wellbore. The modular motor includes a plurality of modular motor sections. The modular motor sections being mechanically and electrically coupleable. At least one modular motor section having a rotor. The rotor of one modular motor section having a rotor being drivingly coupleable to the rotor of a second modular motor section having a rotor. Thus, a given motor may be assembled to a variety of desired lengths by connecting the appropriate number of modular motor sections.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2000Date of Patent: March 2, 2004Assignee: Schlumberger Technology Corp.Inventors: Roy R. Fleshman, Rick Bailey
-
Patent number: 6674199Abstract: An electric motor that can be set up for operation in one of two modes including a first mode that utilizes a power cord to removably couple the electric motor to a power source, and a second mode that utilizes a line lead to permanently couple the electric motor to a power source. The electric motor includes a housing have an aperture, and a cover plate. The cover plate is attachable to the housing in a first orientation corresponding to the first mode in which the cover plate substantially covers the aperture and leaves an opening for the power cord, and a second orientation corresponding to the second mode in which the cover plate substantially covers the aperture and does not leave an opening.Type: GrantFiled: April 15, 2002Date of Patent: January 6, 2004Assignee: A. O. Smith CorporationInventor: Norman Richard Long
-
Patent number: 6664678Abstract: Objects of this invention are to reduce costs, improve ease of operation, improve the water-resistance within the terminal case, and improve reliability. To these ends, in this invention the motor stator of an electric motor is mounted in a motor case which is mounted on the cylinder block of an engine; the motor rotor of the electric motor is mounted on a rotor mounting member which is mounted on the engine crankshaft; on the outer periphery of the case periphery wall of the motor case is formed a terminal box, with vertical walls standing integrally, and having an aperture portion directed in the outward radial direction; in the case periphery wall, enclosed by the vertical walls, is formed a motor-side through hole, directed in the outward radial direction; on the motor-side coil wire is mounted a motor-side connection terminal; this motor-side connection terminal is embedded and retained in the motor-side through hole by molding, and by means of this molding the motor-side through hole is sealed.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2001Date of Patent: December 16, 2003Assignee: Suzuki Motor CorporationInventor: Michinori Shimizu
-
Patent number: 6633102Abstract: An armature for a rotating electrical machine and more particularly to an insulating cover for the pole teeth around which the windings are formed that has good strength against the winding without risk of damage of the insulator due to increased thickness in the highly stressed areas.Type: GrantFiled: August 29, 2002Date of Patent: October 14, 2003Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha MoricInventors: Kenji Nagai, Hiroaki Kondo, Hisanobu Higashi, Takahiro Matsumoto
-
Patent number: 6616425Abstract: A feed device (1) for washer fluid, wherein an electric motor (3) which is provided for driving a feed pump (4) has a housing (6) which is sealed in the upper region and an opening (11) which is arranged in the lower region level with the feed pump (4). Ventilation of the electric motor (3) takes place via this opening (11). In the event of a water level reaching the electric motor (3), for example if the motor vehicle passes through water, an air bubble is formed in the housing (6), the air bubble preventing water from penetrating into the electric motor (3).Type: GrantFiled: December 4, 2001Date of Patent: September 9, 2003Assignee: Siemens AktiengesellschaftInventor: Rainer Kober
-
Patent number: 6600247Abstract: A method and apparatus are disclosed for electrically connecting a power cable to an explosion-proof electric motor having an electric motor housed within an explosion-proof motor housing. The electric motor has a plurality of motor conductors used to couple power to the electric motor stator. The explosion-proof motor housing has an opening and a connection housing securable to the explosion-proof motor housing to seal the opening. The connection housing has an internal volume to house the slack portions of power cable and motor conductors and the electrical connection formed between the power cable and the motor conductors.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2000Date of Patent: July 29, 2003Assignee: Reliance Electric Technologies, LLCInventor: John Stimson
-
Publication number: 20030127924Abstract: In the embodiments described in the specification, an electric motor has a stator with an inner cylindrical composite can member affixed to the stator housing by screws and the rotor has an outer cylindrical can member affixed to the rotor by screws, each of the composite can members being sealed to the component to which it is affixed by O-rings. In one embodiment ridges are formed in the surface of one of the composite can members facing the space between the stator and the rotor to control the flow of liquid through the space.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 8, 2002Publication date: July 10, 2003Inventors: Pieter Van Dine, Alberto Franco, Spyro Pappas, Michael Gheorghiu
