Patents Examined by Alexander A Singh
  • Patent number: 11894749
    Abstract: An electric machine, in particular for a motor vehicle, is provided. The machine includes a housing, which is designed open and partially surrounds a housing interior. The machine, furthermore, includes a rotor, which is arranged rotationally adjustably relative to the housing in the housing interior. The machine additionally includes a stator, which is arranged fixed in place relative to the housing in the housing interior and includes multiple magnetic field coils with electrically energizable stator windings. For electrically energizing the stator windings the field coils are electrically connectable or connected to a power electronic system. The power electronic system includes a cooling plate for cooling the power electronic system and is formed by a power electronic module that is formed separately from the housing and can be inserted into the housing interior.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: Mahie International Gmbh
    Inventors: Daniel Deischl, Jens Gebauer, Achim Gommel, Alberto Hugo Pascual, Simon Streng, Hans Christian Uibeleisen
  • Patent number: 11894733
    Abstract: Disclosed are a manual and remote control forward and reverse rotation control device and its control method for DC brushless ceiling fans. The control device includes a power supply, a remote control, a manual control switch assembly and a ceiling fan brushless motor which are electrically connected with one another. A gear position signal can be inputted from a remote end to determine and control the forward and reverse rotations of a brushless motor of the ceiling fan. The remote control can be connected externally by an existing control line or a manual controller module without requiring additional wiring, so as to improve the diversity of structural mechanism, increase the versatility of remote operation, and achieve good functionality and variability of applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: RHINE ELECTRONIC CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yi-Kai Chang
  • Patent number: 11888359
    Abstract: A motor-driven compressor includes a compression portion, an electric motor, an inverter, and a metal housing. The inverter includes three-phase switching elements and a plastic holder that retains the three-phase switching elements. The housing includes a thermal radiation surface. The holder includes a metal spring. The holder is fixed to the housing using two fasteners. The three-phase switching elements are laid out between the two fasteners. The switching elements at opposite ends of the three-phase switching elements are pressed toward the thermal radiation surface by only the holder. The switching element at the middle of the three-phase switching elements is pressed toward the thermal radiation surface by the holder and the spring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI
    Inventors: Koki Shinohara, Junya Yano, Yusuke Kinoshita, Kenji Momma
  • Patent number: 11881753
    Abstract: The invention refers to a housing assembly for an electric drive or an electric drive unit, in particular of a motor vehicle, comprising a housing, a cooling fluid and an inverter, the housing forming a cooling circuit for receiving the cooling fluid with at least one first recess and the inverter having at least one capacitor assembly which is provided for arrangement in the first recess of the housing. The capacitor assembly is formed with at least one capacitor, in particular a wound capacitor, a shell for receiving the capacitor and a thermal conduction element, in particular a thermally conductive resin, for embedding the capacitor in the shell. The capacitor assembly can be coupled directly to the shell. Furthermore, the invention refers to a motor and a vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: JHEECO E-DRIVE AG
    Inventor: Katja Stengert
  • Patent number: 11881751
    Abstract: An axial field rotary energy device can include a rotor comprising an axis of rotation and a magnet. In addition, a stator can be coaxial with the rotor. The stator can include a plurality of stator segments that are coupled together about the axis. Each stator segment can include a printed circuit board (PCB) having a PCB layer comprising a coil. Each stator segment also can include only one electrical phase. The stator itself can include one or more electrical phases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: INFINITUM ELECTRIC, INC.
    Inventors: Bernhard L. Schuler, Rich Lee, Jorgen Rasmussen
  • Patent number: 11870327
    Abstract: A vehicle drive device includes: a first electric machine; an electric machine housing accommodating the first electric machine; a live part that is provided inside the electric machine housing and is electrically connected to the first electric machine; and a temperature-control circuit for temperature control for the first electric machine. The temperature-control circuit includes: a first temperature-control circuit through which a non-conductive first temperature-control medium circulates; a second temperature-control circuit through which a conductive second temperature-control medium circulates; and a heat exchanger configured to exchange heat between the first temperature-control medium and the second temperature-control medium. A protection cover including a first protection wall is provided inside the electric machine housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Takuya Honjo
  • Patent number: 11863028
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a busbar unit for a motor, which includes: a terminal; a holder configured to support the terminal and having an accommodation portion disposed in an outer surface of the holder; and a temperature measurement module disposed in the accommodation portion, thereby simplifying a structure of the busbar unit and a process of assembling the busbar unit and improving stability and reliability of the busbar unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Bit Na Lee
  • Patent number: 11863046
    Abstract: An electric drive unit having a multi-phase electric motor and an inverter with a plurality of power semiconductors, an inverter mount, and a plurality of busbars. The power semiconductors are mounted to the base of the inverter mount in an annular arrangement and with the terminals of the power semiconductors extending through the base. Each of the busbars has a first busbar portion, which includes a first body and a set of first fingers that are fixedly coupled to the first body, and a second busbar portion that includes a second body and a set of second fingers that are fixedly coupled to the second body. Associated fingers in the first and second sets of fingers of each bus bar are mechanically and electrically coupled to opposite sides of a corresponding one of the terminals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: American Axle & Manufacturing, Inc.
