Patents Examined by Burton S. Mullins
  • Patent number: 10971985
    Abstract: An actuator may include a supporting body; a movable body; a first magnetic drive circuit; a second magnetic drive circuit. The first magnetic drive circuit may include a first coil and a first magnet. The second magnetic drive circuit may include a second coil and a second magnet. The actuator may further include a first yoke on a side of the first coil remote from the second coil; a second yoke on a side of the second coil remote from the first coil; and a third yoke between the first coil and the second coil. The first magnet may be held on a face of the first yoke or a face of the third yoke. The second magnet may be held on a face of the second yoke or a face of the third yoke. The third yoke may be thicker than the first and second yoke.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: NIDEC SANKYO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masao Tsuchihashi, Tadashi Takeda, Hiroshi Kitahara
  • Patent number: 10973126
    Abstract: An integrated circuit includes a nexus and a first, a second, a third, and a fourth circuit board. Each of the first and second circuit boards is coupled to opposing sides of the nexus, and each of the third and fourth circuit boards is coupled to opposing sides of the second circuit board. The integrated circuit is transitionable between a first, open configuration, in which the first, second, third and fourth circuit boards and the nexus are substantially coplanar, and a second configuration, in which the first, second, third and fourth circuit boards and the nexus are coupled to one another to define a cavity therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: Covidien LP
    Inventors: Chi Min Seow, Jaimeen Kapadia, Richard S. Lech, Michael Zemlok, Mark H. Macleod
  • Patent number: 10955759
    Abstract: An electromagnetic actuator is described the actuator comprising: a magnet assembly comprising: an array of permanent magnets arranged in a first direction and configured to generate, outside the magnet assembly, a spatially varying magnetic field distribution in the first direction; a ferromagnetic member onto which the array of permanent magnets is mounted; a coil assembly, at least partly arranged in the spatially varying magnetic field distribution, configured to co-operate with the magnet assembly to generate an electromagnetic force; wherein a thickness of the array of permanent magnets in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction varies along the first direction and wherein a thickness of the ferromagnetic member in the second direction varies along the first direction such that a combined thickness of the array of permanent magnets and the ferromagnetic member in the second direction is substantially constant along the first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: ASML Netherlands B.V.
    Inventors: Olof Martinus Josephus Fischer, Hendrikus Herman Marie Cox
  • Patent number: 10955001
    Abstract: A radial magnetic bearing assembly having an unsymmetrical stator. The assembly comprises fewer or smaller electromagnets, and thus capacity, in the two lower quadrants below the rotor in use, in comparison to the electromagnets, and thus capacity, in the two upper quadrants above the rotor in use. This creates space in the two lower quadrants that can advantageously be used to move for example instrumentation and cooling from other places of the assembly to make the bearing assembly compactor, and also to be able to put instrumentation and cooling where it is best needed, close to the rotor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: SKF Magnetic Mechatronics
    Inventor: Luc Baudelocque
  • Patent number: 10950777
    Abstract: An example power generation system includes two capacitors and an electric load. A first capacitor includes a dielectric material that is configured to transition from a ferroelectric phase to a paraelectric or antiferroelectric phase when heated above a first transition temperature, and to transition from the paraelectric or antiferroelectric phase to the ferroelectric phase when cooled below a second transition temperature. A second capacitor is electrically coupled in parallel to the first capacitor. The electric load is electrically coupled to the first capacitor and the second capacitor. The system is configured to cyclically cool the dielectric material below the second transition temperature to draw a charge from the second capacitor to the first capacitors through the electric load, and heat the dielectric material beyond the first transition temperature to draw a charge from the first capacitor to the second capacitors through the electric load.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: Regents of the University of Minnesota
    Inventors: Richard D. James, Bharat Jalan
  • Patent number: 10951132
    Abstract: An electrostatic rotating electrical machine employs axially extending electrically conductive electrodes on a rotor interacting with a corresponding set of axially extending electrodes on a stator, where the electrodes are supported at an outer surface of a dielectric sleeve which continues beneath the electrodes to provide a robust support and to minimize electrode weight.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation
    Inventors: Baoyun Ge, Daniel Colin Ludois
  • Patent number: 10931185
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a linear vibration motor, including a housing, a vibration unit, an elastic component, and a driving unit. the driving unit includes a first coil component and a second coil component that are disposed opposite to each other and spaced apart from each other, the vibration unit includes a first permanent magnet, two second permanent magnets, and two third permanent magnets, the first permanent magnet is disposed between the first coil component and the second coil component, the two second permanent magnets are disposed opposite to two ends of the first coil component, and the two third permanent magnets are disposed opposite to two ends of the second coil component. Compared with the related art, the vibration unit of the linear vibration motor provided in the present disclosure provides a greater driving force and a higher response speed during vibration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Assignee: AAC Acoustic Technologies (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yun Tang, Lubin Mao
  • Patent number: 10923976
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a rotor (1) of a rotary electric machine, comprising: a body (3) comprising a cylindrical central core (5) and a circumferential plurality of arms (B1 . . . B18) extending radially out from the cylindrical central core (5), the body (3) being intended to be mounted with the ability to move about an axis of rotation X, a coilset produced by windings of turns and forming at least one series of coils (C1 . . . C9, C1? . . . C9?, C1? . . . C9?, C1?? . . . C9??), a coil (C1 . . . C9, C1? . . . C9?, C1? . . . C9?, C1?? . . . C9??) comprising a predetermined number of turns around at least two arms (B1 . . . B18) of the body, two adjacent coils (C1 . . . C9, C1? . . . C9?, C1? . . . C9?, C1?? . . . C9??) of a series being angularly offset from one another with a partial overlap, in which the rotor (1) comprises at least one additional retaining loop (S1, S1?, S2, S2?) wound around at least two arms (B1 . . . B18) of which at least one is common to the arms (B1 . . .
