Patents Examined by Alexander Moraza
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Patent number: 10673306Abstract: A rotary machine capable of carrying out efficient cooling without increasing costs or deteriorating performance is provided. A motor 1 serving as the rotary machine has a rotor 20 configured to be rotatable around a rotary shaft 10, a stator 30 having a stator core 31 arranged around the rotor 20 and a coil 32 attached to the stator core 31 so that a coil end part 32a protrudes from each end of the stator core 31, mold members 33a and 33b formed at both ends of the stator core 31, to cover base parts of the coil end parts 32a, and partition parts 42b and 43b attached in contact with the mold members 33a and 33b, to separate a space S1 in which the rotor 20 is arranged from a space S2 in which the coil end parts 32a are arranged.Type: GrantFiled: April 22, 2011Date of Patent: June 2, 2020Assignee: IHI CorporationInventors: Norihisa Handa, Satoru Ohashi, Masahiro Tanida, Shusaku Yamasaki
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Patent number: 10673298Abstract: An electric motor includes: a rotor; a stator disposed on an outer peripheral side of the rotor; a front-side housing provided with an opening housing a part of the rotor; a rear-side housing clamping the stator between the rear-side housing and the front-side housing; a plurality of fastening members fastening the stator, the front-side housing, and the rear-side housing together; and an annular portion disposed on a surface, of the front-side housing, the surface facing the stator and having an annular shape that surrounds the opening, wherein respective heights of first sections of the annular portion that are in the vicinity of insertion holes of the fastening members are lower than respective heights of second sections, which are positioned at middle points between an adjacent pair of the first sections, among the first sections, the intermediate point is close to the adjacent pair of the first sections.Type: GrantFiled: May 18, 2018Date of Patent: June 2, 2020Assignee: FANUC CORPORATIONInventor: Fumito Yukawa
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Patent number: 10666096Abstract: A direct-cooling stator core assembly having cooling channels so as to directly cool a stator core and a wound coil, and a driving motor for a vehicle including the same, are provided. The direct-cooling stator core assembly includes a stator core having an outer surface and a plurality of core recesses formed in the outer surface in a longitudinal direction. The direct-cooling stator core assembly further includes a cooling fluid supply member configured to supply cooling fluid to the core recesses in the stator core. In the direct-cooling stator core assembly, when cooling fluid is flowing through the core recesses, the cooling fluid flowing through the core recesses directly cools the stator core.Type: GrantFiled: April 26, 2017Date of Patent: May 26, 2020Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATIONInventors: Young Jin Seo, Myung Kyu Jeong, Yeon Ho Kim, Jae Bum Park, Jae Min Yu, Hee Ra Lee, Ga Eun Lee
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Patent number: 10658912Abstract: A shock wave generating unit includes a housing and a disk in the housing. The disk includes a vibration plate, which corresponds to a shock wave transmission member covering a first opening of the housing and includes an insulating thin elastic plate and a thin metal plate. The insulating thin elastic plate, with one side corresponding to the shock wave transmission member and the opposite side provided with the thin metal plate, has a hollow portion for partially exposing the thin metal plate and forms an accommodating cavity together with the exposed portion of the thin metal plate and the shock wave transmission member. A shock wave transmission medium can circulate through the accommodating cavity via a channel in the housing and is in contact with the exposed portion of the thin metal plate to facilitate dissipation of the heat generated by the disk during operation.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2017Date of Patent: May 19, 2020Assignee: Lite-Med Inc.Inventors: Chia-Chi Lin, Yung-Chen Su, Po-Hsiang Kuo
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Patent number: 10651764Abstract: A rotor for an LSIPM comprises a plurality of permanent magnets defining a number of poles (“P”) of the LSIPM, and a plurality of rotor bars spaced about the rotor defining a rotor bar area (“BA”). The rotor bars are formed of a conductive material having an associated conductivity (“?RB”). End members are disposed on axial opposite ends of the rotor core. The end members are in electrical contact with the rotor bars. The end members are formed from a material having an associated conductivity (“?EM”). Each end ring member has a minimum geometric cross sectional area (“ERA”) and outer diameter that generally corresponds to the rotor core outer diameter. The ERA is greater than 0.5 times the rotor bar area per the number of poles (BA/P) times a ratio of the rotor bar material conductivity to the end member material conductivity (?RB/?EM).Type: GrantFiled: August 21, 2018Date of Patent: May 12, 2020Assignee: Baldor Electric CompanyInventors: Robert F. McElveen, Richard J. Budzynski
