Patents Examined by Burton S. Mullins
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Patent number: 11041527Abstract: A radial magnetic bearing includes an axis, a stator and a rotor. The stator includes at least two stator assemblies axially spaced from one another. Each stator assembly includes a magnetically soft core. At least one of the stator assemblies includes one said magnetically soft core with several radially projecting teeth arranged distributed in the circumferential direction, and several coils likewise arranged distributed in the circumferential direction. Two respective teeth of the magnetically soft core that are successive in the circumferential direction are connected to each other by a connecting section of the core. The magnetic bearing includes a permanent magnet assembly disposed axially between the two magnetically soft cores. At least one said stator assembly is embodied such that one of the respective connecting sections is wound with one of the respective coils.Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 2018Date of Patent: June 22, 2021Assignee: MAXON INTERNATIONAL AGInventor: Johannes Kreher
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Patent number: 11043862Abstract: A rotor for an electric machine having posts extending partially or completely between end irons. Each end iron is formed of a single piece of magnetic material with the posts extending from it, including the other end iron where the posts extend completely between them. Magnets are arranged between the posts with poles facing the posts to concentrate flux. In order to prevent too much of the flux from being drawn into flux paths through the end irons, the total magnetic flux is made to exceed a saturation flux of at least a portion of the flux path. This may be achieved by using interdigitated posts extending only partially between the end irons to provide gaps in the flux path, by providing flux resistors in the end irons to reduce a saturation flux below the total flux, or by using high aspect ratio magnets or posts so that the magnetic flux exceeds a saturation flux of the posts or end irons.Type: GrantFiled: August 11, 2017Date of Patent: June 22, 2021Assignee: GENESIS ROBOTICS AND MOTION TECHNOLOGIES CANADA, ULCInventor: James Brent Klassen
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Patent number: 11031620Abstract: An osmotic energy conversion system includes a housing having a first inlet and a second inlet, an MXene lamellar membrane located inside the housing and configured to divide the housing into a first chamber and a second chamber, and first and second electrodes placed in the first and second chambers, respectively, and configured to collect electrical energy generated by a salinity-gradient formed by first and second liquids across the MXene lamellar membrane. The first chamber is configured to receive the first liquid at the first inlet and the second chamber is configured to receive the second liquid at the second inlet. The first liquid has a salinity lower than the second liquid, and the MXene lamellar membrane includes plural nanosheets of MXene stacked on top of each other.Type: GrantFiled: December 4, 2019Date of Patent: June 8, 2021Assignee: KING ABDULLAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGYInventors: Seunghyun Hong, Peng Wang, Husam Niman Alshareef
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Patent number: 11031843Abstract: A power tool with a combined printed circuit board (PCB) that reduces internal wiring of the power tool and provides a large amount of air flow to internal components. In some instances, the combined PCB has a surfboard shape and includes a motor control unit and power switching elements (Field Effect Transistors or FETs). The combined surfboard PCB is located above the trigger, but below the motor and drive mechanism. In other instances, the combined PCB has a doughnut shape and is located coaxially with a motor shaft. The combined PCB may be positioned between a doughnut-shaped control PCB and the motor.Type: GrantFiled: April 30, 2018Date of Patent: June 8, 2021Assignee: MILWAUKEE ELECTRIC TOOL CORPORATIONInventors: Matthew J. Mergener, Michael Kolden, William E. Check, Matthew P. Wycklendt, Andrew T. Beyerl, John W. Thiele, Todd C. Hunkins
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Patent number: 11025112Abstract: A rotor for an electrical machine is provided. The rotor comprises: a rotor body; one or more magnets arranged around the rotor body; and a non-magnetic containment sleeve positioned radially outwardly of the one or more magnets. The containment sleeve has axially-alternating solid ring sections and reticulated ring sections.Type: GrantFiled: July 20, 2018Date of Patent: June 1, 2021Assignee: ROLLS-ROYCE plcInventor: David F Brookes
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Patent number: 11025119Abstract: A rotary electric machine includes a stator. A plurality of slots are formed in a stator core of the stator, and a coil and an insulating sheet layer are inserted into the slots. A first coil side surface and a second coil side surface of the coil inserted into the slots serve as adhesive regions, which are adhered to a slot inner circumferential surface via the insulating sheet layer. In addition, a first coil end surface and a second coil end surface of the coil inserted into the slots serve as non-adhesive regions, which are maintained in a non-contact manner with respect to the slot inner circumferential surface.Type: GrantFiled: February 27, 2019Date of Patent: June 1, 2021Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Masashi Inoue, Tadashi Yamaguchi
