Patents Examined by Burton Mullins
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Patent number: 9608492Abstract: A relay conductor of a rotating electrical machine is provided with: a coil connector that is connected to a coil on one side of a rotating shaft and further to the outside in the radial direction than the coil; a power line connector that is connected to an external power line on the other side of the rotating shaft; and relays that extend in the axial direction of the rotating shaft, and link the coil connector and the power line connector. At least a portion of the power line connector is positioned closer to the inner diameter side of the rotating electrical machine than the outer peripheral surface of a stator.Type: GrantFiled: March 18, 2013Date of Patent: March 28, 2017Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventor: Toshiyuki Nagumo
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Patent number: 9608501Abstract: A rotary electric machine is a rotary electric machine including a stator of a distributed winding type including a plurality of first slots, in each of which winding wires of a plurality of same phases or a winding wire of one phase are arranged, and a plurality of second slots, in each of which winding wires of a plurality of different phases are arranged. The total number of turns in each of the first slots is same as one another. The total number of turns in each of the second slots is same as one another. The total number of turns in the first slot and the total number of turns in the second slot are different from each other.Type: GrantFiled: December 13, 2012Date of Patent: March 28, 2017Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Shinichi Yamaguchi, Koki Naka, Kazuaki Ando
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Patent number: 9590469Abstract: The invention provides a way re-center a rotor's central longitudinal rotational axis with a desired system longitudinal axis. A pair of planar semicircular permanent magnets are pieced together to form a circle. The flux from each magnet is pointed in in opposite directions that are both parallel with the rotational axis. A stationary shorted circular winding the plane of which is perpendicular to the system longitudinal axis and the center of curvature of the circular winding is positioned on the system longitudinal axis. Upon rotation of the rotor, when a transverse displacement of the rotational axis occurs relative to the system longitudinal axis, the winding will experience a time-varying magnetic flux such that an alternating current that is proportional to the displacement will flow in the winding. Such time-varying magnetic flux will provide a force that will bring the rotor back to its centered position about the desired axis.Type: GrantFiled: February 20, 2015Date of Patent: March 7, 2017Assignee: Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLCInventor: Richard F Post
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Patent number: 9583982Abstract: An axial flux stator includes a plurality of magnetically permeable members, a plurality of windings, a back iron, and an encasing. The plurality of windings is associated with the plurality of magnetically permeable members to produce a plurality of winding-magnetically permeable member assemblies. The back iron is mechanically butt joint coupled to the plurality of winding-magnetically permeable member assemblies. The encasing maintains the butt joint coupling of the back iron to the plurality of winding-magnetically permeable member assemblies.Type: GrantFiled: February 3, 2016Date of Patent: February 28, 2017Assignee: Bison Gear & Engineering Corp.Inventors: Lester B. Ashe, Matthew S. Hanson
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Patent number: 9581409Abstract: Two exemplary approaches to the acceleration of projectiles are provided. Both approaches can utilize concepts associated with the Inductrack maglev system. Either of them provides an effective means of accelerating multi-kilogram projectiles to velocities of several kilometers per second, using launchers of order 10 meters in length, thus enabling the acceleration of projectiles to high velocities by electromagnetic forces.Type: GrantFiled: December 7, 2013Date of Patent: February 28, 2017Assignee: Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLCInventor: Richard F Post
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Patent number: 9583984Abstract: A rotator member 300 includes a tubular sleeve 301 having a first end surface and a second end surface, a plurality of magnet segments 311 circumferentially disposed at a radially outside of the sleeve 301, and a tubular member 321 adapted to cover the magnet segments 311 from a radially outside to hold the magnet segments 311 between the tubular member 321 and the sleeve 301. The sleeve 301 has an inner circumference surface that includes a tapered surface that gradually and outside the radial direction expands in a direction from the first end surface toward the second end surface.Type: GrantFiled: April 2, 2014Date of Patent: February 28, 2017Assignee: Fanuc CorporationInventor: Yohei Arimatsu
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Patent number: 9571010Abstract: A varying capacitance rotating electrical machine provides capacitor elements, such as capacitor plates, that move with respect to each other as separated by a thin film of fluid, for example, air, on which one capacitor element floats. In one embodiment, multiple plates provide for three-phase operation. Narrow gaps provided by the floating capacitor elements increase the power density of the rotating electrical machine.Type: GrantFiled: October 1, 2015Date of Patent: February 14, 2017Assignee: Wisconsin Alumni Research FoundationInventor: Daniel Colin Ludois