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Patent number: 10630121Abstract: A rotor structure for a conical air gap electrodynamic machine has one or more rotor assemblies arranged on an axis of rotation. Each of the one or more rotor assemblies includes magnetically permeable structures positioned radially about the axis of rotation. The magnetically permeable structures include first surfaces confronting the conical air gap that are oriented at an angle to the axis of rotation and second adjacent surfaces that are at an angle to the axis of rotation. The second adjacent surfaces are disposed radially closer to the axis of rotation than the first surfaces. One or more groups of magnetic structures include magnetic material. The one or more groups of magnetic structures include a first group of magnetic structures interleaved with the magnetically permeable structures, a second group of magnetic structures, and a flux conductor shield disposed adjacent to the second group of magnetic structures.Type: GrantFiled: September 23, 2015Date of Patent: April 21, 2020Assignee: REGAL BELOIT AMERICA, INC.Inventors: Paul Knauer, Alan Crapo
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Patent number: 10622865Abstract: Provided is a motor device (1) equipped with a speed reduction mechanism including: an electric motor (2); a case (30) configured to receive a speed reduction mechanism (20) used to reduce a speed of rotation of the electric motor (2); and an output shaft (23) provided on one side of the case (30) to surround a rotational central shaft (O) of the electric motor (2) and coupled to the speed reduction mechanism (20), in which, the case (30) has: a main mount (40) provided on the one side of the case (30) and configured to fix the case (30) to a roof; and an auxiliary mount (50) provided on the other side of the case (30) to surround the rotational central shaft (O) of the electric motor (2) and configured to fix the case (30) to the roof, and the mount (50) has: an auxiliary attachment section (52) integrally formed with the case (30); and an auxiliary mount rubber (54) mounted at the auxiliary attachment section (52).Type: GrantFiled: September 2, 2015Date of Patent: April 14, 2020Assignee: Mitsuba CorporationInventors: Toshiyuki Kimura, Masayuki Ota
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Patent number: 10574103Abstract: This interior magnet rotary electric machine (1) is provided with a rotor (2) that has a rotor core (11) having two sets of permanent magnets (12, 13) embedded therein, and with a stator (3) that is disposed facing the rotor (2). The two sets of permanent magnets (12, 13) each comprise a pair of magnets (12a, 12b, 13a, 13b) of like polarity disposed adjacently along the circumferential direction of the rotor 2. In the rotor core (11), magnet embedding holes (11b), which accommodate the magnets (12a, 12b, 13a, 13b) of like polarity, are formed for each of the magnets of like polarity. The thickness (a), in the rotor (2) circumferential direction, of the portions (18) of the rotor core (11) between like poles is less than the thickness (b) of the portions (19) of the rotor core (11) between unlike poles.Type: GrantFiled: November 4, 2015Date of Patent: February 25, 2020Assignee: Kobe Steel, Ltd.Inventors: Toshiaki Shimoda, Shingo Kasai
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Patent number: 10554095Abstract: An AC motor with a reduction mechanism is disclosed. The AC motor has a stator unit, a rotor unit, and a reduction transmission unit. An axial space of the AC motor can be substantially reduced by providing the reduction transmission unit directly built in the AC motor, and a path of the power transmission between the rotor unit and an output shaft can be reduced, so that the loss of the mechanical energy can be lowered.Type: GrantFiled: December 27, 2017Date of Patent: February 4, 2020Assignee: NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITYInventors: Hong-sen Yan, Yi-chang Wu, Jian-liang Lin, Kuan-chen Chen
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Patent number: 10547227Abstract: An electromagnetic structure of an electric machine, in particular an adjustment drive of a motor vehicle, has a plurality of coils which are arranged to form a circular structure. Each of the coils has a coil winding and a connection. The coils are respectively electrically connected in pairs by way of a conductor bridge which is in contact with the respective connections. Each conductor bridge is arranged at an axial distance from the associated coils, each conductor bridge being arranged at least partially in a receiving element of a guiding plate.Type: GrantFiled: September 12, 2016Date of Patent: January 28, 2020Assignee: Brose Fahrzeugteile GmbH & Co. Kommanditgesellschaft, WuerzburgInventors: Peter Hauck, Oliver Haupt, Maximilian Knopf, Stefan Portner
