Armature Within Pumping Member Patents (Class 417/353)
  • Patent number: 11772103
    Abstract: An air purification system for purifying atmospheric air has an ionization chamber that includes a needle arrangement. The needles create a dense and strong electric field when a high voltage is passed to them by the effect of dual charge ionization due to which the suspended particles in the polluted air get clumped together and fall. The second invention is an air monitoring system facilitating a two-way communication with external information sources. It contains gas sensors comprising of an ambient noise sensor, temperature and humidity sensor, and sensors to measure the amount of oxides of nitrogen, Sulphur, carbon and size of suspended particles in the air. The third invention is a theft protection module for the safe keeping of an air purification system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: Praan Inc.
    Inventors: Angad Daryani, Arjun Sabnis, Prithvi Rathaur, Amira Tobasi, Patrick Finley
  • Patent number: 11700980
    Abstract: An electric blower includes a motor, a first rotor blade provided on one end side of the motor in an axial direction, a second rotor blade provided on another side of the motor opposite to the first rotor blade in the axial direction, and a first stator blade provided to face the first rotor blade.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuchika Tsuchida, Naho Adachi
  • Patent number: 11658528
    Abstract: Electric machine having: a shaft; a rotor with permanent magnets that is fitted to the shaft; a stator having a magnetic core which consists of a series of laminations made of ferromagnetic material and longitudinally crossed by a plurality of stator slots; and a stator winding having a plurality of rigid bars that are inserted in corresponding stator slots and that are covered, on the outside, with an insulating coating. The rotor has a plurality of magnetic elements, which are arranged beside one another around the rotation axis so as to form a closed ring. Each magnetic element is formed by a plurality of permanent magnets which are axially arranged one after the other according to a Halbach array.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: FERRARI S.P.A.
    Inventors: Davide Ferrara, Luca Poggio, Paolo Faverzani
  • Patent number: 11557939
    Abstract: An electric drive for a motor vehicle, in particular a fan drive, comprising an electric motor that includes a rotor which is mounted on a motor shaft so as to be able to rotate about a stationary stator as well as a driving part which is coupled to the rotor, and at least one electroconductive cover part for influencing and/or blocking interfering electromagnetic fields generated during operation of the electric motor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: Brose Fahrzeugteile GmbH & Co. Kommanditgesellschaft, Würzburg
    Inventors: Kevin Ludwig, Sebastien Labat, Carsten Duppe, Eugen Hermann
  • Patent number: 11415150
    Abstract: A fluid pump for conveying a fluid is provided comprising: a housing with a fluid inlet and a fluid outlet, a rotor which is disposed rotatably about an axis of rotation in the housing, and a rotor body and at least one conveying element connected rigidly to the rotor body in order to convey the fluid from the fluid inlet to the fluid outlet, the rotor being mounted in the housing radially to the axis of rotation by means of a passive magnetic bearing and also axially and radially by means of a mechanical and/or hydrodynamic bearing disposed on the inlet side or outlet side. A safety bearing is disposed on one side of the rotor situated opposite the mechanical and/or hydrodynamic bearing, wherein the safety bearing has a first safety bearing component connected rigidly to the rotor and a second safety bearing component connected rigidly to the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: Berlin Heart GmbH
    Inventors: Hendryk Richert, Graham Foster
  • Patent number: 11359634
    Abstract: A vacuum pump and a temperature control device are capable of preventing, with a simple configuration, overheating and overcooling of a pump that are caused due to abnormality in a temperature sensor used to control a heater or a water-cooling solenoid valve that is provided to prevent the deposition of products. Problems such as overheating and overcooling of a heater can be avoided in a case where a temperature sensor system fails and consequently the measured temperature continues to be constant between the upper limit and the lower limit. TMS function controls the measured temperature of the temperature sensor to a target temperature. Thus, if an application such as a target to be heated or a heater capacity is identified, the same cycles of turning ON/OFF of the heater or the water-cooling solenoid valve are repeated, and the upper limit of the time in which the ON/OFF state is sustained continuously is determined.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: Edwards Japan Limited
    Inventor: Hideo Fukami
  • Patent number: 11215185
    Abstract: An axial fan includes a rotor, a rotor blade, a stator, and a housing. The housing includes a stator holder made of metal, a base made of metal and widened outwardly in a radial direction from a lower end portion of the stator holder, a rib extending outwardly in the radial direction from the base, and a housing cylinder connected to a radial-directional outer end portion of the rib. The housing cylinder extends in an axial direction and accommodates the rotor blade therein. A wind tunnel space in which air flows is provided between the base and the housing cylinder in the radial direction. A radial-directional outer side surface of the base is exposed in the wind tunnel space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: NIDEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuta Yamasaki, Hideki Aoi
  • Patent number: 11215380
    Abstract: A combustion air blower includes a blower housing, an impeller fan within the blower housing, and an embossment to restrict airflow from the combustion air blower. The blower housing has a discharge conduit defining a discharge passageway. The discharge conduit is adapted and configured to receive a baffle such that, when the baffle is received, the baffle extends inwardly into the discharge passageway from a first wall towards a second wall opposite the first wall. The baffle restricts airflow within the discharge passageway. The embossment is in the discharge passageway and in the second wall and extends towards the first wall such that the embossment restricts airflow within the discharge passageway. The embossment cooperates with a baffle to provide a reduced cross sectional area of the discharge passageway in comparison to an upstream portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: REGAL BELOIT AMERICA, INC.
