Patents Assigned to Sunonwealth Electric Machine Industry
  • Publication number: 20140203680
    Abstract: An easy-to-start motor includes a base, a stator and a rotor. The base has a plastic member and a metallic induction member wrapped with the plastic member. The metallic induction member includes at least one magnetic attraction portion. Each magnetic attraction portion is in the form of a protrusion. The stator is coupled with the base. The rotor has a shaft and a permanent magnet. The shaft is capable of being coupled with the base. The at least one magnetic attraction portion is magnetically attracted by the permanent magnet, so as to prevent the rotor from stopping at a dead location where it is difficult to start the motor. A base of the easy-to-start motor is also disclosed and adapted to be coupled with a rotor, including a plastic member and a metallic induction member wrapped with the plastic member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2013
    Publication date: July 24, 2014
    Applicant: Sunonwealth Electric Machine Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tso-Kuo Yin, Duo-Nian Shan, Tian-Xuan Wang, Shit-Chin Wu
  • Publication number: 20140175929
    Abstract: A rotor structure for a motor includes a shaft, a single magnet and two fixing seats. The single magnet has two opposite end faces. An axial hole has a maximum extent equal to a maximum extent between the two opposite end faces. At least one of the two opposite end faces has a first engaging member. The magnet and each opposite end face have a maximum radial extent. Each fixing seat includes an abutting face having a maximum radial extent the same as the maximum radial extent of the single magnet and of the opposite end faces. One of the abutting faces has a second engaging member. The first engaging member is located at the maximum radial extent at the outer edge of the at least one of the two opposite end faces, or located at the inner edge of the at least one of the two opposite end faces.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2014
    Publication date: June 26, 2014
    Applicant: SUNONWEALTH ELECTRIC MACHINE INDUSTRY CO., LTD
    Inventors: Alex Horng, Tso-Kuo Yin
  • Publication number: 20140147261
    Abstract: A centrifugal fan includes a fan frame, a stator assembly and an impeller. The fan frame has a base plate portion, a cover plate portion and a lateral wall portion. The cover plate portion includes first and second faces. The cover plate portion includes an air inlet, and the lateral wall portion includes an air outlet. The impeller has a radial rotational range. The cover plate portion includes an air-guiding section and an enlarged guiding section. The air-guiding section is aligned with the radial rotational range, and the enlarged guiding section is aligned with an area outside the radial rotational range. A part of the second face is spaced from a bottom of the base plate portion by a first minimal axial distance, and another part of the second face is spaced from the bottom by a second minimal axial distance smaller than the first minimal axial distance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2013
    Publication date: May 29, 2014
    Applicant: Sunonwealth Electric Machine Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Shih-Hang Lin
  • Publication number: 20140140063
    Abstract: A lamp includes a housing having a solid peripheral wall between an opening and an electrical connector respectively at two ends of the housing, maintaining the appearance integrity of the lamp. A cooling module is fixed in the housing. At least one wind channel is defined between the cooling module and the opening of the housing. A light-emitting element is coupled to the cooling module. A circuit board is fixed in the housing and electrically connected to the electrical connector and the light-emitting element. An air cleaner includes a generator body and at least one emitter. An air passage is defined between an inner face of the solid peripheral wall of the housing, the cooling module and the circuit board. The at least one emitter of the air cleaner is mounted in the air passage, providing enhanced air cleaning effect.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2013
    Publication date: May 22, 2014
    Applicant: Sunonwealth Electric Machine Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Alex Horng, Yu-Yuan Lu
  • Patent number: 8729761
    Abstract: A motor with an axial air gap includes a base, a rotor and a coil unit. The base has a shaft-coupling portion. The rotor has a body coupled with a permanent magnet and a shaft. The permanent magnet has inner and outer circumferential faces, and the inner and outer circumferential faces are respectively projected onto the base as inner and outer circles. The shaft is coupled with the shaft-coupling portion. The coil unit is mounted on the base and has one or more coils. The permanent magnet and the coil unit face each other. At least one coil has a periphery intersecting with the inner and outer circles. The permanent magnet has a first radial length between the inner and outer circumferential faces. At least one coil has a second radial length. The first radial length is 10% to 90% of the second radial length.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2014
    Assignee: Sunonwealth Electric Machine Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Duo-Nian Shan, Yuan-Jie Zheng
  • Patent number: 8714786
    Abstract: A lamp includes a base, a cooling fan and a circuit board. The base has a coupling portion, with a LED member mounted on the base. The cooling fan has a frame coupled with the coupling portion of the base, wherein the frame receives a driving unit and a fan wheel coupling with the driving unit in a rotatable way and has a first fixing portion. The circuit board has a second fixing portion coupling with the first fixing portion of the frame, with the circuit board electrically connecting with the driving unit of the cooling fan.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2014
    Assignee: Sunonwealth Electric Machine Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kuo-Hao Huang, Wen-Nan Chou
  • Patent number: 8710709
