Patents Examined by Thomas Truong
  • Patent number: 11404947
    Abstract: The invention relates to an impregnation device (1) for trickle impregnation of a stator (2) or armature of an electric machine with a synthetic resin (5) curing under temperature increase, comprising a holding device (32) which can be tilted vertically relative to the horizontal (16) and to which a drive motor (12) is attached as a rotary drive for the stator (2) or the armature, a drive shaft (58) operatively connected to the drive motor (12), a clamping device (34) which is non-rotatably connected to the drive shaft (58) and capable of detachably connecting the stator (2) or the armature to the drive shaft (58), a trickle device (24) capable of applying a synthetic resin (5) onto at least one axial end of the windings (4) of the stator (2) or the armature, and a heating device capable of heating the windings (4) of the stator (2) or the armature to a trickle temperature and to a comparatively higher curing temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: GEHRING E-TECH GMBH
    Inventors: Jens Berthold, Stefan Schneider, Richard A. Rasp
  • Patent number: 11398756
    Abstract: An embedded magnet type rotor has a laminated core which is formed by laminating a plurality of steel plates, and a magnet provided in a magnet insertion hole of the laminated core, and an end plate provided at an end portion of the laminated core so as to close the magnet insertion hole. The pair of adjacent steel plates are fixed by pressing a steel plate fixing protrusion of one first steel plate into a steel plate fixing hole of the other first steel plate. The end plate and the laminated core are fixed by pressing a plate fixing protrusion of the end plate into a plate fixing hole of the laminated core. The steel plate fixing hole and the plate fixing hole are alternately arranged in a circumferential direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2022
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yuuki Fujii
  • Patent number: 11394259
    Abstract: A rotor of a motor includes: a first slot and a second slot arranged in a “V” shape to each other and a third slot and a fourth slot arranged in a “V” shape to each other; a first permanent magnet and a second permanent magnet disposed in the first slot and the second slot, respectively; and a 1-1 barrier and a 1-2 barrier expandedly disposed on an outer side and an inner side of the first slot, respectively, a 3-1 barrier expandedly disposed on an outer side of the third slot, a 3-2 barrier expandedly disposed on an outer side of the fourth slot, and one 3-3 barrier arranged between an inner side of the third slot and an inner side of the fourth slot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Kyung Soo Park, Jung Woo Lee
  • Patent number: 11394258
    Abstract: An electric motor includes a rotor including a first rotor end and a second rotor end, and a stator including a first stator end and a second stator end. The first rotor end is located apart from the first stator end toward the first side. The second rotor end is located apart from the second stator end toward the first side. The relationship between the distances D1 and D2 satisfies D1>D2?0, where D1 is a distance from a permanent magnet to a first end plate, and D2 is a distance from the permanent magnet to a second end plate. The thickness of each of a plurality of electrical steel sheets is not less than 0.1 mm and not more than 0.25 mm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventor: Koji Yabe
  • Patent number: 11394257
    Abstract: A cogging torque in a rotary electric machine is sufficiently reduced. The rotor core includes a magnetic pole having the base formed on the outer peripheral side of the storage space. A plurality of magnetic poles are provided in the circumferential direction, and include the first protrusion protruding from the base in one circumferential direction along the outer periphery of the rotor core, and the second protrusion which is provided on the opposite side to with the base interposed and protrudes from the base along the outer periphery of the rotor core in the other circumferential direction. At least one of the first protrusion and the second protrusion is located on the outer peripheral side from the first line segment which is a virtual line connecting the end of the first protrusion and the end of the second protrusion, and is provided such that the space is provided with respect to the first line segment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: Hitachi Astemo, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazutami Tago, Hiroshi Kanazawa, Kenji Nakayama, Yuji Tsuji, Takayuki Chikaoka
  • Patent number: 11394279
    Abstract: The invention relates to a squirrel-cage rotor of an asynchronous machine (1), comprising conductors (9) in grooves (12) of a magnetic field-conducting rotor, and electrically conducting rotor end rings (6) which are located in the region of the end faces of the magnetic field-conducting rotor, electrically connect the conductors (9) and have at least two materials that conduct electricity differently.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Konrad Brandl, Johannes Grosshauser, Maximilian Pfaller, Uwe Scharf, André Trepper
  • Patent number: 11387694
