Patents Examined by Ramon M. Barrera
  • Patent number: 11783977
    Abstract: A magnetism booster assembly includes a body having a first end and a second end. The body defines a bore and a cavity formed separately from the bore. The bore extends between the first end and the second end. The cavity has a first opening adjacent the first end of the body and a second opening adjacent the second end of the body. The magnetism booster assembly also includes a magnet positioned within the cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: MILWAUKEE ELECTRIC TOOL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Michael J. Zimmermann, Marcus Wechselberger
  • Patent number: 11776729
    Abstract: This invention entails the use of fractal shapes as cores for electromagnets, and a concurrent shape of a fractal for the windings which surround it. The novelty of this invention lies not only with the shaping, but the advantage of such shaping, which includes producing a smaller form factor electromagnet for the same desired magnetic field strength, when compared to a conventional electromagnet. It will be appreciated that a range of devices including electromagnets, based on such fractal shaping, are additionally novel and include but are not limited to solenoid switches, relays, and other devices in which the fractal electromagnets are used to make a change in state of some device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: Fractal Antenna Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Nathan Cohen, Ralph Isaac Hirsch
  • Patent number: 11777356
    Abstract: A rotating electric machine includes a stator and a rotor. The stator includes a stator core that has a plurality of slots that are arranged in a circumferential direction and a stator winding that has a plurality of phase coils that are wound in the slots. The rotor is arranged so as to oppose the stator in a radial direction and has a plurality of magnetic poles in the circumferential direction. In the rotating electric machine, each of the phase coils has a plurality of series-connection coil groups that each includes n unit coils that are arranged to be wound in the circumferential direction. In each of the series-connection coil groups, a first end thereof is connected to a phase terminal for a respective phase and a second end is connected to a neutral point, and the series-connection coil groups are connected in parallel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masahito Fujieda, Kenichirou Takagi, Toshiaki Uga, Yoshihisa Shuji, Hiroshi Endo
  • Patent number: 11770061
    Abstract: The invention relates to a handheld nail setting device comprising highly dynamic electromagnetic drive in the manner of a Thomson coil with soft-magnetic frame, comprising a first excitation coil (30) whose winding height is greater than its length, which hence is flat; a soft-magnetic frame in which the first excitation coil is arranged and against which it abuts, and which in in the manner of a pot magnet constitutes an open magnetic circuit which includes an outer region, a bottom and an inner region, and which is open on its end face, wherein the first excitation coil at least partly encloses the inner part of the frame; a short circuit armature preferably formed hollow cylindrical at least on its side facing the first excitation coil, which is movably mounted along an axis and which in its stroke starting position dips into the end-face opening of the frame and thereby at least partly encloses the inner part of the frame, wherein the frame entirely or predominantly is formed of a soft-magnetic composite
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: HILTI AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Arno Mecklenburg, Tilo Dittrich
  • Patent number: 11764630
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a stator assembly and motor. The stator assembly comprises a stator core and a multi-branch rectangular conductor winding, an even number of stator slots are provided on an inner circumference of the stator core, and each of the stator slots is divided into multiple layers for accommodating rectangular conductors. The multi-branch rectangular conductor winding is provided in the stator slots, and the multi-branch rectangular conductor winding comprises B number of parallel branches, and B is an integer multiple of 4. The number of slots per phase per pole, Q, of the stator assembly is an odd number, and Q and B satisfy a relationship that both (Q+1)*2/B and (Q?1)*2/B are integers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Inventors: Kaihe Zhang, Kunxing Sun, Liangliang Zhang, Chunxia Cai, Xuan Zou, Chunshuang Feng
  • Patent number: 11754642
    Abstract: Magnetic field generating unit is fixed to object that moves relative to magnetic field detecting means. Magnetic field generating unit has magnetic field generator, first support structure that is fixed to object and second support structure that is independent of first support structure. Second support structure is supported by first support structure and supports magnetic field generator. For example, second support structure is formed of a nonmagnetic material, and magnetic field generator is arranged away from first support structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: TDK Corporation
    Inventors: Takahiro Moriya, Toshio Ishikawara, Toshihiko Oyama
  • Patent number: 11757331
    Abstract: A power tool includes a brushless motor that has a stator including a tubular stator core, a rotor disposed in the tubular stator core, first and second electrically insulating members affixed to opposite ends of the stator core and a plurality of coils. A sensor-circuit board is supported by the first electrically insulating member. The first electrically insulating member is bounded by a first plane perpendicular to the rotational axis and a second plane perpendicular to the rotational axis, and the sensor-circuit board is located between the first plane and the second plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: MAKITA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akira Niwa, Kei Kouda
  • Patent number: 11750055
    Abstract: A terminal assembly of a driving motor includes: a support ring surrounding a stator core to which bobbins are coupled, the bobbins being configured to allow stator coils to be wound thereon; a first sub-assembly disposed on the support ring to surround the bobbins; and a second sub-assembly connected to the first sub-assembly, the second sub-assembly including fixing portions inserted into coupling recesses formed in the bobbins. Three-phase bus bars connected to three-phase lead wires of the stator coils are inserted into the first sub-assembly and an N-phase bus bar connected to N-phase lead wires of the stator coils is inserted into the second sub-assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ga Eun Lee, Seong Jun Park, Dong Yeon Han
