Supports Patents (Class 310/91)
  • Publication number: 20140267458
    Abstract: A power generation system is provided configured for installation within a wheel of a vehicle. The system includes a stator having a plurality of face-mounted permanent magnets; and a rotor having a plurality of windings configured to rotate, with rotation of the wheel, in proximity to the permanent magnets thereby generating a current. The stator is mounted to a brake caliper of the vehicle. Also provided is a wheel-based vehicle display system including a light emitting diode (LED) array arranged on or within a wheel of a vehicle; a power source connected thereto; and a controller connected to the LED array. The display system is configured to display at least one of: textual information, visual images or full-motion video.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2014
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: Foundation Productions, LLC
    Inventors: Ronald Fisher, Bryan Davis, John Peery, Michael Prados, Roni Robinzon
  • Publication number: 20140265691
    Abstract: A motor frame comprising four side surfaces, built-up portions and leg members is provided. The four side surfaces define the outer circumference of the motor frame. The four side surfaces include a terminal box mounting surface on which a terminal box is provided and two side surfaces located on respective sides of the terminal box mounting surface. The built-up portions are provided on each of the two side surfaces, wherein two or more bolt holes can be formed on the built-up portions. The built-up portions are configured such that any of hanging bolts or the leg members can be fastened to the built-up portions. The hanging bolts are screwed into bolt holes formed on one of the two side surfaces and the leg members are fastened to bolt holes formed on the other of the two side surfaces.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2014
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: Sumitomo Heavy Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takahiro Minari, Masato Ikegami
  • Patent number: 8833730
    Abstract: A cam control valve includes a valve casing having a fluid passage and valve seat, a valve disc seated on the valve seat to open and close the fluid passage, a valve stem holding down the valve disc so it contacts the valve seat, a cam acting on the valve stem to hold it down, a motor rotating the cam, a motor holder holding the motor, a supporting frame fixed to the valve casing and supporting the motor holder so it moves vertically, an elastic member biasing the motor holder towards spacing from an upper side portion of the supporting frame, and height adjustable screws suspending the motor holder from the supporting frame, and adjusting a height of the motor holder with respect to the supporting frame, wherein the height adjustable screws are slidably inserted into the upper side portion of the supporting frame and screwed into the motor holder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2014
    Assignee: Fujikin Incorporated
    Inventors: Yohei Sawada, Ryousuke Dohi, Kouji Nishino, Nobukazu Ikeda
  • Patent number: 8823229
    Abstract: A linear actuator is provided that includes a housing having an input member supported for rotation therein. An output member travels linearly along the input member when the input member is rotated relative to the output member. A guide rail extends along an inner surface of the housing. The output member engages the guide rail to prevent rotation of the output member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2014
    Assignee: Aries Engineering Company, Inc.
    Inventor: Todd M. Brieschke
  • Patent number: 8823231
    Abstract: The invention relates to a motor holder for receiving an electric machine, in particular for receiving the bearing of an electric machine, comprising a surrounding outer wall, an intermediate floor joined to the surrounding outer wall, a floor for receiving a bearing, which floor is moulded in the intermediate floor and is joined to the intermediate floor by a transitional region, the transitional region having an encircling first annular wall and at least one encircling second annular wall which form an annular storage space provided in the transitional region. The invention relates to an electric machine having a motor holder of this type.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2014
    Assignee: Brose Fahrzeugteile GmbH & Co. Kommanditgesellschaft, Wuerzburg
    Inventors: Marco Stohling, Hannelore Diller, Burkard Rochner
  • Publication number: 20140239761
    Abstract: This bowl (10) for an induction motor intended to be housed in the hollow body of a substantially longitudinal actuator for winding/unwinding sheets, screens, blinds or roller shutters, comprises an outer skirt (12) and an inner skirt (13), the outer skirt (12) and the inner skirt (13) defining, between them, a space (14) intended to receive a lead-out of a stator of the induction motor. Moreover, the inner skirt (13) is capable of being deformed in such a way as to restrict the space (14) between the inner skirt (13) and the outer skirt (12) in order to allow the insertion into the inner skirt (13) of means of supporting a rotor assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2012
    Publication date: August 28, 2014
    Inventor: Adrien Brondex
  • Patent number: 8816553