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Patent number: 10536048Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for manufacturing a sintered bearing having a bearing surface that forms a bearing gap with a shaft to be supported, in its inner periphery. This manufacturing method includes: a compacting step P2 of compacting a base powder containing a diffusion alloyed powder 11 prepared by partially diffusing a copper powder in an iron powder as a main material, a low-melting-point metal powder 14, and a solid lubricant to obtain a green compact, and a sintering step P3 of sintering the green compact 4? to obtain a sintered compact 4?.Type: GrantFiled: March 19, 2014Date of Patent: January 14, 2020Assignee: NTN CORPORATIONInventors: Yoshinori Ito, Yousuke Sugai
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Patent number: 10530230Abstract: The invention relates to a miniature linear vibrotactile actuator comprising: a first element 14, 104 of generally cylindrical shape, comprising permanent magnets 15, 105 aligned so that two adjacent sides of two adjacent magnets 15, 105 have identical polarities; a second element 11, 101 defining a cylindrical cavity 12, 102 into which the first element 14, 104 is inserted with play so as to be able to slide therein in a sliding direction X2, the second element 11, 101 comprising coils 13, 103 of conductive wire having strands that extend perpendicularly to the sliding direction X2, in order to form magnetic force generators, and that are placed so as to be able to influence the first element 14, 104 electromagnetically; and means 25, 41, 125 for returning and guiding the first element 14, 104 toward an equilibrium position in the second element 11, 101, in which position a median plane P2 between two adjacent magnets substantially coincides with a median plane P1 of a facing force generator 111.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2012Date of Patent: January 7, 2020Assignees: SORBONNE UNIVERSITE, CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUEInventors: Vincent Hayward, Amir Berrezag, George Dietz
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Patent number: 10516318Abstract: The present invention relates to a linear actuator (1) comprising an outer tube (3) secured to a console and a rear mounting (5) and a front mounting (7) for mounting the linear actuator (1). The linear actuator (1) further comprises a motor housing (6) which constitutes a first part of an actuator housing (2) The linear actuator (1) further comprises an inner tube (4) which at its outermost end is secured to the front mounting (7) and with its other end is in connection with a spindle nut on a spindle. Through a transmission an electric motor causes the spindle to rotate at which the spindle nut and the inner tube will be moved in an outwards or inwards direction depending on the direction of rotation of the spindle. The spindle nut and the inner tube are guided telescopically in the outer tube. The spindle nut and the inner tube are secured against rotation in the outer tube.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2011Date of Patent: December 24, 2019Assignee: LINAK A/SInventors: Torben Iversen, René Sørensen, Martin Kahr Knudsen
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Patent number: 10516311Abstract: Provided are an axial gap motor and a method for manufacturing a winding therefore capable of realizing low cost and high output without causing a jumper wire of a continuously wound coil obtained by winding an insulated conductor wire to protrude from the coil. The axial gap motor comprises a stator which is obtained by disposing a plurality of coils in a ring shape, and a rotor which is rotatably attached so as to face one or both principal surfaces of the stator and includes a plurality of permanent magnets corresponding to the plurality of coils of the stator. Each of the plurality of coils constituting the stator is formed by continuously winding one or more insulated conductor wires as coil wires around two or more separation cores. A core lamination thickness is indicated by “L1?” and a radial length of each coil is indicated by “L2”, a relation of L2<L1? is satisfied.Type: GrantFiled: July 26, 2013Date of Patent: December 24, 2019Assignee: Hitachi Industrial Equipment Systems Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yuichiro Tanaka, Hiroshi Ichige
