Patents Examined by Ramon M. Barrera
  • Patent number: 12348081
    Abstract: A stator assembly for an electric motor assembly is provided. The stator assembly includes an annular body extending about a central axis. The annular body includes an inner surface and an outer surface. The annular body has a first thickness defined between the inner surface and the outer surface. The stator assembly also includes at least one stator tooth extending radially from the annular body. The at least one stator tooth includes a first tip spaced radially from the annular body. The at least one stator tooth has a second thickness. A ratio of the first thickness to the second thickness is at least about 1.1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2025
    Assignee: Regal Beloit America, Inc.
    Inventors: Kerry Baker Shelton, Subhash Marutirao Brahmavar, Andrew Craig Barry, Mohamad Khalil Dahouk, Lester Benjamin Manz
  • Patent number: 12316167
    Abstract: A rotor core includes a shaft hole, into which a shaft is inserted, and keys, which are protrusions corresponding to keyways of the shaft. A radial distance, which is the distance from the center of the shaft hole to an inner wall varies depending on the position in the circumferential direction of the shaft hole. The shaft hole includes key regions and increased diameter regions, in each of which the radial distance is longer than the radius of the shaft. Keys are respectively arranged in the key region. The shaft hole also includes contact regions, in which the shaft and the inner wall come into contact with each other when the shaft is inserted into the shaft hole. The contact regions are each located between the key regions or between the increased diameter regions. The contact regions are arranged at equal intervals in the circumferential direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2025
    Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, AISIN CORPORATION, DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takashi Imakawa, Yutaka Ueno, Masahiro Horiuchi, Takuya Hashimoto, Kenji Fukuzaki, Yusuke Yamamoto, Nobuhiro Asano
  • Patent number: 12301087
    Abstract: A power tool includes a brushless motor having a stator and a rotor. The stator includes a stator core having teeth, first and second insulators fixed to the stator core, and coils respectively wound around the teeth, all of the coils being wound around the first and second insulators. The rotor includes a rotor core disposed in the interior of the stator, a rotary shaft fixed to the rotor core, and one or more permanent magnets fixed to the rotor core. Power supply lines are configured to respectively supply current to the coils. Fusing terminals are fixed to the first insulator members. The fusing members respectively pinch the power supply lines and are thereby respectively electrically connected to the power supply lines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2025
    Assignee: MAKITA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akira Niwa, Kei Kouda
  • Patent number: 12294264
    Abstract: A stator for an electric machine has a plurality of pins, which are arranged on concentric circles at different distances from a stator center point in slots and each concentric circle forms a layer, wherein four pins in different layers are respectively connected to one another in series and form a winding, a first pin of the winding is located in a first slot in the 4n?3 layer, wherein n is a natural number, a second pin of the winding is located in a second slot in the 4n?2 layer, wherein the second slot is at a first radial distance from the first slot in a first circumferential direction of the stator, a third pin of the winding is located in the first slot in the 4n layer, a fourth pin of the winding is located in the second slot in the 4n?1 layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2025
    Assignee: Valeo Siemens eAutomotive Germany GmbH
    Inventor: Boris Dotz
  • Patent number: 12289014
    Abstract: A radial flux electrical machine is disclosed. The machine comprises a body of the stator having a body that defines a longitudinal axis a substantially cylindrical inner surface and an inner volume, and having a plurality of electromagnetic elements, each of which includes a stator core and a winding of electrically conductive material located around at least part of the stator core of the electromagnetic element, the electromagnetic elements being arranged around the inner surface of the stator, and operable to induce a magnetic flux field in a radial direction in the inner volume of the stator, and a rotor located within the inner volume of the stator, and rotatable with respect to the stator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2025
    Assignee: DANA TM4 UK LTD
    Inventor: Lloyd Ash
  • Patent number: 12282154
    Abstract: Disclosed is a galvanometer motor apparatus. The galvanometer motor apparatus includes a housing, a stator assembly, and a rotor assembly, wherein the rotor assembly includes an axle and a magnet that are coaxially arranged, and the stator assembly includes a frame and a single electromagnetic coil wound on the frame; wherein a first through hole configured to allow the magnet to rotatably run through is molded on the frame, the electromagnetic coil is disposed on a side of the first through hole, the electromagnetic coil is excitable to generate a drive magnetic field to magnetize the frame to supply a torque to the magnet, a recess configured to receive the stator assembly is molded in the housing. With such configurations, structure design is optimized, assembling is simpler, and efficiency is higher.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2025
    Inventor: Peijian Xu
  • Patent number: 12283421