    Abstract: Hobby servo blocks are provided. In certain circumstances, servo blocks may increase a servo's load-bearing capabilities by helping to isolate the lateral load from the servo spline and case. The extreme versatility of servo blocks allow users to create complex, extremely rigid, structures with ease using standard servos. The robust framework acts as a servo exoskeleton, greatly enhancing the mechanical loads the servo can withstand. Additionally, servo blocks may include a hub pattern that is repeated throughout the framework to allow endless attachment options.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2014
    Assignee: Robotzone, LLC
    Inventor: Brian T. Pettey
  • Patent number: 8816545
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention may include an electric tool comprising an outer rotor type electric motor as a driving source and a stator supporting member made from metal. The motor preferably includes a stator and a rotator. The stator is preferably supported by the stator supporting member. The rotator is preferably located at an outer periphery of the stator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2014
    Assignee: Makita Corporation
    Inventors: Toru Fukuoka, Kenichi Ota
  • Patent number: 8803390
    Abstract: Engaging protrusions of a lower end housing are axially snap-fitted into through holes, respectively, of a yoke housing to couple therebetween. Each of spacers is circumferentially placed between and is press-fitted between corresponding adjacent two of permanent magnets fixed to an inner peripheral surface of the yoke housing. Each spacer axially contacts a corresponding contact part of the end housing. A lower ball bearing and an upper ball bearing are supported by the lower end housing and an upper end housing, respectively, to rotatably support a shaft. A wave washer is axially positioned between the lower ball bearing and the lower end housing to exert an urging force between the lower end housing and the upper end housing through the shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2014
    Assignee: Asmo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masakatsu Uchida, Yoshimichi Sahara
  • Publication number: 20140210290
    Abstract: A power generation device including a rotation member rotatable by an operation force and a supporting member supporting the rotation member by attracting the rotation member with a magnetic force, the power generation device inducing a current to a coil by a magnetic flux of a magnet caused by rotation of the rotation member, and where, when the operation force is applied in a first state in which the rotation member is supported by the supporting member by being attracted to a first and second portions of the supporting member at respective first and second positions, the rotation member transitions to a second state by rotating with the first position of the supporting member as a first supporting point, and further transitions to a third state by rotating with a position of the supporting member different from the first position as a second supporting point.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2013
    Publication date: July 31, 2014
    Applicant: OMRON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yohei TSUKANAKA, Satoru NISHIMAKI, Takeshi MIYASAKA
  • Publication number: 20140197706
    Abstract: Provided is a reaction force compensation device capable of compensating for a reaction force caused by a motor that is continuously rotating. The reaction force compensation device is configured to compensate for a reaction force generated when a motor including a stator and a rotor, which is combined with the stator to be rotatable, is driven, and includes a housing disposed below the motor, and a rotation support member disposed between the housing and the rotor and configured to support the stator to be rotatable with respect to the housing. The stator rotates by a reaction force generated when the rotor rotates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2013
    Publication date: July 17, 2014
    Applicant: Foundation of Soongsil University-Industry Cooperation
    Inventors: Hyeong-Joon Ahn, Kyoung-Rock Kim, Dong-Jun Kim
  • Publication number: 20140197705
    Abstract: In the rotary electric machine, a cylinder 04a of a ring component 04 is formed in such a way that a fitting outer surface 04c1 of the cylinder 04a of the ring component 04 is fitted to a fitting inner surface 02a of a first housing 02; a clearance value between the fitting outer surface of the cylinder and a fitting inner surface of the first housing is lower than a clearance value between an outer surface, in which the fitting outer surface is excepted, of the cylinder and an inner surface, in which the fitting inner surface is excepted, of the first housing; and a position in a diameter direction of a stator core 3 facing to the first housing is set by above-described fitting process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2013
    Publication date: July 17, 2014
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Soichi SATO, Yoshihiko ONISHI, Katsunari TAKAGI, Keisuke SHIMOMURA, Manabu YOSHINORI
  • Publication number: 20140191605
    Abstract: An electric motor, in particular a radiator fan motor of a motor vehicle, has a rotor which is mounted such that it can rotate in relation to a stator, a motor mount which has an electronics compartment for accommodating a converter electronics system, and an electronics compartment cover. The electronics compartment cover has a peripheral sealing groove into which a peripheral edge of the electronics compartment engages by way of a corresponding sealing web in order to reliably seal off the electronics compartment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2014
