Patents Examined by Ramon M. Barrera
  • Patent number: 11357094
    Abstract: A deflection electromagnet device generates a high magnetic field without increasing the size of a vacuum duct to facilitate control over a beam orbit. Magnetic flux lines from a return pole pass through the vacuum duct of a high-temperature superconductor in a vacuum heat insulation container and the charged particle beam is thus deflected, thereby generating radiation. A three-pole magnetic field is formed on the beam orbit and the charged particle beam is thus deflected by individual magnetic fields, so that radiation can be generated while the charged particle beam returns to a coaxial orbit. Therefore, an increase in size of the vacuum duct can be prevented. A shielding current is dominant and the non-uniformity of the magnetic field in a z-axis direction is prevented by disposing the high-temperature superconductor having a crystal direction c-axis orthogonal to a horizontal plane in which the charged particle beam flows.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: HITACHI, LTD.
    Inventors: Akihisa Miyazoe, Yukihiro Murata
  • Patent number: 11348746
    Abstract: An electro-permanent magnet key assembly may comprise an electro-permanent magnet generating a magnetic field when a direction of current applied to an electrically conductive wire coiled around a low-coercivity magnet, and a pair of scissor plates operably connected to the electropermanent magnet, such that the scissor plates rotate away from one another in the presence of downward force on a key cap situated atop the scissor plates. The top surface of the key cap may lie flush with adjacent keys of a keyboard when the key cap is in a neutral position. The electro-permanent magnet key assembly may further comprise a ferromagnetic flange operably connected to one of the scissor plates having angled overlap protrusions situated adjacent to the electropermanent magnet when the key cap is not in the neutral position, such that the angled overlap protrusions are attracted toward the magnetic field to return the key cap to the neutral position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: Dell Products, LP
    Inventors: Jason S. Morrison, Laurent A. Regimbal
  • Patent number: 11349380
    Abstract: A linear vibration motor, comprising a stator assembly and a vibrator assembly. The stator assembly comprises a housing (1) having a receiving cavity, a magnet (2) located in the receiving cavity and jointly fixed to the housing (1), and a central magnetic yoke (3) of which at least one end is jointly fixed to the housing (1). The magnet (2) comprises a hollow portion (21) extending along the vibration direction of the vibrator assembly. The vibrator assembly comprises a coil (4) and a mass block (9). When the vibrator assembly vibrates, the coil (4) vibrates along with the vibrator assembly and is inserted into the hollow portion (21) of the magnet (2). The central magnetic yoke (3) runs through the coil (4). An resilient support member (5) is configured to suspend the vibrator assembly in the receiving cavity of the housing (1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: GOERTEK INC.
    Inventors: Weiye Zang, Dongsheng Mao
  • Patent number: 11342806
    Abstract: In a stator, coils of a plurality of phases are wound around a stator core via an insulator. A guide member is provided on one side of the stator core in the axial direction and guides the terminal line of the coil in the circumferential direction at a position overlapping the coil in the axial direction. The guide member has a notch that penetrates in the axial direction in a shape having a guide portion extending radially inward from the radially outer end portion of the guide member and leads the terminal line to one side in the axial direction. End surfaces in the radial direction of the notch, and a bottom part which is one end surface in the axial direction of the guide member is drawn in the circumferential direction, are connected by the recessed part having a recessed shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventor: Koji Hotta
  • Patent number: 11342103
    Abstract: De-magnetization protection is provided for electro-permanent magnets during information handling system manufacture and use by monitoring thermal conditions at the information handling systems to detect a thermal state associated with de-magnetization and commanding the electro-permanent magnets to an off state so that both magnets in the electro-permanent magnet have opposing polarities. The opposing polarities tend to stabilize magnet polarity to prevent de-magnetization during increased temperatures. Normal operations are then re-enabled once temperatures decrease.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Jason S. Morrison, Mark A. Casparian
  • Patent number: 11342101
