Patents Examined by Tran Nguyen
  • Patent number: 9407127
    Abstract: Provided is a brushless motor insulator capable of improving workability relating to the winding of electric wires by a simple configuration. An insulator 10 includes a main body portion 11 and a mooring portion 12. The main body portion 11 includes plural wiring portions 11b radially provided so that electric wires 30 are held while being wound on the wiring portions 11b. The mooring portion 12 is disposed in the inner periphery or the outer periphery of the main body portion 11 and moors ends of winding start portions or winding end portions of the electric wires 30 of the wiring portions 11b.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2016
    Assignee: SANYO DENKI CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yoshinori Miyabara
  • Patent number: 9406717
    Abstract: A method for forming a back-illuminated image sensor includes forming a higher doped crystalline layer on a crystalline substrate, growing a lower doped crystalline layer on the higher doped crystalline layer and forming a photodiode and component circuitry from the lower doped crystalline layer. Metallization structures are formed to make connections to and between components. The crystalline substrate is removed to expose the higher doped crystalline layer. An optical component structure is provided on an exposed surface of the higher doped crystalline layer to receive light therein such that the higher doped crystalline layer provides a passivation layer for the photodiode and the component circuitry.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2016
    Assignee: GlobalFoundries, Inc.
    Inventors: Stephen W. Bedell, Bahman Hekmatshoartabari, Ghavam G. Shahidi, Davood Shahrjerdi
  • Patent number: 9401629
    Abstract: A rotary electric machine includes a stator core; a rotor that includes a laminated core, core holders, and cooling fans; a frame that includes a tubular unit that encloses the stator core and the rotor, and a first bracket and a second bracket that extend in a direction of a rotor shaft and supports the rotor shaft; and cartridges that are detachably attached to the first bracket and the second bracket and rotatably supports the rotor shaft, wherein groove-like or hole-like holding portions, which hold end portions of bearing attaching and detaching jigs inserted through the first bracket and the second bracket, are provided in the cooling fans.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2016
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kenta Kaneko
  • Patent number: 9396307
    Abstract: Certain embodiments of the present invention provide systems and methods for interruption workflow management in a clinical enterprise. Certain embodiments provide an interruption workflow management system for a clinical enterprise. The system includes a worklist including a plurality of patient indicators representing patients for which tasks are to be performed by a user. The system also includes a patient panel displaying patient information associated with a patient indicator selected from the worklist. The system further includes a patient indicator shelf holding one or more patient indicators from at least one of the worklist and the patient panel for later retrieval in response to user input. The patient indicator shelf facilitates restoration of a patient indicator from the patient indicator shelf to display in the patient panel in response to user input.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2016
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Michael Hawkins, Christopher Burt, Kenneth Lopez, Jason Klotzer, Andres Olivares, Natalia Lipetskaia
  • Patent number: 9385577
    Abstract: An axial gap-type power generator has: a rotor fixed to a crankshaft of an engine; a stator fixed to a crankcase of the engine and opposing the rotor across a spacing in an axial direction; and a housing to house the rotor and the stator and to fix the stator. The stator is configured by arraying, in a peripheral direction, a plurality of coils C each configured through winding of a winding about a stator core. The housing is formed of a resin-based material. Winding ends of the coils are wired using connector fittings each of which is formed of a metal plate, is held on the housing, and has a clamp into which the winding end is inserted and clamped.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2016
    Assignee: FUJI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Akira Furuya
  • Patent number: 9373981
    Abstract: Provided is a stator of a motor which is capable of reducing a loss generated in a motor and thereby attaining a high-efficient motor, and a motor including the stator. A stator of a motor comprises a stator core including a plurality of plate members stacked together; the stator core including: a yoke of a tubular shape; and teeth each of which includes an extending portion extending inward in a radial direction of the yoke from the yoke and an increased-width portion formed at a tip end of the extending portion so as to have a greater width than the extending portion in a circumferential direction of the yoke; wherein the extending portion has a constant-width portion extending radially in a straight-line shape so as to have a constant circumferential width, a narrower portion having a smaller circumferential width than the constant-width portion, and a clamp portion for securing the plurality of plate members to each other; and wherein the clamp portion is provided in the constant-width portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2016
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takashi Ogawa, Yuichi Yoshikawa, Ikuo Ozaki, Toshiyuki Tamamura, Hirokazu Yamauchi
  • Patent number: 9367904
    Abstract: It is described a method for medical image comparison purposes, comprising the step of generating a first global image or mask with increased similarity to a second global image, wherein the first global image comprises at least partially a composition of different pre-captured images of a patient; wherein the pre-captured images are captured at different times.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2016
    Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.
