Patents Assigned to Sunonwealth Electric Machine Industry Co.
  • Patent number: 7884513
    Abstract: A rotor includes a hub, a permanent magnet and a shaft. The hub has an inner surface and an outer surface, with an assembling hole being formed at the center of the inner surface. The permanent magnet is mounted on the inner surface of the hub. The shaft has two ends, with one end being a connecting end. The connecting end is fixed in the assembling hole of the hub. An extending member is arranged at the connecting end and extends radially from a radial surface of the shaft. The extending member is embedded in a wall of the hub. Consequently, a contact area between the hub and the shaft is radially extended and increased to provide a reliable combination of the hub and the shaft, and the rotor can be applied to a motor with minimizing dimensions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2011
    Assignee: Sunonwealth Electric Machine Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Alex Horng
  • Patent number: 7884523
    Abstract: A brushless DC motor includes a base, a stator, a rotor, and a leak flux absorber. The base couples with the rotor. The stator has a coil module and is mounted on the base. The rotor has a shaft and a permanent magnet, with the rotor coupling with the base through the shaft. A gap is axially formed between the permanent magnet and the coil module. Also, the leak flux absorber is disposed around the coil module and is adjacent to, partially in, or totally in the gap. Consequently, a leak flux generated by the permanent magnet, which does not pass through the coil module, is absorbed by the leak flux absorber and forms close magnetic flux paths, so that high-frequency noise in operation is thus lowered.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2011
    Assignee: Sunonwealth Electric Machine Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Alex Horng, Tso-Kuo Yin
  • Patent number: 7884512
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a fixing structure for printed circuit board (PCB) of micro motor, including a base and a PCB. The base has a shaft tube disposed centrally therein; at least a circuit board fixing pin is protruded beyond the base peripheral to the shaft tube; the PCB has a center hole for the shaft tube to be inserted in, and the diameter of the center hole shall be close to but not less than the outer diameter of the shaft tube; each circuit board fixing pin corresponds to a through hole disposed on the center of the PCB. Sensing plates are prevented from dropping to secure the motor to stably rotate; the circuit board fixing pin, after passing through the through hole, is fixed by an adhesive or a soldering means to make the PCB and the base perfectly fit and free from warp and vibration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2011
    Assignee: Sunonwealth Electric Machine Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Alex Horng, Tso-Kuo Yin
  • Publication number: 20110013419
    Abstract: A linear light guiding module is provided, which includes a linear light guiding body, a plurality of light emitting bodies, a plurality of heat sinks, and a plurality of fans. With the linear light guiding body, the light emitting bodies, and the heat sinks linearly arranged, or with the fans further integrated, the linear light guiding module of the present invention has a small size and an effective heat-dissipation effect. Since only one linear light guiding module needs to be disposed on one side of a light guide plate, the linear light guiding module can be used in large-sized liquid crystal display panels. Moreover, the number of the linear light guiding modules used is decreased while the requirements for high brightness and brightness uniformity can still be met, so the cost can be reduced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2009
    Publication date: January 20, 2011
    Applicant: SUNONWEALTH ELECTRIC MACHINE INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Alex Horng, Masaharu Miyahara, Ssu-Hao Lai
  • Patent number: 7868493
    Abstract: A motor includes a base, a stator mounted to the base, a rotor rotatably coupled to the base, and a balancing member. The rotor includes a permanent magnet having a first magnetically conductive face with a first width in a radial direction. The balancing member includes an upper surface facing the permanent magnet. A magnetically conductive section is formed between the upper surface and the first magnetically conductive face. The balancing member further includes a magnetically attracting portion in the magnetically conductive section. The magnetically attracting portion includes a second magnetically conductive face having a second width in the radial direction. The second width is not greater than the first width. A magnetically attracting spacing is formed between the first and second magnetically conductive faces and in a range of 0.2-1.5 mm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2011
    Assignee: Sunonwealth Electric Machine Industry Co., Ltd
    Inventor: Alex Horng
  • Patent number: 7857583
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a base design of cooling structure, which includes a base, and a shaft tube disposed on the base to support a spindle of an impeller to rotate therein. The base has at least a groove and the groove is located beyond an outer diameter; the groove design can be employed to effectively prevent the issue of contraction stress caused by difference of cooling time of temperature and to prevent a slanted shaft tube for supporting a stable operation of the spindle of the impeller, thereby avoiding the resulting run-out and noise, making vibration and noise test values of the product comply with a standard value range, reducing the defective rate of the product and prolonging the product lifespan.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2010
    Assignee: Sunonwealth Electric Machine Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Alex Horng, Tung Cheng Li
  • Publication number: 20100308682
