Patents Examined by Maged Almawri
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Patent number: 10003238Abstract: An electric motor is provided including a stator, an armature rotatably received within the stator and having an armature shaft on which a commutator is mounted, and a brush assembly. The brush assembly includes a planar portion disposed around the commutator and accommodating a plurality of brushes, a bridge portion disposed at an end of the commutator and extending from the planer portion via two or more legs, and metal routing(s) disposed on or within the bridge portion to electrically couple the brushes.Type: GrantFiled: August 7, 2014Date of Patent: June 19, 2018Assignee: Black & Decker Inc.Inventors: Stephen P. Osborne, Daniel F. Heck, Colin M. Crosby, Ryan F. Schroeder, Barak N. Gohn
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Patent number: 9991766Abstract: A valve-timing control apparatus includes a motor housing formed with an accommodating space; a permanent magnet provided along an inner circumference of the accommodating space of the motor housing; a rotor configured to rotate relative to the permanent magnet; a transmitting mechanism configured to transmit a rotational force of the rotor to a cam shaft; a switching brush mounted on the motor housing and configured to switch an energization of coil; a power-feeding brush provided to one of the motor housing and a fixed member and configured to feed electric power to the switching brush; a slip ring provided to another of the motor housing and the fixed member and being in contact with the power-feeding brush; a pigtail harness connecting the power-feeding brush with a power-feeding terminal; and contact portions bending the pigtail harness at a plurality of spots of the pigtail harness by contact with the pigtail harness.Type: GrantFiled: May 28, 2014Date of Patent: June 5, 2018Assignee: HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD.Inventors: Atsushi Yamanaka, Ryo Tadokoro
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Patent number: 9991759Abstract: An airflow system may comprise a fan radially mounted on a motor with a first plurality of fins surrounding the motor disposed to provide airflow in a first direction, and a second plurality of fins surrounding the motor disposed to provide airflow in a second direction. A housing may surround the plurality of fins.Type: GrantFiled: March 6, 2014Date of Patent: June 5, 2018Assignee: HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.Inventors: Stephen White, Evgeni Ganev, Leroy Allen Fizer, Norman Clampitt, Pius Bahn
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Patent number: 9966827Abstract: A vibration motor includes a housing; a vibration unit accommodated and suspended in the housing, the vibration unit including a first vibrator having a first resonant frequency, and a second vibrator having a second resonant frequency; a first elastic member having one end fixed to the first vibrator and another end fixed to the housing for suspending the first vibrator in the housing; and a second elastic member having one end fixed to the second vibrator and another end fixed to the housing for suspending the second vibrator in the housing. By virtue of the configuration, the vibration motor is capable of working at two different resonant frequencies.Type: GrantFiled: March 6, 2016Date of Patent: May 8, 2018Assignee: AAC TECHNOLOGIES PTE. LTD.Inventors: Hongxing Wang, Lubin Mao, Fei Hou
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Patent number: 9960652Abstract: A motor includes a housing, a back cover, a brush card, a brush, and a connector member. The back cover includes a first rear wall portion and a first peripheral wall portion. The first peripheral wall portion includes a through-hole and a cut-out. The through-hole vertically penetrates through the first peripheral wall portion at or near a lower end portion of the first peripheral wall portion. The cut-out is disposed farther on an upper side than the through-hole. The connector member is fitted into the cut-out. An outer surface of the connector member is provided with a flow path groove that extends in both peripheral and axial directions. The motor includes a flow path surface on an inner surface of the back cover. The flow path surface continues from a portion that opposes the flow path groove on a lower side of the flow path groove to the through-hole.Type: GrantFiled: May 17, 2013Date of Patent: May 1, 2018Assignee: NIDEC CORPORATIONInventors: Takashi Shiraishi, Takahiro Hiwa, Shohei Osuga
