Patents Examined by Eric Johnson
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Patent number: 12732065Abstract: Systems are provided for an electric motor. In one example, a rotor assembly of the electric motor includes a shaft, a lubricant distributor inserted into the shaft, the lubricant distributor comprising a first section comprising a plurality of first nozzles and a second section comprising a plurality of second nozzles, the lubricant distributor further comprising an overflow portion arranged between the first and second sections, and a stationary lance positioned adjacent to the first section of the lubricant distributor, the lance comprising a plurality of radial nozzles. The rotor assembly controls coolant flow towards the rotor and bearings, helping to decrease drag losses.Type: GrantFiled: October 20, 2022Date of Patent: September 8, 2026Assignee: DANA AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS GROUP, LLCInventors: Steven Vanhee, Alexandre Pare, Enrico Moschetti, Jaywant S. Pawar, Joachim Druant, Frederik Desmet, Luke Miller, Sergio De Santis, Carl Trudel
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Patent number: 12732062Abstract: A driving device including a stator; a rotor including a rotor frame and provided to be rotatable about a rotational axis of a clothing treatment device through interaction with the stator; and a clutch including a movable member configured to slide along the rotational axis to be selectively coupled to the rotor according to an operation mode of the clothing treatment device. The rotor frame may include a plurality of holes, and a plurality of coupling protrusions protruding toward the clutch so as to be coupled with the movable member when the movable member is slid to be coupled to the rotor. The plurality of coupling protrusions are integrally formed with the rotor frame and punched out of the rotor frame to form the plurality of holes.Type: GrantFiled: January 9, 2023Date of Patent: September 8, 2026Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Junseok Kim, Hyungyu Kim, Minyoung Son, Sukwon Jeong
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Patent number: 12715280Abstract: The present application discloses a cooling system for a drive motor for an alternative fuel vehicle, the drive motor comprising a motor housing, a stator core arranged in the motor housing, and a stator winding arranged inside the stator core, wherein the stator core is formed by a lamination of a core punch, characterized in that the cooling system comprises: a flow guiding configuration for directing a coolant flow around an outer periphery of the stator core to cool the stator core, the flow guiding configuration comprising alternately arranged diversion regions and convergence regions; one or more coolant inlets for introducing the coolant from outside the cooling system; a flow guiding hood for directing the coolant flow to the ends of the stator windings to cool the ends of the stator windings; and a convergence port for allowing the coolant in the flow guiding configuration to pass so that the coolant flows from the outer periphery of the stator core to the flow guiding hood.Type: GrantFiled: April 26, 2020Date of Patent: August 25, 2026Assignee: SAIC MOTOR CORPORATION LIMITEDInventors: Jian Wang, Meng Hu, Hanni Zhang, Shaorui Huang, Yaru Qu
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Patent number: 12719328Abstract: A blower device includes a blower casing, an impeller accommodated inside the blower casing, a motor provided at one end side in an axial direction of the blower casing and configured to rotate the impeller, and a connector housing including a plurality of connector pins configured to supply electric power to the motor. A water damage prevention cover configured to cover an upper side of the connector housing is fixed to the connector housing.Type: GrantFiled: February 5, 2024Date of Patent: August 25, 2026Assignees: MINEBEA MITSUMI INC., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Seiya Yoshitome, Yoshikazu Saka, Tomoyuki Tashiro, Junki Sakuma, Makoto Hidaka
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Patent number: 12719327Abstract: A stator member for a directly-cooled e-machine includes a bobbin with a plurality of winding supports, a first isolator barrier member supported on a first angular side of a first winding support and a second isolator barrier member supported on a second angular side of the first winding support. The first and second isolator barrier members, the inner radial portion, and the outer radial portion cooperatively define an axial flow channel. The stator member further includes an end fluid deflector member that defines a redirection surface of the axial flow channel. The redirection surface is configured to redirect flow at the first axial end substantially from a first direction along the axis toward a second direction along the axis. The first direction is opposite the second direction.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2024Date of Patent: August 25, 2026Assignee: Garrett Transportation I Inc.Inventors: Srinidhi Payyur Ramaswamy, Kishor Kumar K, Praveen Kumar
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Patent number: 12712411Abstract: One first connector head 21A and one second connector head 22A face each other, in the plane view of a connector terminal assembly 19, with the axial line of an output shaft 12, which is the axial line of the motor rotation shaft of an electric motor, therebetween without being offset from each other. The other first connector head 21B and the other second connector head 22B face each other, in the plane view of the connector terminal assembly 19, with the axial line of the output shaft 12, which is the axial line of the motor rotation shaft of the electric motor, therebetween without being offset from each other.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2021Date of Patent: August 18, 2026Assignee: HITACHI ASTEMO, LTD.Inventors: Narutoshi Yamada, Takuro Kanazawa, Kazuhiko Nakano, Hideyuki Hara