    Abstract: A stator manufacturing method for a motor comprises a preliminary step configured to provide a strip plate having at least one wound portion on a surface thereof; a winding step configured to provide a coil unit and wind the coil unit around the at least one wound portion of the strip plate; a rolling step configured to roll up the strip plate into an unshaped sleeve having a central hole, wherein the at least one wound portion and the coil unit are located inside the central hole; and a shaping step configured to shape the unshaped sleeve into a shaped sleeve.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2010
    Publication date: December 9, 2010
    Applicant: Sunonwealth Electric Machine Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Alex Horng, Tso-Kuo Yin
  • Patent number: 7830048
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a micro motor including a hub, a rib structure, an inner ring, an outer ring and at least two micro actuators, in which a top edge of the hub is projected outwardly to form a top lid, a plurality of bumps are provided between the rib structure and the top lid, and protruded limiting parts are disposed between the wall of the inner hole of the rib structure and the outer periphery of the hub so that the rib structure is in point contact with the hub and the top lid. Therefore, when the micro actuators drive the rib structure, the inner ring and the outer ring to rotate, mutual abrasion among those parts can be reduced to prolong the lifespan of the micro motor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2010
    Assignee: Sunonwealth Electric Machine Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Alex Horng, I-Yu Huang
  • Patent number: 7800263
    Abstract: A heat dissipating fan includes a fan housing having an outer frame portion. An air inlet and an air outlet are respectively defined in two ends of the outer frame portion. A hollow motor casing is formed in and integral with the outer frame portion. An inner-rotor-type motor is mounted in the motor casing and includes a rotor and a stator. The rotor is rotatably received in the stator and includes a shaft and a magnetic element. The shaft extends beyond the motor casing. The magnetic element is coupled with the shaft and faces the stator. At least one impeller is coupled to the shaft and located outside the motor casing. A circuit board is electrically connected to the stator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2010
    Assignee: Sunonwealth Electric Machine Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Alex Horng, Tso-Kuo Yin
  • Patent number: 7794152
    Abstract: A bearing is mounted in an axle tube of a motor and includes an axial hole for rotatably receiving a shaft of the motor. At least one guiding groove is defined in a peripheral wall defining the axial hole. The guiding groove extends axially from an end face toward but spaced from the other end face. The guiding groove includes a deposit space formed at a bottom thereof for receiving carbide and impurities to enhance the lubricating effect and to prolong the life of the motor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2010
    Assignee: Sunonwealth Electric Machine Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Alex Horng
  • Patent number: 7786639
    Abstract: A motor includes a bearing having first and second end faces spaced along a longitudinal axis thereof. A longitudinal hole extends from the first end face through the second end face and includes a recessed portion having first and second peripheral edges respectively contiguous to the first end face and an inner periphery of the longitudinal hole. A retaining member is mounted to the first end face. A radial spacing between an inner periphery of a through-hole of the retaining member and the inner periphery of the longitudinal hole of the bearing in a radial direction is not greater than an axial spacing from the first end face to the second peripheral edge. The retaining member further includes a plurality retaining plates. The recessed portion provides a space sufficient to allow deformation of the retaining plates when inserting a shaft through the through-hole into the longitudinal hole of the bearing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2010
    Assignee: Sunonwealth Electric Machine Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Alex Horng
  • Publication number: 20100213883
    Abstract: A variable-delay-time control system for a motor is provided. The system includes a control unit, a driving unit, and a motor. The control unit is used to output at least one control signal according to at least one predetermined signal, and the control signal has a variable delay time. The driving unit is connected to the control unit, and is used to receive the control signal and generate a driving signal. The motor is connected to the driving unit, and conduction time of the motor is controlled according to the driving signal and the variable delay time. With the variable-delay-time control system of the present invention, the delay time of the control signal is variable, so the motor can operate at a high efficiency (for example, at a reduced current). Moreover, as the variable-delay time can be adjusted according to the predetermined signal, the motor can operate at a high efficiency in different operating states, thus improving the overall efficiency of the motor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2009
    Publication date: August 26, 2010
    Applicant: SUNONWEALTH ELECTRIC MACHINE INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: ALEX HORNG, HSIN-NAN LIN, CHIEN-HENG PENG
  • Patent number: 7780404
    Abstract: A fan housing with a noise-reducing structure includes a housing having a side wall. An air inlet is defined in the housing and an air outlet defined in the side wall of the housing. A plurality of supporting ribs are disposed in the air inlet and connected between inner and outer peripheries of the air inlet for supporting a motor base. At least one of the supporting ribs is adjacent to the air outlet and extends in a direction coincident to or intersects with a longitudinal line of the air outlet extending through a rotational axis of the motor base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2010