    Inventors: Jurgen Weese, Jorg Bredno
  • Patent number: 9362697
    Abstract: The present invention broadly provides improvements in a slip-ring adapted to provide electrical contact between a stator and a rotor. The improved slip-ring includes a brush assembly having a brush tube mounted on the stator and having a fiber bundle composed of a number of individual fibers. The upper marginal end portions of the fibers are received in the brush tube. The lower marginal end portions of the fibers extend beyond the brush tube toward the rotor. The improvements broadly comprise: a central portion of the fibers having been removed below the brush tube such that the fibers extending below the brush tube toward the rotor are in the form of an annulus; and wherein the tangential compliance of the fiber bundle at its point of contact with the rotor is more than twice the tangential compliance of the fiber bundle if the central portion had not been removed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: Moog Inc.
    Inventors: Norris E. Lewis, Jerry T. Perdue
  • Patent number: 9362795
    Abstract: In the automotive rotary electric machine stator according to the present invention, a stator winding is constituted by distributed windings, slot-housed portions and root portions of coil end portions are formed so as to have flat cross sections, and the slot-housed portions are housed in the slots in contact with each other so as to line up in a single column in a radial direction such that long sides of the flat cross sections are oriented circumferentially. Flatnesses of root portions of the coil end portions that are radially adjacent and that extend outward in different circumferential directions from the slots are mutually different.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Yukiyoshi Onishi, Kazunori Tanaka
  • Patent number: 9356499
    Abstract: An electromagnetic generator includes a magnet assembly having permanent magnets magnetized in a direction of stacking so that surfaces thereof corresponding to the same pole face each other. A solenoid coil is positioned around the magnet assembly so that a position of the solenoid coil relative to the magnet assembly can be changed. Holding parts hold the solenoid coil so that a center of the solenoid coil in a winding axis direction corresponds to a plane position where the surfaces of the permanent magnets corresponding to the same pole face each other at a stop position. Repulsive magnets generate magnetic repulsive forces that maintain the magnet assembly separated from the repulsive magnets. A length of an end face of each permanent magnet in a direction perpendicular to the winding axis direction is equal to or larger than double a length of the permanent magnet in the winding axis direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2016
    Assignee: SEIKO INSTRUMENTS INC.
    Inventor: Shinji Kinoshita
  • Patent number: 9356478
    Abstract: A stator of a motor comprises a stator core including a plurality of plate members stacked together; the stator core including: a yoke of a tubular shape; and teeth each of which includes an extending portion extending inward in a radial direction of the yoke from the yoke and an increased-width portion formed at a tip end of the extending portion so as to have a greater width than the extending portion in a circumferential direction of the yoke; wherein the extending portion has a constant-width portion extending radially in a straight-line shape so as to have a constant circumferential width, a narrower portion having a circumferential width smaller than a circumferential width of the constant-width portion, and a clamp portion for securing the plurality of plate members to each other; and wherein at least a portion of the clamp portion is located in the narrower portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2016
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takashi Ogawa, Yuichi Yoshikawa, Ikuo Ozaki, Toshiyuki Tamamura, Hirokazu Yamauchi
  • Patent number: 9356477
    Abstract: A rotation assistance mechanism equipped with an attraction unit having a pair of magnetic bodies for which the opposite poles of the bodies are arranged facing one another. A magnetic body driving unit changes the distance between the pair of magnetic bodies with a prescribed period by means of the rotation of a rear wheel. A shielding unit has a pair of magnetic surfaces, the poles of which are the same as the respective opposing surfaces of the pair of magnetic bodies. A shield-driving unit that, in conjunction with the prescribed period, propels the shielding unit into the interval between the pair of magnetic bodies when the distance between the pair of magnetic bodies is reduced, and retracts the shielding unit from the interval between the pair of magnetic bodies when the distance between the pair of magnetic bodies is increased.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2016
    Inventor: Kazuhiko Nakamura
  • Patent number: 9350130
    Abstract: Devices and methods of use for brush holder assemblies are disclosed. Brush holder assemblies including a mounting block and a brush holder are disclosed. Also illustrated is a brush holder assembly including a first portion in sliding engagement with a second portion. In some embodiments the brush holder includes a channel, such that at least a portion of the mounting block is disposed within the channel of the brush holder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2016
    Assignee: Cutsforth, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert S. Cutsforth, David L. Cutsforth
  • Patent number: 9350209