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Patent number: 12712414Abstract: An electric fan drive for a motor vehicle has an electric motor with a rotary field winding that includes a number of phase ends, and also has a motor carrier, arranged on an end face of the electric motor, for fastening and mounting on an installation point. A connection cable with a number of phase lines is provided for electrically conductively coupling the phase ends to a power supply. The motor carrier has axial feedthrough openings, through which the phase ends of the electric motor are guided, the phase lines each having a contact element at a line end facing the phase ends. Each contact element electrically conductively connects the corresponding phase end to the corresponding phase line. A connection housing for receiving the line ends, the phase ends and the contact elements is fastened to the motor carrier.Type: GrantFiled: March 4, 2024Date of Patent: August 18, 2026Assignee: Brose Fahrzeugteile SE & Co. WürzburgInventors: Martin Pfister, Hermann Hehn
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Patent number: 12706493Abstract: This laminated core is formed integrally by laminating a plurality of steel sheets including a first steel sheet and a second steel sheet. The first steel sheet is disposed as an outermost layer on one end side along the central axis and including a first exposed surface. The second steel sheet is disposed as an outermost layer on the other end side along the central axis and including a second exposed surface. In this laminated core, a difference between a maximum value and a minimum value in a distribution of a thickness that is a distance between the first exposed surface and the second exposed surface is 0.25 mm or less.Type: GrantFiled: March 7, 2023Date of Patent: August 11, 2026Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATIONInventor: Takashi Aramaki
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Patent number: 12706506Abstract: A junction box assembly including a housing having an opening for accessing an interior of the housing, a high-voltage connector adjacent the opening, and an access panel mounted to the housing. The access panel is movable between a first position and a second position, the first position restricting access to the opening of the housing and permitting a cooperating high-voltage connector to engage the high-voltage connector adjacent the opening and the second position permitting access to the opening of the housing and restricting a cooperating high-voltage connecter from engaging the high-voltage connector adjacent the opening.Type: GrantFiled: April 5, 2023Date of Patent: August 11, 2026Assignee: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KGInventors: Paul Lindemann, Zachary Gnabah, Jonathan Getz
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Patent number: 12703238Abstract: Provided is an in-wheel electric motor drive system, comprising: a housing, which is formed with a wiring cavity(S), a first channel (111) and a second channel (112), wherein both the first channel (111) and the second channel (112) are in communication with the wiring cavity(S), the first channel (111) allows a first connection end (41) of an electric motor busbar (4) to be inserted into the wiring cavity(S), and the second channel (112) allows a second connection end (51) of a power supply connector (5) to be inserted into the wiring cavity(S); a wiring support (2, 2?), which is mounted into the wiring cavity(S) and fixed to the housing, wherein the wiring support (2, 2?) is formed with a mounting hole (2h); and a connection assembly (3), which is used for electrically connecting the first connection end (41) extending into the mounting hole (2h) and the second connection end (51) extending to a position above the same mounting hole (2h) together.Type: GrantFiled: September 6, 2021Date of Patent: August 11, 2026Assignee: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KGInventors: Bin Zhang, Shiwen Shi
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Patent number: 12700772Abstract: Systems and methods for cooling electric machines are provided. A method for cooling an electric machine includes receiving a flow of air, expanding and cooling the air from the flow of air using a turbine, conveying the flow of air from the turbine through the electric machine to extract heat from the electric machine using the flow of air, and drawing the flow of air through the electric machine using an air mover.Type: GrantFiled: July 28, 2023Date of Patent: August 4, 2026Assignee: PRATT & WHITNEY CANADA CORP.Inventor: Daniel Alecu
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Patent number: 12700778Abstract: A bracket includes a bracket housing that has a bore extending through the bracket housing and that has a channel extending through the bracket housing between a first channel opening and a second channel opening. The bore provides fluid communication between the power electronic device and the compressor assembly. A terminal block subassembly is disposed in the channel. The terminal block subassembly includes a plurality of busbars spaced apart from each other and each extending between a first busbar end and a second busbar end. An overmold encasement is disposed over the busbars between the first and second busbar ends. The first busbar ends are disposed adjacent to the first channel opening and electrically couple to a compressor assembly and the second busbar ends are disposed adjacent to the second channel opening and electrically couple to a power electronic device.Type: GrantFiled: December 13, 2023Date of Patent: August 4, 2026Assignee: GARRETT TRANSPORTATION INC.Inventors: Michael Ebsworth, Chris Groves, Tanguy Domange, Arnaud Amet, Romain Guillot, Cedric Karwat, Benjamin Chaudy, Anil Jaswal
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Patent number: 12697863Abstract: An electrified vehicle includes a multi-phase electric machine having a rotor with a number of magnetic pole pairs and secured for rotation with an output shaft. A parking gear secured for rotation with the output shaft has external teeth configured to selectively engage a parking pawl. The parking gear, the rotor, and the output shaft include complementary angular alignment features to angularly orient the parking gear relative to the rotor in an angular position offset by an index angle from one of the magnetic poles of the rotor such that occurrences of the parking pawl being engaged with the parking gear during dead time periods of an inverter powering the electric machine are reduced or eliminated.Type: GrantFiled: June 15, 2022Date of Patent: August 4, 2026Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLCInventors: Ji Wu, Michael W. Degner, Wei Wu
