Patents Examined by Maged M Almawri
  • Patent number: 11824416
    Abstract: A linear actuator, comprising: a base; a fixed part support mechanism attached to the base; a fixed part elastically supported by the fixed part support mechanism; and a movable part driven to reciprocate in a predetermined drive direction with respect to the fixed part, wherein the fixed part support mechanism comprises: a movable block attached to the fixed part; a linear guide that couples the movable block with the base to be slidable in the predetermined drive direction; and an elastic member that is disposed between the base and the movable block and prevents transmission of a high frequency component of vibration in the predetermined drive direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: KOKUSAI KEISOKUKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Sigeru Matsumoto
  • Patent number: 11811291
    Abstract: An electromechanical actuator for electrical flight controls of an aircraft, the actuator comprising a transmission shaft, four electromechanical conversion members, each having a respective stator and rotor secured to the transmission shaft, and four control systems, each dedicated to respective ones of the electromechanical conversion members. The stator has teeth and windings surrounding at least one tooth, whereas the rotor is provided with permanent magnets. Each electromechanical conversion member is a flux-concentrating member and each winding is concentric and has a single layer. The electromechanical actuator is intended in particularly for controlling a hydraulic actuator via a mechanical transmission within an electrical flight control device of an aircraft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: AIRBUS HELICOPTERS
    Inventors: Pierre Estival, Boris Grohmann, Thibaut Marger
  • Patent number: 11804765
    Abstract: A vibrating motor includes a stationary portion, and a movable portion able to vibrate with respect to the stationary portion along a center axis extending in a vertical direction. The stationary portion includes a bearing portion which supports the movable portion to be able to vibrate along the center axis and has a tubular shape extending along the center axis, a coil which directly opposes at least a portion of the movable portion in a radial direction, and a top surface portion which is above the movable portion and connected to the movable portion with an elastic portion therebetween. The bearing portion includes a first region which opposes the movable portion in the radial direction with a first gap therebetween, and a second region which is above the first region and opposes the movable portion in the radial direction with a second gap wider than the first gap therebetween.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: NIDEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Atsunori Hirata, Ryoichi Mitsuhata
  • Patent number: 11799353
    Abstract: A denoising optimization method for an AC traction motor by chamfering a stator tooth shoulder includes taking an angular vertex of the stator tooth shoulder as an end point, obtaining two points equidistantly along two sides of a stator tooth shoulder angle from the end point; and using the two points as tangent points D1 and D2 of the inscribed arc; making the inscribed arc of the tooth shoulder angle through the two tangent points D1 and D2, cutting off the tooth shoulder angle along the inscribed arc, and adjusting an oblique height HS1 of a stator tooth pole shoe. The invention obtains optimal values of a chamfering size and oblique height of a stator tooth slot pole shoe by adjusting the oblique height of the stator tooth pole shoe and adopting a particle swarm optimization algorithm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: HUNAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Xiaoping Zhang, Donghao Liu, Bo Fu
  • Patent number: 11791672
    Abstract: A core for use in an axial gap rotating electric machine, the core including: a yoke having an annular plate shape; and a plurality of teeth having a columnar shape arranged at intervals in a circumferential direction of the yoke, wherein the yoke has: an outer-circumferential face; an inner-circumferential face; a first face having a flat shape connecting the outer-circumferential face and the inner-circumferential face to each other; and a plurality of recessed portions connected to the first face, each of the plurality of teeth has an outer-circumferential face protruding in an axial direction of the yoke with respect to the first face, each of the plurality of recessed portions are connected to at least a portion of each one of the plurality of teeth in a circumferential direction of the outer-circumferential face, all shortest distances between at least one of an outer-circumferential edge of the first face and an inner-circumferential edge of the first face and the outer-circumferential faces of the plu
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignees: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD., Sumitomo Electric Sintered Alloy, Ltd.