    Abstract: A coil fastening part in a stator of the present invention can be turned about its axis of rotation in a gap between an end face of a tooth and an inner circumferential surface of a unit coil and has a noncircular shape cross-section vertical to its axis of rotation. The noncircular shape cross-section of the coil fastening part has a first dimension which is represented by a first line segment which intersects its axis of rotation and a second dimension which is represented by a second line segment which intersects its axis of rotation, is different from the first line segment, and is larger than the first dimension. The coil fastening part is arranged in the gap in a state where the second line segment is aligned with the height direction of the gap and pushes against both the end face and the inner circumferential surface to thereby fasten the unit coil to a tooth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2016
    Assignee: Fanuc Corporation
    Inventor: Yoshinori Murakami
  • Patent number: 9350211
    Abstract: To obtain a rotating electric machine with a simple configuration, including a clearance filling member which can be easily assembled to a bearing housing portion without requiring time and does not adversely affect an outer race of a bearing, provided is an AC generator for a vehicle including a resin case (26) including: a case main body portion (30); an extending portion (32) formed integrally with the case main body portion (30), the extending portion (32) extending toward a rotor (6) beyond an end surface of the counter drive-side bearing (25) housed inside the counter drive-side bearing housing portion (24); and a convex portion (33) formed on an outer circumferential surface of the extending portion (32), the convex portion (32) being configured to be held in pressure contact with the inner circumferential wall surface of the counter drive-side bearing housing portion (24).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2016
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Kazunori Tanaka, Kazuya Hasegawa, Shintaro Shimizu, Atsushi Oohashi
  • Patent number: 9337710
    Abstract: A homopolar motor phase (d4) which consists of a wafer (a0), the leg (a3) of each tooth meeting the leg of the next tooth before touching the cylinder head (a4), the leg (a3) at least partially filling the space (a6) between the teeth. The inner diameter (a11) is reduced by the presence of a discontinuity in the area (a7) at the tip of the tooth (a5).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2016
    Assignee: SINTERTECH
    Inventors: François Bernot, Alix Bernot
  • Patent number: 9328766
    Abstract: A rolling bearing having a permanently excited first generator (09) which is arranged in an intermediate space between two bearing rings which are rotatable relative to one another, the first generator having a primary part and a secondary part and generating a first generator voltage when it operates, the secondary part has permanent magnets (04) which are arranged with alternating polarity on the circumference of one of the bearing rings at least in sections. The rolling bearing includes a second generator (21), and the first generator voltage serves for the supply of energy to a sensor arrangement and/or actuator arrangement integrated in the bearing, whereas the second generator outputs a voltage signal for position determination and rotational speed measurement. A method for the energy management of a rolling bearing of this type is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2016
    Assignee: Schaefller Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Frank Benkert, Thomas Rink
  • Patent number: 9331541
    Abstract: A motor structure includes a first silicon steel seat, at least one insulation support and a second silicon steel seat. The first silicon steel seat has a receiving space. The insulation support is disposed in the receiving space. The insulating support has a winding section. A first protection wall section and a second protection wall section are respectively formed on two sides of the winding section. The second protection wall section is formed with multiple through holes. Two ends of the second protection wall section are respectively formed with a first channel and a second channel. The second silicon steel seat is assembled and connected with the second protection wall section. The manufacturing cost of the motor structure is lowered and the manufacturing process of the motor structure is simplified.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2016
    Assignee: ASIA VITAL COMPONENTS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Jin-Song Pan
  • Patent number: 9325209
    Abstract: A rotating electrical machine comprises a stator and a rotor. The rotor includes a rotor iron core in which a permanent magnet is disposed. The rotor iron core comprises a connection part, a plurality of magnetic pole part, a first gap, and a second gap for injection of the adhesive. The connection part is configured to surround a rotational axis. The plurality of magnetic pole parts are provided in an outer portion than the connection part in a radial direction. The first gap is configured to penetrate along an axial direction between the magnetic pole parts in an outer portion than the connection part in the radial direction and in which the permanent magnet is fixed with adhesive. At least one of the second gaps is provided for each of the first gaps in communication with the first gap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2016
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA YASKAWA DENKI
    Inventors: Jun Kojima, Kiyomi Inoue, Kensuke Nakazono, Yoshiaki Kamei
  • Patent number: 9325208
    Abstract: A stator for an electric motor or generator comprising a circumferential support having a plurality of protrusions circumferentially distributed about the support; and a plurality of teeth arranged to receive coil windings, wherein each tooth includes a recess with interlocking means formed within the recess for engaging with a protrusion mounted on the circumferential support in a radial direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2016
    Assignee: PROTEAN ELECTRIC LIMITED
    Inventor: Esad Jaganjac