Patents Examined by Rashad H Johnson
  • Patent number: 11611249
    Abstract: An electric machine comprising a rotor having a rotor body. The rotor body has multiple poles each carrying at least one rotor winding formed from multiple conductor loops. The poles extend in a radial direction of the rotor and the conductor loops pass through slots each formed between two adjacent poles. A support element extending in the radial direction is arranged in each of the slots between the rotor windings of the adjacent poles. The support element applies pressure to the conductor loops when the rotor rotates and/or heats up. A pressure distribution element extending at least in portions in the radial direction along the support element and the adjacent rotor winding is arranged between the support element and the rotor windings, which pressure distribution element distributes the pressure applied by the support element onto the adjacent rotor winding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: AUDI AG
    Inventor: Paul Böckenhoff
  • Patent number: 11611254
    Abstract: A device for generating power from an input power supply, wherein a net power is generated. The device includes multiple electromagnets arranged in a series to form a row. The row of electromagnets is encased in a tubular coil. Each of the electromagnets is electrically coupled to the controller such that the controller can power the electromagnets one by one in a predefined order at a predetermined switching frequency. A common magnetic field is generated from consecutive powering of the electromagnets based on the switching frequency, wherein changing common magnetic field causes inductance currents in the coil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Inventor: Nathan Kress
  • Patent number: 11605995
    Abstract: A stator is described herein comprising a first longitudinally extending slot having a cavity defined by a first inwardly facing longitudinal surface and a second inwardly facing longitudinal surface; said stator further comprising a spacer provided in said cavity of said first slot, said spacer comprising a first spacer component that comprises a first sheet of material having a first sheet surface facing inwardly into said slot and an opposite sheet surface that is in contact with and extends along the first longitudinally extending inner surface of said slot and wherein said inwardly facing first sheet surface of said first spacer component comprises at least one ridge projection extending along its length L. Methods for assembling such stators are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: HAMILTON SUNDSTRAND CORPORATION
    Inventors: Parminder Singh Sangha, Edward Graham Charles Pocock, Michael Dawson
  • Patent number: 11605989
    Abstract: A stator for an electric machine includes a stator core with a multi-phase winding arranged on the stator core. The stator core has a plurality of slots formed therein and defines a first axial end and a second axial end. The multi-phase winding includes multiple parallel paths for each winding phase, each parallel path completing multiple revolutions around the stator core, and each parallel path comprising a series of slot segments arranged in layers of the plurality of slots and end turns alternately connecting consecutive slot segments on the first axial end and the second axial end. A pitch of the end turns connecting the slot segments for at least one parallel path alternates between a first pitch on the first axial end and a second pitch on the second axial end, the second pitch being different from the first pitch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: BorgWarner Inc.
    Inventor: Kirk Neet
  • Patent number: 11601028
    Abstract: The electric machine comprises at least one winding (30) having at least one conductor (20) and electrical insulation for insulating one or more of the windings (30) and/or conductors (20), wherein the insulation is formed by a metal oxide. The method for producing such an electric machine having at least one winding (30) having at least one conductor (20) comprises the steps of metallizing the at least one winding (30) and/or conductor (20) with metal and oxidizing the metal. The aircraft is in particular an electric or hybrid-electric aircraft and has such an electric machine (10).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: Rolls-Royce Deutschland Ltd & Co KG
    Inventors: William Hunter, Peter Gröppel, Matthias Böhm, Joachim Hubmann
  • Patent number: 11594937
    Abstract: A system includes an electric generator, a power electronics system, and a heat exchanger. The electric generator includes a turbine wheel, a rotor, and a stator. The turbine wheel is configured to receive process gas and rotate in response to expansion of the process gas flowing into an inlet of the turbine wheel and out of an outlet of the turbine wheel. The rotor is configured to rotate with the turbine wheel. The electric generator is configured to generate electrical power upon rotation of the rotor within the stator. The power electronics system is configured to convert the electrical power to specified power characteristics. The heat exchanger includes a first side in fluid communication with the process gas and a second side in fluid communication with a fluid stream from a second system. The heat exchanger is configured to cool the fluid stream using the process gas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: Sapphire Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey Earl, Jeremy Liu