    Assignee: Sunonwealth Electric Machine Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Alex Horng, Mei-Chih Fang
  • Patent number: 7777376
    Abstract: A driving circuit board assembly for a motor includes a plurality of driving circuit boards having a plurality of faces for mounting a plurality of electronic elements thereon. The driving circuit boards are stacked in an axial direction of a motor. Two of the driving circuit boards adjacent to each other are spaced by a conductive connecting member that is in electrical connection with the two driving circuits.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2010
    Assignee: Sunonwealth Electric Machine Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Alex Horng, Ching-Shen Hong
  • Patent number: 7755246
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a pole piece structure of stator with radial winding, which employs an optimum ratio ? to define the form of the pole piece, increase the overlap region of inductance and torque and lower the cogging torque of a motor, so as to strengthen the self-starting capability of the motor and minimize torque ripple to enhance the overall performance of the motor. The pole piece structure includes a hub having a hole at the center, and a plurality of poles integrally formed on the periphery of the hub, extended to radiate in a radial direction, and having a pole shoe expanded from an end of each pole in a tangential direction, wherein the angle of a single pole shoe is divided by a pitch angle of two adjacent poles to obtain a ratio in a range of 0.86˜0.95.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2010
    Assignee: Sunonwealth Electric Machine Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Alex Horng, Jhin-Nan Chen, Chi-Min Wang, Hung-Chin Mai
  • Patent number: 7746652
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a cooling module retentioner, which includes a fixing base and a flexible frame. The fixing base surrounds a heat-generating electronic component at a center and allows the placement of a cooling module therein, and a rising corner column is disposed at each of four corners thereof and each corner column has a snap hole; the flexible frame is composed of two M-like retention brackets whose bottom sides are mounted with a retention hook respectively for the corresponding snap hole, a lever is pivotally disposed at a lower center location thereof and pertains to a metal rod whose one end is integrally bent to form a protruded portion. The production process requires no mold so as to simplify the production process and reduce the production cost.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2010
    Assignee: Sunonwealth Electric Machine Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Alex Horng, Chin-Ming Kuo
  • Patent number: 7741799
    Abstract: A brushless DC motor drive circuit includes a drive unit and a transient current suppression circuit. The drive unit comprises a Hall component, a drive component, a first transistor and a second transistor. The Hall component detects the position of a rotor of the DC motor and transmits digital command signals to the drive component; the drive component further generates two complementary digital command signals; and the first and second transistors connect with the drive component respectively. The transient current suppression circuit comprises a first auxiliary transistor and a second auxiliary transistor, wherein the first auxiliary transistor receives one of the complementary digital command signals different from the other one received by the first transistor and the second auxiliary transistor receives the other one of the complementary digital command signals different from the one received by the second transistor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2010
    Assignee: Sunonwealth Electric Machine Industry Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Alex Horng, Chung-Ken Cheng, Shih-Chang Hsu
  • Patent number: 7695256
    Abstract: A miniature fan includes a base and a stator mounted in the base. A rotor includes a hub having a plurality of blades on an outer periphery thereof. A magnetically sealing ring includes first and second engaging faces. The first engaging face is coupled to a bottom edge of each blade. A permanent magnet is coupled to the second engaging face of the magnetically sealing ring and aligned with the stator. Given the same air output, the miniature fan has a reduced volume.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2010
    Assignee: Sunonwealth Electric Machine Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Alex Horng, Tso-Kuo Yin
  • Patent number: 7649291
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a limit structure for motor spindle, which includes a base equipped with a shaft tube and a stator set. A limit member and a bearing are disposed inside a shaft tube such that a spindle can be inserted and rotated in the bearing. The inner wall of a through hole of the limit member has plural limit protrusions extended toward a center of the through hole for snapping a necking of a nose of a spindle to limit its axial displacement. The limit protrusion forms a non-vertical included angle with the inner wall of the through hole in a tilted manner. Therefore, when the limit protrusions are subjected to compression of the nose of the spindle, its deformation is so small that irrecoverable condition and fracture of the limit protrusion and rotor drop can be prevented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2010
    Assignee: Sunonwealth Electric Machine Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Alex Horng, To-Nien San
  • Patent number: D613700
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2010
    Assignee: Sunonwealth Electric Machine Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Alex Horng, Tso-Kuo Yin