Patents Examined by Viswanathan Subramanian
  • Patent number: 12381464
    Abstract: The invention provides a magnet assembly for a planar electromagnetic motor, the magnet assembly comprising: —a first plurality of superconductive (SC) coils, inside an outer circumference and arranged in a planar pattern such as a rectangular pattern, —a second plurality of SC coils, arranged along an outer boundary of the planar pattern, a coil of the first plurality of SC coils having a first in-plane shape and a coil of the second plurality of SC coils having a second in-plane shape, different from the first in-plane shape, wherein the second plurality of SC coils is arranged at least partly inside the outer circumference.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2025
    Assignee: ASML Netherlands B.V.
    Inventors: Gudrun Ghilaine Agnes De Gersem, Roger Franciscus Mattheus Maria Hamelinck, Jeroen Van Duivenbode
  • Patent number: 12374954
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for an electric axle in a vehicle. The electric axle comprises an electric motor having a stator and a rotor, a coolant manifold mounted to an end plate of the rotor, wherein the coolant manifold is configured to flow coolant to rotor coolant lines extending axially through the rotor, and a spray ring comprising coolant lines coupled to the coolant manifold, wherein coolant flowing from the coolant manifold to the spray ring flows in a direction angled to an axial direction, wherein the spray ring is positioned circumferentially about axial stator end windings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2025
    Assignee: DANA TM4 INC.
    Inventors: Carl Trudel, Steven Vanhee, Luke Miller
  • Patent number: 12366267
    Abstract: A rotor grounding system for an electric machine includes a rotor including a shaft assembly configured to rotate about an axis. A housing supports the shaft assembly for rotation of the rotor. A bearing assembly has an outer circumference disposed against the shaft assembly. A discharge bar extends through at least a part of the bearing assembly. The bearing assembly has an inner circumference disposed against the discharge bar. A discharge circuit is defined between the rotor and the housing, where the discharge circuit extends through the bearing assembly and the discharge bar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2025
    Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Sen Jiang Zhou, Jack M Gayney, Alireza Fatemi
  • Patent number: 12368360
    Abstract: A linear electro-mechanical system comprising: a stator including at least first and second stator electronic circuits or groups of circuits; a free piston mover movable in a reciprocating motion relative to the stator, the free piston including: a piston surface; a translator configured so that an electromagnetic force may be applied on the free piston mover by one or more of the stator electronic circuits or groups of circuits; and one or more translator electronic circuits, the system further comprising a switching device for each of the first and second stator electronic circuits or groups of circuits such that the current in each of the first and second stator electronic circuits or groups of circuits is independently controllable, and wherein at least one of the translator electronic circuits is configured to receive power from at least one of the independently controlled stator electronic circuits or groups of circuits during at least part of the stroke of the free piston mover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2025
    Assignee: Libertine FPE Ltd
    Inventors: Samuel Edward Cockerill, Matthew Viele
  • Patent number: 12362609
    Abstract: A motor includes a rotor including a shaft centered on a central axis extending vertically, a bearing that supports the shaft, an air-core coil that is radially outward of the rotor and extends in an axial direction, and a back yoke that includes an axially extending shape with a linear portion having a coil shape, and includes an inner peripheral surface to which the air-core coil is fixed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2025
    Assignee: NIDEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yu Tachibana, Yoichi Sekii, Hiroaki Hirano
  • Patent number: 12362619
    Abstract: The present invention provides a motor including a stator, a housing disposed outside the stator, a busbar disposed on an upper side of the stator, and a connector connected to the busbar, wherein the stator includes a stator core, an insulator disposed on the stator core, and a coil disposed on the insulator, the busbar includes a first terminal and a second terminal which are connected to the coil of the stator and separated from each other in a circuit manner, the connector includes a first connector fused to the first terminal and a second connector fused to the second terminal, each of the first connector and the second connector includes a connector body seated in the housing and a power terminal inserted into the connector body and fused to the first terminal or the second terminal, the power terminal includes a first embossing in contact with the second terminal and a second embossing in contact with the first terminal, and the first embossing is disposed closer to a center of the stator than the seco
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2025
    Assignee: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Won Seo Jeong
  • Patent number: 12352350
    Abstract: An electric drive assembly with oil/water dual cooling is provided that includes a motor module, a gearbox module, a water cooling module and an oil cooling module. Lubricating oil is introduced into the front and rear windings of the motor through three oil conveying passages to improve the cooling performance of the motor. Moreover, the gearbox cavity and the motor cavity do not need to be sealed, which avoids the use of high-speed oil seal of motor shaft, and thus the cost of the drive assembly is reduced and the transmission efficiency is improved. The cooling fluid of the motor cools the lubricating oil through the heat exchanger of the gearbox, thereby solving the heat dissipation problem when the gearbox of the new energy vehicle operates at high speed constantly, and thus improving the service life and reliability of the gear and bearing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2025
    Assignee: JING-JIN ELECTRIC TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jianwen Li, Ping Yu, Xudong Yang
  • Patent number: 12355337
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for cooling an electric motor, the electric motor being fluidically coupled to a coolant sump of a gearbox. In one example, a system may include the gearbox including the coolant sump, the electric motor coupled to the gearbox, an outer shaft fluidic ally coupling the electric motor to the coolant sump, an inner shaft extending through each of the coolant sump and the outer shaft, and one or more surface features disposed along a portion of the inner shaft extending within the outer shaft. Upon rotation of the inner shaft during operation of the electric motor, a coolant in the coolant sump may be drawn through the outer shaft from the coolant sump into the electric motor. In this way, the coolant may be passively directed to the electric motor with minimal cost, packaging size, and system complexity and without significant losses in overall system efficiency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2025
    Assignee: DANA BELGIUM N.V.