-
Patent number: 6586855Abstract: A universal electric motor (1) for driving an electric hand-held tool device which experiences a high dust load, has a commutator (2), with carbon brushes (9) and lamellas (4). The motor has, for protection against dust particles carried along in the cooling air flowing through it, a protective shield (3) of a stiff and thermally conductive material.Type: GrantFiled: August 23, 2001Date of Patent: July 1, 2003Assignee: Hilti AktiengesellschaftInventors: Helmut Burger, Hermann Schuster
-
Patent number: 6573625Abstract: In a motor device for vehicles, a brush holder is interposed between a motor yoke housing and a reduction gear unit housing has a holder body and a connector unit integrally formed with each other. The connector unit holds therein connector terminals having base ends connected to brushes. A sealing cover is molded integrally on the holder body and the base ends of the connector terminals. The sealing cover seals insides of the yoke housing and the gear housing water-tightly from the outside. The sealing cover is preferably made of rubber, elastomer or adhesive resin, and formed with the brush holder by two-color molding. The sealing cover has a cylindrical cover part extending from the connector unit, and the motor device is mounted in a vehicle door with the cylindrical cover part being attached to the vehicle door for electrical connection with an external power source.Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 2001Date of Patent: June 3, 2003Assignee: Asmo Co., Ltd.Inventors: Fumihiro Shimizu, Hiroaki Yamamoto, Katsuhiko Torii, Kenji Kashima, Kengo Yamamura
-
Patent number: 6570284Abstract: A double insulated electronically commutated brushless motor for coupling to a gearbox of a motor driven product. The motor includes a first layer of electrical insulation that includes a plurality of insulating strips formed in the shape of stator slots and inserted into the stator slots before windings are wound in the stator slots. Additionally, the first layer of electrical insulation includes a plurality of insulating strips wedged between the winding and a mouth of the winding slots after the windings are inserted. The motor further includes a second layer of electrical insulation made up of an insulating tube pressed onto a shaft between the shaft and a rotor stack.Type: GrantFiled: December 11, 2001Date of Patent: May 27, 2003Assignee: Black & Decker Inc.Inventors: Michael Jeffrey Agnes, Garrett Patrick McCormick, Richard Thomas Walter, Christopher Ryan Yahnker
-
Patent number: 6538353Abstract: A permanent-magnet electric motor for circulation pumps of heating systems, comprising a stator (10) composed of a pack of metallic laminations (11) which form pole shoes (12) to which electrical windings (14) are coupled. A permanent-magnet rotor is arranged in a chamber which is separated with a watertight seal from the stator (10). The chamber that contains the rotor has a cross-section which is shaped so as to duplicate the contour of the pole shoes (12) in regions affected by the pole shoes (12) and so as to form wider portions in regions that are not affected by the pole shoes (12).Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 2001Date of Patent: March 25, 2003Assignee: Askoll Holding S.r.l.Inventor: Elio Marioni
-
Patent number: 6528919Abstract: A brushless motor includes a motor holder and a case connected thereto. A ventilation chamber is defined between the motor holder and the case. The ventilation chamber includes an air inlet portion, an air outlet portion and water draining portions. The air inlet portion is in communication with the atmosphere. The air outlet portion is in communication with a stator. The water draining portions drain water introduced into the ventilation chamber out of the motor. The motor provides a flow of cooling air passing through the ventilation chamber toward the stator for cooling heat generated during rotation of a rotor. The motor holder and the case have guide ribs arranged in the ventilation chamber to define an air passage for guiding the cooling air from the air inlet portion to the air outlet portion. The water draining portions are located outside of the air passage.Type: GrantFiled: June 6, 2001Date of Patent: March 4, 2003Assignee: Asmo Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yoshikazu Fujii, Masumi Tsuchida, Kazuhiro Miyazawa
-