    Abstract: Some examples herein provide a method for generating a magnetic field. The method may include accumulating positive charges at a first electrode; accumulating negative charges at a second electrode; and rotating the first electrode relative to the second electrode so as to induce a relative angular velocity between the positive charges and the negative charges and thus generate a magnetic field. In some examples, the magnetic field may be used for propulsion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2025
    Inventor: Brian Faircloth
  • Patent number: 12283873
    Abstract: The disclosed apparatus, system, and techniques described herein allow pole retention hardware of the electric motor to also function as a cooling manifold for removing heat generated by the electrical coils. A pole retainer apparatus can include a pole retainer for retaining a pole to a hub. The pole retainer can include a proximal end mounted on the hub and a distal end. The pole retainer can include a channel extending through the pole retainer from the proximal end of the pole retainer mounted on the hub to the distal end of the pole retainer. The apparatus can include a mount located at the distal end of the pole retainer and configured to retain the pole on the hub. The apparatus can include a fluid transfer duct connected to the mount. The cooling system can be employed on TORUS Axial Flux Permanent Magnet motors, and various other motor designs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2025
    Assignee: DRS Naval Power Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Calvin H. Corey, III, William R. Wink
  • Patent number: 12265288
    Abstract: A system for providing a magnetic field for a sample includes a first contact surface for thermally contacting the sample and a second contact surface, which is in thermal contact with at least one magnetic element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2025
    Assignee: ATTOCUBE SYSTEMS AG
    Inventors: Christopher Duvinage, Armin Schöning, Luca Gragnaniello
  • Patent number: 12251731
    Abstract: A haptic device includes: a housing; a magnetic field generation unit disposed in the housing; an elastic support unit connected to the housing; a vibration unit which is connected to the elastic support unit, and which includes an elastic material in which magnetic particles are dispersed in a matrix; and a control unit for transmitting a signal to the magnetic field generation unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2025
    Assignee: CK MATERIALS LAB CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jeen Gi Kim, Hyeong Jun Kim, Cheol Sung Jeong, In Sik Jee
  • Patent number: 12255495
    Abstract: Various embodiments of the teachings herein include a rotor lamination comprising: a first material; and a second material. The first material is at least partially soft magnetic. The second material has a higher mechanical tensile strength than the first material. The first material and the second material are connected with a material bond.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2025
    Assignee: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventor: Carsten Schuh
  • Patent number: 12255512
    Abstract: A suspension system for an exciter device. The exciter device includes a piston extending through an opening of a moveable housing and generates a vibrational force by causing a linear reciprocating movement of the housing relative to the piston. The suspension system includes an axial suspension magnet fixedly coupled to the housing and positioned proximate the opening. The axial suspension magnet is configured to oppose a magnetic field of a permanent magnet that is fixedly coupled to the piston and the opposing magnetic fields dampen movement of the housing relative to the piston as the first axial suspension magnet approaches the permanent magnet. A radial guide bushing is positioned within the opening surrounding a circumference of the piston. The radial guide bushing is formed of a compressible and flexible material and is configured to restrict radial movement of the housing relative to the piston.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2025
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Michael Sturm, Kevin Wienen, Michael Yankonis
  • Patent number: 12244196
    Abstract: A salt spray resistant structure of fan motor assembly includes a silicon steel sheet assembly, an insulation support assembly and an encapsulation layer. An inner side of the silicon steel sheet assembly defines a connection hole. A winding assembly is wound on the silicon steel sheet assembly and electrically connected with a circuit board. A first extension section protrudes from the silicon steel sheet assembly into the connection hole to cover a part of the inner side. A bearing cup covers the other part of the inner side. The encapsulation layer encapsulates the insulation support assembly, the winding assembly, the silicon steel sheet assembly and the circuit board so as to achieve salt spray resistant effect.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: Asia Vital Components Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yen-Chih Lu, Ta-Cheng Lee
  • Patent number: 12239428
    Abstract: A system, apparatus and method directed to a magnetizer. The magnetizer can include a housing and one or more magnets positioned in an interior of the housing. The housing can include a top face, a bottom face, and a plurality of side faces adjoining the top face and the bottom face. The top face can include a first opening configured to receive a needle, the first opening having a first cross-sectional area. One of the plurality of side faces can include a second opening having a second cross-sectional area. The second cross-sectional area can be at least one third of the first cross-sectional area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: Bard Access Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Matthew J. Prince, Tab Robbins, Amir Orome, Bart D. Peterson, Bradley M. Wilkinson