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Patent number: 10511198Abstract: There is provided a rotor for a rotary electrical machine for improving mechanical strength of the rotor against centrifugal force. The rotary electrical machine is provided with a stator, and a rotor disposed with a gap from the stator, which has a rotor core. The rotor includes a magnet insertion hole, and a permanent magnet inserted into the magnet insertion hole. A clearance part is formed at a position of the magnet insertion hole corresponding to a corner of the inserted permanent magnet, which has a facing surface that is formed to face a surface of the permanent magnet via a gap. The facing surface of the clearance part has inflection points so that each of obtuse angles is formed by the two facing surfaces contiguous with the inflection points.Type: GrantFiled: March 7, 2014Date of Patent: December 17, 2019Assignee: Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd.Inventors: Yuji Kano, Hiroshi Hamano, Yasuyuki Saito, Ryoji Kobayashi, Yosuke Umesaki, Manabu Oshida
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Patent number: 10505412Abstract: A flux machine includes a stator and a rotor. A set of electrical coil assemblies with side surfaces and sets of plural permanent magnets are arranged circularly on the stator and the rotor. Pole faces of the magnets are positioned adjacent to and spaced apart from side surfaces of permeable cores of the coil assemblies. In each coil assembly a pair of like pole faces of the magnets mutually face across the permeable core and a third magnet pole face faces transversely relative to the mutually facing pole faces of the pair of magnets.Type: GrantFiled: January 23, 2014Date of Patent: December 10, 2019Assignee: ClearWater Holdings, Ltd.Inventors: Keith Klontz, Haodong Li
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Patent number: 10491076Abstract: A bearing arrangement including a rotating part and a non-rotating part. The rotating part is configured to rotate relative to the non-rotating part with an essentially horizontal rotation axis. The arrangement is provided with an energy generating system, comprising at least one micro generator module. The micro generator module includes a housing, an eccentric mass mounted so as to be rotatable around an eccentric shaft in the housing, and a generator unit configured to generate electrical energy using the rotation of the eccentric shaft. The energy generating system is mounted to the rotating part of the arrangement.Type: GrantFiled: October 27, 2015Date of Patent: November 26, 2019Assignee: AKTIEBOLAGET SKFInventors: Georgo Angelis, Nicolaas Simon Willem Den Haak, Petrus Matheus Josephus Knapen, Bernardus Johannes Meijer, Andreas Clemens Van Der Ham
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Patent number: 10491065Abstract: A permanent magnet synchronous motor includes a stator with a stator winding, a rotor with a rotor core rotatable relative to the stator, and a magnetic structure with at least one permanent magnet mounted to the rotor core. The magnetic structure produces a magnetic flux that flows between different magnetic poles of the magnetic structure through a main magnetic flux path that passes through the stator winding of the stator via an air gap and a leakage magnetic flux path that is located within the rotor core about an end portion of the permanent magnet near the air gap. The stator, the rotor and the magnetic structure being further configured to satisfy predetermined relationships in regards to the magnetic resistance of the main magnetic flux path and the leakage magnetic flux path, the magnetomotive force of the magnets and the stator.Type: GrantFiled: September 11, 2014Date of Patent: November 26, 2019Assignees: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., Wisconsin Alumni Research FoundationInventors: Kensuke Sasaki, Takashi Fukushige, Takashi Kato, Robert D. Lorenz, Apoorva Athavale
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Patent number: 10483834Abstract: A ball spline shaft integral with a foremost and rearmost nozzle fits into a movable table for an actuator to make sure of high accuracy and high tact operation. A movable table is constituted with a movable table in which a ball spline shaft to provide a ball spline is inserted into a table body. The ball spline shaft having a through-hole has a foremost nozzle at the lower portion thereof and a rearmost nozzle at the top thereof. An outer shell is fastened to the opposite ends of the bed and the ball spline shaft is supported by a pair of the outer shells for reciprocating movement.Type: GrantFiled: January 28, 2016Date of Patent: November 19, 2019Assignee: NIPPON THOMPSON CO., LTD.Inventor: Kazuki Yamagishi
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Patent number: 10476330Abstract: This interior magnet rotary electric machine (1) is provided with: a rotor (2) that has a rotor core (11) having permanent magnets (12, 13) embedded therein; a stator (3) that is disposed facing the rotor (2); and a fiber-reinforced plastic tube (4) that is fitted over and fixed to the rotor core (11).Type: GrantFiled: November 4, 2015Date of Patent: November 12, 2019Assignee: Kobe Steel, Ltd.Inventors: Toshiaki Shimoda, Shingo Kasai