    Inventors: Leslie Alan Lyons, David Allen Fisher, Jeffrey Jay Long
  • Patent number: 11209018
    Abstract: A blower, including: a motor; a tubular wind wheel, a mounting plate and a connection part. The tubular wind wheel includes a plurality of blades and a plurality of connection rings. The plurality of blades is connected to each other to form an elongated hollow body. The connection part is disposed in the elongated hollow body. The mounting plate is disposed outside one end of the tubular wind wheel. The motor is disposed on the mounting plate. At least a part of the motor extends into the elongated hollow body to connect to the connection part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: ZHONGSHAN BROAD-OCEAN MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jinhao He, Jincheng Zhu, Junyu Liang, Guiwen Fu
  • Patent number: 10931168
    Abstract: A shrouded bladed-rotor for use as a rotor of an electrical generator incorporates a plurality of blades and an annular magnetically-permeable yoke concentric with an associated axis of revolution. An even-numbered plurality of permanent magnets are operatively coupled to an outer surface of the annular magnetically-permeable rotor yoke, the latter of which comprises either a shroud of the shrouded bladed-rotor or a ring of magnetically-permeable material encircling the shroud. The North-South axis of each permanent magnet is substantially radially oriented with respect to the axis of rotation, and North-South orientations of every pair of circumferentially-adjacent permanent magnets of the plurality of permanent magnets are opposite to one another. A non-magnetic magnet-retaining-ring encircling the plurality of permanent magnets has sufficient hoop strength to retain the plurality of permanent magnets on the annular magnetically-permeable rotor yoke during intended operation of the electrical generator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Assignee: WILLIAMS INTERNATIONAL CO., L.L.C.
    Inventors: Gregg G. Williams, Tristan M. Fletcher
  • Patent number: 10920782
    Abstract: A high-power pump structure includes a housing having a first and an opposite second side; an isolating plate; and a closing member. On the first side, a pump chamber is formed and divided into a first and a second chamber by a partitioning section, which has an end forming a flow-guiding plate. In the second chamber, there is a raised pivot section having a centered receiving opening for connecting with a rotor assembly, such that an annular recess is defined on the second side corresponding to a rear side of the pivot section for receiving a stator assembly. The isolating plate covers the second chamber, so that the second chamber is not directly communicable with the first chamber. The closing member covers the first side of the housing with a communicating chamber formed between the closing member and the isolating plate to communicate with the first and the second chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignee: Asia Vital Components (China) Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Meng Shen
  • Patent number: 10830241
    Abstract: A combined well pump and motor includes a housing having an axis, an upstream end and a downstream end. Diffusers are mounted for non-rotation in the housing, each of the diffusers having diffuser passages. An impeller is mounted between each of the diffusers for rotation relative to the impellers. Each of the impellers has impeller vanes defining impeller passages. The impeller has an exterior outer wall extending circumferentially around the impeller vanes, closing outer sides of each of the impeller passages. An array of magnets is mounted to each of the impellers. The magnets are spaced circumferentially apart from each other around the axis at a different radial distance from the axis than the impeller vanes. A stator is mounted in the housing. The stator has windings for interacting with the magnets to impart rotation to the impellers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: Baker Hughes, a GE Company, LLC
    Inventors: Zheng Ye, Ameen Muhammed, Carroll Dearman, Nikolas Davis
  • Patent number: 10823042
    Abstract: An air blowing fan device includes an electric motor including a rotation shaft, and an air blowing fan including an attachment portion, a boss portion, and an outer circumferential side air blowing blades. The attachment portion is attached to the rotation shaft. The boss portion includes a tubular portion that is positioned radially outward of the attachment portion and of which the outer diameter dimension is larger than the outer diameter dimension of the electric motor, and a linkage portion. The electric motor is disposed in the tubular portion, the outer circumferential side air blowing blade extends radially outward from an outer circumferential surface of the tubular portion, the linkage portion includes a ventilation hole, and an area occupied by the electric motor and an area occupied by the outer circumferential side air blowing blade partially overlap each other in the direction in which the rotation shaft extends.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yoshifumi Nishio, Hiroaki Ota, Akifumi Fujimoto
