Abstract: The invention relates to a stator for an electric machine, comprising a plurality of rod conductors and at least one insulation disk that is arranged in an end face region of the stator and includes a plurality of interconnection pieces. Rod conductor contact surfaces and interconnection piece contact surfaces have corresponding shapes such that a planar contact can be created; for this purpose, the interconnection piece protrude from the insulation disk in the radial direction at least along the interconnection piece contact surface such that a plurality of interconnection piece contact surfaces can simultaneously come into contact with the associated rod conductor contact surfaces. The invention further related to an electric machine and to a manufacturing process.

Abstract: An example motor rotor includes a cylindrical magnet which is disposed around a rotation shaft, a protective layer which is disposed around the magnet, and a middle resin portion which is disposed between the magnet and the protective layer. The magnet has a cylindrical shape that extends continuously in a circumferential direction of the rotation shaft. A surface treatment portion is formed on at least one of an outer peripheral surface of the magnet or an inner peripheral surface of the protective layer, to impart adhesion with the middle resin portion.

Abstract: A cylindrical part of a rotor for an eddy current deceleration device of the present embodiment has a chemical composition consisting of, by mass %, C: 0.05 to 0.15%, Si: 0.10 to 0.40%, Mn: 0.50 to 1.00%, P: 0.030% or less, S: 0.030% or less, Mo: 0.20 to 1.00%, Nb: 0.020 to 0.060%, V: 0.040 to 0.080%, sol. Al: 0.030 to 0.100%, B: 0.0005 to 0.0050%, N: 0.003 to 0.010%, Cu: 0 to 0.20%, Ni: 0 to 0.20%, Cr: 0 to 0.10%, and the balance: Fe and impurities, and in which the total area fraction of martensite and bainite in a microstructure is more than 95.0%, and the number density of carbides having an equivalent circular diameter of 100 to 500 nm is 0.35 to 0.75 particles/?m2.

Abstract: Embodiments disclosed herein describe methods for improved permanent magnet motor rotor systems for submersible electric motors. The improved rotor system includes a single piece of material shaft with surface mounted permanent magnets. The single piece of material shaft minimizes the number of shaft bearings and locates the bearings outside of the stator windings.

Abstract: A linear motor includes a stator including a plurality of salient poles arranged at regular intervals in the Y-axis direction, and a mover movable in the Y-axis direction and facing the stator in the X-axis direction, in which the mover includes a plurality of teeth arranged in the Y-axis direction, three-phase alternate current windings wound around the teeth, a mover magnetic yoke that connects the plurality of teeth, permanent magnets each disposed in a gap between the teeth of identical phase, and magnetic flux barriers each embedded near the base of each tooth of the plurality of teeth, disposed completely within a width of each tooth in the X-axis direction, and spaced apart from the permanent magnet in the X-axis direction.

Abstract: The invention refers to an electrical connection (10) comprising a bushing (12) having a geometric central axis (14), an electrical conductor (16) passing through said bushing (12) along the geometric central axis (14), and an insulating layer (18) electrically insulating said bushing (18) from said conductor (16). It is suggested that the bushing 12, the insulating layer (18) and the electric conductor (16) are pressed together, preferably during a rotary forging process, in order to achieve a mechanical cold transformation.

Abstract: Disclosed are a magnetic bearing, a compressor and an air conditioner. The magnetic bearing includes a radial stator, wherein the radial stator has a plurality of stator teeth extending inwardly in a radial direction thereof; two axial stators are arranged on two axial sides of the stator teeth, respectively; and radial control coils are wound on the stator teeth, each radial control coil being located outside an area of the stator teeth covered oppositely by the two axial stators. The magnetic bearing, the compressor and the air conditioner can effectively reduce the degree of coupling between a radial electromagnetic control magnetic circuit and an axial electromagnetic control magnetic circuit, and reduce the control difficulty of the magnetic bearing.