Patent number: 6522039Abstract: A remote low voltage power source for electrostatic paint applicators used in hazardous locations. A low voltage generator and voltage conditioning and regulating circuitry are mounted in a small explosion proof housing. A generator shaft and a shaft on a voltage level adjusting potentiometer extend through and projects from the housing. The flamepath and the flame gap for the shafts meet explosion proof standards while permitting shaft rotation. An air driven turbine is mounted on the exterior of the housing and is connected to the projecting generator shaft to drive the generator. The low voltage is applied to a spray gun which includes circuitry for increasing the voltage to a high level for electrostatic charging sprayed paint.Type: GrantFiled: December 13, 1996Date of Patent: February 18, 2003Assignee: Illinois Tool Works Inc.Inventors: James P. Baltz, Gene P. Altenburger, Brian E. Gorrell, Varce E. Howe, Richard P. Bolger
-
Publication number: 20030001444Abstract: A motor assembly with improved sealing properties includes a motor having a rotatable shaft, a working air fan assembly carried by the shaft, the working air fan assembly moving air therethrough, and a sealed bearing interposed between the working air fan assembly, the sealed bearing having an inner ring rotatable with respect to an outer ring, and a seal carried by one of the rings, the seal frictionally contacting the other of the rings.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 18, 2001Publication date: January 2, 2003Applicant: Ametek, Inc.Inventors: Michael Coles, John H. Porter
-
Patent number: 6501200Abstract: A motor arrangement has an electronically commutated motor of an explosion-protected design with a permanent-magnetic rotor, a stator, and an electronic commutation device. At least one galvanomagnetic rotor position sensor is arranged on the stator and separated from the permanent-magnetic rotor by an air gap, wherein the at least one galvanomagnetic rotor position sensor is configured to detect a magnetic field of said permanent-magnetic rotor and emits an output signal controlling said electronic commutation device. An opto-coupler transmits the output signal of the at least one galvanomagnetic rotor position sensor to the electronic commutation device. A current supply in the form of an ac system or a three-phase system supplies current to the at least one galvanomagnetic rotor position sensor. An isolating transformer is interconnected between the at least one galvanomagnetic rotor position sensor and the current supply.Type: GrantFiled: May 16, 2001Date of Patent: December 31, 2002Assignee: Papst-Motoren GmbH & Co. KGInventors: Wolfgang Engel, Arno Karwath, Harald Reich
-
Publication number: 20020180287Abstract: A universal electric motor (1) for driving an electric hand-held tool device which experiences a high dust load, has a commutator (2), with carbon brushes (9) and lamellas (4). The motor has, for protection against dust particles carried along in the cooling air flowing through it, a protective shield (3) of a stiff and thermally conductive material.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 23, 2001Publication date: December 5, 2002Inventors: Helmut Burger, Hermann Schuster
-
Patent number: 6486584Abstract: The present invention relates to a structure for preventing a flame of an alternator for a vehicle which is capable of preventing an explosion due to the spark and a flame from being transferred to the engine room by forming the flowing path and discharging a fine dust of the brush without changing the structure of the brush assembly formed of a holder cap and a brush holder, Which are detachable.Type: GrantFiled: April 25, 2001Date of Patent: November 26, 2002Assignee: Valeo Mando Electrical Systems Korea LimitedInventor: Seung-Il Chang
-
Patent number: 6429555Abstract: Apparatus for sealing the internal spindle motor bearing structure from the surrounding environment in a hard disc memory device. The motor includes a single low-cost part that seals both airflow paths, including both the bearings of the motor and around the wires. This single part acts as the electrical connector for the spindle motor as well as the seal. The invention consists of a single injection molded plastic connector with electrical contact members contained therein. Wires from the internal windings of the spindle motor pass through a hole provided in the connector housing and are terminated to the electrical contact members located within the connector. This hole is in turn sealed with a single drop of adhesive that is cured under the application of ultraviolet light. In a preferred embodiment, the spindle motor housing and connector are designed to form a press fit between the outer diameter of the circularly shaped connector housing and a groove in the motor housing provided for this purpose.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2000Date of Patent: August 6, 2002Assignee: Seagate Technology, LLCInventors: Frederick Mark Stefansky, Wallis Allen Dague
-
Patent number: 6422839Abstract: An electric fuel pump (10), including a housing (12), an inlet (14), an outlet (16), a means for transmitting fluid from the inlet to the outlet (18), an electrical motor (20) , two brushes to transmit electrical current to the motor (22), two electric terminals (23) to transmit current to the two brushes (22) from a wire harness (24) connecting the terminals (23) with outside controls, and a protective covering of thermoplastic (26) bonded to said terminals. The protective covering of thermoplastic prevents corrosion of the terminals (23).Type: GrantFiled: November 24, 1999Date of Patent: July 23, 2002Assignee: Visteon Global Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Henry William Brockner, Ronald A. Horvath, Christopher Conrad, Sharon Madley
