Patents Examined by Rashad H Johnson
  • Patent number: 11967868
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing a helical metal body (1, 1?), in particular made of aluminum or an aluminum alloy. A blank is first produced in a primary shaping process, a metal forming process, or in a removal process, in particular a machining process, and one or more recesses (100, 101, 201, 202, 203) are then introduced into the blank using a removal process, said recesses defining a circumferential coil, the adjacent windings thereof being mutually spaced, in particular electrically insulated from one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.
    Inventors: Matthias Busse, Franz-Josef Wöstmann
  • Patent number: 11967872
    Abstract: An electric machine stator includes a stator core having annular stator laminations arranged in a stack with each lamination includes a plurality of stator teeth, adjacent teeth defining corresponding tooth slots on an inner periphery. Each stator tooth slot includes a winding area and an opening area leading to the inner periphery and including a first side and a second side. The first side and the second side each have an inner and outer tooth top, the inner and outer tooth top of the first side and the inner and outer tooth top of the second side are respectively symmetrical with respect to a center line of the opening area, and the first side and the second side are asymmetric with respect to the center line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Chuan Deng, Guohua Du, Yigang Yuan
  • Patent number: 11962189
    Abstract: A stator (1a, 1 b) for an electric machine. The stator (1a, 1b) is fixedly mounted relative to a rotational axis (Rot). The stator (1a, 1b) comprises a stator yoke (2) that extends in the axial (A) and radial (R) directions. Stator teeth (3), facing toward the rotational axis (Rot), are arranged in a ring shape on the stator yoke (2). The teeth are uniformly spaced apart from one another so that a stator groove (14) is formed therebetween. The stator (1a, 1b) is divided into a first stator section (5) and a second stator section (6). First and second outer walls (9, 10) are provided on the stator yoke (2) and serve to axially support the stator yoke (2). A cooling manifold disk (11) is integrated between the first stator section (5) and the second stator section (6). An electric machine with a stator of that type is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: ZF Friedrichshafen AG
    Inventors: Rayk Gersten, David Wörzler, Stefan Spühler, Martin Jelinewski, Johannes Glückler, Timo Hele, Kai Bornträger
  • Patent number: 11962226
    Abstract: A rotor carrier for a rotor of an electric machine and to a hybrid module with such a rotor carrier. The rotor carrier includes a tubular base body having elements on an outer circumferential surface facing the rotor for connection between base body and rotor, the base body is connected to a hub by a connection element. The connection element has an axial portion which extends along a part of the axial length of the base body and runs coaxial to the latter, in that receptacles for parts of a clutch are provided on an inner circumferential surface of the axial portion remote of the base body, and in that the connection element has a flange area adjoining the axial portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: ZF FRIEDRICHSHAFEN AG
    Inventors: Wolfgang Großpietsch, Angelika Ebert, Monika Rößner, Christoph Margraf, Thomas Bauer
  • Patent number: 11955856
    Abstract: A rotary electric machine includes: a stator; and a rotor that face the stator and that rotates together with a rotation shaft, the rotor including: a rotor core including rotor salient poles and a slot formed between adjacent rotor salient poles, and a rotor coil wound around each of the rotor salient poles via an insulating member through the slot. Further, the rotor coil includes: a slot coil portion; and a coil end portion protruding from an end surface of the rotor core in an axial direction, the insulating member includes: a slot insulating portion; and an end insulating portion, and the slot insulating portion and the end insulating portion are integrated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takeshi Kitayama, Hiroyuki Hattori
  • Patent number: 11955854
    Abstract: In this stator armature, a first leg portion has a first surface side part that has a thickness in a radial direction smaller than a thickness of a first leg portion body portion in the radial direction, a second leg portion has a second surface side part that has a thickness in the radial direction smaller than a thickness of a second leg portion body portion in the radial direction, and in the radial direction, a thickness of a joint portion is equal to or more than a thickness of a part other than the joint portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: AISIN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kiyotaka Koga, Takahiro Kobuchi, Takashi Kato