  • Patent number: 10563658
    Abstract: A blower, including: a volute including air inlets and an air outlet; a wind wheel disposed in the volute; and air collectors. Each air collector includes a curved air guide. The air inlets are disposed at two sides of the wind wheel, respectively. The air collectors correspond to the air inlets. The curved air guide extends into the volute, and the inner diameter of the curved air guide decreases stepwise. The relationship between a minimum inner diameter D0 of the curved air guide and an inner diameter D1, an outer diameter D2 of the wind wheel fulfills the following formula: D1+?(D2?D1)?D0?D1+?(D2?D1). An exhaust fan that includes the blower is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Assignee: ZHONGSHAN BROAD-OCEAN MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yanhu Lin, Weihao Wu, Haixiu Liao, Jianhui Li, Jian Lan, Huixiu Chen
  • Patent number: 10556050
    Abstract: A blood pump device comprising: a centrifugal blood pump having: a pump housing defining an inlet to receive blood and direct blood onto an impeller, the pump housing having a top bezel and a central column directed into the middle of a cavity within the pump housing; the impeller is adapted, in use, to rotate in the cavity around the central column and to be suspended on a pivot bearing mounted between the middle of the lower surface of the impeller and the middle of the upper surface of the central column; the impeller is stabilised, in use, by the rotation of blades generating a centrifugal force acting on the blades in radial direction away from the central column.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2020
    Assignee: Thorvascular Pty Ltd
    Inventors: John Begg, Peter Ayre, Komarakshi Rajagopalan Balakrishnan
  • Patent number: 10539144
    Abstract: A fan central tube coupling structure includes a base and a central tube. The base has a first section and a second section that together define an upward tapered receiving recess below the base. The central tube is externally provided on around a bottom end with a first and a second protruded section and an engagement groove defined between the first and second protruded sections. The second protruded section has an interference pressing surface defined on an outermost peripheral surface thereof. The central tube is axially extended through the base, such that the second protruded section is axially press-fitted into the tapered receiving recess and the interference pressing surface is radially outward forced against the tapered receiving recess. In the meantime, the second section of the base is fitted in the engagement groove and clamped in place by between the first protruded section and the second protruded section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2020
    Assignee: ASIA VITAL COMPONENTS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Meng Shen, Xiang-You Zeng
  • Patent number: 10389212
    Abstract: A printed circuit board and multiple components, which are mounted on both sides of the printed circuit board, form a circuit to drive a motor. The printed circuit board is opposed to a case at a one side. First thermal conductive portion is interposed between a heat generating component of the components and the case. Second thermal conductive portion is interposed between the circuit board and the case. The first and second thermal conductive portions are formed of the same flexible material, are equipped to the same side of the circuit board, are in contact with both the circuit board and the case, and are located at different positions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Ishimoto, Kazuyuki Watanabe, Takuya Matsuyama
  • Patent number: 9878079
    Abstract: The catheter device comprises a motor located at the proximal end of the catheter device and a drive shaft, extending from the proximal end section to the distal end section of the catheter device, for driving a rotating element located at the distal end of the catheter device. The catheter device also comprises a hose-like catheter body which encompasses the drive shaft and extends from the proximal end section to the distal end section of the catheter device. At the proximal end of the catheter device, the drive shaft is connected to a motor by a clutch. The clutch is a magnetic clutch with a proximal and a distal magnet unit. The proximal magnet unit is connected to the motor and the distal magnet unit to the drive shaft. The distal magnet unit is mounted fluid-tight in a clutch housing. The proximal end of the catheter body makes a fluid-tight connection with the clutch housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Assignee: AIS GMBH AACHEN INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS
    Inventors: Joachim Georg Pfeffer, Thomas Schmitz-Rode, Rolf W. Gunther
  • Patent number: 9550157
    Abstract: Disclosed are magnetic agitation mixing systems for use with flexible container reaction vessels. In one aspect of the invention, the orientation of magnetic coupling between the impeller magnets and the external driver magnets is modified such that the coupling is neither strictly axial nor strictly radial. Also disclosed are “receiver-less” retainer configurations whereby the single-use container need not have a rigid base that defines a cup or post to engage of rotatable agitator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2017
