Patents Examined by Terrance L. Kenerly
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Patent number: 11095183Abstract: A motor, an inverter substrate electrically connected to the motor, a housing accommodating the motor and the inverter substrate, and a pump section driven by the motor are included. The inverter substrate is disposed on one side of the motor. The pump section is disposed on the other side of the motor. The housing has a motor housing section accommodating the motor, an inverter housing section accommodating the inverter substrate, and a breather section establishing communication between inside and outside of the housing. The motor housing section has an accommodation tubular section accommodating the motor and a brim section spreading outward in a radial direction from an end of the accommodation tubular section. The inverter housing section is disposed on one side of the brim section and overlaps the brim section when seen in the axial direction. The breather section is disposed at the brim section.Type: GrantFiled: September 25, 2019Date of Patent: August 17, 2021Assignee: NIDEC TOSOK CORPORATIONInventors: Yoshiyuki Kobayashi, Tatsuo Abe, Hitoshi Sakamoto
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Patent number: 11095174Abstract: A rotor has reduced weight. A hammer drill includes a motor including a stator and a rotor rotatable relative to the stator. The rotor includes a rotor core having a first space, and a permanent magnet fixed on the rotor core.Type: GrantFiled: August 20, 2020Date of Patent: August 17, 2021Assignee: MAKITA CORPORATIONInventor: Junya Inuzuka
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Patent number: 11095173Abstract: A stator core of a rotary electric machine includes: an outer core that is an annular back yoke portion; and an inner core in which a plurality of teeth are radially arranged and inner side end portions of the teeth adjacent to each other in a circumferential direction are connected to each other in the circumferential direction by connection portions and which is fitted to an inner side of the outer core, each connection portion has a hole penetrating in an axial direction, each connection portion is split into a plurality of sections by the hole, a width in a radial direction of the one connection portion at a portion of the connection portion that has a smallest width in the radial direction is equal to or greater than ¼ and less than ½ of a sheet thickness of each of sheets.Type: GrantFiled: February 22, 2017Date of Patent: August 17, 2021Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATIONInventors: Koji Kawamura, Akira Hashimoto, Hiroyuki Akita, Sachiko Kawasaki, Naohiro Motoishi, Takatoshi Masuda
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Patent number: 11081929Abstract: A motor includes a bearing holder and a first bearing. The bearing holder is fixed to a casing. The first bearing is interposed between the bearing holder and a shaft. The bearing holder includes a holder main body made of a resin and a ring made of a metal. The holder main body includes, around the central axis, a first arcuate portion including one or a plurality of through-holes passing therethrough in an axial direction and a second arcuate portion that does not include a through-hole. The first arcuate portion occupies a range of about ? or more of a total circumference of the holder main body in a circumferential direction. An outer ring of the first bearing is held by the ring.Type: GrantFiled: November 2, 2017Date of Patent: August 3, 2021Assignee: NIDEC CORPORATIONInventors: Masashi Sonoda, Akihiro Okita
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Patent number: 11075554Abstract: The invention relates to a rotor (2) for a permanent magnet synchronous machine, comprising a laminated core (6) arranged on a shaft (4) extending in the axial direction (A), a plurality of poles (14) being arranged around the periphery of the laminated core, wherein at least one magnet (10) is provided per pole. In order to ensure particularly good prevention against slipping of the magnets, pole gap rods (12) are positioned between the poles (14) in such a way that, in the peripheral direction, each magnet (10) is applied, by a first side (16a) and an opposing second side (16b), to a respective pole gap rod (12).Type: GrantFiled: November 10, 2016Date of Patent: July 27, 2021Assignee: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFTInventors: Daniel Angler, Michael Bzdziuch, Rainer Eckert, Andreas Kraus, Jürgen Seufert
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Patent number: 11063485Abstract: An interior permanent magnet motor assembly including a stator and a rotor is provided. The stator includes electromagnetic windings. The rotor is disposed concentrically with the stator about a rotor axis and the rotor has a plurality of rotor segments. The plurality of rotor segments may include a first rotor segment and a second rotor segment. The first rotor segment may have first pockets being arranged to receive at least a first magnet of a first magnet set according to a first rotor topology. The second rotor segment may be axially stacked relative to the first rotor segment about the rotor axis. The second rotor segment may be arranged to receive at least a second magnet of a second magnet set according to a second rotor topology having a configuration that is different than the first rotor topology.Type: GrantFiled: May 10, 2019Date of Patent: July 13, 2021Assignee: Steering Solutions IP Holding CorporationInventors: Subhra Paul, Mohammed R. Islam
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Patent number: 11050318Abstract: A drive device includes: a cover that is installed to an outer wall of a housing; a control unit that is installed in an inside of the cover; a terminal that extends from the control unit and extends through the cover; and a lead wire that extends from a coil and extends through the housing and the cover. The lead wire is electrically connected to the terminal at an outside of the cover. Therefore, the lead wire and the terminal can be connected together after installation of the cover to the housing. At this time, a lead wire insertion hole is shielded by the cover, and thereby it is possible to limit intrusion of solder debris into an inside of the housing through the lead wire insertion hole.Type: GrantFiled: December 26, 2016Date of Patent: June 29, 2021Assignee: DENSO CORPORATIONInventor: Naohiro Yamamoto
