Electric Or Magnetic Motor Patents (Class 417/410.1)
  • Patent number: 11879446
    Abstract: A compressor includes a case, a compression unit having a cylinder, a piston disposed inside the cylinder, and a driving unit for reciprocating the piston, and a support unit elastically supporting the compression unit to be spaced apart from an inner surface of the case. The support unit includes a wire spring having a plurality of linear portions arranged in parallel with one another and curved portions each connecting two adjacent linear portions. The wire spring includes a first wire spring and a second wire spring symmetrically disposed with each other. The wire spring includes a connecting portion connecting the first wire spring and the second wire spring, and the connecting portion is supported by the case. Accordingly, a simplified structure can be obtained and a manufacturing cost can be reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Kwangwook Kim, Hyeongjun Lim
  • Patent number: 11863025
    Abstract: A resin molded rotor includes a rotor, a main shaft, and a resin mold. The rotor is configured to hold a magnet. The main shaft is provided with the rotor mounted thereto and is configured to transmit power to the outside. The resin mold is configured to integrally cover the rotor and part of the main shaft on respective sides in an axial direction of the rotor. An O-ring is placed between the resin mold and the main shaft to seal between the resin mold and the main shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: EBARA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takanori Inada, Kozo Matake
  • Patent number: 11835066
    Abstract: An assembling structure of a ceiling fan has a motor shaft and a driving assembly mounted on the motor shaft. The motor shaft is mounted through the driving assembly. The driving assembly has an upper cover, a lower cover, a chamber, a circuit board, and a positioning mechanism. The lower cover has a covering board and a mounting cylinder mounted in a center of the covering board, and is mounted on the motor shaft via the mounting cylinder. The chamber is formed between the upper cover and the lower cover. The circuit board is mounted in the chamber. The upper cover, the lower cover, and the circuit board are sequentially arranged from top to bottom. The positioning mechanism is mounted in the chamber and limits a mounting position of the circuit board. The present invention solves the noise issue.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: Foshan Carro Electrical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jian-Sheng Zhang, Zhi-Qiang Yuan
  • Patent number: 11795934
    Abstract: A pump includes a housing, a first vibrating body, a second vibrating body, and a peripheral wall portion that define a pump chamber, and a driving body. The housing has a first wall portion opposed to the first vibrating body and a second wall portion. The first wall portion includes a first concave portion that opens toward the first vibrating body and opposed to a central portion of the first vibrating body and a first circumferential portion adjacent to the first concave portion. A first chamber includes a first wide portion defined by the first concave portion and the first vibrating body, and a first narrow portion defined by the first circumferential portion and the first vibrating body. The first narrow portion overlaps with at least part of the first vibrating body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Daisuke Kondo, Hiroaki Wada, Nobuhira Tanaka, Hiroyuki Yokoi, Hiroki Achiwa, Hiroshi Takemura
  • Patent number: 11725653
    Abstract: A pump insert (1) for arranging in an accommodating space (104), the pump insert (1) comprising: a pump (10) comprising a pump chamber (15) and a delivery element (11) which can rotate about a rotational axis (D) and which is arranged in the pump chamber (15); an electric motor (20) comprising a rotor (21), which can rotate about the rotational axis (D), and a stator (22); and a drive shaft (30) which is mounted such that it can rotate about the rotational axis (D), wherein the rotor (21) and the delivery element (11) are connected via the drive shaft (30) in such a way that rotating the rotor (21) causes the delivery element (11) to rotate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Inventors: Gerd Jäggle, Michael Ehringer, Georg Wiebel
  • Patent number: 11717317
    Abstract: Exemplary methods and devices can be provided for harvesting a plurality of small tissue pieces, e.g., having widths less than about 1 mm or 0.5 mm, using one or more hollow needles. A fluid can be flowed through a conduit past the proximal ends of the needles to facilitate removal of the tissue pieces from the needle lumens, and can maintain the tissue pieces in a controlled and protective liquid environment. A filter can be used to extract and collect the tissue pieces from the liquid, or the tissue pieces can be deposited directly onto a porous dressing. Such tissue pieces can be used as microscopic grafts, which can be applied directly to a wound site or provided on a substrate or dressing, or stored for later use. Such microscopic grafts can promote tissue regrowth and wound healing, or can be applied to a scaffold to grow new tissue.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: The General Hospital Corporation
    Inventors: Richard R. Anderson, Walfre Franco, Joel N. Jimenez-Lozano, William A. Farinelli
  • Patent number: 11664691