    Assignee: GE HEATHCARE BIO-SCIENCES CORP
    Inventors: Thomas Erdenberger, Richard L. Damren, Colin R. Tuohey, Michael Fisher, Parrish M. Galliher, Jonathan A. Kenney
  • Patent number: 9362050
    Abstract: An inner drive for a magnetic drive pump includes a magnet supported on a yoke. The inner drive is driven about an axis to pump a corrosive process fluid. The magnet and yoke are fully encapsulated during the molding process to completely surround the magnet and yoke in a protective plastic shell. A sleeve is arranged radially outwardly of the magnet to provide further protection. Backing rings are arranged on either side of the magnet. A bonding material joins the plastic shell to the backing rings and sleeve to prevent a space from forming beneath the plastic shell that would become filled with the process fluid once it has permeated the plastic shell. A protective coating is arranged on at least a portion of the magnet to further insulate the magnet from the process fluid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: SUNDYNE, LLC
    Inventors: Andrew Magnus Ekberg, Paul Roland Beauregard, Jr., Kerry E. Kramlich, Scott Marvin Allen, David M. Carr, Ray L. Hauser
  • Patent number: 9200814
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a ventilating apparatus which minimizes the flow resistance of air flowing into a blower fan, and which reduces the noise generated by the air being discharged from the ventilating apparatus, thereby minimizing the noise generated inside the ventilating apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2015
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventor: Young Hoon Kim
  • Fan
    Patent number: 9169850
    Abstract: A fan includes a fan frame, a motor and an impeller. The motor is disposed in the frame. The impeller is connected with the motor and driven by the motor. The impeller includes a hub, an inner blade and an outer blade. The hub has a first surface facing the motor and a second surface facing away from the motor. The inner blade is disposed on the first surface, and the outer blade is disposed on the second surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2015
    Assignee: DELTA ELECTRONICS, INC.
    Inventors: Shun-Chen Chang, Bo-Chun Chen, Chao-Yu Chen
  • Patent number: 9145899
    Abstract: A pump device may include a first case provided with a circular ring-shaped protruded part, a second case provided with a circular ring-shaped stepped part into which the circular ring-shaped protruded part is coaxially inserted, an O-ring which is mounted on a circular outer peripheral face of the circular ring-shaped protruded part and is crushed between the circular outer peripheral face of the circular ring-shaped protruded part and a circular inner peripheral face of the circular ring-shaped stepped part in a direction perpendicular to an axial line of the circular ring-shaped protruded part, and a turning prevention mechanism which prevents the first case and the second case from being relatively turned to each other around the axial line when the circular ring-shaped protruded part of the first case is inserted into the circular ring-shaped stepped part of the second case to form the pump chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2015
    Assignee: NIDEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mitsuo Yokozawa, Shogo Tanaka
  • Patent number: 9124167
    Abstract: An electrical machine comprises: a first rotor, rotatable about a first axis, and having a first arrangement of magnets on a first surface thereof; a second rotor, held with a first surface thereof adjacent the first surface of the first rotor and such that it cannot rotate about the first axis, but is rotatable about a second axis, and having a second arrangement of magnets on the first surface thereof; wherein the first and second arrangements of magnets are such that rotation of the first rotor about the first axis causes rotation of the second rotor about the second axis. The first rotor is in the form of an at least partial hollow torus, with the first surface thereof being an internal surface. The second rotor is in the form of a cylinder, located within the hollow torus, with the first surface thereof being an external surface, such that the second axis is perpendicular to the first axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2015
    Inventors: David Rodger, Hong Cheng Lai
  • Patent number: 9109610
    Abstract: The invention relates to a radial blower, with at least one axial air inlet port (1) and with a radial air outlet port (2). The radial blower has a housing subassembly and a fan subassembly with an electric motor (3) and a fan wheel (4). The housing subassembly has at least one holding part (5) arranged in the region of the axial air inlet port (1) for supporting reception of a carrying part (6), and two shell parts (71, 72) releasably connectable to one another. The holding part (5) is fastened between the shell parts. The electric motor (3) of the fan subassembly is an electronically commutated direct current motor. Control electronics (19) are arranged in a terminal box (13) for the reception of motor connections (12). The terminal box is fastened, to the underside of a lower shell part (72) of the housing subassembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2015