-
Patent number: 6417595Abstract: In one embodiment of the present invention, an electric motor is provided. A component of the electric motor, the commutator assembly, has a commutator and a brush assembly. The brush assembly encloses conductive brushes that are in contact with the commutator. A shaft is rotatably mounted about an axis, and a bearing is disposed around the shaft. The commutator is connected to the shaft, and a first seal surrounds the commutator. The first seal substantially isolates the commutator assembly from the internal ambient atmosphere of the electric motor. Further, a second seal substantially isolates the shaft and the bearing from the commutator and the conductive brushes.Type: GrantFiled: May 24, 2000Date of Patent: July 9, 2002Assignee: McMillan Electric CompanyInventor: Dewain L. Wasson
-
Patent number: 6392322Abstract: An explosion-proof actuator assembly includes an explosion-proof housing, a motor, motor control electronics, and an actuator. The housing has at least one inner cavity and at least one exit path comprising an explosion-proof flame path. The motor is disposed within the housing. The motor control electronics communicate with the motor and are disposed within the housing. The actuator is carried by the housing, communicates with the motor, and is configured for movement relative to the housing responsive to actuation of the motor.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2000Date of Patent: May 21, 2002Assignee: Precision Engine Controls CorporationInventors: E. Joseph Mares, Ronald Zawistowski, Daniel R. Clark
-
Patent number: 6376949Abstract: An interface for mating a vertically oriented electric motor underneath a gearbox or other motor driven, fluid containing apparatus which substantially isolates the motor rotor and driven shaft from the external environment while facilitating the removal of leaking oil or other fluid from the area between the motor endshield and gearbox housing to the to the outside of the apparatus in order to prevent accidental oil penetration into the motor housing, the invented interface having a base plate component and a flinger component, wherein the flinger projects escaping oil away from the rotor shaft of the attached electric motor, which oil then drains through exit ports to the outside of the invented interface, such interface being connectable between electric motors and motor driven equipment through use of standardized C-face connection means.Type: GrantFiled: September 21, 2000Date of Patent: April 23, 2002Inventor: Richard R. Hayslett
-
Patent number: 6371167Abstract: A drain pipe connected to a casing includes a water inlet opening and a couple of water outlet openings. The inlet opening is arranged at an upper end part of the drain pipe and is communicated to an internal space of the casing. The outlet openings are arranged at a lower end part of the drain pipe and extend laterally of the drain pipe in opposite directions, respectively. The drain pipe further includes a cylindrical outer wall that defines an interior space therein. The interior space communicates the water inlet opening with the water outlet openings. A partition wall is provided within the interior space of the cylindrical outer wall to divide at least a portion of the interior space of the cylindrical outer wall into two compartments. Each one of the water outlet openings is provided to each corresponding one of the compartments.Type: GrantFiled: August 29, 2001Date of Patent: April 16, 2002Assignee: Denso CorporationInventors: Akifumi Hosoya, Yasuyuki Wakahara
-
Patent number: 6333576Abstract: A brushless motor for a vehicle air conditioner has a motor holder having an accommodation portion, a stator having a center piece fastened to a bottom of the accommodation portion and a core on which a winding is wound, and an exciting circuit disposed below the bottom to supply an exciting current to the winding. A terminal of the exciting circuit is upwardly extended to an upper side of the core through a through hole formed in the bottom and a terminal accommodation hole formed in the center piece to be connected to the winding. Liquid having entered the accommodation portion is restricted from falling through the through hole of the bottom by an O-ring disposed to surround the through hole and is drained through a drain opening formed in the bottom. As a result, a connection portion between the terminal and the winding and the exciting circuit are restricted from making contact with liquid.Type: GrantFiled: June 27, 2000Date of Patent: December 25, 2001Assignee: Asao Co., Ltd.Inventors: Toshio Ishikawa, Mineo Yamaguchi
-