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Patent number: 11025122Abstract: A fan motor is provided that includes an inner housing having an inner space formed therein; a rotational shaft assembly supported in the inner housing and having a rotor and a bearing mounted on a rotational shaft thereof; a stator disposed to surround the rotor in the inner housing; an impeller connected to the rotational shaft; and an outer housing that surrounds an outer periphery of the inner housing and having an inlet body that guides air to the impeller. At least one heat dissipation vane is provided on an outer peripheral surface of the inner housing to guide air which passes between the inner housing and the outer housing after being suctioned into the inlet body, and thus, when being guided by the at least one heat dissipation vane, the air having been moved by the impeller may efficiently absorb heat transferred from the stator to the at least one heat dissipation vane and more stably flow than when colliding against the stator and the rotor, and thus, may be quickly discharged.Type: GrantFiled: February 1, 2018Date of Patent: June 1, 2021Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.Inventors: Taekyung Kim, Sungbae Song, Younggyu Jung, Joongkeun Choi
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Patent number: 11025117Abstract: An electric machine includes a stator core having a plurality of slots formed therein and a winding positioned in the slots of the stator core. The winding includes eight parallel paths distributed in layers of the stator core. The eight parallel paths include four pairs of adjacent paths. A first pair of adjacent paths crisscrosses a second pair of adjacent paths in the layers of the stator core. A third pair of adjacent paths crisscrosses a fourth pair of adjacent paths in the layers of the stator core. Neither the first pair nor the second pair of adjacent paths crisscrosses one or both of the third pair and the fourth pair of adjacent paths in the layers of the stator core.Type: GrantFiled: January 28, 2019Date of Patent: June 1, 2021Assignee: BorgWarner Inc.Inventor: Kirk Neet
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Patent number: 11018538Abstract: A rotor assembly includes a shaft disposed along a central axis extending vertically, a tubular magnet disposed on a radially outer surface of the shaft, a lower spacer disposed axially below the magnet and fixed to the radially outer surface of the shaft, a shaft adhesive film attaching the shaft to the magnet, and a lower spacer adhesive film attaching an axially upper surface of the lower spacer to an axially lower surface of the magnet. The shaft adhesive film and the lower spacer adhesive film are an identical adhesive and are continuously formed.Type: GrantFiled: March 18, 2019Date of Patent: May 25, 2021Assignee: NIDEC CORPORATIONInventor: Tomoyoshi Sawada
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Patent number: 11018565Abstract: A stator assembly for use in an axial flux electric motor includes at least one tooth tip and at least one stator tooth coupled to the at least one tooth tip, wherein the at least one stator tooth includes an insertable portion. The stator assembly also includes at least one stator base including at least one receiving slot configured to receive the insertable portion to form a mechanical joint between the at least one stator base and the at least one stator tooth.Type: GrantFiled: May 15, 2018Date of Patent: May 25, 2021Assignees: REGAL BELOIT AMERICA, INC., REGAL BELOIT AUSTRALIA PTY LTD.Inventors: Steve Wilfred Post, Greg Heins, Jason Jon Kreidler
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Patent number: 11018540Abstract: Provided are a slim-type stator using a multilayer printed circuit board (PCB) capable of maximally generating torque in an opposite rotor and capable of increasing airflow, and a single-phase motor and a cooling fan using the same. The slim-type stator includes: a multilayer PCB; and a plurality of coil patterns formed on respective PCB layers of the multilayer PCB and connected via throughholes, wherein the multilayer PCB includes at least one protrusion corresponding to the plurality of coil patterns, and at least one recess disposed between the plurality of coil patterns.Type: GrantFiled: April 6, 2017Date of Patent: May 25, 2021Assignee: AMOTECH CO., LTD.Inventors: Byung Soo Kim, Jin Gwan Kim
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Patent number: 11012003Abstract: A variable speed drive for an electrostatic motor provides feedback control according to rotor position and/or rotor rotational rate deduced from back currents (back-MMF). Extraction of the back currents is performed by a modeling of the stator and the development of isolated stator voltages from plate voltage measurements.Type: GrantFiled: September 10, 2019Date of Patent: May 18, 2021Assignee: Wisconsin Alumni Research FoundationInventors: Daniel Colin Ludois, Aditya N. Ghule, Peter Killeen
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Patent number: 11011968Abstract: A system for generating electrical energy by efficient movement of a specialized inductive medium that fulfills a need for new sources of electricity. The system for generating electrical energy by efficient movement of a specialized inductive medium includes an evacuated tube serving as a cathode disposed on a pipe, the evacuated tube contains a plurality of emulsified copper, the emulsified copper serves as the specialized inductive medium. The overall system includes a gear pump that moves the emulsified copper at high speed through the pipe where it is influenced by the magnet and the electric current is induced in the high-speed emulsified copper.Type: GrantFiled: December 10, 2019Date of Patent: May 18, 2021Inventor: Kyle Dylan Usher
