Patents Examined by Tran N Nguyen
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Patent number: 11303189Abstract: A worm wheel is installed inside a wheel accommodation chamber of a body casing; a motor is fastened by screws from the right side perpendicular to the axis line of the worm wheel, thus forming a motor fastening part; and a worm fixed to an output shaft of the motor is engaged with the worm wheel. A board accommodation chamber is formed so as to be adjacent to the right of the wheel accommodation chamber, and a control board is inserted inside the board accommodation chamber from below. The control board is disposed so as to be inclined in a direction in which the upper end of the control board is displaced toward the wheel accommodation chamber from an erect attitude perpendicular to the axis line of the output shaft of the motor, and thus the upper end is separated from the motor fastening part in the direction of the axis line of the output shaft.Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2018Date of Patent: April 12, 2022Assignee: MABUCHI MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Junya Kurata, Satoshi Kikuchi, Yoshihiro Hanazawa
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Patent number: 11303182Abstract: An explosion-proof electrical machine and, more specifically, to an electrical machine comprising an internal pressure reduction device. The internal pressure reduction device comprises a base for installation in a region of the casing below the connection box, a base being configured to receive a plurality of volume filling pieces; wherein the base comprises a bottom part and a part of wall which is extended by at least a part of the periphery of the bottom part. The base may further comprise at least one engaging means for each piece of the plurality of volume filling pieces.Type: GrantFiled: November 3, 2017Date of Patent: April 12, 2022Assignee: WEG EQUIPAMENTOS ELÉTRICOS S.A.Inventor: Eliseu Tiburski Junior
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Patent number: 11303193Abstract: A device for converting bends of a body to electricity, that is designed to be fixed to the body, that includes an electromagnetic device with a coil and a core, a magnet and a converter that is designed to convert bending of the body to a movement of the magnet relative to the electromagnetic device.Type: GrantFiled: February 4, 2020Date of Patent: April 12, 2022Inventors: Dan Haronian, Michael Haronian
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Patent number: 11296560Abstract: A motor is used in a compressor. The motor includes a stator including a stator core having a yoke part that extends in a circumferential direction about an axis and a plurality of teeth that extend from the yoke part toward the axis and are arranged in the circumferential direction, and a winding wound around the plurality of teeth of the stator core in wave winding, and a rotor whose number of poles is P and which is disposed on an inner side of the stator in a radial direction about the axis. When a number of the plurality of teeth is represented by S, S/P?6 is satisfied. The yoke part has a refrigerant passage through which refrigerant passes in a direction of the axis.Type: GrantFiled: May 25, 2017Date of Patent: April 5, 2022Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventor: Atsushi Ishikawa
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Patent number: 11296573Abstract: A stator winding for a rotating electric machine includes: a plurality of lead wires each including a conductor and an insulating film provided on side surfaces of the conductor; and a joining portion configured to join terminal portions of the plurality of lead wires to each other. The plurality of lead wires each includes: a conductor exposure portion provided at a portion of the terminal portion at which the terminal portions of the plurality of lead wires face each other, has the conductor exposed thereat, and has the joining portion connected thereto; and an insulating film remainder portion, provided at a portion of the terminal portion of the lead wire excluding the conductor exposure portion, and has the conductor covered with the insulating film, and a portion of the insulating film in the insulating film remainder portion is provided in a periphery of the joining portion.Type: GrantFiled: March 24, 2020Date of Patent: April 5, 2022Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Kota Katsuragi, Shinji Kawaguchi, Kohei Yasuda
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Patent number: 11289992Abstract: In an UPS system, following components are arranged in a machine cabinet: an AC-to-DC converter connected to a DC voltage link on its output side, a DC-to-AC converter connected to the DC voltage link on its input side; a motor/generator electrically connected to the DC voltage link and having a flywheel coupled to its rotor; a bypass to the AC-to-DC converter and the DC-to-AC converter connected in series, a bypass switch being arranged in the bypass; a controller; and a blower which draws air out of the surroundings through air filters, blows the air in the machine cabinet through a heat exchanger, and ejects the air again. The heat exchanger is arranged in a coolant circuit together with a coolant pump, cooling bodies for the power output stages, and coolant channels which include stator channels running through a stator of the motor/generator.Type: GrantFiled: August 26, 2019Date of Patent: March 29, 2022Assignee: PILLER GROUP GMBHInventors: Joachim Huntgeburth, Thomas Benke, Norbert Ueffing
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Patent number: 11289965Abstract: A resin multilayer substrate includes a stacked body including resin layers, and a coil including coil conductor patterns provided on two or more resin layers. The coil conductor patterns include a coil conductor pattern including a parallel conductor portion. The parallel conductor portion includes linear conductor patterns connected in parallel that are parallel to each other, and is provided at least at a portion of an outermost peripheral portion of the coil conductor pattern. A total line width of the linear conductor patterns of the parallel conductor portion is larger than a line width of other portions of the coil conductor pattern.Type: GrantFiled: September 1, 2020Date of Patent: March 29, 2022Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.Inventor: Shingo Ito