Patent number: 6278207Abstract: To improve dust-proof and drip/water-proof characteristics of a blower. In a blower constructed by forming a bearing housing (4) at the center of a tubular casing (1), supporting a shaft (7) with bearings (5), (6) that are supported with the bearing housing, attaching a impeller (9), a motor yoke (12), etc., to the shaft (7), and arranging a stator core (17) inside the motor yoke (12), one end of the bearing housing (4) is elongated to form therein a chamber (21), and a PC board (18) is housed in the chamber (21). A connection terminal (19) projected from the stator coil (16) is connected to electronic circuits mounted on the PC board (18), and an opening of the chamber (21) is covered with a lid plate (22). The PC board (18) is thus surrounded by the chamber (21), so that it is protected from dust and water.Type: GrantFiled: May 2, 2000Date of Patent: August 21, 2001Assignee: Minebea Co., Ltd.Inventor: Kaoru Matsumoto
-
Patent number: 6274956Abstract: An end shield is provided, particularly for electrical machines, which because of its design in sectors can be used to vary the natural system frequencies of the electric machine and foundation.Type: GrantFiled: September 3, 1999Date of Patent: August 14, 2001Assignee: Siemens AktiengesellschaftInventor: Andreas-Alexander Eule
-
Patent number: 6264204Abstract: A sealing device for explosion-proof motors, the particularity of which is the fact that it comprises a first element which is coupled to the motor casing and a second element which is coupled to the driving shaft through rolling means; the first and second elements are mutually coupled through elastic elements to allow their relative movement.Type: GrantFiled: September 11, 1998Date of Patent: July 24, 2001Assignees: Abb Industria S.p.A., Consorzio Abb per lo Sviluppo TecnologicoInventors: Francesca Nappini, Enrico Perissinotto
-
Patent number: 6232687Abstract: An electric motor having a snap-together construction without the use of separate fasteners. The construction of the motor removes additive tolerances for a more accurate assembly. The motor is capable of programming and testing after final assembly and can be non-destructively disassembled for repair or modification. The motor is constructed to inhibit the ready entry of water into the motor housing and to limit the effect of any water which manages to enter the housing.Type: GrantFiled: July 10, 2000Date of Patent: May 15, 2001Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Robert K. Hollenbeck, Dennis P. Bobay, James E. Grimm, Norman Golm, Jr., Gregory Thompson, Jeffrey A. Hall
-
Patent number: 6225718Abstract: To prevent powder caused by wear of brushes from entering a contact chamber, a first stationary contact is electrically connected to a battery and a second stationary contact is connected to positive brushes, wherein a contact bracket is provided to hold the first stationary contact, and a contact chamber cover is provided to interpose and hold the second stationary contact between the contact chamber cover and the contact bracket so that the contact chamber can be kept in an airtight state.Type: GrantFiled: December 2, 1999Date of Patent: May 1, 2001Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Koichiro Kamei, Shigeru Shiroyama, Akira Kuragaki, Hidekazu Katayama
-
Patent number: 6215211Abstract: An assembly (30) for use with a rotating electric machine has a first injection-molded plastic part (32), a second injection-molded plastic part (34), and a third injection-molded plastic part (36). Parts (32, 34) are a bearing sleeve and a brush holder respectively, while part (36) is a cap. The bearing sleeve has a transverse wall (138) from which channels (146, 148) extend in one direction. A cylindrical wall extends in the other direction to form a bearing cup (136) for receiving a bearing assembly. The brush holder has two side-by-side brush guides (62, 64) each containing a respective brush (38, 40). It also has two channels (110, 112) that interlock with the channels of the bearing sleeve to accurately and rigidly place the two parts (32, 34) in assembly. The cap closes an axial end of the bearing sleeve and attaches to the brush holder. The parts are further characterized by various structural features, as well as fabrication and assembly methods.Type: GrantFiled: May 10, 1999Date of Patent: April 10, 2001Assignee: Visteon Global Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Richard Kenneth Harris, Steven John Yockey
-
Patent number: 6198189Abstract: In a motor driven device, a yoke of a motor has a flange at a side of its opening. An end plate sized smaller than the flange is formed with tongues on its outer circumferential periphery so that the end plate is press-fit in position in the yoke through the tongues. An annular packing is disposed around an annular ring part of the end plate so that the packing encircles the end plate when the flange of the yoke is fixed to a housing of a pump. The packing fluid-tightly seals the inside of the yoke from an outside.Type: GrantFiled: November 19, 1999Date of Patent: March 6, 2001Assignee: Asmo Co., Ltd.Inventors: Terumitsu Takahashi, Masashi Yamamura
-