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Patent number: 9923439Abstract: A hybrid induction motor includes a fixed stator, an independently rotating Hybrid Permanent Magnet/squirrel Cage (HPMSC) outer rotor, and a Squirrel Cage (SC) inner rotor fixed to a motor shaft. The HPMSC rotor has spaced part permanent magnets and sets of first bars between consecutive permanent magnets. The SC rotor has groups of second bars, and slots in an outer surface between consecutive groups of the second bars. The HPMSC rotor is initially accelerated by cooperation of the stator with the first bars. The permanent magnets create a rotating magnetic field cooperating with the second bars to accelerate the SC rotor. As the HPMSC rotor accelerates towards synchronous RPM, the stator field reaches into the HPMSC rotor and cooperates with the permanent magnets to transition to synchronous operation. Salient poles created by cooperation of the permanent magnets with the slots lock the two rotors at synchronous RPM.Type: GrantFiled: January 9, 2014Date of Patent: March 20, 2018Assignee: MOTOR GENERATOR TECHNOLOGY, INC.Inventor: Louis J. Finkle
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Patent number: 9923440Abstract: A hybrid induction motor includes a fixed stator, an independently rotating outer rotor, and an inner rotor fixed to a motor shaft. In one embodiment the outer rotor includes spaced apart first bars and permanent magnets, and the inner rotor includes spaced apart second bars. In another embodiment the outer rotor includes angularly spaced apart first bars but no permanent magnets, and the inner rotor includes permanent magnets and may also include angularly spaced apart second bars. The outer rotor is initially accelerated by cooperation of a rotating stator magnetic field with the first bars. As the outer rotor accelerates towards synchronous RPM, the inner rotor is accelerated to transition to efficient synchronous operation. The outer rotor thus acts as a clutch to decouple the inner rotor from the rotating stator magnetic field at startup and to couple the inner rotor to the rotating stator magnetic field at synchronous speed.Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 2014Date of Patent: March 20, 2018Assignee: MOTOR GENERATOR TECHNOLOGY, INC.Inventor: Louis J. Finkle
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Patent number: 9899887Abstract: A stator includes a multi-phase stator coil comprised of phase windings. Each of the phase windings is formed of a continuous electric conductor and includes in-slot portions and coil end portions. Each of the in-slot portions is received in one of slots of a stator core. Each of the coil end portions is located outside the slots so as to connect one adjacent pair of the in-slot portions. Each of the coil end portions includes at least one oblique part that extends obliquely at an oblique angle with respect to either an axial direction or a circumferential direction of the stator core. The oblique angles of the oblique parts of the coil end portions in at least one of the phase windings of the stator coil are set to be different from the oblique angles of the oblique parts of the coil end portions in the other phase windings.Type: GrantFiled: January 21, 2015Date of Patent: February 20, 2018Assignee: DENSO CORPORATIONInventor: Takashi Tokizawa
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Patent number: 9893595Abstract: A motor with a speed reducer, comprising a motor main body including a rotary shaft; a speed reducer portion including a worm and a worm wheel, a housing including a housing main body and a housing cover, the housing main body accommodating the speed reducer portion and being open to one side in an axial direction of the worm wheel; a circuit board accommodated in the housing, a power component disposed at one side of the circuit board; and a heat-receiving portion disposed at the housing main body, the heat-receiving portion being adjacent to the worm and disposed such that a part of the heat-receiving portion overlaps with the worm as viewed from the side thereof where the opening of the housing main body is disposed, and the heat-receiving portion touching against a face at the other side of the circuit board and receiving heat generated by the power component.Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2014Date of Patent: February 13, 2018Assignee: ASMO CO., LTD.Inventors: Seiichi Murakami, Masumi Tsuchida, Kiyotaka Yamada
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Patent number: 9876409Abstract: An inner-rotor motor includes a shaft, a rotor magnet, a stator arranged radially outside of and opposite to the rotor magnet, and upper and lower brackets arranged to hold upper and lower bearings. The upper bracket includes an upper cylindrical cover press fitted to an outer circumference of a stator core from above, an upper bearing holding portion configured to hold the upper bearing, and a top plate portion arranged to join the upper cylindrical cover to the upper bearing holding portion. The lower bracket includes a lower cylindrical cover press fitted to the outer circumference of the stator core from below, a lower bearing holding portion arranged to hold the lower bearing, and a bottom plate portion arranged to join the lower cylindrical cover to the lower bearing holding portion. Each of the upper and lower brackets is fixed to the stator core through press fitting.Type: GrantFiled: November 24, 2014Date of Patent: January 23, 2018Assignee: NIDEC CORPORATIONInventor: Shinji Kajiyama
