Patents Examined by Michael Andrews
  • Patent number: 11456655
    Abstract: Embodiments described include a electrical linear motor comprising a stator and an actuation shaft movable in a linear axial direction with respect to the stator. The stator comprising a casing, an electromagnet array mounted in the casing. The electromagnet array comprising a central orifice extending in the linear axial direction within which the actuation shaft extends. The actuation shaft comprising a permanent magnet arrangement comprising a plurality of magnetic pole segments. The electromagnetic array comprising a plurality of electromagnets to generate a magnetic field that in conjunction with the magnetic field of the permanent magnet arrangement generates an electromotive force between the stator and actuation shaft having a component in the axial direction to drive the actuation shaft relative to the stator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: KOMP-ACT SA
    Inventors: Salvatore De Benedictis, Marcel Jufer, Ross Fleming
  • Patent number: 11456640
    Abstract: A rotor includes: a tubular retaining ring opened on an outer side thereof in an axial direction and covering a coil end portion of each of coils; and rotor baffles and insulation baffles alternately connected in a circumferential direction and partitioning a space in the retaining ring into a first space and a second space, the first space is formed over an entire circumference around a shaft, each rotor baffle includes, at a part thereof on a radially outer side of which a jumper portion is present, a first tapered shape part tilted so as to be more apart from the jumper portion toward a center side in the axial direction of the rotor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kiyonori Koga
  • Patent number: 11446828
    Abstract: A parallel type integrated actuator is proposed. The actuator includes: a driving unit composed of a plurality of motors, each motor being stacked successively in a longitudinal direction of the driving unit, each motor having a stator fixed to a position outside the driving unit and a rotor positioned inside thereof, each motor rotating relative to each other; a plurality of shafts; a heat sink housing having a cylindrical shape formed around the outer surface of the driving unit, and having an inner circumferential surface thereof thermally connected with the plurality of stators and a plurality of flow paths formed on the outer circumferential surface thereof; and a blower fan installed on one end side of the driving unit, provided with a wing part disposed to be adjacent to one end side of the heat sink housing, wherein rotation generates convection for heat exchange.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: Ezwon Internet Service Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jae Ho Noh, Woo Sung Yang, Jin Ho Yang, Hyun Kuk Lim
  • Patent number: 11444522
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a brushless and magnet-free synchronous electrical machine, wherein it comprises a stator (20) comprising a ring (22), a winding (28) and a tooth system (24) comprising teeth (26) extending parallel to the axis of rotation from the ring (22), said winding being wound around the tooth system (24), a rotor (10), comprising a first portion (12a) extending in p preferred directions (18a), a second portion (12b) extending in p preferred directions (18b) shifted by p with respect to the preferred directions of the first portion (18a), and an intermediate portion (14) linking the first portion (12a) to the second portion (12b), and a coil (40) for exciting the rotor, fixed with respect to the stator, supplied with a DC electric current, positioned around the intermediate portion (14) of the rotor and configured so as to generate an electric flux in the rotor (10) through magnetic induction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: SAFRAN ELECTRICAL & POWER
    Inventor: Lionel Bourgeois
  • Patent number: 11437889
    Abstract: A work device including a cover provided on a base to form a work space between the cover and the base; a linear motor disposed in the work space having an extended stator and a movable element moving along the stator in a transfer direction; and a work executing section provided on the movable element to execute a predetermined work; wherein the movable element includes: a heat-dissipating section to dissipate heat generated from a constituent member to air, the constituent member constituting at least one of the movable element and the work executing section; a duct, covering the heat-dissipating section, having an intake port and an exhaust port; and a blower to blow the air from the intake port of to the exhaust port.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: FUJI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoji Fujita, Yusuke Yamakage
  • Patent number: 11424662
    Abstract: Cooling member 142 for cooling linear motor 56 includes heat collector 150 provided inside movable element 102 for absorbing the heat of the movable element and heat dissipator 152 extending from heat collector 150 to the outside of the movable element and dissipating the heat absorbed by heat collector 150, wherein heat dissipator 152 of cooling member 142 protrudes from a portion of movable element 102 on the moving body 50 side, and extends to the back side of the pair of stators 100 through a space between one of the pair of stators 100, that is, stator 100a and moving body 50.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: FUJI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shinichi Kato, Takeshi Nomura
  • Patent number: 11418071
    Abstract: A rotating electrical machine includes a rotor, a stator core, coils, and insulating sheets. A discharge port that discharges coolant is provided on an outer circumferential face of the rotor. The stator core includes an annular or cylindrical yoke, and teeth disposed on an inner circumferential face of the yoke in a circumferential direction with spaces. The stator core is disposed encompassing an outer circumference of the rotor. A slot-wall-face channel is provided on a wall face of the stator core defining a slot, and configured to open as to the slot for the coolant to flow through. The coils are wound on the teeth. The insulating sheet is disposed in the slot and interposed between the stator core and the coil, and is configured with at least part of the slot-wall-face channel open as to the coil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kenta Tabuchi, Takashi Matsumoto