  • Patent number: 12237132
    Abstract: A circuit breaker includes a line phase terminal, a load phase terminal, a line neutral terminal, a conductive path formed between the line phase terminal and the load phase terminal, the conductive path having an open configuration and closed configuration, a sensor, a linkage configured to move the conductive path between the open configuration and the closed configuration, a rocker selectively engageable with the linkage, the rocker configured to move the linkage between an open position and a closed position, and an arm selectively engageable with the rocker, the arm to prevent the conductive path from moving to the closed configuration unless the circuit breaker passes a self-test when movement of the rocker is detected. A trip operation of the circuit breaker includes a time delay based upon an amount of current on the conductive path detected by the sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2024
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: Leviton Manufacturing Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Kamor, Stephen Aaron
  • Patent number: 12231020
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a superconducting electric machine (1) comprising an inductor (3) having: —superconducting pellets (7) circumferentially distributed about an axis (X) of the electric machine (1), —an armature (2) comprising coils (5), each coil (5) having a circumferential radially inner edge (10) and a circumferential radially outer edge (9), and—at least one flow barrier (12, 12?) extending circumferentially with respect to the axis (X), each flow barrier (12) extending between the superconducting pellets (7) and the armature (2) so as to at least partially cover at least one of the radially outer edge (9) and the radially inner edge (10) of all or part of the coils (5) of the armature (2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignees: SAFRAN, UNIVERSITE DE LORRAINE
    Inventors: Sabrina Siham Ayat, Rémi Luc Stéphane Dorget, Benjamin Daguse
  • Patent number: 12206302
    Abstract: An induction motor with on-rotor slip power recovery may have a rotor and a stator element. The rotor element has a rotor winding system with a number of winding units wound-distributed for inducing a rotor magnetic field. Each winding unit has an induction and an augmentation subwinding. The induction subwinding has two legs of each a number of induction conductor segments. The induction subwinding induces an emf that drives a rotor current in the rotor winding system to generate a basic induction component for the rotor magnetic field when the induction conductor segments move in the stator element. The augmentation subwinding has two legs of each a number of augmentation conductor segments aligned parallel to the induction conductor segments. The augmentation subwinding being wound that the two legs of augmentation conductor segments are immediately next to each other and positioned mid-way between the two legs of induction conductor segments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Inventors: Pan-Chien Lin, Teng-Chang Chang
  • Patent number: 12206307
    Abstract: An electric machine includes a plurality of laminations stacked to form a stator defining an end face and a plurality of slots spaced about a circumference of the stator. The electric machine further includes a plurality of inserts each disposed, and bonded to a portion of the end face, between an adjacent pair of the slots, and each defining an outer triangular-shaped tip that is radially outside the adjacent pair of the slots. The electric machine further includes end windings extending out from the adjacent pair of the slots and bent over a corresponding one of the inserts such that the end windings engage the corresponding one of the inserts and exert a compression force on the corresponding one of the inserts and the laminations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventor: Xiaogang Zhang
  • Patent number: 12201027
    Abstract: An actuator mechanism for a body is disclosed. The actuator mechanism has at least one actuator produced from an electro-active polymer material that changes form due to electrical energy, thereby actuating the body The actuator mechanism also has at least two strengtheners allowing the actuator to change its form, each holding the actuator from a different side, and positioned oppositely on the body The actuator mechanism further has at least one retainer tip holding the actuator from at least one side thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: TUSAS-TURK HAVACILIK VE UZAY SANAYII ANONIM SIRKETI
    Inventor: Fahri Bugra Camlica
  • Patent number: 12191713
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a rotor of a rotary electric machine is provided with a rotor iron core and a plurality of permanent magnets. The rotor iron core includes a plurality of magnetic poles, a plurality of magnet holding slots, an outer peripheral side iron core portion, an inner peripheral side iron core portion, a plurality of bridges passed between the outer peripheral side iron core portion and the inner peripheral side iron core portion, and a plurality of magnet holding protrusions extending from the middle of each of the bridges to each of the magnet holding slots for each of the magnetic poles. Each of the permanent magnets is accommodated in each of the magnet holding slots and is in contact with each of the magnet holding protrusions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toshiba Infrastructure Systems & Solutions Corporation
    Inventors: Hideki Hisada, Masaru Kano, Hidenori Uchida