Patents Examined by Tulsidas C. Patel
  • Patent number: 11794913
    Abstract: An electric propulsion unit comprising a housing, an AC motor, a beta rod, a propeller, a governor, an inverter, and a controller. The AC motor is disposed within the housing and includes bearings supported inside the housing, a hollow motor shaft rotatably coupled to the housing by the bearings, a stator which is supported by the housing, and a rotor which is mounted to the hollow motor shaft. The beta rod is axially translatable inside the hollow motor shaft. The propeller is mechanically coupled to the hollow motor shaft. The propeller includes propeller blades having an adjustable pitch angle which depends on an axial position of the beta rod. The governor is configured to adjust a pitch angle of the propeller blades by actuating axial translation of the beta rod. The controller is disposed inside the housing and configured to control the pitch angle of the propeller blades.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Frederic Lacaux, Kamiar J. Karimi, Eugene V. Solodovnik, Aaron J. Kutzmann, Patrick R. Darmstadt, Mary E. Beckman, Alejandro Silva, Nicholas J. Silveri, Esther S. Zidovetzki
  • Patent number: 11794591
    Abstract: An electrical generator system is provided with a housing. A first rotor is on the housing for rotation relative to the housing in response to fluid flow through the first rotor. A second rotor is on the housing for rotation relative to the housing in response to fluid flow through the second rotor. A first armature is driven for rotation by the first rotor for rotation in a first rotary direction. A second armature is oriented coaxial with the first armature and driven for rotation by the second rotor for rotation in a second rotary direction that is opposite to the first rotary direction to generate electricity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Inventor: Brian Hewitt
  • Patent number: 11788504
    Abstract: A buoyant wave energy device is disclosed that incorporates an open-bottomed tube of substantial length in which is partially enclosed a first body of water that oscillates in response to wave action. The device incorporates a buoy to which an upper end of the tube is connected and inside of which is trapped a second body of water of substantial mass. A differential phase in the oscillations of the water trapped in the tube, and the oscillations of the buoy of augmented mass, result in the periodic compression of a pocket of air trapped at the top of the tube, and in the subsequent expulsion of pressurized air through a turbine, thereby generating electrical power.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: LONE GULL HOLDINGS, LTD.
    Inventors: Garth Alexander Sheldon-Coulson, Brian Lee Moffat, Daniel William Place
  • Patent number: 11791703
    Abstract: The actuator includes a magnetic drive mechanism to relatively move the movable body with respect to the support body. The magnetic drive mechanism has a magnet and a coil. The connecting element connected to the support body and the movable body is a viscoelastic member. The viscoelastic member has a temperature characteristic that a loss tangent (Tan ?) thereof measured by a dynamic viscoelasticity measurement decreases as a temperature rises. When using a silicone gel as the connecting element, the decrease in the peak value of the acceleration of the movable body caused by the decrease in the current flowing through the coil is cancelled by the increase in the peak value of the acceleration of the movable body caused by the decrease in Tan ? of the silicone gel. Therefore, the oscillation of the movable body is unchanged even if a temperature changes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: NIDEC SANKYO CORPORATION
    Inventor: Masaaki Ando
  • Patent number: 11791697
    Abstract: A brushless direct-current speed regulation switch with a highly integrated structure. The brushless direct-current speed regulation switch comprises a base body, a bottom cover and a push shaft; a moving contact assembly in contact with the push shaft is arranged below the push shaft, a moving elastic sheet, a moving contact support for supporting the moving contact assembly and a static contact pin assembly matched with the moving contact assembly are arranged below the moving contact assembly, one end of the moving elastic sheet is connected with the moving contact assembly, and the other end of the moving elastic sheet is connected with the moving contact support; a circuit board assembly is arranged on one side of the push shaft, and a connecting reed and a speed regulation reed which can slide on the circuit board assembly are arranged between the circuit board assembly and the push shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: ZHEJIANG JIABEN ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Shenglong Ni
  • Patent number: 11788499
    Abstract: An uninterruptible power supply system has a regulated power source, an electrical generator electrically interconnected to the regulated power source, an engine having a main shaft integral with or coupled to the shaft of the electrical generator, a rotating rectifier mounted onto a shaft of the electrical generator, a mains power supply, a switch connected between the electrical generator, the mains power supply and a synchronous machine of the regulated power source, a synchronous generator, and an uninterruptible load. The regulated power source has a housing, a synchronous machine, a synchronous generator, and a flywheel sharing a common shaft. The electrical generator has a shaft coupled to a combustion engine. The switch transfers power from the synchronous machine to the electrical generator to cause the electrical generator to rotate its shaft or the main shaft of the engine. A short-stop load is supplied power from the electrical generator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Inventor: Tomas Gottfried
  • Patent number: 11784526
    Abstract: A coolant flowpath configuration for an electric motor is disclosed herein. The coolant flowpath configuration includes a coolant flowpath channel defined on a radially outer surface of a stator lamination pack. The coolant flowpath channel includes: a first axial end defined radially outward from a first set of coils; and a second axial end defined radially outward from a second set of coils that is remote from the first set of coils.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventor: Tyler Elfers