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Patent number: 11283317Abstract: A coil substrate for a motor includes a flexible substrate, and multiple coils formed on a surface of the flexible substrate. Each of the coils has a wiring having first wiring portions and second wiring portions extending from the first wirings respectively and is formed such that the first wiring portions extend parallel with respect to each other and that the second wiring portions extend not parallel to the first wirings, and the flexible substrate is formed to be formed around a magnet of a motor such that the first wiring portions form an angle that is substantially perpendicular to a rotation direction of the motor.Type: GrantFiled: September 11, 2019Date of Patent: March 22, 2022Assignee: IBIDEN CO., LTD.Inventors: Haruhiko Morita, Hitoshi Miwa, Shinobu Kato, Toshihiko Yokomaku, Hisashi Kato, Takahisa Hirasawa, Tetsuya Muraki, Takayuki Furuno
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Patent number: 11283318Abstract: An electric machine includes a stator core defining slots and a single-layer winding disposed in the core and having first and second parallel paths. Each path includes hairpins interconnected to form a continuous circuit between a terminal and a neutral. The hairpins of the first path include a first type of hairpins each having a first leg, a second leg, a crown connecting between the legs, an outwardly extending twist joined to the first leg, and an inwardly extending twist joined to the second leg, wherein the legs are spaced apart by a span of five slots, and a second type of hairpins each having a first leg, a second leg, a crown connecting between the legs, an inwardly extending twist joined to the first leg, and an outwardly extending twist joined to the second leg, wherein the legs are spaced apart by a span of seven slots.Type: GrantFiled: March 24, 2020Date of Patent: March 22, 2022Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Adeeb Ahmed, Wei Wu
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Patent number: 11277053Abstract: A rotor according to an embodiment includes a cylindrical magnet and a balance adjusting portion. The balance adjusting portion is provided to at least one end portion of the magnet in a rotation axis direction, and is used for adjusting rotational balance of the rotor. The balance adjusting portion has a first member that is in contact with an end portion of the magnet and a second member press-fitted onto the rotary shaft with the first member interposed therebetween.Type: GrantFiled: August 27, 2018Date of Patent: March 15, 2022Assignee: MINEBEA MITSUMI, INC.Inventor: Jun Ohmura
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Patent number: 11271456Abstract: An electric machine assembly having a main machine stator core having at least one stator post, a set of stator windings wound about the at least one stator post and having a first end and an opposing second end, a coolant inlet housing defining an inlet passage, a coolant outlet housing defining an outlet passage, proximate to the coolant inlet housing, and wherein the coolant inlet passage and the coolant outlet passage define a coolant circuit configured to receive a supply of coolant to remove heat generated in the set of stator windings.Type: GrantFiled: August 12, 2019Date of Patent: March 8, 2022Assignee: GE Aviation Systems LLCInventors: Hao Huang, Xiaochuan Jia
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Patent number: 11268575Abstract: A generator assembly includes a rotor carrying a magnetic element, a bearing assembly supporting the rotor for rotation about a rotation axis, a bearing support structure extending circumferentially about the bearing assembly and configured for fixation to a housing, and a sleeve member. The sleeve member is arranged radially between the bearing assembly and the bearing support structure to limit a clearance defined radially between the bearing assembly and the bearing support structure. Integrated drive generators and methods of making generator assemblies are also described.Type: GrantFiled: November 25, 2019Date of Patent: March 8, 2022Assignee: HAMILTON SUNDSTRAND CORPORATIONInventor: Andrew P. Grosskopf
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Patent number: 11264847Abstract: A reluctance motor is used in a compressor. The reluctance motor includes a rotor having a rotor core that has an annular outer circumference about an axis, having a plurality of magnetic poles along the outer circumference, and having no permanent magnet, and a stator including a stator core that surrounds the rotor from an outer side in a radial direction about the axis and a winding wound around the stator core in wave winding. Each of the plurality of magnetic poles has a first slit formed in the rotor core and a second slit formed on an inner side of the first slit in the radial direction. The stator core has a refrigerant passage through which refrigerant passes in a direction of the axis.Type: GrantFiled: June 2, 2017Date of Patent: March 1, 2022Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventor: Atsushi Ishikawa
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Patent number: 11258331Abstract: A motor includes a motor main body including a rotor and a stator, a controller, a housing, and a connector. The housing includes a lower housing that holds the motor main body, and an upper housing that holds the controller and the connector. The upper housing includes a connector holder that protrudes outward in the radial direction from an outer peripheral end of the lower housing. The connector holder includes a connector inserting portion into which the connector is inserted in the axial direction. The connector inserting portion includes a ridge portion, which protrudes outward in the radial direction from a straight line connecting both ends of an inner-peripheral-side wall surface in the circumferential direction, on the inner-peripheral-side wall surface facing, in the radial direction, a surface of the connector facing inward in the radial direction.Type: GrantFiled: February 7, 2020Date of Patent: February 22, 2022Assignee: NIDEC CORPORATIONInventors: Takashi Hattori, Yu Kuwamoto, Kanwu Shirakawa
