Patents Examined by Quyen P. Leung
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Patent number: 11824413Abstract: A winding arrangement for a stator of an electric motor includes winding hairpins arranged to form one or more phases. The stator includes a plurality of motor teeth forming a plurality of slots each configured to accommodate multiple layers. A first set of winding hairpins spanning of M slots are coupled in series and coupled to a phase lead, and are arranged sequentially in a first azimuthal direction. A jumper is arranged in a layer and is coupled in series with the first set of winding hairpins. A second set of winding hairpins configured to span of M slots are coupled in series between the jumper and a neutral lead. The second set of winding hairpins are arranged sequentially in the opposite azimuthal direction, and along with the first set of winding hairpins and the jumper, form a continuous electrical path between the phase lead and the neutral lead.Type: GrantFiled: July 7, 2021Date of Patent: November 21, 2023Assignee: Rivian IP Holdings, LLCInventors: Khwaja Rahman, Dang Dinh Dang
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Patent number: 11824407Abstract: A method for manufacturing a distributed straight-angle armature winding according to the present invention comprises a step (a) of preparing a raw material in which at least a pair of intra-slot winding areas and an end winding area provided between the pair of intra-slot winding areas are continued, a step (b) of forming an inclined surface by processing a contact surface in contact with an inner surface of a slot of at least a stator of the circumferences of the pair of intra-slot winding areas, and a step (c) of bending a space between the end winding area and the intra-slot winding area.Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2018Date of Patent: November 21, 2023Assignee: KOREA INSTITUTE OF INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGYInventors: Eui Chun Lee, Soon O Kwon
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Patent number: 11804744Abstract: An axial flux electric machine comprises a stator including a plurality of stator core segments each comprising a lamination comprising a plurality of layers. A first soft magnetic composite (SMC) portion is arranged adjacent to the plurality of layers of the lamination. An insulating layer arranged between circumferential side surfaces of the plurality of layers of the lamination and the first SMC portion. A rotor is arranged axially adjacent to the stator and including a plurality of permanent magnets. The rotor and stator are configured to generate magnetic flux that is aligned parallel to an axis of rotation of the rotor.Type: GrantFiled: April 6, 2022Date of Patent: October 31, 2023Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLCInventors: Chengwu Duan, Zhen Gao, Jian Yao
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Patent number: 11804750Abstract: The motor includes a sealing material (dry body of a liquid gasket 41) interposed between a joint surface 3b of a motor housing 3 and a joint surface of an inverter housing, and an O-ring 39. The O-ring 39 is interposed between the motor housing 3 and the inverter housing and disposed so as to surround the communication port 3a1 of the refrigerant flow path 3a. The motor housing 3 includes a groove 3d disposed between the sealing material and the O-ring 39 on the joint surface 3b in a surface direction of the joint surface 3b.Type: GrantFiled: March 9, 2021Date of Patent: October 31, 2023Assignee: MEIDENSHA CORPORATIONInventor: Hiromichi Akiyama
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Patent number: 11804740Abstract: A brushless electrical machine with permanent magnet excitation, designed for propulsion, in particular of boats, pumps, electric vehicles, for operation as a servomotor, etc. The brushless electrical machine provides increased power at significant reduction of the weight and the inertia moment of its rotor. The rotor (11) comprises an outer (12), intermediate (13) and inner (14) steel rings. The surface of the poles of the rotor (11) is formed by interconnected cut-out parts (15). In the rotor (11), above the permanent magnets (17) are formed elongated axial slots (20). By number of poles 2 p less than 16 and at a diameter of the rotor (11) greater than 0.15 m, the axial slots (16) are divided into two equal parts by a third radial rib (25) with maximum width 0.0025 m, which is located under the middle of the cut-out part (15) and is connecting the intermediate ring (13) to the outer ring (12).Type: GrantFiled: December 10, 2021Date of Patent: October 31, 2023Assignee: ALMOTT GROUP ADInventor: Encho Nikolov Popov
