Abstract: A rotor for an electric machine has winding elements which are arranged in axially running grooves of a rotor body and having a winding head which is arranged axially next to the rotor body. The winding elements exit from the grooves in the axial direction in the region of the winding head and run in the axial direction in the region of the axial ends of the winding elements. Each of the winding elements has four curved portions in the region of the winding head. The rotor includes a plurality of tension bolts and a winding head carrier. The tension bolts connect the winding head to the winding head carrier and penetrate through the winding head radially.

Abstract: A motor is provided including: a stator including a stator core, stator windings, and an end insulator; a rotor rotatably received within the stator; and stator terminals supported by the routing insulator and extending away from the stator. Each stator terminal includes a main body having a curved portion, a tang portion folded over the main body and receiving a portion of a magnet wire therein to make an electrical connection with at least one of the stator windings, and a terminal pin projecting axially away from the stator core. The stator core has a maximum diameter of less than or equal to approximately 34 mm defining an outer envelope of the stator, and the stator terminals are fully contained within the outer envelope.

Abstract: A motor is provided including a motor housing having an open end; a stator disposed within the motor housing and including a stator core, stator windings, and an end insulator that electrically insulate the stator core from the stator windings and includes an annular body; a rotor rotatably received within the stator and including a rotor shaft extending along a longitudinal axis and permanent magnets; and a bearing bridge including a center pocket arranged to support a bearing of the rotor shaft. The bearing bridge is received at least partially within the end insulator. The annular body of the end insulator includes at least one peripheral opening located within the motor housing, and the bearing bridge is radially piloted relative to the motor housing via a retaining member received through the at least one peripheral opening.

Abstract: An electric motor has a stator mechanically coupled to the rotor by a nutating traction interface, such that during nutation of the rotor with respect to the stator a tilt axis of the rotor progresses about the axis of rotation of the output shaft. The rotor and a surface of the stator bound a dynamic gap across which a magnetic field is produced by electrical activation of the motor to generate a force between the rotor and the stator. The traction interface and the gap are arranged such that, in a plane containing the axis of rotation of the output shaft, the traction interface is angled with respect to the stator surface bounding the gap. The rotor is connected to the output shaft by a tiltable connection such as a gimbal.

Abstract: A drive device includes a motor including a rotor rotatable about a central axis, a transmission connected to the motor, and a housing including a motor housing accommodating the motor and a transmission housing accommodating the transmission. A first fluid is accommodated in the transmission housing. The housing includes a first flow path through which the first fluid flows and a second flow path through which the second fluid flows. The first flow path includes a supply flow path that supplies the first fluid in the transmission housing to the inside of the motor housing, and a collection flow path that extends from the inside of the motor housing to the inside of the transmission housing. At least a portion of the second flow path is located radially outside the motor. At least a portion of the collection flow path is located radially outside the second flow path.

Abstract: A hub assembly is provided for a human-powered vehicle. The hub assembly is basically provided with a hub axle, a hub body, an electric component and a user input device. The hub body is rotatably mounted on the hub axle to rotate around a rotational center axis of the hub assembly. The user input device is electrically coupled to the electric component.

Abstract: A power tool is provided including a housing including a grip portion; and a brushless direct-current (BLDC) motor at least partially disposed within the grip portion of the housing. The motor includes a stator having a rotor core, a rotor, and front and rear bearing support structures. The stator core includes a non-segmented construction with a maximum diameter of approximately smaller than or equal to 34 mm, and a ratio of a motor size (Km) constant of the motor to a length of the motor is in the range of approximately 0.39 to 0.59 (Nmm/?W)/mm. When powered by a 20 V battery pack, a ratio of a maximum power output of the motor to a volume of the motor is at least approximately 0.0106 W/mm{circumflex over (?)}3.

Abstract: A motor rotor structure including a rotor core. Multiple first permanent magnet slots are disposed in the rotor core in a circumferential direction. At least one second permanent magnet slot is disposed between every two adjacent first permanent magnet slots; each of the first permanent magnet slots and an adjacent second permanent magnet slot thereof are spaced a preset distance apart. Between two kinds of permanent magnets having different coercivities, a first kind of permanent magnet is mounted in each of the first permanent magnet slots and a second kind of permanent magnet is mounted in the second permanent magnet slot. When identical polarities of adjacent two kinds of permanent magnets having different coercivities face each other, the rotor core is in a more-magnetic-pole state. When contrary polarities of adjacent two kinds of permanent magnets having different coercivities face each other, the rotor core is in a fewer-magnetic-pole state.

Abstract: A multiplayer neutral bus that includes a plurality of conductive layers and a plurality of bushings is provided. At least a portion of the conductive layers are spaced apart from each other and form separate electrical flow paths. The conductive layers and bushings are arranged so that each bushing is electrically coupled to each of the other bushings. A method of installing the neutral bus is provided.

Abstract: A conveyance system comprising a movable element including a first coil group and a second coil group, and a stator including a plurality of magnetic bodies disposed along the first direction so that the plurality of magnetic bodies are capable of facing the first coil group and the second coil group. The first coil group includes a plurality of first coils disposed along a first direction, and the second coil group includes a plurality of second coils disposed along a second direction intersecting with the first direction. In a case where electric current is applied to the first coil group or the second coil group, a force is generated between the movable element and the plurality of magnetic bodies. The movable element is capable of moving in the first direction along the plurality of magnetic bodies while an orientation of the movable element is controlled by the generated force.

