Patents Examined by Ramon M. Barrera
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Patent number: 10855135Abstract: A cooling unit of a drive motor includes: a fixing member installed on an inner wall surface of a motor housing and configured to fix a stator core of the drive motor, wherein the fixing member has a ring shape, includes a flow path formed therein in order to allow a cooling medium to flow, and includes a cooling medium inlet and a cooling medium outlet formed to be connected to the flow path, the flow path includes a first path connecting the cooling medium inlet and the cooling medium outlet to each other at one side and a second path connecting the cooling medium inlet and the cooling medium outlet to each other at another side, and the first and second paths have different flow cross sections and are connected to each other.Type: GrantFiled: March 13, 2019Date of Patent: December 1, 2020Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors CorporationInventors: Kyoungbum Kim, MyungKyu Jeong, GaEun Lee, SangHwa Do, Young Jin Seo
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Patent number: 10855136Abstract: A cooling unit of a drive motor includes: a fixing member installed on an inner wall surface of a motor housing and configured to fix a stator core of the drive motor, wherein the fixing member has a ring shape, includes a flow path formed therein in order to allow a cooling medium to flow, and includes a cooling medium inlet and a cooling medium outlet formed to be connected to the flow path, the flow path includes a first path connecting the cooling medium inlet and the cooling medium outlet to each other at one side and a second path connecting the cooling medium inlet and the cooling medium outlet to each other at another side, and the first and second paths have different flow cross sections and are connected to each other.Type: GrantFiled: March 13, 2019Date of Patent: December 1, 2020Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors CorporationInventors: Kyoungbum Kim, MyungKyu Jeong, GaEun Lee, SangHwa Do, Young Jin Seo
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Patent number: 10854408Abstract: A magnetic flux assembly for closing a magnetic circuit of a relay and a relay. The magnetic flux assembly has a yoke and a U-shaped armature that is movable relative to the yoke. The yoke has a coil part that is in a coil and a flux conduction part that conducts the magnetic flux generated by the coil.Type: GrantFiled: July 27, 2017Date of Patent: December 1, 2020Assignee: Tyco Electronics Austria GmbHInventors: Markus Gutmann, Rudolf Mikl, Paul Indrajit
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Patent number: 10835923Abstract: A vibration device, including a housing having accommodating space, a vibrator, a stator and an elastic member accommodated in the housing. One of the vibrator and the stator includes a magnetic circuit unit while the other includes a coil, the vibrator includes a supporting frame fixed to the elastic member and suspended in the accommodating space by the elastic member, the supporting frame includes an accommodating cavity and, a coil or a magnetic circuit unit fixed and accommodated in the accommodating cavity. One end of the elastic member is fixedly connected with the supporting frame while anther end is fixedly connected with the housing. The supporting frame includes opposite first side walls and a second side wall forming an accommodating cavity, the first side wall is fixedly connected with the elastic member. A protrusion extends from the first side wall to the elastic member fixedly connected with the protrusion.Type: GrantFiled: July 18, 2017Date of Patent: November 17, 2020Assignee: AAC Technologies Pte. Ltd.Inventors: Xiang Xu, Fanghua Ling, Mengxun Shi, Zhilin Chai
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Patent number: 10825629Abstract: A carrier body for a relay comprises a base body, a coil carrier, and a contact mount. The base body is monolithically formed with the coil carrier and the contact mount. The coil carrier and the contact mount extend from the base body.Type: GrantFiled: July 26, 2017Date of Patent: November 3, 2020Assignee: Tyco Electronics Austria GmbHInventors: Markus Gutmann, Rudolf Mikl, Paul Indrajit
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Patent number: 10818461Abstract: A thermomagnetic trip assembly includes a thermal trip, a magnetic trip, and first and second actuation levers. The thermal trip includes a bimetal strip that is capable of deforming in order to actuate the first actuation lever. The magnetic trip includes a movable armature, a fixed armature and an electrical conductor. The movable armature is capable of moving in order to actuate the second actuation lever. The electrical conductor and the bimetal strip are electrically connected in series with one another between first and second connection terminals of the trip assembly. The movable armature is connected to the first connection terminal, the fixed armature is connected to the second connection terminal, and the respective contact areas of the fixed armature and of the movable armature are made of electrically conductive materials that exhibit a low degree of mutual weldability.Type: GrantFiled: December 6, 2018Date of Patent: October 27, 2020Assignee: Schneider Electric Industries SASInventors: Sebastien Heraud, Grigori Delcarmine
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Patent number: 10811929Abstract: A motor system includes: a stator; a rotor; a motor shaft, which is mechanically coupled for conjoint rotation with the rotor, and which defines a radial direction and an axial direction of the motor system; heat-generating components, in particular power semiconductors; a control device which is designed to control an operation of the motor system; and a housing. The housing has a first central chamber, wherein the stator, the rotor and the heat-generating components are arranged inside the first chamber, and wherein the heat-generating components are connected to an outer wall of the first chamber, and has a number of second chambers, wherein the second chambers radially surround the first chamber, and wherein the second chambers form closed channels for guiding cooling air.Type: GrantFiled: November 23, 2015Date of Patent: October 20, 2020Assignee: Lenze Drives GmbHInventors: Jan Wettlaufer, Abdenbi Maghnaoui, Torben Jonsky, Volker Grabs, Martin Ehlich