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Patent number: 11799335Abstract: A rotor includes: a rotor core in a shape of a shaft; a permanent magnet; and a connecting member interposed between the rotor core and the permanent magnet and connecting the permanent magnet to the rotor core. The connecting member contains a thermally conductive filler made of a non-magnetic material. Only ends of the filler have magnetism, and the ends are in contact with either or both of the rotor core and the permanent magnet.Type: GrantFiled: August 6, 2021Date of Patent: October 24, 2023Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Ayumu Yageta, Hiroshi Kimpara
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Patent number: 11791679Abstract: A rotor includes magnets and a core including arcuately arranged pole segments. Each pole segment includes first and second prongs that extend away from the rotor axis and are at least in part arcuately spaced apart to define a cutout therebetween. Each pair of arcuately adjacent pole segments defines therebetween a respective magnet-receiving slot, with the first prong of one of the pole segments and the second prong of the other of the pole segments defining the slot. The magnets are received in slots, such that each of the magnets is at least in part interposed between one of the pairs of adjacent pole segments. The magnets and the pole segments are dimensioned and configured so that at least one of the first and second prongs is deflected by the magnet received in the respective slot, such that the prongs cooperatively apply a clamping force on the magnet.Type: GrantFiled: August 19, 2021Date of Patent: October 17, 2023Assignee: Nidec Motor CorporationInventors: John M. Tucker, Lunjie Lu
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Patent number: 11784528Abstract: A stator includes a wound member that includes a wound portion extending in a radial direction, and a pair of outer extension portions which extend in a circumferential direction from a radially outer end portion of the wound portion, and a coil wound on the wound portion. On an inner side in the radial direction of a base portion of the outer extension portions, a concave portion is recessed radially outward from the winding outermost diameter position. The first layer of the coil includes a first coil, a center of which is positioned radially inward from the winding outermost diameter position and in a range between 0.5 times a coil wire diameter and 1.5 times the coil wire diameter with respect to the winding outermost diameter position, and a second coil, a part of which is disposed in the concave portion on the radially outer side of the first coil.Type: GrantFiled: March 3, 2020Date of Patent: October 10, 2023Assignee: DENSO CORPORATIONInventor: Takumi Suzuki
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Patent number: 11784547Abstract: The rotor with a non-through shaft for a rotary electric machine comprises a cylindrical magnetic body clamped between two half-shafts, each comprising an attachment flange connected to the magnetic body, axial housings being uniformly provided in the magnetic body on at least one diameter of the magnetic body in order to house conductive bars. At least one attachment flange comprises insertion holes, each arranged facing a housing for inserting the conductive bars into the housings and the exterior diameter of the attachment flange is substantially equal to the exterior diameter of the magnetic body, the attachment flange comprising as many insertion holes as housings.Type: GrantFiled: December 12, 2019Date of Patent: October 10, 2023Assignee: GE Energy Power Conversion Technology LimitedInventor: Christophe Galmiche
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Patent number: 11784522Abstract: A rotor includes: a shaft; a tubular rotor core; and a plurality of magnets. The shaft extends along a center axis. The rotor core surrounds the shaft. The plurality of magnets is disposed outside the rotor core in a radial direction and is aligned in a circumferential direction. A plurality of first recessed portions recessed outward in the radial direction is aligned in the circumferential direction in an inner surface of the rotor core in the radial direction. Each of the first recessed portions overlaps each of the magnets in the radial direction.Type: GrantFiled: February 7, 2022Date of Patent: October 10, 2023Assignee: NIDEC CORPORATIONInventors: Tomoya Ueda, Toshiyuki Sasaki, Yabo Hu
