Patents Examined by R. Skudy
  • Patent number: 5525851
    Abstract: An apparatus for producing high-speed rotation has a rotary shaft integrally having a first rotor with magnetic anisotropy, and a rotary sleeve disposed around the rotary shaft. The rotary sleeve has a first stator surrounding to the first rotor and integrally has a second rotor having magnetic anisotropy. The first stator has a field winding for magnetizing the first rotor in a predetermined direction. This winding is also an armature winding because it undergoes high-speed rotation with the second rotor. The rotary sleeve is received in a housing which has a second stator surrounding the second rotor. The second stator has a field winding for magnetizing the second rotor in a predetermined direction and for producing high-speed rotation of the second rotor. By analogy, the housing can become a further rotary sleeve, constructed similarly to the above-mentioned rotary sleeve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 1993
    Date of Patent: June 11, 1996
    Assignee: Toshiba Kikai Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Satosi Kumamoto, Sin Tanoue, Masanori Wakuda
  • Patent number: 5525852
    Abstract: A stator core for an electromagnetic pump includes a plurality of circumferentially adjoining groups of flat laminations disposed about a common centerline axis and collectively defining a central bore and a discontinuous outer perimeter, with adjacent groups diverging radially outwardly to form V-shaped gaps. An annular band surrounds the groups and is predeterminedly tensioned to clamp together the laminations, and has a predetermined flexibility in a radial direction to form substantially straight bridge sections between the adjacent groups.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 1994
    Date of Patent: June 11, 1996
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Alan W. Fanning, Aaron A. Gonzales, Mahadeo R. Patel, Eugene E. Olich
  • Patent number: 5523639
    Abstract: An electrostatic actuator includes a supporting body having a plurality of electrodes are formed at predetermined intervals, and a movable body having a ferroelectrics layer having an area on which polarization charges based on residual dielectric polarization are distributed in a predetermined polarity pattern so as to correspond to the plurality of electrodes of the supporting body. Due to changing, based on switching a pattern of polarities of voltages supplied to the plurality of electrodes, electrostatic attraction and repulsion between the plurality of electrodes of the supporting body and the area of the ferroelectrics layer on which the polarization charges are distributed, the movable body are moved on the supporting body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 1994
    Date of Patent: June 4, 1996
    Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
    Inventors: Iwao Okamoto, Isatake Kaitsu, Minoru Takahashi
  • Patent number: 5523637
    Abstract: A permanent magnet synchronous motor includes a permanent magnet rotor and a stator having wound teeth facing the rotor. The stator teeth each include notches having equal width and having a spacing also equal to the notch width. Further, each adjoining two teeth are separated by a gap having a width equal to the width of the notches on the teeth.The permanent magnet synchronous motor thus configured provides substantial reductions in reluctance torque, or "cogging torque" over prior art permanent magnet synchronous motors. Further, the frequency of the reluctance torque is increased, a desirable condition, with respect to prior art permanent magnet synchronous motors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 1994
    Date of Patent: June 4, 1996
    Assignee: Ford Motor Company
    Inventor: John M. Miller
  • Patent number: 5521450
    Abstract: A separate slip ring unit for fitting to an alternator, especially a motor vehicle alternator, has a body of insulating material moulded over electrically conductive elements of the unit. It comprises a first cylindrical body portion with slip rings, a second body portion having elements for electrical connection to the alternator winding, and an intermediate body portion joining the first and second body portions together. The intermediate portion has two branches, including a conductive linking portion embedded in the insulating material. The second body portion comprises a ring of insulating material, made integrally by moulding to a diameter substantially greater than that of the first body portion, and each branch of the intermediate portion comprises a first portion which extends the first body portion, together with a second portion which is divergent radially up to the ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 1994
    Date of Patent: May 28, 1996
    Assignee: Valeo Equipements Electriques Moteur
    Inventor: Patrick Rondier
  • Patent number: 5519276
    Abstract: A DC compound motor of the type having a series winding and a shunt field winding includes an auxiliary generator driven by the motor for supplying power to the shunt field winding. The generator can be chosen, or a control circuit added, to control the current supply to the shunt field winding based on the speed of the motor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 1994
    Date of Patent: May 21, 1996
    Inventor: Tai-Her Yang
  • Patent number: 5519277
    Abstract: A rotor assembly for an electrical machine includes two pole pieces with intermeshing pole fingers. Disposed between the pole pieces is a silencer assembly with silencer portions at least partially filling the gaps between adjacent pairs of intermeshed pole fingers. The silencer portions have projections which cooperate with lateral surfaces of the pole fingers to limit outward radial movement of the silencer portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 1994
    Date of Patent: May 21, 1996
    Assignee: Ford Motor Company
    Inventors: Michael T. York, Richard K. Harris
  • Patent number: 5519275
    Abstract: An electric machine according to various aspects of the invention includes a transformer having a rotating component for transmitting power from a stationary portion of the machine to a rotating portion of the machine, or vice versa. Both the rotating component and a stationary component of the transformer includes a winding, wherein the windings are disposed to be magnetically coupled. Current provided to the winding of the stationary component generates a magnetic field, which induces current in the winding of the rotating component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 1994
    Date of Patent: May 21, 1996
    Assignee: Coleman Powermate, Inc.
