Patents Examined by Alex W. Mok
  • Patent number: 12149135
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses an electric motor stator and an electric motor. The electric motor stator comprises: a stator core, the stator core being provided with a plurality of stator core slots, the plurality of stator core slots being formed on a radial inner surface of the stator core and being separated by a preset slot distance along a circumferential direction of the stator core; a stator winding, the stator winding being mounted on the stator core, the stator winding being provided with Q pole pair coils, wherein Q/a number of slots per pole per phase=P, P being an integer; wherein the stator winding being a three-phase winding, the number of slots per pole per phase being 3; the stator winding comprising: a first coil set and a third coil set successively sleeved from outside to inside.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignee: BorgWarner PowerDrive Systems (Tianjin) Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Rongjian Bai, Yanhai Liu
  • Patent number: 12149124
    Abstract: A compressor includes a rotor that is fixed to a shaft, a stator that rotates the rotor about an axis of rotation, and a compressor part that compresses a refrigerant by the shaft rotating, wherein the rotor has a rotor core in which a refrigerant hole is formed, a first magnet that is embedded in the rotor core, and a second magnet that is embedded in the rotor core, an interior wall surface of the refrigerant hole includes a first portion that is formed on a side close to the first magnet, a second portion that is formed on a side close to the second magnet, and a magnet-side intermediate interior wall surface portion that is formed between the first portion and the second portion, and the magnet-side intermediate interior wall surface portion is closer to the axis of rotation than the first portion and the second portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignee: FUJITSU GENERAL LIMITED
    Inventor: Tomoki Nishio
  • Patent number: 12132366
    Abstract: An in-wheel working device including: a stator fixed to the inside of a housing, a rotor rotatably installed in the stator, a rotating part rotatably installed in the housing, and rotated with the rotor, a resolver fixing part fixed to the inside of the housing, and a resolver moving part. The resolver moving part includes a resolver rotor positioned outside the resolver fixing part and facing the resolver fixing part, and a cover part fixed to the rotating part and covering the resolver rotor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Assignee: Hyundai Mobis Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hae Jun Yang
  • Patent number: 12126239
    Abstract: In an electric power unit which accommodates at least an electric motor in a housing, polygonal rib regions in which polygonal ribs are respectively formed are provided on at least two surfaces of an outer peripheral surface of the housing, and the polygonal rib regions are connected by a circumferential rib. Here, a first axial rib and a second axial rib extending parallel to an axial direction are formed on the outer peripheral surface of the housing, and the polygonal rib region is provided in a portion sandwiched between the first axial rib and the second axial rib. Further, the circumferential rib is formed over the entire part of the polygonal rib region in a circumferential direction. Note that the polygonal rib is a honeycomb rib.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2024
    Assignee: NIDEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Daisuke Ogasawara, Yuki Ishikawa, Keisuke Nakata, Jun Murakami, Hiroki Akaishi, Kazuyuki Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 12126219
    Abstract: An electric machine includes a stator defining a rotor chamber. A rotor is disposed within the chamber and is configured to rotate about a central axis. The rotor includes a plurality of stacked laminations to form a rotor core. The rotor core has an outer diameter and each of the laminations includes a plurality of magnet slots that are radially spaced apart from the outer diameter and angled inwardly with one end of each magnet slot adjacent to the outer diameter. Each magnet slot has a permanent magnet disposed therein, adjacent pairs of the ferrite permanent magnets defining poles for the rotor. Each magnet slot has two opposite ends that define inner and outer magnet free areas. The outer magnet free areas are adjacent the rotor outer diameter and the inner magnet free areas are radially inwardly positioned. Each outer magnet free area is provided with conductive material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2024
    Assignee: ABB Schweiz AG
    Inventors: William E. Martin, Robert F. McElveen, Jr., Nicolas W. Frank
  • Patent number: 12126241
    Abstract: A brush holder for holding at least two brushes for a sliding contact arrangement, including an intermediate element and two contact elements for electrically contacting at least one of the brushes, the contact elements being arranged on two opposite sides of the intermediate element and the intermediate element having a receptacle extending through the opposite sides for a rotating shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2024
    Assignee: AUDI AG
    Inventors: Andreas Weber, Philipp Uhlmann, Andreas Ruf
  • Patent number: 12126237
