Patents by Inventor Amir Parsapour

Amir Parsapour has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20240380256
    Abstract: Disclosed are various embodiments for electric machines with fractional concentrated winding having a coil winding assembly with at least a first and a second laminated stator pole segment, each of the laminated stator pole segments having the shape of a tapered H and mechanically joined together to form a ring-like stator core with a plurality of circumferentially distributed stator poles and slots for coils, the first and second stator pole segments comprising a plurality of laminated stator pole segment pieces oriented in a radial direction and coupled together to form a unified stator pole segment with a 3D flux path, and wherein the laminations of each of the laminated stator pole segment pieces has the shape of a U.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2024
    Publication date: November 14, 2024
    Inventors: Fred E. Hunstable, Michael Van Steenburg, Andrei V. Popov, Amir Parsapour
  • Patent number: 12057746
    Abstract: A novel high torque density double stator permanent magnet electric machine is provided. An outer stator is provided which has complex teeth and optionally can have windings every tooth or every other tooth. A rotor is provided having a plurality of magnet receivers, each with a complex topology. Magnets are provided in the rotor which are tangentially magnetized with alternating polarities and a complex topology to increase torque density. An inner stator is provided having a plurality of teeth with complex topologies. Windings are provided around every tooth or every other tooth, alternatively. Air-gaps are provided between the outer stator and the rotor and between the rotor and inner stator. The air-gap between the inner stator and the rotor is smaller than the air-gap between the outer stator and the rotor. A lower current density in certain windings improves thermal response without comprising average torque.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2024
    Assignee: Board of Regents, The University of Texas System
    Inventors: Babak Fahimi, Amir Parsapour, Mehdi Moallem
  • Publication number: 20220045559
    Abstract: Disclosed are various embodiments for electric machines with fractional concentrated winding having a coil winding assembly with at least a first and a second laminated stator pole segment, each of the laminated stator pole segments having the shape of a tapered H and mechanically joined together to form a ring-like stator core with a plurality of circumferentially distributed stator poles and slots for coils, the first and second stator pole segments comprising a plurality of laminated stator pole segment pieces oriented in a radial direction and coupled together to form a unified stator pole segment with a 3D flux path, and wherein the laminations of each of the laminated stator pole segment pieces has the shape of a U.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2021
    Publication date: February 10, 2022
    Inventors: Fred E. Hunstable, Michael Van Steenburg, Andrei V. Popov, Amir Parsapour
  • Publication number: 20210320574
    Abstract: A novel high torque density double stator permanent magnet electric machine is provided. An outer stator is provided which has complex teeth and optionally can have windings every tooth or every other tooth. A rotor is provided having a plurality of magnet receivers, each with a complex topology. Magnets are provided in the rotor which are tangentially magnetized with alternating polarities and a complex topology to increase torque density. An inner stator is provided having a plurality of teeth with complex topologies. Windings are provided around every tooth or every other tooth, alternatively. Air-gaps are provided between the outer stator and the rotor and between the rotor and inner stator. The air-gap between the inner stator and the rotor is smaller than the air-gap between the outer stator and the rotor. A lower current density in certain windings improves thermal response without comprising average torque.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2021
    Publication date: October 14, 2021
    Applicant: Board of Regents, The University of Texas System
    Inventors: Babak Fahimi, Amir Parsapour, Mehdi Moallem
  • Patent number: 10903771
    Abstract: A high torque density permanent magnet switched reluctance apparatus with a structure similar to a switched reluctance motor. The apparatus has an inner stator having a plurality of poles, and a rotor disposed radially outward of the inner stator and having a plurality of segments serving as poles. A respective winding is disposed between every pair of adjacent poles of the stator. The apparatus operates with a plurality of separately excitable phases, a given phase being excited by energizing the windings corresponding to the given phase. Excitation of a given phase causes induction of magnetic fluxes traversing a region substantially confined to the region of the stators and rotor segments corresponding to the given phase, and causes a substantial amount of flux to enter rotor segments not in the radial direction but perpendicular to the radial direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Assignee: Board of Regente, The University of Texas System
    Inventors: Amir Parsapour, Mehdi Moallem, Babak Fahimi
  • Publication number: 20190288627
    Abstract: A high torque density permanent magnet switched reluctance apparatus with a structure similar to a switched reluctance motor. The apparatus has an inner stator having a plurality of poles, and a rotor disposed radially outward of the inner stator and having a plurality of segments serving as poles. A respective winding is disposed between every pair of adjacent poles of the stator. The apparatus operates with a plurality of separately excitable phases, a given phase being excited by energizing the windings corresponding to the given phase. Excitation of a given phase causes induction of magnetic fluxes traversing a region substantially confined to the region of the stators and rotor segments corresponding to the given phase, and causes a substantial amount of flux to enter rotor segments not in the radial direction but perpendicular to the radial direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2019
    Publication date: September 19, 2019
    Applicant: Board of Regents, The University of Texas System
    Inventors: Amir Parsapour, Mehdi Moallem, Babak Fahimi