    Abstract: A magnetism booster assembly including a sleeve having a first face, a second face, and an outer periphery surface extending between the first face and the second face. The sleeve defines a central bore extending from the first face to the second face. The sleeve also defines a pocket spaced apart from the central bore and having an opening in the first face. The magnetism booster assembly also includes a magnet positioned within the pocket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: MILWAUKEE ELECTRIC TOOL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Michael J. Zimmermann, Marcus Wechselberger
  • Patent number: 11339871
    Abstract: An inhibitor switch is provided. The inhibitor switch includes a housing having a rotor accommodation space and a Hall element accommodation space, a rotor disposed in the rotor accommodation space, and a magnet disposed on an outer circumferential surface of the rotor. A Hall element is disposed in the Hall element accommodation space and spaced apart horizontally from the magnet with a sensing surface facing an outer circumferential surface of the magnet. Further, the inhibitor switch include a cover configured to block an opening of the rotor accommodation space to prevent the rotor from being released.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: HYUNDAI KEFICO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Seung Gu Lim, Sung Hwa Cho, Soo Man Cho
  • Patent number: 11322282
    Abstract: An electromagnetic actuator includes an essentially cylindrical pole tube, an armature situated radially within the pole tube, and an electromagnetic coil situated radially outside of the pole tube, the pole tube including a first axial end area, a second axial end area, and an outer recess, which extends in the circumferential direction, in proximity to the first axial end area on an outer side of the pole tube. On an inner side, the pole tube includes an inner recess that extends in the circumferential direction and whose axial extension is smaller than an axial extension of the outer recess and that is situated approximately at the height of an edge area of the outer recess pointing away from the second axial end area viewed in the axial direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Mehmet-Fatih Sen, Klaus Schudt
  • Patent number: 11316419
    Abstract: An exemplary embodiment of the present invention provides a linear vibration motor including a base with an accommodation space a vibrating unit, an elastic part suspending the vibrating unit, and a coil assembly fixed to the base. The vibrating unit includes a weight block with a through hole, a pole plate accommodated in the through hole, and at least one magnet fixed at the pole plate. The pole plate includes first side walls and second side walls. The at least one magnet is fixed to the first side wall, and a thickness of the second side wall is greater than a thickness of the first side wall. The linear vibration motor partially enlarges the pole plate so as to improve the magnetic field intensity, and then the magnetic flux is increased correspondingly so as to make the vibrating performance of the linear vibration motor better.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: AAC Technologies Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Fanghua Ling, Feng Tao, Xiaofeng Pu, Mengxun Shi
  • Patent number: 11315716
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for magnetizing a magnetizable ink. The apparatus can include a first pair of first and second cylindrical magnetic arrays defining a first gap. The first and second cylindrical magnetic arrays can each have alternately spaced magnetized sections that are spaced apart axially by flux conducting elements. The apparatus can include a second pair of third and fourth cylindrical magnetic arrays defining a second gap. The third and fourth cylindrical magnetic arrays can each have alternately spaced magnetized sections that are spaced apart axially by flux conducting elements. The apparatus can include a third pair of fifth and sixth cylindrical magnetic arrays defining a third gap. The fifth and sixth magnetic array can have alternately spaced magnetized sections that are spaced apart axially by flux conducting elements. The cylindrical magnetic arrays can be positioned to receive a moving web substrate through the first, second, and third gaps.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventor: Scott David Hochberg
  • Patent number: 11315714
    Abstract: An external magnetic actuator for use in adjusting an implantable medical device having a magnetically actuatable rotatable portion, such as an intramedullary (EVI) lengthening nail is disclosed. The actuator may include a magnet having opposite major surfaces representing opposite poles of the magnet. The magnet may be contained within an actuator body having first and second handles coupled to first and second opposing side walls of the housing. The actuator body may also include one or more projections operable to prevent first and/or second walls of the actuator body from lying flat against an external planar surface. Also provided are various kits and systems that include a disclosed external magnetic actuator and methods for using the disclosed external magnetic actuator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: Smith & Nephew, Inc.
