Patents Examined by Nguyen Hanh
  • Patent number: 7294945
    Abstract: The invention relates to a gate or door drive housing with a basic carrier body for preference in the shape of a bowl or shell, to which various different drive components can be secured, and a cover hood which can be connected to the basic carrier body. According to the invention, a housing extension for accommodating additional and/or larger drive components can be connected in a releasable manner in an exact fit to the basic carrying body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2007
    Assignee: Marantec Antriebs-und Steuerungstechnik GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Michael Hormann
  • Patent number: 7291952
    Abstract: A low-abrasion rotating structure includes a stator set, a rotor set, and a rotating shaft. A stator hole is defined at a center of the stator set. A rotor hole is defined at a center of the rotor set. The rotating shaft is disposed in both the stator hole and the rotor hole to connect the stator set and the rotor set, and is rotatable in respect to the stator set and the rotor set.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2007
    Assignee: Delta Electronics, Inc.
    Inventors: Lee-Long Chen, Chien-Hsiung Huang, Wen-Shi Huang
  • Patent number: 7291958
    Abstract: The present invention relates to systems and methods for a synchronous motor/generator including at least one back iron element which is rotated along with a rotor of the motor/generator. Rotation of the back iron(s) mitigates eddy current losses and improves efficiency in the motor/generator. The motor/generator also includes at least one stator winding supported in a non-conductive structure attached to the machine frame. The motor/generator of the present invention can also include at least one permanent magnet located in the rotor. The permanent magnet(s) cooperates with rotor windings to generate a DC magnetic field for the rotor. The components of the motor/generator can be configured in an axial gap topology, radial gap topology, or any other suitable topology.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2007
    Assignee: Reliance Electric Technologies LLC
    Inventor: Viatcheslav V. Dombrovski
  • Patent number: 7291948
    Abstract: An alternator has a rotor having magnetic poles along a circumferential direction and a cooling fan fixed to an end surface of the rotor in an axial direction. The fan has wing portions disposed along the circumferential direction. One wing portion has a fan base extending on or over first and second magnetic poles, first and second fixing members, respectively, fixing first and second fixing portions of the base to the first and second poles, and a fan blade extending from the fan base toward the axial direction. The base or blade has a boundary portion at which a boundary line between the blade and base crosses over a side line of the second pole, and a first distance between the first fixing portion and the boundary portion is substantially equal to a second distance between the second fixing portion and the boundary portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2007
    Assignee: Denso Corporation
    Inventor: Hiroshi Ishida
  • Patent number: 7288866
    Abstract: An output terminal mount includes a molded resin body in which a harness connecting portion and a mounting portion are formed integrally; internal terminals insert molded into the molded resin body such that connecting terminals at a first end are exposed inside harness slots and three-phase output wires are each connected at a second end; and three-phase output bolts insert molded into the molded resin body so as to project into each of the harness slots, nuts being fastened to the projecting portions such that the connecting terminals and terminals of a three-phase output wiring harness are placed in pressure contact with each other. The output terminal mount is mounted by fixing the mount portion to an end surface of a rear bracket at a position between an outer periphery of a crown portion and a radially outer peripheral surface of the rear bracket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2007
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Masaru Kuribayashi, Yoshihito Asao
  • Patent number: 7285885
    Abstract: A small motor including a rotor, a stator, a bearing member which supports the rotor shaft in the radial and thrust direction and a bearing holding member which holds the bearing member. The bearing holding member is formed in a thin plate-shaped elastic member and includes a bearing holding part which holds the bearing member, arm parts which are extended outward from the bearing holding part in the radial direction in a spiral manner, and an outer peripheral part which is connected to the arm part at a position outward in the radial direction of the bearing holding part and which is fixed to the stator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2007
    Assignee: NIDEC Sankyo Corporation
    Inventor: Ikuo Agematsu
  • Patent number: 7276820
