Patents Examined by Eric Johnson
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Patent number: 11973408Abstract: The invention relates to an assembly (10) comprising a vibrating source (20) capable of dissipating vibrational energy (ev); a radiating source (30) capable of generating acoustic waves from the vibrational energy (ev); at least one compressible member (40) which is in contact with the vibrating source (20) and the radiating source (30); the assembly (10) being characterised in that the compressible member (40) is mounted so as to be compressed between the vibrating source (20) and the radiating source (30) in such a way as to dampen the acoustic waves.Type: GrantFiled: October 16, 2019Date of Patent: April 30, 2024Assignee: VALEO SYSTEMES THERMIQUESInventors: Thibaud Matharan, Olivier Cheriaux, Laurent Brosseron, Adil Sbiy, Clara Degorce-Dumas, Clémence Kwaczewski
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Patent number: 11973385Abstract: A vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) aircraft is provided. The VTOL aircraft includes at least one electrical propulsion unit (EPU), wherein an EPU of the at least one EPU includes a propeller or a fan. The EPU further includes an electric motor including a stator having insulated coils for carrying current and a rotor arranged to interact with the stator, such that a torque for driving rotation of the propeller or the fan is produced.Type: GrantFiled: May 24, 2023Date of Patent: April 30, 2024Assignee: Rolls-Royce Deutschland Ltd & Co KGInventors: Ellis F H Chong, Andreas Reeh, Johannes Gabriel Bauer, Anton Rudenko
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Patent number: 11962194Abstract: A rotating electric machine includes a field system and an armature. The field system includes a magnet section having a plurality of magnetic poles whose polarities alternate in a circumferential direction. The armature includes a multi-phase armature coil. Either of the field system and the armature is configured as a rotor. The magnet section is configured to have an easy axis of magnetization oriented such that the closer the position to a d-axis in the circumferential direction, the more the direction of the easy axis of magnetization becomes parallel to the d-axis.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2020Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignee: DENSO CORPORATIONInventor: Yuki Takahashi
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Patent number: 11962197Abstract: The rotor with a non-through shaft for an electrical machine comprises a cylindrical magnetic mass gripped between two half-shafts each comprising a mounting flange connected to the magnetic mass. Each half-shaft is made in a single piece and comprises a coupling flange located opposite the mounting flange.Type: GrantFiled: September 19, 2019Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignee: GE Energy Power Conversion Technology LimitedInventors: Christophe Galmiche, Jean-Francois Pradurat, Fabien Roche
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Patent number: 11962198Abstract: Provided is a high-quality electric motor which can be manufactured at a high yield rate. An electric motor comprises a stator which is housed in a motor case, and a rotor which is provided with a shaft and a rotor body section. The shaft is rotatably supported by the motor case, and the rotor body section has a ring magnet disposed inside the stator. A magnet cover into which the rotor body section is inserted has a circular cylinder section which covers the outer peripheral surface of the ring magnet, a turned-back section which is in contact with an end surface of the rotor body section, and a fastening end section which is fastened to a flange section provided to the shaft so as to cover an end surface. An engagement latch section engaging with the rotor is provided to the turned-back section.Type: GrantFiled: February 18, 2019Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignee: MITSUBA CorporationInventor: Naoyuki Miyashita
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Patent number: 11955847Abstract: An electric motor includes a stator and a rotor which is rotatably mounted relative to the stator about a motor axis. The electric motor further includes an inclination measuring unit at least one sensor and one sensor electronics, said at least one sensor being arranged in a fixed position and orientation relative to the stator, said sensor electronics controlling said at least one sensor, and said at least one sensor being configured for generating measured values, which allow conclusions to be drawn about the spatial orientation of the sensor and thus conclusions about the spatial orientation of the electric motor. The electric motor can be part of a fan. Furthermore, there is disclosed a corresponding motor electronics configured for controlling such an electric motor.Type: GrantFiled: May 29, 2019Date of Patent: April 9, 2024Assignee: ZIEHL-ABEGG SEInventor: Joachim Schmezer
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Patent number: 11955869Abstract: A detection device of the present invention is provided with: a housing; a circuit substrate disposed in the housing; a sensor which is electrically connected to the circuit substrate and detects information of an object to be measured; a connector terminal which is formed integrally with the circuit substrate and electrically connected to an external terminal; and a tubular connector which is formed integrally with the housing, surrounds a periphery of the connector terminal, and is fitted in the external connector. Through this configuration, the reduction in the number of components, the reduction in cost and weight, the simplification of structure, and other effects can be achieved.Type: GrantFiled: July 13, 2018Date of Patent: April 9, 2024Assignee: MIKUNI CORPORATIONInventors: Ichiro Tsuji, Masaki Hiei