    Abstract: An asynchronous starting and synchronous reluctance electric motor rotor, an electric motor and a compressor. The asynchronous starting and synchronous reluctance electric motor rotor includes a rotor core. The rotor core includes: a first magnetic barrier structure, with multiple groups of first magnetic barrier portions arranged at interval along a d-axis of the rotor core; and a second magnetic barrier structure, including two communicating magnetic barrier slots arranged at interval along the d-axis, the two communicating magnetic barrier slots being respectively located on two sides of the first magnetic barrier structure, the communicating magnetic barrier slots being arc-shaped slots extending circumferentially along the rotor core, and slot walls of two ends of the arc-shaped slots being arranged parallel to a q-axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: GREEN REFRIGERATION EQUIPMENT ENGINEERING RESEARCH CENTER OF ZHUHAI GREE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hui Huang, Yusheng Hu, Jinfei Shi, Man Wu, Bin Chen, Yong Xiao
  • Patent number: 11381125
    Abstract: A rotor for an electric machine is provided. Permanent magnets are disposed on the rotor such that the permanent magnets cannot carry out any tangential movement. The rotor may have four shoulders that extend away from a shell surface of the rotor in a radial direction. Primary permanent magnets that are disposed so as to be mutually contiguous and contiguous to the respective shoulders and accordingly cannot be displaced are in each case located between the shoulders. Secondary permanent magnets are disposed on the shoulders such that an annulus of magnets that is free of gaps and voids and is not movable in the tangential direction is formed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: Rolls-Royce Deutschland Ltd & Co KG
    Inventor: Robert Goraj
  • Patent number: 11381124
    Abstract: A torque ripple in a rotary electric machine is sufficiently reduced. At least two of the plurality of laminated plates in the rotor core include a magnetic pole having the base formed on the outer peripheral side of the storage space, and a bridge part connected to the magnetic pole. A plurality of magnetic poles are provided in the circumferential direction, and the first space is formed between the bases of a pair of magnetic poles adjacent in the circumferential direction. The q-axis outer peripheral portion, which is located between the pair of circumferentially adjacent magnetic poles and is in contact with the first space, is provided on the inner peripheral side of the base. The base includes the side surface portion which is in contact with the first space, and the protrusion which is provided on the outer peripheral side of the side surface portion and protrudes in the circumferential direction with respect to the side surface portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: Hitachi Astemo, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazutami Tago, Hiroshi Kanazawa, Kenji Nakayama, Yuji Tsuji, Takayuki Chikaoka
  • Patent number: 11381144
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a brushless motor, and an objective of the present invention is to provide a brushless motor which can significantly reduce the cogging torque and torque ripple of the motor by minimizing the rate of change of magnetoresistance in accordance with a change in position of a rotor through the optimization of the shape design of the rotor and a stator, and can also reduce the weight of the brushless motor through the optimization of the shape design taking into consideration the materials of the rotor and the stator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: Hanon Systems
    Inventors: Hyeon Jae Shin, Seong Kook Cho, Ho Youn Kim, Jae Won Lee, Ho Bin Im, Kyung Hun Jung
  • Patent number: 11381123
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides hybrid stator core components for an axial flux motor stator and methods for making the same. The hybrid stator core component includes a molded soft magnetic composite material and a laminated component. In one variation, a laminated insert comprising a plurality of insulated layers is non-releasably seated within a molded soft magnetic composite material. In another variation, a hybrid stator core component has a molded soft magnetic composite core and a laminated shell comprising a plurality of layers disposed around at least a portion of the molded soft magnetic composite core.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Jian Yao, Mingyuan Zhang, Chengwu Duan, Yusheng Zou
  • Patent number: 11381141
    Abstract: A motor includes a rotor rotatable about a center axis extending vertically, a stator radially opposing the rotor, a bracket holding the stator, a circuit board including an upper surface with a first wiring pattern and a lower surface with a second wiring pattern, and a first fixing portion having conductivity and fixing the circuit board to the stator. The stator includes a stator core having conductivity. The first fixing portion includes a board holding portion holding the circuit board, and a stator fixed portion fixed to a portion of the stator core. The board holding portion is in contact with the first wiring pattern and the second wiring pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: NIDEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mitsuhiro Takemoto, Sho Fukuhara, Shinji Takemoto
  • Patent number: 11381126
