Patents Examined by Quyen P. Leung
  • Patent number: 11404941
    Abstract: A power conversion device comprise: a power conversion circuit that is configured to convert a supplied electric power to output the converted power; a control circuit that is configured to control an operation of the power conversion circuit; a multilayer substrate that has a different layers, power wiring patterns of the power conversion circuit and a control wiring pattern of the control circuit being arranged on the multilayer substrate, the power wiring patterns being disposed in different layers of the multilayer substrate; a via that extends across the power wiring patterns in the different layers; and a solid-shaped conductive member that is provided in the via to electrically connect the respective power wiring patterns to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hiroyasu Sugiura
  • Patent number: 11398759
    Abstract: The present invention may provide a motor including a rotating shaft, a rotor coupled to the rotating shaft, and a stator disposed outside the rotor, wherein the stator includes a stator core having a plurality of teeth, and a coil wound around each tooth of the teeth, the coil is wound a plurality of turns around the tooth, and only the coil of (a*n+1)th turns among the plurality of turns forms a first layer closest to the tooth, wherein a is the number of total stacked layers of the coil, and n is zero or a positive integer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2022
    Assignee: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Shung Hun Woo
  • Patent number: 11398754
    Abstract: In a stator assembly, each stator core includes a plurality of protrusions and a plurality of recesses, which are provided periodically in a circumferential direction on an outer periphery. The protrusion abuts at least a part of an inner wall of a housing in the circumferential direction. The recess is smaller than the protrusion in a radial direction and has a gap relative to the inner wall of the housing. Adjacent stator cores are shifted in the circumferential direction by a predetermined shift angle such that a periodic unit formed of at least one protrusion and at least one recess appear alternately in the axial direction. The protrusion has a radius of curvature smaller than a radius of a circumscribed circle at a part abutting the inner wall of the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2022
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventor: Akihiro Kimura
  • Patent number: 11394275
    Abstract: A motor unit includes a motor having a motor shaft disposed along a central axis which extends in an axial direction, and a cooling unit which cools the motor, wherein the cooling unit includes a first suction port configured to suction a first refrigerant which cools the motor, a first discharge port configured to discharge the first refrigerant suctioned from the first suction port, a second suction port configured to suction a second refrigerant which cools the first refrigerant by exchanging heat with the first refrigerant, and a second discharge port configured to discharge the second refrigerant suctioned from the second suction port.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: NIDEC TOSOK CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yoshihisa Okuhata
  • Patent number: 11394272
    Abstract: A stator comprises a main body with a slot defined therein. A winding is positioned within the slot and a wire is positioned within the slot. The wire is positioned between the winding and the main body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: MILWAUKEE ELECTRIC TOOL CORPORATION
    Inventor: Ryan B. Jipp
  • Patent number: 11387695
    Abstract: A tangential motor, a tangential motor rotor and a rotor iron core thereof. The rotor iron core includes a rotor body and permanent magnet slots provided on the rotor body, a rotor magnetic pole between two adjacent permanent magnet slots being provided with a fixing hole for fixing a rotor punched segment and a flux isolating hole; the flux isolating hole is located at an outer side of the fixing hole in a radial direction of the rotor body, a width of the flux isolating hole (12) smoothly increases in a direction from the outer side of the rotor body to a center of a circle thereof. The rotor iron core reduces vibration noise of the motor, and improves efficiency of the motor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: GREE GREEN REFRIGERATION TECHNOLOGY CENTER CO., LTD. OF ZHUHAI
    Inventors: Yong Xiao, Yusheng Hu, Jing Wang, Bin Chen, Zeyin Mi
  • Patent number: 11387696
    Abstract: A tangential motor, a tangential motor rotor and a rotor core thereof are provided. The rotor core includes a rotor body and magnetic steel grooves provided on the rotor body. 2N magnetic isolation holes are provided in a rotor magnetic pole between every two adjacent magnetic steel grooves. The 2N magnetic isolation holes are symmetrically provided at two sides of a magnetic pole center line of the rotor magnetic pole. A width of each of the magnetic isolation holes increases from a circle center of the rotor body to an outer side of the rotor body. Outer side hole surfaces, close to the outer side of the rotor body, of the magnetic isolation holes are arc-shaped surfaces which are concentrically arranged with the rotor body. The rotor core is able to reduce the vibration noise of the motor and increase the efficiency of the motor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: Gree Green Refrigeration Technology Center Co., Ltd. of Zhuhai