    Inventors: Tatsuya Saito, Tomoyuki Ueno, Yuka Fukunaga, Hijiri Tsuruta, Shinichi Hirono
  • Patent number: 11791142
    Abstract: A small-gap device system, preferably including two or more electrodes and one or more spacers maintaining a gap between two or more of the electrodes. A spacer for a small-gap device system, preferably including a plurality of legs defining a mesh structure. A method of spacer and/or small-gap device fabrication, preferably including: defining lateral features, depositing spacer material, selectively removing spacer material, separating the spacer from a fabrication substrate, and/or assembling the small-gap device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignees: Spark Thermionics, Inc., The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania
    Inventors: Matthew Campbell, Mohsen Azadi, Kyana Van Houten, Jared William Schwede, Samuel M. Nicaise, Igor Bargatin
  • Patent number: 11791702
    Abstract: An electromagnetic machine includes a stator, a movable armature and a device for mechanically connecting the movable armature to the stator. The connecting device includes a plurality of leaf springs. The stator includes at least one first electrical coil and at least one first magnetic core forming at least one open loop between first and second terminal ends of said first loop in order to define an air gap between said terminal ends. The plurality of leaf springs extends on a single side of an air gap plane perpendicular to a first loop plane. The plurality of leaf springs is arranged so as to authorise the translation of the movable armature in relation to said stator in a direction that is perpendicular to the loop plane and to prohibit any movement of said movable armature in any direction within said loop plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: AMS R&D SAS
    Inventors: Guy Delaisse, Jean-Baptiste Drevet, Harold Guillemin
  • Patent number: 11784548
    Abstract: A vibrating actuator having two different resonant frequencies is disclosed. The vibrating actuator comprises a first moving part 210 having an arrangement of magnets 320. In one embodiment, the arrangement of magnets 320 comprises at least two magnets. The like poles of the magnets 320 face each other and the arrangement of magnets 320 has two outer poles 328. The vibrating actuator has a second moving part 210 having one or more coils 410. The one or more coils 410 are wound over the arrangement of the magnets 320 such that the first moving part 210 can freely slide into the second moving part 220. A chassis 110 is formed by two parts 170, and each part of the chassis 110 is cut to form a first elastic member 150 and a second elastic member 160.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: META PLATFORMS, INC.
    Inventors: Amir Berrezag, Pooya Ghaderi, James Mazur
  • Patent number: 11757341
    Abstract: An actuator device includes a support part, a first movable part, a second movable part, a first connecting part, a second connecting part, a spiral coil provided to the second movable part, a magnetic field generator, a first external terminal provided to the support part; and a first wiring connected to an inner end portion of the coil and the first external terminal. The first wiring includes a lead wiring connected to the first external terminal, and a straddle wiring formed in a shape of a layer, provided to the second movable part so as to straddle the coil, and connected to the inner end portion of the coil and the lead wiring. A thickness of the straddle wiring is smaller than a thickness of the coil. The straddle wiring is electrically insulated from the mirror surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K.
    Inventors: Daiki Suzuki, Takuma Osaki, Yasuyuki Sakakibara
  • Patent number: 11750074
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a linear motor including a housing with an accommodation space, a vibrator, a stator, an elastic member and a flexible printed circuit board; the vibrator includes an iron core with an axis direction, a coil wounded around the iron core and a fixing member fixed on the iron core; the flexible printed circuit board is fixed on the fixing member. The fixing member serves as a bridge between the coil and the flexible printed circuit board, thus improving the fixation stability between the coil and the flexible printed circuit board and effectively avoiding disconnection of the coil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: AAC Microtech (Changzhou) Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jie Ma, Lubin Mao, Kejia Liu, Zhiyong Cui
  • Patent number: 11750070
    Abstract: An electric machine with variable torque generation having a tunable Halbach array configuration. The electric machine includes a magnet assembly for generating a magnetic field. The magnet assembly includes a plurality of fixed magnets disposed in a ring arrangement so that fixed magnets having a north pole faced toward the rotor or stator are alternated with fixed magnets having a south pole faced toward the rotor or stator, a plurality of rotatable magnets disposed within a respective slot formed between two adjacent fixed magnets, a drive assembly for turning the rotatable magnets within the slots to vary the magnetic field generated by the magnet assembly in the rotor or stator, the drive assembly configured to turn the rotatable magnets between a first position wherein the magnetic field in the rotor or stator is augmented and a second position wherein the magnetic field in the rotor or stator is cancelled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: Falcon Power, LLC
    Inventors: Harley C. McDonald, James L. Bailey, Matthew C. McDonald
  • Patent number: 11742852
    Abstract: A self-powered wireless switch includes at least one micro generator and a control panel for transmitting wireless control signals, the micro generator including a magnet assembly and a coil assembly being moved relatively to one another to generate an induced current within the coil assembly; the coil assembly including an iron core and a wire winding around the outside of the iron core to form a magnetic coil; the magnet assembly including a permanent magnet and magnet conductive plates arranged at two sides of the opposite magnetic poles of the permanent magnet. The self-powered wireless switch enables the magnetic assembly and the coil assembly to move relatively to one another and converts the mechanical energy to electricity, thereby achieving self-power generation and providing electricity to the control panel for transmission of wireless control signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Inventor: YuanFang Liu
