Patents Examined by Ramon M. Barrera
  • Patent number: 11888379
    Abstract: The electrical system comprises a cover (206) for closing the compartment (204) defined in a housing (202). The electrical system further comprises a removable element (214) configured to be mounted proximate to the housing (202), and a mobile hook (208) attached to one amongst the cover (206) and the housing (202), and configured to take an engaged position with the other amongst the cover (206) and the housing (202) and a disengaged position from the other from the cover (206) and the housing (202), wherein the removable element (214), when mounted proximate to the housing (202), is configured to cooperate with the mobile hook (208) to prevent the cover (206) from being separated from the housing (202), thereby preventing an opening of the compartment (204).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: Valeo Siemens eAutomotive Germany GmbH
    Inventor: Guido Schneider
  • Patent number: 11887799
    Abstract: An arc extinction apparatus according to an embodiment of the present disclosure comprises a chamber unit, a division unit, a filter unit, and a cover unit. A discharge port is formed in the chamber unit such that a fluid in the chamber unit is discharged to the outside. An insertion groove is provided on inner faces of the chamber unit that face each other. The division unit is coupled to the inside of the chamber unit. In addition, the division unit divides a path of the fluid discharged through the discharge port into multiple paths. The filter unit is disposed in the discharge port and filters out at least one predetermined material from the fluid passing through the discharge port. The cover unit comprises a plurality of exhaust pipes and is coupled to the discharge port from the outside of the filter unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: LS ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sang-Chul Lee, Kyu-Ho Lee, Seung-Pil Yang
  • Patent number: 11870328
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a combined cooling system for a motor and a motor controller, which comprises a water cooling assembly, an oil cooling assembly, and an oil-water heat exchanger; one end of the water cooling assembly is connected to an cooling water outlet of the motor, the other end is connected to an cooling water inlet of the motor controller and/or a water inlet of the oil-water heat exchanger; one end of the oil cooling assembly is connected to a cooling oil outlet of the motor, the other end of the oil cooling assembly is connected to an oil inlet of the oil-water heat exchanger, and an oil outlet of the oil-water heat exchanger is connected to a cooling oil inlet of the motor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Inventors: Kuizhu Shao, Zhichao Zhang, Yu Duan, Jinhe Xu
  • Patent number: 11870301
    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 of ferromagnetic material 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: June 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: DANA TM4 UK LTD
    Inventor: Lloyd Ash
  • Patent number: 11870313
    Abstract: A rotary electric machine includes a first coil including a winding start and a winding end, a first crossover wire connecting to the winding start of the first coil, a second crossover wire connecting to the winding end of the first coil, and an insulator including a tubular part wound around with the first coil and an outer circumferential lateral surface coupled with the tubular part. The outer circumferential lateral surface of the insulator is formed with a plurality of recess parts in a rotation axis direction, and the first crossover wire and the second crossover wire are disposed in two recess parts located at different positions in the rotation axis direction, among the plurality of recess parts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: MINEBEA MITSUMI Inc.
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Minematsu, Tomoaki Nakano
  • Patent number: 11870325
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a motor router comprising: an annular body having a first coil guide; and a guide part formed to protrude from the body, and having a second coil guide to which the first coil guide is connected, and thus the present invention reduces the number of parts and has a simplified configuration, thereby providing an advantageous effect of reducing manufacturing processes and manufacturing costs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignees: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD., MANDO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kyung Sang Park, Seong Jin Kim, Jung Woo Jo, Chang Hyun Park
  • Patent number: 11866104
    Abstract: A manual power pack assembly for an electric power steering (EPS) system includes a motor housing at least partially enclosing a motor and having an outer diameter. The manual power pack assembly also includes a connector plate formed of a material comprising plastic, the connector plate having a first side, a second side, and a cylinder extending from the first side. The manual power pack further includes a metal ring disposed on an inner diameter of the cylinder and in contact with the outer diameter of the motor housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: Steering Solutions IP Holding Corporation
    Inventors: Pierre C. Longuemare, Kun Yang, Yang Zhang, Sean Syc Shen
  • Patent number: 11860253