    Assignee: ebm-papst Mulfingen GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Gunter Streng, Rainer Müller
  • Patent number: 9028223
    Abstract: In a ventilation fan of inner rotor type in which a shaft is fixed to a motor supporting portion, the shaft is held by a shaft holding portion preferably provided by, for example, a metal member. The shaft holding portion includes a cylindrical portion which is fixed to a resin of the motor supporting portion preferably by being embedded through insert molding and into which the shaft is inserted, and a shaft holding flange portion extending outwards in the radial direction from either one of an upper end or a lower end of the cylindrical portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2015
    Assignee: Nidec Corporation
    Inventor: Jumpei Kitamura
  • Patent number: 8979512
    Abstract: An oil-retaining bearing fan device includes a fan base seat, at least one oil-retaining bearing and at least one magnetic member. The oil-retaining bearing is disposed in a bearing hole of the fan base seat. The oil-retaining bearing has at least one receiving hole for receiving the magnetic member therein. The magnetic member serves to apply a magnetic attraction force to a shaft of the fan device to make the shaft quickly restore to its optimal operation position so as to reduce wear and lower the noises and vibration of the fan device in operation. Therefore, the lifetime of the fan device can be prolonged.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2015
    Assignee: Asia Vital Components (Chengdu) Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Bor-Haw Chang, Shu-Fen Liu
  • Patent number: 8894387
    Abstract: An axial flow pump for a blood circulating pump for the circulation of blood, the rotor the rotor being constructed and arranged to impel blood in a downstream direction upon rotation of the rotor about its axis in a forward circumferential direction. The rotor is provided with hydrodynamic thrust bearing surfaces, each such thrust bearing surface being constructed and arranged to apply a hydrodynamic force to the rotor with a component of the force in the downstream direction upon rotation of the rotor in the forward circumferential direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2014
    Assignee: HeartWare, Inc.
    Inventor: Daniel G. White
  • Patent number: 8834135
    Abstract: A heat-dissipation fan comprises a hollow cylinder body, a fixing pillar, a stator, a fan wheel, a bearing and bearing plate. The fixing pillar comprises a free end and a fixing end fixed at the hollow cylinder body. The stator is installed at the hollow cylinder body being installed at the bearing plate. The fan wheel comprises a top plate, an outer ring wall, an inner ring wall and a penetration hole formed at the top plate. The inner ring wall surrounds the penetration hole, the hollow cylinder body and the stator are located between the outer ring wall and the inner ring wall, and the bearing is coupled to the inner ring wall. The free end of the fixing pillar is protruded to a top surface of the top plate, which results a supporting surface and the top surface being spaced apart by a first spacing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2014
    Assignee: ADDA Corp.
    Inventors: Wen-Lin Hsu, Fu-Jung Ou, Cheng-Chun Chou, Chin-Ho Tsai
  • Patent number: 8827661
    Abstract: A blood pump apparatus includes a housing having a blood inlet port and blood outlet port, a pump unit including an impeller that rotates within the housing, and an impeller rotational torque generation section. The housing includes a plurality of magnetic members embedded between the impeller and the impeller rotational torque generation section for transmitting a magnetically attractive force generated by the impeller rotational torque generation section to an impeller body. The pump device includes a non-contact bearing mechanism for rotating the impeller without contacting with the inner surface of the housing when the impeller is rotated by the impeller rotational torque generation section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2014
    Assignee: Thoratec Corporation
    Inventor: Takehisa Mori
  • Patent number: 8807969
    Abstract: A fan assembly includes a housing, a first frame, a second frame, at least one driving device, a supporting device, an active impeller and a passive impeller. The housing has an air-flowing channel, and the first frame and second frame are disposed at opposite sites of the air-flowing channel. The driving device is disposed on the first frame and actuates the active impeller to rotate. The supporting device is disposed on the second frame and has the passive impeller thereon. The passive impeller is propelled by the airflow generated by the active impeller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2014
    Assignee: Delta Electronics, Inc.