    Abstract: An electric motor includes an end turn ring and a cooling structure that is in a thermally conductive relationship with the end turn ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Dillon J. Thomasson, Kan Zhou, Rui Guan, Yateendra B. Deshpande, William M. Price
  • Patent number: 11374450
    Abstract: A magnetic element holder (1) of an electric motor has a carrier formed as a frame structure. The carrier has at least one receiving section (2) to receive at least one magnetic element (6). The carrier is configured with a holding device (3) for positionally fixed holding the at least one magnetic element (6) inside the at least one receiving section (2). The magnetic element holder (1) is configured to be fastened to a rotor (100) of an electric motor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: ebm-papst Mulfingen GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Matthias Maschke, Friedrich Schaffert, Sebastian Hoss, Tobias Schmidt
  • Patent number: 11374465
    Abstract: A rotating electrical machine includes a rotor and a magnet unit. The rotating electrical machine also includes a cylindrical stator and a housing. The stator is equipped with a stator winding made up of a plurality of phase windings. The stator is arranged coaxially with the rotor and faces the rotor. The housing has the rotor and the stator disposed therein. The rotor includes a cylindrical magnet retainer to which the magnet unit is secured and an intermediate portion which connects between a rotating shaft of the rotor and the magnet retainer and extends in a radial direction of the rotating shaft. A first region located radially inside an inner peripheral surface of a magnetic circuit component made up of the stator and the rotor is greater in volume than a second region between the inner peripheral surface of the magnetic circuit component and the housing in the radial direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuki Takahashi, Makoto Taniguchi
  • Patent number: 11374474
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a core product includes injecting molten resin into a resin injection portion provided in a core body so as to extend in a longitudinal direction of the core body, and forming a core product by welding the core body. A buffer region is set between the resin injection portion and a periphery of the core body in a lateral direction of the core body. The core product is formed by welding the core body so that a weld bead formed on the core body is prohibited from reaching the buffer region, and so that the weld bead is spaced apart from the resin injection portion in the lateral direction of the core body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Inventors: Kenji Katsuki, Takashi Fukumoto, Yasutaka Oba, Go Kato
  • Patent number: 11368063
    Abstract: A rotor capable of suppressing cogging torque and heat build-up caused when an electric motor is operated. The rotor includes a sleeve fixed to a radially outside of a rotary shaft, a plurality of magnets disposed around a radially outside of the sleeve, and a reinforcing member having a cylindrical shape that surrounds the plurality of magnets while being in contact with an outer surface of each of the plurality of magnets to hold the plurality of magnets with the sleeve, each of the plurality of magnets including a central portion in a circumferential direction, in contact with the sleeve, and an end portion in the circumferential direction, having a thickness less than that of the central portion and forming a gap with the sleeve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: Fanuc Corporation
    Inventors: Yuudai Konaka, Kenji Kawai
  • Patent number: 11368062
    Abstract: A rotor structure and a rotor structure manufacturing method capable of suppressing magnetic flux leakage and exhibiting an excellent torque-up effect are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: FANUC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Akihiro Hosoda
  • Patent number: 11362556
    Abstract: The present invention may provide a motor including a shaft, a rotor disposed outside the shaft, and a stator disposed outside the rotor, wherein the rotor includes a rotor core surrounding the shaft and a magnet disposed inside the rotor core, the rotor core includes a pocket in which the magnet is disposed, the rotor core is formed by stacking a plurality of plates, a lower end plate of the plurality of plates is disposed to cover at least a part of the pocket, and an upper end plate of the plurality of plates is disposed at a level higher than a level of the magnet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Jung Ho Han
  • Patent number: 11362554
    Abstract: A rotor of an electric machine includes a rotor core with one or more permanent magnets having opposing ends. The rotor core defining a magnet channel extending axially between opposing ends of the rotor core. The permanent magnet is disposed in the channel and extends axially through the rotor core. The magnet includes a planar layer of magnetically hard-phase material that includes rare-earth metal and includes a planar layer of magnetically soft-phase material that does not include rare-earth metal. Both of the hard and soft layers extend between the opposing ends. The soft-phase material has a major face disposed against a major face of the hard phase material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventor: Chuanbing Rong