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Patent number: 9853514Abstract: Annular portions of a first interphase insulting sheet have void portions. After a U-phase coil is inserted in wave winding, bridge portions are mounted to slots for an adjacent V-phase coil. The void portions are formed at positions corresponding to the bridge portions that are disposed between any two of coil ends. The annular portions are stretched to form a generally pentagon shape, which facilitates mounting of the V-phase coil. The void portions formed at positions that do not need insulation will not impair the insulating function of the first interphase insulating sheet. The void portions formed in alignment with extension of the bridge portions will not cause a drop in the strength of the annular portions.Type: GrantFiled: January 20, 2015Date of Patent: December 26, 2017Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKIInventors: Tatsuya Horiba, Hiroshi Fukasaku, Minoru Mera, Taizo Hirano, Shinichi Okuyama
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Patent number: 9853513Abstract: The present description relates to an insulation cover of a resolver and a method for winding a coil of the insulation cover, which has a slack part formed on a coil by: a slit part formed on a body part so as to correspond to a terminal pin when winding the coil on the terminal pin of a terminal part formed at one side of the insulation cover; and a winding guide part protrudingly formed on a winder so as to correspond to the slit part such that the coil is inserted into or withdrawn from the slit part, relieves the tension, applied to the coil, by the slack part so as to minimize a break in the coil according to the thermal deformation or the deterioration of the coil, has a compact structure, is easily manufactured and reduces manufacturing costs.Type: GrantFiled: July 28, 2016Date of Patent: December 26, 2017Assignee: DAESUNG ELECTRIC CO., LTD.Inventors: Won Young Lee, Byung Cheol Na
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Stator winding arrangement for an electrical machine having series connected short and long windings
Patent number: 9853512Abstract: Described is an electrical machine, including: a rotor having a magnetic flux source mounted thereto; a stator winding arrangement having a first set of electrical connections to provide a first output channel, and a second set of electrical connections to provide a second output channel, the first and second channels being electrically out of phase, wherein the stator winding arrangement is constructed from a plurality of winding portions which are connected in electrical series.Type: GrantFiled: July 16, 2014Date of Patent: December 26, 2017Assignee: ROLLS-ROYCE plcInventors: David Reginald Trainer, Konstantinos Kampisios, Omar Fadhel Jasim, Ellis Fui Hen Chong, John James Anthony Cullen -
Patent number: 9847688Abstract: An insertion groove is disposed on a tubular portion overlapping portion that is overlapped with an inner circumferential surface of a tubular portion of the stator core. Inter-coil insulating bodies that are disposed between a plurality of stator coils include a groove inserted portion. The groove inserted portion includes: a first inserted portion that can be inserted inside the insertion groove when the insulating film is in a bent and folded state; and a second inserted portion that is contiguous to the first inserted portion, a shape of a visible outline of a cross section of the second inserted portion being different than that of the first inserted portion. The second inserted portion generates a stronger elastic force of recovery than the first inserted portion when the groove inserted portion is inserted into the insertion groove.Type: GrantFiled: November 14, 2012Date of Patent: December 19, 2017Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATIONInventors: Yutaka Hirota, Akira Hashimoto, Kazuhiko Boku
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Patent number: 9837869Abstract: A stator configured with an annular stator core, and a plurality of coils mounted on the stator core. The bus bar portion being connected to the terminal portion of a different one of the coils of the same phase. The coil is a multi-layer coil that is formed by winding the conductor in a plurality of layers in an inside-outside direction of loops in the winding portion, and that includes on inner and outer peripheral sides of a coil end portion of the coil a plurality of lane change portions formed by the conductor. The bus bar portion is embedded in a clearance between the lane change portions of the coil of a different phase placed between the coils of the same phase which are connected to each other.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2013Date of Patent: December 5, 2017Assignees: AISIN AW CO., LTD., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Shingo Hashimoto, Hiroyuki Tanaka, Takanori Ota, Shingo Sato, Daichi Kurashige, Hirotaka Kawaura, Norihiko Akao