Patent number: 6166466Abstract: The present invention provides an insulating material for the enameled wire of a motor of a refrigeration compressor using hydrofluorocarbons as the refrigerant and, as the refrigerating machine oil, a synthetic lubricating oil having at least one ester bond in a molecule such as ester-modified polyoxyalkylene glycol type, ester-modified ether type or ester type, which insulating material contains a compound having at least one carbodiimide group.This insulating material for the enameled wire of a motor of a refrigeration compressor, which is free from the above-mentioned problems of the prior art, which can prevent the surface deterioration or peeling (blister or cracking) etc. seen in the conventional insulating material used for covering the enameled wire (e.g.Type: GrantFiled: June 12, 1996Date of Patent: December 26, 2000Assignee: Nisshinbo Industries, Inc.Inventors: Satoshi Amano, Tomoki Nakamura, Takahiko Ito
-
Patent number: 6140720Abstract: The thermal protection device comprises, for at least one elastomeric component of a rotor, at least one element which is fitted onto the rotor so as to reduce heat exchange between the elastomeric component and the ambient air. The element may be thermally insulating and may include at least one layer of a thermal insulation material and means for fitting it onto a metal reinforcement of the elastomeric component so as to cover its free surfaces, which are exposed to the ambient air, and/or at least one deflector sheltering, at least partially, a laminated part of the elastomeric component from the relative wind in order to reduce forced convection.Type: GrantFiled: July 13, 1998Date of Patent: October 31, 2000Assignee: EurocopterInventor: Nicolas Pierre Georges Certain
-
Patent number: 6097128Abstract: A dust guard for a universal motor has a body with an aperture for press-fit mounting to a brush holder. A hood extends from the body to give the dust guard a cup-like shape. The edge of the hood is shaped to follow a commutator surface. The hood has a passageway in each lateral side for drawing dust laden air into the flow of cooling air for the motor. Air guides formed on the outside of the dust guard adjacent the exits of the passageways assist in drawing out the dust laden air from the interior of the hood. Oil reservoirs form dust collection sites within the dust guard. The oil reservoirs include recesses filled with closely spaced projections to retain oil in the recesses by capillary action.Type: GrantFiled: July 6, 1999Date of Patent: August 1, 2000Assignee: Johnson Electric S.A.Inventor: Fretrick Siu Kwan Ko
-
Patent number: 6093990Abstract: A form fitting motor cover (1) for TEFC motors having a cylindrical body with a periphery of 255 degrees which when flexed outwardly can be placed over a motor (4) casing and upon release will cause said cover to adhere to, and form around said motor casing to keep debris, splash and spray off of motor casing and improve efficiency of air flowing between the cover and the motor cooling fins (6). The motor cover has at either or both ends of the motor an attachable covering end plate (3) and a conduit box cover (2) which can be attached to the cover by any suitable method.Type: GrantFiled: October 5, 1999Date of Patent: July 25, 2000Inventors: David S. Meeks, Paul S. Meeks
-
Patent number: 6089838Abstract: The present invention is a wobble plate pump typically used in a reverse osmosis water purification system. The pump has a piston that is coupled to a wobble plate by a rocker arm. The piston has a stem which snaps into a corresponding sleeve of a diaphragm. The diaphragm is attached to the rocker arm and extends across the inner diameter of the pump to provide an inner pump seal. The piston stem and diaphragm sleeve extend through an access opening in a diaphragm support plate. The access opening of the wobble plate has an inner lip defined by a first relatively small radius near the center of the pump and a second relatively larger radius at the outer portion of the pump. The dual radiuses allow the piston to symmetrically reciprocate about a surface of the diaphragm support plate without inducing excessive stresses in the diaphragm. The symmetrical reciprocating motion maximizes the compression ratio of the pump. The piston reciprocates within a pump chamber defined by a manifold plate.Type: GrantFiled: June 9, 1997Date of Patent: July 18, 2000Assignee: Aquatec Water Systems, Inc.Inventors: Ivar L. Schoenmeyr, Dave M. Slagle
-
Patent number: 6008556Abstract: This invention is directed to a seal device for an energy conversion device which has a rotating shaft supported by bearing assemblies containing lubrication. The seal device inhibits migration of the lubrication from a first portion of the shaft near the bearing assembly to a second portion of the shaft near electronic circuitry. The seal device includes a seal mounting structure which separates the first portion of the shaft from the second portion of the shaft. The seal mounting structure has a shaft receiving surface through which the shaft is placed. A groove is located in the shaft receiving surface and a seal is secured in the groove by various means and remains stationary with respect to the rotating shaft. The seal has an inner segment that surrounds the periphery of the shaft.Type: GrantFiled: May 3, 1995Date of Patent: December 28, 1999Assignee: Packaging Corporation of AmericaInventor: Dennis C. Ramthun