    Abstract: A movable assembly used in a cylinder type linear motor is provided which can be manufactured at low cost without requiring a cutting process while preventing its magnetic characteristics from deteriorating. The movable core is constructed of a laminated yoke which is formed of a plurality of electromagnetic steel plates laminated in an axial direction of the first and second direct drive shafts. A plurality of permanent magnets 31 fixed to the laminated yoke 29 are arranged in such a manner that the polarity appearing on the outer surface of the two permanent magnet 31 opposing each other through the laminated yoke 29. The first and second direct drive shafts each have a yoke mounting portion and paired supported portions at both axial ends of the yoke mounting portion. The first and second direct drive shafts are so shaped that the cross section of the yoke mounting portion orthogonal to the axial direction is smaller than that of the supported portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2007
    Assignee: Sanyo Denki Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuqi Tang, Satoshi Sugita
  • Patent number: 7271516
    Abstract: A stepping motor for generating vibration is provided and includes a stator and a rotor. The rotor includes a shaft, a ring magnet and a rotor frame, and the rotor frame is formed into a substantial cup-shape including a disk portion having an opening at the center and also including a cylindrical portion continuously arranged at the periphery of the disk portion, and a weight portion is arranged in a portion of the rotor frame so that the gravity center of the rotor frame an be located at a position eccentric with respect to the center of the rotor frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2007
    Assignee: Minebea-Matsushita Motor
    Inventors: Masaaki Matsubara, Kazuaki Sato, Osamu Furuta, Mikio Umehara, Toshiaki Tsuzaki, Chee Poh Chua
  • Patent number: 7268462
    Abstract: This invention provides a rotary electric machine with a high productivity/maintainability. Since the shaft portion 43 or the stepwise drawn portion is formed with a flat face 47 perpendicular to the rotational axis, when the magnetic poles 42 are bonded to the rotor 40, an accurate gap control can be achieved by applying a certain pressure to the magnetic poles with a jig or the like using the perpendicular flat face 47 as reference, or by controlling the distance from the perpendicular flat face 47.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2007
    Assignee: Yamaha Hatsudoki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Ishihara, Haruyoshi Hino, Shinya Naito, Keiko Murota, Junji Terada, Tomohiro Ono
  • Patent number: 7265467
    Abstract: A fluid dynamic pressure bearing having a tapered seal part provided between a sleeve and a housing, from which lubricating liquid is injected and functions as a buffer of the lubricating liquid. An end part of a radial gap between the sleeve and a shaft body is a labyrinth filled with lubricating liquid. An opening periphery is covered with an oil repellent film to prevent outflow of the lubricating liquid. These features can make the size of the tapered seal part small in the axial direction. It enables a larger radial dynamic pressure bearing mechanism to be formed and, in particular, bearing rigidity in the radial direction can be increased.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2007
    Assignee: Nidec Corporation
    Inventor: Shigeharu Sumi
  • Patent number: 7262525
    Abstract: A rotor of a motor includes a cylindrical rotor shaft that is formed through plastic working. The shaft includes a positioning portion that is formed in an inner peripheral surface of the cylindrical shaft by the plastic working of the shaft. The positioning portion is detachably engageable with a securing member, which is insertable into the shaft in an axial direction of the shaft to position the shaft in a circumferential direction. When the positioning portion is engaged with the securing member, relative rotation between the shaft and the securing member is limited.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2007
    Assignee: ASMO Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takenobu Kawakami, Kazunobu Kanno
  • Patent number: 7262535
    Abstract: A limited rotation motor system that includes a rotor is disclosed wherein the rotor includes a sleeve with a first open end and an a second end having an integral closed end element, and a permanent magnet that is received through the first open end of the sleeve. The first open end of the sleeve is also adapted to receive an output device, and the second closed end is for mounting the rotor within the limited rotation motor system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2007
    Assignee: GSI Group Corporation
    Inventor: Kristopher Pruyn
  • Patent number: 7259486
    Abstract: In an axial fan, a case (40) accommodating the fan motor stator (50) is anchored into a bearing retainer (10), in which ball bearings (20, 21) as a bearing unit are accommodated, along a bulge part (13) formed on the lower end portion thereof. The case (40) extends heading axially downward, wherein there is no diametrical overlap between the ball bearings (20, 21) and the stator (50). Since only the bulge part (13) of the bearing retainer (10) is fixed to the case (40), heat arising from the stator (50) is thermally conveyed via the case (40) only to the bulge part (13). The fact that the thermal conveyance zone is minimal enables unrestrained curtailment of heat transmitted to the ball bearings (20, 21). As a result the axial fan can be designed for prolonged bearing lifespan.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2007