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Patent number: 11784516Abstract: A rotary electric machine includes a stator extending along an axis and having teeth arranged about the axis. The teeth are circumferentially spaced apart by slots. Conductors extend around the teeth and through the slots. The conductors are electrically connected to one another to form phases. A cooling device is provided in at least one winding slot. The cooling device includes an outer tube and an inner tube provided in the outer tube such that cooling fluid flows in a first axial direction within the inner tube and a second axial direction opposite the first axial direction within the outer tube.Type: GrantFiled: August 15, 2022Date of Patent: October 10, 2023Assignee: LC Advanced Motor Technology CorporationInventors: Dylan Broomfield, Russel Hugh Marvin, Matthew Honickman
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Patent number: 11784518Abstract: An electric motor for use with a power tool includes a rotor having a body, a stator having a plurality of electromagnetic coils surrounding the rotor, an output shaft coupled to the rotor for rotation with the rotor, and a plurality of magnets positioned within the body of the rotor. The motor also includes a mechanical magnet holder coupled to at least one of the rotor and the output shaft to engage each of the plurality of magnets. The mechanical magnet holder inhibits movement of the plurality of magnets out of the body of the rotor.Type: GrantFiled: August 22, 2019Date of Patent: October 10, 2023Assignee: MILWAUKEE ELECTRIC TOOL CORPORATIONInventors: Jeffrey C. Hessenberger, Michael Kolden, Andrew T. Beyerl
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Patent number: 11777355Abstract: A stator to be provided in an electric rotating machine includes a stator core and a distributed winding coil. The stator core has a plurality of slots. The distributed winding coil includes a plurality of segment coils coupled to each other. Each of the segment coils is accommodated across a pair of slots out of the plurality of slots. The distributed winding coil has a coil structure including a plurality of parallel coils coupled to each other in series. Each of the parallel coils includes two or more of the segment coils. The two or more segment coils are coupled to each other in parallel and are accommodated across the same pair of slots out of the plurality of slots. The two or more segment coils included in each of the parallel coils are disposed adjacent to each other in a radial direction in the same pair of slots.Type: GrantFiled: June 23, 2020Date of Patent: October 3, 2023Assignee: SUBARU CORPORATIONInventors: Masatoshi Hanaoka, Nobuhiko Tanaka
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Patent number: 11770060Abstract: A vibration motor having an insulating housing, a bidirectional coil and a magnetic ring is provided. The insulating housing is of cylindrical shape and at least three position-limiting ribs are protruded from an internal surface thereof. Each position-limiting rib is extended parallel to a central axial line of the insulating housing. The insulating housing has a pair of end plates on two ends thereof. The end plates are made of insulating material. The bidirectional coil is accommodated in the insulating housing and spaced apart from the internal surface of the insulating housing. The magnetic ring is movably accommodated in the insulating housing, and the magnetic ring is arranged coaxially with the insulating housing to surround the bidirectional coil. The position-limiting ribs are disposed adjacent to the magnetic ring and surround an outer edge of the magnetic ring.Type: GrantFiled: March 24, 2022Date of Patent: September 26, 2023Assignee: DELTA ELECTRONICS, INC.Inventors: Li-Chun Chen, Ming-Chih Tsai, Chieh-Cheng Chen
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Patent number: 11770037Abstract: A motor includes a rotor configured to rotate with a shaft. The rotor includes a plurality of yoke portions and a plurality of holding portions each corresponding to a space portion provided between the adjacent yoke portions and configured to hold therein a magnet. At least one of the plurality of yoke portions includes a tab portion extending towards the holding portion and configured to hold the magnet held in the holding portion. The holding portion includes an insertion space provided between a first end portion of the yoke portion in an axial direction of the shaft and the tab portion. The insertion space allows the magnet to be inserted into the insertion space towards an inner side in a radial direction of the shaft.Type: GrantFiled: March 12, 2021Date of Patent: September 26, 2023Assignee: AISIN CORPORATIONInventors: Hiroaki Yui, Hiroki Ume, Hideaki Kato, Takahiro Sonoda