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignee: Valeo Systèmes d'Essuyage
    Inventors: Jose-Luis Herrada, Quentin Aubugeau
  • Patent number: 10910925
    Abstract: A circuit board for a motor unit equipped with a motor includes a substrate having a main surface being one of a pair of surfaces opposed to each other, and a back surface being another of the pair of surfaces, a magnetic detection element disposed in a predetermined region on an outer periphery side of the substrate on the main surface, and configured to output a detection signal in accordance with a position of a rotor of the motor, and a metal member formed between the outer periphery of the substrate and the magnetic detection element in the predetermined region on the main surface, and configured to receive a supplied ground voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: MINEBEA MITSUMI INC.
    Inventors: Toshiaki Seima, Takeshi Ohara, Koichi Tamai, Haruomi Morohashi
  • Patent number: 10903704
    Abstract: A fan motor for an air conditioner includes a rotor shaft, a plurality of rotor cores arranged in a circumferential direction about a center of the rotor shaft, a bridge configured to couple the rotor cores, permanent magnets coupled to the plurality of rotor cores, and an insert-injected rotor body provided in a space formed through the rotor shaft, the rotor cores, the bridge, and the permanent magnets. A cable holder for the fan motor includes an upper cable holder in which a plurality of protrusion walls are formed downwardly, a lower cable holder in which a plurality of guide walls coupled between the plurality of protrusion walls are formed upwardly, and a soldering land which is formed in a lower portion of the lower cable holder and upon which a wire can be soldered.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jin-woo Cho, Nam-su Kim, Uk-ho Seo, Jong-jun Seo, Ji-hoon Han, Min-woo Hong, Woong Hwang
  • Patent number: 10903718
    Abstract: A power tool (1; 90) includes a motor (17) having a stator (18) and a rotor (19). The stator (18) includes front and rear insulators (21, 22) respectively disposed forward and rearward of a stator core (20) in an axial direction thereof. At least six coils (23) are respectively wound on the stator (18) such that the coils (23) are wound through the front and rear insulators (21, 22). Winding wires (23a) respectively electrically connect circumferentially-adjacent pairs of the coils (23). A short circuiting device (25) short circuits respective pairs of windings (23a) that are located diagonally or diametrically across from one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Assignee: MAKITA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tatsuya Nagahama, Junya Inuzuka, Takashi Momose
  • Patent number: 10886821
    Abstract: A haptic actuator may include a housing that includes a ferromagnetic material having a first heat conductance, and a coil carried by the housing in a medial portion thereof and generating waste heat when electrically powered. The haptic actuator may also include a field member movable within the housing responsive to the coil. The field member may include at least one permanent magnet establishing a magnetic path with the housing. A heat spreading layer may be thermally coupled to the housing adjacent the coil. The heat spreading layer may have a second heat conductance greater than the first heat conductance to spread the waste heat from the coil to adjacent portions of the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Nils E. Larson, Jere C. Harrison, Vu A. Hong
  • Patent number: 10886803
    Abstract: This axial gap-type rotary electrical machine has: a stator in which a plurality of core units each configured from a core, a coil, and a bobbin are disposed, centered around a rotating shaft, in an annular shape along the inner circumferential surface of a housing; and a rotor that is face-to-face with a cross-sectional surface of the core through a predetermined gap in a radial direction of the rotating shaft. The bobbin is formed in a cylindrical shape, has flange parts extending a predetermined amount in the outer circumferential direction at the top and bottom of the cylindrical shape, is provided with notch sections on the tip part in the inner circumferential direction of the flange part of the bobbin, and forms an acute angle. In addition, approximately circular notch sections are formed on adjacent side surface portions of the bobbin in the outer circumferential direction of the bobbin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: Hitachi Industrial Equipment Systems Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shuuichi Takahashi, Yasuei Yoneoka, Toshifumi Suzuki, Toru Sakai, Katsuyuki Yamazaki, Daisaku Takahashi, Daisuke Kurai, Jun Sakurai
  • Patent number: 10886822
    Abstract: Various embodiments include an isolation ring for isolating the end windings of a stator of an electrical machine, the isolation ring comprising: a protrusion with a conductor guide for receiving a conductor, wherein the protrusion comprises: a pressing flap with an inner guiding surface; and a pocket with a temperature sensor arranged in the pocket. The inner guiding surface faces the pocket. The pressing flap and the pocket are arranged so an end of the conductor inserted in the conductor guide is guided between the inner guiding surface and the temperature sensor, and the end is pressed against and/or guided to the temperature sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: VITESCO TECHNOLOGIES GMBH