    Inventors: Shun-Chen Chang, Chia-Ming Hsu, Bo-Chun Chen
  • Publication number: 20140154108
    Abstract: Fan motor 1 has: a stator 6, a rotor 4 having a rotary shaft 22, a cover portion 8 and bracket 2 surrounding the entirety of the stator 6 and rotor 4 in a liquid-tight manner except for the top end portion of rotary shaft 22, and a fan member 10 affixed to the top end portion of the rotary shaft 22; on cover portion 8 and bracket 2, an insertion hole 42 projecting outward of cover portion 8 and bracket 2 is formed on cover portion 8 and bracket 2, penetrating the top end portion of rotary shaft 22, and a cover portion bearing 44 is erected between insertion hole 42 and rotary shaft 22.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2013
    Publication date: June 5, 2014
    Applicant: IKURA SEIKI SEISAKUSHO CO., LTD
    Inventors: Kiyoshi Hirosawa, Toshihiro Yamamoto
  • Publication number: 20140119960
    Abstract: The described embodiments relate generally to cooling fans and more specifically to a method for balancing an impeller assembly included in a cooling fan. In one embodiment, a balancing ring with an asymmetric shape can be included in an impeller assembly and rotated to correct an unbalance in the impeller assembly. In another embodiment, a balancing ring assembly can be provided including an inner balancing ring and an outer balancing ring. The size and shape of the inner balancing ring can be modified to better correct any unbalance in the impeller assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2012
    Publication date: May 1, 2014
    Applicant: Apple Inc.
    Inventor: Anthony Joseph AIELLO
  • Patent number: 8690552
    Abstract: A compact, strengthened rotor assembly of a radiator fan, the radiator fan having a baseplate, a stator assembly, a rotor assembly and a reverse axle. The reverse axle is erected at the center of the baseplate or stator assembly and protruded upwards. The rotor assembly has a hub with a top wall and a circumferential wall. A magnetic ring is set annularly into the circumferential wall. Several blades are set annularly onto the exterior of the circumferential wall. A metal sleeve is located at the center of the top wall and protruded downwards. A mating portion is set at the top of the metal sleeve for mating with the top wall. A holding portion is formed within the metal sleeve for assembly and positioning of a bearing, and the bearing is used for pivoting of the reverse axle. The thickness of the top wall ranges between 0.2 mm and 0.5 mm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2014
    Assignee: Forcecon Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Liang-Sheng Chang, Tien-Chin Wu, Sheng-Chi Lei, Evan Chang
  • Patent number: 8657874
    Abstract: A method is provided of controlling a pump including a electrical motor coupled to a rotor which carries first and second impellers at opposite ends thereof. The method includes: (a) driving the rotor using the motor, so as to circulate fluid from the first impeller through a first fluid circuit, the second impeller, a second fluid circuit, and back to the first impeller; (b) determining a resistance of the first fluid circuit, based on a first motor parameter; (c) determining a flow rate through the first fluid circuit based on a second motor parameter; and (d) varying at least one operational parameter of the pump so as to maintain a predetermined relationship between the flow rate and the resistance of the first fluid circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2014
    Assignee: Cleveland Clinic Foundation
    Inventors: David Horvath, Alex Massiello, Leonard A. R. Golding, Barry Kuban
  • Publication number: 20140003972
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a fan motor structure including: a shaft; a bearing member coupled to the shaft; a stator coupled to the shaft and disposed at one side of the bearing member; an impeller having a coupling hole and a space part formed therein so as to be in communication with each other, the coupling hole having the bearing member coupled thereto and the space part having the stator received therein; a yoke formed on an inner peripheral surface of the space part; a magnet formed on an inner peripheral surface of the yoke; a diffuser to which an end portion of the shaft is fixed; and a cover coupled to the diffuser and covering the impeller. According to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, a size of the fan motor is decreased.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2012
    Publication date: January 2, 2014
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yong Wan Cho
  • Patent number: 8579609
    Abstract: A fan includes an impeller and an inner rotor motor. The inner rotor motor connects to the impeller and drives it to rotate. The inner rotor motor includes a bushing, a shaft, a magnetic conducting shell, a magnetic element and a stator. The shaft passes through the bushing and is coupled to the impeller. The magnetic conducting shell is coupled to the shaft and telescoped to the bushing. The magnetic element is disposed around outside of the magnetic conducting shell. The stator is disposed around outside of the magnetic element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2013
    Assignee: Delta Electronics, Inc.