  • Patent number: 11404929
    Abstract: A motor comprises a stator comprising at least one core; a coil wound on the at least one core of the stator; a rotor having a rotor pole and being rotatably mounted relative to the stator; and at least one magnet disposed between the rotor and the stator. The at least one core comprises a composite material defined by iron-containing particles having an alumina layer disposed thereon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: Persimmon Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Martin Hosek, Sripati Sah, Jayaraman Krishnasamy
  • Patent number: 11404922
    Abstract: According to the present invention, provided is a rotary electric machine, which is to be connected to at least one of a first torque input/output shaft and a second torque input/output shaft, and includes a stator and a rotor. The rotor of the rotary electric machine includes: a rotor core; a torque transmitting portion, which is connected to at least one of the first torque input/output shaft and the second torque input/output shaft, and is formed of a plate-shaped member; and a rotor core retaining portion, which is retained on the torque transmitting portion, is configured to retain the rotor core, and is formed of a plate-shaped member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuyuki Iwamoto, Motoaki Kimura, Masaya Inoue
  • Patent number: 11387701
    Abstract: A highly reliable rotating electric machine is provided in which the amount of charge discharged by partial discharge can be reduced while the machine is downsized by decreasing the thickness of insulation for coils, and it is possible to prevent paper flapping in coil end portions because of rotating wind produced by rotation of the rotor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: Hitachi Industrial Products, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuuichirou Yoshitake, Shoichi Maruyama, Yuuki Kasai, Manabu Suzuki
  • Patent number: 11381128
    Abstract: A stator includes first exterior members that surround sides of outer circumferential portions of coil ends on both end sides of an iron core, second exterior members connected to the first exterior members, and which surround sides of end portions of the coil ends in the axial direction, and mold members that cover the coil ends and are placed in contact with the first exterior members and the second exterior members. Holes are formed in the second exterior member on one end side, and a surface that faces the mold member, of the second exterior member on the one end side, is inclined in a manner so that a thickness thereof becomes continuously thinner toward the holes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: FANUC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenji Kawai, Tatsuya Ooi
  • Patent number: 11374454
    Abstract: A dynamo-electric machine with discharge reduced in a core slot without relation to a position of a stator coil placed in the core slot is provided. For that purpose, the present invention includes: a stator coil including a coil conductor and a main insulation layer covering a surface of the coil conductor; a core slot containing the stator coil; a first semiconducting layer that is placed between the stator coil and the core slot and is wrapped around and in contact with the main insulation layer; and a second semiconducting layer that is wrapped around the stator coil and in contact with the core slot, with the second semiconducting layer overlaid on the first semiconducting layer. The first semiconducting layer has a surface facing toward the core slot and a release layer is formed on the surface facing toward the core slot. The first semiconducting layer has electric connection with an inner peripheral surface of the core slot via the second semiconducting layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: Hitachi Industrial Products, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuuki Kasai, Yuuichirou Yoshitake, Hiroaki Kojima
  • Patent number: 11374480
    Abstract: A magnetic coupling system and a method of balancing a magnetic coupler are provided. The magnetic coupling system includes a follower magnet magnetically coupled to a drive magnet, and a magnetic balancing component located to a side of the follower magnet. Movement of the drive magnet induces corresponding movement of the follower magnet. The magnetic balancing component and the drive magnet exert attractive magnetic forces on the follower magnet in opposite directions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard Decena Ornelaz, Michael Linley Fripp
  • Patent number: 11374466
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a motor stator and a motor. The motor stator comprises a core; windings wound on the core; and a three-dimensional fitted winding inner groove embedding structure which is a cage-type structure having ribs and ends, the ribs being embedded in grooves between the windings, and the ends being connected to the ribs and cover ends of stator windings; both of the rib and the end of the inner groove embedding structure comprise nonmagnetic heat-conducting glue layers and a phase-change material layer interposed as an interlayer between the heat-conducting glue layers. According to the present disclosure, the heat of each part of the motor stator can be quickly conducted, so as to rapidly reduce the temperature, quickly eliminate the instantaneous temperature peak, and improve the temperature gradient equilibrium of each part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: BEIJING INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Qiang Huang, Wu Zhang, Donglin Qiu, Xuechao Chen, Qiang Chen
  • Patent number: 11368079
    Abstract: A plural magnet arrangement of a matrix of rows and columns having an altered magnet field alignment of a plurality of the magnets in a matrix comprising rows and columns of magnets in such a manner that there are at times a co-existing combination of changing attractive and repelling magnetic field regions all throughout the coil winding volume, reducing the counter electromotive force (voltage) during electrically connecting a load to the coil winding terminals and extends the time duration of the output voltage waveform and this is accomplished wherein the rotational torque required to rotate the centre magnet through the coil of which it is centred within is reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Inventor: David Deak, Sr.
