Patents Examined by Terrance L. Kenerly
  • Patent number: 12206304
    Abstract: An axial-gap coreless rotary electric machine includes rotors, stators, and a case. Armature coils of the stators include a first coil segment and a second coil segment facing the first coil segment. The case includes a first case segment and a second case segment facing the first case segment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Shinichi Isobe, Masahiko Ezumi, Mikito Sasaki, Masahiro Nii
  • Patent number: 12206286
    Abstract: A rotor for an induction motor includes a rotor core having a hollow portion on a central portion wherein a shaft is coupled to the rotor core by being inserted through the hollow portion, a plurality of slots radially formed in the rotor core around a central axis of the shaft, a plurality of conductor bars coupled to the plurality of slots, and an end ring electrically connecting the plurality of conductor bars to each other, wherein the rotor core is thermally treated above Curie temperature to form a predetermined pattern on an outer circumference of the rotor core.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION, IUCF-HYU (INDUSTRY-UNIVERSITY COOPERATION FOUNDATION HANYANG UNIVERSITY)
    Inventors: Jin Ho Choi, Sang Jin Park, Jong Seok Lee, Ki O Kim, Sung Woo Hwang, Myung Seop Lim, Jae Hyun Kim
  • Patent number: 12202443
    Abstract: The invention relates to a geared motor comprising a first brushless electric motor part having a stator, a rotor and a drive shaft, a second part having an output shaft and a reduction gear mechanism and an electronic part. The reduction gear mechanism comprises an output shaft, a worm and a toothed wheel designed to be engaged by the worm and to drive the output shaft in rotation. The geared motor comprises at least one rolling guide bearing disposed on the drive shaft and a multipolar magnet for measuring the position of the rotor. The rolling bearing is disposed between the measurement magnet and the worm such that the electric motor can be controlled depending on the measurement of the position of the rotor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: Valeo Systemes d'Essuyage
    Inventors: Jose-Luis Herrada, Alain Servin, Mehdi Belhaj
  • Patent number: 12206296
    Abstract: A motor controller includes a housing, a power circuit board, and a control circuit board. The housing includes a first mounting platform, a second mounting platform, and a side wall. There is a height difference between the first mounting platform and the second mounting platform. The first mounting platform is disposed on an upper part of the side wall, and the second mounting platform is disposed on a middle part of the side wall. The second mounting platform is disposed on one side of the first mounting platform. The first mounting platform and the side wall form an upper chamber, and the control circuit board and the power circuit board are disposed in the upper chamber. The control circuit board is closer to the first mounting platform than the power circuit board. The second mounting platform and the side wall form a lower chamber communicating with the upper chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: ZHONGSHAN BROAD-OCEAN MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jianhui Li, Gui Zhang, Hairong Sun, Chao Guan, Xiaosan Xu, Yunsheng Chen
  • Patent number: 12206314
    Abstract: A blower includes a stationary portion including an inlet and an outlet, a rotating portion provided to the stationary portion, and a motor adapted to drive the rotating portion. The inlet and outlet are co-axially aligned. The stationary portion includes a housing, a stator component provided to the housing, and a tube providing an interior surface. The rotating portion includes one or more bearings that are provided along the interior surface of the tube to support a rotor within the tube. In an embodiment, the blower is structured to supply air at positive pressure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: ResMed Motor Technologies Inc.
    Inventors: Barton John Kenyon, David B. Sears, Aleksandr S. Nagorny, Samuel Aziz Mebasser, Peter John Sweeney
  • Patent number: 12193520
    Abstract: An adaptive article of apparel can include a textile with an opening that is configured to admit a body part of a wearer, and an electroadhesive clutch secured to the textile and extending around at least a portion of the opening. The electroadhesive clutch can be configured to permit or inhibit changing a size of the opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: Nike, Inc.
    Inventors: Steven H. Walker, Iustinia Koshkaroff, Daniel Stuart, Eun Kyung Lee, Christopher Andon, Nina Yashkova
  • Patent number: 12199478
    Abstract: The application discloses coils of an electrical machinery and a method for forming the coil, a stator of an electrical machinery and a method for forming the stator, and an electrical machinery. The method includes: providing a first conductor and a second conductor, a resistivity of the second conductor being lower than a resistivity of the first conductor; obtaining a rated current rising coefficient according to a desired power of the electrical machinery, the rated current rising coefficient being a ratio of a rated current of the electrical machinery with the desired power to a rated current of a reference electrical machinery; obtaining, according to the rated current rising coefficient, a first conductor turn number of the first conductor and a second conductor turn number of the second conductor in each coil; forming the coil according to the first conductor turn number and the second conductor turn number.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: BEIJING GOLDWIND SCIENCE & CREATION WINDPOWER EQUIPMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yazhou Gao, Haitao He, Jing Xia
  • Patent number: 12191715
    Abstract: A permanent magnet rotor structure for an underwater motor, an underwater motor and underwater equipment, related to the field of motors. The permanent magnet rotor structure for the underwater motor includes a rotor end cover; a plurality of permanent magnets arranged on an inner circumferential surface of the rotor end cover; a protective attachment structure arranged on surfaces of the plurality of permanent magnets; and an adhesive layer for adhering the protective attachment structure to the surfaces of the plurality of permanent magnets and covering the protective attachment structure. The permanent magnet rotor structure has characteristics of corrosion resistance and wear resistance, so that the service life of the underwater motor comprising the permanent magnet rotor structure can be prolonged.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Assignee: DEEPINFAR OCEAN TECHNOLOGY INC.