    Publication date: July 10, 2014
    Applicant: BROSE FAHRZEUGTEILE GMBH & CO. KOMMANDITGESELLSCHAFT, WUERZBURG
    Inventors: FRANK MAUCH, TOBIAS OTT, THOMAS SCHENCK, ARTUR SCHMIDT, HERMANN SCHULZ, JAN GWOZDZ, THOMAS ZIEGLER, THOMAS HUSSY
  • Patent number: 8772988
    Abstract: An electric machine includes a stator stack of laminations, pierced with a cylindrical passage for housing a rotatable rotor therein. The stator includes a magnetic circuit of laminations stacked between first and second terminal faces crossed by the passage and by a series of slots housing conductors, which are folded over to form coils. An electrically insulating reinforcing wedge piece is interposed between an internal wall of a first tubular end and a corresponding portion of a block of resin surrounding a region of winding heads of the conductors, which follow a looped path in the block of resin. A wedging unit wedges the insulating reinforcing piece in position to prevent the insulating reinforcing piece from protruding axially internally on the internal wall with respect to the region so as to leave a determined annular sector of the internal wall in direct adhering contact with the block of resin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2014
    Assignees: Compagnie Generale des Etablissements Michelin, Michelin Recherche et Technique S.A.
    Inventors: Bertrand Vedy, Frederic Progin
  • Patent number: 8769804
    Abstract: A method of assembling an electric motor is provided. The method includes positioning a guide rod within a motor housing and along an axial direction of the motor housing, wherein the guide rod is disposed radially inward of a plurality of motor components. Also included is guiding a rotor along the guide rod and radially inward of the plurality of motor components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2014
    Assignee: Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation
    Inventors: Roy D. Rasmussen, Aaron M. Finke, Nathan D. Lewis
  • Patent number: 8770811
    Abstract: An assembly for a lighting and/or signalling device of an automotive vehicle. The assembly has a bracket or support, in particular made of plastic, comprising a housing, and a motor, in particular a stepping motor, arranged so as to be able to be permanently mounted, directly, in the bracket or support housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2014
    Assignee: Valeo Vision
    Inventors: Hassan Koulouh, Claudio Chiattelli
  • Publication number: 20140175926
    Abstract: The invention relates to a mount 2 in which is housed an electric motor 3 which has a shaft 10 extending along a longitudinal axis 13, said motor having a mass equilibrium line 22 transverse to the longitudinal axis 13 and passing through a centre of gravity 40 of the electric motor, said mount 2 being connected to the motor 3 by a plurality of decoupling means 20 distributed around the periphery of the motor, characterized in that the longitudinal position D2 with respect to the mount 2 of at least one decoupling means 20 and a dimension D3 of this decoupling means 20 along the longitudinal axis 13 are determined with respect to the mass equilibrium line 22.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2011
    Publication date: June 26, 2014
    Inventors: Franck Truillet, Olivier Cheriaux, Eric Droulez, Ronan Cozic, Sebastien Clergeon, Laurent Legot, Said Naji, Patrick Duputel, Philippe Vincent
  • Patent number: 8760022
    Abstract: A motor mounting plate, composed of a metallic plate, includes: a disc-shaped plate body having a mounting portion to which a motor is mounted, and at least three flanges formed at a circumferential edge of the plate body, the flanges mounted at predetermined locations, an angle between adjacent flanges around the center of the plate body is 140° to 180°.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2014
    Assignee: Minebea Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuuki Takahashi, Yuzuru Suzuki, Masaki Ogushi
  • Publication number: 20140167544
    Abstract: A vibration dampening brace for a motor enables altering the stiffness and reed critical frequency of a combined system of the motor and driven equipment without removal of the motor from a motor stand or support structure. The vibration dampening brace includes a first member configured to engage a portion of a housing of an electrical motor and a second member operatively connected to the first member to stiffen the bending moment of the electrical motor housing, resulting in the housing moving less with the vibrations generated by the combined system of the motor and the driven equipment. The vibration dampening brace alters the RCF of the motor system by a predetermined amount to modify the RCF of the combined system and ensure that the RCF of the combined system is outside a range of vibration frequencies that would amplify the motor vibrations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2013
    Publication date: June 19, 2014
    Applicant: Nidec Motor Corporation
    Inventors: David M. Lyle, Timothy J. Druhe
  • Patent number: 8742639