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Patent number: 11050324Abstract: A motor includes a shaft with a central axis along an up and down direction as a center, a bearing mechanism rotatably supporting the shaft; a cylindrical rotor main body fixed to the shaft; a rotor fan fixed to the shaft at an upper side of the rotor main body; an armature facing the rotor main body in a radial direction; and a housing accommodating the rotor main body, the rotor fan, and the armature therein. The bearing mechanism includes a first bearing above the rotor fan in the housing and facing the rotor fan in the up and down direction and a second bearing positioned below the rotor main body. The housing includes a first opening, a second opening, and a bearing holding portion.Type: GrantFiled: August 3, 2018Date of Patent: June 29, 2021Assignee: NIDEC CORPORATIONInventors: Yusuke Makino, Satoshi Kajikawa
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Patent number: 11050323Abstract: A motor assembly may comprise: a motor rotor shaft; and a flange attached to the motor rotor shaft, at least a part of an inner surface of the flange contacted with a first part of a circumferential surface of the motor rotor shaft, wherein the motor rotor shaft comprises: a toothed pulley directly machined on a second part of the circumferential surface of the motor rotor shaft to be coupled with a drive belt, the toothed pulley of the motor rotor shaft having a diameter smaller than the first part of the motor rotor shaft contacting the flange; and a step part disposed between the first and second parts of the motor rotor shaft, the step part of the motor rotor shaft having a diameter gradually increasing from the toothed pulley to the first part of the motor rotor shaft contacting the flange.Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 2018Date of Patent: June 29, 2021Assignee: MANDO CORPORATIONInventors: Troy Strieter, Hee Kwon Jo
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Patent number: 11049644Abstract: A coil assembly of a stator of a planar multi-dimensional drive includes at least one coil. The at least one coil includes a winding. The winding is electrically conductive and has a winding material. The winding is a structure of the winding material, which is folded at folding points and which has one or more windings.Type: GrantFiled: October 28, 2016Date of Patent: June 29, 2021Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Andreas Albrecht, Stefan Junker, Ilya Kamenshchikov, Stefan Daehling, Volker Henrichs, Markus Hanisch
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Patent number: 11050313Abstract: A stator and a motor including the motor are disclosed. The stator includes a number of windings and a number of guiding portions. The windings are formed by winding a single conductive wire under the guide of the guiding portions. The windings are divided into multiple groups, and the windings in each group are short-circuit connected with each other.Type: GrantFiled: August 4, 2017Date of Patent: June 29, 2021Assignee: JOHNSON ELECTRIC INTERNATIONAL AGInventors: Chi Ho Fung, Kar Wai Lam, Cai Yong Zhang, Yi Li
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Patent number: 11043863Abstract: A method of manufacturing a rotor includes: applying the adhesive to an adhesive placement position on an outer peripheral surface of the permanent magnet or an inner peripheral surface of the magnet hole, the adhesive containing an expansive agent that is expanded by being heated to a temperature that is equal to or higher than an expansion temperature; drying the adhesive after applying the adhesive; inserting the permanent magnet into the magnet hole of the rotor core after drying the adhesive; and fixing the permanent magnet and the rotor core to each other using the adhesive by expanding the expansive agent and curing the adhesive by heating the adhesive to a temperature that is equal to or higher than the expansion temperature after inserting the permanent magnet.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2017Date of Patent: June 22, 2021Assignee: AISIN AW CO., LTD.Inventors: Hideharu Ushida, Tetsuya Matsubara, Tetsuya Takahashi, Shinya Katayama
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Patent number: 11038394Abstract: A rotor assembly includes a rotor core having winding slots, and one or more coils, which have slot-inserted segments included in the winding slots, and first and second end-turn segments external to the winding slots and located around opposite axial ends of the rotor core, respectively. The rotor assembly further includes a first containment band located around at least a portion of the first end-turn segments and configured to prevent the first end-turn segments from moving away from the rotor core radially, a second containment band located around at least a portion of the second end-turn segments and configured to prevent the second end-turn segments from moving away from the rotor core radially, and one or more sticks mounted in one or more of the winding slots, respectively. The first and second containment bands are retained via the sticks against moving away axially.Type: GrantFiled: January 25, 2018Date of Patent: June 15, 2021Assignee: GE Aviation Systems LLCInventors: Parmeet Singh Chhabra, David Raju Yamarthi, Navin Soni, Mamatha Ramakrishnaiah, Balamurugan Sridharan