    Assignee: Nidec Corporation
    Inventor: Masato Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 7256526
    Abstract: One or more wheels of an electrically powered vehicle contains a motor rotor and a motor stator that is mounted on an integrated structure having a motor stator mounting element portion and wheel axle portion on each side thereof. The structure is fabricated from a unitary non-ferromagnetic substance. A rotor housing is journalled to the axle portion on both sides of the motor stator mounting element via bearings. A wheel assembly is mounted on the rotor housing thereby to be driven by the rotor. Forced-air cooling is provided through a hollow central passage. A plug separates the passage into two distinct sections, the inlet and the outlet. A plurality of cavities, provided with heat exchanger surfaces, are contained within the stator mounting element portion. Channels at each end of each cavity extend in the radial direction into the central passage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2007
    Inventors: William P. Perkins, Joseph Palazzolo, Mansour Peyghaleh, Mark A. Benson
  • Patent number: 7256525
    Abstract: A slot insulator is provided and includes: an annular part; and a plurality of insulated winding parts disposed a circumference of the annular part. Each of the insulated winding parts has an insulated winding holding part and an insertion groove for housing a winding part of a tooth in a stator yoke. The insertion groove opens in one direction along a center axis of the annular plate and opens at both ends of the insertion groove in a radial direction of the annular plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2007
    Assignee: Minebea Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Nao Aoki, Hiroyuki Kujirai
  • Patent number: 7245055
    Abstract: A stator core for an electrical machine and a method for producing the same. Said stator core comprising a core back and a plurality of teeth arranged circumferentially at the core back and extending radially there from. The core back being made of at least one sheet of electrically insulated soft magnetic material arranged as a spiral. Said method comprising the acts of winding a sheet of electrically insulated soft magnetic material into a spiral in order to form a core back and attaching a plurality of teeth to the core back so that the teeth are circumferentially separated and extends radially from the core back.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2007
    Assignee: Höganäs AB
    Inventor: Alan Jack
  • Patent number: 7239054
    Abstract: A micro-rotating device has a rotor 200 (of diameter not more than 1.5 cm), a shaft 202 threaded through the rotor 200, and a shaft holder 207 for holding the shaft. The shaft holders are formed by etching an Si substrate 501 to form multiple shaft receiving openings 508. The rotors and shafts too are formed from respective Si substrates 301, 401. The rotors 200 are located over the shaft holders 207, and the shafts threaded through the rotors 200 into the openings 509 and attached there by a wafer bonding process. Then the substrate 501 is partitioned to give individual motor elements. Protrusions 206 extend from the rotor in the direction towards the stator to space the rotor from the shaft holder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2007
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Akio Takada, Ching Biing Yeo, Jianmin Miao
  • Patent number: 7239049
    Abstract: A moving magnet type linear actuator is provided, which can solve a problem of linear guide life even in case that magnetic attraction force between a magnet and an armature is reduced to perform a high-frequent acceleration and deceleration operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2007
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Yaskawa Denki
    Inventor: Yasuhiro Miyamoto
  • Patent number: 7230360
    Abstract: A switched reluctance machine (SRM) having a rotor and stator pole numerical relationship of S number of stator poles and R number of rotor poles, where R=2S?2, when S is greater than 4; provides improved power density, torque production, torque ripple, and acoustic noise, and is readily adaptable to existing hardware such as known controllers and the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2007
    Assignee: Illinois Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Piyush C. Desai, Ali Emadi
  • Patent number: 7227287
    Abstract: A motor holder or a lower case defines therein a circuit accommodating chamber for accommodating a control circuit device. A side wall of the motor holder or the lower case that defines the circuit accommodating chamber has a vent for ventilating the chamber. A boundary section is formed between the motor holder and the lower case. An overhang extends from the motor holder. In a section of the circumference of the lower case, the overhang continuously covers the boundary section along the outer surface of the side wall of the lower case. A bulging portion is arranged to prevent water droplets from reaching the vent from the overhang. Therefore, the motor assembly prevents the integrally assembled control circuit device from being wet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2007
    Assignee: Asmo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takeo Noda, Akihiko Suzuki