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Patent number: 10811903Abstract: Disclosed herein are various wireless power electropermanent magnets and related systems and devices, including handheld wands for activating and deactivating wireless power electropermanent magnets, and coupling and locking mechanisms utilizing wireless power electropermanent magnets.Type: GrantFiled: December 29, 2016Date of Patent: October 20, 2020Assignee: X Development LLCInventors: Michael Grundmann, Jonathan Ross, Joseph Sargent
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Patent number: 10811204Abstract: An electromagnetic relay includes an armature, and a movable body configured to move in association with a swing of the armature. The armature includes a support portion opposed to a leg portion of an iron core, a magnetic pole opposed to another leg portion of the iron core, and an arm portion extending to connect the support portion and the magnetic pole. A movable body is attached to the arm portion and provided with a pressure projection for moving movable contacts. The pressure projection is located on a segment connecting the center of gravity of the support portion and the center of gravity of the magnetic pole.Type: GrantFiled: July 28, 2016Date of Patent: October 20, 2020Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Atsushi Nakahata, Yoshimasa Kato, Machiko Nishiyama, Hironori Hounoki, Izumi Fujita
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Patent number: 10804059Abstract: A microphone having a housing that includes a bottom part and an upper part, and a transducer element arranged in the housing and which is electrically and mechanically connected to the bottom part. For stress-free mounting of the transducer element, a flexible connecting element is proposed, which is pliable and/or compressible, is arranged between the transducer element and the upper part, and connects the transducer element to the upper part. The connecting element includes a plastic, in which gas bubbles are distributed, the gas bubbles having a volume fraction of between 50 and 98% in the connecting element.Type: GrantFiled: June 22, 2016Date of Patent: October 13, 2020Assignee: EPCOS AGInventors: Thomas Westebbe, Frank Werner, Peter Bobert
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Patent number: 10804787Abstract: A secondary part, which defines a magnetic path for a primary part of a linear motor, includes a spacer element having a plurality of mounting points that, in an application, are configured to fasten the secondary part. Two yoke plates that form lateral sides are configured to be fastened to the spacer element such that the two yoke plates extend in mutual opposition, orthogonally to the magnetic path. The two yoke plates are configured to accommodate a plurality of permanent magnets on respective inner sides thereof. The two yoke plates have, on respective outer sides thereof, a reinforcing structure that is formed by a periodic variation of plate thickness in the direction of the magnetic path. Local minima of the reinforcing structure overlapping with the mounting points along the direction of the magnetic path.Type: GrantFiled: October 10, 2018Date of Patent: October 13, 2020Assignee: ETEL S.A.Inventors: Sean David Monaghan, Vivien Baverel
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Patent number: 10804019Abstract: A sensor core (8) is arranged in a plane (P1), which is positioned on sides of opposite ends of plungers (5a, 5b) from bosses (6a, 6b), and which is perpendicular to a direction of movement of the plungers (5a, 5b). A magnetic sensor (9) is arranged at a position in the plane (P1), the position being apart from a magnetic path (A3) of a leakage flux of a magnetic circuit (A).Type: GrantFiled: July 12, 2016Date of Patent: October 13, 2020Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATIONInventors: Toru Ogawa, Tomoya Uchimura, Shoji Ishikawa, Hitoshi Yoshizumi, Satoshi Tesen
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Patent number: 10794379Abstract: An exemplary apparatus includes a switch, an arm, and a rod. The switch is housed by a housing and includes an actuating tab. The arm is housed by the housing and carries an arm magnet. The arm magnet includes first and second opposed surfaces and an edge surface. The rod carries a float and a rod magnet. The rod is movable between a first rod position and a second rod position at which the rod magnet is in the housing. As the rod moves from the first position to the second position, the edge surface of the arm magnet is configured to move across a facing surface of the rod magnet, thereby moving the arm from a first arm position in which the arm does not actuate the actuating tab to a second arm position in which the arm actuates the actuating tab.Type: GrantFiled: February 5, 2018Date of Patent: October 6, 2020Assignee: Alderon Industries, Inc.Inventor: Alexander Richard Guetter
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Patent number: 10797562Abstract: A powertrain utilizing an active core motor with coaxially aligned planetary-differential-planetary gear assemblies is provided.Type: GrantFiled: November 6, 2018Date of Patent: October 6, 2020Assignee: Atieva, Inc.Inventors: Emad Dlala, Shun-Cheng Hung, Jeremy Mayer, Balazs Palfai, Michael Tebbe
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Patent number: 10796868Abstract: A vacuum chamber contact assembly includes a vacuum housing assembly, a conductor assembly, and an operating mechanism. The vacuum housing assembly defines a sealed enclosed space. The conductor assembly includes a first stationary conductor assembly, a second stationary conductor assembly, and a movable conductor assembly. The operating mechanism includes a number of stationary components, a number of movable components and an actuator/latch assembly. The movable conductor assembly and the operating mechanism movable components are disposed entirely within the vacuum housing assembly enclosed space. The actuator/latch assembly includes an open, first latch unit and a close, second latch unit. The actuator/latch assembly is structured to maintain the movable conductor assembly in both the first position and the second position.Type: GrantFiled: February 11, 2019Date of Patent: October 6, 2020Assignee: EATON INTELLIGENT POWER LIMITEDInventors: Li Yu, Hongbin Wang, Robert W. Mueller, David Rohn, Andrew A. Rockhill