    Abstract: Systems, apparatuses, and methods for the transit of a superconducting magnet are provided. The apparatuses may include a compressor configured to compress a cryogen after the cryogen cools a superconducting magnet in the transit of the superconducting magnet. The compressed cryogen may be used to cool the superconducting magnet. The apparatuses may also include a power supply device configured to provide power to the compressor and a thermal management system configured to in thermal communication with the compressor. The apparatuses may further include a container configured to accommodate at least one of the compressor, the thermal management system, and the power supply device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: SHANGHAI UNITED IMAGING HEALTHCARE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Peng Wang, Jin Qian, Xijin Tan, Baogang Peng
  • Patent number: 11852152
    Abstract: A fluid transfer pump assembly is provided that includes an electronic device enclosure, a bore, and a vent pin. The electronic device enclosure includes a wall separating an interior from an exterior of the explosion-proof fluid transfer pump assembly. The electronic device enclosure includes a bore extending through the wall of the electronic device enclosure from the interior of the electronic device enclosure to the exterior of the explosion-proof fluid transfer pump assembly. The bore is formed by at least one peripheral surface extending from the interior of the electronic device enclosure to the exterior of the explosion-proof fluid transfer pump assembly. The vent pin extends into the bore. The vent pin fills space within the bore and engages the at least one peripheral surface except that at least one portion of a pin surface of the vent pin is spaced apart from at least one portion of the at least one peripheral surface of the bore.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: The Gorman-Rupp Company
    Inventors: Craig Louis Cavanaugh, Jacob John Berry, David Michael Leckman, Miles Anthony Ebert
  • Patent number: 11843309
    Abstract: An oil recovery structure for cooling a motor includes a rotor connected to a rotary shaft, a stator disposed on the rotor, a housing surrounding the rotor and the stator, and an oil housing disposed on the housing, in which the oil housing includes a first inlet through which the oil is introduced from a space defined on one side of the rotor, a second inlet through which the oil is introduced from a reducer connected to the rotary shaft, and a discharging port discharging the oil inside the oil housing to an oil filter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventors: Shin Jong Kim, Jong Hyun Kim
  • Patent number: 11843293
    Abstract: A multi-rotor electric machine having a stator, a first rotor magnetically coupled to the stator and a second rotor magnetically coupled to the stator is disclosed. A method of operating the electric machine comprises driving a gear via a first face of the gear using the first rotor and driving the gear via a second face of the gear using the second rotor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: PRATT & WHITNEY CANADA CORP.
    Inventor: Antwan Shenouda
  • Patent number: 11837917
    Abstract: A rotor assembly for an electric machine is disclosed. The rotor core has a cylindrical body defining an outwardly facing peripheral surface comprising a slotted portion including a set of slots defined by a set of rotor teeth projecting outwardly from the peripheral surface. Each rotor tooth comprises a respective first distal tip and a respective first radial length extending radially from a center point of the rotor core to the first distal tip. The peripheral surface further comprises a non-slotted portion defining a respective second radial length, extending radially from the center point of the rotor core to the outwardly facing peripheral surface. The first radial length is less than the second radial length.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: GE Aviation Systems LLC
    Inventors: Balamurugan Sridharan, Ami Hatim, Dhiraj Khushal Thakare, Sooraj Govindankutty Kocher
  • Patent number: 11837937
    Abstract: A haptic actuator may include a base, a field member coupled to the base and that may include spaced apart permanent magnets. The haptic actuator may also include a coil having a loop shape defining a slotted opening therein, and a spring member suspending the coil so that the field member is within the slotted opening and permitting relative movement of the field member and the coil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Kathryn K. Wopat, Fu-Ying Huang, Hari Vasudevan, Xin Alice Wu, Shingo Yoneoka
  • Patent number: 11837931
    Abstract: An electromagnetic motor is described, the electromagnetic motor comprising: a magnet assembly configured to generate a two-dimensional alternating magnetic field having a pitch Pm1 in a first direction and a pitch Pm2 in a second direction; a coil assembly configured to co-operate with the magnet assembly to generate a first force in the first direction and a second force in the second direction, wherein the coil assembly comprises a first coil set comprising a plurality of first coils for generating the first force and a second coil set comprising a plurality of second coils for generating the second force, wherein a ratio R1 of a coil pitch Pc1 in the first coil set in the first direction over Pm1 is different from a ratio R2 of a coil pitch Pc2 in the second coil set in the second direction over Pm2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: ASML Netherlands B.V.