    Abstract: The present invention provides A motor comprising: a shaft; a rotor including a hole in which the shaft is disposed; and a stator outside the rotor, wherein the rotor comprises a rotor core and a magnet, wherein the rotor core comprises: a main body; a pocket which is formed in the main body and in which the magnet is disposed; first barriers extending from both sides of the pocket; and second barriers formed between an inner circumferential surface of the main body and an outer circumferential surface of the main body, wherein a center (C11) of the second barrier has a certain arrangement angle (?) in a circumferential direction from a first line (L11) passing through a center (CC) of the main body and a center of a width (W) of the magnet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Byung Sam Lee, Sang Tae Kim, Su Won Kim, Hyun Kag Park, Jong Chan Lee
  • Patent number: 11609053
    Abstract: A heatsink comprising a heat exchange device having a plurality of heat exchange elements each having a surface boundary with respect to a heat transfer fluid, having successive elements or regions having varying size scales. According to one embodiment, an accumulation of dust or particles on a surface of the heatsink is reduced by a removal mechanism. The mechanism can be thermal pyrolysis, vibration, blowing, etc. In the case of vibration, adverse effects on the system to be cooled may be minimized by an active or passive vibration suppression system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: fractal heatsink technologies llc
    Inventor: Alexander I Poltorak
  • Patent number: 11503725
    Abstract: A gate driver includes: driver boards mountable on an IGBT module which is a driving-target external device; gate driver circuits which are formed on the driver boards and each apply a drive signal generated using power and a signal which are externally input through an input connector, to semiconductor elements of the IGBT module; and an insulating surrounding member disposed to surround a peripheral edge of the input-side driver board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: TAMURA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hirotoshi Aoki, Kiyotaka Yoshida, Tomohiko Yoshino
  • Patent number: 11486393
    Abstract: A scroll compressor of vehicles includes a housing including a first opening to form a receiving space, a compressing mechanism, and an electrical machinery mechanism including a rotor and a stator. The electrical machinery mechanism, located in the receiving space, drives the compressing mechanism to rotates. A lower holder is fixed to an upper holder via the stator. The stator is coupled to a binding post by lead-out wires, and the binding post, away from a bottom wall of the housing, is located between an inner wall of the housing and an outer wall of the stator. The stator and the binding post are directly or indirectly installed to a same component, and a distance between an outlet of the lead-out wires and the binding post is constant during the assembling process of the binding post and the lead-out wires.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: SHANGHAI HIGHLY NEW ENERGY TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xuefeng Song, Yuqiang Wang
  • Patent number: 11439797
    Abstract: A container for a portable surgical drain system to receive a fluid from a drain at a surgical site is disclosed. The container includes a drain hub having at least one sensor and a cartridge removably coupled to the drain hub in fluid communication with the drain to provide a suction source to draw and receive the fluid from the surgical site. The at least one sensor detects a characteristic of the fluid in the cartridge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: MEDTRONIC ADVANCED ENERGY LLC.
    Inventors: Mark Guirguis, Nathan Zamarripa, Nicholas Valley, Christian Schasel
  • Patent number: 11346370
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a jet structure of a fan rotor, which comprises a fan wheel and at least one connecting channel. The fan wheel has a hub and plural blades disposed on the circumferential side of the hub. The hub has a top portion and a sidewall. Each of the blades has an upper surface and a lower surface which form a high-pressure zone and a low-pressure zone, respectively. The connecting channel is provided with at least one first inlet disposed in the high-pressure zone and at least one first outlet disposed in the low-pressure zone. The first inlet and the first outlet are a first end and a second end of the connecting channel, respectively. By means of the design of the present invention, the effect of noise reduction can be achieved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: Asia Vital Components Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Wen-Hao Liu, Yu-Tzu Chen
  • Patent number: 11293444
    Abstract: A pump assembly includes a pump housing having a fluid inlet, a fluid outlet, and a fluid channel defined therebetween. The pump assembly also includes an impeller positioned within the fluid channel and configured to channel a fluid between the fluid inlet and the fluid outlet. The pump assembly also includes a motor assembly having a shaft coupled to the rear plate, wherein the shaft defines a first fluid cavity coupled in flow communication with an opening in the rear plate to enable fluid flow into the shaft. The motor assembly also includes a motor housing having a back plate positioned relative to the impeller rear plate to define a second fluid cavity therebetween. The motor assembly further includes a stator assembly coupled to the back plate and positioned opposite the second fluid cavity such that the fluid facilitates cooling the stator assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignees: REGAL BELOIT AMERICA, INC., REGAL BELOIT AUSTRALIA PTY LTD.