    Inventors: Chin-Hong Lee, Po-Hao Yu, Yi-Ching Chiu, Shir-Harn Yeh, Kun-Fu Chuang
  • Patent number: 8568110
    Abstract: A blower fan includes a rotor arranged to rotate about a rotation axis together with a shaft, a stator arranged radially outward of the rotor and opposite the rotor, a motor support portion arranged to support the shaft through a bearing such that the shaft is rotatable, and an impeller arranged to rotate together with the shaft. The motor support portion includes a base portion, a bearing support portion arranged to support the bearing, and a stator support portion arranged to support the stator. Each of at least a portion of the bearing support portion which is in contact with the bearing and at least a portion of the stator support portion which is in contact with the stator is defined by a metallic member coupled to the base portion, which is made of a resin, preferably through, for example, insert molding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2013
    Assignee: Nidec Corporation
    Inventor: Hidenobu Takeshita
  • Patent number: 8449268
    Abstract: A fan includes a shaft, a hollow, approximately cylindrical rotor yoke that rotates around the shaft as a rotation axis and is open toward one of its axial ends, a rotor magnet secured to an inner circumference of the rotor yoke, and an impeller secured to an outer circumference of the rotor yoke and arranged to rotate together with the rotor yoke to generate an air flow. One of the impeller and the rotor yoke is provided with an index used for circumferentially positioning the impeller or the rotor yoke.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2013
    Assignee: Nidec Corporation
    Inventors: Takashi Nagamitsu, Yoshihisa Kato, Hiromasa Sumida, Masayuki Matsushita, Kouji Muraoka, Yusuke Yoshida
  • Publication number: 20130096364
    Abstract: A blood pump includes a hub having an axis of rotation and a generally cylindrical shape. The hub has an upstream end region, a central region, and a downstream end region, and the hub includes a magnetic material. Blades that are disposed on the downstream end region of the hub extend downstream of the hub.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2012
    Publication date: April 18, 2013
    Inventors: Steven H. Reichenbach, Pieter W.C.J. le Blanc, Yi-Ren Woo, David Gary Eldridge, Stephen G. Briana, William V. Hodges, Ethan Petersen, Peter Andriola
  • Patent number: 8419385
    Abstract: A heat-dissipating fan includes a shaft seat. A coil base is coupled to the shaft seat. The coil base includes a base portion and a coil unit coupled to the base portion. The base portion includes a connection port electrically connected to the coil unit. The connection port is connected to a drive circuit. An impeller includes a hub and a permanent magnet. A shaft is coupled to the hub and rotatably coupled to the shaft seat about an axis. The permanent magnet is coupled to the hub and aligned with the coil unit. Since the coil base does not include electronic elements of the drive circuit, the axial height of the heat-dissipating fan is reduced, and the structure of the heat-dissipating fan is simplified.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2013
    Assignee: Sunonwealth Electric Machine Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Alex Horng
  • Patent number: 8419386
    Abstract: A DC motor includes a rotor, a cup-shaped stator, and a drive control unit. The cup-shaped stator includes a cylindrical winding portion surrounding the rotor. The cylindrical winding portion includes an inner periphery formed by at least one conductive wire and facing an outer periphery of a permanent magnet of the rotor with an air gap formed between the cylindrical winding portion and the rotor. A drive control unit is electrically connected to the cylindrical winding portion and a power source. The DC motor can be mounted in a compartment of a housing, and an impeller can be coupled to the shaft, forming a DC fan. The DC motor and the DC fan possess high control sensitivity and high control precision while having simplified structures to allow easy assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2013
    Assignee: Sunonwealth Electric Machine Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Alex Horng
  • Patent number: 8414274
    Abstract: A heat dissipating fan includes a housing having an air inlet and an air outlet between which an air passageway is formed. A fixed seat is provided in the air passageway and includes first positioning holes. A magnetically conductive first casing includes a first outer wall, an extended wall extending radially outward from an end of the first outer wall and having second positioning holes aligned with the first positioning holes, and a first support on the other end of the first outer wall. A second casing is coupled to an inner periphery of the extended wall of the first casing. A motor mounted in the first and second casings includes a stator and a circuit board electrically connected to the stator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2013
    Assignee: Sunonwealth Electric Machines Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Alex Horng, Tso-Kuo Yin
  • Patent number: 8366419