    Inventors: James P. Downs, Paul J. Valente, Jeffrey J. Ronning, John C. Morgante, David Crecelius, Zugang Huang
  • Patent number: 11855514
    Abstract: A stator of an electrical machine, more particularly an electric motor of a motor vehicle, comprising: a laminated stator core, which has a number of stator teeth and is provided with a rotating field winding, which is arranged on the stator teeth and comprises a plurality of phases, the phases of the rotating field winding being formed from a continuously wound winding wire; and a connecting device having a number of U-shaped sockets corresponding to the number of phases, said sockets being provided for each holding one insulation displacement contact as a point of connection of the winding wire to phase terminals on a stator end face, each socket having two vertical U legs and a contact slot arranged therebetween for receiving the winding wire, one of the two vertical U legs of the socket being longer in an axial direction than the other vertical U leg in each case.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: Brose Fahrzeugteile SE & Co. Kommanditgesellschafl, Würzburg
    Inventors: Nico Wießmann, Alexander Volkamer, Wolfgang Strauß
  • Patent number: 11855517
    Abstract: A stator includes a terminal unit disposed on a first side in an axial direction with respect to a stator main body, and the terminal unit includes a base extending in an arc shape in a circumferential direction following the stator main body, a first inner side engaging portion provided on an inner circumferential edge of the base, an outer side engaging portion provided on an outer circumferential edge of the base, and an arm extending from the outer circumferential edge of the base in the radial direction and continuous with the outer side engaging portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: YAMADA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Rie Aoyagi, Katuhiro Machida, Takashi Yamazaki, Yasuaki Motegi
  • Patent number: 11837932
    Abstract: A stator includes a stator core having a plurality of teeth, an insulator, a plurality of coils, a first region in which distal ends of feeder lines are connected to each other, and a second region in which distal ends of neutral lines are connected to each other. The insulator has inner and outer walls spaced from each other in a radial direction. In a cross section at a gap between two adjacent coils, along a plane including an axis of the stator core, a center of gravity of the first region is positioned above a center of gravity of the second region in an axial direction. B<A and C<A, where a radial length of the first region is B, a radial length of the second region is C, and a radial length between the inner wall and the outer wall of the insulator is A.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: Daikin Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasuhiko Ohsawa, Yoshihiro Kataoka, Satoshi Tsukamoto, Yoshitomo Tsuka, Ryouta Nakai
  • Patent number: 11824421
    Abstract: In resin molding, potting to be conducted with a male terminal bonded to a female terminal increases costs and processes. A resin-molded stator includes a coil, a female terminal, a male terminal, and an insulator. The female terminal includes a female terminal connection portion and a spring portion. The male terminal includes a male terminal connection portion, a wire connection portion, and a second surface contact portion. The insulator accommodates the female terminal connection portion, the spring portion, and the male terminal connection portion, and electrically connects the male terminal to the female terminal. The second surface contact portion faces a second surface of the insulator wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: Daikin Industries, Ltd.
    Inventor: Yoshinori Takayama
  • Patent number: 11817766
    Abstract: Drive units for electric vehicles are provided. One example provides a drive unit for an electric vehicle including a first housing section forming a first compartment to house an electrical inverter and a second housing section forming a second compartment to house an electric motor. The drive unit housing further includes an inlet port to receive a fluid and a shared wall separating the first compartment and the second compartment. The shared wall defines fluid pathways in fluid communication with the inlet port to circulate the fluid to cool the electrical inverter. The drive unit also includes an outlet port in fluid communication with the fluid pathways to discharge the fluid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: Taiga Motors Inc.