  • Patent number: 11781383
    Abstract: Systems and methods for hoisting a top drive of a drilling rig. An example system includes a hoisting system having a linear electric motor operable to raise and lower the top drive. An example method includes commencing operation of a processing device to cause operation of the linear electric motor to raise and lower the top drive. The linear electric motor may have a stator connected to and extending vertically along a mast of the drilling rig, and a rotor connected to the top drive and operable to move relative to the stator. The rotor may be connected to the top drive via one or more flexible lines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: Schlumberger Technology Corporation
    Inventor: Michael Raymond Netecke
  • Patent number: 11784527
    Abstract: A linear motor stator arrangement including a coil arrangement with conductive electrical coils arranged along an axis for generating a magnetic field, a convective cooling device with a fluid line extending along a pathway, a section of the fluid line exhibits as a cooling section outlet ports in a fluid line wall which faces the coil arrangement and are arranged along the pathway with a spacing therebetween, the stator arrangement having a conveyor device which is connected with the fluid line and for conveying a fluid in the fluid line and through the outlet ports to the coil arrangement, wherein the cooling section there are provided along the pathway outlet ports with quantitatively different outlet port cross-sections through which fluid can flow and/or the spacings between two outlet ports arranged immediately one after another along the pathway in different regions of the cooling section along the pathway are quantitatively different.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: Intrasys GmbH Innovative Transportsysteme
    Inventors: Arnulf Grimm, Dieter Kraus, Tobias Hollmer
  • Patent number: 11784543
    Abstract: An electric machine has a stator, a rotor, and a slip ring module which is connected to a motor shaft of the electric machine. The slip ring module is equipped with at least one wire guiding channel, through which a respective contact wire is guided in order to electrically connect a rotor winding to a slip ring. A first section of the wire guiding channel runs from the slip ring in the axial direction parallel to the motor shaft. A second section of the wire guiding channel runs adjacently thereto radially outwards. An elastic seal element which surrounds the respective contact wire is arranged in or on the second section in order to seal the wire guiding channel to prevent a lubricant from entering the channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Florian Beck, Philip Moerth, Philipp Petz
  • Patent number: 11784537
    Abstract: A drive train (100) has an electric machine (1) with a stator (2), an inverter (3) and a connection housing (4) with a coolant chamber (4.1) in which an electric conductor (5) for connecting a directly liquid-cooled stator winding (2.2) of the stator (2) to the inverter (3) is arranged. The coolant chamber (4.1) is open in a liquid-permeable manner toward a stator chamber (2.1) of the stator (2) at an opening (4.3). The electric conductor (5) is guided out of the coolant chamber (4.1) to the inverter (3) at a leadthrough (4.2), and the leadthrough (4.2) is sealed in a liquid-tight manner. A motor vehicle (200) with the drivetrain (100) also is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: Dr. Ing. h. c. F. Porsche
    Inventors: Tobias Engelhardt, Stefan Oechslen, Jörg Schneider
  • Patent number: 11777345
    Abstract: A stator of a directly driven wind power generator includes a stator support including flanges with bores and stator segments positioned on the flanges, when viewed in a circumferential direction. Each stator segment includes a segment support having recesses. At least two securing devices for each of the stator segments secure the stator segment to the flanges. Each securing device includes a bore part insertable in a corresponding one of the recesses, a shim, and an alignment pin insertable in a corresponding one of the bores of the flanges, so that the stator segment is positioned and secured vertically via the bore part and the alignment pin and via the shim to thereby realize a uniform air gap between the stator and a rotor of the wind power generator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: Flender GmbH
    Inventors: Attila Koeszegi, Andreas Lindmeier, Dominik Ratzisberger, Franz Xaver Michael Schober, Christoph Schwarzbauer, Lei Yue
  • Patent number: 11777365
    Abstract: A motor includes a flexible variable flow channel arranged in the motor along a heat source distribution direction. The flexible variable flow channel includes a flow channel main body, at least one flexible component module mounted in the flow channel main body, a support body, and a quick adapter. The flow channel main body is configured to store and transfer a heat transferring liquid. The heat transferring liquid is configured to dissipate heat from the heat sources. The at least one flexible component module is configured to change a flow and a flow state of the heat transferring liquid flowing through the at least one flexible component module. The support body is configured to support the at least one flexible component module. The quick adapter is configured to quickly mount the at least one flexible component module. The at least one flexible component module is selected from four structures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: NANCHANG SANRUI INTELLIGENT TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD
    Inventors: Qicai Wu, Min Wu, Xiaoguang Wu, Yi Li
  • Patent number: 11777363