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Patent number: 9559576Abstract: A motor vehicle having an electric motor driving a permanent magnet power transmission connected to the gear box of the vehicle. The magnet power transmission has first and second disk assemblies. A copper member on the first disk assembly faces a plurality of permanent magnets located in bores in the second disk assembly. A control assembly operatively connected to the second disk assembly selectively moves the second disk assembly and magnets toward and away from the first disk assembly to vary the flux between the first disk assembly and second disk assembly.Type: GrantFiled: January 17, 2014Date of Patent: January 31, 2017Assignee: MAG-TRANS CORPORATIONInventor: Robert V. Albertson
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Patent number: 9553493Abstract: Provided is a rotating electric machine the interior of which can be suitably cooled. A coolant supply means of the rotating electric machine supplies a cooling fluid to the bottom of a tubular member from a location closer to one end of a rotary shaft than the bottom, and the bottom of the tubular member is equipped with through-holes that run in the axial direction of the rotary shaft, with the cooling fluid being supplied to the interior of the tubular member through the through-holes.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2013Date of Patent: January 24, 2017Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Seiichi Mogi, Shinji Fujimoto, Takaaki Kuwabara, Shingo Kato
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Patent number: 9543800Abstract: An external corona shielding for a conductor bar of an electric machine, a main insulating layer sheath on the conductor bar. The shielding has a first ply, which sheaths the main insulating layer, and a second ply, which sheaths the first ply. Each ply is a conductive, impregnatable layer with a sliding layer, wherein the sliding layers of the two plies (20, 21) face one another. Each sliding layer has at least one cutout, wherein the two conductive layers are connected to one another through these cutouts with the aid of a permanently elastic, electrically conductive connection.Type: GrantFiled: September 26, 2012Date of Patent: January 10, 2017Assignee: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFTInventors: Mario Brockschmidt, Stefan Kempen, Friedhelm Pholmann, Guido Schmidt, Christian Staubach
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Patent number: 9541156Abstract: The subject matter of the present invention is an actuator unit for motor vehicle applications, in particular motor vehicle door locks (1). This actuator unit has in its basic design a housing (8a, 8b), in addition a drive (2) which is arranged in the housing (8a, 8b), an actuator element (3, 4) which can be acted on by the drive (2), and at least one rubber bearing (10) for the drive (2). According to the invention, the housing (8a, 8b) is equipped with mounting projections (15) which are arranged distributed on the circumference of the rubber bearing (10), in the region of a rubber bearing mount (16).Type: GrantFiled: June 21, 2012Date of Patent: January 10, 2017Assignee: Kiekert AktiengesellschaftInventors: Frank Blumenthal, Winfried Schlabs, Claus Töpfer
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Patent number: 9537365Abstract: A magnet-type generator 1 has a stator 20 having a stator core 21 and a coil 60, and fixed on an engine cover. The stator core has an annular base portion 26 and salient pole portions 27 extended in a radial direction from the annular base portion. The coil is wound around winding frame portions formed on the salient pole portions. Lead wires 64A, 64B, 64C are inserted into through holes 35A, 35B, 35C passing through the stator core and connected with outgoing wires of the coil at one side of the stator core. The stator core has an extension portion 33, which is partly enlarged outwards in a radial direction from an outer periphery of the annular base portion and fills a part of a gap 32 between neighboring salient pole portions. The through holes are provided on an area including the extension portion of the stator core.Type: GrantFiled: July 23, 2014Date of Patent: January 3, 2017Assignee: Denso Trim Co., Ltd.Inventor: Takahiko Hikita
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Patent number: 9537366Abstract: A magnet-type generator 1 has a stator 20 having a stator core 21, bobbins 40, 41 and a coil 60. The stator core has through holes 35A, 35B, 35C passing through the stator core parallel to a rotation axis of the rotor so that lead wires 64A, 64B, 64C for outputting current generated at the magnet-type generator 1, which are corresponding to respective phases, are inserted into the through holes. The lead wires inserted into the through holes are connected with outgoing wires 60a, 60c?, 60b, 60a?, 60c, 60b? of the coil at one side (clamping surface side) of the stator core 21 via a terminal (metal connection terminal) 53 fixed to a substrate portion (plate portion) 48 extending from the bobbin. The terminal is arranged near the through holes.Type: GrantFiled: July 23, 2014Date of Patent: January 3, 2017Assignee: Denso Trim Co., Ltd.Inventor: Takahiko Hikita
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Patent number: 9520229Abstract: A rotary transformer includes a shaft, a stator, and a rotor. The stator has a pole surface extending about the shaft. The rotor has a pole surface and operatively connects to the shaft for common rotation with the shaft such that the pole surface of the rotor axially opposes the pole surface of the rotor at an overlap area. The overlap are between the pole surfaces is greater at a first rotor position that at a second rotor position for superimposing a signal indicative of rotor position on electrical power transferred between the stator and rotor.Type: GrantFiled: February 12, 2014Date of Patent: December 13, 2016Assignee: Hamilton Sundstrand CorporationInventor: Yang Wang
