Patents Examined by Tran N Nguyen
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Patent number: 10931168Abstract: A shrouded bladed-rotor for use as a rotor of an electrical generator incorporates a plurality of blades and an annular magnetically-permeable yoke concentric with an associated axis of revolution. An even-numbered plurality of permanent magnets are operatively coupled to an outer surface of the annular magnetically-permeable rotor yoke, the latter of which comprises either a shroud of the shrouded bladed-rotor or a ring of magnetically-permeable material encircling the shroud. The North-South axis of each permanent magnet is substantially radially oriented with respect to the axis of rotation, and North-South orientations of every pair of circumferentially-adjacent permanent magnets of the plurality of permanent magnets are opposite to one another. A non-magnetic magnet-retaining-ring encircling the plurality of permanent magnets has sufficient hoop strength to retain the plurality of permanent magnets on the annular magnetically-permeable rotor yoke during intended operation of the electrical generator.Type: GrantFiled: March 27, 2019Date of Patent: February 23, 2021Assignee: WILLIAMS INTERNATIONAL CO., L.L.C.Inventors: Gregg G. Williams, Tristan M. Fletcher
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Patent number: 10923980Abstract: In order to realize a movable mechanism capable of being configured more compactly and also capable of ensuring higher safety. A motor is provided. Also, an electrically active part is provided with an insulating structure so that insulating properties between the electrically active part and one or more conductors near the electrically active part satisfy a certain safety standard regarding medical electrical equipment.Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 2018Date of Patent: February 16, 2021Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Wataru Kokubo, Yasuhisa Kamikawa, Toshimitsu Tsuboi, Yohei Kuroda, Jun Arai
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Patent number: 10919564Abstract: A motor control device includes a frame including a metal material, a substrate disposed on an upper side of the frame with a gap between the substrate and the upper side of the frame member, the substrate including a hole penetrating an upper surface and a lower surface, a wiring that is inserted into the hole from a side of the upper surface of the substrate, and a tip portion connected to the substrate, and an insulating spacer interposed between the frame and the substrate. The spacer includes a side wall portion that surrounds the tip portion of the wiring in a plan view.Type: GrantFiled: September 22, 2017Date of Patent: February 16, 2021Assignee: NIDEC CORPORATIONInventor: Yoshiaki Yamashita
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Patent number: 10917027Abstract: Method for transferring a transport unit of a long stator linear motor at a transfer position from a first transport section to a second transport section. On each side of the transport unit, excitation magnets are arranged to interact with driving coils, and on both sides of the transport unit, excitation-magnetic lateral forces are acting on the transport unit by an interaction of the excitation magnets with ferromagnetic components of the guide structure. Method includes supplying on at least one side of the transport unit a stator current n a driving coil to generate a lateral force-forming electromagnetic force that acts on the transport unit, so that a resulting lateral force, as a sum of the acting excitation-magnetic lateral force and of the lateral force-forming electromagnetic force, on each side of the transport unit is different to produce a steering effect on the transport unit at the transfer position.Type: GrantFiled: July 16, 2018Date of Patent: February 9, 2021Assignee: B&R INDUSTRIAL AUTOMATION GMBHInventors: Andreas Weber, Friedrich Forthuber