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Patent number: 11251688Abstract: In a rotating electric machine, a stator includes a stator winding, a field winding includes a series-connection body including a plurality of winding portions, and a rotor includes main pole portions protruding from a rotor core in a radial direction. A harmonic current for inducing a field current in the field winding flows to the stator winding. A rectifying element is connected in series to the field winding, configures a closed circuit with the field winding, and rectifies the field current that flows to the field winding to flow in one direction. In a capacitor, a first end is connected to a connection point between adjacent winding portions and a second end is connected to either of both ends of the rectifying element. A partitioning portion is disposed between at least a single set of adjacent winding portions among the plurality of winding portions and includes a magnetic material.Type: GrantFiled: August 10, 2020Date of Patent: February 15, 2022Assignee: DENSO CORPORATIONInventor: Masahiro Seguchi
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Patent number: 11245312Abstract: A rotor pack for a generator has an exciter rotor rotating with a shaft. A rectifier assembly is in electric communication with the exciter rotor to receive AC current and rectify the AC current into a DC voltage. Positive and negative busses extend from the rectifier assembly to a negative rail and a positive rail on a connection assembly. The negative rail is in contact with the shaft to provide a ground connection. The negative and positive rails are formed of a metal. The negative and positive rails are connected to a main field winding. A high speed generator is also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2019Date of Patent: February 8, 2022Assignee: Hamilton Sundstrand CorporationInventors: Dhaval Patel, Edward C. Allen, Andrew R. Wilkinson
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Patent number: 11245321Abstract: To achieve the above object, a cylindrical linear motor of the present invention includes a cylindrical linear motor includes: a core having a cylindrical yoke, and a plurality of teeth that are annular and are provided at intervals in an axial direction on an outer periphery of the yoke; a winding mounted in slots between the teeth; and a field which is cylindrical and in which the core is inwardly inserted movably in the axial direction to arrange N poles and S poles alternately in the axial direction, wherein the field has permanent magnets of a main magnetic pole radially magnetized and permanent magnets of a sub magnetic pole axially magnetized that are alternately arranged in a Halbach array in the axial direction, an axial length of the permanent magnet of the main magnetic pole is longer than an axial length of the permanent magnet of the sub magnetic pole, and the permanent magnet of the sub magnetic pole has a coercive force higher than that of the permanent magnet of the main magnetic pole.Type: GrantFiled: August 14, 2018Date of Patent: February 8, 2022Assignee: KYB CORPORATIONInventors: Yoshiaki Kano, Kousuke Satou, Shinichirou Hakamada
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Patent number: 11245307Abstract: A fan motor housing including a circumferential motor housing having a radially outer surface and a radially inner surface and defining a primary axis including a first plurality of concentric flow channels disposed between the radially outer surface the radially inner surface, wherein the concentric flow channels extend in an axial direction parallel to the primary axis, a second plurality of concentric flow channels disposed between the radially outer surface and the radially inner surface, extending in an axial direction parallel to the primary axis, wherein the first and second pluralities of concentric flow channel are thermodynamically connected, a first plurality of radial conduits connecting the second plurality of flow channels to the radially inner surface of the motor housing, and a second plurality of radial conduits connecting the radially inner surface of the motor housing to the second plurality of flow channels.Type: GrantFiled: May 23, 2019Date of Patent: February 8, 2022Assignee: Hamilton Sundstrand CorporationInventors: Brian St. Rock, Matthew Robert Pearson
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Patent number: 11239717Abstract: Various examples related to shifted fractional pitch wye-delta multilayer windings and their use in AC machines. In one example, a winding includes a first wye-delta winding with first wye and delta windings for each phase and a second wye-delta winding with second wye and delta windings for each phase. The first and second wye windings for each phase are connected in series and the first and second delta windings are connected in series, and formed wye and delta windings are connected in a wye-delta configuration thereby providing an electrical phase shift between the two windings. The windings are interdigitated to provide a physical shift between the first and second wye windings and the first and second delta windings. Such windings can be used in, e.g., permanent magnet synchronous machines, synchronous machines, reluctance machines, and induction machines.Type: GrantFiled: June 11, 2019Date of Patent: February 1, 2022Assignee: North Carolina State UniversityInventors: Md Sariful Islam, Md Ashfanoor Kabir, Iqbal Husain
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Patent number: 11239718Abstract: A rotor for an electrical machine includes a rotor core having a plurality of circumferentially spaced apart rotor poles. A plurality of windings are seated in gaps between circumferentially adjacent pairs of the rotor poles. A respective wedge secures the windings in each gap configured to supply Q-axis damping. A pair of end plates are connected electrically to the wedges at opposing longitudinal ends thereof thereby completing a Q-axis winding circuit for each wedge.Type: GrantFiled: July 8, 2019Date of Patent: February 1, 2022Assignee: Hamilton Sundstrand CorporationInventors: Dhaval Patel, Andreas C. Koenig, Andrew Wilkinson