    Abstract: A linear vibration motor and a linear vibration system include a housing, a moving member, a drive unit including a driving coil and driving magnets, and a bias unit including a biasing electromagnet and biasing magnets. The moving member vibrates in a first direction substantially orthogonal to a winding axis of the driving coil with Lorentz force generated by a magnetic field formed by the driving coil and a magnetic field formed by the driving magnets. The biasing electromagnet and the biasing magnets are disposed such that the same poles substantially face each other, and the moving member is biased in the first direction by a magnetic spring generated from a repulsive force between the biasing electromagnet and the biasing magnets. Moreover, a magnetic spring constant of the magnetic spring varies with variation in a value of a current flowing through a biasing coil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2024
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kenichi Shirato, Masahiro Ozawa, Kazuhide Takata
  • Patent number: 12100995
    Abstract: Described is a rotor (3) for an electrical machine (1) which comprises a rotor laminated core (6) divided into a plurality of sectors (B), in each of which there is arranged a permanent magnet assembly (4) which has two permanent magnets (13a, 13n) which are arranged in a V shape and which are positioned symmetrically with respect to a plane of symmetry (C) splitting the sector (B) into two half-sectors (D, D?). An outer contour (E) of the rotor laminated core (6) runs in each sector (B) symmetrically with respect to the plane of symmetry (C) and is formed in one half-sector (D, D?) by at least three different radii with just as many different centre points. The invention also relates to an electric machine (1) having such a rotor (3) and to a vehicle (17) having such an electric machine (1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: Valeo Siemens eAutomotive Germany GmbH
    Inventors: Boris Dotz, Christian Finger-Albert
  • Patent number: 12081082
    Abstract: A method for producing a laminated core is provided in which a plurality of lamination sheets is partially or completely separated from a strip made of a soft magnetic alloy by laser sublimation cutting, the lamination sheets each having a main surface and a thickness d. The main surface of a first of the lamination sheets is stacked on the main surface of a second of the lamination sheets in a direction of stacking and the main surfaces of the first and the second lamination sheets are substance-to-substance joined at a plurality of points by laser welding, a plurality of filler-free joints being formed between the between the first and the second lamination sheets and being entirely surrounded by the main surfaces of the first and the second lamination sheets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: VACUUMSCHMELZE GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Frederic Bäcker, Jens Diehl
  • Patent number: 12074500
    Abstract: An axial flux motor includes a housing; a drive shaft disposed within the housing; at least one rotor; and at least one stator. The at least one rotor includes a diametrically-magnetized single pole pair magnetic ring having a rotor aperture defined through the center of the magnetic ring, where the drive shaft extends through the rotor aperture and where the at least one rotor is fixed to the drive shaft. The at least one stator includes a number of conductive windings and a stator aperture, where the drive shaft extends through the stator aperture and where the drive shaft is rotatable within the aperture. The at least one stator is configured to generate an axial magnetic field that causes the at least one rotor to rotate, thereby rotating the drive shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2024
    Assignee: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
    Inventors: Kalyna L. Sconzert, Joseph A. Kronstedt, Benjamin Breidall, Kimberly A. Robertson
  • Patent number: 12074476
    Abstract: In an adhesively-laminated core for a stator, a chemical component of each of electrical steel sheets includes 2.5% to 3.9% by mass of Si, an average tensile modulus of elasticity of each of adhesion parts is 2500 MPa to 5000 MPa, and when an average sheet thickness of the each of electrical steel sheets is t1 in units of mm, an average thickness of the each of adhesion parts is t2 in units of ?m, and an average value of yield strengths of the each of electrical steel sheets is YP in units of MPa, a condition A of satisfying the following expressions 1, 2, and 3 or a condition B of satisfying the following expressions 3, 4, and 5 or combination thereof is satisfied. 50×t1?12?t2?50×t1?6??(expression 1) 0.15?t1?0.27??(expression 2) 0.5?t2?2.5??(expression 3) 0.025×YP?12?t2?0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2024
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazutoshi Takeda, Ryu Hirayama
  • Patent number: 12074488
    Abstract: A small DC motor includes a motor frame having a cylindrical portion, the cylindrical portion having a constant thickness and having a cross section in a shape that comprises four sides and connecting portions, each of the connecting portions connecting adjacent two of the four sides and being located inward from a corresponding corner in a quadrangle comprising the four sides; and a magnet having a circumferential surface on an inside thereof and having conformable contact with the motor frame on an outside thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2024
    Assignee: MINEBEA MITSUMI Inc.
