Patents Examined by Leda T. Pham
  • Patent number: 11496013
    Abstract: A rotating electrical machine stator and a method for manufacturing a rotating electrical machine stator with high productivity. A rotating electrical machine stator includes a stator core having a slot; and a coil having a leg part including a held-in-slot part held in the slot and a portion extending from the held-in-slot part, and a resin foam is provided between an inner surface of the slot and an outer surface of the held-in-slot part facing the inner surface of the slot. The coil is formed by joining together a plurality of segment conductors each having a joint part, and a conductive joint material is disposed between a pair of joint parts facing each other in the slot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: AISIN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kiyotaka Koga, Tomotsugu Sugihara, Tetsuya Funayama, Shinya Katayama, Takahiro Kobuchi
  • Patent number: 11496008
    Abstract: An electrical machine comprises a stator and a housing. The housing has an internal bore. The stator comprises an annular core mounted within the bore of the housing. The core comprises at least one key projecting radially outwardly from a radially outer surface thereof. The housing comprises at least one keyway in the bore. The at least one key of the core being received within the at least one keyway of the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: HAMILTON SUNDSTRAND CORPORATION
    Inventors: Savvas Georgiou, Tadashi Sawata, Andrew E. Page
  • Patent number: 11496026
    Abstract: This stator manufacturing method includes a step in which one of a skew-forming mechanism portion and a skew-forming jig presses, with the skew-forming jig, the skew-forming mechanism portion having a shape corresponding to the shape of a skew, to form a skew having a bent shape or a curved shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignees: AISIN CORPORATION, AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Teppei Tsuda, Masafumi Sakuma
  • Patent number: 11489395
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to an electric machine including a stator having a plurality of teeth and on which a winding of the electric machine is arranged, wherein a respective intermediate space is formed between neighboring teeth. The electric machine further includes a rotor that may rotate relative to the stator, wherein an air gap is formed between the stator and the rotor. The electric machine further includes a plurality of closing devices for closing the respective intermediate spaces in relation to the air gap, and wherein a respective closing device of the plurality of closing devices is arranged between neighboring teeth of the stator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: Rolls-Royce Deutschland Ltd & Co KG
    Inventors: Robert Goraj, Izabela Kuder
  • Patent number: 11489402
    Abstract: An electric compressor includes a motor housing, an inverter, a cover, and a fastener. The inverter includes a board; an electronic component; a holder composed of an insulating material, the holder containing the electronic component and supporting the board; a bus bar integrated with the holder, and electrically connected to a circuit pattern and the motor housing; and a tubular member interposed between the cover and the bus bar, with the fastener inserted in the tubular member. The fastening force from the fastener causes the tubular member to press the bus bar toward the motor housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI
    Inventors: Yusuke Kinoshita, Shingo Enami, Junya Yano
  • Patent number: 11489400
    Abstract: A motor device and a method for producing same are provided. A connector storage unit (33d) and a substrate storage unit (33c) which are provided in a gear case (31) open in a direction (axial direction of output shaft) which intersects the axial direction of an armature shaft. As a result, when assembling a motor device (10), it is possible to store a connector member (60) and a control substrate (50) in the connector storage unit (33d) and the substrate storage unit (33c), which have comparatively large openings, by insertion therein from the same direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: MITSUBA Corporation
    Inventors: Masashi Suto, Yuichi Takamura, Naoki Ogata
  • Patent number: 11489412
    Abstract: A method for producing a component for an electric machine from a laminated core, which includes multiple grooves and a central axis, and a plurality of wire elements. Each wire element includes two legs made of wire, which are or will be connected to one another via a bend made of wire. At least the legs of the wire elements are arranged in parallel to the axis in the grooves. A temperature sensor is fastened at a bend of at least one wire element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: AUDI AG
    Inventors: Korbinian Weber, Thomas Breuer
  • Patent number: 11489383
    Abstract: A rotating electrical machine is provided which is equipped with a rotor core and a magnet unit made up of a plurality of magnets. Each of the magnets is oriented to have an easy axis of magnetization which extends more parallel to a d-axis in a region closer to the d-axis than that in a region close to a q-axis does. The easy axis of magnetization defines a magnet-produced magnetic path. The rotor core includes d-axis protrusions through which magnetic flux passes along the d-axis and does not have q-axis protrusions through which magnetic flux passes along the q-axis. This causes a magnetic resistance in the region close to the d-axis to be lower than that in the region closer to the q-axis, thereby providing salient poles. This structure enables the rotating electrical machine to be reduced in size and have an enhanced efficiency in operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yuki Takahashi
