Patents Examined by Tran N Nguyen
  • Patent number: 11658538
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a motor operated compressor, including a housing, a compressor provided in the housing, a motor connected to the compressor to drive the compressor, an inverter coupled to one side of the housing, and connected to the motor unit in an electrically conductive manner. The motor operated compressor includes a hermetic terminal assembly, one side of which extends into the inverter unit, and an opposite side of which extends into the housing. A plurality of busbars have one end of each busbar connected to the opposite side of the hermetic terminal assembly, and the other end of each busbar connected to the motor unit. A first insulating cover portion encloses and seals the hermetic terminal assembly and the plurality of busbars inside the housing, such that a conductive body connecting the motor unit and the inverter unit in the main housing is sealed from refrigerant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Hohyun Seok, Chanhyeok Park, Eunsub Lee, Myungkyun Kiem
  • Patent number: 11652383
    Abstract: An electrical machine with a winding support is provided, which comprises a cylindrical base body and support teeth projecting radially from the base body and has grooves bounded by the base body and in each case two of the support teeth, and at least one winding supported by the winding support, which winding is formed by conductively connected conductor sections, which are each guided through at least one of the grooves of the winding support and project beyond the winding support at the axial end faces of the winding support, wherein a respective clamping ring is arranged at each axial end face of the winding support, wherein each clamping ring forms support sections that each extend radially along a respective axial end face of a respective one of the support teeth and mechanically contact at least parts of the conductor sections guided through the grooves adjacent to the respective support tooth, wherein the respective support section contacts the axial end face of the respective support tooth in a conta
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: Audi AG
    Inventors: Korbinian Weber, Max Possen
  • Patent number: 11646642
    Abstract: A controller of a power tool outputs a driving signal to a motor driving circuit and acquires a position of a rotor of a brushless motor. While acquiring the position of the rotor of the brushless motor, a phase voltage or a line voltage of a winding of the brushless motor is detected through the voltage detection circuit. Whether an upper bridge arm switching element, a lower bridge arm switching element, and/or the brushless motor is short-circuited is determined according to the phase voltage or the line voltage of the winding of the brushless motor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: Nanjing Chervon Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Wenkang Tong
  • Patent number: 11641146
    Abstract: Provided is a wheel bearing apparatus with a generator that can have a simplified structure to reduce costs and is capable of preventing electrolytic corrosion. The wheel bearing apparatus with a generator includes a wheel bearing and a generator. The generator includes a stator attached to a fixed wheel and a motor rotor attached to a rotating wheel and is of an outer-rotor type in which the stator is located on an outer periphery of the wheel bearing, and the motor rotor is located radially outside of the stator. The wheel bearing apparatus with the generator further includes at least one conducting unit that conducts a current between the fixed wheel and the rotating wheel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2023
    Assignee: NTN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroki Yabuta, Mitsuo Kawamura, Kentaro Nishikawa
  • Patent number: 11632012
    Abstract: A motor is provided with a bracket, a terminal provided at the bracket, and a frame. The bracket is fixed to the frame. The terminal is electrically connectable to an outside. The bracket is provided with an outer peripheral surface including an opening portion. A part of the terminal is arranged inside the opening portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: MINEBEA MITSUMI INC.
    Inventors: Hirofumi Ohba, Hiroshi Miyazako
  • Patent number: 11626788
    Abstract: Magnetic cycloidal gear assemblies and mounting arrangements for magnetic cycloidal gear assemblies are provided that include a fixed stator and a cycloid that rotates eccentrically within the stator. The cycloid can be mounted to an offset cam on the input shaft by a rolling element bearing. A plurality of cam followers connect the cycloid to the output hub. Various features can be provided to increase operational balance or stability. For example, an adjustable counterweight can be attached to the input shaft. Also for example, a mounting arrangement including an adjustable nut, one or more bearings, and/or one or more wave springs can be provided to allow for the application, balancing, or adjustment of axial forces within the assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: Kaney Aerospace, Inc.