    Inventors: Uday Bhat, Frank Eltner, Zoran Dmitrasinovic, Anton Beer, Johannes Kohlstrunk
  • Patent number: 10878975
    Abstract: A system for an electro magnetic oscillator tube with enhanced isotopes is disclosed herein having at least one magnetron layer. Each layer has a first magnet, a conduction block, and a second magnet of opposite polarity. The conduction block is disposed in a plane about an emitter of isotopic particles, where an opposite electrical polarity relative to the emitter forms between the emitter and the conduction block. The conduction block has an RF port, an interaction space in its inner periphery, and a polar array of resonant cavities forming along its outer periphery, and a diamond or similar material coating the conduction block surfaces. The system also has a connection between selected groups of resonant cavities at locations of like electrical polarity, wherein the connections have conductive strapping elements within the conduction block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Inventor: David Weber
  • Patent number: 10855155
    Abstract: Disclosed are a permanent magnet linear motor and a linear vibrator, the linear vibrator includes the permanent magnet linear motor, the permanent magnet linear motor includes a stator component, a rotor component and a motor housing (6), the stator component and the rotor component are both mounted in the motor housing (6), the rotor component includes a shaft (1), a supporter (9), and a permanent magnet (2), the supporter (9) is fixedly defined at the middle part of the shaft (1), the permanent magnet (2) is fixedly embedded in the supporter (9); the stator component includes a stator core (4), a frame (11), and a coil winding (8), the stator core (4) is fixedly defined in the motor housing (6), the frame (11) is formed by defining tooth structure on the stator core (4) along a radial direction, the coil winding (8) is coiled on the frame (11).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: Shenzhen Huayi Transmission Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Zhongdong Huang, Yanhui Yin
  • Patent number: 10848040
    Abstract: This present disclosure discloses an electrical power generating system, comprising a mechanical energy input, a direction transferring module, a first electromagnetic rotation module, a second electromagnetic rotation module and a power storage module. The direction transferring module is connected with the mechanical energy input. Moreover, the direction transferring module comprises a first output and a second output. The first output and the second output are deposed on two sides of the direction transferring module respectively. The first electromagnetic rotation module is connected with the first output, and the second electromagnetic rotation module is connected with the second output. On the other hand, the power storage module connects to the first electromagnetic rotation module and the second electromagnetic rotation module simultaneously.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: GRAND POWER ENERGY TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chao-Huang Chen, Kuang-Chin Chen
  • Patent number: 10840779
    Abstract: A drive device for a motor vehicle includes at least one electric machine and at least one shaft, which shaft is rotatably mounted on a housing element of the drive device and can be driven by the electric machine. At least one discharge ring is provided by which the shaft is brought into electrical contact with the housing element in order to dissipate electrical charges from the shaft to the housing element via the discharge ring. The discharge ring is formed from an electrically conductive fluid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Martin Reuter, Alfred Grom
  • Patent number: 10826347
    Abstract: A motor sleeve is applied to a motor housing and a motor driver housing. The motor sleeve includes a sleeve base, a second fixing structure, a second coupling structure and a plurality of base fins. The sleeve base includes an outer surface and an inner surface. The second fixing structure is disposed on the inner surface and located corresponding to a first fixing structure of the motor housing. The sleeve base is fixed to the motor housing by the first and second fixing structures. The sleeve base is installed on a side portion of the motor housing. The second coupling structure is disposed on the outer surface. The base fins are separately disposed on the outer surface and located corresponding to a first coupling structure of the motor driver housing. The motor driver housing is coupled to the sleeve base by the first and second coupling structures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignee: CHICONY POWER TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chen-Shi Chou, Zong-Lin Li
  • Patent number: 10826348
    Abstract: Apparatuses, systems and methods are described for a flywheel system incorporating a rotor made from a high-strength material in an open-core flywheel architecture with a high-temperature superconductive (HTS) bearing technology to achieve the desired high energy density in the flywheel energy storage devices, to obtain superior results and performance, and that eliminates the material growth-matching problem and obviates radial growth and bending mode issues that otherwise occur at various high frequencies and speeds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: John R Hull, Michael Strasik, John A Mittleider