    Inventors: Samuel Bruneau, Paul Bruneau
  • Patent number: 11817749
    Abstract: The purpose of the invention is to achieve a miniaturized power tool. Provided is a hammer drill (1A) that includes: a brushless motor (10) that is a drive source for a tip tool (20); a control unit for controlling the driving of the brushless motor (10); a motor housing (33) to which the brushless motor (10) is attached; and a handle housing (34) provided with a grip (2). The control unit includes: a switching board (12) and a Hall element board (13); and a converter board (11) on which an electrolytic capacitor (11a) is installed. The brushless motor (10) is disposed to be sandwiched between the electrolytic capacitor (11a), and the switching board (12) and the Hall element board (13), along the axial direction (M) of a drive shaft (16) that drives the tip tool (20).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: Koki Holdings Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuta Noguchi, Hideyuki Hashimoto, Yuki Takahashi
  • Patent number: 11817762
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a motor including: a stator around which coils are wound; a terminal including a body disposed at one end of the stator, and terminal parts protruding from an inner peripheral surface of the body; a holder including a holder body configured to support the body, and a terminal holder part disposed on an inner peripheral surface of the holder body and configured to allow the terminal parts to be disposed thereon; and a support member configured to support the terminal holder part, thereby improving durability, stability, and reliability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hye Seong Yang, Hyun Ho Park, Yeong Woo Seo, Jung Kyu Yim, Yul Kyu Son, Seong Jun Hwang
  • Patent number: 11817761
    Abstract: Aircraft electric motors are described. The aircraft electric motors include a motor unit having a rotor and a stator, wherein the stator includes a plurality of windings and cooling channels arranged to provide cooling to the plurality of windings, a drive unit configured to drive operation of the motor unit, and a cooling system having at least one directional feature forming a portion of at least one cooling channel, the at least one directional feature configured to prevent backflow of a cooling fluid that passes through the at least one cooling channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: HAMILTON SUNDSTRAND CORPORATION
    Inventors: Abbas A. Alahyari, Joseph Turney, Jagadeesh Kumar Tangudu, Kimberly Rae Saviers
  • Patent number: 11811295
    Abstract: Drive units for electric vehicles are provided. One example provides a drive unit for an electric vehicle including a first housing section forming a first compartment to house an electrical inverter and a second housing section forming a second compartment to house an electric motor. The drive unit housing further includes an inlet port to receive a fluid and a shared wall separating the first compartment and the second compartment. The shared wall defines fluid pathways in fluid communication with the inlet port to circulate the fluid to cool the electrical inverter. The drive unit also includes an outlet port in fluid communication with the fluid pathways to discharge the fluid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: Taiga Motors Inc.
    Inventors: Samuel Bruneau, Paul Bruneau
  • Patent number: 11811293
    Abstract: A power module for driving a motor is provided including a power circuit board, power switches operatively connected to the motor disposed on a first side of the circuit board, and positional sensors disposed on a side surface of the power circuit board facing the motor. The power circuit board includes a thermally-conductive core carrier layer, a first electrically-insulating layer disposed on a first surface of the core carrier layer and on which the power switches are mounted, and a second electrically-insulating layer disposed on a second surface of the core carrier layer and on which the positional sensors are mounted. The second electrically-insulating layer is etched to expose the conductive core layer on at least approximately 70% of a surface area of the second side of the circuit board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: BLACK & DECKER, INC.
    Inventors: Madhur M. Purohit, Michael D. Grove, Joel D. Sayles
  • Patent number: 11804749
    Abstract: A stator of the present disclosure includes a stator core, a stator coil wound around the stator core, and a busbar module electrically connected to the stator coil and fixed to a coil end portion formed on one end side of the stator core. The busbar module includes a module body that holds a conductive member, a hole that penetrates the module body, and a bridge portion that extends from a part of the inner peripheral surface of the hole to another part of the inner peripheral surface so as to divide an inside of the hole into a plurality of opening regions and is fixed to the coil end portion with an adhesive introduced into the hole and cured therein. In the stator, the busbar module is fixed more firmly to the coil end formed on one end side of the stator core with the adhesive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, AISIN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasunori Suzuki, Akihide Takehara, Takuya Kitao, Ryoji Nakajima
  • Patent number: 11799344
    Abstract: An electric machine includes a stator assembly having a core with windings positioned on the core. The windings including in-slot portions, end turns, and leads. The leads include a plurality of inner leads extending from conductors in an inner layer of the slots and outer leads extending from conductors in an outer layer of the slots, the inner leads and the outer leads defining a semi-cylindrical space. The stator assembly further includes a bus bar assembly connected to the leads, the bus bar assembly including a plurality of series connections and a plurality of phase leads. Each of the series connections connects one of the inner leads to one of the outer leads within the semi-cylindrical space. Each of the phase leads connects at least one of the inner leads to at least one of the outer leads.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: BorgWarner Inc.
    Inventors: Kirk Neet, Matt Ryan Conner