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Patent number: 10903730Abstract: A power tool includes a motor, a first power source access circuit, a first drive circuit, a second power source access circuit and a second drive circuit. The motor includes a rotor, a stator, a plurality of first-type windings and a plurality of second-type windings. The rotor is configured to rotate about a central axis. The stator includes a ring-shaped yoke portion, and a plurality of teeth. The plurality of first-type windings are configured to be wound around part of the plurality of teeth and the plurality of second-type windings are configured to be wound around other part of the plurality of teeth. The first power source access circuit is configured to access a first power source with a first voltage. The first drive circuit includes a plurality of first-type electronic switches connected between the plurality of first-type windings and the first power source access circuit. The second power source access circuit is configured to access a second power source with a second voltage.Type: GrantFiled: January 18, 2019Date of Patent: January 26, 2021Assignees: Nanjing Chervon Industry Co., Ltd., Chervon (HK) LimitedInventors: Qian Xu, Shibo Chen
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Patent number: 10903727Abstract: A stator core of a rotary electric machine includes a yoke portion which has an annular shape, plural tooth portions protruding radially from an inner peripheral edge of the yoke portion toward a center, and plural fastening portions protruding radially outward from an outer peripheral edge of the yoke portion and each formed with a fastening member insertion hole through which a fastening member is inserted. The stator core is configured by a plurality of electromagnetic steel plates laminated via an adhesive layer. The yoke portion includes plural fastening portion inner regions, and plural non-fastening portion inner regions. The adhesive layer is disposed on the yoke portion. The adhesive layer includes at least one first adhering portion provided in each of the fastening portion inner regions, and at least one second adhering portion provided in each of the non-fastening portion inner regions.Type: GrantFiled: January 29, 2019Date of Patent: January 26, 2021Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Shogo Miyazaki, Kazuyuki Ohta
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Patent number: 10903701Abstract: A method of manufacturing an electric motor that includes a plurality of structural cooling features is provided, where the electric motor utilizes axial cooling channels integral to the stator teeth, thus allowing direct contact between the circulating coolant and the lamination stack. A coolant manifold assembly, incorporated into the stator between left and right stator portions, provides a means of distributing coolant to the axial cooling channels.Type: GrantFiled: September 17, 2018Date of Patent: January 26, 2021Assignee: Atieva, Inc.Inventors: Emad Dlala, Richard J. Biskup, David Moseley, Aberto Bassanese, Balaji Maniam, Jeremy Mayer
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Patent number: 10897175Abstract: A stator assembly includes a stator that drives a rotor that is rotatable about a central axis extending in a vertical direction, a stator support that supports the stator, and a filling portion that covers the stator. A first radial end portion of the stator is fixed to a second radial side surface of the stator support. An insulator of the stator includes an upper insulator covering an upper surface of a stator core. A first radial end portion of the upper insulator contacts the second radial side surface of the tubular stator support extending in an axial direction. An annular insulator concave portion that is recessed to the axial upper side is provided in the first radial end portion of the upper insulator. A first space, surrounded by the insulator concave portion, the stator core, and the stator support, is filled with a filling material.Type: GrantFiled: April 19, 2019Date of Patent: January 19, 2021Assignee: NIDEC CORPORATIONInventors: Yuta Yamasaki, Hideki Aoi, Yoshihisa Kitamura, Junya Kawata, Rui Izutsu
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Patent number: 10897182Abstract: A power producing apparatus includes a stator portion having a stator ring disposed proximate a housing of a turbine engine. The stator potion further includes a plurality of coils. A rotor portion includes a rotor ring having a plurality of permanent magnets disposed coaxial to the plurality of coils, and the permanent magnets are oriented with alternating polarity. Individual or a plurality of coils are configured to be selectively moved axially with respect to the rotor ring.Type: GrantFiled: March 16, 2020Date of Patent: January 19, 2021Assignee: United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air ForceInventors: Joseph Merrett, Serhiy Leontsev, Daniel Gillaugh, Kevin Yost, Gregory Minkiewicz, James Hendershot, Jr.
