Patents Examined by Ramon M. Barrera
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Patent number: 10761563Abstract: An electronic device having a housing structure that is configured to receive at least one glass cover is disclosed. The glass cover serves to cover a display assembly provided within the electronic device. The glass cover can be secured to the housing structure so as to facilitate providing a narrow border between an active display area and an outer edge of the housing structure. The enclosure for the electronic device can be thin yet be sufficiently strong to be suitable for use in electronic devices, such as portable electronic devices.Type: GrantFiled: August 9, 2017Date of Patent: September 1, 2020Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Emery A. Sanford, Fletcher R. Rothkopf, Stephen B. Lynch
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Patent number: 10756590Abstract: A stator (1) includes a plurality of divided cores (3) arranged in circumferential direction to constitute a stator core (2), and a holder (4). Stator coils (5) are wound around the individual divided cores (3). The divided core (3) includes a tooth part (6), and an insulator (13) around which the stator coil (5) is wound. A plurality of projection portions (5a) are formed in the stator coil (5) when the stator coil (5) is wound around the insulator (13). The projection portions (5a) are wound on only short sides of the insulator (13), resulting that the stator coil (5) does not protrude from the long sides of the divided core (3), and when the divided cores (3) are arranged in the circumferential direction to constitute the stator (1), the stator (1) is normally driven without the stator coils (5) of the neighboring divided cores (3) contacting each other.Type: GrantFiled: February 6, 2017Date of Patent: August 25, 2020Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Yuichi Hosoda, Ryosuke Fukuchi, Kei Hitomi
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Patent number: 10756594Abstract: The invention relates to an electric machine (1) comprising noise-reducing means (24) designed so as to obtain a resonance frequency of the electric machine within a resonance frequency range that does not match the range of frequency of the harmonics of the electric machine, more precisely between 1500 Hz and 2500 Hz.Type: GrantFiled: October 19, 2015Date of Patent: August 25, 2020Assignee: Valeo Systemes de Controle MoteurInventors: François Machet, Patrick Lebrasseur
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Patent number: 10756608Abstract: The application relates to an electrodynamic converter (1), comprising a coil (11), a claw disk (7) associated with the coil (11) and having a disk component (7a) that can be rotated about an axis of rotation and a disk component (7b) that is stationary relative thereto, comprising a further claw disk (8) associated with the coil (11) and having a disk component (8a) that can be rotated about the axis of rotation and a disk component (8b) that is stationary relative thereto, and comprising magnetic flux components, which have oppositely magnetized magnetic components (9, 10; 12, 13) and magnetic flux elements composed of soft magnetic material, of which at least some are associated with a magnetic flux through the claw disk (7) or a further magnetic flux through the further claw disk (8) during operation, which are formed in alternation as the rotatable disk component (7a) of the claw disk (7) and the rotatable disk component (8a) of the further claw disk (8) are rotated, wherein the magnet-flux-closing relatType: GrantFiled: September 22, 2015Date of Patent: August 25, 2020Assignee: Technische Universitat BerlinInventors: Oliver Mönnich, Martin Kelp, Robert Dreyer
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Patent number: 10749320Abstract: A cradle intended to be incorporated in a high-voltage electrical switchgear cubicle, including a mobile trolley bearing a switch apparatus provided with mobile contacts, a mechanism for operating the mobile contacts via operating springs and at least one coil for actuating the operating springs, a motorized protection shutter intended to prevent access to conductive busbars of the switchgear cubicle, and motorized device for driving the mobile trolley intended to be able to connect the switch apparatus to the conductive busbars. A first automation controller is embedded on the mobile trolley to control the operating mechanism and the actuating coil, and a second automation controller is embedded in the cradle to control the protection shutter and the device for driving the mobile trolley.Type: GrantFiled: June 19, 2018Date of Patent: August 18, 2020Assignee: Schneider Electric Industries SASInventors: Jon-Paul Bentley, Jean-Pierre Meley, Philippe Pulfer
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Patent number: 10748718Abstract: A power contactor having an electromagnetic driving unit, a rotating armature, and a reset element. The rotating armature is switched by the electromagnetic driving unit between an open position and a closed position. The reset element exerts a reset force onto the rotating armature when in the closed position.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2017Date of Patent: August 18, 2020Assignee: TE Connectivity Germany GmbHInventors: Harry Koch, Matthias Kroeker
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Patent number: 10749387Abstract: A rotary electric apparatus having a fractional slot configuration in which a number of slots per every pole and per every phase is not an integer includes: a stator which includes a stator core formed with a plurality of slots, and a stator winding having a plurality of coil sides accommodated in the plurality of slots and a plurality of coil ends connecting each of same side end portions of the plurality of coil sides; and a mover which is movably supported with respect to the stator, and includes a mover core and a plurality of mover magnetic poles installed in the mover core.Type: GrantFiled: October 11, 2018Date of Patent: August 18, 2020Assignee: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Masafumi Sakuma, Teppei Tsuda