Abstract: Provided is a rotating electric machine (100) including a stator (1) and a rotor (2). The rotor (2) includes a plurality of stages of rotor units (201 and 202) stacked in an axial direction. Each of the rotor units (201 and 202) includes a pair of permanent magnets (21) and slits (22a and 22b) arranged in one or more rows. The slits (22a and 22b) has an arc-like shape. Both ends of the arc-like shape are located on an outer periphery side of the rotor (2). When an angle formed between two straight lines that connect positions of both ends of the arc-like shape and a rotation axis center of the rotor (2) is defined as an arc angle, at least one of the arc angle of the slit (22a) and the number of rows of the slits is different between at least two rotor units (201 and 202).

Abstract: Various embodiments of a system and associated method for an electrically efficient motor including two parallel shafts, one or more rotors including a plurality of alternating permanent magnets mounted on each shaft, and an electromagnet operable for switching polarities in order to keep the one or more rotors, and consequently the two parallel shafts, in rotational motion.

Abstract: A magnetic control device for directly sensing the motion load value especially the one that has a magnetic resistance mechanism which is “floating” and pivoted on the inner edge of the outer ring body of a flywheel; an acting rod, one end of is locked on the outside of the magnetic resistance mechanism and synchronized with it, and the other end has a pressure applied member connected to the beam load cell; a torque value conversion unit for converting the load value of the beam load cell into a torque value; so as to achieve directly measuring the motion load value, which has the effect of improving the detection accuracy.

Abstract: An electric motor comprises a rotor and a stator having a yoke. The yoke includes a plurality of teeth mounted to the yoke and being aligned substantially parallel to an axis of rotation of the motor, each tooth including a first radial end adjacent to the yoke and a second radial end extending from the yoke, a plurality of field coils, each field coil being wrapped around a tooth, and a coolant circulation path including a first coolant channel defined between adjacent field coils and a second coolant channel defined between adjacent field coils and between the first radial ends of adjacent teeth. A third coolant channel may be defined between adjacent field coils and between the second radial ends of adjacent teeth.

Abstract: A rotor lamination is subdivided into a plurality of equidistant sectors of equal size, each including a first half-sector and a second half-sector separated from the first half-sector by a separation plane. A through-opening is formed in the first half-sector and has a first leg side, of which the imaginary extension intersects the separation plane below a radially outwardly open acute angle, a second leg side, which runs parallel to the first leg side and of which the imaginary extension intersects the separation plane radially further outwards than the imaginary extension of the first leg side, and an edge connecting ends of the leg sides furthest away from the separation plane. A further through opening formed mirror-symmetrically to the first through-opening with respect to the separation plane is formed in the second half-sector, wherein the edge has an equidistant portion equidistant to an outer contour of the rotor lamination.

Abstract: A motor and a personal-care device having the motor. The motor has a motor carrier made at least partially from a sheet metal material, a movable motor part, and a spring element that couples the movable motor part with the motor carrier. The sheet metal material comprises at least one coupling area where the sheet metal material is folded so that its two layers are facing each other while each of the two layers comprises a slot, the slots being aligned with one another. A connection extension of the spring element extends through the aligned slots.

Abstract: The electric power steering device includes a motor and a control unit integrated coaxially therewith at an output shaft end of the motor. The motor has two sets of windings independently of each other. The control unit includes two inverter circuits having a plurality of switching elements for supplying currents, and two control circuits for respectively outputting drive signals to the inverter circuits. The inverter circuits are formed by power modules, and have detection terminals for detecting voltages between both ends of shunt resistors for detecting currents. Shield walls for shielding noise are provided to a heatsink for supporting the power modules and control boards forming the control circuits. The shield walls support the control boards.