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Patent number: 10892664Abstract: An electrical machine has a variable reluctance rotor, and a stator formed as an annular array of stator segments. The reluctance of the rotor-to-stator magnetic flux path varies with rotor position whereby the stator segments are magnetically energizable to rotate the rotor. The stator segments are arranged in the array such that, when energized to rotate the rotor, they produce an unbalanced force on the rotor. The machine further has a compensator including one or more balancing segments which are configured to be magnetically energizable to produce a balancing force on the rotor which balances the unbalanced force. The reluctance of the rotor-to-compensator magnetic flux path is substantially invariant with rotor position.Type: GrantFiled: September 7, 2018Date of Patent: January 12, 2021Assignee: ROLLS-ROYCE plcInventors: Ellis F H Chong, Shanmukha Ramakrishna, Vaiyapuri Viswanathan, Shuai Wang
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Patent number: 10892660Abstract: An electrical machine with a rotor and a stator. The rotor or the stator has at least one coil with a coil core and a coil winding, which surrounds the coil core. The coil winding has at least one turn that is formed from a flat conductor, which is bent a around a plurality of bending axes, which are spaced apart from one another and are parallel, and, as viewed in section, is S-shaped and/or has a meandering shape. The flat conductor has a plurality of layers that are insulated from one another, at least in regions, and/or a plurality of slot-shaped recesses.Type: GrantFiled: April 2, 2018Date of Patent: January 12, 2021Assignee: AUDI AGInventors: Peter Juris, Korbinian Weber
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Patent number: 10886048Abstract: A laminated coil substrate includes a printed wiring board including a resin substrate, a first conductor layer on first surface of the substrate and including coils, and a second conductor layer formed on second surface of the substrate on the opposite side and including coils. The printed wiring board includes first, second and third coil substrates that are folded such that the second surface of the substrate in the first and second coil substrates oppose each other and that the first surface of the substrate in the second and third coil substrates oppose each other, the second conductor layer of the printed wiring board includes connection wire on the second surface of the substrate and connecting the first and second coil substrates, and the first conductor layer of the printed wiring board includes connection wire on the first surface of the substrate and connecting the second and third coil substrates.Type: GrantFiled: October 16, 2018Date of Patent: January 5, 2021Assignee: IBIDEN CO., LTD.Inventors: Haruhiko Morita, Shinobu Kato, Hitoshi Miwa, Hisashi Kato, Toshihiko Yokomaku
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Patent number: 10886827Abstract: A linear vibration motor comprising a housing, a stator, an vibrator, and two sets of elastic support assemblies which are located at two ends of the vibrator, respectively, and used for supporting the vibrator and providing elastic restoring forces, wherein each set of the elastic support assemblies comprises at least two elastic supports. Each elastic support comprises a first connection point coupled to the vibrator and a second connecting point coupled to the housing. both the first connection point and the second connection point which are located on the same elastic support are located on the same side of a central axis of the vibrator, and the central axis is parallel to a vibration direction of the vibrator; and the second connection point is coupled onto a side wall, perpendicular to the vibration direction of the vibrator, of the housing. The linear vibration motor of the present invention has a simple structure, is low in assembly difficulty and high in production efficiency.Type: GrantFiled: June 3, 2016Date of Patent: January 5, 2021Assignee: Goertek Inc.Inventors: Chunfa Liu, Fenglei Zu
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Patent number: 10886826Abstract: A power-generating apparatus has a frame, a transmission shaft, a power generator, multiple magnetic floating modules, multiple radial stabilizing modules, and an axial stabilizing module. The transmission shaft rotates in the frame. The power generator is connected with the transmission shaft. Each one of the magnetic floating modules has a magnetic ring set and a permanent magnetic ring. The permanent magnetic ring is connected to the transmission shaft, and magnetically interacts with the magnetic ring set to float the transmission shaft. Each one of the stabilizing modules has a stabilizing magnetic set and a stabilizing magnetic ring. The stabilizing magnetic ring is radially magnetically repulsive to the stabilizing magnetic set. The axial stabilizing module has a base, a first magnet, and a second magnet. The second magnet is mounted on the transmission shaft, and is vertically magnetically repulsive to the first magnet.Type: GrantFiled: January 29, 2019Date of Patent: January 5, 2021Inventor: Shou-Cheng Wong