    Inventor: Minoru Kuroda
  • Patent number: 12068097
    Abstract: A laminated core according to an aspect of the present invention includes a plurality of electrical steel sheets stacked to each other; and a plurality of adhesion parts that are provided between the electrical steel sheets adjacent to each other in a stacking direction and adhere the electrical steel sheets to each other, in which, when viewed in the stacking direction, the plurality of adhesion parts are formed in a belt shape that extends in a first direction, the plurality of adhesion parts are arranged in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction, and an angle formed by the first direction and a rolling direction of the electrical steel sheet is 30° or more and 90° or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2024
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Rei Honma, Ryu Hirayama, Kazutoshi Takeda
  • Patent number: 12068661
    Abstract: A two-speed electric drive assembly for vehicles includes a main driveshaft driven by a first axial flux motor where the main driveshaft extends coaxially through a hollow assist driveshaft driven by a second axial flux motor. The main driveshaft includes a main gear that is continuously meshed with an intermediate gear on an intermediate driveshaft. A freewheel gear is mounted around the hollow assist driveshaft and can be selectively coupled and decoupled with the hollow assist driveshaft by a shift mechanism. The freewheel gear is continuously meshed with an intermediate gear on the intermediate driveshaft. Another intermediate gear affixed to the intermediate driveshaft is continuously meshed with an output gear affixed to an output driveshaft. The two-speed electric drive assembly can selectively switch between speed mode and torque mode without torque interrupt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2024
    Assignee: Omni Powertrain Technologies, LLC
    Inventor: Craig Daniel
  • Patent number: 12062964
    Abstract: An armature which radially faces a magnetic field-producing unit equipped with a magnet unit having a plurality of magnetic poles includes a housing, an armature core, a multi-phase armature winding, and bus bars. The housing includes a cylinder and a disc-shaped end plate placed in contact with one of axially opposed ends of the cylinder. The armature core is disposed on a portion of the cylinder which radially faces the magnet unit. The armature winding is disposed on a portion of the armature core which radially faces the magnet unit. The bus bars electrically connect phase windings of the armature winding together. The armature also includes a bus bar module which is of a circular or C-shape extending along the circumference of the armature core. The bus bar module is secured to the cylinder, the end plate, or one of axially opposed ends of the armature core.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2024
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuki Mawatari, Akito Tamura, Hiroyuki Tsuchiya, Akira Fukushima, Yuki Takahashi
  • Patent number: 12051951
    Abstract: There is provided a winding system for use in an electrical, electronic or electromagnetic device or component including: one or more set of windings, each set of windings including an electrically-conductive element arranged in a winding pattern with multiple turns, at least one pair of adjacent turns of the multiple turns being spaced apart to provide at least one channel therebetween for coolant fluid to flow therethrough; and a housing for housing the set of windings, the housing including a fluid inlet and a fluid outlet each in fluid communication with the at least one channel, the housing facilitating coolant fluid to flow from the fluid inlet to the fluid outlet, via the at least one channel in direct contact with exposed surfaces of the set of windings, the exposed surfaces at least partially defining the at least one channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2024
    Assignee: MAGNIX TECHNOLOGIES PTY LTD
    Inventors: David Bruce Trowbridge Sercombe, Stuart Johnstone, John Alan Kells
  • Patent number: 12040661
    Abstract: A rotor (1) for an electric machine (2) includes a rotor body with multiple poles. Multiple flux barriers (6.1, 6.2, 6.3, 6.4) are formed in the interior of the rotor body. The rotor (1) further includes at least one sensor element (3) configured for detecting at least one condition variable of the rotor (1), a signal processing unit (4) connected to the at least one sensor element (3) and configured for generating measured data from the detected condition variable of the rotor (1) and transmitting the measured data to a control device (5), and at least one induction coil (7) that includes at least one electrical conductor (8), is arranged in at least one flux barrier (6.1) of the rotor (1), and is configured for generating electrical energy from a leakage magnetic field in this flux barrier (6.1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2024
    Assignee: ZF Friedrichshafen AG
    Inventors: Jochen Eggler, Ulrich Kehr
  • Patent number: 12040680
    Abstract: A compressor includes a motor including three-phase coils having 6N terminals (where N is an integer), a compression mechanism configured to be driven by the motor, a closed container in which the motor and the compression mechanism are housed, a terminal portion electrically connected to the 6N terminals of the coils and protruding outside the closed container, a conductor portion attached to at least a part of the terminal portion to thereby fix a connection state of the coils, and an insulating body covering at least the conductor portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2024
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventor: Masahiro Nigo
  • Patent number: 12040691
    Abstract: An electrical machine, in particular for driving a motor vehicle, including a cooling and/or lubricating system having a wet chamber for accommodating a cooling and/or lubricating medium. A stator and/or a rotor of the electrical machine is at least partially arranged in the wet chamber and/or delimits it, and the electrical machine includes at least one stator-side transmission component and at least one rotor-side transmission component, which form an electrical sliding contact.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2024
    Assignee: AUDI AG
    Inventor: Andreas Ruf
  • Patent number: 12034356
    Abstract: An exemplary embodiment of the present invention provides a motor including: a rotor configured to rotate about a central axis; a stator disposed radially opposite the rotor with a clearance defined between the stator and the rotor; a housing accommodating the rotor and the stator; a bearing supporting the rotor in a rotatable manner; a bearing holder holding the bearing, the bearing holder being fixed to the housing; a rotation sensor configured to detect rotation of the rotor; and a sensor holder disposed in the bearing holder to hold the rotation sensor. According to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, the motor includes a position adjustment mechanism configured to adjust a circumferential position of the rotation sensor by integrally rotating the bearing holder and the sensor holder relative to the housing in a circumferential direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2024
    Assignee: NIDEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yusuke Makino, Riku Konishi, Tatsuki Shigeta