Abstract: A rotary electric machine having a stator, and a rotor having a shaft and permanent magnets on the surface of the shaft, the permanent magnets having a face of concave overall shape directed toward the stator.
Abstract: An electronic device, in particular a variable speed drive or alternator regulator, comprising a heat sink (10) and a power card comprising a printed circuit board, housed in a casing, characterized in that it comprises a part (100) attached, on the one hand, to the heat sink (10) and attached, on the other hand, to the board and coming into contact with at least one conductive track of the power card, so as to provide an electrical contact between the heat sink and said track, said part (100) having a face that is accessible from the outside of the device for attaching a lug connected to a ground and/or an earth cable.
Type:
Application
Filed:
January 16, 2018
Publication date:
February 13, 2020
Applicant:
MOTEURS LEROY-SOMER
Inventors:
Samuel MOSER, Christophe GUITTON, Sylvain GIRAUD, Jeremy FRATANI
Abstract: An electronic device, in particular an alternator regulator, comprising a power stage to be connected to an inductive load, in particular to an alternator inductor, comprising at least one first pair of power transistors connected to a terminal of a DC bus, and a control circuit for said transistors, the transistors being disposed in parallel between said terminal of the DC bus and a first output to be connected to the load, at least one flyback diode connecting the opposite terminal of the DC bus to the first output, the control circuit being designed to generate a pulsed control signal for regulating the current in the load and for detecting a failure of one of the transistors, the control circuit being designed, during normal operation, to send the control signal to one of the transistors of the first pair, while maintaining the other transistor of said pair in an off-state.
Type:
Application
Filed:
January 16, 2018
Publication date:
February 13, 2020
Applicant:
MOTEURS LEROY-SOMER
Inventors:
Samuel MOSER, Jeremy FRATANI, Vincent MORISSEAU, Jean-Francois PAILLOU
Abstract: An assembly comprising: an electronic device (1), in particular a variable speed drive or alternator regulator, comprising a casing, the rear of which is equipped with a heat sink (10), produced from a metal profile section, for cooling at least one power component; a first assembly of elements (20) for attaching the device on a support, each comprising at least one tab to be engaged in the profile section by sliding it therein, and an attachment lug provided with at least one screw through-hole; a second assembly of elements for attaching the device on a support, each comprising at least one tab to be engaged in the profile section by sliding it therein, and an attachment lug provided with at least one screw through-hole, the elements being of different shapes.
Type:
Application
Filed:
January 16, 2018
Publication date:
February 13, 2020
Applicant:
MOTEURS LEROY-SOMER
Inventors:
Samuel MOSER, Christophe GUITTON, Christophe MONCHATRE, Jean-Francois PAILLOU
Abstract: A method for producing an electric rotary machine including a rotor magnetic mass formed by a stack of superimposed electrical sheets containing housings, and a plurality of permanent magnets inserted in the housings, the housings being provided with a plurality of lugs for locking the permanent magnets in the housings.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
December 22, 2014
Date of Patent:
January 14, 2020
Assignee:
MOTEURS LEROY-SOMER
Inventors:
Alban Marino, François Turcat, Stéphane Dufau, Mario Pereira
Abstract: The invention relates to a stator for an electric motor, including at least one winding of a wire made of an electrical conductor composed primarily of aluminum covered with a thickness of between 30 and 100 ?m of an insulator including at least one polymer chosen from among the polyaryletherketones (PAEK).
Type:
Application
Filed:
July 5, 2019
Publication date:
January 9, 2020
Applicant:
MOTEURS LEROY-SOMER
Inventors:
Benoit Petitgas, Nicolas Tanguy, Anne Gimenez, Joel Lassoudiere
Abstract: An axial flux rotary electric machine including at least one stator and at least one rotor that are arranged along an axis of rotation of the machine, the rotor including a rotor mass and housings created in the rotor mass, the housings defining magnetic poles of the rotor, each of the housings being able to contain or not contain at least one permanent magnet.
Type:
Application
Filed:
February 14, 2018
Publication date:
December 19, 2019
Applicant:
MOTEURS LEROY-SOMER
Inventors:
Dany PRIETO, Paul AKIKI, Xavier JANNOT, Benjamin DAGUSE
Abstract: An electronic device (1), in particular a variable speed drive or alternator regulator, comprising at least one power component mounted on a heat sink (10) and a plurality of capacitors extending through at least one opening of the heat sink, characterized in that it comprises a recess, which accommodates a sheet seal that is applied, on the one hand, on an internal face of the heat sink and, on the other hand, on an internal face facing a casing fitted onto the heat sink, with the internal faces of the heat sink and of the casing coming into contact.
Type:
Application
Filed:
January 16, 2018
Publication date:
December 5, 2019
Applicant:
MOTEURS LEROY-SOMER
Inventors:
Samuel MOSER, Christophe GUITTON, Renaud LEBLANC, Vincent MORISSEAU
Abstract: The present invention concerns a rotor of a rotating electric machine, comprising a rotor body (2) in which recesses (3) are provided in such a way as to define the poles (4) of the rotor, in particular at least three recesses per pole, each pole having a radial axis of the pole, the recesses (3) having an elongated shape and each comprising two short sides, the recesses being disposed in one or a plurality of rows per pole, one row comprising at least two, or indeed at least three recesses (3) disposed consecutively, the short sides thereof defining, between two consecutive recesses of a given row, a material bridge, said material bridge generally extending along a longitudinal axis (2) of the bridge oriented closer to the radial axis of the corresponding pole of the rotor, the further one is from the rotational axis.