    Inventors: Jiancang Wei, Chao Chen
  • Patent number: 12191720
    Abstract: A system can include an axial field rotary energy device with an axis of rotation and a rotor coaxial with the axis and having a shaft, bearings, rotor disks that are coaxial and permanent magnets on each rotor disk. A printed circuit board (PCB) stator is located between the rotor disks to define an air gap on each side of the PCB stator. An enclosure has two enclosure sections with an inspection port. Bearing caps and bearings are mounted to the rotor. A variable frequency drive (VFD) assembly is coupled to the axial field rotary energy device. The VFD has a flexible conduit that extends between the VFD housing and the axial field rotary energy device. The flexible conduit can adapt to different sizes of axial field rotary energy devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2024
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Assignee: INFINITUM ELECTRIC INC.
    Inventors: Paulo Guedes-Pinto, Shriram Pushparaj Patil, John Mitchell Wilson, Randal A. Lee, Zachary Thomas Radkey-Pechacek, Luke Robert Wilkin
  • Patent number: 12191708
    Abstract: Apparatus for use as a motor or generator, comprising: a first part; a second part movable relative to the first part and spaced from the first part by an air gap; and a plurality of spaced electromagnet elements (120) provided on the first part, each electromagnet element being operative to apply a magnetic field in the air gap in response to application of an electric current; wherein each electromagnet element comprises: a pole piece comprising: an outer section (124 A, 124B) defining an elongate air-gap facing surface (125 A) of area A1, perimeter P1, lateral width W1, and longitudinal length L1, wherein Li is greater than W1; and a coil-winding section of cross-sectional area A2, cross-sectional perimeter P2, lateral width W2, and longitudinal length L2; and an electrically conductive coil (128) wound around the coil-winding section of the pole piece; characterised in that P2 is less than P1 and in that W2 is substantially equal to L2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Assignee: DEREGALLERA HOLDINGS LTD
    Inventor: Martin Hugh Boughtwood
  • Patent number: 12184124
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing an electric motor assembly includes inserting the pump motor stator into a vacuum chamber. The pump motor stator comprises a housing having a cavity formed therein and a pump motor stator located within the cavity. The pump motor stator contains an integral cooling tube located radially inward of the stator. The method also includes applying a vacuum to the pump motor stator in the vacuum chamber and flowing a potting material into a gap between the stator and the cooling tube and the stator, the gap extending a first distance longitudinally between the stator and the cooling tube. Pressure is applied to the potting material to push the potting material further into the gap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: HAMILTON SUNDSTRAND CORPORATION
    Inventor: Peter W. Keilich
  • Patent number: 12184138
    Abstract: A motor includes a housing including a housing base and a housing shaft portion that is provided on the housing base and extends in a direction along a rotation center axis, a motor stator that is disposed outward in a radial direction of the housing shaft portion, a motor rotor that is provided between the motor stator and the housing shaft portion, a bearing that is provided inward in a radial direction of the motor rotor and rotatably supports the motor rotor to the housing shaft portion, a sealing structure that is provided on an opposite side to the housing base in an axial direction of the motor rotor and seals between the motor rotor and the housing shaft portion, and a resolver that is configured to detect rotation of the motor rotor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: NSK LTD.