    Abstract: A motor with power-generating coil module includes: a base that has a shaft tube, a supporting surface surrounding the shaft tube, a first coil module mounted on an outer circumferential surface of the shaft tube, and a second coil module disposed above the supporting surface; a rotor that has a carrier extending a lateral wall toward the base, a shaft rotatably coupling with the shaft tube, and a magnetic member mounted on the lateral wall and having an axial extension and a radial extension, with a first magnetic face on the axial extension and facing the first coil module and a second magnetic face on the radial extension and facing the second coil module; a driving circuit electrically connecting with one of the first and second coil modules; and a power-storing unit electrically connecting with the other one of the first and second coil modules.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2014
    Assignee: Sunonwealth Electric Machine Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Alex Horng
  • Patent number: 8702401
    Abstract: A cooling fan includes a sidewall coupled to a base of a housing and defining a compartment. The housing includes an air inlet, an air outlet, and a dust channel. The air inlet, the air outlet, and the dust channel are in communication with the compartment. An impeller is rotatably coupled to a stator coupled to the base. A control element includes a driving circuit electrically connected to the stator and a rotating direction control circuit electrically connected to the driving circuit. The air outlet and the dust channel separate an inner periphery of the sidewall into first and second guiding wall sections. The first guiding wall section has a guiding portion contiguous to the dust channel. A first spacing between the guiding portion and a center of the impeller is not larger than a second spacing between the second guiding wall section and the center of the impeller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2014
    Assignee: Sunonwealth Electric Machine Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Alex Horng
  • Fan
    Patent number: 8702403
    Abstract: A fan includes a housing having a compartment formed inside, and at least one lateral air inlet and at least one lateral air outlet both penetrating through the inner and outer surfaces of the housing and communicating with the compartment. A motor is mounted inside the compartment of the housing and has a stator and an impeller, with the impeller rotatably coupled to the stator and further containing a hub and a plurality of blades mounted to a top of the hub. Each blade has a first end and a second end in the radial direction of the impeller opposite to each other, with the first end of each blade facing outward, and with the second ends of the plural blades defining an airflow-area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2014
    Assignee: Sunonwealth Electric Machine Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Alex Horng, Ko-Chien Wang, Yeh-Feng Chen
  • Patent number: 8696163
    Abstract: A lamp with wide-angle light emission includes a housing, a light emitting module and a bulb. The housing has a coupling portion and an electrical connector formed at two ends thereof. The light emitting module is arranged at the coupling portion of the housing. The bulb covers the light emitting module and includes a center part and a border part, with the center part axially aligning with the light emitting module and the border part surrounding the center part. Furthermore, a diffusing reflector is arranged on the center part, and the border part is formed by a light transmitting portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2014
    Assignee: Sunonwealth Electric Machine Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Wei-Jen Chen, Kuo-Hao Huang
  • Patent number: 8696332
    Abstract: A heat-dissipating fan includes a housing having a peripheral wall defining a compartment receiving a shaft seat. The peripheral wall includes a wire-guiding slot in communication with the compartment. A base is coupled to the housing and includes a coil unit and a connection port electrically connected to the coil unit. The connection port faces the wire-guiding slot. A power line includes a first end connected to the connection port and a second end extending through the wire-guiding slot. An impeller includes a hub, a shaft mounted to the hub and coupled to the shaft seat, and a permanent magnet mounted to the hub. The permanent magnet faces the coil unit. The connection port is located on a reference line passing through the shaft seat and the wire-guiding slot. A distance between the connection port and the wire-guiding slot is shortened to enhance assembling convenience of the power line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2014
    Assignee: Sunonwealth Electric Machine Industry Co., Ltd
    Inventor: Alex Horng
  • Patent number: 8692430
    Abstract: A motor assembling method provides a base with a shaft tube. The shaft tube has a thermoplastic positioning portion on an opening end thereof, and a shaft tube assembly is disposed into the shaft tube via the opening end. The motor assembling method further heats the thermoplastic positioning portion by a heating fixture to melt and deform the thermoplastic positioning portion until the opening end of the shaft tube has shrunk. The shaft tube assembly is held in position in the shaft tube after the thermoplastic positioning portion has cooled down and solidified. The motor assembling method further couples a stator unit with an outer circumferential wall of the shaft tube, and couples a rotor with the shaft tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2014
    Assignee: Sunonwealth Electric Machine Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Alex Horng
  • Patent number: 8684688
    Abstract: A series-connected fan frame module includes a plurality of frames, an engaging assembly and an anti-rotation assembly. The frames are arranged in series. The engaging assembly is arranged on each of the frames to couple the frames in series. The anti-rotation assembly is arranged on each of the frames and includes at least one position-fixing member and at least one blocking member arranged on portions of adjacent two of the frames where the adjacent two of the frames are coupled together. The at least one position-fixing member is engaged with the at least one blocking member to prevent relative radial rotation between the adjacent two of the frames.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2014
    Assignee: Sunonwealth Electric Machine Industry Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Zhe-Hao Wu, Chih-Ming Chang