  • Patent number: 11955860
    Abstract: The present invention may provide a motor including a shaft, a rotor coupled to the shaft, a stator disposed outside the rotor, and a bus bar disposed on the stator, wherein the bus bar includes a terminal connected to a coil of the stator, the terminal includes a first terminal and a second terminal which are separated from each other in a circuit manner, the first terminal includes a first neutral terminal and a plurality of first phase terminals, the second terminal includes a second neutral terminal and a plurality of second phase terminals, first curvature centers of the plurality of first phase terminals are disposed to be different, second curvature centers of the plurality of second phase terminals are disposed to be different, a position of a curvature center of the first neutral terminal is the same as a position of a curvature center of the second neutral terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Woong Seon Ryu
  • Patent number: 11949304
    Abstract: A rotary electric machine includes a stator. The stator has a coil end provided by a plurality of joint portions. The coil end has a leader wire connected to a power terminal. The stator has a coil end provided by a plurality of turn portions. The coil end has a circumferential pair whose top portions are offset in a circumferential direction. The circumferential pair has a height HG21. The coil end has an axial pair whose top portions are offset in an axial direction. The axial pair has a height HG22. The housing has a facing surface facing the coil end. The coil end provides a height distribution which adapts an unevenness of the opposing surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masayoshi Yamamoto, Mai Goto, Shigenori Yoneda
  • Patent number: 11949286
    Abstract: An electric motor includes electric motor stator and a rotor rotatably inserted in the electric motor stator. The electric motor stator includes a stator iron core and an end cap. The end cap is formed, in an interior thereof, with a receiving space that receives the stator iron core therein. The stator iron core includes an annular stator yoke and a plurality of stator teeth extending radially from an internal circumferential surface of the stator yoke. The stator yoke has an external circumferential surface that is recessed to form positioning grooves. The end cap has an internal surface that is protruded to form positioning posts that are respectively insertable into and connectable with the positioning grooves. The positioning grooves respectively correspond to the stator teeth in a radial direction of the stator iron core.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: NINGBO GLOYEL ELECTRIC MOTOR CO. LTD.
    Inventors: Chuang Yu, Yongbin Li, Guixin Huang
  • Patent number: 11942834
    Abstract: A motor drive system includes a rectifier circuit, a controller, a modulator circuit and a direct current (DC) motor. The rectifier circuit is configured to convert an alternating current (AC) voltage to a DC voltage. The controller is configured to output a control signal. The modulator circuit includes a pulse generation module, a feedback determination module, a pulse modulation module and a driving module, and is configured to generate a modulated DC driving signal based on the DC voltage and the control signal generated by the rectifier circuit and the controller. The DC motor is configured to operate in accordance with the modulated DC driving signal generated by the modulator circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: ZENG HSING INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chin-Shu Yang, Chih-Huang Wu
  • Patent number: 11938979
    Abstract: An assembly may be provided that includes a controller configured to be coupled with at least one blower drive that operates a blower motor to cool resistive elements that dissipate electrical power as heat. The controller may be configured to determine whether the electrical power is no longer received by the resistive elements and operate the at least one blower drive to operate the blower motor to cool the resistive elements responsive to the electrical power no longer being received by the resistive elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: Transportation IP Holdings, LLC
    Inventors: Jeffrey John Wolff, Henry Todd Young, Kevin Michael Jones, Laura Cooper
  • Patent number: 11923726
    Abstract: This stator core is a stator core for a rotating electric machine of an axial gap type and includes a body portion formed by a compaction-molded body of soft magnetic powder whose surfaces are coated with insulating films, wherein the body portion is provided with one or a plurality of through holes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignees: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC SINTERED ALLOY, LTD.
