Patents Examined by Nicholas Lee Setzer
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Patent number: 12683467Abstract: A motor may include a rotor; a stator comprising a stator core and a coil; a housing that houses the rotor and the stator; and a first annular member that provides a seal between a first end face of the stator core in an axial direction of the stator core and an inner wall surface of the housing. The first annular member may include a plurality of first holes through which refrigerant is injected toward a first coil end of the coil protruding from the first end face of the stator core. At least one of the plurality of first holes may be covered with at least one mesh filter.Type: GrantFiled: November 2, 2023Date of Patent: July 14, 2026Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Shogo Kajimoto, Hiroaki Urano, Kentaro Yoshioka, Yukio Tsuchiya, Yuta Narisawa, Yutaro Ikeda, Hideki Nakagawa
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Patent number: 12665449Abstract: A stator of an electric machine of axial flux design, with and a stator core, which forms a structural unit and includes a first region oriented towards a first axial outer side, and a second region oriented towards a second axial outer side. In the first region, stator teeth and winding grooves are formed on the first outer side alternately in the peripheral direction. In the second region, stator teeth) and winding grooves are formed on the second outer side alternately in the peripheral direction. The stator teeth of the first and second regions are oriented offset to each other. The winding grooves of the first and second regions are radially distanced from one another in the peripheral direction such that there is no overlap of the winding grooves of the first and second regions in the axial direction in the outer surface that runs around radially.Type: GrantFiled: November 10, 2021Date of Patent: June 23, 2026Assignee: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KGInventor: Holger Witt
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Patent number: 12651937Abstract: According to one embodiment, a rotary electric machine includes a rotor and a stator. The rotor includes a rotary shaft, a first core, a permanent magnet, and an intermediate member. The rotary shaft extends in a first direction. The first core is provided around the rotary shaft in a first plane perpendicular to the first direction. The permanent magnet is provided around the first core in the first plane. The intermediate member is provided between the rotary shaft and the first core. The intermediate member includes a first portion containing a carbon fiber, and a second portion aligned with the first portion in the first direction and containing a metal. The stator is provided around the rotor in the first plane.Type: GrantFiled: October 2, 2023Date of Patent: June 9, 2026Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventors: Eri Kinoshita, Yasuaki Hadame, Masaya Hagiwara, Kei Matsuoka
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Patent number: 12614932Abstract: An axial motor includes a fastening plate and a plurality of magnetic cores. The plurality of magnetic cores are spaced apart around the inner shaft sleeve. A magnetic core end part of the magnetic core covers a part of an end surface of a magnetic core winding part of the magnetic core, and an end surface, of the magnetic core winding part, that is not covered by the magnetic core end part forms a step surface. The fastening plate is fastened to an end surface of the inner shaft sleeve. The fastening plate includes an accommodating groove that is concave relative to the end surface of the inner shaft sleeve. A plurality of magnetic core accommodating holes are provided in the accommodating groove. The plurality of magnetic core accommodating holes respectively correspond to magnetic core end parts that accommodate the plurality of magnetic cores.Type: GrantFiled: September 8, 2023Date of Patent: April 28, 2026Assignee: HUAWEI DIGITAL POWER TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.Inventors: Zhao Zhou, Chaojie Shi, Chuanping Liu
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Patent number: 12614942Abstract: A motor unit disclosed herein may comprise: a rotor supported rotatably; a stator core facing the rotor in a radial direction; a stator coil disposed on the stator core; and a first busbar having a plate shape and including a base end connected to the stator coil and a distal end including a connection terminal. The first busbar may include a linear section extending along a straight line. The linear section of the first busbar may include a reinforced section where a thickness direction of the first busbar varies along a width direction of the first busbar.Type: GrantFiled: November 2, 2023Date of Patent: April 28, 2026Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Kengo Ohira
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Patent number: 12592605Abstract: A case (1) that houses a rotary electric machine (2) and an inverter device (INV) has an inlet (11) through which coolant flows, and a channel (4) along which the coolant flows. The channel (4) includes a first heat exchange portion (41) where heat is exchanged between the inverter device (INV) and the coolant, and a turbine disposition portion (43) where a turbine (7) is disposed. The turbine (7) is rotated by a flow of the coolant passing through the turbine disposition portion (43), and a pump rotor (88) of an oil pump (8) that discharges oil to be supplied to the rotary electric machine (2) is drivingly connected to the turbine (7).Type: GrantFiled: July 13, 2022Date of Patent: March 31, 2026Assignee: AISIN CORPORATIONInventors: Takeshi Torii, Shoichi Yamasaki
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Patent number: 12589880Abstract: Provided are a rotor, and a propeller driving device and an aircraft using same. The propeller driving device includes: a housing in which an upper cover and a lower cover having a plurality of through holes are respectively coupled to an upper portion and a lower portion of a cylindrical case; a stator arranged inside the case; a rotor arranged at a distance from the stator; and a rotary shaft connected to the rotor through a plurality of bridges and having both ends rotatably supported by an upper bearing and a lower bearing positioned at respective centers of the upper cover and the lower cover, wherein inner cooling of a motor is formed by an air flow passage that passes through a plurality of through holes of the upper cover and the lower cover and a plurality of spaces formed between the plurality of bridges.Type: GrantFiled: April 20, 2022Date of Patent: March 31, 2026Assignee: AMOTECH CO., LTD.Inventors: Jeong Hoon Lee, Seung Jin Choi