  • Patent number: 8684661
    Abstract: A fan module includes a housing and an impeller. The housing has an axial air inlet, a radial air inlet and at least one radial air outlet. The impeller is rotatably disposed in the housing and has a first air-guiding blade, a second air-guiding blade and a partitioning member. The partitioning member separates an interior space of the housing into a first air channel and a second air channel. The first air-guiding blade is located in the first air channel, and the second air-guiding blade is located in the second air channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2014
    Assignee: Sunonwealth Electric Machine Industry Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Alex Horng, Wen-Kuan Chen
  • Publication number: 20140077642
    Abstract: A motor stator assembly includes an iron core, a coil unit and a dustproof ring. The coil unit is coupled with the iron core. The iron core is spaced from a predetermined part of the coil unit by a gap when coupled with the coil unit. The dustproof ring is fitted around the predetermined part of the coil unit to cover the gap between the iron core and the predetermined part of the coil unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2013
    Publication date: March 20, 2014
    Applicant: Sunonwealth Electric Machine Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Shih-Chang Huang
  • Patent number: 8672650
    Abstract: A cooling fan includes a housing and a motor. The housing includes a support portion, a cover portion and a lateral wall portion. The lateral wall portion is disposed between the cover portion and the support portion, and the lateral wall portion, support portion and the cover portion define a compartment, with the lateral wall portion having at least one lateral air inlet and at least one lateral air outlet penetrating through the lateral wall portion and communicating with the compartment. The motor is mounted inside the compartment of the housing and contains a stator and a impeller, with the impeller rotatably mounting to the stator. The motor further contains a hub with a top and a plurality of blades, with the top facing the cover portion, with the top and the cover portion delimiting a lateral flow path in the compartment, and with each blade being contained in the lateral flow path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2014
    Assignee: Sunonwealth Electric Machine Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Alex Horng, Ko-Chien Wang, Yeh-Feng Chen
  • Patent number: 8668477
    Abstract: A series-connected fan unit includes a first fan frame, a second fan frame, a first motor, a second motor and two impellers. The first fan frame has a first base and a first positioning member coupled with the first base. The second fan frame is connected to the first fan frame in series and has a second base and a second positioning member coupled with the second base. The first motor is disposed in the first base and has a first circuit board coupled with the first positioning member. The second motor is disposed in the second base and has a second circuit board coupled with the second positioning member. The two impellers are respectively coupled with the first motor and the second motor, and an insulation area is formed between the first circuit board and the second circuit board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2014
    Assignee: Sunonwealth Electric Machine Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Zhe-Hao Wu, Cheng-Te Liu
  • Patent number: 8643232
    Abstract: A stator manufacturing method for a motor includes an assembling step coupling a magnetic driving assembly onto an outer circumferential wall of a shaft tube, a mold combining step disposing the shaft tube and the magnetic driving assembly in an intra-cavity of a fixture unit, a glue injecting and forming step injecting a filling glue into the intra-cavity, with the filling glue solidifying into a protective glue coating with which the shaft tube and magnetic driving assembly are coated, a mold removing step removing the fixture unit from the shaft tube, magnetic driving assembly and protective glue coating, and a shaft tube seat coupling step providing a shaft tube seat having an engaging portion and coupling the engaging portion with the shaft tube, allowing the shaft tube, the magnetic driving assembly, the protective glue coating and the shaft tube seat to be coupled together to form a stator for the motor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2014
    Assignee: Sunonwealth Electric Machine Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ching-Sheng Hung, Kun-Li Hsieh, Shu-Hui Chang
  • Publication number: 20140010636
    Abstract: A motor base includes a bottom plate and at least one vibration reduction unit. The bottom plate has opposite top and bottom surfaces. A shaft-coupling portion is arranged on the top surface. The at least one vibration reduction unit encloses the shaft-coupling portion. Each of the at least one vibration reduction unit includes at least one protrusion and at least one groove. The at least one protrusion is arranged on one of the top and bottom surfaces. The at least one groove is correspondingly arranged on the other one of the top and bottom surfaces.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2013
    Publication date: January 9, 2014
    Applicant: Sunonwealth Electric Machine Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kun-Li Hsieh, Chien-Liang Lin
  • Publication number: 20140010681
    Abstract: A blower fan includes a fan frame, a motor, an impeller and a shield. The fan frame includes a base plate portion, a cover plate portion, and a lateral wall portion arranged between the base plate portion and the cover plate portion. The cover plate portion includes an axial air inlet and the lateral wall portion includes an air outlet. The motor is mounted in the fan frame. The impeller is rotatably coupled with the motor. The shield is coupled with the fan frame and has a face facing the axial air inlet. At least one lateral air inlet is formed between the cover plate portion and the shield. An air-guiding space is formed between the at least one lateral air inlet and the axial air inlet of the cover plate portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2013
    Publication date: January 9, 2014
    Applicant: Sunonwealth Electric Machines Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Ko-Chien Wang