    Inventors: Sied W. Janna, Robert Hill
  • Patent number: 11309777
    Abstract: A rotating electrical machine capable of obtaining a higher torque while limiting the amount of permanent magnets used. A magnetic pole of a rotor includes an auxiliary magnet embedded in a rotor core and at least one main magnet arranged on an outer circumferential side than the auxiliary magnet of the rotor. In each magnetic pole, the distance from an end of the main magnet, the end facing the auxiliary magnet, to the auxiliary magnet facing the main magnet is shorter than the length of the main magnet in the radial direction. In a cross-section orthogonal to the rotation axis of the rotating electrical machine, the main magnets of each magnetic pole are arranged so as to be asymmetrical about a virtual line passing the rotation axis and axisymmetrically dividing the auxiliary magnet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Keiu Kanada, Daisuke Ichigozaki, Kazuaki Haga, Motoki Hiraoka, Daichi Maruyama, Hisamitsu Toshida, Kyoko Nakamura, Akira Yamashita
  • Patent number: 11309769
    Abstract: A disclosed electrical generator includes a housing, an actuator, a rotatable member, a stator, a rotor, an electrical circuit, and a current controller. The actuator is movable relative to the housing and the rotatable member is also rotatable relative to the housing. The rotatable member cooperates with the actuator such that movement of the actuator causes rotation of the rotatable member. The stator is fixed relative to the housing and the rotor receives rotational kinetic energy from the rotatable member. Movement of the rotor relative to the stator generates electromagnetic induction in the rotor and/or the stator which produces a three-phase alternating current. The electrical circuit includes a rectifier that converts the alternating current to a direct current. The current controller regulates the direct current to thereby generate a fixed constant direct current.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: PAVEGEN SYSTEMS LIMITED
    Inventors: Craig Webster, Ben Gordon
  • Patent number: 11309781
    Abstract: An embodiment of the invention provides a linear vibration motor. The linear vibration motor includes a base, a vibration unit, an elastic piece and a coil assembly. The vibration unit includes a weight, a containing groove penetrating the weight, and two magnets arranged in the containing groove. The elastic piece is located on one side of the vibration unit and is connected with the vibration unit. The coil assembly has an iron core and a coil wound around the iron core. The two magnets are magnetized such that the magnetic poles of the two magnets are oppositely arranged. The magnetizing direction of the coil assembly is perpendicular to the vibration direction and is parallel to the connecting line of the two magnets. Compared with the related art, the linear vibration motor is improved in vibration performance and reliability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: AAC Technologies Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Yun Tang, Lubin Mao
  • Patent number: 11309782
    Abstract: The present invention provides a linear vibration motor, which includes a shell with a receiving space and a vibrator and a stator both housed in the shell body. One of the vibrator and the stator includes a solenoid, the other of the vibrator and the stator includes a magnetic circuit structure having a magnetic conductive frame and four magnets surrounding the magnetic conductive frame. By virtue of the configuration of the invention, the magnetic field strength can be significantly enhanced. The magnetic conductive frame can not only be used for magnetic guiding and fixing the magnets, but also can be used for fixing the weight to simplify the assembly structure and improve the reliability. Further, the response speed of the linear vibration motor is fast, the acceleration is great and the frequency band is wide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: AAC Technologies Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Fanghua Ling, Feng Tao, Xiaofeng Pu
  • Patent number: 11309780
    Abstract: The vibration motor provided by the present disclosure includes an elastic assembly having an elastic frame, a first elastic supporting member, and a second elastic supporting member. The first and second elastic supporting members connects to the housing by the elastic frame. By virtue of the bended structure of the elastic frame, the first and the second elastic supporting members are arranged interlaced along the vibration direction, which greatly reduces the height of the vibration motor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: AAC Acoustic Technologies (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tongming Xu, Houwei Zhao
  • Patent number: 11303175
    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: January 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: ASML Netherlands B.V.
    Inventors: Maarten Hartger Kimman, Dave Braaksma, Peter Michel Silvester Maria Heijmans, Christiaan Alexander Hoogendam
  • Patent number: 11302468
    Abstract: An electromagnet and method for producing an electromagnet. The electromagnet includes a sheet metal casing encompassing a magnetic coil at its end face on a magnetic pole side and extends into an interior of the magnetic coil and forms, in this case, a magnetic pole which interacts with a magnet keeper. The electromagnet enables actuation of a valve, a coupling or a reciprocating pump. The structure is achieved with as few cutting processes as possible to be used for generating the individual parts and as small a number as possible of individual parts is to be used per electromagnet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: Thomas Magnete GmbH
    Inventors: Edwin Kreuzberg, Thomas Rolland, Olaf Ohligschlager, Thomas Baum
  • Patent number: 11287497
    Abstract: A magnetic field device, with a first magnet, a first ferromagnetic element positioned adjacent to the first magnet, a second magnet, a second ferromagnetic element positioned adjacent to the second magnet and relative to the first ferromagnetic element to create a gap between the first ferromagnetic element and the second ferromagnetic element, and a third magnet positioned between the first ferromagnetic element and the second ferromagnetic element and within the gap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: Aspect Imaging Ltd.
    Inventors: Uri Rapoport, Yair Goldfarb, Yoram Cohen
  • Patent number: 11289294
    Abstract: A rotary switch includes a housing having an interior and an exterior, a plurality of moving contacts entirely disposed within the interior of the housing, a plurality of stationary contacts disposed partially within the interior of the housing and extending to an exterior of the housing, and a rotary element coupled to the plurality of moving contacts and being structured to rotate between a closed state where at least one of the plurality moving contacts contact a corresponding one of the plurality of stationary contacts and an open state where the plurality of moving contacts and the plurality of stationary contacts are separated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: EATON INTELLIGENT POWER LIMITED
    Inventors: Geraldo Nojima, Steven Chen, Robert P. Griffin, Koustubh D. Ashtekar