Patents Examined by Jose A Gonzalez Quinones
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Patent number: 12009732Abstract: An assembly including a winding and a cooler in contact with conductors of the winding, the cooler including a container forming a heat dissipator and including a phase change material having the ability to absorb a surplus quantity of heat when the conductors of the winding are subject to an increase in their current density and the heat dissipator is composed of at least two hollow parts separate and nestable with one another and intended to house the phase change material.Type: GrantFiled: February 19, 2020Date of Patent: June 11, 2024Assignees: SAFRAN, SAFRAN HELICOPTER ENGINESInventors: Sabrina Ayat, Camel Serghine, Thomas Klonowski
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Patent number: 12003167Abstract: A system may generate energy in response to a movement of a vehicle. The system may include an energy recovery mechanism, a generator, an energy storage, and a motor. The energy recovery mechanism may include one or more rollers configured to rotate in response to a rotation of a drive shaft of the vehicle. The generator may be rotatably coupled to the roller and may be configured to generate an electrical output in response to a rotation of the roller. The energy storage may be electrically coupled with the generator and may be configured to receive a portion of the electrical output to store as energy. The motor may be electrically coupled with the energy storage and may be configured to receive a portion of the energy.Type: GrantFiled: October 17, 2023Date of Patent: June 4, 2024Inventor: Anthony Macaluso
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Patent number: 12003138Abstract: A housing-free dynamoelectric rotary machine includes a stator having a material layer structure which includes a plurality of material layers arranged in a row along a rotation axis. The material layer structure includes a plurality of thickenings and a plurality of slots, with the slots arranged such that each of the slots is arranged between two respective ones of the thickenings. At least one of the slots is designed to receive a slot wedge, with a respective one of the thickenings being designed to fasten the slot wedge. An end element is arranged on an axial end of the stator and includes a connection box for supply with electrical energy. A connecting element connects the end element to the stator and is connected to the slot wedge.Type: GrantFiled: April 1, 2021Date of Patent: June 4, 2024Assignee: Innomotics GmbHInventors: Klaus Büttner, Reiner Grillenberger, Klaus Kirchner, Matthias Warmuth
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Patent number: 12003067Abstract: A system for monitoring the wear state of a carbon brush of a brush holder assembly in which the length of the carbon brush is diminished from an initial length as an end of the carbon brush wears away during use. The system includes a wear state monitor, including a sensor, coupled to the carbon brush. The wear state monitor is configured to rotate as the length of the carbon brush diminishes. The sensor is configured to measure an angular displacement of the wear state monitor as the wear state monitor rotates. The measured angular displacement of the wear state monitor correlates to an amount of diminution in the length of the carbon brush.Type: GrantFiled: November 18, 2021Date of Patent: June 4, 2024Assignee: CUTSFORTH, INC.Inventors: Robert S. Cutsforth, Dustin L. Cutsforth, Douglas Christopher Bruey, Michael Lee Schaaf, David William Drury Harrison
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Patent number: 11996735Abstract: A motor according to an embodiment includes a stator. The stator includes a plurality of connection cores. The connection core includes a plurality of pieces connected via connection portions. The plurality of pieces are arranged in a circular arc shape. The plurality of connection cores are arranged in an annular shape.Type: GrantFiled: May 31, 2019Date of Patent: May 28, 2024Assignee: MINEBEA MITSUMI Inc.Inventors: Yutaka Kamogi, Tomohisa Suzuki, Masaki Kagawa
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Patent number: 11990795Abstract: An adhesively-laminated core for a stator capable of suppressing an iron loss of an electric motor and also having excellent productivity is provided. The adhesively-laminated core for a stator includes a plurality of electrical steel sheets which are stacked on one another and of which both surfaces are coated with insulation coatings, and adhesion parts which are disposed between the electrical steel sheets adjacent to each other in a stacking direction and cause the electrical steel sheets to be adhered to each other. All sets of the electrical steel sheets adjacent to each other in the stacking direction are adhered via the adhesion parts. An adhesive forming the adhesion parts is a two-agent type acrylic-based adhesive (SGA) which includes an acrylic-based compound, an oxidizer, and a reducer and in which a portion of the acrylic-based compound and the oxidizer are assigned to a first agent and the remaining portion of the acrylic-based compound and the reducer are assigned to a second agent.Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 2019Date of Patent: May 21, 2024Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATIONInventors: Kazutoshi Takeda, Hiroyasu Fujii, Shinsuke Takatani
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Patent number: 11990794Abstract: Provided is a stator including a stator core composed of an annular core back and teeth projecting from the inner circumference side of the core back, and an end plate for clamping and pressing at least one end side of the core back and the teeth in the axial direction.Type: GrantFiled: April 11, 2022Date of Patent: May 21, 2024Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Junichi Deguchi
