Patents Examined by Tulsidas C. Patel
  • Patent number: 12160159
    Abstract: A rotating electrical machine is disclosed, the machine comprising a stator comprising a stator core and stator end windings extending out of the stator core, a rotor arranged to rotate inside the stator, a rotor shaft, the rotor shaft having a hollow interior, a coolant circuit for circulating coolant through the machine, and a machine enclosure. The coolant circuit comprises an injection tube arranged to introduce coolant into the hollow interior of the rotor shaft. The rotor shaft is arranged such that coolant exits the hollow interior of the rotor shaft at each end of the machine and is propelled outwards towards the stator end windings. The machine enclosure comprises a passageway for supplying coolant to the injection tube. A coolant distribution channel may be provided for distributing coolant to other parts of the machine to allow the machine to be cooled at multiple locations using the same coolant circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2024
    Assignee: Cummins Inc.
    Inventors: Richard Matthew Barden, Krzysztof Paciura
  • Patent number: 12160152
    Abstract: A VCM is disclosed, the VCM including a rotor including a bobbin arranged at an upper surface of a base formed with an opening, and a driving coil wound on the bobbin, a stator including a driving magnet opposite to the driving coil, and a yoke secured by the driving magnet at an inner surface of a lateral plate, and a tilting unit including a tilt magnet arranged at an outer surface of the lateral plate, a housing fixing the tilt magnet, and a tilt coil unit opposite to the tilt magnet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2024
    Assignee: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Jin Suk Han
  • Patent number: 12155290
    Abstract: An electronically commutated rotating electric machine comprising a first housing part, housing the active core of the machine and a second housing part that houses the control drive, wherein the first and second housing parts are configured such that, after being connected to one another, a gap is formed between them; the parts having deflecting portions that are configured to direct an air flow into the gap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2024
    Assignee: Weg Equipamentos Elétricos S.A.
    Inventors: Roger Schipmann Eger, Ramon Gomes Da Silva, Rubens Fernando Missio
  • Patent number: 12155285
    Abstract: An actuator is provided. A movable body oscillating in an actuator has a shaft, and first and second inner frame members fixed to the shaft. A support body has a cylindrical case, a first and second lid members fixed to the ends of the case, and a first and second outer frame members disposed inside the case. The first inner frame member is connected to the first outer frame member by the first connecting body, and the second inner frame member is connected to the second outer frame member by the second connecting body. The first lid member has a pressing convex portion which abuts the first outer frame member, and the second lid member has a pressing convex portion which abuts the second outer frame member. The number of the pressing convex portions arranged spaced apart along the circumference direction is limited to two or three.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2024
    Assignee: NIDEC SANKYO CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hiroshi Kitahara
  • Patent number: 12155282
    Abstract: An axial flux motor includes: a stator having a first side and a second side opposite the first side, the stator including: N stator core components on the first side, where N is an integer greater than two; N stator windings that are disposed around the N stator core components, respectively, where each of the N stator windings includes, from a point of view facing the first side: a first width at a first location; and a second width that is greater than the first width at a second location that is radially outward from the first location relative to an axis; slot openings disposed between adjacent ones of the stator windings; and a rotor including a third side and M permanent magnets on the third side, where the first side is parallel to the third side, and where M is an integer greater than or equal to two.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2024
    Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Zhen Gao, Yusheng Zou, Jian Yao
  • Patent number: 12149147
    Abstract: An electrical machine assembly including a housing, a shroud, and a terminal box coupled to the housing. The terminal box includes a base having an outer wall extending therefrom, wherein the outer wall includes a distal edge that is correspondingly shaped with the housing such that the outer wall engages with the housing and with the shroud to form a seal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignee: REGAL BELOIT AMERICA, INC.