    Inventor: Fabrice Boon
  • Patent number: 12355328
    Abstract: An electrical machine includes a rotor, a stator, and a winding mounted within a housing. The rotor includes a rotor core mounted to a shaft and a plurality of blades extending radially away from the rotor core. Each blade of the plurality of blades is curved axially along the rotor core. The stator includes a stator core and a plurality of teeth extending from the stator core toward the rotor core to define a plurality of slots between successive teeth. The winding is wound through at least two slots of the plurality of slots. The stator is mounted radially relative to the rotor. The housing includes a front wall, a back wall, and a radial sidewall mounted between the front wall and the back wall to define an enclosure. A radial inlet aperture wall is formed circumferentially through the radial sidewall to form an opening through the radial sidewall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2025
    Assignee: Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation
    Inventors: Bulent Sarlioglu, Gregory F. Nellis, Leyue Zhang, Hao Ding
  • Patent number: 12345294
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a stator of a magnetic levitation bearing, a magnetic levitation bearing, and a compressor. The stator of the magnetic levitation bearing includes a stator core (4), a stator coil (5) wound around the stator core (4), a housing (2) sleeved outside the stator core (4) and having a clearance fit or a transition fit with the stator core (4), and a potting component (3) filled between the housing (2) and the stator core (4).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2025
    Assignee: GREE ELECTRIC APPLIANCES, INC. OF ZHUHAI
    Inventors: Weilin Guo, Fang Zhang, Gao Gong, Chao Zhang, Xin Li, Hao Liang
  • Patent number: 12341390
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to suppress variations in an angle of a shoulder part of a segment coil to improve easiness in inserting segment coils in a stator core. A stator of an electric motor according to the present invention includes a stator core 12 in which a plurality of slots 12a are formed, and a plurality of segment coils 11 of U shapes inserted respectively in the plurality of slots 12a. The segment coil 11 includes a shoulder part 11a and a shoulder part 11b that are bent to form a U shape. In a front view of the U shape, a press mark 100a is formed on the shoulder part 11a and on the shoulder part 11b, the press mark being a dent sinking in a front-to-rear direction, from a front surface of the shoulder part 11a and from a front surface of the shoulder part 11b. The press mark 100a is formed also on a back surface of the shoulder part 11a and on a back surface of the shoulder part 11b.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2025
    Assignee: Hitachi Astemo, Ltd.
    Inventors: Keiji Kawahara, Masato Higuma, Yasuhiko Kimura, Kenichi Nakayama
  • Patent number: 12334780
    Abstract: A heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) system includes a blower assembly including a blower motor; and an electronically commutated motor (ECM) controller in electrical communication with the blower motor, the ECM controller including: a rectifier electrically connected to an alternating current (AC) input source, the rectifier being configured to receive AC electricity from the AC input source and convert the AC electricity to direct current (DC) electricity; a DC electrical circuit including a first DC electrical circuit loop and a second DC electrical circuit loop, the rectifier being configured to circulate the DC electricity through the DC electrical circuit; and a relay located within the first DC electrical circuit loop, the relay being configured to open to break the first DC electrical circuit loop and close to complete the first DC electrical circuit loop in order to reduce standby power consumption of the ECM controller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2025
    Assignee: CARRIER CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jonathan Blake, Luis Arnedo, Michael S. Smyth
  • Patent number: 12323004
    Abstract: An electric motor includes a stator core and a plurality of stator windings disposed on or in the stator core, with the plurality of stator windings including a plurality of winding end-turns that extend out from the stator core. The electric motor also includes an electrically insulating potting material applied over the plurality of winding end-turns. A cooling passage is formed that defines a cooling circuit through which a cooling fluid is circulated to provide cooling to the plurality of winding end-turns, the cooling passage formed upon dissolving of a chemically soluble material embedded within the potting material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2025
    Assignee: DEERE & COMPANY
    Inventors: Cayle D. Harmon-Moore, Stacy K. Worley, Randall L. Long
  • Patent number: 12316195
    Abstract: Provided is a drive control mechanism of a geared motor capable of executing a stopping operation between a start point and an end point in a drive range, maintaining this stopping operation, and smoothly and reliably executing respective operations that start from this stopped state without applying any external force other than a drive input of the electric motor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2025
    Inventors: Akio Hidaka, Hiroyuki Takahashi, Keigo Urashima
  • Patent number: 12316171
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide an inverter integrated motor that achieves both improvement in cooling performance of a current sensor and downsizing of an entire device. An inverter integrated motor includes: a power module that converts a direct current into an alternating current; a flow path forming body that is formed so as to flow and cover a refrigerant in the power module; an inverter that installs the power module and the flow path forming body inside; a current sensor that detects the alternating current; and a motor that houses a stator and a rotor, wherein the power module is disposed at a position facing a rotation shaft of the motor via the stator and the rotor, and the current sensor 13 is disposed between the flow path forming body and a coil end of the stator when viewed from a direction perpendicular to the rotation shaft, and at least a part of the current sensor is housed in a motor housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2025
    Assignee: HITACHI ASTEMO, LTD.