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Patent number: 11984772Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a support device and a working machine arranged with the support device. The support device is configured to support an operating machine and includes: a telescopic member retractable in a length direction; an operating section mounting member connected to a first end of the telescopic member; and a power supply control member connected to a second end of the telescopic member, the first end and the second end being opposite to each other along the length direction; wherein the operating section mounting member is arranged with a plug-in interface; the power supply control member is configured to provide a power supply to the plug-in interface; the power supply control member includes a primary controller for controlling conduction of the power supply and a secondary controller for controlling activation of the operating machine.Type: GrantFiled: August 14, 2023Date of Patent: May 14, 2024Assignee: Jinyun Mailin Tools Co., LtdInventors: Quanyu Hu, Huahua Lu
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Patent number: 11984779Abstract: A rotating electric machine includes a field element having a plurality of magnetic poles of which polarities alternate in a circumferential direction, and an armature including an armature winding of multiple phases and an armature core having a circular cylindrical shape. The armature core is provided integrally with the armature winding. The field element and the armature are provided to oppose each other in a radial direction. An armature holding member includes a circular cylindrical portion assembled on an inner side in the radial direction of the armature core. The armature core and the circular cylindrical portion are fitted and fixed to each other with a predetermined tightening margin. A regulating portion regulates displacement in the circumferential direction of the armature core by engagement in the circumferential direction, and is provided in portions of the armature core and the circular cylindrical portion that oppose each other in the radial direction.Type: GrantFiled: January 18, 2022Date of Patent: May 14, 2024Assignee: DENSO CORPORATIONInventor: Yuuki Mawatari
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Patent number: 11984771Abstract: A motor assembly is provided including a stator and a rotor. The stator includes a stator main body defining a longitudinal axis, stator teeth projecting radially from the stator main body, stator windings wound around the stator teeth, and two winding terminals provided for each stator tooth extending away from the stator main body substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis. A circuit board is oriented along a radial plane adjacent the stator. The circuit board includes a central through-hole through which a rotor shaft extends, at least one magnetic sensor mounted on a surface of the circuit board around the central through-hole configured to magnetically interface with the rotor, peripheral openings arranged to receive the winding terminals of the stator, and conductive routings extending from the peripheral openings to connect the stator windings in a series or a parallel configuration and/or a wye or a delta configuration.Type: GrantFiled: August 25, 2021Date of Patent: May 14, 2024Assignee: Black & Decker Inc.Inventors: Matthew J. Velderman, Andrew E. Seman, Jr., Daniel J. White, Paul Becke, William A. Rigdon
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Patent number: 11984786Abstract: A canned motor includes a stator with a laminated core and a winding with winding heads, and including a rotor, which is mounted so as to be rotatable relative to the stator, and a can element, which is arranged between the stator and the rotor, and a support ring, which is coupled to the can element. The support ring on its own and/or together with the can element provides a support section which extends at least partially axially adjacent to the laminated core. The support section lies with a seal section against a seal device such that a rotor space is sealed off in coolant-tight fashion with respect to a stator space.Type: GrantFiled: March 8, 2022Date of Patent: May 14, 2024Assignee: DR. ING. H.C. F. PORSCHE AKTIENGESELLSCHAFTInventors: Philipp Berendes, Stefan Oechslen
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Patent number: 11979065Abstract: Brushless electric motor for an electric handheld power tool, wherein the electric motor has an end plate and a Hall board which is arranged on the end plate, wherein the Hall board is axially fixed to the end plate by an elastic O-ring.Type: GrantFiled: November 20, 2019Date of Patent: May 7, 2024Assignee: Hilti AktiengesellschaftInventors: Tobias Schmid, Helmut Burger, Lothar Dietl
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Patent number: 11962202Abstract: A motor includes a shaft, a rotor, a stator including a coil and opposed to the rotor, and a bearing configured to support the shaft. In addition, the motor further includes a first temperature sensor disposed farther toward an outer periphery side than the coil, and a second temperature sensor disposed farther toward an inner periphery side than the coil.Type: GrantFiled: July 14, 2022Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignee: MINEBEA MITSUMI Inc.Inventors: Kouji Kebukawa, Kentaro Suzuki, Wataru Nogamida, Yoshihisa Okabuchi, Takayuki Sugaya, Takahiro Saito
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Patent number: 11962188Abstract: An electric machine is provided herein that includes a stator assembly. The stator assembly includes a stator core having one or more lamination packages. The stator core can define an outer ring and a plurality of teeth extending from the outer ring. A cooling plate may be positioned adjacent to at least one of the one or more lamination packages. The cooling plate can define one or more channels therethrough. One or more windings can be arranged around one or more of the plurality of teeth of the stator core. A rotor can be operably coupled with the stator assembly. A cooling system can be fluidly coupled with the one or more channels of the cooling plate. The cooling system provides a cryogenic fluid through the one or more channels to cool the electric machine.Type: GrantFiled: January 21, 2021Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Thomas Kupiszewski, Anil Kumar Tolpadi