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Patent number: 9515536Abstract: A cage rotor for an synchronous machine includes a laminated rotor core, shorting bars arranged inside the laminated rotor core, shorting rings which are cast onto the laminated rotor core and which electrically interconnect the shorting bars to front sides of the laminated rotor core, and heat pipes introduced into the laminated rotor core in the axial direction such that they protrude onto the front side from the laminated rotor core and protrude into the shorting rings.Type: GrantFiled: September 10, 2010Date of Patent: December 6, 2016Assignee: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFTInventors: Klaus Büttner, Klaus Kirchner
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Patent number: 9515443Abstract: Brush holder for an electrical swivel, wherein the brush holder is provided with an electrically conductive body, provided with means for connecting the body to a feed line for electrical energy and provided with at least one recess for receiving a brush adapted to transfer electrical energy towards a connector, wherein the brush is connected to the body by means of an electric wire for the transfer of electrical energy from the body towards the brush and by means of a spring for allowing the brush to be pushed out of the recess and to protrude from the surface of the body adapted to face the connector and for urging the brush against the connector.Type: GrantFiled: May 25, 2011Date of Patent: December 6, 2016Assignee: Single Buoy Moorings Inc.Inventors: Eric Jean-Francois Rene Murris, Gérard André Revol, Georges Roger Yves Dixneuf
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Patent number: 9515530Abstract: The disclosure provides a stator module and a magnetic field generating structure which includes a magnetizer and an electrically conducting pipe. The electrically conducting pipe is wound around the magnetizer and has a passage inside. The passage has an outlet and an inlet opposite to each other. The electrically conducting pipe has a current input portion and a current output portion.Type: GrantFiled: March 18, 2013Date of Patent: December 6, 2016Assignee: INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTEInventors: Se-Kang Ho, Kuo-Lin Chiu, Chia-Min Ting, Cheng-Min Chang, Chen-Chih Lin, Hsien-Chang Huang, Yu-Hsun Wu
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Patent number: 9506475Abstract: An electromagnet has a core with a pair of magnetic poles, a primary coil wound around the core, and a series circuit of a first auxiliary coil wound around the first magnetic pole of the core, a second auxiliary coil wound around the second magnetic pole of the core, and capacitors, and is connected in parallel to the primary coil and the series circuit. The first and the second magnetic poles are each divided into a plurality of split magnetic poles. The first auxiliary coil is composed of a plurality of split auxiliary coils wound around the respective pole in the plurality of split magnetic poles of the first magnetic pole so that the mutual inductance with the primary coil becomes zero. The second auxiliary coil is composed of a plurality of split auxiliary coils wound around the respective pole in a plurality of split magnetic poles of the second magnetic pole so that the mutual inductance with the primary coil becomes zero.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2012Date of Patent: November 29, 2016Assignee: Shimadzu CorporationInventors: Junichiro Kozaki, Yoshihiro Nagano
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Patent number: 9508470Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosure can include a method for reducing or repairing vibration-caused damage in a stator bar, and a dynamoelectric machine resulting therefrom. The method for reducing vibration-caused damage in a stator can include applying, from within a ventilation slot of a stator core, a liquid based vibration-absorbing material onto a side ripple spring, the side ripple spring being in contact with a stator bar and the stator core; and allowing the liquid based vibration-absorbing material to cure, wherein the cured vibration-absorbing material remains in contact with the side ripple spring for absorbing stator vibrations.Type: GrantFiled: October 29, 2013Date of Patent: November 29, 2016Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Jessica Frances Nimmons, Daniel Lawrence Banowetz, Jessica Mary Powers, Dennis Anthony Pasquarella, Leonard Paul Squillacioti
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Patent number: 9496758Abstract: A rotor for a rotating electric machine includes a rotor core, a plurality of permanent magnets, and a rotating shaft. The rotor core includes a through-hole, an inner circumference-side rotor core, an outer circumference-side rotor core, and a plurality of ribs. Each of the plurality of ribs includes a first curved rib and a second curved rib. The first curved rib extends to one side in a circumferential direction from an inner circumference side toward an outer circumference side. The first curved rib has a curved shape that bulges toward the outer circumference side and toward another side in the circumferential direction beyond a straight line that connects a first connecting portion between the first curved rib and the inner circumference-side rotor core and a second connecting portion between the first curved rib and the outer circumference-side rotor core.Type: GrantFiled: February 13, 2014Date of Patent: November 15, 2016Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventor: Koji Kawanami