-
Patent number: 5977675Abstract: A spindle-drive motor, especially for driving a hard drive, with a stator, a rotor, an axle between them having at least one bearing, and a drive, where the rotor or stator is provided with a bushing which accommodates at least one bearing. The bushing and bearing together form a sealing gap which seals the rotor and the stator with respect to each other.Type: GrantFiled: August 3, 1998Date of Patent: November 2, 1999Assignee: Precision Motors Deutsche Minebea GmbHInventor: Juergen Oelsch
-
Patent number: 5952754Abstract: A moulded plastics material end bracket for a universal motor comprises a U-shaped frame having a base extending between two legs. Brush cages are formed integrally with the two legs and a dust shield in the form of an annular ring formed integrally with the two legs extends axially from the stator core between the stator windings and the commutator and defining a space in which the commutator is located thereby shielding the stator windings from carbon dust generated by the wearing of the brushes on the commutator.Type: GrantFiled: February 5, 1998Date of Patent: September 14, 1999Assignee: Johnson Electric S.A.Inventor: Kam-Shing Mok
-
Patent number: 5952751Abstract: A motor casing comprises a first casing member (2) and a second casing member (3) which are separated in a direction of the rotational shaft of a motor, the first and second casing members are coupled by coupling members (4), a stator (6) of the motor is held and fixed within the casing by the first casing member and the second casing member, and the coupling portions between the first casing member and the second casing member are positioned inside and also deep into the first casing member. A method for producing a motor casing is such that when it is assumed that a length of the stator (6) held is L1 and a length from an engaging portion of the coupling member (4) with the first casing member to an engaging portion of the coupling member (4) with the second casing member is L2, a strength classification of the required coupling member is determined in advance by converting it into a ratio of L1 and L2.Type: GrantFiled: September 12, 1997Date of Patent: September 14, 1999Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Issei Yamakoshi, Yoshikazu Koike, Kunihiko Takagi
-
Patent number: 5939200Abstract: The present invention provides an insulating film for use in the motor of a refrigeration compressor using a substitute flon and a refrigerating machine oil in particular combination, which film is obtained by adding to a base film, or coating on the surface of a base film, a compound having at least one carbodiimide group, or, which film is made essentially of a compound having at least one carbodiimide group, represented by the following formula (1): ##STR1## or the following formula (2): ##STR2## or the following formula (3): ##STR3## or the following formula (4): ##STR4## This insulating film can eliminate the problems of the prior art, has excellent resistance to hydrolysis and forms no sludge, resultantly can prevent reduction in insulating property, and further has deterioration resistance to refrigerating machine oil.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 1996Date of Patent: August 17, 1999Assignee: Nisshinbo Industries, Inc.Inventors: Satoshi Amano, Tomoki Nakamura, Takahiko Ito
-
Patent number: 5936320Abstract: Disclosed is an engine-driven welding generator using a plurality of neodymium-iron-boron based rare earth magnets and provided with countermeasures for suppressing a rise in temperature of the magnets.Type: GrantFiled: June 1, 1998Date of Patent: August 10, 1999Assignee: Denyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Masanobu Takeda, Yasumasa Mizuno, Shunichi Tetsui, Hirotaka Yamamoto
-
Patent number: 5929544Abstract: A drain structure for a fan motor prevents water from entering a discharge hole in the casing of the fan motor. A guiding passage is in opposed relation to the discharge hole and includes a front end portion covered by a fan boss section and an outer rib to prevent water from entering through the discharge hole into the casing. The guiding passage receives water discharged from the discharge hole. The discharge hole is formed in a lower portion of a casing cylindrical section. The casing cylindrical section is mounted on a fitting bracket for securement to a radiator.Type: GrantFiled: December 9, 1996Date of Patent: July 27, 1999Assignee: Mitsuba CorporationInventors: Hirohiko Maekawa, Masaei Sato
-