    Inventors: Jason Jon Kreidler, Samuel Augustin Dieckhaus, Alexander Julian Baer
  • Patent number: 11283309
    Abstract: A brushless motor that can uniformly wind a coil winding at a low cost even with a stator core in which intervals between tooth tips of a plurality of pole teeth provided in a circumferential direction of an annular section to protrude in a radial direction differ. An auxiliary tooth tip section is formed integrally on a tooth tip of a required pole tooth of a stator core in which a plurality of pole teeth are provided in a circumferential direction of an annular section to protrude in a radial direction, and in which circumferential intervals between adjacent tooth tips are not uniform, and gaps between the tooth tips of all the pole teeth of the stator core are formed uniform.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: SHINANO KENSHI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shou Tomiyama, Makoto Aida
  • Patent number: 11225960
    Abstract: A diaphragm pump includes a suction valve configured to open and close a suction passage to a pump chamber. The suction valve is made of an elastic material and includes a shaft and a valve element. The upper end portion of the shaft includes a projection. A diaphragm holder includes a shaft hole in which the lower end portion of the shaft is inserted, and a seat surface to which part of the suction passage opens. A diaphragm housing presses the upper end portion of the shaft toward the lower end portion and holds the shaft together with the diaphragm holder. The valve element thus comes into tight contact with the seat surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2022
    Assignee: OKENSEIKO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Akira Inoue, Kazuki Itahara
  • Patent number: 11215200
    Abstract: An oscillating fan includes a base, a plurality of heat sink fins arranged at the base and forming air outlet passages between the plurality of heat sink fins, a blade oscillating in a direction parallel to the plurality of heat sink fins, and a driving mechanism configured to drive the blade to oscillate, such that an airflow enters from a side of the blade distal from the plurality of heat sink fins and blows toward the plurality of heat sink fins.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: LENOVO (BEIJING) CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Jingyang Hao
  • Patent number: 11168676
    Abstract: A mud pump is provided that includes a pump shaft having substantially circular eccentric lobes. Each lobe is rotatably mounted in a connecting rod that, in turn, moves a slide in a horizontal and linearly manner. A pony rod operatively couples a pump fluid end module to one or both sides of each slide frame and a pump fluid end module. As the pump shaft turns, each lobe causes the slide to move side to side. As the slide moves side to side, each pony rod operates a pump fluid end module whose outputs can be coupled to a common manifold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Inventor: Gerald Lesko
  • Patent number: 11141350
    Abstract: The package comprises a sterile bag filled with liquid diluent, a bottle equipped with a pierceable cap to contain a medicinal substance and a tube extending from the bag and having a coupling and perforation device for the cap. The bag is housed in a first casing, while the bottle and the coupling and perforation device are in a second casing. The tube has a portion, housing a flow diverter adjustable from a first position which impedes any communication between the bottle and the bag, a second position which allows the bag to be put in communication with a sealed side opening for a syringe, or a third position which allows the bottle to be connected with said side opening. Another side opening of the flow diverter a flexible tube with hydrophobic filter is attached, terminating into one of said sterile sealed casings and serving as a pressure compensator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: ADIENNE Pharma & Biotech SA
    Inventor: Paolo Giuseppe Gobbi Frattini
  • Patent number: 11131298
    Abstract: A compressor includes a terminal cover. The terminal cover includes a first terminal protector protecting a first glass-sealed terminal assembly, a first power line guide guiding first power lines connected to the first glass-sealed terminal assembly, a first power line outlet through which the first power lines extend outward, a second terminal protector protecting a second glass-sealed terminal assembly, a second power line guide guiding second power lines connected to the second glass-sealed terminal assembly, and a second power line outlet through which the second power lines extend outward. The first power line guide guides the first power lines in a guiding direction away from the second terminal protector. The second power line guide guides the second power lines such that the second power lines bypass the first terminal protector and are directed in a direction identical to the guiding direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Jinnai, Toshiyuki Kubono
  • Patent number: 11073126
    Abstract: A device (1) is provided for generating electric energy from a pressurized fluid (4) including a stator (2), which includes a tubular body on which a solenoid (21) is wound, and a rotor (3) mobile housed inside the tubular body of the stator (2). The rotor (3) includes a ring-shaped support element (6) and a plurality of hydraulic blades (57) each provided with a respective magnet (5) and mounted on the supporting element (6), integral with it. The rotor (3) is rotated within the tubular body of the stator (2) by the pressurized fluid (4) entering the device (1), so that the magnets (5) of the hydraulic blades (57) generate a magnetic field (22) which induces electric energy in the solenoid (21) of the stator (2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Assignee: INFINITY ELECTRIC ENERGY S.R.L.