    Inventors: Takeshi Tokuyama, Takaki Itaya, Masahiro Hori, Takashi Hirao
  • Patent number: 12316204
    Abstract: A vehicle driving apparatus includes: a rotating machine; a cover covering the rotating machine and including a thick portion having a predetermined thickness in a direction of a rotation axis of the rotating machine; an oil pump attached to the cover; and a relief valve provided in the cover, and configured to discharge an oil supplied from the oil pump. The relief valve includes a cylinder room that is provided in the thick portion. The thick portion is provided with at least one cutout extending from an inner wall of the cylinder room in a direction substantially perpendicular to the rotation axis. The cover is provided with at least one rib each of which is disposed in a position opposed to a corresponding one of the at least one cutout and extends in the direction of the rotation axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2025
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Sho Ito, Seitaro Nobuyasu
  • Patent number: 12297865
    Abstract: A winding method for radial magnetic bearing stator, a radial magnetic bearing stator and a radial magnetic bearing. The winding method for radial magnetic bearing stator includes: S110, sleeving a first formed stator winding on a first stator tooth of a stator core along a radial outward direction; S120, sleeving a second formed stator winding on a second stator tooth of the stator core along a radial outward direction; S130, a first coil of the first formed stator winding is connected in series with a second coil of the second formed stator winding; the first stator tooth is adjacent to the second stator tooth, and a stator slot is formed therebetween; and the coil number of the first formed stator winding is larger than that of the second formed stator winding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2025
    Assignee: CARRIER CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jiedong Li, Chong Cao, Jun Cao, Kai Deng
  • Patent number: 12283871
    Abstract: Power plant having generator with stator and rotor rotating in opposite directions and comprising rotor generator linear gear and stator generator linear gear positioned in opposite directions to one another relatively to generator axis consisting of rotor shaft and stator shaft, rotor generator impeller and stator generator impeller in contact with rotor generator linear gear and stator generator linear gear, and have rotational motion in opposite directions, at least one carrying motor allowing lifting the mechanism up by motor linear gear, sensor groups detecting location of the mechanism, battery and/or power supply and/or electricity grid providing electrical energy for the system, brush-slip ring system and mechanism phase output for drawing out electricity generated in said generator, a control unit controlling accelerating, decelerating and stopping actions of said mechanism of which location is detected by mechanism phase output and sensor groups and carrying motor and motor drive circuit preforming
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2025
    Inventor: Suleyman Tuna Han Tasci
  • Patent number: 12278532
    Abstract: A motor, a compressor and a refrigeration device are provided. The motor has a stator and a rotor. The stator has an annular stator yoke and multiple stator teeth located on an inner side of the stator yoke. The stator teeth are provided at intervals along a periphery of the stator yoke. The rotor is provided in the stator. The rotor has an annular rotor yoke and multiple rotor teeth located on an exterior of the rotor yoke. The rotor teeth are provided at intervals along a periphery of the rotor yoke. A tooth width of the stator teeth is T1 and a width of the stator yoke is T2, and T1 and T2 are defined by 4.8?T2/T1?5.1. A tooth width of the rotor teeth is L1 and a width of the rotor yoke is L2, and L1 and L2 are defined by 6.1?L2/L1?6.3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2025
    Assignee: ANHUI MEIZHI PRECISION MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Dongliang Zhao, Zhengjun Sun, Xiaohua Qiu
  • Patent number: 12269292
    Abstract: An in-wheel motor unit provided in a wheel of a wheel unit, includes: a motor having a rotor disposed on a radially outer side of a stator; a brake disposed on an inner side of the motor; and a housing that accommodates the motor and the brake. Further, the housing has a cylindrical partition that radially partitions a space for accommodating the motor and a space for accommodating the brake, the stator is fixed to an outer peripheral surface of the partition, and the brake is disposed on an inner peripheral side of the partition, and a fixing portion included in the brake is fixed to the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Satoshi Tominaga, Tadashi Fujiyoshi, Hirotaka Sunada, Katsuhiko Tatebe, Tetsuyoshi Fukaya