    Inventors: Maarten Hartger Kimman, Dave Braaksma, Peter Michel Silvester Maria Heijmans, Christiaan Alexander Hoogendam
  • Patent number: 11837929
    Abstract: A winding arrangement provided on a stator of an electric machine. The winding arrangement includes at least four windings. A first winding and a second winding occupied a first subset of slots; and a third winding and a fourth winding occupied a second subset of the slots. The first subset and the second subset of the plurality of slots are adjoined to each other. A span between two adjacent slots concerning the first winding, the second winding, the third winding, and the fourth winding is chosen from a full-pitch, a short-pitch, and a long-pitch to result in the winding arrangement where the first subsets in a first half of the slots is diagonal to the second subset in a second half of the slots, and the second subset in the first half of the slots is diagonal to the first subset in the second half of the slots.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: XPT (Nanjing) E-powertrain Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Young Yang, Lu Bi, Wei Hong
  • Patent number: 11831224
    Abstract: A reciprocating tool includes a motor, a reciprocating member, and a crank mechanism. The motor is disposed in a housing. The reciprocating member projects from the housing. The crank mechanism converts rotation of a rotation shaft of the motor into reciprocation of the reciprocating member. The crank mechanism rotates around an axis in a lateral direction by rotation transmission from the rotation shaft, and the crank mechanism includes a crank member having an eccentric pin, a connecting rod coupling the eccentric pin to the reciprocating member, and a balancer coupled to the eccentric pin, and the balancer is supported by the eccentric pin alone in the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: MAKITA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryosuke Hara, Tomohiro Ukai
  • Patent number: 11811290
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses an electric-machine housing, which effectively solves the technical problem in the prior art that electric machines have high NVH level. The electric-machine housing is circumferentially provided with a plurality of axial tunnels, and the tunnels are empty or are filled with a damping medium. The structure in which the tunnels are empty or the tunnels are filled with the damping medium can weaken the excitation to the electric-machine housing by the stator vibration, increase the damping coefficient of the electric-machine housing, weaken the transfer paths of vibration and noise, and reduce the amplitude of electromagnetic force waves, thereby inhibiting vibration and noise, to effectively reduce the overall NVH level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: JING-JIN ELECTRIC TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ping Yu, Xinliang Ling, Baojiang Li, Haibin Wang, Minghui Zhang
  • Patent number: 11811264
    Abstract: An electric generator comprises a substantially flat magnet having a series of alternating north and south polarities, the magnet having an upper surface, a lower surface and opposing edges. A first metal plate formed on the upper surface of the magnet, and a second metal plate formed on the lower surface of the magnet. A pair of wires is connected to one of the first or second metal plates and an edge of the magnet, the pair of wires capturing for use energy or power produced by the electric generator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: RAEENTEK LLC
    Inventor: Bahram Raeen
  • Patent number: 11811296
    Abstract: An electric machine includes a drive assembly and a casing. The drive assembly has a stator and a rotor rotatable about a drive axis relative to the stator. The casing contains the drive assembly and has coolant passages, the coolant passages defining a first inlet opening, a second inlet opening, a stator feed circuit, a rotor feed circuit, and an intersection providing fluid communication between the stator feed circuit and the rotor feed circuit. The coolant passages receive at least one coolant input through one or more of the first inlet opening and the second inlet opening to deliver coolant to the rotor through the rotor feed circuit and to the stator through the stator feed circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: DEERE & COMPANY
    Inventors: Randall L Long, Stacy K. Worley
  • Patent number: 11802924
    Abstract: An intelligent liquid helium-free whole-body magnetic resonance imaging superconducting magnet system, comprising: a vacuum container, provided with a main magnetic field superconducting coil in a radially inner side position therein, and a shielding superconducting coil in a radially outer side position therein, and a heat pipe gas tank is arranged in a vacant area between the main magnetic field superconducting coil and the shielding superconducting coil; a liquid helium reservoir, communicated with a liquid-gas storage tank, and connected with the main magnetic field superconducting coil or the shielding superconducting coil via a helium self-oscillation heat pipe; a refrigerator, fixed on the vacuum container through a thermal conduction component auto-pluggable component; the first thermal conduction component connected with the refrigerator is in close contact with the thermal radiation screen assembly, and the second thermal conduction component connected with the refrigerator is in close contact with
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Inventors: Qiuliang Wang, Jianyi Xu, Xinning Hu