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Patent number: 11005341Abstract: Provided is a sealing structure for sealing a peripheral area of a fan of a generator.Type: GrantFiled: May 15, 2019Date of Patent: May 11, 2021Assignee: Doosan Heavy Industries Construction Co., LtdInventor: Sung Ha Kim
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Patent number: 11002191Abstract: An apparatus and method for a generator for generating power having a rotary union between a rotor and a stator, the rotary union comprising a first fluid passage having a converging nozzle and located within the stator having a first inlet and a first outlet, a second fluid passage having a diverging nozzle and located within the rotor and having a second inlet and a second outlet, the second inlet is aligned with the first outlet and at least one gap located between the rotor and stator.Type: GrantFiled: January 4, 2019Date of Patent: May 11, 2021Assignee: GE AVIATION SYSTEMS LLCInventors: Samuel Robert Hathaway, Clifford D. Westerlund, Jason D. Wilkening, Robert D. Grennan, David George Kloos, John S. Mears
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Patent number: 10978931Abstract: A damper member (80) is provided between the worm wheel (39) and the output member (70), and elastically deformed by a relative rotation of the worm wheel (39) and the output member (70), a gap portion (SP) is provided between the worm wheel (39) and the output member (70), a portion (DP) bulged by elastic deformation of the damper member (80) is housed in the gap portion (SP), the portion (DP) bulged by elastic deformation of the damper member (80) does not push the output member (70) away from the worm wheel (39). Therefore, although it has the damper member (80), it is not necessary to fix the output member (70) so as to prevent the output member (70) from being moved in an axial direction of a support shaft by using a fixing member on the basis of a conventional manner, thereby making it possible to reduce the intensity of the support shaft, and consequently, it is possible to realize excellent shock resistance and silence, and cost reduction.Type: GrantFiled: May 31, 2017Date of Patent: April 13, 2021Assignee: MITSUBA CORPORATIONInventors: Hiroyuki Uchimura, Taihei Kagawa
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Patent number: 10971965Abstract: A motor includes a rotor, a stator, and a circuit board below the stator. The stator includes an insulator to cover at least a portion of each of an upper surface, a lower surface, and circumferential side surfaces of each of teeth of the stator, coils each of which is defined by a conducting wire wound around a separate one of the teeth with the insulator therebetween, and a drawn-out wire drawn out from the coils and electrically connected to the circuit board. A lower portion of the insulator includes a guide radially outward of the coils and including a wall extending downward from a lower surface of the insulator and a bend extending radially outward from a lower end of the wall. At least a portion of the drawn-out wire extends in a circumferential direction along a radially outer surface of the wall.Type: GrantFiled: March 27, 2019Date of Patent: April 6, 2021Assignee: NIDEC CORPORATIONInventors: Shingo Yoshino, Tomoaki Ando
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Patent number: 10971966Abstract: A power tool includes a tool housing and a motor assembly received in the tool housing. The motor assembly has a rear end portion, a front end portion, and a motor output shaft. A transmission housing is coupled to the motor housing with a transmission received in the transmission housing, to which the motor output shaft is drivingly coupled. A partition assembly includes a rear cover covering a rear end portion of the transmission housing that faces the front end portion of the motor. The rear cover of the transmission housing and the front end portion of the motor together define at least a first labyrinth path and a second labyrinth path therebetween configured to inhibit grease or dust migration between the transmission housing and the motor assembly.Type: GrantFiled: May 14, 2018Date of Patent: April 6, 2021Assignee: Black & Decker Inc.Inventors: Brent Austin Kuehne, Gao Jian, Wang Guoqing, Zhang Yukun, Chen Jianhua, Zhu Wen, Wu Yanmin, Lu Xiaoli
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Patent number: 10971967Abstract: An electric motor (20) for an elevator system (2) comprises a housing (25) extending in a longitudinal direction along a longitudinal axis (A) and a cover (22) attached to a front face of the housing (25). The cover (22) comprises an open space (24) formed around the longitudinal axis (A). At least one electric connector (38, 40), which is electrically connectable with component of the electric motor (20), is arranged within said open space (24).Type: GrantFiled: March 1, 2019Date of Patent: April 6, 2021Assignee: OTIS ELEVATOR COMPANYInventor: Enrique Ramos Ibarra
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Patent number: 10971968Abstract: The self-ventilated motor (10) comprises a casing (12) having an air inlet opening (18) and an air outlet opening (20) and delimiting an air passage between the air inlet opening (18) and the air outlet opening (20), drive means (13) comprising a shaft (22) housed in the casing (12), a ventilation propeller (24) connected to the shaft (22) upon rotation and housed in the air passage, and a noise reduction device (26). The noise reduction device (26) comprises a first noise reduction member (28), attached to the casing (12) at the air inlet opening (18), a second noise reduction member (30) arranged on the ventilation propeller (24), and a third noise reduction member (32) fixed to the casing (12) at the air outlet opening (20).Type: GrantFiled: February 5, 2018Date of Patent: April 6, 2021Assignee: ALSTOM Transport TechnologiesInventor: Thomas Mas