    Abstract: A DC motor is disclosed which includes a motor housing and at least one connection module adapted to be installed on the motor housing. The DC motor can be compact, flexibly adaptable to customer requirements and also easily installable in the case of a confined installation space. For this purpose, the motor housing can include a front-sided centering elevation or centering recess which cooperates with a centering recess or a centering elevation on the connection module. The connection module can be freely rotatable in a mounting state on the motor housing, and non-rotatably connected to the motor housing in the mounted state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2014
    Assignee: Maxon Motor AG
    Inventor: Arnold Teimel
  • Patent number: 8736124
    Abstract: A mounting bracket for a motor, including a hoop structure and a plurality of mounting feet. The hoop structure includes a wall surface. The wall surface of the hoop structure includes the mounting feet formed by punching the wall surface of the hoop structure so that a plurality of grooves close to the mounting feet is produced on the wall surface of the hoop structure, and one end of each mounting foot is coupled to the wall surface of the hoop structure. The mounting bracket for a motor of the invention has a simple structure, low cost, and reliable connection and requires less material compared to conventional mounting brackets. The mounting bracket is suitable for different types of motors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2014
    Assignee: Zhongshan Broad-Ocean Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hongyu Jia
  • Publication number: 20140132006
    Abstract: There is provided an axial gap type generator. The an axial gap type generator includes: generator cases are fixed to a crank case of an engine; a rotor yoke housed inside the generator cases and fixed to a crankshaft of the engine; a first stator core and a second stator core fixed to inner faces of the generator cases and disposed flanking the rotor yoke in a rotation axis direction; generator case supports for supporting the generator case in such a manner that a surface section of the generator case opposing the crank case has a spacing between the surface section and the crank case.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2013
    Publication date: May 15, 2014
    Applicant: Fuji Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Fuji Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
  • Publication number: 20140125177
    Abstract: An attachment assembly for attaching a generator to a motor vehicle engine is provided. The assembly may include at least one engine attachment boss secured to the engine. The attachment assembly may further include a plurality of generator housing legs integrally formed with a generator housing. The assembly may further include a support dowel fitted, at a first end, within the bore located on the inner opposing side of one of the plurality of generator housing legs. The support dowel may be inserted, at a second end, into the bore of the at least one engine attachment boss, in order to couple the generator to the engine during assembly. This combination allows placement and fixation of the generator to the engine by a single operator without the need for an assembly assist device. A method for securing a generator to a motor vehicle engine is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2012
    Publication date: May 8, 2014
    Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventor: Brian D. Kaminski
  • Publication number: 20140125170
    Abstract: The present invention is a vibration-generating small-sized motor that comprises within an external housing case thereof a stator and a rotor, a commutation mechanism, a power supply terminal that connects electrically with an electrode or a power supply land of the electronic equipment, and a terminal-blade mount on which the power supply terminal is mounted, wherein the power supply terminal includes a pair of resilient terminal blades that are located on the terminal-blade mount provided at a face of the external housing case of the motor, facing each other and pressing together, and the electrode or the power supply land on the circuit board are clamped between the resilient terminal blades, whereby the vibration-generating small-sized motor can be electrically connected to the power supply of the electronic equipment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2013
    Publication date: May 8, 2014
    Applicant: NAMIKI SEIMITSU HOUSEKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hidehiro UCHIUMI, Toshio SUZUKI
  • Patent number: 8714534
    Abstract: A support assembly for servicing a stator frame of a power generator includes a plurality of rails and a trolley. The rails are supported on frame rings of a main housing of the stator frame. The rails have upper surfaces that provide temporary support for lower support surfaces of second laminations of a second stator core once the second laminations are inserted into desired axial positions within the main housing. The trolley is provided for axial movement on the upper surfaces of the rails for inserting the second laminations into the main housing. The trolley includes a lamination-engaging portion including a lamination support surface for supporting upper support surfaces of the second laminations and a plurality of rail wheels provided for axial movement of the trolley within the main housing on the upper surfaces of the rails.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2014
    Assignee: Siemens Energy, Inc.