  • Patent number: 11749553
    Abstract: A first vacuum motor includes a first pivoting shaft member, a bearing that rotatably supports the first pivoting shaft member, a disk disposed to be rotatable together with the first pivoting shaft member and having slits, a first bracket that is made of a non-magnetic material and supports the bearing, a recess formed in the first bracket to be dented in the axial direction, and a sensor unit disposed to face the disk in the axial direction via a thin wall formed by the recess. By the thin wall, the space where the sensor unit is disposed under the atmospheric pressure is isolated from the space where the disk is disposed under a reduced pressure lower than the atmospheric pressure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA YASKAWA DENKI
    Inventors: Masanobu Harada, Hiromitsu Akae, Norihisa Iwasaki
  • Patent number: 11750073
    Abstract: One of the objects of the present invention is to provide a vibration motor with reduced size and enables easier manufacturing process. To achieve the above-mentioned object, the present invention provides a vibration motor having a housing with an accommodation space; a vibrator accommodated in the accommodation space; a stator fixed to the housing for driving the vibrator to vibrate; and a spring suspending the vibrator in the accommodation space. The spring includes a first fixed part connecting to the housing, a second fixed part connecting to the vibrator, and an elastic arm connecting the first fixed part to the second fixed part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: AAC Microtech (Changzhou) Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Jie Ma
  • Patent number: 11742122
    Abstract: A three phase fractal generator system includes an armature plate, having a first conductor winding having nine fractal circles wrapped in wire; a second conductor winding having nine fractal circles wrapped in wire; and a third conductor winding having nine fractal circles wrapped in wire; a fractal field relay positioned on top of the armature plate, the fractal field relay having, an inner, middle, and outer circular row of magnets; each magnet is flanked by a magnet with an opposite pole; and a position and proximity of each of the magnets in the fractal field relay create a compressed woven magnetic field that reduces bleed off while channeling a peak strength to the armature plate and spins relative to the armature plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Inventor: David Clayton Henderson
  • Patent number: 11742733
    Abstract: An electrical machine with two or more stators is proposed. One stator (1) is stationary and is fixed to the body (4) of the machine, and the second stator (6) is movable and can rotate freely to both the rotor (2) and the stationary stator (1). The movable stator (6) is self-orienting according to the lines of the magnetic field created by the electric windings and/or permanent magnets of the stationary stator (1). The movable stator (6) concentrates and shapes up the magnetic field B so that the magnetic lines are almost perpendicular to the rotor windings. The movable stator (6) does not rotate relative to the magnetic field of the stationary stator (1) and the magnetic field in it does not change, there is no continuous re-magnetization, magnetic hysteresis is avoided and no eddy currents are generated, due to which the losses and heating of the machine are reduced. The movable stator (6) may comprise permanent magnets to increase the magnetic field in the rotor active zones (2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Inventors: Alexander Iskrenov Hristov, Georgi Iskrenov Hristov, Plamen Iskrenov Hristov
  • Patent number: 11742718
    Abstract: A component for grounding having conductivity includes a first face positioned opposite a first motor case having conductivity, a second face positioned opposite a second motor case having an insulating property and positioned opposite the first motor case, and a third face positioned opposite a plug having conductivity. The first and third faces and the second face are in a front-back relation in the component for grounding, and the first face and the third face are contiguous to each other for an electrical connection between the first motor case and the plug. The second motor case is provided with a connector couplable with the plug, and, on the second motor case, at least a part of the third face has a contact-avoiding shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: TYCO ELECTRONICS JAPAN G.K.
    Inventor: Kosuke Maeba
  • Patent number: 11742168
    Abstract: An operating mechanism of a circuit breaker includes a moving contact bracket, a moving contact assembly, and a reset torsion spring. The moving contact bracket is provided with a rotating shaft, and the moving contact bracket may be rotated around the rotating shaft; a first end of the reset torsion spring is arranged on a base of the circuit breaker, and a second end of the reset torsion spring is arranged on the moving contact assembly; the moving contact assembly is rotatably arranged on the moving contact bracket, and the moving contact bracket is provided with a limiting portion, so that in a closing process of the circuit breaker, the moving contact assembly is pressed against the limiting portion and rotated synchronously with the moving contact bracket, and the reset torsion spring applies a force rotated towards a disconnection direction of the circuit breaker to the moving contact bracket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: HANGZHOU TAIMU ELECTRICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xieyun Huang, Wen Zhou, Qiang Zhang
  • Patent number: 11728083
    Abstract: A magnetization device includes an outer casing, a base, a rotatable hood, an object-carrying seat, and a drive mechanism. The rotatable hood includes a receiving space. The rotatable hood has a circumferential wall that includes a pair of magnets mounted thereto, with one N pole and one S pole of the magnets being pointing toward the receiving space of the rotatable hood to induce magnetic lines of force and a magnetic field therebetween. The object-carrying seat is disposed in the receiving space of the rotatable hood to support a magnetized object. The drive mechanism drives the rotatable hood to rotate around and outside the magnetized object, such that the magnetized object is kept stationary and the magnets, and thus the magnetic lines of force and the magnetic field, are driven by the rotatable hood to rotate around the magnetized object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: LOVINFLAME, INC.