    Inventor: Ludovico Bonfiglio
  • Patent number: 11063387
    Abstract: A connector includes an insulating housing that is fixed to a casing of a first device at a communication part through which an opening of the casing of the first device and an opening of a casing of a second device communicate with each other and includes first through holes, conductors that are inserted into the respective first through holes to electrically connect the first device and the second device, an insulating sealing member that includes tubular sealing parts that seal between the conductors and the housing, and a connecting part that connects the sealing parts, and an insulating support member that includes second through holes into which the conductors are inserted, is attached to the housing from a side of the second device, and interposes the sealing member between the support member and the housing to support the sealing parts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Eiji Aoki, Kazuhide Takahashi
  • Patent number: 11055040
    Abstract: A mobile terminal with which an intended image forming apparatus can be easily paired is provided. A search unit searches for an image forming apparatus. A display unit displays, as a result of searching by the search unit, a list containing a plurality of image forming apparatuses. A specifying unit specifies, from the plurality of image forming apparatuses, one image forming apparatus to which the mobile terminal is brought closer. A connection unit connects to the image forming apparatus specified by the specifying unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Morikazu Ito
  • Patent number: 11022112
    Abstract: A drive apparatus to be mounted on a vehicle includes a motor body including a rotor to rotate about a central axis extending in a horizontal direction perpendicular to a direction of travel of the vehicle, and a stator radially outside of the rotor, a housing including a housing portion to house the motor body, oil in a vertically lower region of the housing portion, and a pump to move the oil from the vertically lower region of the housing portion to feed the oil to the motor body. A liquid surface of the oil in the vertically lower region of the housing portion approaches the central axis to bring the oil into contact with the rotor as a result of the vehicle being inclined forward or rearward in the direction of travel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: NIDEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasuo Yamaguchi, Yuki Ishikawa
  • Patent number: 11002782
    Abstract: A method for determining failure of a power element for use in an electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a power element and a detection circuit. The method includes the steps of: obtaining a temperature-calculation model of the power element, and obtaining a parameterized temperature-calculation model of a power-element parameter and a parameterized temperature of the power element; detecting load information and the power-element parameter by the detection circuit; calculating a modeled temperature of the power element according to the load information and the temperature-calculation model, and calculating the parameterized temperature of the power element according to the power-element parameter and the parameterized temperature-calculation model; determining whether an error between the modeled temperature and the parameterized temperature exceeds a permitted range; and determining that the power element has failed in response to the error exceeding the permitted range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Assignee: DELTA ELECTRONICS, INC.
    Inventors: Lei-Chung Hsing, Hsien-Chih Ou, Chun-Chang Huang
  • Patent number: 10982667
    Abstract: In certain embodiments, a fluidic pump system includes a brushless slotless direct current (BSDC) motor mechanically coupled to a fluidic pump, and a motor controller communicably coupled to the BSDC motor. The BSDC motor is configured to drive the fluidic pump, and the motor controller is configured to generate command signals to drive the BSDC motor. The fluidic pump system further includes commutation circuitry coupled to the BSDC motor that is configured to provide digital sine-wave commutation of the BSDC motor and to provide an indication of movement of the BSDC motor to the motor controller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: Alcon Inc.