  • Patent number: 11594931
    Abstract: An electric machine includes at least one stator having at least one individual-tooth winding carrier that has at least one spacer configured to space apart turns of an individual-tooth winding mounted on the individual-tooth winding carrier. A hybrid electric aircraft has an electric machine of this kind.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: Rolls-Royce Deutschland Ltd & Co KG
    Inventors: Andreas Faass, Thomas Gleixner, Johannes Heissenberger, Andreas Reeh, Guillermo Zschaeck
  • Patent number: 11588363
    Abstract: An integrated stator assembly incorporated in an electric motor including a rotor that includes a plurality of rotor magnets, each rotor magnet of the plurality of magnets having a polar axis running from a rotor magnet south pole to a rotor magnet north pole. The assembly comprising a mandrel of dielectric material, wherein the mandrel includes a first cylindrical surface coaxial to an axis of rotation of the rotor, an upper edge, and a lower edge. A plurality of electrically conductive stator windings wound upon the mandrel, each winding of the plurality of windings including a plurality of turns traversing the first cylindrical surface, wherein each turn of the plurality turns further comprises a first upper section disposed on the first cylindrical surface, wherein the first upper section intersects the upper edge of the mandrel, and the first upper section forms a first angle to the axis of rotation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: BETA AIR, LLC
    Inventor: Manon Danielle Belzile
  • Patent number: 11581788
    Abstract: Examples described herein provide a computer-implemented method for predicting a state of a hall sensor for a motor having a plurality of hall sensors associated therewith. The example method includes receiving a previous state of the hall sensor. The example method further includes detecting a current state of the hall sensor. The example method further includes predicting a predicted next state of the hall sensor based on the previous state of the hall sensor, the current state of the hall sensor, and a direction of a shaft of the motor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: Siemens Mobility, Inc.
    Inventors: Quinton Reed, Daniel Spencer, Norbert Soós
  • Patent number: 11581775
    Abstract: An electric motor having has a rotor and a stator with a stator core as well as an insulation assembly, which extend along a common longitudinal axis from a first end face to a second end face of the stator. The stator core is formed with bars arranged uniformly distributed on the circumference to accommodate conducting wires wound into coils. The insulation assembly has a first insulation element, second insulation elements, and a third insulation element. The first insulation element is arranged between conducting wires and the stator core; a respective second insulation element is arranged in an intermediate space formed between coils arranged to fit closely to one another; and the third insulation element is arranged on an inner side of the stator, the inner side pointing inward in the radial direction, in a manner so as to seal the inner side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: HANON SYSTEMS
    Inventors: David Walisko, Frank Mau, Johannes Stausberg
  • Patent number: 11563366
    Abstract: The present disclosure to electromagnetically-controlled magnetic cycloidal gear assemblies and methods of operating same. In one example embodiment, such an assembly includes a stator that is concentric with respect to a primary axis of the assembly, and that includes a plurality of first magnetic devices, where each of those devices includes a respective electromagnet. Also, the assembly includes an input shaft that includes an offset cam, a cycloid mounted at least indirectly upon the offset cam, and an output hub. The cycloid is eccentric with respect to the primary axis and includes a plurality of second magnetic devices, and the output hub is at least indirectly rotationally coupled to the cycloid. The assembly also includes a controller coupled to each of the electromagnets by way of one or more linkages, and configured to govern at least one electric current that is passed through at least one of the electromagnets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: Kaney Aerospace, Inc.
    Inventors: Adam White, Waleed Said, Erik Michael Plugge
  • Patent number: 11552542
    Abstract: A vibrator includes a frame, a swing unit, and an elastic member. The swing unit is disposed within the frame and holds a magnet. The elastic member connects the swing unit and the frame. The swing unit is movable with respect to the frame while deforming the elastic member. The frame, the swing unit, and the elastic member are integrally molded with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: MINEBEA MITSUMI INC.
    Inventor: Manabu Nakamura
  • Patent number: 11552518
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to armature segments for an armature for an electrical machine. An armature segment may comprise a plurality of coils and an electrically insulating supporting structure providing structural support to the plurality of coils. An armature may comprise a plurality of armature segments. The present disclosure further relates to methods for assembling such armature segments and armature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: General Electric Renovables Espana, S.L.