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Patent number: 11949290Abstract: A motor includes a rotor and a stator provided to surround the rotor. The rotor has a rotor core having a magnet insertion hole and a permanent magnet disposed in the magnet insertion hole and is rotatable about a rotation axis. The stator has a stator core with a tooth facing the rotor, and a coil wound around the tooth. The permanent magnet has a thickness thicker than or equal to 2.1 mm in a direction in which the permanent magnet faces the stator and is magnetized in a direction of the thickness. A minimum gap AG (mm) between the rotor and the stator, a winding number Nt of the coil around the tooth, an overcurrent threshold Ip (A) for a current flowing through the coil, and a lower limit Hct (kA/m) of a coercive force of the permanent magnet satisfy Hct?0.4×(Ip×Nt/AG)+410.Type: GrantFiled: June 27, 2018Date of Patent: April 2, 2024Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Takaya Shimokawa, Hiroki Aso, Ryogo Takahashi, Kazuma Nomoto
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Patent number: 11942851Abstract: A system for cooling a hermetic motor includes a motor cooling refrigerant flow path configured to direct refrigerant from a condenser disposed along a refrigerant loop to a hermetic motor, and from the hermetic motor back to the refrigerant loop, and a housing of the hermetic motor disposed along the motor cooling refrigerant flow path and configured to receive the refrigerant from the condenser, wherein the housing of the hermetic motor comprises an annulus surrounding at least a portion of a stator of the hermetic motor, and wherein the annulus comprises a plurality of openings configured to direct refrigerant toward the stator and into a cavity of the housing of the hermetic motor.Type: GrantFiled: October 10, 2018Date of Patent: March 26, 2024Assignee: Tyco Fire & Security GMBHInventors: Katelynn Louise Crissman, Ian Michael Casper, David Andrew Bradshaw, Matthew Lee Heisey, Tyler Alexander Wolgemuth, Paul William Snell
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Patent number: 11936246Abstract: Provided is an axial flux motor including a rotor having a wound ribbon core, the wound ribbon core including a metal amorphous nanocomposite material. The axial flux motor further includes a stator assembly spaced apart from the rotor along a rotation axis of the rotor. The stator assembly includes a body including a metal amorphous nanocomposite material and a plurality of permanent magnets substantially free of rare-earth materials. The plurality of permanent magnets is arranged on the body of the stator assembly.Type: GrantFiled: January 3, 2020Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Assignee: Carnegie Mellon UniversityInventors: Satoru Simizu, Paul Richard Ohodnicki, Jr., Michael Edward McHenry
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Patent number: 11929649Abstract: The rotating electric machine includes: a rotor; and a stator, wherein the rotor includes: a rotor core having a magnet insertion hole group including a plurality of magnet insertion holes; and a permanent magnet group including a plurality of permanent magnets inserted in the plurality of magnet insertion holes of the magnet insertion hole group, respectively, wherein the plurality of magnet insertion holes are arranged side by side in a shape convex toward a center of the rotor from a radially-outer side surface of the rotor core, wherein the permanent magnet group forms one magnetic pole, wherein, in a part of the rotor core between the radially-outer side surface and the magnet insertion hole group, a magnetic slit is formed to extend in a shape convex toward the center of the rotor from the radially-outer side surface, and wherein the magnet insertion hole group includes three magnet insertion holes.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2019Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATIONInventors: Hiroshi Mitsuda, Yoshihiro Miyama, Masaya Inoue, Masashi Nakamura, Moriyuki Hazeyama
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Patent number: 11923750Abstract: An electric pump drive motor three-phase stator assembly (1) includes three sets of stator segments (Si,j), configured in a ring about a stator axis (R). Each set includes n?2 stator segments arranged in an n-fold rotational symmetry about the stator axis. Each stator segment includes a coil (3) having a first coil wire end and a second coil wire end. A plurality of 3n?3 connection wires (Wi,k) connect coils of a respective set of stator segments in series. A first and a second interposed stator segment are arranged in circumferential direction between the two connected coils of the respective set of stator segments. 3n?5 of the connection wires span across the first interposed stator segment at a distance (r1) to the stator axis and across the second interposed stator segment at a second distance (r2) to the stator axis (R). The second distance is larger than the first distance.Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 2021Date of Patent: March 5, 2024Assignee: GRUNDFOS HOLDING A/SInventors: Steen Mikkelsen, Keld Folsach Rasmussen
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Patent number: 11923747Abstract: The invention relates to an electric motor comprising a stator (A) with an insulation, a rotor, and an electronics and/or terminal housing (1) comprising a bottom (4), in which electrical/electronic components provided for the operation of the electric motor are housed. The electronics and/or terminal housing (1) is permanently connected to the stator (A) by means of an overmould (17b) so as to form a stator unit, the bottom (4) of the electronics and/or terminal housing (1) being at least partially covered by the overmould (17b) on its upper side. The overmould is not only provided for the stator, but is used at the same time as a connection means for connecting the electronics and/or terminal housing to the wound stator. Additional connection parts are not required as a result. The stator packet is first wound and then inserted into an injection mould with the electronics housing (1). Then, a heat-conductive, electrically insulating plastic is used to form the overmould (17b).Type: GrantFiled: January 24, 2019Date of Patent: March 5, 2024Assignee: Ziehl-Abegg SEInventor: Joachim Schmezer