    Inventors: Travis J. Vitello, David T. Allen
  • Patent number: 8716911
    Abstract: Provided is a motor device in which the entire length of a motor can be shortened as much as possible while the positional deviation of a shaft in a thrust direction is prevented and a shaft length sufficient to suppress the inclination of the shaft can be ensured. A motor device provided with a shaft with a rotor fixed on the outer surface thereof, and a thrust pressurization unit that supports an end opposite the output side of the shaft while pressurizing the end in an axial direction may be configured so that the thrust pressurization unit may be provided with a coil spring that pressurizes the end opposite the output side of the shaft in the axial direction and the thrust pressurization unit may be disposed inside the rotor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2014
    Assignee: Nidec Sankyo Corporation
    Inventors: Shota Oda, Tetsuhiko Hara, Hideaki Ito
  • Patent number: 8710706
    Abstract: There is provided a motor device. A motor device according to an aspect of the invention may include: a stator including a core having a coil wound therearound; a rotor having a magnet facing the core to thereby generate an electromagnetic force involved in interactions therebetween, the rotor rotating a shaft; a sleeve supporting the shaft; and a sleeve housing having a mounting surface to support the core and a protrusion protruding from the mounting surface to prevent a rotation of the core.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2014
    Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Pyo Kim, Nam Seok Kim, Chang Keun Jun
  • Patent number: 8692429
    Abstract: A motor casing, including a hollow motor casing body. The wall of the motor casing body comprises a plurality of brackets and a plurality of grooves which are formed simultaneously by punching the wall of the motor casing body. The plurality of grooves is disposed one close to one of the brackets. One end of each bracket is coupled to the wall of the motor casing body. The motor casing has a simple structure, low cost, and reliable connection and requires less materials compared to conventional motor casings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2014
    Assignee: Zhongshan Broad-Ocean Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hongyu Jia, Xiongcheng Wang
  • Patent number: 8692433
    Abstract: A rotor (or a stator) for a superconducting electrical machine includes a mounting that is maintained at substantially ambient temperature during operation of the electrical machine and a field coil support structure. A plurality of superconducting field coils are maintained at cryogenic temperatures during operation of the electrical machine and are supported by the field coil support structure. At least one coupling element is used to fix the field coil support structure to the mounting. The field coil support structure is preferably fixed to the mounting by a plurality of substantially circumferentially extending coupling elements at a first and second axial end of the field coil support structure and the mounting such that the mounting and field coil support structure are substantially separated over their axial lengths by a vacuum gap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2014
    Assignee: GE Energy Power Conversion Technology Limited
    Inventors: Joseph Eugene, Graham Derek Le Flem
  • Publication number: 20140084590
    Abstract: An apparatus and corresponding method for maintaining an air gap between a stator and rotor in an electro-mechanical energy converter is provided. The apparatus includes a structural sleeve and a plurality of stator sections attached to an inner surface of the structural sleeve. A hub is enclosed by the structural sleeve and is concentric with the structural sleeve. A plurality of rotor sections is flexibly coupled to the hub and is enclosed by the structural sleeve. A rail system is positioned within the structural sleeve and is concentric with the structural sleeve. The rail system guides the rotor sections in a substantially circular path and defines an air gap between the plurality of stator sections and plurality of rotor sections.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2012
    Publication date: March 27, 2014
    Applicant: Columbia Power Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Kenneth Rhinefrank, Joseph Prudell, Alphonse Schacher, Erik Hammagren
  • Publication number: 20140084725
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for bearing replacement in an electrical machine is provided. An electrical machine is provided, comprising a stator with at least one stator winding, the stator defining a centre axis, and a rotor comprising magnetic material and having a first end and a second end. The electrical machine further comprises at least one bearing including a first bearing and supporting the rotor in an operational position in relation to the stator allowing the rotor to rotate in relation to the stator about the centre axis, and at least one support element including a first support element and adapted to support the rotor in relation to the stator such that the at least one support element in a support position supports the rotor centred about the centre axis, thereby allowing replacement of the first bearing, the support element in the support position being at least partly positioned between the rotor and the stator in a direction perpendicular to the centre axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2010