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Patent number: 10742079Abstract: Magnets are disposed between adjacent first claw portions and second claw portions so as to protrude toward a second end in an axial direction from tips of the first claw portions and so as to protrude toward a first end in the axial direction from tips of the second claw portions, magnet holding members include a base portion that covers a radially outer surface of the magnets, and the base portion includes a high magnetic resistance portion that is disposed in a direction that is perpendicular to a direction from the first claw portions toward the second claw portions and parallel to the radially outer surface of the magnets so as to cross a magnetic path from the first claw portions toward the second claw portions in a region between the adjacent first claw portions and second claw portions.Type: GrantFiled: April 12, 2017Date of Patent: August 11, 2020Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATIONInventors: Norihiro Watanabe, Hideaki Arita, Taiga Komatsu, Tomoya Uchimura, Toru Ogawa
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Patent number: 10731235Abstract: There is provided a wire for a reed switch used for a material of a reed piece comprised by a reed switch, the wire being composed of an iron-group alloy containing Fe and 0 mass % or more and less than 10 mass % of Ni, with a total content of the Fe and the Ni satisfying 10 mass % or more and less than 20 mass %, with a balance of Co and an impurity, the iron-group alloy having a cubic crystal structure, the wire having a Curie temperature of 900° C. or higher and a specific resistance of 15 ??·cm or less at normal temperature, a ratio of a thermal expansion coefficient of a glass tube comprised by the reed switch to a thermal expansion coefficient of the wire for the reed switch being 90% or more, the wire having a diameter of 1 mm or less.Type: GrantFiled: June 24, 2016Date of Patent: August 4, 2020Assignee: Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Hajime Ota, Tetsuya Kuwabara, Kazuo Yamazaki, Naoki Sugihara, Norimasa Kawano, Hiroyasu Torazawa
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Patent number: 10726982Abstract: A solenoid includes a coil defining an axis, an armature disposed radially inward of the coil, and a plurality of linear guides disposed at least partially between a radially inward facing surface of the coil and a radially outward facing surface of the armature. Each of the linear guides has a frictional surface area, with a dimension of the frictional surface area aligned with the axis being larger than a dimension of the frictional surface area aligned with a circumference of the coil.Type: GrantFiled: January 30, 2018Date of Patent: July 28, 2020Assignee: Hamilton Sundstrand CorporationInventors: Myles R. Kelly, James S. Elder
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Patent number: 10727015Abstract: A high-voltage large-current relay includes an electromagnet, at least one fixed transmission contact, at least one movable transmission contact, at least one fixed arc-striking contact, and at least one movable arc-striking contact. The fixed transmission contact and movable transmission contact are corresponsive to each other, and the fixed arc-striking contact and movable arc-striking contact are corresponsive to each other. The relay further includes at least one arc-striking spring plate and at least one transmission spring plate for installing the movable transmission contact and movable arc-striking contact respectively. The movable arc-striking contact is smaller than the movable transmission contact, and the arc-striking spring plate and the transmission spring plate are operated together.Type: GrantFiled: June 4, 2018Date of Patent: July 28, 2020Assignee: SONG CHUAN PRECISION CO., LTD.Inventor: Sung-Jen Wu
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Patent number: 10727727Abstract: Provided are: a linear motor that has increased compactness and that can effectively use magnetic flux; and an apparatus provided with the linear motor. The linear motor has a top mobile element and a bottom mobile element provided below the top mobile element, and an armature has: a top first set of magnetic pole teeth comprising two magnetic pole teeth opposing each other in the vertical direction across a space through which the top mobile element can move in a reciprocating manner; and a bottom first set of magnetic pole teeth comprising two magnetic pole teeth opposing each other in the vertical direction across a space through which the bottom mobile element can move in a reciprocating manner.Type: GrantFiled: March 2, 2015Date of Patent: July 28, 2020Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.Inventors: Yasuaki Aoyama, Masaki Koyama, Takahiro Suzuki, Shuhei Nagata
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Patent number: 10720273Abstract: A coil component includes a wire including a linear central conductor and an insulating coating layer that covers a circumferential surface of the central conductor, and a terminal electrode that is electrically connected to the central conductor at an end portion of the wire. The terminal electrode includes a receiving portion to which the central conductor is welded. A weld nugget portion that is produced when the central conductor is welded and the receiving portion are welded to each other.Type: GrantFiled: February 1, 2018Date of Patent: July 21, 2020Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.Inventors: Akio Igarashi, Koji Onishi, Takashi Murakami