Abstract: A brush assembly (100) for a slip ring assembly of a rotating electrical machine, having at a brush holder (120) defining a cage into which a brush (103) slides; and a rod (101) extending along a second axis (D2) parallel to the first axis, for supporting the brush holder. One of the rod and the brush holder defines a recess (121), the other has a portion sized to be received into the recess the mating portion (105), the recess defined by a first wall (123, 124) disposed for abutment against the mating portion when, the mating portion received in the recess, the brush holder is driven longitudinally along the rod parallel to the second axis. The recess is defined by a second wall (122) disposed for abutment against mating portion when, the mating portion received in the recess, the brush holder is driven tangentially around the second axis.

Abstract: An electromagnetic braking assembly for maintaining an actuator shaft in position, and methods for utilizing the same, are provided. The actuator shaft may include an object, e.g., an imaging lens, which is movable in accordance with movement of the shaft. The braking assembly may include a braking coil to which electricity may be applied to produce a magnetic field, a braking magnet capable of changing position as it interacts with the magnetic field, and a braking spring coupled with the magnet such that the spring changes position as the magnet changes position. When the braking spring is in one position, the spring exerts pressure on the actuator shaft substantially preventing the shaft from engaging in linear movement and thus maintaining the shaft in position. When the actuator shaft is in another position, the braking spring does not exert pressure on the shaft permitting the shaft to engage in linear movement.

Abstract: Electric propulsion systems, and methods of operating and implementing same, are disclosed herein. In one example embodiment, an electric propulsion system includes an electric motor, a motor drive coupled to the electric motor, and a thermal management subsystem. The electric motor is a permanent magnet synchronous motor, and the motor drive includes each of an inverter including a plurality of wide bandgap semiconductor field effect transistors (FETs), and a controller coupled at least indirectly to the FETs and configured to control the FETs by way of pulse width modulation (PWM) control. Additionally, at least a first portion of the electric motor and at least a second portion of the motor drive are cooled by the thermal management subsystem.

Abstract: An electric propulsion unit comprising a housing, an AC motor, a beta rod, a propeller, a governor, an inverter, and a controller. The AC motor is disposed within the housing and includes bearings supported inside the housing, a hollow motor shaft rotatably coupled to the housing by the bearings, a stator which is supported by the housing, and a rotor which is mounted to the hollow motor shaft. The beta rod is axially translatable inside the hollow motor shaft. The propeller is mechanically coupled to the hollow motor shaft. The propeller includes propeller blades having an adjustable pitch angle which depends on an axial position of the beta rod. The governor is configured to adjust a pitch angle of the propeller blades by actuating axial translation of the beta rod. The controller is disposed inside the housing and configured to control the pitch angle of the propeller blades.

Abstract: A linear motor stator arrangement including a coil arrangement with conductive electrical coils arranged along an axis for generating a magnetic field, a convective cooling device with a fluid line extending along a pathway, a section of the fluid line exhibits as a cooling section outlet ports in a fluid line wall which faces the coil arrangement and are arranged along the pathway with a spacing therebetween, the stator arrangement having a conveyor device which is connected with the fluid line and for conveying a fluid in the fluid line and through the outlet ports to the coil arrangement, wherein the cooling section there are provided along the pathway outlet ports with quantitatively different outlet port cross-sections through which fluid can flow and/or the spacings between two outlet ports arranged immediately one after another along the pathway in different regions of the cooling section along the pathway are quantitatively different.

Abstract: A hybrid drive assembly is provided having a hybrid drive housing with an electric motor and a disconnect clutch therein. A transmission is connected to the hybrid drive housing and a torque converter is provided between the electric motor and the transmission. A baffle extends radially between the torque converter and the hybrid drive housing. The baffle includes a ring-shaped body that is affixed to the hybrid drive housing and extends completely around a transmission side periphery of the hybrid drive housing. A fluid pathway is located on or in the baffle, and orifices extend from the fluid pathway toward the electric motor. A fluid inlet port is connected to the fluid pathway, and a fluid connection is provided from a pressurized fluid source to the fluid inlet port. This allows fluid circulated by a pump within the transmission, to be sprayed on the electric motor for cooling.