    Inventors: Donald Fredrick Knight, Erik Michael Plugge
  • Patent number: 11621077
    Abstract: A system for using artificial intelligence to select a compatible element. The system includes at least a server wherein the at least a server is configured to receive training data. The at least a server is configured to receive at least a biological extraction from a user. The at least a server is configured to receive at least a datum of user activity data. The at least a server is configured to select at least a compatible element as a function of the training data, the at least a biological extraction, and the at least a user activity data. The at least a server is configured to transmit the at least a compatible element to a user client device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: KPN INNOVATIONS, LLC.
    Inventor: Kenneth Neumann
  • Patent number: 11614379
    Abstract: An electric motor (1), for a drive unit (2) of a drive train test bench, having a housing (3). The electric motor (1) is characterized in that the housing (3) has at least one yoke (4) for supporting the electric motor (1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: ZF Friedrichshafen AG
    Inventor: Christian Hell
  • Patent number: 11616410
    Abstract: A fan motor of a cleaner capable of exhibiting a high output is provided. The fan motor includes a shroud disposed to cover a fan, a rotor fixed to a shaft, and a stator disposed opposite to the rotor in an axial direction with a predetermined gap therebetween. The stator includes a substrate on which a bearing is installed and a plurality of armatures disposed around the bearing. A coil is formed in such a way that a flat wire having a rectangular cross-section is bent to a short side thereof to be wound around an iron core.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masayuki Takada, Minoru Yoshida
  • Patent number: 11609094
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel rotator for a standardized coarse azimuth-pointing system for a balloon-borne platform—either zero pressure or Super Pressure Balloons (SPB)—with a maximum suspended payload of 5,500 lbs. The 5.5K Rotator novel shaft design, bearings, motor, and housing, result in a weight of the rotator being decreased by 33% from existing legacy rotators. The present invention achieved a 24% parts reduction from existing legacy rotators, and has the advantages of lighter weight, reusability, cost-effectiveness, machinability, and ease of assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: United States of America as represented by the Administrator of NASA
    Inventor: Caitlin Gibbons
  • Patent number: 11611255
    Abstract: A rotor having multiple poles is provided and includes at each pole an end winding support forming a channel, a bus bar disposed in the channel and edge-wound coils disposed to extend around the end-winding support and the bus bar. The edge-wound coils are stacked radially and include an inner diameter coil routed to an adjacent pole and brazed to an inner diameter coil of the adjacent pole and an outer diameter coil brazed to the bus bar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: HAMILTON SUNDSTRAND CORPORATION
    Inventors: Dhaval Patel, Andrew R. Wilkinson, Eric A. Brust, Edward C. Allen
  • Patent number: 11606015
    Abstract: In a linear motor and the linear compressor having the same according to the present disclosure, a plurality of magnets are coupled to a stator equipped with a winding coil, and a mover core made of magnetic material instead of a permanent magnet is provided on the mover, and by the magnetizing plurality of magnets in the same direction, the motor output can increase by increasing thrust instead of decreasing the centering force for the mover core. In addition, as it is applied to a two-pore motor, it is possible to easily control the mover core and to easily perform an assembly operation and a magnetization operation for the magnet. In addition, as the stator is made of a grain-oriented core, core loss may be reduced and the motor efficiency may be improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Kichul Choi, Eonpyo Hong, Jaebeum Kim
  • Patent number: 11604014
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an electric motor, and a compressor having the same. The electric motor includes a stator, and a rotor. The rotor includes a rotation shaft, a rotor core, and a plurality of permanent magnets. The rotor core includes permanent magnet insertion portions each formed therethrough in an axial direction so that the permanent magnet is inserted, and slots each formed through the rotor core in a manner that a core area of a front portion of a d-axis is smaller than a core area of a rear portion of the d-axis in a rotating direction of the rotor when an outer core part of the permanent magnet insertion portion is divided with respect to the d-axis. Accordingly, a decrease in inertia can be suppressed and an occurrence of vibration and noise due to Magnetic Pull Force (MPF) can be prevented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Injae Lee, Sangjoon Eum, Jeonghwan Kim, Mingyu Kim, Heedon Jung
  • Patent number: 11605998
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: GoPro, Inc.