    Inventors: Toshifumi Taguchi, Hayao Watanabe, Masayuki Maruyama, Kenichi Fukuyama
  • Patent number: 12176780
    Abstract: In a brushless motor including a stator core and a rotor which rotates with respect to the stator core, a coil support wall supports a coil wound around a core main body part from a radially inner side of the core main body part. A first wall part and a second wall part constituting the coil support wall are connected to each other at an angle at a portion of a tooth tip part protruding from a tooth main body part along a circumferential direction of the core main body part, and a thickness dimension of the second wall part is equal to or larger than a thickness dimension of the first wall part along a radial direction of the core main body part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignee: MITSUBA Corporation
    Inventors: Keisuke Toriyama, Ryo Ohori
  • Patent number: 12170473
    Abstract: A shaft configured to suppress damage without having an increased diameter is provided. The shaft includes a supported portion supported by a bearing and an adjacent large-diameter portion larger in diameter than the supported portion and disposed closer to a center in an axial direction than the supported portion. The shaft is configured to rotate integrally with a rotor while holding the rotor. A sectional shape of a boundary portion between the supported portion and the large-diameter portion in a longitudinal section of the shaft is an arc shape that is, on an outer side in the axial direction with respect to a virtual rising point, recessed inward from an outer edge in the radial direction of the supported portion and raised outward in the radial direction from the outer edge, as the arc shape extends from the outer to an inner side in the axial direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2024
    Assignee: MEIDENSHA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Shinhaku Sho
  • Patent number: 12166385
    Abstract: An electrically excited machine that includes a machine rotor and an exciter device for the electrical excitation of the electrically excited machine. The exciter device can include at least one energy transfer system integrated in and/or arranged inside the machine rotor. The machine rotor can include a rotor winding. The electrically excited machine can also include a machine stator. The machine stator can be arranged outside of the electrically excited machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignee: MAHLE INTERNATIONAL GMBH
    Inventors: David Maier, Samuel Müller, Nejila Parspour
  • Patent number: 12166392
    Abstract: An embodiment provides a stator core including a plurality of first single teeth, a plurality of second single teeth and coils. The teeth are I-shaped and each have a long side, a short side, a connection portion and a wire-accommodating slot located on the sides of the connection portion. The coils are wound around the connection portions and accommodated in the wire-accommodating slots. The stator core is an annular element formed by splicing first single teeth and second single teeth in sequence in a staggered manner into a circle, and winding modes of the coils on the first single teeth and the second single teeth are different, so that the contour of the coils located on the outer side of the wire-accommodating slots of the first single teeth is different from the contour of the coils located on the outer side of the wire-accommodating slots of the second single teeth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Yu Ting Wang
  • Patent number: 12166322
    Abstract: A carbon brush for transferring high currents having a connective piece for connecting an electric conductor and a consumable contact piece having a contact surface formed for abutting against a commutator element. The connective piece has a silver content of approximately 5% by weight to approximately 39% by weight and the contact piece has a silver content of approximately 40% by weight to 100% by weight.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignee: SCHUNK KOHLENSTOFFTECHNIK GMBH
    Inventor: Milisav Markovic
  • Patent number: 12166406
    Abstract: A rotary electric machine includes: a rotor; a shaft that penetrates the rotor along a rotation axis and is pivotally supported by a bearing; a stator accommodating the rotor inside; a rotor cover attached to an axial end surface of the rotor; and a casing having a flow passage for supplying oil to the bearing. The rotor cover has an oil receiving portion that forms a concentric clearance with respect to the shaft and receives the oil from the bearing in the clearance, and an oil distribution passage that communicates with the axial end surface of the rotor from the oil receiving portion. The rotary electric machine supplies the oil guided to the clearance to the oil distribution passage by centrifugal force to cool the rotor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignee: MEIDENSHA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Taku Uematsu
  • Patent number: 12155271
    Abstract: An energy conversion assembly including an input shaft coupled to a first annular gear through a first direction limiting device configured to allow rotation of the first annular gear in a first direction and substantially inhibit rotation of the first annular gear in a second direction. The input shaft may be coupled to a second annular gear through a second direction limiting device configured to allow rotation of the second annular gear in the second direction and substantially inhibit rotation of the second annular gear in the first direction. The assembly may include a first transmitting gear engaged with the first annular gear, a second transmitting gear engaged with the second annular gear, a conversion gear operatively coupled to the second transmitting gear, and a transmitting shaft coupled to the first transmitting gear and the conversion gear.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2024
    Assignee: GIG Energy LLC
    Inventors: Vardan Verdyan, Mnatsakan Verdyan, Jon Woodward, Craig Allan Coad
  • Patent number: 12149145
    Abstract: An outer rotor brushless motor includes: a shaft; a rotor; a stator; a tubular bushing at one side of the stator; an impregnated bearing at the other side of the bushing; and a washer rotatable integrally with the shaft. The bushing has: a fixed portion fixed to a core inner peripheral surface, the fixed portion having a first end surface facing a bearing end surface, and a first inner peripheral surface facing an outer peripheral surface with first clearance in between; and a housing having a second inner peripheral surface with a greater diameter than the first inner peripheral surface, on the one side of the fixed portion. An oil repellent finish is applied to a surface of the bushing. The washer is placed radially inward of the second inner peripheral surface. Second clearance greater than the first clearance is between the bearing end surface and the first end surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignee: MABUCHI MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Takuya Takahashi