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Patent number: 10790727Abstract: A cooling apparatus includes: an intra-axle coolant supply unit supplying coolant into a rotation shaft of a rotating electrical machine; a coolant discharge unit pouring coolant onto the rotating electrical machine, wherein the coolant is conducted in a predetermined distribution ratio to the intra-axle coolant supply unit and the coolant discharge unit; a flow rate adjustment device capable of adjusting a supply flow rate of the coolant; and a control device functioning as: a determination device determining overheating of the rotating electrical machine caused by deviating allocation of the coolant to the intra-axle coolant supply unit in an increase direction as compared to the predetermined distribution ratio; and a recovery device controlling the flow rate adjustment device to implement a recovery operation in which the supply flow rate is decreased and then elevated, when the determination device has determined that the overheating of the rotating electrical machine is occurring.Type: GrantFiled: October 30, 2018Date of Patent: September 29, 2020Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hiroshi Inano, Shigeru Kimura
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Patent number: 10784730Abstract: A rotor of a synchronous motor has a rotor core and a permanent magnet. The rotor core has a plurality of magnet insertion apertures and a plurality of slits. The permanent magnet is disposed in each of the magnet insertion apertures such that the magnetic poles of the permanent magnets are directed in a diameter direction. The slits are formed on an radially outer side of the magnet insertion aperture so as to align with intervals along a side of the permanent magnet. Magnetic paths are defined between adjacent slits. A gap that is a slot open in the axial direction of the rotor core is formed on the opposite side from a plurality of magnetic paths across the permanent magnet to adjust the magnetic resistance of the magnetic paths for making a change in magnetic flux between adjacent magnetic paths small.Type: GrantFiled: October 23, 2018Date of Patent: September 22, 2020Assignee: OKUMA CORPORATIONInventors: Takanori Yokochi, Tatsuya Shizu
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Patent number: 10778076Abstract: Provided are an electric toothbrush and its drive motor, which comprises a U-shaped magnetic yoke, a rotary output component, a second magnetic yoke and four permanent magnets. The two support legs of the U-shaped yoke are respectively wound with coils, enabling the two leg end faces to generate alternating magnetic poles under the control of circuit. The four permanent magnets are centrosymmetrically disposed about a rotatory central line, the first and the fourth magnet are of the same polarity, the second and the third magnet are of the same polarity; the first and the second magnet are of the opposite polarity, disposed corresponding to the first leg; the third and the fourth magnet are of the opposite polarity, disposed corresponding to the second leg. Under the control of circuit, the driving permanent magnets drive the second yoke and the rotary output component to reciprocatively rotate about the rotatory central line.Type: GrantFiled: April 26, 2016Date of Patent: September 15, 2020Inventor: Jiankun Hu
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Patent number: 10770251Abstract: An alternating current contactor comprises a base and a magnetic yoke. The magnetic yoke is mounted on a bottom plate of the base. A magnetic yoke support for supporting and buffering the magnetic yoke is respectively provided at two sides of the magnetic yoke, wherein sidewalls at two sides of each magnetic yoke support, which are connected with the magnetic yoke are different in thickness. The magnetic yoke support of the alternating current contactor of the utility model has a simple structure due to the arrangement of an asymmetric eccentric structure. The up-down position of the magnetic yoke relative to the bottom plate of the base can be adjusted by changing an assembly direction of the magnetic yoke supports, thereby achieving the purpose of adjusting the total stroke of the product with high flexibility.Type: GrantFiled: October 24, 2016Date of Patent: September 8, 2020Assignee: ZHEJIANG CHINT ELECTRICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Ping Xu, Yujia Hu, Xingdong Zhang, Zhiwen Zhang, Tifeng Xiao
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Patent number: 10770958Abstract: A synchronous electrical machine includes a stator having a circumferential row of teeth carrying stator windings. The electrical machine further includes a coaxial rotor having a circumferential row of poles carrying field windings. Each pole has first and second side flanks and a tip surface which extends continuously there between to form an air gap to the teeth of the stator. On a transverse cross-section through the machine, one of the side flanks forms a leading edge of the pole, and the other side flank forms an opposite, trailing edge of the pole. Each pole carries a row of permanent magnets which extends across the tip surface from one of the side flanks to the other side flank, the permanent magnets compensating for armature magnetic reaction. The radial thickness of the permanent magnets increases smoothly with progressive distance across the tip surface from one of the side flanks to the other side flank.Type: GrantFiled: October 24, 2018Date of Patent: September 8, 2020Assignee: Rolls-Royce plcInventors: Ellis F H Chong, Shanmukha Ramakrishna, King Jet Tseng, Kin Hey Chu