    Inventor: Steven T. Charles
  • Patent number: 10980924
    Abstract: A reduced-pressure canister includes a canister body having a fluid reservoir, an inlet for receiving fluids from a patient, and an integral hydrophobic filter formed within a side or top portion of the canister body. The integral hydrophobic filter has a plurality of pores in the canister body that are covered by a hydrophobic coating. Other canisters, methods, and systems are also presented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: KCI Licensing, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher Brian Locke, Timothy Mark Robinson, Richard Daniel John Coulthard, Jonathan Paul Jaeb
  • Patent number: 10968916
    Abstract: Disclosed is an embodiment of a dual seal arrangement for the high-speed shaft of a supercharger with a centrifugal compressor and a mechanical speed step-down transmission to the shaft. A ring located about the shaft splits the rotational speed of the shaft between two seals, so that each seal spins at a speed of roughly half the speed of the shaft. The arrangement can also be used to split the shaft speed between two bearings in the same manner. The high-speed shaft may also have a turbine attached, to form a driven turbocharger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: SUPERTURBO TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventor: Barry D. Suelter
  • Patent number: 10962003
    Abstract: An electric oil pump apparatus includes an electric oil pump including a housing main body that accommodates a motor and a pump driven by the motor, a flange portion formed on the housing main body, and a control circuit case for accommodating a control circuit, and a base plate attached to the electric oil pump. The base plate includes an annular main body fixed to the housing main body, and a sealing member located between the annular main body and the housing main body. The annular main body includes a first surface located on one side, a second surface located on the other side, a first through hole for passing the housing main body therethrough, and an annular stepped portion configured to accommodate the sealing member, and formed along an inner edge of the first through hole. The first surface of the base plate is opposed to the flange portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignee: NIDEC TOSOK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shigehiro Kataoka, Yoshiyuki Kobayashi, Koji Higuchi
  • Patent number: 10954932
    Abstract: An electromagnetic cooling fan includes a thin blade connected to an elongated beam. The beam is simply supported at its two ends with two supporting members. The beam has a magnet attached to it at the center. An electromagnet is used to generate cyclic force on the magnet, causing the beam and the blade to oscillate, generating air flow for cooling purpose.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Inventor: Tung Thanh Nguyen
  • Patent number: 10931161
    Abstract: A centrifugal pump motor comprising a permanent magnet rotor, a wound stator that is separated from the permanent magnet rotor by means of a containment shell, a circuit board having a large electronic component electrically connected to it, and a motor housing with a plug connection. The centrifugal pump motor provides a robust design for a generic centrifugal pump motor, so as to prevent damage during installation and operation, as well as additionally ensuring a space-saving and compact arrangement of the electronic components, in order to enable optimal heat dissipation of the electronic components. Furthermore, a simple way of manufacturing is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Assignee: BÜHLER MOTOR GMBH
    Inventors: Jürgen Ehrsam, Klaus Weiske, Harald Rausch, Florian Stückl, Jens Weiss
  • Patent number: 10927839
    Abstract: An inflation pump and operating method and usage thereof relate to the technical field of inflation devices. The inflation pump includes a housing, a control mechanism and an inflation mechanism. Both the control mechanism and inflation mechanism are provided within the housing. The control mechanism includes a pressure sensor and a control circuit board. The pressure sensor communicates with the control circuit board via signals. The control circuit board communicates with the inflation mechanism via signals. The pressure sensor is communicated with outside of the housing through a first air pipe. The inflation mechanism is communicated with outside of the housing through an air inlet provided on the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Assignee: JIANGSU YOUMAY ELECTRIC APPLIANCE CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Ying'an Liu
  • Patent number: 10920548
    Abstract: Systems and methods for producing hydrocarbons from a subterranean well include a first electrical submersible pump section having an outer motor body, and a motor stator. A central bore extends through the motor body and is sized to accommodate a motor rotor assembly. A second electrical submersible pump section has the motor rotor assembly, a seal section, and a pump section. The first electrical submersible pump section has a downhole ring shaped to secure the first electrical submersible pump section to a downhole production tubing, and has an uphole ring shaped to secure the first electrical submersible pump section to an uphole production tubing. The second electrical submersible pump section has a deployment connector operable to connect to an installation line for rig-less installation and removal of the second electrical submersible pump section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignee: SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY
    Inventors: Rafael Adolfo Lastra, Mohannad Abdelaziz, Jinjiang Xiao
  • Patent number: 10879756
    Abstract: A connecting part accommodating container for insulating an external power line and an electric compressor. The electric compressor comprising an electric motor that is housed in a casing and drives a compression part for compressing a refrigerant guided into a casing, and a connecting part accommodating container in which an external power line is guided from the exterior of the casing, and which is for accommodating a connecting part for electrically connecting in the interior of the casing the external power line that supplies power to the electric motor and an internal power line that is guided from the electric motor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES THERMAL SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Takayuki Hagita, Akinori Yoshioka
  • Patent number: 10873247
    Abstract: An electric compressor for a vehicle includes a compressor case, an inverter circuit, an inverter case, and a lid that closes an opening of the inverter case. The electric compressor further includes a seal component interposed between the inverter case and the lid to seal between the inverter case and the lid. The electric compressor further includes a conductive component. The conductive component transmits an electromagnetic wave noise from the inverter case to at least one of the compressor case and the lid, the electromagnetic wave noise propagating from the inverter circuit to the inverter case when the inverter circuit provides the electric current through the electric motor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2020
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takayuki Fukuda, Tsuyoshi Takemoto
  • Patent number: 10808711
    Abstract: The present invention provides a compressor that includes: one or more impellers that axially suck and centrifugally compress a refrigerant; a rotary shaft that is connected with the impeller and a motor for rotating the impeller; a plurality of magnetic bearings that supports the rotary shaft in the air so that the rotary shaft can rotate; a gap sensor that senses the distance from the rotary shaft; and a controller that determines abnormal wire connection of the magnetic bearings on the basis of information from the gap sensor. The controller can sense movement of the rotary shaft through the gap sensor while controlling the amount of current supplied to any one of the magnetic bearings and can determine whether there is abnormal wire connection on the basis of the information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Namsoo Lee, Solji Ryu, Kiwook Lee, Seongmin Jang
  • Patent number: 10788041
    Abstract: Disclosed is an embodiment of a dual seal arrangement for the high-speed shaft of a supercharger with a centrifugal compressor and a mechanical speed step-down transmission to the shaft. A ring located about the shaft splits the rotational speed of the shaft between two seals, so that each seal spins at a speed of roughly half the speed of the shaft. The arrangement can also be used to split the shaft speed between two bearings in the same manner. The high-speed shaft may also have a turbine attached, to form a driven turbocharger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignee: SuperTurbo Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Barry D. Suelter
  • Patent number: 10759365
    Abstract: A power electronics module for operating a hybrid module for a hybrid drive unit wherein the power electronics module includes a power electronics module-side electrical signal and/or clutch actuator connection that includes a power electronics module-side contact device connected to the power electronics module for a direct connection to a hybrid module-side contact device, provided on the hybrid module, of a hybrid module-side electrical signal and/or clutch actuator connection is provided. A hybrid module and to a method for assembling a hybrid module is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Stefan Mackowiak, Cedric Blaes
  • Patent number: 10760575
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is an electric compressor having an electrical connection unit. The electric compressor may include: a compression unit configured to compress working fluid; an electrically-driven unit configured to drive the compression unit, and including a stator fixed in an inner surface of a housing, and a rotor rotatably disposed inside the stator; the housing including a partition provided to define a space in which the electrically-driven unit is received; a plurality of electrical connection pins connected electrically to the electrically-driven unit, and disposed through the partition in a longitudinal direction of the housing; and a controller disposed on a rear surface of the partition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: Hanon Systems
    Inventors: Jeong Ki Seo, Il Young Park, Kyung Jae Lee
  • Patent number: 10749403