    Inventors: Yusheng Hu, Yong Xiao, Jing Wang, Bin Chen, Zeyin Mi, Hui Zhang
  • Patent number: 11387717
    Abstract: The invention provides a series wound DC motor driving device and electrical equipment. The series wound DC motor driving device provided by the invention comprises a series wound DC motor, a DC power supply and a chopper, wherein the chopper comprises m chopping units; control signals comprise m unit control signals formed according to preset phase stagger rules and corresponding to the m chopping units separately, and each unit control signal comprises w switch control signals corresponding to w switch control ends in the corresponding chopping units; m pairs of power output terminals are formed at m first power output ends and m second power output ends of the chopping units correspondingly, and m pairs of external terminals of the series wound DC motor are connected with m pairs of power output terminals correspondingly one by one; m is a positive integer not smaller than 2, and w is 1, 2 or 4.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: UNIVERSITY OF SHANGHAI FOR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Aijuan Jin, Shaolong Li
  • Patent number: 11387723
    Abstract: A method of hot drop fastening components and a product thereby made is described. Machine components are provided. A first machine component defines a passageway and carries a coating. The first machine component is caused to expand by delivering a predetermined amount of energy to the first machine component, wherein the predetermined amount of energy is based on a property of the coating. A second machine component is inserted into the passageway of the expanded first machine component. Thereafter, the first machine component is permitted to cool with the first machine component inserted in the passageway thereby fastening the first machine component with the second machine component by the first machine component contracting as it cools. Properties such as adhesion and/or rust prevention properties of a primer coating in a motor manufactured using a hot drop process are preserved during the hot drop process in the manufactured product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: Deere & Company
    Inventors: Marcus L. Kuhl, Clayton P. Neumann, Roger W. Burjes
  • Patent number: 11387725
    Abstract: An electrical machine is provided including a stator assembly having a stator core and a plurality of windings. A rotor assembly is arranged concentrically with the stator assembly and is configured to rotate about an axis. The rotor assembly includes a rotor core and a cage surrounding a periphery of the rotor core. The cage includes a plurality of impeller fins positioned adjacent at least one end of the rotor core.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: HAMILTON SUNDSTRAND CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ram Ranjan, Andrzej Ernest Kuczek, Jagadeesh Tangudu
  • Patent number: 11381136
    Abstract: A vehicle drive device includes: a first rotary electric machine; a second rotary electric machine that is arranged below the first rotary electric machine; and a case having a rotary electric machine housing portion that houses the first rotary electric machine and the second rotary electric machine. The first rotary electric machine and the second rotary electric machine are cooled by a refrigerant flowing inside the case, and in the rotary electric machine housing portion, a guide portion that prevents the refrigerant, which has cooled the first rotary electric machine, from being applied to the second rotary electric machine is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Eiichiro Urabe, Norikazu Kawai
  • Patent number: 11381138
    Abstract: A cooling cap for a stator of an electrical machine of a motor vehicle is provided. The cooling cap can be fitted onto an end winding of electrical windings of the stator which project beyond an axial end of a laminated core of the stator and which cooling cap is designed as a heat sink for cooling the end winding, wherein the cooling cap is formed, at least in regions, from an electrical insulating material. A stator and a motor vehicle including the cooling cap are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Julian Blum, Andreas Huber, Jerome Ragot, Jens Richter
  • Patent number: 11381130
    Abstract: An electric motor includes: a housing having a first rotor bearing and a stator support surface; a cantilever stator that includes a lamination stack, a first side of the lamination stack abutting the stator support surface and a second side of the lamination stack abutting a stator endbell that has a second rotor bearing, wherein the cantilever stator is held by way of tie rods attaching the stator endbell to the housing; and a rotor in the cantilever stator, the rotor held by the first and second rotor bearings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: Tesla, Inc.