    Inventor: William Home
  • Patent number: 11728705
    Abstract: A rotating electrical machine is equipped with a stator including a stator winding and a stator core with slots. The stator winding includes phase coils each of which is wound in the slots and connected at an end to a phase terminal and at the other end to a neutral point. The phase coils are each made up of unit coils connected in series between a corresponding one of the phase terminals and the neutral point and connected together using connecting conductors. Each of the phase coils includes two or more reversing connecting conductors each of which orients a direction in which the connecting conductor extends from the (i+1)th unit coil to the (i+2)th unit coil to be opposite to that in which the connecting conductor extends from the ith unit coil to the (i+1)th unit coil. This coil layout ensures a desired degree of electrical insulation in the stator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshiaki Uga, Yoshihisa Shuji, Masahito Fujieda, Hirotaka Kurozaki
  • Patent number: 11721463
    Abstract: An input device comprising a processor(s), an input element, an electropermanent magnet (EPM) assembly including: a permanent magnet operable to generate a magnetic field; and a magnetizing assembly configured to set a magnetic field generated by the permanent magnet, a first ferromagnetic element, and a second ferromagnetic element. The first ferromagnetic element is configured to part and move away from the second ferromagnetic element as the input element is depressed. When the EPM assembly magnetizes the permanent magnet to a first polarity, the first and second ferromagnetic elements are magnetically attracted to each other and provide an attracting that magnetically opposes the first and second ferromagnetic elements from parting, and when the EPM assembly magnetizes the permanent magnet to a second polarity, the first and second ferromagnetic elements are not magnetically attracted to each other and do not magnetically oppose the first and second ferromagnetic elements from parting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: Logitech Europe S.A.
    Inventors: Nuno Miguel Pereira dos Anjos Valverde, Jan Stoeckli, Kevin Forde, Artur Miller
  • Patent number: 11722043
    Abstract: A synchronous machine having a hybrid rotor excitation. The synchronous machine includes a rotor having a plurality of permanent magnets and electromagnets embedded within a rotor body. The permanent magnets produces a constant magnet field having a magnetic axis along a direct axis (D-axis). The electromagnets produces a variable magnetic field along a magnetic axis offset from the D-axis, preferable substantially orthogonal to the D-axis. The plurality of permanent magnets are separated from the electromagnets by a rotor air-gap. The plurality of permanent magnets includes inner pairs and outer pairs of permanent magnets nested in a V-shaped configuration. In another embodiment, the outer pairs of permanent magnets are replaced with outer radius electromagnets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Alireza Fatemi, Shawn H. Swales, Mohammad F. Momen, Derek F. Lahr
  • Patent number: 11705772
    Abstract: A canned electric motor for a fluid pump. The canned electric motor includes a static motor frame, a rotor shaft, a rotatable motor rotor which is co-rotatably connected with the rotor shaft, a static motor stator having a stator body which is directly fixed to the static motor frame, and a separating can which fluidically separates the static motor stator from the rotatable motor rotor. The separating can has a first axial support which protrudes radially from an outside of the separating can. The separating can is supported in a first axial direction by the stator body via the first axial support and in a second axial direction by the static motor frame. The first axial direction is opposite to the second axial direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: PIERBURG PUMP TECHNOLOGY GMBH
    Inventors: Jan Hohmann, Martin Helmis, Andreas Sauer, Andreas Loekes
  • Patent number: 11697133
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a linear motor having a housing with an accommodation space; a vibrator accommodated in the accommodation space; and a first stator locating opposite to the vibrator and fixed to the housing. The first stator includes a first circuit board opposite to the vibrator, a first coil on a the side of the first circuit board close to the vibrator, and a first magnetic conductive sheet locating on a side of the first circuit board away from the vibrator. The linear motor further has a spring bracket supporting the vibrator in the accommodation space. The present invention is to provide a linear motor which improves the space utilization of the linear motor in a thickness direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: AAC Microtech (Changzhou) Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kejia Liu, Jie Ma, Lubin Mao, Zhiyong Cui