Abstract: A motor is provided including a motor housing having a substantially cylindrical body and at least one open end, a stator disposed within the motor housing, and a rotor rotatably received within the stator. The motor further includes a bearing bridge mounted on the open end of the motor housing and including a main body forming a center pocket arranged to support a rotor shaft, an outer ring configured to be fittingly received through the open end of the motor housing, and at least one fastening receptacle formed radially through the outer ring. The motor housing includes a side opening through which a fastener is radially fastened into the fastening receptable to secure the bearing bridge to the motor housing.

Abstract: A circuit is operative to extract electromagnetic wave energy from the ground via a resonant transformer in which resonance is triggered by electrical charge arcing across a spark gap. A center tap of the primary winding of the transformer is capacitively coupled to an electrode buried in the ground. In-rush current from the ground electrode is converted to a useful form (e.g., one- or three-phase 60 Hz AC) by a power conversion circuit connected to the secondary winding of the resonant transformer. The ground electrode of the capacitor coupling the grounded electrode to the center tap primary winding is the shield of a Faraday cage enclosing the resonant transformer, spark gap, and a high-voltage power supply exciting the spark gap.

Abstract: A drive device for adjusting a covering element of a vehicle includes an output element for adjusting the covering element; a motor unit that has an electric motor with a stator, a rotor, and an input shaft that is connected to the rotor and is rotatable about a shaft axis for driving the output element; and a drive housing that at least partially encloses the motor unit. The stator is connected via a bearing element to a stationary housing section of the drive housing, wherein the bearing element has a bearing opening in which the input shaft is supported such that it can rotate relative to the stator.

Abstract: Apparatus and associated methods relate to an electromagnetic steered orientation device. In an illustrative example, an exemplary electromagnetic payload orientation device (EPOD) includes a rotor, a stator, and a payload mounted on the rotor. The rotor, for example, may be coupled to a magnetic source. For example, the stator may include electromagnetic coils operable by a controller circuit to induce relative rotation between the rotor and the stator. In some examples, the rotor is a sphere provided with one or more guide tracks on an outer surface, and the stator is a concentric shell surrounding the sphere provided with at least one follower corresponding to the guide tracks such that a relative rotation between the rotor and stator is constrained by the guide track to follow a predetermined motion profile. Various embodiments may advantageously provide a substantially smooth and low voltage mechanism to orient the payload.

Abstract: Motor dampening provisions are described. Incorporation and use of the motor dampener(s) in a rotary type drain cleaning machine enables elimination of a clutch in the machine. Also described are clutch-free drive systems using the motor dampener(s). Also described are torque countering members that are used in conjunction with the motor dampener(s).

Abstract: A motor includes a rotor fixed to a rotary shaft, a stator arranged so as to surround the rotor with a gap from the rotor in a radial direction orthogonal to an axis direction of the rotary shaft, and a case accommodating the rotor and the stator. The rotor includes a plurality of rotor cores made from a soft magnetic material, and a rotor fixing member that fixes the rotor cores. The stator includes a plurality of stator cores made from a soft magnetic material, a stator fixing member that fixes the stator cores, and coils wound around the stator cores, respectively. The motor includes at least two sets of the rotor and the stator, and the sets are stacked in an axis direction of the rotary shaft.

Abstract: Systems and methods for generating mechanical and/or electrical energy are presented. A system generates mechanical energy by using direct current to cause a plurality of rotors to rotate within and/or around a plurality of stators and generate electrical energy by using the rotation of the rotors within and/or around the stators to generate an electromagnetic field. Sensors provide information about the rotors and the stators to a control system which sends commands to alter various properties and conditions for the rotors and stators.

Abstract: An example of a system for the generation of rotational force includes a stator which may include an interior surface and a plurality of stator magnets. A rotor may include an exterior surface and a plurality of rotor magnets. A shaft may be connected to the rotor. A compressive force is applied to the rotor to move the rotor to a position relative to the stator such that the plurality of stator magnets and the plurality of rotor magnets repulse to create a rotational force on the rotor.

Abstract: A stator pole for a stator of a transverse flux machine is provided. The stator includes a stator winding arranged in a winding space, and the winding space being formed circumferentially in a circumferential direction in relation to an axis of rotation of a rotor. The stator pole has a body element made of a ferromagnetic material, which has at least one pole head which, in the installation position, may be arranged opposite the one rotor, and a magnetic return path region, which may be arranged facing away from the one rotor, wherein a number of the pole heads of the stator pole correspond to a number of the rotors. The stator pole is configured to occupy only a portion of a circumference of the winding space in the circumferential direction, and the magnetic return path region has a curved shape which adjoins the at least one pole head, as a result of which the magnetic return path region is designed to define the winding space in part transversely to the circumferential direction.

Abstract: A stand-alone motor unit for use with a piece of power equipment includes a housing, a flange coupled to the housing on a first side thereof and a slot in the flange. The slot is configured to receive a protrusion of the piece of power equipment. An electric motor is located within the housing. A power take-off shaft receives torque from the motor and protrudes from a second side of the housing adjacent the first side. A battery pack provides power to the motor.