  • Patent number: 11362563
    Abstract: A motor includes a cooling enclosure. The cooling enclosure includes a cover body, an inner fan, and an outer fan. A first cooling cavity, a second cooling cavity, and an isolating cavity between the first cooling cavity and the second cooling cavity are formed in the cover body. A plurality of first and second cooling pipes are respectively disposed in the first and second cooling cavity; both being in communication with the isolating cavity and the outside. The cover body includes a first surface and an opposite second surface. The inner fan is disposed on the first surface. Sides of the inner fan are respectively in communication with the first and second cooling cavities. The inner fan is configured to provide circulating power for internal circulating air. The outer fan is in communication with the isolating cavity. The cooling enclosure and the motor can realize relatively high cooling efficiency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventor: Wei Zhang
  • Patent number: 11329523
    Abstract: Provided is a permanent magnet brush micromotor and an assembly method thereof. Its upper stator bracket and lower stator bracket are designed to fit together, and the concave parts of the upper stator bracket and lower stator bracket are matched to form a complete mounting cavity for mounting a motor shaft, core winding, bearings and commutator. The core winding, bearings and commutator are installed on the motor shaft to form a mover assembly, and then the mover assembly is installed in the concave part of the lower stator bracket. Finally, combining and fixing the upper stator bracket and lower stator bracket with electric brushes which are respectively placed in brush mounting positions. And, two bearings are fixed or pressed on the same component, so that the concentricity and coaxiality of the bearings can be ensured, the compression of the central biasing force is avoided during assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Inventor: Jiankun Hu
  • Patent number: 11316412
    Abstract: A motor includes an annular sensor magnet rotated integrally with a rotation shaft of a rotor by a bushing, and a rotation detector arranged opposed to the sensor magnet to detect rotation information of the rotor. The bushing includes an annular fixing portion, which is fixed to the rotation shaft, and an extension, which extends from the fixing portion in an axial direction of the rotation shaft and is embedded in the sensor magnet. The extension includes an axial engagement portion engaged with the sensor magnet in the axial direction inside the sensor magnet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshiyuki Kitai, Kouichi Suzuki
  • Patent number: 11303194
    Abstract: A cryogen-free partially-superconducting electric machine of the wound field synchronous type includes a room temperature semi-slotless stator, a superconducting motor rotor, a gap between the rotor and stator, a torque tube which isolates the cryogenic superconducting motor rotor from a central shaft, bearings, an acoustic cryocooler integrated within the motor rotor and torque tube, a heat exchange, a rotary transformer, a vacuum pump, a vacuum enclosure integrated with the stator, and an eddy current/thermal shield. The electric machine can act as a motor or a generator and produces a high specific power and efficiency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: United States of America as Represented by the Administrator of National Aeronautics and Space Administration
    Inventors: Ralph H. Jansen, Peter E. Kascak, Rodger W. Dyson
  • Patent number: 11303167
    Abstract: A laminated core of a rotary electric machine having: a first spiral core constituent body layer configured by linking a plurality of metal first core constituent pieces that have a magnet mounting part, the first spiral core constituent body layer being wound in a spiral shape as an integral body; and a second spiral core constituent body layer configured by linking the plurality of first core constituent pieces and a metal second core constituent piece that has a magnet mounting part, the second core constituent piece having a different longitudinal-direction length than do the first core constituent pieces, and the second spiral core constituent body layer being wound in a spiral shape as an integral body. The second spiral core constituent body layer is laminated on the first spiral core constituent body layer in continuation with the first spiral core constituent body layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Asami Ichikawa, Takashi Umeda