Patent number: 5923108Abstract: A light weight and compact canned motor having a high cooling efficiency while maintaining its mechanical properties has been developed. The canned motor has a connection end connected to a driven equipment and a free end and comprises a rotor shaft protruding from the connection end; a cylindrical thin-walled can member defining a rotor chamber for housing the rotor shaft and a rotor; a cylindrical thin-walled frame body defining a stator chamber outside of the can member for housing a stator; a connection end plate for covering a connection end opening of the stator chamber; and a free end plate for covering a free end opening of the stator chamber.Type: GrantFiled: July 28, 1997Date of Patent: July 13, 1999Assignees: Ebara Corporation, Ebara Densan Ltd.Inventors: Kozo Matake, Akira Suzuki
-
Patent number: 5914548Abstract: A sealed actuator includes a motor stator having rotation-drive magnetic poles; a motor rotor arranged so as to confront magnetic pole surfaces of the motor stator while interposing a small distance therebetween and rotatably supported through roller bearings; and displacement detecting means for measuring displacement of the motor rotor. A partition wall made of a nonmagnetic metal is disposed in a clearance between the motor stator and the motor rotor, so that the inner space where the motor stator is disposed is hermetically covered. The bearings are disposed at both sides of the partition wall in the axial direction so that the load applied to the bearings are directly received by a housing. At least a part of the partition wall is reinforced by reinforcing members and a mold agent is charged into the space on the motor stator side.Type: GrantFiled: December 27, 1996Date of Patent: June 22, 1999Assignee: NSK Ltd.Inventors: Hayao Watanabe, Atsushi Horikoshi
-
Patent number: 5894180Abstract: The application describes an electric motor with a pressure compensation device. This device consists of a BTFE membrane that is arranged in a connecting channel between the interior of the electric motor and the external air.The membrane is arranged in the shield of the electric motor. Since the shield consists of plastic, the membrane can be sprayed on during the manufacture of the shield such that the membrane is inseparably connected to the shield. However, other fastening methods can be considered. One particularly suitable location for arranging the membrane is a circumferential collar that serves for centering the housing relative to the motor shaft. The connecting channel is realized in the form of a slot on the outer side of the collar. The application also describes additional methods for attaching the membrane.Type: GrantFiled: September 5, 1997Date of Patent: April 13, 1999Assignee: ITT Manufacturing Enterprises Inc.Inventors: Peter Volz, Hans-Dieter Reinartz, Dieter Dinkel
-
Patent number: 5889345Abstract: A waterproof electric motor structure in which a yoke 5 is covered with a bottomed cylindrical waterproof cover 12. An open end edge portion 12a of the waterproof cover 12 is internally engaged with a recessed groove portion 10b of a pump bracket 10 by being abutted thereagainst and sealed by a seal member 13. Through holes 5d, 12c are defined in the yoke 5 and the waterproof cover 12, respectively, and a locking cylinder 12d is formed in the cover side through hole 12c. A coupler 14 assembled to pass through both the through holes 5d, 12c is supported by the locking cylinder 12d in a removal prevention state. Further sealing is made by interposing a seal member 16 between a cover side stepped portion 12f and a coupler side stepped portion 14d.Type: GrantFiled: July 7, 1997Date of Patent: March 30, 1999Assignee: Mitsuba CorporationInventors: Masato Iwata, Hiroshi Hagiwara, Eiichi Machida
-
Patent number: 5886436Abstract: In a high-pressure cleaning apparatus comprising an electric motor arranged in a housing, a high-pressure pump arranged in a housing with at least one piston entering a pump chamber in a sealed manner, and a swash plate carried by a motor shaft protruding from the housing of the electric motor, with the piston or pistons of the high-pressure pump resting in a resilient manner against the swash plate, in order to achieve electrical insulation in the region of the swash plate drive, it is proposed that the transition from the motor shaft via the swash plate to the piston or pistons be electrically interrupted by an electrically insulating material being interposed therebetween.Type: GrantFiled: December 16, 1996Date of Patent: March 23, 1999Assignee: Alfred Karcher GmbH & Co.Inventors: Josef Schneider, Eberhard Veit, Gabriele Bonezzi, Rudolf Guhs, Johann G. Wesch
-
Patent number: RE37019Abstract: A refrigeration motor compressor assembly has a housing including a lubricant sump in the bottom thereof into which the lower end of the drive shaft and associated rotor extend. A shield is provided which is positioned by the drive shaft and extends above the oil level in the sump in surrounding spaced relationship to the lower end of the rotor. As the rotor rotates within the shield, lubricant contained therein is thrown out of the surrounding shield and a close fit between the shield and the shaft restricts return flow of lubricant into the area occupied by the rotating rotor.Type: GrantFiled: December 23, 1992Date of Patent: January 16, 2001Assignee: Copeland CorporationInventor: John P. Elson