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Patent number: 11923748Abstract: An improved efficiency cooling plate apparatus for full-scale clean fuel electric-powered aircraft having a cooling body including a plurality of bores, apertures and interior chambers working together to process and circulate fluid coolant and function as a heat sink device, interconnecting with the cooling system of an electric motor and cooperatively functioning to transfer thermal energy away from the electric motor using conduction, convection and radiation, while transporting heated fluid coolant away from heated motor components and to other components of a vehicle for further processing, then returning cooled fluid coolant into the cooling system of an electric motor, effectively partitioning heated fluid coolant, cooled fluid coolant, and electrical circuitry in a space saving design formed from a single part or minimal number of parts to reduce modes of failure and reduce required fasteners or connections to improve robustness and reliability while maintaining suitable aerodynamic characteristics.Type: GrantFiled: October 5, 2020Date of Patent: March 5, 2024Assignee: Alakai Technologies CorporationInventor: Brian D. Morrison
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Patent number: 11916460Abstract: The present invention may provide a motor including a housing, a stator busbar, and a terminal part connected to the busbar, wherein the busbar includes a first terminal, the terminal part includes a terminal body and a second terminal connected to the first terminal, the terminal body includes a body disposed to be spaced apart from an upper end of the housing and legs which extend from the body and are in contact with the housing, a width of each of the legs in a circumferential direction is smaller than a width of the body in the circumferential direction, the first end portion is disposed between the rotor and an inner circumferential surface of the housing in a radial direction, and the second end portion is disposed between a lower surface of the body and the upper end of the housing in an axial direction.Type: GrantFiled: December 27, 2019Date of Patent: February 27, 2024Assignee: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.Inventor: Se Jong Kim
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Patent number: 11911792Abstract: A capacitive transducer is provided. The capacitive transducer includes a plate including a protruding center mass and a substrate with a center depression configured to accept the center mass. The capacitive transducer also includes a first electrode coupled to a non-horizontal edge surface of the center mass and a second electrode coupled to a non-horizontal edge surface of the center depression. The capacitive transducer further includes a third electrode coupled to a horizontal edge surface of the center mass and a fourth electrode coupled to a horizontal edge surface of the center depression. The plate is coupled to the substrate at least along an outer perimeter area of the plate and the substrate.Type: GrantFiled: January 12, 2021Date of Patent: February 27, 2024Assignee: GE Precision Healthcare LLCInventors: Rupak Bardhan Roy, Edouard Da Cruz, Frederic Lanteri, Omid Farhanieh, Jean-François Gelly, Flavien Daloz
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Patent number: 11888376Abstract: A rotary electric machine unit including a rotary electric machine, and an electric power conversion device having a plurality of power modules. The rotary electric machine includes a stator, a rotor, and a housing. The housing includes a housing flow path through which a refrigerant flows. The power modules of the electric power conversion device and the rotary electric machine are configured to be cooled by the refrigerant.Type: GrantFiled: January 21, 2021Date of Patent: January 30, 2024Assignee: DENSO CORPORATIONInventors: Ryota Tanabe, Yuta Hashimoto, Tomohisa Sano, Tomoyuki Shinkai
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Patent number: 11870304Abstract: The present invention provides a rotary electric machine with improved reliability by suppressing a partial increase in surface pressure generated in a stator using a housing with improved roundness. The rotary electric machine of the present invention has a rotor, a stator, and a tubular housing for fixing the stator from an outer peripheral side. The housing has a flange extending in an outer peripheral direction at an axial end portion of an outer peripheral surface, and the flange has a recess extending in a circumferential direction.Type: GrantFiled: July 11, 2019Date of Patent: January 9, 2024Assignee: Hitachi Astemo, LtdInventors: Shinjirou Watari, Shinji Yamazaki, Mohdbasir Zulaika
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Patent number: 11863044Abstract: The present disclosure provides a motor for a high-speed electric hair dryer. The motor for the high-speed electric hair dryer includes: an air duct shell, a stator mechanism, a rotor mechanism, blades and a concave motor bracket. The rotor mechanism includes a rotating shaft, a first bearing, a second bearing and a magnetic ring. The stator mechanism is fixed in the concave motor bracket. Installation holes for installing the first bearing and the second bearing are formed in two ends of the concave motor bracket. A semicircular machine cover is arranged on the concave motor bracket. The magnetic ring is arranged in the stator mechanism, the concave motor bracket is fixed in the air duct shell. The rotating shaft passes through one end of the first bearing and is connected to the blades, and the blades are installed in the air duct shell.Type: GrantFiled: April 20, 2023Date of Patent: January 2, 2024Inventors: Yanping Zeng, Xiping Li
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Patent number: 11863050Abstract: The present invention relates to a rotating machine and a hoist. An object of the present invention is to provide a rotating machine and a hoist with improved cooling performance. A motor (10) includes: a stator (11) and a rotor (12); a rib part (12d) that rotates in accordance with rotation of the rotor (12), and a wind guide member (16) that guides wind taken in from a ventilation inlet (15aa) by rotation of the rib part 12d to a ventilation outlet (15ab).Type: GrantFiled: March 8, 2021Date of Patent: January 2, 2024Assignee: MEIDENSHA CORPORATIONInventors: Takuto Azegami, Takayuki Onishi, Keisuke Matsuo