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Patent number: 11031841Abstract: An electric actuator includes a motor, a speed reduction mechanism, a first bearing, and a bearing holder. The speed reduction mechanism has external and internal gears, an output flange that is positioned at one side in an axial direction from the external gear, and a plurality of projecting portions that project in the axial direction from one of the output flange and the external gear toward the other. The plurality of projecting portions are inserted into a plurality of first bore portions disposed along a circumferential direction, respectively. The bearing holder has a cylindrical circumferential wall positioned at an outer side in a radial direction of the first bearing and a support wall supporting the first bearing from the other side in the axial direction. A position adjustment mechanism configured to be capable of moving the support wall in the axial direction is arranged in the bearing holder.Type: GrantFiled: September 25, 2019Date of Patent: June 8, 2021Assignee: NIDEC TOSOK CORPORATIONInventors: Hiroshi Shirai, Shuichi Kinjo, Tomoki Sato
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Patent number: 11025138Abstract: An electric machine has a housing and has a stator inside the housing, surrounding a rotor arranged on a motor shaft so as to be fixed to the shaft. A rotary field winding, at the ends of the stator, forms a winding head. The winding heads are embedded in a thermally conductive encapsulation material, wherein the encapsulation material is in thermal contact with the housing along the outer circumference of the winding head. A segmented cooling plate is arranged on the inner circumference of the encapsulation winding head.Type: GrantFiled: July 10, 2018Date of Patent: June 1, 2021Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke AktiengesellschaftInventors: Julian Blum, Andreas Huber, Markus Lang, Joerg Merwerth, Angusto Guccione
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Patent number: 11025103Abstract: An iron core including a laminate in which a plurality of nanocrystal thin strips are laminated, a board, and a fastener that fastens the laminate and the board, in which at least one of upper and lower surfaces of the laminate has a colored oxide film and an uncolored oxide film is used. Moreover, the iron core has a region of the colored oxide film wider than a region of the uncolored oxide film region is used. Furthermore, a motor uses the above-described iron core as a stator.Type: GrantFiled: February 5, 2019Date of Patent: June 1, 2021Assignee: PANASONIC CORPORATIONInventors: Yukio Nishikawa, Naoki Nojiri
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Patent number: 11025128Abstract: A protective cover for a rotary electric machine including: a bottom portion formed into an approximately circular shape; a side wall extending from the bottom portion along an outer periphery thereof; and an opening portion, of approximately circular shape and formed by an end of the side wall, wherein the side wall has a plurality of guide ribs formed on an inner side thereof and arranged apart from each other along the outer periphery of the bottom portion, wherein each of the guide ribs has a chamfered portion at an end on a side closer to the opening portion, and wherein each of the guide ribs has a height of a top portion of each of the plurality of guide ribs from the side wall allows the top portion to contact a side surface of the component when the protective cover is mounted to the rotary electric machine.Type: GrantFiled: November 16, 2016Date of Patent: June 1, 2021Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventor: Yuzuru Kobayashi
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Patent number: 11018555Abstract: An induction motor includes a motor shaft, a rotor, and a rotor conductor bar. In some embodiments described herein, the rotor has a first axial side and a second axial side, and is non-rotatably secured to the motor shaft. The rotor includes a rotor core having an interior surface defining a slot extending from the first axial side to the second axial side. The rotor conductor bar is disposed in the slot. The rotor conductor bar and the slot cooperate to define a channel configured to transfer a fluid through the rotor core from the first axial side to the second axial side while directly contacting the rotor conductor bar.Type: GrantFiled: February 13, 2019Date of Patent: May 25, 2021Assignee: SCHAEFFLER TECHNOLOGIES AG & CO. KGInventor: Khaja Sharfuddin Mohammed
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Patent number: 11018547Abstract: An electric motor includes a rotor with a rotor shaft mounted in at least one bearing bush of a friction bearing, a stator which surrounds the rotor, and at least one circular bearing plate which, relative to the rotor shaft, is mounted on the rotor shaft for co-rotation. An inner contour of the bearing plate surrounds a circumference of the rotor shaft by press-fit. The inner contour of the bearing plate is defined by at least two internal dimensions, wherein at least one internal dimension is smaller than the diameter of the rotor shaft. The at least one bearing plate is deformed in an axial direction when the bearing plate is in the pressed-in state on the rotor shaft.Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 2017Date of Patent: May 25, 2021Assignee: Johnson Electric International AGInventors: Hong Jian Zhang, Bin Shi, Daniel Gerhard Pahner
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Patent number: 11011957Abstract: A coupler for coupling an output shaft of a servo to an auxiliary shaft, comprises an coupler body having a longitudinal axis extending from a first end to a second end. The coupler body comprises a first bore, configured to accept a portion of the auxiliary shaft, centered on the longitudinal axis and extending into the first end a first distance. The coupler also comprises a second bore centered on the longitudinal axis and extending into the second end a second distance. The coupler also comprises a first fastener disposed proximate the first end, wherein adjusting the first fastener deforms a cross sectional dimension of the first bore. The coupler also comprises a second fastener disposed proximate the second end, wherein adjusting the second fastener deforms a cross sectional dimension of the second bore. An inner surface of the second bore has a female spline configuration to accept and engage a portion of the output shaft of the servo.Type: GrantFiled: November 14, 2017Date of Patent: May 18, 2021Assignee: Robotzone, LLCInventor: Brian T. Pettey