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Patent number: 12580436Abstract: A stator assembly for an electric machine, including a sheet metal package, a winding assembly, and a collimator. The sheet metal package includes sheets and extends between a first and second axial end. The sheets include grooves forming groove pockets in the sheet metal package. The winding assembly extends through the groove pockets, the groove pockets at least partially including a first plurality of grooves configured as open grooves in a first axial region provided at the first axial end, a second plurality of grooves configured as open grooves in a second axial region provided at the second axial end, and a third plurality of grooves in at least one third axial region, the at least one third axial region lying between the first axial region and the second axial region. The third plurality of grooves are configured as closed grooves.Type: GrantFiled: April 13, 2023Date of Patent: March 17, 2026Assignee: DR. ING. H.C. F. PORSCHE AKTIENGESELLSCHAFTInventors: Tobias Engelhardt, Michael Reinlein, David Bauer, Johannes Wende, Thomas Hubert
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Patent number: 12573895Abstract: A rotor punching sheet includes a sheet body and a plurality of magnet slots defined in the sheet body. Each magnet slot includes a first section and a second section arranged opposite to each other and each configured to extend in a first direction; and a third section and a fourth section arranged opposite to each other and each adjacent to and connected to the first section and the second section, to form the magnet slot together with the first section and the second section. The first section and the third section are connected to each other through a curved section, the curved section is configured to arch towards a side away from a center of the sheet body in a second direction relative to the first section, and the second direction is perpendicular to the first direction.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2023Date of Patent: March 10, 2026Assignee: XIAOMI EV TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventor: Xuan Luo
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Patent number: 12558707Abstract: A transducer includes a substrate, a lower electrode, an insulating layer, an oscillating membrane, and an upper electrode. The substrate has a cave and an island-shaped protrusion defining the cave. The lower electrode is disposed in the cave and on the island-shaped protrusion of the substrate. The insulating layer is disposed on the lower electrode. The oscillating membrane includes a contact portion and an oscillating portion. The contact portion is in contact with the insulating layer and is located between the oscillating portion and the insulating layer. A cavity is located between the oscillating portion and the cave of the substrate. The upper electrode is disposed on the oscillating membrane. Moreover, a manufacturing method of the transducer is also provided.Type: GrantFiled: July 24, 2023Date of Patent: February 24, 2026Assignee: AUO CorporationInventors: Pin-Hsiang Chiu, Tai-Hsiang Huang, Zheng-Han Chen, Ming Xuan Zhang
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Patent number: 12556067Abstract: A rotary electromagnetically controlled resistance device not only installs a high-precision sensor module in the resistance device only, but also writes integrated 3-parameter actual measured data (speed, torque and current) into an EEPROM of the sensor module and installs the EEPROM in the resistance device. Software and hardware of a controller are installed externally, such that a signal cable of the sensor module can be passed through the rotary resistance device and connected to the external controller. Therefore, this invention can overcome the issue of setting the controller in the resistance device in the related art, and the resistance device can be developed independently and completely without being limited by the controller to greatly improve the flexibility in mass production and maintenance of the resistance device, while the high-precision 3-parameter real measured data can be moved and kept together with the resistance device to achieve a long-term high-precision effect.Type: GrantFiled: April 17, 2023Date of Patent: February 17, 2026Assignee: Ho-Hsin Plastic Company Limited.Inventor: Yuan-Kwei Tzeng
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Patent number: 12537424Abstract: An inverter unit at an end portion of a motor in a rotation shaft direction, the motor includes a conductive member electrically connected to the inverter unit, the inverter unit includes a control component connected to the conductive member and configured to control driving of the motor, the conductive member extends from the end portion of the motor along a rotation shaft of the motor in a state of being adjacent to the rotation shaft, and the control component is disposed on a radially outer side of the conductive member.Type: GrantFiled: November 25, 2020Date of Patent: January 27, 2026Assignee: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Masaya Nakajima, Yoshiyuki Sakai, Seiichi Sato, Kouki Matsumura
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Patent number: 12519367Abstract: A rotating electric machine system includes a rotor and a stator. A partition wall member is interposed between the rotor and the stator. The partition wall member forms a rotor chamber and a housing internal oil passage in a rotating electric machine housing. A separation distance between the rotor and an inner circumferential wall of the partition wall member is defined as an inner side separation distance. A separation distance between an outer circumferential wall of the partition wall member and a stator is defined as an outer side separation distance. The inner side separation distance is greater than the outer side separation distance.Type: GrantFiled: August 10, 2023Date of Patent: January 6, 2026Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Manabu Yazaki, Tatsuya Choji, Naoki Ito