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Patent number: 11757335Abstract: A stator includes a stator hub and a plurality of stator teeth extending from the stator hub that define a stator slot having a stator slot base. At least one winding is disposed in the stator slot and the stator also includes a back iron. The winding surrounds the back iron and is held apart from the stator slot base so that a fluid channel is defined between an inner winding portion of the at least one winding so fluid can be passed between the stator slot base and the inner winding portion to cool the inner winding portion.Type: GrantFiled: April 6, 2021Date of Patent: September 12, 2023Assignee: HAMILTON SUNDSTRAND CORPORATIONInventors: Jagadeesh Kumar Tangudu, Aritra Sur
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Patent number: 11757334Abstract: Various methods and systems are provided for thermal management of an electric motor via a coolant flow around portions of the electric motor, where the coolant flow is disrupted by an arrangement of pin-fins. In one example, an electric motor comprises: a casing including a coolant inlet arranged opposite to a coolant outlet across a central axis of the electric motor; a stator housed within the casing and forming a plurality of pin-fins extending straight outward radially, relative to the central axis, from outer circumferential surfaces of the stator in a staggered arrangement around an entire perimeter of the stator; and a plurality of clearances formed between adjacent pin-fins of the plurality of pin-fins, the plurality of clearances adapted to flow a coolant from the coolant inlet to the coolant outlet.Type: GrantFiled: October 29, 2020Date of Patent: September 12, 2023Assignee: Dana Belgium N.V.Inventors: Jaywant S. Pawar, Chetan Prashant, Amol G. Thakare, Steven Vanhee
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Patent number: 11757315Abstract: A rotor applied to an inner rotor brushless motor includes: a rotor core having a laminate of a plurality of annular thin plate-shaped core pieces, the rotor core being configured to rotate together with a shaft in an integrated manner; a cylindrical resin magnet mounted on an outer peripheral surface of the rotor core via a gap; a groove-shaped adhesive admission portion in a straight line along the entire length of the rotor core in an axial direction thereof, the adhesive admission portion being recessed into the outer peripheral surface of the rotor core; and an adhesive configured to bond and fix the rotor core and the magnet. The adhesive is filled in an entire adhesive allowance having both of the gap and the adhesive admission portion between the outer peripheral surface of the rotor core and an inner peripheral surface of the magnet.Type: GrantFiled: August 27, 2021Date of Patent: September 12, 2023Assignee: MABUCHI MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Kenji Shiraki, Katsuhito Nishizawa, Shou Kubota, Yuhei Ito
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Patent number: 11757322Abstract: The disclosure relates to winding arrangements for electrical machine stators. Example embodiments include a coil for a tooth element of an electrical machine stator, the coil formed from a plurality of hairpin wires having pairs of legs passing through first and second slots on opposing radial faces of the tooth element, the coil having n full turns passing around the tooth element, the first and second slots each having 2n+2 slot positions having a depth d? for accommodating a single hairpin wire, the slots each having a first slot position at a first common end and a 2n+2th slot position at a second opposing end, the coil having first and second terminal connections connected to hairpin wires extending through the first and second slots at respective first and second slot positions.Type: GrantFiled: November 20, 2020Date of Patent: September 12, 2023Assignee: ROLLS-ROYCE plcInventor: Vladimir A. Shirokov
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Patent number: 11742736Abstract: A 2-phase bipolar step motor has a rotor and a stator, the rotor having a plurality of equally spaced rotor poles of alternating north and south magnetic polarities, and the stator having at least eight stator poles extending radially from a stator yoke and terminating in pole shoes interacting radially across an air gap with the rotor poles to cause the rotor to rotate step-by-step when windings around the stator poles are driven by a succession of energized states of the stator. The stator poles divided into four equal groups having a specified drive phase A or B, adjacent poles of a group having alternating drive polarities of the same drive phase A and ?, or B and B. Adjacent poles in the same group are separated by a center-to-center angle one-half of the rotor tooth pitch or up to 20% larger. Adjacent poles of different groups have a larger separation than that between poles of the same group.Type: GrantFiled: March 23, 2021Date of Patent: August 29, 2023Assignee: Lin Engineering, Inc.Inventor: Ted T. Lin