    Inventor: Jeffrey William Crosson
  • Patent number: 12149154
    Abstract: An electric machine having a hybrid insulative-conductive manifold is disclosed. In one aspect, an electric machine includes a manifold that includes an insulative plate and a conductive backplate positioned adjacent to the insulative plate. The insulative plate and the backplate define a first channel and a second channel therebetween. The electric machine also includes a prime winding and a secondary winding electrically isolated from the prime winding. The prime winding and the secondary winding are both in fluid communication with the first channel and the second channel. A terminal conductor extends through the backplate and insulative plate and is electrically coupled with the prime winding. The terminal conductor is electrically isolated from the backplate and provides cooling fluid to the prime winding and the first channel so that cooling fluid flows between the terminal conductor and the prime winding and between the terminal conductor and the first channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Brendan Michael Freely, Pablo Gabriel Piazza Galarza, Fabian Isaza, Paul Robert Gemin, Darek Tomasz Zatorski, John Russell Yagielski, Andrew Michael Watson
  • Patent number: 12149197
    Abstract: Proposed is a motor drive apparatus driving first and second motors having first wirings and second wirings, respectively, including a first inverter including first switching elements, an alternating-current terminal of the first inverter being connected to a first terminal of each of the first wirings, a second inverter including second switching elements, a first change-over switch including third switching elements, first-side terminals thereof being connected to second terminals of the first wirings, respectively, and second-side terminals being connected, a second change-over switch including fourth switching elements, first-side terminals thereof being connected to the second terminals, respectively, and second-side terminals being connected to an alternating-current terminal of the second inverter, a third change-over switch including fifth switching elements, first-side terminals thereof being connected to the alternating-current terminal, and second-side terminals being connected to the second wirin
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Choul Woo Jung, In Ho Kim, Han Geun Jang, Nae Chun Park
  • Patent number: 12149122
    Abstract: The stator for rotary electric machine comprises a stator frame and a cylindrical magnetic mass inserted in the stator frame, the magnetic mass including a plurality of stacks of compacted magnetic sheets and longitudinal channels uniformly distributed over at least one diameter of the magnetic mass, the channels leading to each side of the magnetic mass. At least three bundles of compacted magnetic sheets are separated by spacers forming two discharge pipes extending circumferentially and radially between the stator frame and a central housing of the stator intended to receive a rotor of the rotary electric machine and communicating with the channels, the stator frame comprising at least two discharge openings connected to different pipes such that a fluid injected on either side of the magnetic mass escapes from the stator via the discharge pipes, the fluid passage section of the discharge pipes being configured to modify the temperature distribution in the magnetic mass.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignee: GE Energy Power Conversion Tehcnology Limited
    Inventors: Nicolas Velly, Tristan Dontenville, Christophe Galmiche, Clement Biri, Lionel Durantay, Federico Svetti
  • Patent number: 12142977
    Abstract: A combined multifunctional double-rotor motor includes a housing, a first output shaft, a first rotor assembly, and a first stator assembly. The first stator assembly and the first rotor assembly are arranged opposite and separated from each other, and the front end of the first output shaft extends out of the housing. A second stator assembly is detachably connected to the rear part of the housing. The first output shaft is hollow, and a second output shaft is coaxially and rotatably arranged in the first output shaft. The rear end of the second output shaft is fixedly connected to a bowl-shaped casing having a front end opening, and the casing is located outside the housing. The second stator assembly is located in the casing, and the inner sidewall of the casing is fixedly provided with outer rotor magnetic tiles corresponding to the second stator assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: Zhangjiagang Huajie Electronic Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yaqing Xu, Yazhou Lu
  • Patent number: 12142969
    Abstract: A rotor unit 1 used in an electric motor, the rotor unit 1 including a rotor core 5, a rotary shaft 3 inserted in an inner periphery of the rotor core 5, a plurality of magnets 6 attached to an outer peripheral surface of the rotor core 5, and a cover member 4 covering an outer periphery of each of the plurality of the magnets 6, in which the rotary shaft 3 is provided, on an outer peripheral surface of the rotary shaft 3, with a caulking part 3c configured to restrict an axial movement of the rotor core 5 with respect to the rotary shaft 3, and the caulking part 3c is configured to restrict an axial movement of the cover member 4 with respect to the rotor core 5.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: NTN CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yuuki Naitou
  • Patent number: 12140120
    Abstract: Provided is a method for operating a wind turbine having a generator and a rotor with rotor blades. The method includes generating electrical power from wind using the generator, using a first part of the generated power as an auxiliary component for supplying auxiliary devices of the turbine used for operating the turbine, where the auxiliary component varies up to a limit. The method includes feeding a second part of the generated electrical power into a grid as a feed-in component, checking the grid for a grid fault that does not allow feeding power into the grid and continuing the operation of the turbine when the fault is detected. The generation of power from wind is reduced to a cut-back power that corresponds to the limit the auxiliary component for operating the auxiliary devices is used from the cut-back power and remaining residual power of the cut-back power is consumed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: WOBBEN PROPERTIES GMBH
    Inventors: Ingo Mackensen, Kai Busker, Stefan Gertjegerdes