    Inventors: Harold C. Scott, Gary W. Johnson
  • Patent number: 5517070
    Abstract: A drive unit, in which an unattached shaft end of a drive shaft abuts axially against an abutment surface of a housing part. The abutment surface is crown-faced and with respect to the abutting, unsupported and unattached (i.e., free) shaft end and thereby prevents the drive shaft from deflecting eccentrically from radial adjusting forces. Given an eccentric abutment, the abutment surface leads the drive shaft back to its centrical axial position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 1994
    Date of Patent: May 14, 1996
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Kurt Schmidt
  • Patent number: 5512792
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an electric motor with high power and high rotational speed consisting of a stator and of a rotor, in which the rotor comprises a laminated magnetic mass (1) consisting of a stack of armature core disk laminations (11) and a squirrel cage consisting of two short circuiting rings (2) located on either side of the laminated magnetic mass (1) and of a plurality of bars (3) joining the two short circuiting rings (2) together and which are distributed uniformly at the periphery of the magnetic mass (1), this rotor being one wherein the armature core disk laminations (11) do not have a central hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 1994
    Date of Patent: April 30, 1996
    Inventors: Pierre Bawin, Roland Botte, Jean-Marie Edebouw, Dominique Gilon
  • Patent number: 5510664
    Abstract: In a brushless motor, the number of coreless armature coils is set to 3n when the number of magnetic poles of a magnet for a magnetic field is set to 2n where n is a positive integer. An opening angle of each of the armature coils is set to 360/3n degrees. A notch portion is formed in an outer circumferential portion of the magnet for a magnetic field. A recessed portion is formed by this notch portion and an inner circumferential portion of a yoke. The recessed portion constitutes a groove for correcting a balance of each of the magnet for a magnetic field and a rotating body when this magnet and the rotating body are rotated. A motor housing and a harness are electrically connected to a printed board. The housing is connected to the ground through this harness and a harness for power. In this brushless motor, a magnetizing frequency is reduced and driving efficiency of a control circuit can improved when the brushless motor is rotated at a high speed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 1993
    Date of Patent: April 23, 1996
    Assignees: Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tohoku Richo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Mitsuo Suzuki, Yukio Itami, Yoshio Hashimoto, Mutsumi Yamamoto, Yoshihiro Takahashi
  • Patent number: 5510663
    Abstract: An electrodynamic device such as an electric motor has a stator (16) comprising a substrate (41) in the form of a sheet or foil carrying a plurality of windings (U.sub.1 -U.sub.3, V.sub.1 -V.sub.3, W.sub.1 -W.sub.3) comprising spiral coils (43, 45) on its upper and its lower side connected in series with one another, which stator has a number of phases (U, V, W) each comprising at least one winding. The device in accordance with the invention may comprise one or a plurality of such substrates (41), but each substrate always carries all the phases (U, V, W) present.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 1995
    Date of Patent: April 23, 1996
    Assignee: U.S. Philips Corporation
    Inventor: Evert J. Van Loenen
  • Patent number: 5508578
    Abstract: During the assembly of a small motor, insulation is installed on the outer surface of a magnetic pole. An armature coil is wound so that the wire does not touch the corners of the magnetic pole. The wound coil does not loosen and sufficient insulation for the armature coil and magnetic pole gap can be secured when the assembly is completed. This allows as much ampere turn of the armature coil as possible to be obtained. Moreover, the thickness of the motor can be made flatter resulting in easier assembly of the flat motor's stator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 1994
    Date of Patent: April 16, 1996
    Assignee: Minebea Company Limited
    Inventors: Yuzuru Suzuki, Sakae Fujitani, Masaaki Inagaki
  • Patent number: 5508577
    Abstract: The provision of an electric rotating machine which can reduce the mechanical and thermal loads applied thereto. Coil arms and coil trunks are provided in roughly parallel orientation to the end faces of an armature core only through insulating rings and insulating spacers. Metal brush is disposed on coil arms, whereby the overall length of the armature can be remarkably shortened. In addition, a commutator, conventionally necessary, can be eliminated, whereby the length of the production process for the armature can be reduced. Moreover, in an arrangement where projections of the upper coil arm are fit in holes of the insulating spacer, as the displacement of the upper coil arm towards the outer periphery is regulated, the length of the axial protrusions of the upper coil arm from the end face of the armature core can be minimized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 1994
    Date of Patent: April 16, 1996
    Assignee: Nippondenso Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tsutomu Shiga, Nobuyuki Hayashi, Masanori Ohmi, Masami Niimi, Mitsuhiro Murata
  • Patent number: 5508575
    Abstract: A direct drive servovalve wherein a limited angle force motor is interconnected with a spool valve to convert rotary motion of the drive motor rotor to linear motion of the spool for the control of fluid from a source thereof to a load. The permanent magnets utilized in the rotor of the drive motor are positioned in such a manner that a resultant magnetic force is generated so as to urge the rotor against a bearing which supports the rotor shaft so as to substantially eliminate any radially play or sloppiness in the motor rotor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 1994
    Date of Patent: April 16, 1996
    Assignee: HR Textron Inc.