  • Patent number: 11735967
    Abstract: A rotary electric machine having a stator, and a rotor having a shaft and permanent magnets on the surface of the shaft, the permanent magnets having a face of concave overall shape directed toward the stator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: MOTEURS LEROY-SOMER
    Inventor: Dominique Jourdan
  • Patent number: 11735963
    Abstract: In a frame structure of a motor, when the number of angles of a frame is 4M (M is a natural number, and M?1), and the number of slots of an armature core is 6N (N is a natural number, and N?1), the armature core is inserted into the frame in such a manner as to form a variation ? within a predetermined range in a circumferential direction between a reference line that is orthogonal to two opposing sides of the frame and passes through a rotation axis of the frame, and a straight line linking magnetic poles symmetric about a point with respect to the rotation axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: SANYO DENKI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Manabu Horiuchi, Yasushi Misawa, Jun Kitajima, Mai Shimizu
  • Patent number: 11715986
    Abstract: A motor includes a rotor and a stator including a stator core and a winding including a first extension extending with respect to the stator core toward one side in a rotation-axis direction of the rotor, a second extension extending toward a rotation-radial direction outside of the rotor from an end of the first extension on the one side in the rotation-axis direction, and a third extension extending toward the one side in the rotation-axis direction from an end at the rotor rotation-radial direction outside of the second extension, and connected to a circuit device, and the winding forming a coil around the stator core, and such that an inner bent portion at a boundary between the first and second extensions is disposed at the one side in the rotation-axis direction with respect to an outer bent portion at a boundary between the second and third extensions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shinji Ikeda, Takumi Nagaya, Tatsuya Takagi, Kuniaki Matsumoto, Kazuhiro Hosotani, Yutaro Yagi, Yoshihiko Suga, Takuya Matsumoto, Shunichi Hiraoka
  • Patent number: 11714490
    Abstract: A radial magnet actuator includes a housing having an inner space, a moving body including a mass body provided to relatively move in the inner space, and a hollow radial magnet provided in the mass body, an elastic member configured to elastically support the moving body from one side of the inner space, and a hollow coil part provided at an upper side of the inner space, with at least a portion inserted into the hollow of the radial magnet, wherein the radial magnet is magnetized in a radial direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: CK MATERIALS LAB CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hyeong Jun Kim, Jong Hun Lee, Jong Ki Lee, Ihn Beom Lee
  • Patent number: 11716003
    Abstract: An electromagnetic inertial force generator is provided, which includes radially polarized permanent magnets providing bias flux across axial gaps to combine with axial coil flux to linearize flux output. An array of components is integrated into a single structure that is more compact and lighter than a monolithic force generator, providing the same level of performance while using less permanent magnet material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventor: John E. Miesner
  • Patent number: 11715987
    Abstract: In a motor, a motor housing includes a motor housing main body having a cylindrical portion and a lid portion holding a first bearing, a cover holding a second bearing, a stator housing forming a radial flow path, first and second seal members, and a positioning portion for radially positioning the motor housing main body and the cover. The stator housing includes a stator housing main body and a flange portion positioned between the motor housing main body and the cover in the axial direction. The first seal member seals a gap in the radial direction between the cylindrical portion and the stator housing main body. The second seal member seals a gap in the axial direction between the motor housing main body and the flange portion. The positioning portion positions the stator housing in the radial direction with respect to the motor housing main body and the cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: NIDEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuki Ishikawa, Masami Sugino
  • Patent number: 11705788
    Abstract: The present disclosure envisages an electromagnetic drive unit. The drive unit comprises a magnet having a north pole surface, a south pole surface, an operative top surface and an operative bottom surface. A coil having a pair of terminals is assembled on the magnet and hingeably coupled to the magnet, wherein a hingeable movement of the coil with respect to the magnet provides a reciprocating mechanical drive to the magnet. The hingeable movement of the coil is facilitated by providing an alternating supply to the pair of terminals of the coil. A hinge is provided on a base supporting the magnet for facilitating the pivotal movement of coil with respect to the magnet. A resilient band is provided adjacent the operative top surface of the magnet for securing the coil to the magnet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Inventor: Michael Robert Maurice
  • Patent number: 11699943
    Abstract: A vibration motor and a tactile device are provided. The vibration motor has: a stationary portion; a movable portion having a magnet and capable of vibrating with respect to the stationary portion along a central axis extending in an up-down direction; and an elastic member. The stationary portion has: a housing, disposed radially outside from the movable portion and having a cylindrical shape extending along the central axis; a top surface portion, disposed above the movable portion, fixed to the housing, and extended in a direction intersecting with the central axis; and a coil, capable of applying a driving force to the movable portion. The elastic member is disposed below the top surface portion and above the movable portion. The elastic member is fixed to both the top surface portion and the movable portion, and supports the movable portion so that the movable portion can vibrate along the central axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: NIDEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Atsunori Hirata, Ryoichi Mitsuhata