    Abstract: A motor includes a housing that has a bottom with a first bearing accommodation and a cylindrical side surface portion which extends from the bottom; a rotor assembly with a rotation shaft, and a rotor mounted on the rotation shaft and accommodated inside the housing; a stator assembly accommodated inside the housing and surrounding the rotor; a housing cover coupled to an upper end of the housing and having a second bearing accommodation; a flow guide on the housing cover; an impeller connected to the rotation shaft over the flow guide; an impeller cover; a first bearing accommodated in the first bearing accommodation and receiving the rotation shaft; and a second bearing accommodated in the second bearing accommodation and receiving the rotation shaft, the housing cover having a cover body with an opening, connection arms between the second bearing accommodation and the opening portion, and a guide rib.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Seongguk Kim, Hosuk Kim, Heewoon Kim, Youngjin Ji
  • Patent number: 10738783
    Abstract: The invention concerns a circulator (2) for circulating a refrigerant fluid (4) in a circuit (6) of a cryogenic installation (1) from and to an element (3) having a thermal load, the circulator (2) including a drive module (8a, 8b) and a pumping module (9a, 9b) including a centrifugal wheel (10), said drive module (8a, 8b) having a magnetic coupling (51) to said pumping module (9a, 9b) in order to drive said centrifugal wheel (10) in a rotary movement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignee: COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES
    Inventors: François Viargues, Gérard Marzo, Bertrand Rollet
  • Patent number: 10707609
    Abstract: A connector (1) includes connector terminals (2), an insertion portion (3) having the connector terminals (2) inserted therethrough, a first mounting portion 4A formed on a first side of the insertion portion (3), and a second mounting portion (4B) formed on a second side of the insertion portion (3). The second mounting portion (4B) is mounted on an outer periphery of a second female connector (5B) via a sealing member (41) for waterproofing. A first material constituting the first mounting portion (4A) and a second material constituting the second mounting portion (B) are different materials. The second material has higher adhesion to the sealing member (41) than the first material when being kept in contact with the sealing member (41) in a heated environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Assignee: Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.
    Inventor: Yuta Inoue
  • Patent number: 10662942
    Abstract: An oil pump is provided with an inner rotor having external teeth, an outer rotor disposed in a loose-fit state within a pump chamber and having internal teeth meshed with the external teeth, a ring-shaped pressure chamber provided adjacent to the pump chamber in a direction of a rotation axis, a discharge opening for connecting the pump chamber and the pressure chamber, and a cylindrical discharge passage having one end connected to the pressure chamber and the other end serving as a connection opening. A portion of the discharge passage is located to open inside of the outer periphery of the pressure chamber when viewed in the rotation axis direction. The one end reaches to a middle of the pressure chamber when viewed in a radial direction of the rotation axis, and the discharge passage and the pressure chamber are in direct communication with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: JATCO LTD
    Inventor: Atsuyuki Ide
  • Patent number: 10644627
    Abstract: A control device of a synchronous electric motor includes: the synchronous electric motor with three-phase stator windings Y-connected; a detection unit that detects a neutral point potential which is a potential at a Y connection point; and an inverter that drives the synchronous electric motor. The control device of the synchronous electric motor which controls the synchronous electric motor using the inverter, includes a measurement mode in which the neutral point potential is detected in a state in which the synchronous electric motor is energized by an AC current and controls the synchronous electric motor based on a value of the neutral point potential detected in the measurement mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignee: HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshitaka Iwaji, Masaki Hano, Naoki Okamoto, Takeshi Umetsu
  • Patent number: 10598393
    Abstract: An electric-power control device including a substrate of an annular shape in which a through hole is formed and a connector is arranged in a peripheral part, the electric-power control device driving an electric motor. On the substrate, a power semiconductor module is mounted on a first region on one side relative to a straight line connecting the center of the through hole to the center of the connector, and a microcomputer is mounted on a second region on the other side. Furthermore, a first ground pattern part that is formed extending from the power semiconductor module toward the connector in the first region and a second ground pattern part that is formed extending from the microcomputer toward the connector in the second region are provided on the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2020
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Junichiro Oya, Mineo Yamamoto, Hiroyuki Ishii, Yuto Urabe