    Inventor: Alvon C. Elrod, Jr.
  • Patent number: 5504382
    Abstract: An alternator, or the like including a stator assembly and a rotor assembly within the stator assembly, wherein the stator assembly includes a pair of axially spaced core sections with a stationary field coil located therebetween. The field coil is formed of convolutions extending circumferentially about the axis of the device. The rotor assembly has a homopolar core with a pair of axially spaced pole sections in locations corresponding to the respective stator core sections. A central yoke portion extends between the two pole sections and is axially aligned within the field coil. A plurality of permanent magnets are mounted circumferentially on each of the pole sections at symmetrically spaced locations between pole sectors of the respective section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 1994
    Date of Patent: April 2, 1996
    Inventors: Michael J. Douglass, Scot A. Webb
  • Patent number: 5498918
    Abstract: The invention relates to a rotor for an electric machine, particularly to a rotor for a hermetic refrigerating compressor. The rotor core contains a number of axial slots, containing the electric conductors of the rotor, which are short-circuited by short-circuiting rings. The rotor has a spindle hole with at least one increased internal diameter for accommodating the bearing neck of the motor. The increased internal diameter of the core results in increased magnetic field strength in the area with increased internal diameter. The invention reduces the magnetic field strength in the area with increased internal diameter by the axial slots having varying profiles in their longitudinal direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 1994
    Date of Patent: March 12, 1996
    Assignee: Danfoss A/S
    Inventor: Niels C. Weihrauch
  • Patent number: 5498919
    Abstract: The purpose of this invention is to supply people with a flat core-less direct-current motor of high output torque, high speed and high power efficiency.It is also a 3 phase flat core-less direct-current motor comprising a fan-shaped flat armature coils of alignment winding in which an included angle constituted by each of coil portions effective for producing a torque exceeds 180 degrees in electrical angle and a disk-shaped rotary armature constituted by the said armature coils arranged at equal pitches within a plane with their outside surfaces made radial and with each adjacent two of them kept in contact with each other and plastic in which the said armature coils are buried or a stationary armature with a magnetic body of a little iron loss functioning as a magnetic path on its one surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 1993
    Date of Patent: March 12, 1996
    Assignee: Secoh Giken Inc.
    Inventor: Itsuki Bahn
  • Patent number: 5497039
    Abstract: A structured product family of dynamoelectric machines for use in a plurality of applications has a frame with a closed end, and a set of permanent magnets is adhesively secured within the frame. An armature disposed in the frame for interaction with the permanent magnets includes a shaft, a core having a set of winding receiving slots therein, and a commutator. During manufacturing and assembly, stress on the motor shaft and commutator is minimized. A brush plate is associated with the frame for locating a set of brushes relative to the commutator, and an end shield is secured to the frame opposite its closed end. At least one freely aligning bearing assembly disposed in the end shield for freely aligning the shaft and including a bearing and a retainer having predetermined conditions preset with the retainer being adhesively secured to the end shield. A bracket is adhesively secured to the frame for connecting the dynamoelectric machine in anyone of the applications; and a novel brush assembly is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 1994
    Date of Patent: March 5, 1996
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Harald E. Blaettner, Richard F. Uhen, Robert E. Ellis, Eldon R. Cunningham, Michael J. Usher, Joseph E. Miller
  • Patent number: 5497042
    Abstract: For electric motor collectors with lamella inner cross members, which serve for anchoring the individual lamellas, protrude inwards running at least predominantly parallel to the collector axis and are provided with undercut surfaces, which are to be grasped from behind by reinforcing rings. Reinforcing rings are proposed which, aside from a metallic clamping ring, comprise a supporting ring, which is fitted positively into the metallic clamping ring and forms a double body with the clamping ring and is formed from a material, which is resistant to compression and insulating even at high operating temperatures. With this, reinforcing rings are produced from two partial rings, which are easily manufactured and easy to press together, or by the supporting ring which is brought into the clamping ring by injection molding. The reinforcing rings form a unit which can withstand extremely high thermal and mechanical stresses and imparts the collector with very high stability under load and fatigue endurance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 1994
    Date of Patent: March 5, 1996
    Assignee: Friedrich Nettelhoff Kommanditgesellschaft Spezialfabrik fuer Kleinkollektoren
    Inventor: Friedrich W. Nettelhoff