Abstract: An electronic device (1), in particular a variable speed drive or alternator regulator, comprising a casing, the front of which has a housing for accommodating an ancillary module, a hatch (150) for closing said housing, and an electronic circuit comprising an interface card defining a housing for accommodating a memory card, opening into the housing for accommodating the ancillary module
Type:
Application
Filed:
January 16, 2018
Publication date:
October 31, 2019
Applicant:
MOTEURS LEROY-SOMER
Inventors:
Samuel MOSER, Christophe GUITTON, David RICHARD, Jean-Francois PAILLOU
Abstract: Disclosed is a double-casing frame of an electric machine that is cooled by a fluid circulating in the fluid circulation space (26) inside the double casing, said double-casing frame comprising: an inner casing (22) on which an end flange (30) is mounted at the rear of the machine; and an outer casing (24) that fits over the inner casing (22) and can be separated from the inner casing (22) without removing the end flange (30).
Type:
Application
Filed:
June 6, 2017
Publication date:
October 3, 2019
Applicant:
MOTEURS LEROY-SOMER
Inventors:
Thierry PERA, Philippe CICILIANI, Yohan KEREVER, Hamza LOFTI
Abstract: The invention relates to a system for generating electric power, comprising: an alternator (1) for coupling with a drive system (7), supplying an AC voltage to an output bus (10); a reversible AC/DC converter (2) in which the AC bus (6) is connected to the output bus (10) of the alternator (1); an electricity-storage element (3) connected to the DC bus (9) of the converter (2); a controller (4) arranged to react to a transient state of load-shedding or charging impact by controlling the converter (2) so as to collect energy on the output bus (10) of the alternator (2) and to store same in the storage element (3) in the case of load-shedding, and to collect energy in the storage element (3) and to inject same into the output bus (10) in the case of charging impact, the converter (2) being controlled so as to inject currents to compensate for harmonic currents into the AC bus (10) of the alternator (1).
Type:
Grant
Filed:
July 7, 2016
Date of Patent:
October 1, 2019
Assignees:
MOTEURS LEROY-SOMER, UNIVERSITE DE POITIERS
Abstract: A rotor for a rotary electric machine includes a magnetic rotor body and at least two permanent magnets defining a pole of the rotor, the two permanent magnets being arranged on either side of a radial axis of the pole in a common recess which is provided in the magnetic rotor body and through which the radial axis of the pole passes.
Abstract: Rotor (1) for a rotary electric machine, comprising: a shaft (2); at least one annular shaped magnet (10) engaged on the shaft; at least one elastically deformable component (9) radially interposed between the shaft (2) and the magnet (10).
Abstract: Device (1) for cooling at least one power electronics circuit (4), including: a liquid-cooled heatsink (2); and an interface plate (3) that is in thermal contact with the heatsink (2) and to which the one or more power electronics circuits (4) are attached, the interface plate (3), including at least one thermosiphon (6), being removably mounted on the heatsink (2) so as to be capable of being separated therefrom with the one or more electronic circuits (4) attached thereto.
Abstract: The invention relates to an electric machine comprising a stator, this stator comprising a set (10) of magnetic laminations which is made up of at least one first subset (50) and of at least one second subset (60) adjacent to the first the laminations of the first and second subsets having parts which become superposed, each comprising at least one closed channel formed within the laminations, the laminations being identical but angularly offset from one another by an angle 360°/n about the axis of the machine, where n is a non-zero integer, the laminations being without symmetry in a rotation by 360°/n so that the parts of the laminations thus offset which become superposed are nonidentical and create the said perturbation in the flow at the transition between the channels of the first and second subsets.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
June 24, 2016
Date of Patent:
July 16, 2019
Assignee:
Moteurs Leroy Somer
Inventors:
Michael McClelland, Ioan Deac, Aurélien Courage, Alexis Dutau
Abstract: The invention relates to an electromechanical assembly comprising: an alternator with a wound rotor; a regulator acting on the excitation of the alternator; a rectifier at the outlet of the alternator, supplying a rectified voltage to a continuous bus; and a booster circuit connected by means of a filter to the outlet of the alternator and supplying a voltage to the continuous bus.
Abstract: A method for customizing operation of an alternator regulator including at least one processor executing a program governing its operation. The regulator receives input signals and acts on output signals according to at least one control law. The control law is implemented in the regulator by a programming interface by inputting at least coordinates (x, f(x)) of at least two points of the law.
Type:
Application
Filed:
May 31, 2017
Publication date:
June 6, 2019
Applicant:
MOTEURS LEROY-SOMER
Inventors:
Jeremy FRATANI, Vincent MORISSEAU, Jean-Francois PAILLOU
Abstract: A drive device for a handling trolley, including: a chassis; a wheel carrier; a drive wheel; a steering motor for rotating the wheel carrier relative to the chassis; a reduction gear connecting the steering motor to the wheel carrier, the reduction gear including a planetary gear set including an internal sun gear, at least one planet gear, and a planet carrier on which the planet gear is mounted, a ring gear surrounding the internal sun gear and the planet gear. The shaft of the steering motor is fixed relative to the internal sun gear, the wheel carrier is fixed relative to either the planet carrier or the ring gear, and the chassis is fixed relative to the other one of the two components.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
November 30, 2015
Date of Patent:
May 21, 2019
Assignee:
MOTEURS LEROY-SOMER
Inventors:
Didier Calmettes, Eric Coupart, Françis Sourisseau, Ago-Tchalim Pato
Abstract: A rotating electric machine comprising at least one end flange carrying a bearing, and a housing onto which the end flange is attached, said housing being cooled by a liquid cooling circuit and having at least two connectors communicating with the cooling circuit. The two connectors allow the supply and return of cooling liquid to and from the flange when the flange is configured to be cooled by a flow of the cooling liquid.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
March 6, 2015
Date of Patent:
May 21, 2019
Assignee:
MOTEURS LEROY-SOMER
Inventors:
Thierry Pera, Philippe Ciciliani, Bernard Corberand