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Patent number: 10720806Abstract: An electric machine assembly for a vehicle is provided. The electric machine is in operational communication with a traction battery and includes a stator core defining a cavity and a rotor disposed within the cavity having an inner region defined by sets of triangle-shaped holes tessellated about respective central regions to form a truss structure such that the holes of the truss structure, during operational rotation, do not influence magnetic flux paths generated by magnets of the rotor. The rotor may have a strain energy value less than or equal to 16,100 Joules. The truss structure may include pairs of symmetrical portions each including segments arranged with adjacent rotor portions to define the triangle-shaped holes.Type: GrantFiled: June 16, 2017Date of Patent: July 21, 2020Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLCInventors: Wei Xu, Zhichun Ma, Shuzhen Liu, Jiyao Wang
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Patent number: 10720822Abstract: In a brushless motor comprising a stator core having a plurality of teeth that protrude therefrom in radial directions, a front insulator which is attached to the stator core and which has a plurality of insulating portions that protrude therefrom along the direction of protrusion of the respective teeth, and a plurality of coils formed by magnet wire wound about each of the insulating portions at the respective teeth, a top face of the respective insulating portions of the front insulator is provided in advance with a deformable rib which is capable of being deformed by tension of the magnet wire wound thereabout, and the magnet wire is wound about the deformable rib to form the coils as the deformable rib is made to deform in correspondence to the external shape of the magnet wire.Type: GrantFiled: May 31, 2017Date of Patent: July 21, 2020Assignee: MAKITA CORPORATIONInventor: Akira Niwa
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Patent number: 10714286Abstract: Switch assemblies and a switching method are disclosed. In some embodiments, a switch assembly may include a first contact element, and a second contact element operable with the first contact element. The first and second contact elements form an open circuit in a first configuration and form a closed circuit in a second configuration. At least one of the first contact element and the second contact element includes a magnetostrictive material. During operation, a magnetic field from a magnet causes the magnetostrictive material to deform or change shape/dimensions, thus causing the first and second contact elements to open or close. In some embodiments, the switch assembly is a micro-electro-mechanical-system (MEMS) switch.Type: GrantFiled: May 25, 2018Date of Patent: July 14, 2020Assignee: Littelfuse, Inc.Inventor: Brian Johnson
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Patent number: 10707003Abstract: An electrical connection device for an electromagnetic valve that has a temperature sensor for sensing the temperature of a medium. The electrical connection device includes an electrical contact plug. The electrical contact plug is part of a common housing which additionally includes an actuator coil for the electromagnetic valve as well as a plug contact for making electrical contact with the temperature sensor when the housing is mounted onto the electromagnetic valve.Type: GrantFiled: October 25, 2016Date of Patent: July 7, 2020Assignee: Daimler AGInventors: Simone Albert, Fabian Gall, Alessandro Lonati, Renato Santulli
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Patent number: 10693352Abstract: A stator for an electrical machine is described. The stator includes a plurality of axially adjacent generally annular laminations. An axially extending coolant passageway through which a coolant fluid flows in use, extends through the stator. A plurality of axially spaced sealing recesses are provided. Each sealing recess is located between a pair of laminations and is in open communication with the surface of the axially extending coolant passageway. Each sealing recess has an axial width greater than the gap between the facing planar surfaces of axially adjacent laminations and is at least partially filled with a cured resin material to define a plurality of axially spaced seals.Type: GrantFiled: June 1, 2017Date of Patent: June 23, 2020Assignee: GE Energy Power Conversion Technology LTD.Inventor: Jacob Thomas Nies
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Patent number: 10690738Abstract: A magnet array includes multiple magnet rings and a frame. The multiple magnet rings are positioned along a longitudinal axis and are coaxial with the longitudinal axis. At least one of the magnet rings encircles a predefined inner volume. A minimal inner radius of the magnet rings positioned on one side of a center of the inner volume along the longitudinal axis is different from the minimal radius of the magnet rings positioned on the other side of the center of inner volume. The magnet rings are configured to jointly generate a magnetic field of at least a given level of uniformity inside the inner volume. The frame is configured to fixedly hold the multiple magnet rings in place.Type: GrantFiled: November 10, 2019Date of Patent: June 23, 2020Assignee: EPSITAU LTD.Inventor: Noam Haham Hay
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Patent number: 10693335Abstract: Certain aspects relate to systems and methods to join leads of stator windings to components of an electric machine, such as a bus bar of a stator of the electric machine. Systems and methods include modifying a surface of the lead and laser welding the surface-modified lead to the bus bar. Systems and methods can include reducing the reflectivity of the lead by imparting a non-smooth surface on the lead, thereby allowing a laser to deliver concentrated energy onto the lead. The surface-modified lead can include knurled surface, a pattern of raised grooves stamped into the surface of the lead, or a roughened surface.Type: GrantFiled: October 3, 2016Date of Patent: June 23, 2020Assignee: Faraday & Future Inc.Inventor: Dang Dinh Dang