    Publication date: March 27, 2014
    Applicant: Vestas Wind Systems
    Inventor: Norbert Stanke
  • Publication number: 20140084726
    Abstract: A motor is provided for use in a machine. The motor includes a frame having a catch and a mounting ring retained on the frame by the catch. The motor is supported in the machine by the mounting ring.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2012
    Publication date: March 27, 2014
    Inventors: Stephen J. Burton, Barry M. Newberg
  • Patent number: 8674573
    Abstract: In a motor, a motor case includes a first case and a second case separable from each other in a direction of an axis of a rotation shaft of a rotor. The first case and the second case each have cut-away portions extending parallel to the axis from a separation edge (open side edge) thereof. The separation edges of the first and second cases each have abutment portions not formed with the cut-away portions, and the abutment portions of the first case respectively abut against the abutment portions of the second case. The cut-away portions cooperatively define a plurality of windows disposed in a periphery of the motor case. The stator has a plurality of bulges projecting radially outward from a peripheral surface thereof in association with the windows.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2014
    Assignees: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd., Sanyo Consumer Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Ryohei Adachi
  • Publication number: 20140070649
    Abstract: An apparatus including a rotating member, a resolver and a mounting structure. The resolver includes a resolver stator and a resolver rotor fixedly mounted on the rotating member via a mounting structure. The mounting structure has a low magnetic relative permeability and isolates the resolver rotor from the rotating member by preventing direct contact between the rotating member and the resolver rotor. The disclosed apparatus may be an electric machine having a rotor fixed to the rotating member and be suitable for use in a hybrid vehicle. The mounting structure advantageously has a relative permeability of no greater than about 2 and may be formed out of stainless steel material. The rotating member may be a rotor hub formed out of steel material having a relative permeability of at least about 50.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2013
    Publication date: March 13, 2014
    Inventors: David Fulton, Arlen Phillip Suter, George Pelton, Jim Shaw
  • Patent number: 8667957
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an oven (1) that comprises a heating chamber (2) wherein the cooking process is performed, a heater disposed inside and at the back side of the heating chamber (2), a rear wall (4) covering the rear side of the heating chamber (2), a fan motor (5) mounted outside the rear wall (4) for rotating the fan (3) in the heating chamber (2), a plate (6) secured outside the rear wall (4) for mounting the fan motor (5) outside the rear wall (4) and wherein the fan motor (5) vibrations transmitted to the heating chamber (2) is prevented by means of the leaf springs (8) disposed between the motor lugs (6) and the plate (6) and the fan motor (4) can be easily mounted and dismounted from the plate (6).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2014
    Inventors: Davut Ayhan Serabatir, Ergin Arslan, Ahmet Ali Uslu, Mehmet Gocer
  • Publication number: 20140062265
    Abstract: A brushless DC motor, including: a motor body; a damping ring; a mounting bracket; a locking device; and a controller. The controller includes: a control box, and a circuit board. Two sides of the mounting bracket are convex upward to form two supporting plates, respectively. Each supporting plate is provided with a recess. The damping ring is disposed on each end of the motor body. A bottom of the damping ring matches with the recess of the mounting bracket. The damping ring is fixed on the mounting bracket by the locking device. The circuit board is arranged inside the control box. The control box is disposed on the motor body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2013
    Publication date: March 6, 2014
    Applicants: HUBEI QUEEN-OCEAN ELECTRICAL APPLIANCE MANUFACTURE CO., LTD., ZHONGSHAN BROAD-OCEAN MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chongsheng ZENG, Songfa TANG
  • Publication number: 20140062240
    Abstract: The present invention provides a mounting arrangement for an electric motor in a drive unit, and a drive unit incorporating such a mounting arrangement. The arrangement includes a motor casing with at least one connecting flange having an opening for receiving a connecting element. The flange is configured for fastening the motor casing to a drive unit housing via the connecting element. At least one alignment member is provided on the flange for engagement with a complementary member on the drive unit housing to align the motor casing with respect to the drive unit. The at least one alignment member is provided on or in a peripheral edge of said connecting flange.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2012
    Publication date: March 6, 2014
    Applicant: Brose Fahrzeugteile GmbH & Co. Kommanditgesellschaft, Wuerzburg
    Inventors: Marco Batzner, Daniell Wagner
  • Publication number: 20140054996