  • Patent number: 11489418
    Abstract: A motor assembly for driving a pump or rotary device features a power plane with a circular geometry to be mounted inside a space envelope having a similar circular geometry formed on an end-plate between an inner hub portion and a peripheral portion that extends circumferentially around the space envelope of the end-plate. The power plane is a multi-layer circuit board or assembly having: a power layer with higher temperature power modules for providing power to a motor, a control layer with lower temperature control electronics modules for controlling the power provided to the motor, and a thermal barrier and printed circuit board layer between the power layer and the control layer that provides electrical connection paths between the power modules of the power plane and the control electronics modules of the control layer, and also provides insulation between the power layer and the control layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: ITT Manufacturing Enterprises LLC
    Inventors: Dean P. Williams, Mark A. Playford, Daniel J. Kernan, Lee Empringham, Liliana V. De Lillo, Christopher J. F. Tighe
  • Patent number: 11489387
    Abstract: A coil includes: a series of turns constituted by a first turn to an n-th turn of a conductive wire having a polygonal cross-section, where n is an integer equal to or larger than 3, and the conductive wire is wound in a spiral shape and is stacked in a direction from downward toward upward; and an insulating member disposed on either an upper surface or a lower surface of an i-th turn, where i is an integer satisfying 1?i?n.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Mitsuoki Hishida, Yuichi Yoshikawa, Hirokazu Yamauchi, Keiichiro Nukada
  • Patent number: 11489425
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a rotor of a rotary electric machine, including a stack of magnetic laminations defining the slots in which bars made from a first electrically conducting material are received, in which method a second electrically conducting material, different from the first, is injected using an injection machine, from the front of the laminations stack, the bars being held at their rear end against the pressure associated with the injection by a positioning tool that passes through a cavity used for forming a short-circuiting ring at the rear of the laminations stack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: MOTEURS LEROY-SOMER
    Inventors: Sébastien Porcher, Thierry Visse, Stéphane Boulin, François Turcat
  • Patent number: 11489426
    Abstract: An actuator may include a movable body; a support body; a connecting body; and a magnetic driving circuit. The magnetic driving circuit may include an air-core coil provided in a first member, and a first permanent magnet provided in a second member so as to face the coil on a first side in a first direction. The magnetic driving circuit may cause the movable body to vibrate with respect to the support body in a second direction which intersects with the first direction. The first member may include a coil holder including a plate part through which a coil placement hole is formed, a first plate that overlaps the coil placement hole and the plate part, and an adhesive layer. The coil may include a first holding portion that engages the first plate to hold the first plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: NIDEC SANKYO CORPORATION
    Inventor: Akira Mori
  • Patent number: 11489420
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a rotor for an electric machine with a contactless power transmission system, wherein an end winding cover is arranged on one end face of a laminated core of the rotor. The invention provides that a secondary unit (SEC) of the power transmission system is integrated in the end winding cover and, as a result, after the end winding cover has been arranged, the secondary unit (SEC) is held on the rotor indirectly via the end winding cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: VITESCO TECHNOLOGIES GMBH
    Inventors: Michael Bulatow, Wilhelm Hackmann
  • Patent number: 11489424
    Abstract: A squirrel-cage induction rotating electrical machine comprises: a solid rotor, a stator, and bearings. The solid rotor includes a shaft part, a columnar-shaped rotor core part integrally formed with the shaft part and having rotor slots formed therein, and a plurality of conductor bars passing through the respective rotor slots and coupled together at both axial ends outside the rotor core part. The stator includes a cylindrical stator core provided radially outside the rotor core part, and stator windings passing through a plurality of respective stator slots which are formed in the radially inner surface of the stator core. An outer wall and an inner wall of each rotor slot are tilted at a predetermined angle or more with respect to a plane including a rotation axis of the shaft part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: TOSHIBA MITSUBISHI-ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuichi Tsuboi, Satoshi Kurita, Haruyuki Kometani, Takuma Sasai
  • Patent number: 11489394