    Inventors: Yuuichi Nakamura, Tomoyuki Ueno, Tatsuya Saito
  • Patent number: 11923733
    Abstract: An apparatus includes a stator with an inner surface and an outer surface, a plurality of rotors magnetically coupled to the stator, wherein a first rotor faces the inner surface of the stator and a second rotor faces the outer surface of the stator, and a first airgap between the inner surface of the stator and the first rotor, and a second airgap between the outer surface of the stator and the second rotor, wherein first conductors, the first airgap, and the first rotor form a first submotor, and second conductors, the second airgap, and the second rotor form a second submotor, and wherein the first submotor and the second submotor are so configured that the first rotor and the second rotor produce mechanical torques in a same direction when currents flow in the plurality of windings in an operation mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Quantentech Limited
    Inventor: Hengchun Mao
  • Patent number: 11916439
    Abstract: Provided are a rotor, a motor, and a wiper motor. An arc center of an outer circumferential surface of a rotor core and an arc center of an inner circumferential surface of a permanent magnet are off-centered radially outward from a rotational axis, with the circumferential center disposed on the radially outermost side. An angle formed by salient pole side surfaces facing each other of circumferentially adjacent two salient poles is equal to an angle formed by magnet side surfaces on both sides circumferentially of the permanent magnet. When the distance between the outer circumferential surface of the rotor core and the radially outermost end of the salient poles is Lt, and the distance between the inner circumferential surface of the permanent magnet and the radially outermost end of the magnet side surfaces is Lme, the distances Lt, Lme are set such that the relationship Lme<Lt is satisfied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: MITSUBA Corporation
    Inventor: Ryo Ohori
  • Patent number: 11909286
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to an electric machine of an electrical system, (e.g., a drive system), and in particular to the electrical insulation of a coil of the machine. A coil arrangement includes a coil, formed by an electrical coil conductor, and also an insulating arrangement. The coil is arranged at an electrically conductive element of the machine, for example, at or on a corresponding tooth of a stator or of a rotor of the machine, which is formed by a laminated core. The insulating arrangement is configured to insulate the coil from the electrically conductive element, (e.g., from the laminated core forming the tooth). The insulating arrangement has a first, electrically conductive layer, which is at least partly arranged between the coil and the metallic component. Furthermore, the first layer is electrically connected to the metallic component, in order to prevent partial discharges between the insulating arrangement and the metallic component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Rolls-Royce Deutschland Ltd & Co KG
    Inventor: Florian Schulz
  • Patent number: 11904358
    Abstract: A dielectric elastomer transducer according to the present invention includes a dielectric elastomer layer, and a pair of electrode layers sandwiching the dielectric elastomer layer. The electrode layers contain a binder and carbon black. The carbon black has a particle size distribution as measured by dynamic light scattering in which not less than 95% falls in a range of 0.15 to 8.0 ?m. The carbon black has a particle size as measured by laser scattering ranging from 0.4 to 50 ?m. The particle size distribution of the carbon black as measured by dynamic light scattering has a first peak that falls in a first range of 0.15 to 1.0 ?m and a second peak that falls in a second range of 1.0 ?m to 8.0 ?m. This structure achieves both stretchability and electrical conductivity of the electrode layers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignees: ZEON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Seiki Chiba, Mikio Waki, Mitsugu Uejima, Makoto Takeshita
  • Patent number: 11901767
    Abstract: A compaction plate for magnetic mass is proposed. The compaction plate comprises a plurality of laminated magnetic sheets, the laminated magnetic sheets being fixed together with fixing and electric insulating means.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: GE Energy Power Conversion Technology Limited
    Inventors: Christophe Grosselin, Lionel Durantay, Christophe Galmiche
  • Patent number: 11901780
    Abstract: A resolver includes a first coil group and a second coil group. The first coil group has a first exciting coil and a first detecting coil that have a multiplication factor of angle of nX (where n is a natural number equal to or greater than three), are placed coaxially with the axis of rotation of the rotor, and each have a ring shape. The second coil group has a second exciting coil and a second detecting coil that have a multiplication factor of angle of (n?1)×, are placed coaxially with the axis of rotation of the rotor, and each have a ring shape. Furthermore, the first coil group and the second coil group are provided at positions different in a radial direction from each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: MABUCHI MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Akira Matsunawa
  • Patent number: 11901786
    Abstract: A stator for an electric machine provided for purely electrically driving a motor vehicle is provided with a stator body forming stator grooves, a stator winding through which current can flow, which engages in the respective stator groove and axially protrudes from the stator groove, for forming an electromagnetic rotating field and an insulation paper, which is provided in the stator groove between the stator winding and the stator body, for electrically insulating the stator winding from the stator body, wherein the insulation paper protrudes from the stator groove, wherein the insulation paper is provided with an additional layer on the surface thereof for providing a higher creepage resistance compared to the surface of the insulation paper without the additional layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: DR. ING. H.C. F. PORSCHE AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Thomas Hubert, Stefan Schmidt, Joerg Schneider
  • Patent number: 11894743
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a coil assembly including: a plurality of unit flat coils disposed and spaced apart from one another in a circumferential direction; and a molding body made by dual injection molding and configured to partially surround the unit flat coils, thereby simplifying a structure of the coil assembly and a process of manufacturing the coil assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Min Mo Koo, Yong Ho Kim