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Patent number: 12500497Abstract: Disclosed rotor assemblies can be configured to address differential thermal expansion in the rotor assembly during ESP motor use. Some rotor assembly embodiments can employ an improved stacking technique to minimize differential thermal expansion issues by removing certain components from the axial stack of supporting components of the rotor assembly. Alternatively, or in conjunction, some rotor assembly embodiments can use a biasing element which is configured to compensate for the differential axial thermal expansion, tolerance stack-up, and/or gravity.Type: GrantFiled: June 2, 2023Date of Patent: December 16, 2025Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.Inventors: AndrĂ¡s Bencze, Michael Rimmer
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Patent number: 12476500Abstract: A motor, a powertrain, and a device. A plurality of first oil channels are formed between an inner surface of a housing and an outer surface of a stator core, second oil channels are formed at groove roots of coil slots of the stator core, to form double-layer oil channels at the outer surface of the stator core and the root of the coil slot of the stator core, and ensure effective cooling of the stator core and a coil winding. After cooling oil is injected from an oil filling port, a flow direction of the cooling oil in some of the second oil channels is opposite to that of cooling oil in a remaining second oil channel, so that interleaved reverse flows are implemented, and axial temperature of the stator core and the coil winding is more even.Type: GrantFiled: May 22, 2023Date of Patent: November 18, 2025Assignee: Huawei Digital Power Technologies Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hongbing Liu, Haisong Xu, Bayaer Eerhemu, Shaobo Yang, Jun Chen
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Patent number: 12451750Abstract: In a stator for a rotating electrical machine, a stator core, and a stator winding are provided. The stator winding is located in or around the stator core and has a coil end exposed outside a corresponding end of the stator core. A neutral busbar is connected to the coil end of the stator winding, and a temperature sensor is mounted to the neutral busbar. A resinous seal includes an insulating resin, and the insulating resin of the resinous seal is arranged to cover an axial end portion of the coil end and the neutral busbar. The resinous seal is configured to have bubbles formed in the insulating resin. The bubbles are located around the neutral busbar.Type: GrantFiled: February 23, 2023Date of Patent: October 21, 2025Assignees: DENSO CORPORATION, AISIN CORPORATION, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Takuro Tsuji, Junichi Sugawara, Yoshihiro Takahara
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Patent number: 12451764Abstract: A motor includes a rotor and a stator, in which the rotor includes: a rotor core including a plurality of core portions disposed on a rotation shaft along an axial direction of the rotor, wherein the rotor core includes a core flow path through which a cooling fluid passes through each core portion; and a cooling plate which is inserted between the two divided core portions so that both surfaces are joined to the two neighboring core portions, and a distribution flow path that distributes the cooling fluid supplied from a cooling flow path of the rotation shaft into the core flow path of the two neighboring core portions is provided between at least one of the two neighboring core portions and the cooling plate.Type: GrantFiled: February 1, 2023Date of Patent: October 21, 2025Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia CorporationInventors: Jung Woo Lee, Young Jin Shin, Ju Ho Lee, Young Chul Kim, Jong Hoon Lee
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Patent number: 12445003Abstract: A rotor for a rotary electric machine and having: a support cylinder, which has an outer surface and a central cavity; a plurality of permanent magnets, which are axially oriented, rest on the outer surface of the support cylinder and are arranged beside one another around a rotation axis to form a closed ring; and two side discs, which are fixed at the axially opposite ends of the support cylinder and are partially arranged inside the central cavity of the support cylinder.Type: GrantFiled: May 25, 2023Date of Patent: October 14, 2025Assignee: FERRARI S.P.A.Inventors: Davide Ferrara, Paolo Faverzani, Luca Poggio
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Patent number: 12438416Abstract: A drive unit includes an electric motor, a torque converter, a reducer, a first shaft, a second shaft, and a clutch. The torque converter amplifies a torque generated by the electric motor when the torque is directed in a first rotational direction. The reducer is configured to output the torque by reducing a speed of rotation of the electric motor. The first shaft transmits the torque from the electric motor to the torque converter. The second shaft transmits the torque from the torque converter to the reducer. The clutch is disposed in the interior of the reducer. The clutch allows or blocks transmission of the torque between the first shaft and the second shaft.Type: GrantFiled: March 1, 2023Date of Patent: October 7, 2025Assignee: EXEDY CORPORATIONInventor: Yoshihiro Matsuoka
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Patent number: 12431776Abstract: A permanent magnet-type rotary electric machine includes a stator, a first rotor, and a second rotor. The stator includes a stator core, a plurality of stator teeth, a plurality of stator slots, a plurality of stator magnets, and a stator coil. The first rotor is disposed inside the stator core relative to the plurality of stator magnets. The second rotor is disposed inside the stator core relative to a plurality of first pole pieces. The second rotor includes a plurality of second pole pieces. A proportion of the number of the plurality of stator slots to the number of poles of the plurality of second pole pieces of the second rotor is greater than 1.25 and less than 1.5, or greater than 1.5 and less than 3.0.Type: GrantFiled: December 23, 2020Date of Patent: September 30, 2025Assignees: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION, OSAKA UNIVERSITYInventors: Haruyuki Kometani, Ryoji Miyatake, Takuro Yamada, Kenji Tanaka, Katsuhiro Hirata, Noboru Niguchi, Kazuaki Takahara, Hironori Suzuki, Takuya Ito