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Patent number: 9819238Abstract: Obtain a rotary electric machine by which a share of coil slots for a stator winding in slots, which are formed in a stator core, can be increased, and heat generation at a central portion of a stator can be decreased. The stator winding is composed of coil slots, which are inserted to the slots, and coil ends extended toward the outside in the axis direction of the stator core; and the coil conductors of the coil slots are configured in such a way that cross-sectional areas at central portions in the axis direction are wider cross-sectional areas at both end portions, and the cross-sectional areas of the coil conductors are reduced along the coil slots from the central portions to the both end portions.Type: GrantFiled: March 4, 2014Date of Patent: November 14, 2017Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Yutaka Ikura, Shinkichi Sawa, Tatsuro Hino, Tetsuya Yokogawa, Atsushi Sakaue
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Patent number: 9819247Abstract: In an electrical machine for the hybrid drive of a vehicle, an annular cooling jacket extends between a housing and a casing. The cooling jacket is connected to a coolant inlet and a coolant outlet so that coolant is axially introduced into the cooling jacket. The coolant inlet and the coolant outlet are situated next to each other in the circumferential direction of the housing and are hydraulically connected to a deflection section by way of coolant ducts. Coolant introduced into the cooling jacket flows in two partial flows in opposite directions, to the deflection section through coolant ducts forming an intake. The coolant is deflected back to the coolant outlet through a coolant duct forming a return. The coolant flows through the coolant duct of the return and the axially adjacent coolant duct of the intake in opposite directions.Type: GrantFiled: April 2, 2013Date of Patent: November 14, 2017Assignee: VOLKSWAGEN ABInventors: Matthias Leberle, Markus Baum, Gerd Stöhr, Joachim Prokscha
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Patent number: 9806574Abstract: A permanent magnet excited electric machine includes a stator and a moving part movable relative to the stator. One of the stator and moving part has an electric winding system in the form of a single or multiple 3-phase system. The other one of the stator and moving part has permanent magnets. The winding system, in the form of a delta connection, has an inductance such that the related total reactance xB during rated operation according to xB=?B·LY·PB/(Z3P·Ui,B2) is at least 0.8, wherein ?B is the electric angular frequency of the winding system during rated operation, LY is the phase inductance of the winding system in star connection, PB is the power of the machine during rated operation, Z3P is the number of 3-phase systems of the machine, and Ui,B is the amount of the induced conductor voltage during rated operation.Type: GrantFiled: December 23, 2011Date of Patent: October 31, 2017Assignee: L-3 COMMUNICATIONS MAGNET-MOTOR GMBHInventor: Roland Hagenlocher
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Patent number: 9800124Abstract: One embodiment provides an electric rotary machine unit including: a first electric rotary machine having a first stator; and a second electric rotary machine having a second stator. A coil configured by plural coil segments is disposed in each of the first and second stators. The first and second stators are disposed so that connecting portions of the coil segments or joint portions of leg portions of the coil segments are positioned between the stator cores thereof. First and second feeding portions are interposed between the first and second stators in the axial direction and spaced apart from each other in the circumferential direction.Type: GrantFiled: March 10, 2014Date of Patent: October 24, 2017Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Yoshihisa Matsuoka, Keisuke Azusawa
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Patent number: 9800116Abstract: A DC brushless motor includes a housing including a plurality of attachment portions each of which is arranged to extend toward an apparatus, a base portion joined to the attachment portions, and a bearing holding portion joined to the base portion; a bearing member held by the bearing holding portion; a shaft supported by the bearing member to be rotatable about a central axis, and including a portion on one axial side to which blades that perform stirring in a heating chamber are joinable; a rotor holder fixed to the shaft; a rotor magnet held on an inside of a cylindrical portion of the rotor holder; a stator arranged radially inside the rotor magnet; and a circuit board electrically connected with the stator, and arranged axially opposite the opening of the rotor holder.Type: GrantFiled: March 6, 2014Date of Patent: October 24, 2017Assignee: NIDEC CORPORATIONInventors: Yusuke Iwai, Naoki Tabira, Yosuke Kawano