  • Patent number: 12143052
    Abstract: In induction motors, efficiency is improved and a maximum torque is increased. For a magnetic flux density of the stator pole for each phase of an induction motor, a circumferential magnetic flux density distribution is controlled to any distribution state, from a trapezoidal wave-like distribution close to a square wave to a sinusoidal distribution. In particular, motor efficiency in a range of low to medium rotations is improved. The motor structure is designed to reduce the leakage inductance of the rotor windings, and the motor and control thereof are optimized for each other. This increases the maximum torque of the motor more effectively. In addition, the high efficiency of the motor makes it possible to reduce the size of the drive circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Inventor: Masayuki Nashiki
  • Patent number: 12135004
    Abstract: The application relates to a tubular turbine device for a fluid transport network, including at least one running equipment arranged on a turbine shaft, at least one guiding equipment arranged upstream of the running equipment, and at least one generator coupled to the turbine shaft and configured to convert a mechanical energy into electrical energy, at least one cross-section adjustment equipment configured to change a cross-sectional area of the tubular turbine device that can be flowed through depending on the volume flow of the fluid flowing through the tubular turbine device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2024
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2024
    Assignee: RWE Gas Storage West GmbH
    Inventors: Christian Effing, Andreas Brümmer, Felix Nal, Guido Neuhaus
  • Patent number: 12136869
    Abstract: An air coolable electric machine includes a heat dissipation plate with a central opening and an outer periphery. A first side of the heat dissipation plate is arranged for thermal communication with the stator. The heat dissipation plate includes a plurality of circumferentially distributed Y-shaped or ?-shaped cooling fins extending from a second side opposite the first side. Each cooling fin includes a radially extending leg portion and a V-shaped or ?-shaped deflector portion that faces the outer periphery to deflect a first portion of airflow outwardly. And the radially extending leg portion of each cooling fin is arranged to direct a portion of airflow inwardly toward the central opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2024
    Assignee: EVR MOTORS LTD
    Inventors: Tamer Qaimari, Victor Kislev, Ruslan Shabinski, Eliyahu Rozinsky
  • Patent number: 12136856
    Abstract: A hairpin conductor includes two wire segments each having respective first and second ends and a respective middle region. The segments are disposed in a side-by-side orientation such that their first ends are proximate each other and their second ends are proximate each other. The first ends are welded to each other and the second ends are welded to each other, or the middle regions are welded to each other, thereby providing a welded wire assembly, which is bent such that the two wire segments are bent equally to form the hairpin conductor. The hairpin conductor has a primary bend in the middle regions to form an apex thereat and first and second secondary bends in the two wire segments nearer to the apex than to the first and second ends to form respective first and second shoulders thereat. A method of forming the hairpin conductor is also presented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2024
    Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLC
    Inventors: John D. Campbell, Edward L. Kaiser, Elizabeth Pepper, Caroline Bolt
  • Patent number: 12135006
    Abstract: A wind turbine includes a frame having a generally elongated shape, the frame having a first rotor support and a second rotor support, a rotor rotatably mounted to the frame between the first rotor support and the second rotor report, that, when mounted, a centerline of the rotor mounted has an angle relative to horizontal between approximately 30 and 60 degrees, and at least one blade coupled to the rotor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2024
    Inventor: John S. Huenefeld
  • Patent number: 12129825
    Abstract: A controller is provided for a floating wind turbine including a rotor with a number of rotor blades connected to a generator. The controller includes an active damping controller for calculating one or more outputs for damping both a first motion of the floating wind turbine in a first frequency range and a second motion of the floating wind turbine in a second frequency range based on an input of the first motion and an input of the second motion, The controller is arranged to calculate an output for controlling a blade pitch of one or more of the rotor blades and/or for controlling a torque of the generator based on an actual rotor speed, a target rotor speed, and the one or more outputs from the active damping controller such that both the first motion and the second motion will be damped.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Assignee: EQUINOR ENERGY AS
    Inventor: Bjørn Skaare
  • Patent number: 12132379
    Abstract: A motorised respiratory assistance device with an integrated cooling system including an enclosure (1) forming a compartment (2) accommodating a motor unit (3) driving turbines (8a, 8b) generating a main respiratory assistance air flow (F1) and a secondary air flow (F2) for cooling the motor (5). The secondary air flow (F2) is conveyed by a secondary aeraulic path (E2, E4, E5, 22, E3, S2) that includes an inner portion (E2, E4, E5, 22) extending into the motor (5) between the stator (6a) and the rotor (6b) and an outer portion (E3, S2) that extends into an annular space (E3) provided around the motor unit (3). The cooling air flow (F2) flows in opposing directions in the inner (E4) and outer (E3) portions, and the main aeraulic path (E1, E6, S1) and the secondary aeraulic path (E2, E4, E5, 22, E3, S2) are separated from each other by a partition (18).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Assignee: AIRFAN
    Inventor: Xavier Prat
  • Patent number: 12132381
    Abstract: Systems for removing excess coolant oil and air from a radial air gap between a stator and a rotor of an electric motor are provided. In one example, the systems may include a ring covering the radial air gap, the ring configured to route coolant out of the radial air gap via one or more channels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Assignee: DANA LIMITED
    Inventors: Steven Vanhee, Dolf Vandamme