Patents Assigned to REGAL BELOIT AUSTRALIA PTY LTD.
  • Patent number: 9667106
    Abstract: A motor housing for enclosing a first stator module and a second stator module of a motor is provided. The motor housing includes a stator housing. The stator housing has a first module portion coupled to the first stator module, wherein the first module has a first contoured shape complimentary to the first stator module. A second module portion is coupled to the second stator module, wherein the second module has a second contoured shape complimentary to the second stator module. The housing also includes a base portion having a first side coupled to the first module portion and a second side coupled to the second module portion. The base portion further includes a third side coupled to and extends between the first side and the second side. A rotor housing is coupled to the stator housing and has a fastener coupled to the third side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Assignee: REGAL BELOIT AUSTRALIA PTY LTD
    Inventors: Matthew John Turner, Greg Heins, Byron Kennedy
  • Patent number: 9467015
    Abstract: A device for positioning a planar array of magnets within a permanent magnet electrical machine of the type having a rotor and stator with an air gap there between. The device includes a body made of non-ferrous material and having a first side which is attachable to the rotor and a second side which, in an assembled machine, faces the air gap. The first side of the body has a plurality of recesses therein for receiving a corresponding plurality of magnets. The recesses are shaped and arranged to separate the magnets from each other and maintain a consistent spacing between them. When the device is attached to the rotor the magnets are held in a fixed position against the rotor. The electrical machine may be a motor or a generator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2016
    Assignee: Regal Beloit Australia Pty Ltd.
    Inventors: Charles Richard Langford, Steven Peter Camilleri, Dean James Patterson
  • Patent number: 9467030
    Abstract: In one aspect, an electric machine is provided. The electric machine includes a housing including at least one air intake, an air outlet, and an air passage extending between the at least one air intake and the air outlet. The electric machine also includes a first heat sink positioned at least partially within the air passage, and a second heat sink positioned at least partially within the air passage downstream of the first heat sink. A cooling airflow through the at least one air intake flows through the air passage to cool the first heat sink and the second heat sink before the cooling airflow is exhausted through the air outlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2016
    Assignee: Regal Beloit Australia Pty Ltd
    Inventors: Steven Peter Camilleri, Stephen Scott Nurse, Matthew John Turner, Rafal Pawel Rohoza
  • Publication number: 20150091410
    Abstract: An axial flux electric machine comprises a rotor assembly configured to rotate about an axis of rotation. A stator core is coupled to the rotor assembly. The stator core comprises a stator core base and a plurality of circumferentially-spaced stator teeth extending from the base in a direction parallel to the axis. Each stator tooth of the plurality of stator teeth comprises a top surface, a pair of opposing circumferential sides, and a chamfered portion defined at an intersection of the top surface and each of the pair of opposing sides. The chamfered portion facilitates reducing an amount of torque ripple produced by the axial flux electric motor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2013
    Publication date: April 2, 2015
    Applicants: Regal Beloit Australia Pty Ltd., Regal Beloit America, Inc.
    Inventors: Steven Wilfred Post, Nicholas Neville Lambert, Greg Heins
  • Publication number: 20150084477
    Abstract: A motor housing for enclosing a first stator module and a second stator module of a motor is provided. The motor housing includes a stator housing. The stator housing has a first module portion coupled to the first stator module, wherein the first module has a first contoured shape complimentary to the first stator module. A second module portion is coupled to the second stator module, wherein the second module has a second contoured shape complimentary to the second stator module. The housing also includes a base portion having a first side coupled to the first module portion and a second side coupled to the second module portion. The base portion further includes a third side coupled to and extends between the first side and the second side. A rotor housing is coupled to the stator housing and has a fastener coupled to the third side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2013
    Publication date: March 26, 2015
    Applicant: Regal Beloit Australia Pty Ltd.
    Inventors: Matthew John Turner, Greg Heins, Byron Kennedy
  • Patent number: 8963392
    Abstract: An axial flux electric machine and associated method of use that includes a shaft, a rotor attached to the shaft, a plurality of permanent magnets positioned underneath the rotor, an electrical winding positioned below the plurality of permanent magnets, a stator that encircles the shaft that is located below the rotor, a first bearing assembly located below the stator and encircling the shaft of the rotor, a second bearing assembly located below the first bearing assembly and encircling the shaft, and a spring mechanism, located between the first bearing assembly and the second bearing assembly, to distribute load placed on the shaft between the first bearing assembly and the second bearing assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2015
    Assignees: Regal Beloit America, Inc., Regal Beloit Australia Pty., Ltd.
    Inventors: William A. Ziegler, Michael D. Smith, Charles Richard Langford
  • Publication number: 20140265653
    Abstract: In one aspect, a three-phase axial flux stator is provided. The stator includes a plurality of stator modules oriented in an axial direction, and each of the stator modules includes a pair of teeth connected by a yoke section. The stator also includes a plurality of windings, each of the windings wound around one of the stator modules. The stator modules and the windings produce a three-phase flux in an axial direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: REGAL BELOIT AUSTRALIA PTY LTD.
    Inventors: Greg Heins, Matthew John Turner
  • Publication number: 20140265664
    Abstract: In one aspect, an electric machine is provided. The electric machine includes a housing including at least one air intake, an air outlet, and an air passage extending between the at least one air intake and the air outlet. The electric machine also includes a first heat sink positioned at least partially within the air passage, and a second heat sink positioned at least partially within the air passage downstream of the first heat sink.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: REGAL BELOIT AUSTRALIA PTY LTD.
    Inventors: Steven Peter Camilleri, Stephen Scott Nurse, Matthew John Turner, Rafal Pawel Rohoza
  • Publication number: 20140265738
    Abstract: A motor having an axis of rotation is provided. The motor includes a housing, a first shaft coupled to the housing and a second shaft coupled to the first shaft. The motor further includes a stator coupled to the housing and comprising an outer circumferential surface and an inner circumferential surface, wherein the inner circumferential surface defines a stator bore around the axis of rotation. A gearbox is coupled to the first shaft and to the second shaft and positioned within the stator bore. The motor includes a rotor coupled to the first shaft and adjacent the stator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2013
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicants: HUB CITY, INC., REGAL BELOIT AUSTRALIA PTY LTD, REGAL BELOIT AMERICA, INC.
    Inventors: Larry Gene Anderson, Wesley Kenneth Anderson, Charles Richard Langford
  • Publication number: 20140265700
    Abstract: An electric machine comprising a permanent magnet rotor assembly is provided. The electric machine comprises a permanent magnet rotor assembly comprising a plurality of permanent magnets coupled to a rotor disk and a plurality of magnet shims coupled to the plurality of permanent magnets opposite the rotor disk. Each magnet shim of the plurality of magnet shims has a substantially complementary shape as a respective permanent magnet of the plurality of permanent magnets. The electric machine further comprises a stator core comprising a plurality of stator teeth that define a plurality of slots therebetween. At least one of the plurality of magnet shims is configured to direct magnetic flux from at least one of the plurality of permanent magnets to at least one stator tooth of the plurality of stator teeth.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: Regal Beloit Australia PTY LTD
    Inventors: Dean James Patterson, Rafal Pawel Rohoza, Steven Peter Camilleri, Matthew Turner, Charles Richard Langford