    Inventors: Andrew Thomas Cross, David Torrey, Michel Schweitzer, Bruno Crepel, Mickael Portets, Roel Schuring
  • Patent number: 11545859
    Abstract: A step of inserting an insulating paper into a slot of a stator core (second step) is performed, a step of placing a jig at a position that is on a side opposite to a side from which a segment coil is inserted into the slot of the stator core and that overlaps with a protrusion when viewed in an inserting direction of the segment coil (third step) is performed, and then a step of inserting the segment coil into the slot (fourth step) is performed. Therefore, even when the insulating paper is dragged by the segment coil in the process of inserting the segment coil into the slot, the insulating paper abuts the jig and the movement of the insulating paper is restricted, thereby suppressing displacement of the insulating paper from the slot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yukio Tsuchiya, Akihide Takehara, Toshihiro Takei, So Akimori
  • Patent number: 11532959
    Abstract: An electric submersible pump (ESP) that has a motor section for driving the ESP. The motor section has a stator has an inner surface, winding channels disposed axially therein and windings disposed in the winding channels to generate an electromagnetic field when power is supplied to the ESP. The motor section also has a rotor rotatably disposed in the stator. The rotor has permanent magnets or induction windings disposed therein that are responsive to the electromagnetic field to facilitate rotation of the rotor relative to the stator. The motor section also includes a manipulated air gap disposed between the rotor and the stator that the electromagnetic field crosses. The manipulated air gap provides a desired constant radially directed load on the rotor to stabilize the rotor when instability of the motor section occurs. A method of designing and constructing the ESP disclosed herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: ElectromagnetiX LLC
    Inventor: Christopher Martin Middleton
  • Patent number: 11527946
    Abstract: A haptic engine includes a haptic actuator having a double-wound driving coil in which the two windings are connected with each other either in series or in parallel. By using the double-wound driving coil in which the two windings are connected with each other in series, an instant back EMF voltage induced in either of the two windings can be determined without having to measure in real time a resistance of the corresponding winding, and without having to sense a driving current through the double-wound driving coil. By using the double-wound driving coil in which the two windings are connected with each other in parallel, an instant back EMF voltage induced in either of the two windings can be determined without having to measure in real time a resistance of the corresponding winding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Riccardo Tarelli, Yumeng Liu, Shingo Yoneoka
  • Patent number: 11522429
    Abstract: Provided is a vibration actuator that includes: a fixing part including a coil, and a core around which the coil is wound, the core including both ends projecting from the coil; a movable part disposed adjacent and opposite to the both ends of the core with a gap provided therebetween in a direction crossing with a winding axis of the coil, the movable part including a yoke formed of a magnetic material, the movable part being fixable to an operation contact surface part that is operated by contact; and a plate-shaped elastic part fixed between the movable part and the fixing part, the plate-shaped elastic part including an elastically deformable bellows-shaped part, the plate-shaped elastic part elastically supporting the movable part to be movable with respect to the fixing part in a direction opposite to at least one of the both ends.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: MINEBEA MITSUMI INC.
    Inventors: Yuki Takahashi, Tomoya Ishitani
  • Patent number: 11522427
    Abstract: A single phase induction motor includes a stator core having a stator yoke and a plurality of teeth extending toward a central opening. The plurality of teeth are spaced apart from one another and define multiple slots between the teeth for receiving windings of the single phase induction motor. The stator core includes a high permeability low coreloss (HPLC) steel having a relative permeability of greater than or equal to 3000 at 1.5 Tesla and 60 Hertz, and a coreloss of less than or equal to 1.75 watts/lb at 1.5 Tesla and 60 Hertz. The motor also includes multiple windings located within the plurality of slots and wrapped around the plurality of teeth of the stator core. Each of the multiple windings include aluminum wire. The motor further includes a rotor body located concentrically within the stator core and including an external surface that faces the stator core.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: Emerson Electric Co.
    Inventors: Amar Balasaheb Mohol, Vaibhav Audhut Kadam
  • Patent number: 11515757
    Abstract: An improved liquid cooled apparatus for transferring large torques magnetically with a primary rotary member and a secondary rotary member as is set forth in U.S. Pat. No. 7,294,947. The primary rotary member has permanent magnets, the secondary rotary member with electro-conductive materials. Both of said rotors being encased in a liquid tight casing enclosure and said rotors both being liquid cooled to allow for power transfers in excess of 260 KW and 1000 ft.lb torque.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: Flux Drive, LLC
    Inventors: Philip Corbin, III, Richard Braun, Michael Troy Sparks
  • Patent number: 11515727
    Abstract: A capacitive coupler provides high coupling capacitance through the use of an electrolyte and insulator formed as an oxide layer on at least one plate of the coupler. The coupler can be independent or provide a hydrodynamic or hydrostatic bearing as well as capacitive coupling, and the circulated dielectric can provide for cooling of associated machinery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation
    Inventors: Daniel Ludois, Kevin Frankforter