    Inventors: Edwin M. Pearce, Jr., Jim Robbins, Scott Heines, David F. Nelson, Gary A. Pinkley, Michael Balsamo, Augusto E. Barton
  • Patent number: 11381139
    Abstract: To provide a motor inhibiting emission of electromagnetic noise (EMC) to the outside and a rotary apparatus including the motor. The rotary apparatus (10) of the present disclosure includes: a housing (20); a motor (40) arranged inside the housing (20); a circuit board (50) arranged inside the housing (20) and electrically connected to the motor (40); and a flexible wiring board (44) electrically connecting the motor (40) to the circuit board (50), the motor (40) including a frame (41a) formed with a conductive member, the frame (41a) electrically connected via the flexible wiring board (44) to a ground of the circuit board (50).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: MINEBEA MITSUMI INC.
    Inventors: Haruka Miyaji, Kazuo Takada, Shigeki Miyaji, Takayuki Matsui
  • Patent number: 11381148
    Abstract: A camera module shielded against electromagnetic interference but of reduced size comprises a voice coil motor, a circuit board, and a base between voice coil motor and circuit board. The voice coil motor comprises conductive housing. The circuit board comprises a conductive wire itself comprising shielded wire, ground pad, and a surrounding and grounded closed ground loop. The base comprises a main body and a conductive loop sleeved thereon. A first side of the conductive loop is electrically connected to the conductive housing, a second side of the conductive loop is electrically connected to the closed ground loop. The conductive housing, the conductive loop, and the closed ground loop form a shield against electromagnetic interference. The disclosure further provides an electronic device including the camera module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: TRIPLE WIN TECHNOLOGY(SHENZHEN) CO. LTD.
    Inventors: Shin-Wen Chen, Long-Fei Zhang, Kun Li, Xiao-Mei Ma
  • Patent number: 11374463
    Abstract: A stator for a rotating electrical machine includes a stator coil and a stator iron core having slots into which the stator coil is mounted, wherein a coil end of the stator coil is elliptical in shape around a center axis of the stator iron core.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: Hitachi Astemo, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenichi Nakayama, Naoki Nishikawa
  • Patent number: 11374457
    Abstract: The invention relates to a rotary electric machine for a vehicle comprising an electronic assembly, a stator and an electrical phase connector (10) for a rotary electric machine stator (20). The electrical phase connector (10) comprises a predefined angular configuration of electrical coupling means (130b) so as to carry, respectively, a different electrical phase toward or away from a rotary electric machine stator (20). Each electrical coupling means (130b) is electrically connected to a conductive phase track (110).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: Valeo Equipements Electriques Moteur
    Inventors: Stéphane De Clercq, Vincent Ramet, Julien Pauwels
  • Patent number: 11374468
    Abstract: Workability during attachment of a sensor element to a rotating electric machine is improved. A semiconductor element functioning as a sensor element for detecting temperatures of concentrated winding coils is inserted between two concentrated winding coils adjacent to each other in a plurality of the concentrated winding coils. One end of a lead wire is connected to the semiconductor element, while the other end of the lead wire is drawn out of a stator. The lead wire has a plurality of bent portions. A hook regulates an extending direction of the lead wire drawn out of the stator such that a bent state of the bent portions of the lead wire is maintained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: HITACHI ASTEMO, LTD.
    Inventors: Shinjirou Watari, Shinji Yamazaki, Tomohiro Fukuda, Mohdbasir Zulaika
  • Patent number: 11374444
    Abstract: A method of fabricating a coil for mounting on a tooth of a stator or a rotor of an electric machine includes winding a wire about a mandrel to form a coil having a first shape corresponding to the shape of the mandrel. The method may also include removing the coil having the first shape from the mandrel, and applying a mechanical force on the coil to change the shape of the coil from the first shape to a second shape. The second shape may correspond to the shape of the tooth. The method may also include mounting the coil of the second shape on the tooth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: EVR MOTORS LTD
    Inventors: Victor Kislev, Ruslan Shabinski, Eliyahu Rozinsky
  • Patent number: 11374453
    Abstract: A winding system for a stator of an electric machine is specified. The winding system comprises at least two first conductor segments and at least two second conductor segments, at least two half-bridges, at least one first short-circuit means and at least one second short-circuit means. Each half-bridge is connected to least one first conductor segment and one second conductor segment, each first conductor segment is connected to the first short-circuit means, and each second conductor segment is connected to the second short-circuit means. Further, an electric machine having a winding system is specified.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: MOLABO GMBH
    Inventor: Gurakuq Dajaku