  • Patent number: 10578105
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a motor-driven compressor with an inverter that is connected with an external power source via a connector part and controls a driving part which drives a compressing part to compress fluid. A printed circuit board is provided between the connector part and the driving part. Thus, noise transmitted from the driving part to the connector part is reduced, so that it is possible to minimize the transmission of the noise to an external power source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Assignee: Hanon Systems
    Inventors: Young Hun Lee, Eun Seok Kang, Tae Hyeong Kim, Sung Jun Park, Hee Kwon Park, Seung Hwan Shin, Min Gyo Jung
  • Patent number: 10541058
    Abstract: A passive safety system comprises a heat exchanger, a thermoelectric element, and a fan unit. The heat exchanger is located inside a containment. The heat exchanger allows for temperature of atmosphere in the containment to be reduced. The thermoelectric element is disposed within the heat exchanger. The thermoelectric element is configured to generate electricity due to a temperature difference. The fan unit receives electricity generated by the thermoelectric element. The fan unit is configured to increase flow rate of fluid inside the containment. A nuclear power plant can include the passive safety system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2020
    Assignee: KOREA ATOMIC ENERGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Young In Kim, Suhn Choi, Keung Koo Kim, Young Min Bae, Soo Jai Shin
  • Patent number: 10541583
    Abstract: A motor includes a housing that has a bottom with a first bearing accommodation and a cylindrical side surface portion which extends from the bottom; a rotor assembly with a rotation shaft, and a rotor mounted on the rotation shaft and accommodated inside the housing; a stator assembly accommodated inside the housing and surrounding the rotor; a housing cover coupled to an upper end of the housing and having a second bearing accommodation; a flow guide on the housing cover; an impeller connected to the rotation shaft over the flow guide; an impeller cover; a first bearing accommodated in the first bearing accommodation and receiving the rotation shaft; and a second bearing accommodated in the second bearing accommodation and receiving the rotation shaft, the housing cover having a cover body with an opening, connection arms between the second bearing accommodation and the opening portion, and a guide rib.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2020
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Seongguk Kim, Hosuk Kim, Heewoon Kim, Youngjin Ji
  • Patent number: 10527040
    Abstract: A fluid machine for a vehicle includes a rotary shaft, an electric motor having a coil, a drive circuit, and a housing having therein a motor chamber and a circuit chamber. The housing includes a partitioning wall partitioning between the motor chamber and the circuit chamber and a peripheral wall extending from the partitioning wall. The partitioning wall and the peripheral wall form the circuit chamber. The drive circuit includes a circuit board having a surface and an electronic component mounted on the surface of the circuit board. A connecting terminal is disposed extending through the partitioning wall and electrically connecting the coil with the drive circuit. A mounting lug is formed extending from the peripheral wall so as to mount the housing to the vehicle. The electronic component, the connecting terminals and the mounting lug are disposed in this order in the radial direction of the rotary shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Fukaya, Yoshikazu Fukutani, Shinji Tsubai, Hirofumi Kuma
  • Patent number: 10495089
    Abstract: A method of operating a refrigeration system having at least three compressors, in which each compressor has an oil sump with oil at an oil level. The method includes separately connecting the oil sumps of the at least three compressors. Each separate connection allows oil flow only between the oil sumps of two of said compressors thereby preventing bypass flow. The method further includes flowing oil between oil sumps of the at least three compressors and along the separate connections to tend to equalize the oil levels among the oil sumps of the at least three compressors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Assignee: Bitzer Kuehlmashinenbau GmbH
    Inventors: Bruce A. Fraser, James William Bush
  • Patent number: 10426875
    Abstract: An apparatus for cleansing wounds, in which wound exudate is removed from a wound bed and selectively cleansed and returned to the wound. The cleansing means removes materials deleterious to wound healing, and the cleansed fluid, still containing materials that are beneficial in promoting wound healing, is returned to the wound bed. The associated wound dressing and cleansing means are conformable to the wound, and may have irrigant fluid circulated from a reservoir by a device for moving fluid through a flow path which passes through the dressing and a means for fluid cleansing and back to the dressing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignee: Smith & Nephew PLC
    Inventors: Patrick Lewis Blott, Bryan Greener, Edward Yerbury Hartwell, Derek Nicolini, Tina Michelle Walker, Julian Lee-Webb