    Abstract: The invention relates to an electric motor (10) having a casing (12) and a rotor (18) which has a rotor shaft (26) with an axis (A), wherein the rotor shaft (26) is guided outside the casing (12), by means of one of its ends, through an opening (28) which is provided in a wall (30) of the casing (12) that extends at a right angle to the axial direction (A) and with which a bearing element (38) is associated, wherein the bearing element (38) bears the rotor shaft (26) such that it can rotate. According to the invention, the bearing element (38) is received in a depression (32) that is made in the wall (30) that extends at a right angle to the axial direction (A), wherein a damping element (54) is provided between a peripheral wall of the depression (32) and the bearing element (38). The invention further relates to a motor/gear unit (10/58) and a variable-length drive means having an electric motor (10) of this kind.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2013
    Publication date: February 27, 2014
    Applicant: Stabilus GmbH
    Inventor: Andreas Ritter
  • Publication number: 20140042849
    Abstract: Reduction in size of a shape of a brushless motor of the outer rotor type having an outer case seen from the axial direction is realized. The brushless motor has an outer case 101, a rotor frame 107 which has a rotor magnet in an inner circumference thereof, and a shaft 105 which is fixed to the rotor frame 107 and which is held to the outer case 101 in a rotatable condition. The outer case 101 has a shape consisting of curved portions 102a and 102b, and linear portions 102c and 102d, seen from the axial direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2013
    Publication date: February 13, 2014
    Applicant: MINEBEA CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Toshiyuki NISHIKATA, Kumio MASUDA
  • Patent number: 8648503
    Abstract: The invention relates to an arrangement for acoustic decoupling of a stator of an electric motor having two substantially cylindrical decoupling rings disposed on both sides of the stator and concentric to a motor shaft, each fixed to a front side of the stator on one side and each fixed to a housing enclosing the stator on the other side, and comprising recesses on the circumferential surfaces thereof. The decoupling rings hold the stator in a centered position at a distance from the housing. The recesses allow targeted acoustic decoupling. The invention is particularly applicable for electric motors in steering systems for motor vehicles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2014
    Assignee: Brose Fahrzeugteile GmbH & Co. Kommanditgesellschaft, Würzburg
    Inventors: Bernhard Kessler, Christian Finger, Christian Schumpa, Zhiguo Wang
  • Publication number: 20140035413
    Abstract: A mount for an electric motor, the mount comprising a sleeve for receiving a motor, the sleeve including plurality of elements projecting from a surface of the sleeve, wherein the plurality of elements include a vertex.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2013
    Publication date: February 6, 2014
    Applicant: DYSON TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
    Inventor: Guy Francis Charles COWDRY
  • Publication number: 20140028136
    Abstract: A motor component for coupling a motor to a work component is provided. The motor component includes a flange coupled to the motor; and an adapter coupled to the flange. The adapter includes a shaft aperture and a pattern of a plurality of through-holes disposed about the shaft aperture and configured to couple to a plurality of pads of the work component. A method of assembling an electrical machine to a work component includes coupling a motor component to a motor of the electrical machine. The method further includes aligning a pattern of a plurality of through-holes of the motor with at least one pad of a plurality of pads of the work component. The method includes coupling the pattern of the plurality of through-holes to the at least one pad of the plurality of pads of the work component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2012
    Publication date: January 30, 2014
    Inventors: Lisa Cemke, Robert L. Brandemuehl, Sam D. Finocchio, Christopher Ohrmundt
  • Publication number: 20140026551
    Abstract: A hybrid construction machine that enables to efficiently cool a generator motor, while suppressing an increase in the entire length of a power unit. A motor housing is provided with a bulging portion which is configured to axially bulge from the inner periphery of a motor side connection surface toward an engine over the entire circumference thereof around an axis, and to engage with the inside of an engine housing; and a coolant passage which is configured to flow a coolant for cooling a stator therethrough. The inner peripheral surface of the motor housing including the inner peripheral surface of the bulging portion is configured to come into plane contact with the outer peripheral surface of the stator. The coolant passage is disposed at a position axially displaced from the motor side connection surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2012
    Publication date: January 30, 2014
    Applicant: KOBELCO CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Mitsunori Hirozawa, Yoichiro Yamazaki
  • Patent number: 8638015
    Abstract: A motor may include: a rotor case having a coupling hook extending downward in an axial direction, secured to a shaft, and performing rotation; a sleeve supporting the shaft; and a sleeve housing having a projection provided at a front end portion of an upper part thereof in the axial direction and a guide passage provided along the projection such that the coupling hook moves along the guide passage while the sleeve is pressed and inserted into an inner circumferential surface thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2014
    Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Young Sun Yoo, Ho Jun Yoo, Yeol Choi
  • Patent number: 8629583
    Abstract: The invention relates to an electrical device, especially an electric tool, which has a motor unit provided with a motor housing, and a receiving unit for receiving at least one drive element. According to the invention, the electrical device includes a motor sleeve for coupling the motor unit to the receiving unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2014
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Thomas Bernhardt, Holger Ruebsaamen, Andreas Schlegel
  • Publication number: 20140009852
    Abstract: A base unit includes a stator and a base member including a first recess portion, a second recess portion, and at least one through-hole. The first recess portion is arranged on an upper surface of the base member to surround the hole portion and depressed toward the lower surface thereof. The second recess portion is arranged radially outward of the first recess portion and depressed toward a lower surface thereof. The through-hole is arranged inside the first recess portion to extend through the base member. The second recess portion includes a protrusion portion and a third recess portion. The protrusion portion protrudes from the lower surface of the base member toward the upper surface of the base member. The third recess portion is depressed from the lower surface of the base member toward the upper surface of the base member and positioned at the opposite side from the protrusion portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2013
    Publication date: January 9, 2014
    Applicant: NIDEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takuro MATSUMOTO, Toshihiro AKIYAMA, Atsushi YAWATA
  • Publication number: 20130335860
    Abstract: A base plate of a disk drive apparatus includes a motor base disposed around a central axis and a base body portion extending radially outward of the motor base. The motor base is made of a metallic material of a first type. The base body portion is made of a metallic material of a second type. The base body portion is a casting product in which the motor base is an insert component. An upper protruding portion and a lower protruding portion are defined in one of an outer end portion of a bottom plate portion of the motor base and an inner end portion of the base body portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2013
    Publication date: December 19, 2013
    Applicant: Nidec Corporation
    Inventors: Yuki MASUMI, Junzo FUJINAWA
  • Patent number: 8610323
    Abstract: A rotating machine comprises a stationary subassembly, a rotating subassembly, and a first circumferential track. The stationary subassembly includes a plurality of stator elements disposed proximate an inner circumference of a portion of the stationary subassembly, and a casing having a first portal. The rotating subassembly includes a plurality of rotor elements disposed proximate an outer circumference of a portion of the rotating subassembly. The rotating subassembly is aligned coaxially within the stationary subassembly and is rotatable relative to the stationary subassembly without the aid of support bearings. The first circumferential track is defined by a first rotor track portion on the rotating subassembly and a first stator track portion on the stationary subassembly, and is in communication with a first portal on the casing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2013
    Assignee: Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation
    Inventor: Richard A. Himmelmann
  • Publication number: 20130308225
    Abstract: A spindle motor includes a shaft arranged to extend in an axial direction, and a base portion arranged to define a portion of a housing, and including a through hole in which the shaft is inserted. A fixing region is defined between an inner circumferential portion of the base portion and a lower portion of the shaft. The fixing region includes a press-fitting region and an adhesion region defined on a lower side of the press-fitting region and in which a seal gap is defined between the inner circumferential portion of the base portion and the lower portion of the shaft. The seal gap is arranged to gradually decrease in radial width with increasing height. The seal gap is arranged to include an adhesive arranged therein over an entire circumference thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2013
    Publication date: November 21, 2013
    Applicant: Nidec Corporation
    Inventors: Takatoki SUGI, Tomohiro YONEDA, Hiroshi KOBAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20130307362
    Abstract: An assembly of an electric machine includes a plurality of conductor segments each having a turn portion, and a plurality of clips each having a channel member and a bend member, the channel members being attached to respective ones of the conductor segments and thereby holding the respective bend members against the respective turn portions. The attached clips electrically insulate and space adjacent ones of the conductor segments. The bend members prevent adjacent ones of the conductor segments from contacting one another.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2012
    Publication date: November 21, 2013
    Inventor: Bradley D. Chamberlin