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Patent number: 10879757Abstract: Disclosed is an electronic motor with two bearings. The motor is structured so that, when loaded, the majority of the load (e.g., a radial load) is borne by one of the bearings. The bearing that bears a greater load may be larger and, thus, better suited for a heavy load. In some embodiments, the larger bearing may include rolling elements that have respective radii larger than respective radii of rolling elements of the other bearing by a ratio of at least 1.5 (150%). In some embodiments, the larger bearing may have an outer race with a radius that is greater than a radius of the outer race of the smaller bearing by a ratio of at least 1.5. In some embodiments, the motors may include a third bearing between the two bearings. The third bearing may reduce vibration in the motor.Type: GrantFiled: February 15, 2018Date of Patent: December 29, 2020Assignee: GoPro, Inc.Inventor: Himay Rashmikant Shukla
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Patent number: 10873230Abstract: The present invention is an amortisseur upgrade which augments features of the traditional amortisseur. By introducing four features, the aggressive differential thermal growth, due to an excessive power onrush, beyond the intended design duty, during generator startup, is managed. The upgrades include: shallow clearance counter-bores in the generator end cap, flexible shorting plates, hollow damper rod ends, and spacers which are integrated into the shorting plates. These features, when implemented into the traditional amortisseur, manage the aggressive thermal growth response of the amortisseur assembly.Type: GrantFiled: August 4, 2016Date of Patent: December 22, 2020Assignee: New York Power AuthorityInventor: Asif Khokhar
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Patent number: 10873243Abstract: An electrical machine comprising a two-part rotor formed of a first rotor part and a second rotor part. The first rotor part includes a conical section and is mounted to a shaft of the machine. The second rotor part has a bore including a complementary conical section. The second rotor part is configured to displace axially between a first state, in which it is engaged with the first rotor part to form the rotor of the electrical machine, and a second state, in which it is axially disengaged from the first rotor part. Also a clutch having an engaged state and a disengaged state. When the clutch is in one of its states the second rotor part is in its first state and switching the clutch to the other of its states axially displaces the second rotor part to its second state.Type: GrantFiled: October 27, 2017Date of Patent: December 22, 2020Assignee: ROLLS-ROYCE PLCInventors: Geraint W. Jewell, Adam J. McLoughlin, Ellis F H Chong
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Patent number: 10862366Abstract: A rotating electric machine includes a rotating shaft, a rotor, a stator, a housing, control modules and fixing members. The housing, which is grounded, rotatably supports the rotating shaft and accommodates the rotor and the stator. The control modules are arranged around the rotating shaft and adjacent to one another. Each of the control modules includes switching elements, a supporting part that supports the switching elements, and at least one connection part having a ground terminal formed therein. The fixing members are provided to fix the connection parts of the control modules to the housing. Each adjacent pair of the connection parts respectively belonging to two different ones of the control modules are together fixed to the housing by a corresponding one of the fixing members; the ground terminals formed in the adjacent pair of the connection parts are together electrically connected to the housing.Type: GrantFiled: March 5, 2019Date of Patent: December 8, 2020Assignee: DENSO CORPORATIONInventors: Naoki Hashimoto, Nobuo Isogai
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Patent number: 10862361Abstract: A stator includes: multi-phase stator coils each having a salient pole concentrated winding; a stator iron core formed with a plurality of teeth around which the multi-phase stator coils are wound; and a plurality of connection rings configured to connect each of the multi-phase stator coils, wherein a winding end position of each of the multi-phase stator coils is disposed closest to the corresponding connection ring among the plurality of connection rings.Type: GrantFiled: July 28, 2016Date of Patent: December 8, 2020Assignee: HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD.Inventor: Yutaka Matsunobu
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Patent number: 10850605Abstract: A hybrid drive module, comprising a cover of a torque converter. The hybrid drive module further includes a carrier hub connected to a rotor of an electric motor and the cover, the hub including a first surface and a protrusion extending outward from the first surface. The hybrid drive module also includes an end ring disposed between the protrusion and the rotor and in contact with the first surface, wherein the end ring is engaged with the protrusion and the rotor, and the protrusion restrains the end ring and rotor utilizing an interference fit between the carrier hub and the end ring.Type: GrantFiled: March 13, 2017Date of Patent: December 1, 2020Assignee: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KGInventors: Ayyalraju Satyaseelan, Justin Persinger