    Abstract: An inner rotor type motor includes a base having a pivotal portion. A stator is mounted to the base and includes a body and a coil unit engaged with the body and surrounding a hole of the body. A rotor includes a rotatable member, a shaft, and a permanent magnet. The rotatable member includes an engaging portion and a sidewall provided along a periphery of the engaging portion extending into the hole of the stator. The shaft includes an end coupled to the engaging portion. The other end of the shaft is coupled to the pivotal portion. The permanent magnet is mounted to an outer periphery of the rotatable member and aligned with the coil unit. The axial length of the shaft without the permanent magnet mounted thereto can be reduced, allowing reduction of axial heights of the motor and a heat dissipating fan utilizing the motor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2013
    Assignee: Sunonwealth Electric Machine Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Alex Horng
  • Patent number: 8328533
    Abstract: A heat dissipation fan includes a base with a plurality of holes defined therein, a stator mounted on the base and being placed around the holes of the base, and an impeller rotatably attached to the base. The impeller includes a hub and a plurality of blades, the hub includes a top wall with a plurality of holes defined therein and an annular wall depending from the top wall. The blades are arranged around the annular wall of the hub. An axial air passage is defined in the stator. The holes of the base communicate with the holes of the top wall via the air passage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2012
    Assignees: Fu Zhun Precision Industry (Shen Zhen) Co., Ltd., Foxconn Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Fang-Xiang Yu, Jer-Haur Kuo
  • Patent number: 8303274
    Abstract: A miniature fan, particularly an axial fan, has a space-conserving structure which permits sophisticated electronic control circuits within a limited amount of space. It features an electronically commutated motor (ECM) including an internal stator 68, an external rotor 27 on a shaft 62, and a fan wheel 28 mounted on the rotor and bearing fan blades 26. The motor flange 40? supports a bearing tube 60 which rotatably journals the rotor shaft 62 and is formed with a cavity 84 which receives a first circuit board 86 devoted to control of motor speed and/or voltage, and a second circuit board 96 which supports a galvanometric sensor 100 which senses the rotational position of the rotor, for purposes of triggering commutation of the motor stator windings 68 at appropriate times.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2012
    Assignee: EBM-Papst St. Georgen GmbH & Co, KG
    Inventor: Wolfgang Arno Winkler
  • Patent number: 8297946
    Abstract: An oil sealing structure of a motor includes a cover and at least one sealing element. The motor has a shaft, a fluid bearing and a bushing. The fluid bearing mounts to the shaft and is accommodated in the bushing. The cover is disposed around the shaft and is connected with an opening of the bushing. The sealing element is disposed around the shaft and between the fluid bearing and the cover. A fan and a motor including the above-mentioned oil sealing structure are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2012
    Assignee: Delta Electronics, Inc.
    Inventors: Yue-Fei Li, Ying-Xi Hu, Dung-Chang Yeh, Yung-Ping Lin
  • Patent number: 8277203
    Abstract: A DC fan of an inner rotor type includes a housing having a frame defining a compartment. A rotor is rotatably received in the compartment. The rotor includes a shaft having an outer periphery and a permanent magnet fixed to and around the outer periphery of the shaft. A stator is fixed in the compartment of the frame and surrounds the rotor. The stator includes a plurality of magnetic pole faces facing an outer periphery of the permanent magnet. An air gap is formed between each magnetic pole face and the permanent magnet. The stator further includes at least one coil. An impeller is coupled to an end of the shaft. A drive control unit is mounted in the compartment and electrically connected to the at least one coil of the stator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2012
    Assignee: Sunonwealth Electric Machine Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Alex Horng
  • Patent number: 8257059
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an air supply system for a vehicle, which includes a curved diffuser passageway and a volute formed on upper portion of the diffuser passageway to sufficiently secure a length of the diffuser passageway, thereby enhancing a pressure conversion efficiency and reducing a size of the entire system, and which further includes a guide for guiding an air flow toward an input of an impeller, thereby minimizing a loss occurring when air passing through a motor housing flows to the inlet of the impeller, and reducing a weight of an outlet duct.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2012
    Assignee: Halla Climate Control Corporation
    Inventors: Kyungseok Cho, Woojune Kim, Changhoon Oh
  • Patent number: 8167582
    Abstract: A fan assembly. The fan assembly includes a rotation shaft, a rotor coupled to the rotation shaft, a stator disposed inside the rotor, and a fan including a hub having a receiving space therein, and a plurality of blades disposed at a circumference of the hub, and coupled to the rotation shaft such that the rotor is spaced from an inner surface of the hub respectively in axial and radial directions, thereby preventing a transfer of vibration of a permanent magnet to the outside, and thus reducing the generation of noise due to the vibration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2012
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Myung-Keun Yoo, Hyoun-Jeong Shin