    Abstract: The present application relates to a slot wedge element, a stator device, a motor, and a wind turbine. The slot wedge element extends in a first direction and has opposite first and second edges has a first surface and a second surface in the thickness direction thereof, and is attached to a winding of the stator device via the first surface. The second surface includes a first portion, a second portion, and a third portion sequentially distributed in the first direction. A second thickness between the second portion and the first surface is greater than a first thickness between the first portion and the first surface, and the second thickness is greater than or equal to a third thickness between the third portion and the first surface. The first thickness is decreasingly distributed in a direction from the second portion to the first edge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: XINJIANG GOLDWIND SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jinhui Li, Wenshou Fan, Dinghui Wang
  • Patent number: 11489430
    Abstract: Disclosed is a voice coil motor, the motor including a mover having a bobbin equipped with a lens and a coil block secured to an outer circumference of the bobbin; a stator having a magnet that is disposed in such a way as to face the coil block; elastic members coupled to a lower end of the bobbin and connected to both ends of the coil block; a base supporting the elastic members and the stator; and a cover can covering the mover, the stator and the base, with an opening being formed in the cover can to expose the lens therethrough, wherein each of the elastic members includes a terminal portion that extends between the cover can and a side surface of the base, the terminal portion including a short-circuit prevention portion so as to inhibit a short-circuit between the terminal portion and the cover can.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Sanghee Lee
  • Patent number: 11489386
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a main rotor for a generator is provided. The method includes printing at least part of a rotor shaft by a three-dimensional printing process. The step of printing at least part of the rotor shaft includes printing a plurality of closed outlets and a plurality of open outlets. A rotor core is printed by the three-dimensional printing process. The step of printing the rotor core includes printing a plurality of liquid coolant conduits that extend through the rotor core and fluidly connecting the plurality of liquid coolant conduits to the plurality of closed openings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: GE Aviation Systems LLC
    Inventors: Hao Huang, James Mahle, Xiaochuan Jia
  • Patent number: 11489422
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing an armature (1) includes: a coil disposing step involving using a thermally expandable resin (Q) that expands by application of heat, and disposing a coil (30) in a core (10) such that the thermally expandable resin (Q) before expansion is disposed between a slot-housed portion (31) and an inner surface of a slot (11); a resin disposing step involving, before or after the coil disposing step, using a thermally melting resin (P) that melts by application of heat, and disposing the thermally melting resin (P) before melting such that the thermally melting resin (P) comes into contact with coil end portions (32); and a heating step involving, after the coil disposing step and the resin disposing step, heating, expanding, and then curing the thermally expandable resin (Q), and heating, melting, and then curing the thermally melting resin (P).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: AISIN CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hideaki Kimura
  • Patent number: 11489407
    Abstract: Provided is an electrically powered tool having an improved sensor substrate mounting structure, the electrically powered tool being configured so that a brushless type motor is axially contained in a cylindrical housing. The electrically powered tool has: a cylindrical housing for axially containing a motor; a control unit for controlling the motor; and a sensor substrate having mounted thereon a plurality of position detecting elements for detecting the rotational position of a rotor. The sensor substrate is gripped between the insulator of the motor and the housing and held on the housing side when axially mounting the motor. The sensor substrate is annularly shaped and has formed at the center thereof a through-hole through which a bearing for the motor is passed. The portion of the sensor substrate, on which a Hall IC is mounted, is provided with a synthetic resin cover member for protecting the Hall IC against dust.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: Koki Holdings Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ryo Suzuki, Ken Miyazawa
  • Patent number: 11418094
    Abstract: Providing an electric tool with excellent cooling efficiency. An electric tool includes: a housing 2; a motor 3; a fan 34; a sensing portion 41; a switching portion 42; and a circuit board 40. The motor 3 is accommodated in the housing 2. The motor 3 includes a stator 33, a rotor 32, and a rotating shaft 31. The rotor 32 is rotatable relative to the stator 33. The rotating shaft 31 is rotatable together with the rotor 32. The fan 34 is configured to generate a cooling air flow inside the housing 2. The sensing portion 41 is configured to detect a rotated position of the rotor 32. The switching portion 41 controls a rotation of the rotor 32. The sensing portion 41 and the switching portion 42 are mounted on the circuit board 40.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: KOKI HOLDINGS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Akira Matsushita, Tomomasa Nishikawa, Yuta Noguchi, Takahiro Hirai