    Inventor: Himay Rashmikant Shukla
  • Patent number: 11594927
    Abstract: Provided is a rotating electric machine capable of downsizing a coil end. The rotating electric machine includes an armature core and a plurality of coils. The plurality of coils each include a plurality of turn portions. The plurality of turn portions each include an inner-layer-side turn portion and an outer-layer-side turn portion. The inner-layer-side turn portion includes a first inner-layer-side bent portion, a first inner-layer-side oblique portion, and an inner-layer-side shift portion which is twisted. The outer-layer-side turn portion includes a first outer-layer-side bent portion, a first outer-layer-side oblique portion, and an outer-layer-side shift portion. The outer-layer-side shift portion has the inner-layer-side shift portion arranged between the outer-layer-side shift portion and the armature core.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Tatsuro Hino, Katsuya Ito, Hiroyuki Yasuda, Tatsuki Kawashima, Kazuya Hasegawa
  • Patent number: 11594947
    Abstract: Improved magnetic rotor assemblies are provided. In one embodiment, a magnetic rotor assembly includes two or more rotor disks. The rotor disks may each contain corresponding sets of permanent magnets, which may be circumferentially disposed around the disks. The disks may then positioned near one another such that the disks are magnetically coupled. In certain instances, the N-poles of the permanent magnets may face one another. In other instances, the S-poles of the permanent magnets may face one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: MATTUR HOLDINGS, INC.
    Inventor: Kris Kesler
  • Patent number: 11588364
    Abstract: A motor coil substrate includes a coil substrate that is wound in a cylindrical shape and includes a flexible substrate and coils formed on the flexible substrate such that the flexible substrate has a first end and a second end on an opposite side with respect to the first end and that the coils are arrayed from the first end to the second end of the flexible substrate. The coils are formed such that each of the coils has a central space and includes wirings surrounding the central space, and the flexible substrate has openings formed such that each of the openings is penetrating through the flexible substrate and positioned in the central space of a respective one of the coils.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: IBIDEN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Haruhiko Morita, Hitoshi Miwa, Shinobu Kato, Toshihiko Yokomaku, Hisashi Kato, Takahisa Hirasawa, Tetsuya Muraki, Takayuki Furuno
  • Patent number: 11588380
    Abstract: In certain embodiments, a power generator has a rotor, a stator, a bridge rectifier, and one or more capacitors. The stator has one or more inductors that generate phased AC power when the rotor moves relative to the stator. The bridge rectifier, which is connected between the inductors and two output terminals of the power generator, converts the phased AC power into a DC output current at the two output terminals. The capacitors are connected to the inductors to electro-magnetically resonate when the rotor moves relative to the stator to increase peak amplitudes of the phased AC power and thereby increase the level of the DC output current. In certain applications, the increased. DC output current enables the power generator to charge a battery faster and more efficiently.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: Seabourne Solutions, LLC
    Inventors: John A. Lawton, Alan P. Dutcher
  • Patent number: 11557932
    Abstract: A coil substrate includes a flexible substrate having a first end and a second end on the opposite side with respect to the first end, and coils formed on the flexible substrate in substantially one row between the first end and the second end of the flexible substrate such that each of the coils has a center space and wirings surrounding the center space. The wirings in each of the coils include parallel wirings formed substantially parallel to a row direction extending from the first end toward the second end and perpendicular wirings formed substantially perpendicular to the row direction, and the coils are formed such that a thickness of the perpendicular wirings is greater than a thickness of the parallel wirings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: IBIDEN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Haruhiko Morita, Hitoshi Miwa, Shinobu Kato, Toshihiko Yokomaku, Hisashi Kato, Takahisa Hirasawa, Tetsuya Muraki, Takayuki Furuno
  • Patent number: 11557938
    Abstract: A motor unit for a sunroof is proposed. The motor unit may include a lower housing, an upper housing, a bush, a worm wheel, a drive shaft, a pinion gear, the washer, and a bottom cover. Particularly, contact between the drive shaft and the bottom cover may be prevented, and the worm wheel may be configured to be in contact with the washer and he bush. Accordingly, different kinds of noise may be prevented from being generated according to opening and closing directions of the sunroof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: KEYANG ELECTRIC MACHINERY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Seong Soo Kim, Seung Tae Yun, Jin Seok Lee