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Patent number: 11955875Abstract: A system may generate energy in response to a movement of a vehicle. The system may include an energy recovery mechanism, a generator, an energy storage, and a motor. The energy recovery mechanism may include one or more rollers configured to rotate in response to a rotation of a drive shaft of the vehicle. The generator may be rotatably coupled to the roller and may be configured to generate an electrical output in response to a rotation of the roller. The energy storage may be electrically coupled with the generator and may be configured to receive a portion of the electrical output to store as energy. The motor may be electrically coupled with the energy storage and may be configured to receive a portion of the energy.Type: GrantFiled: September 7, 2023Date of Patent: April 9, 2024Inventor: Anthony Macaluso
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Patent number: 11942850Abstract: The invention specifies an electrical machine (1, 1a . . . 1c) which comprises a housing (8), a stator (5) which is arranged in the housing (8) and a rotor (3) which is rotatably mounted in the housing (8). At least one first coolant duct (9) of a first cooling circuit (15) and at least one second coolant duct (10, 10a, 10b) of a second cooling circuit (16) are arranged in the region of the stator (5) in the housing (8). In this case, the coolant ducts (9, 10, 10a, 10b) and the housing (8) form a heat exchanger between the first cooling circuit (15) and the second cooling circuit (16). In addition, the invention specifies a gear motor comprising the electrical machine (1, 1a . . . 1c), in which gear motor the transmission is hydraulically connected to the at least one second coolant duct (10, 10a, 10b) of the second cooling circuit (16). The invention also specifies a vehicle (27) which is driven by the said electrical machine (1, 1a . . . 1c) or by the said gear motor.Type: GrantFiled: November 22, 2021Date of Patent: March 26, 2024Assignee: Valeo Siemens eAutomotive Germany GmbHInventors: Bernd Haas, Burkhard Pollak
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Patent number: 11936249Abstract: A measurement system for an electrical machine includes a position sensor device arranged on a rotor of the electrical machine, a carrier connected to the position sensor device, and a temperature sensor device fastened to the carrier. The position sensor device is configured to ascertain an item of information about an orientation of the rotor. The temperature sensor is configured to ascertain a temperature of a stator of the electrical machine.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2021Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Assignees: TE Connectivity India Private Limited, TE Connectivity Germany GmbH, Volkswagen AG, TE Connectivity Begium BVInventors: Bram Embo, Dirk Pillu, Rainer Schindel, Sebastian Wiechert, Mathias Dohmann, Manivasakan Ravinthiran
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Patent number: 11929692Abstract: The proposed vibrational energy harvester comprises a frame (118), a mass (114) coupled to first and second primary flexures (110, 112) which are configured to flex and allow the mass to move in a first direction (130), a plurality of secondary flexures (120, 122) which are configured to flex and allow the mass to move in a different second direction (132), and a transduction assembly configured to convert movement of the mass and flexures into electrical energy, preferably of electrodynamic or piezoelectric type. Each of the primary flexures is coupled to a secondary flexure at a position spaced from the mass. The resonant frequency of torsional vibration modes can thereby be raised to a frequency higher than the frequency band of ambient vibrations, which effectively prevents the energy harvester from vibrating in undesirable torsional modes that would result in wear between components.Type: GrantFiled: January 30, 2019Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Assignee: 8POWER LIMITEDInventors: Antony Rix, James Home, Yu Jia
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Patent number: 11921283Abstract: A vibrating element includes a movable part, a substrate made of metal, a driving source, and a holding member holding the substrate. The substrate includes a pair of support beam parts, a support part, and a torsion beam part. Each of the support beam parts has a first end part and a second end part. The support part supports the first end part. The torsion beam part swingably supports the movable part. The second end part of each of the support beam parts is provided with a fixing part fixed to the holding member. By adjusting an inclination with respect to the holding member, the fixing part is fixed to the holding member in a state in which each of the support beam parts applies tension to the torsion beam part in a direction away from the movable part in a first direction in which the torsion beam part extends.Type: GrantFiled: May 27, 2021Date of Patent: March 5, 2024Assignee: FUNAI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.Inventors: Kenichi Fujita, Kenji Tanehashi, Fuminori Tanaka
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Patent number: 11923753Abstract: An electric motor includes a housing, a stator assembly disposed in the housing, a rotor assembly rotatably disposed in the stator assembly, and an impeller configured to be rotated by the rotor assembly and to generate a flow of air. The stator assembly defines an inner flow path configured to guide a part of the air to pass through an inside of the stator assembly. The housing defines a bypass flow path at an outside of the stator assembly, where the bypass flow path is configured to guide another part of the air to bypass the stator assembly.Type: GrantFiled: September 16, 2021Date of Patent: March 5, 2024Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.Inventors: Taeyong Jung, Jeongho Lee, Joongkeun Choi, Seongho Cho