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Patent number: 12695361Abstract: One end portion of each connector terminal is connected to an end circuit board of an end circuit board assembly. In a first process, a generic circuit board assembly is assembled to a motor frame. In a second process, the end circuit board assembly is assembled to the generic circuit board assembly. In a third process, the other end portion of each connector terminal of the end circuit board assembly is exposed in a mating bore of a corresponding connector, and a connector housing is assembled. The third process is carried out such that a load, which is generated when the other end portion of each connector terminal is exposed in the mating bore of the corresponding connector in the third process, is smaller than a load, which is generated in the first process, and a load, which is generated in the second process.Type: GrantFiled: March 11, 2024Date of Patent: July 28, 2026Assignee: DENSO CORPORATIONInventor: Tomoaki Yoshimi
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Patent number: 12689276Abstract: A vibration motor is disclosed. The vibration motor includes a frame having an upper frame and a lower frame, a vibration unit, a driving unit for driving the vibration unit for vibrating along a first vibration direction, and a pair of first elastic members for elastically supporting the vibration unit. The driving unit includes a solenoid assembly. The lower frame is provided with two second elastic members, and each second elastic member is spaced apart from the lower frame. One end of each second elastic member is fixed to the lower frame, and another end of each second elastic member is fixed to the solenoid assembly. The solenoid assembly is elastically supported by the two second elastic members for being capable to vibrate along a second vibration direction perpendicular to the first vibration direction. The vibration motor can improve the stability.Type: GrantFiled: April 9, 2024Date of Patent: July 21, 2026Assignee: AAG Microtech (Changzhou) Co., Ltd.Inventors: Lubin Mao, Yun Tang, Jie Ma
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Patent number: 12689262Abstract: A coreless motor includes a shaft that extends in the axial direction at the center of the coreless motor and passes through said coreless motor; a coil is disposed with respect to the shaft, and has an end surface on one side that is supported by a stator and extends in the direction in which the shaft extends; a rotor that is disposed with respect to the fixed shaft and includes a cylindrical inner yoke and an outer yoke positioned so that the coil is sandwiched between the yokes, the yokes being provided with a magnet positioned on the side of the yoke, a magnet circuit being formed between the yokes, and the rotor being supported by the shaft at the radial center; a housing that includes a cylindrical part disposed concentrically with respect to the fixed shaft on the outside of the outer yoke in the radial direction.Type: GrantFiled: October 11, 2023Date of Patent: July 21, 2026Assignee: CORELESS MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventor: Manabu Shiraki
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Patent number: 12683456Abstract: A steering apparatus for a vehicle includes a motor housing having a motor built therein; a board housing having a printed circuit board built therein, and coupled to the motor housing; a connector cover provided with connector terminals electrically connected to elements of the printed circuit board, and coupled to the board housing; and an elastic member having one surface brought into close contact with the printed circuit board and the other surface brought into close contact with the connector cover.Type: GrantFiled: January 23, 2024Date of Patent: July 14, 2026Assignee: HL MANDO CORPORATIONInventor: Jihwan Kim
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Patent number: 12676531Abstract: A fluid supply device includes an electric motor, an exterior case, a fixing member, a harness, a lid which includes a holding portion, and a stopper. An elastic member, which has annular-shaped, is disposed in a compressed manner between the outer circumferential surface of the electric motor and the inner circumferential surface of the exterior case. The elastic member is compressed to apply a restoring force to the electric motor in a radial direction of the electric motor, and apply a restoring force to the holding portion of the lid.Type: GrantFiled: August 11, 2023Date of Patent: July 7, 2026Assignee: Hitachi Astemo, Ltd.Inventor: Naoya Kuroiwa
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Patent number: 12676530Abstract: An assembly for an interconnector of an electric machine includes an interconnector housing having a recess opening and one track per phase. Each track includes a connection end to be connected to a phase output, a gasket mounted on the interconnector housing and including a dividing wall partially closing the connection recess opening, and at least one sealing grommet extending from the dividing wall toward the connection recess opening. The grommet includes a conduit extending toward the connection recess opening, a phase output sealing opening passing through the conduit to lead a phase output into the connection recess opening, and a gaiter extending from the dividing wall to the conduit.Type: GrantFiled: June 17, 2022Date of Patent: July 7, 2026Assignee: VALEO EQUIPEMENTS ELECTRIQUES MOTEURInventors: Rafael Hayashi, Abdelaziz Kebbache, Loic Vapillon, José Sanchez, Baptiste Bruyere, Jean Philippe Badey, Didier Selosse, Venkatesan Kuppusamy, Charlie Zanella, Frédéric Patey
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Patent number: 12665466Abstract: The present invention relates to a high-voltage terminal (1) for a stator of an electric machine, having multiple first interconnection elements (2) that are designed to establish electrical contact between contact pins of a stator winding and contact connections of power electronics so as to drive the electric machine, a second interconnection element (3) that is designed to establish electrical contact between contact pins of a stator winding so as to create a star phase, and a receiving element (4) that centres and fixes the second interconnection element (3) in a form-fitting manner. The invention furthermore relates to an electric machine comprising a high-voltage terminal according to the invention.Type: GrantFiled: July 4, 2022Date of Patent: June 23, 2026Assignee: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KGInventor: Andreas Ruppert