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an electric machine, a vehicle comprising such an electric machine and a manufacturing method for such an electric machine. The electric machine comprises a stator unit, a rotor unit, a housing, and a heat exchanging unit. The stator unit and the rotor unit are arranged inside the housing and the housing comprises an inlet port configured to provide a medium inside the housing and an outlet port configured to release the medium out of the housing. The heat exchanging unit is coupled with each of the inlet port and the outlet port and comprises a plurality of channels arranged on an outer surface of the housing. The plurality of channels being configured to transfer heat between the medium and the environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: VOLVO CAR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Emil Håkansson, Joakim Ehn, Johan Andersson, Johan Brunberg
  • Patent number: 11773831
    Abstract: A system is provided for generating electrical energy from passage of a vehicle over a road surface. The system comprises a pressure receiver connected to a rotatable shaft associated with a primary transmission unit. The pressure receiver is adapted for swinging motion over the road surface, so that upon pressure being applied to the pressure receiver by the moving vehicle the receiver swings in the direction of vehicle movement, wherein kinetic energy of vehicle motion is transferred to the shaft resulted in its rotation causing operation of a primary energy transmission unit consisting of the driving sprocket and a driven sprocket-follower wheel assembly which is coupled by a leading transmission arrangement an electrical generator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Inventor: Arsen Sargsyan
  • Patent number: 11770042
    Abstract: A hybrid drive assembly is provided having a hybrid drive housing with an electric motor and a disconnect clutch therein. A transmission is connected to the hybrid drive housing and a torque converter is provided between the electric motor and the transmission. A baffle extends radially between the torque converter and the hybrid drive housing. The baffle includes a ring-shaped body that is affixed to the hybrid drive housing and extends completely around a transmission side periphery of the hybrid drive housing. A fluid pathway is located on or in the baffle, and orifices extend from the fluid pathway toward the electric motor. A fluid inlet port is connected to the fluid pathway, and a fluid connection is provided from a pressurized fluid source to the fluid inlet port. This allows fluid circulated by a pump within the transmission, to be sprayed on the electric motor for cooling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventor: John Ramsey
  • Patent number: 11767821
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a method for responding to a friction coefficient signal of a pitch bearing of a pitch drive mechanism of a wind turbine and/or for controlling the pitch drive mechanism(s) and/or a bank of ultracapacitors. The method and system include: accessing high-frequency measurement data of the at least one pitch bearing; estimating, via a torque balance model implemented by a controller, a frictional torque of the at least one pitch bearing based, at least in part, on the high-frequency measurement data; estimating, via the controller, a friction coefficient signal of the at least one pitch bearing based, at least in part, on the frictional torque; comparing the friction coefficient signal with a friction threshold; determining whether the friction coefficient signal deviates from the friction threshold based, at least in part, on the comparison; and, if so, acting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: General Electric Renovables Espana, S.L.
    Inventors: Vidya Sagar Meesala, Misha Gupta, Pranav Agarwal, Manthram Sivasubramaniam, Justin Edwin Barton, Frederick Wilson Wheeler
  • Patent number: 11770059
    Abstract: The present invention provides a vibration motor including an installation housing having a through opening; a vibrator; an elastic member suspending the vibrator; a stator; a magnet; a coil; and a flexible circuit board. The flexible circuit board includes a first conduction part, a second conduction part, and a bending part. The vibration motor further comprises a connection bracket having a first connection part connected to the vibrator and a second connection part connected to the elastic member. By virtue of the configuration described in the invention, the assembly accuracy of the vibration motor is ensured.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: AAC Microtech (Changzhou) Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jie Ma, Lubin Mao
  • Patent number: 11764657
    Abstract: Provided is a rotor for a rotating electric machine, which enables suppression of a reduction in output of a rotating electric machine. The rotor for a rotating electric machine includes: a rotor core having winding-portion insertion holes and magnet insertion holes; rotor winding portions inserted into the winding-portion insertion holes; and rotor permanent magnets inserted into the magnet insertion holes, wherein each of the rotor winding portions includes: a non-magnet portion; and a rotor winding provided to the non-magnet portion, wherein each of the non-magnet portions is fixed to the rotor core, and wherein the rotor windings are fixed to the rotor core through intermediation of the non-magnet portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuki Hidaka, Shohei Fujikura, Taiga Komatsu, Tatsuro Hino
  • Patent number: 11754046
    Abstract: To provide a rotating pedestal capable of directing a wind power generation apparatus with high accuracy in the direction from which wind comes, regardless of the presence or absence of a duct is an object. Provided is a rotating pedestal comprising: a bearing that rotatably supports a wind power generation apparatus; a control device that determines a rotational angle based on information regarding a wind direction and a wind speed in a vicinity of the wind power generation apparatus, the information being transmitted from an anemometer installed to be able to measure the wind direction and the wind speed in the vicinity of the wind power generation apparatus; and a motor that rotates the bearing based on the rotational angle determined by the control device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Inventor: Kuninori Tsuda