Patents by Inventor Andrei V. Popov

Andrei V. Popov 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: 20230412027
    Abstract: Disclosed are various embodiments for Torque Tunnel Halbach Array electric machines having a rotor comprising a plurality of rotor assemblies configured to form a magnetic torque tunnel having at least a first magnetic pole tunnel segment and a second magnetic pole tunnel segment, each of the rotor assemblies having a plurality of flux shaping Halbach Arrays configured to focus the Flux Density Distribution in the magnetic torque tunnel and a stator having a plurality of coils configured to form a coil winding assembly, the coil winding assembly positioned within the magnetic torque tunnel, such that at least one of the plurality of coils is surrounded by the first magnetic pole tunnel segment or the second magnetic pole tunnel segment, alternatively the rotor may be the coil winding assembly and the stator may be the magnetic torque tunnel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2023
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Inventors: Fred E. Hunstable, Michael Van Steenburg, Andrei V. Popov
  • Patent number: 11784529
    Abstract: Disclosed are various embodiments for Torque Tunnel Halbach Array electric machines having a rotor comprising a plurality of rotor assemblies configured to form a magnetic torque tunnel having at least a first magnetic pole tunnel segment and a second magnetic pole tunnel segment, each of the rotor assemblies having a plurality of flux shaping Halbach Arrays configured to focus the Flux Density Distribution in the magnetic torque tunnel and a stator having a plurality of coils configured to form a coil winding assembly, the coil winding assembly positioned within the magnetic torque tunnel, such that at least one of the plurality of coils is surrounded by the first magnetic pole tunnel segment or the second magnetic pole tunnel segment, alternatively the rotor may be the coil winding assembly and the stator may be the magnetic torque tunnel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: Linear Labs, Inc.
    Inventors: Fred E. Hunstable, Michael Van Steenburg, Andrei V. Popov
  • Publication number: 20230179057
    Abstract: Disclosed are various embodiments for an electric machine where the stator is a coil assembly and the rotor is a magnetic toroidal cylindrical tunnel or where the rotor is a coil assembly and the stator is a magnetic toroidal cylindrical tunnel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2022
    Publication date: June 8, 2023
    Inventors: Fred E. Hunstable, Michael Van Steenburg, Andrei V. Popov
  • Publication number: 20230054909
    Abstract: Disclosed are various embodiments for Torque Tunnel Halbach Array electric machines having a rotor comprising a plurality of rotor assemblies configured to form a magnetic torque tunnel having at least a first magnetic pole tunnel segment and a second magnetic pole tunnel segment, each of the rotor assemblies having a plurality of flux shaping Halbach Arrays configured to focus the Flux Density Distribution in the magnetic torque tunnel and a stator having a plurality of coils configured to form a coil winding assembly, the coil winding assembly positioned within the magnetic torque tunnel, such that at least one of the plurality of coils is surrounded by the first magnetic pole tunnel segment or the second magnetic pole tunnel segment, alternatively the rotor may be the coil winding assembly and the stator may be the magnetic torque tunnel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2022
    Publication date: February 23, 2023
    Inventors: Fred E. Hunstable, Michael Van Steenburg, Andrei V. Popov
  • Patent number: 11532963
    Abstract: Disclosed are various embodiments for Torque Tunnel Halbach Array electric machines having a rotor comprising a plurality of rotor assemblies configured to form a magnetic torque tunnel having at least a first magnetic pole tunnel segment and a second magnetic pole tunnel segment, each of the rotor assemblies having a plurality of flux shaping Halbach Arrays configured to focus the Flux Density Distribution in the magnetic torque tunnel and a stator having a plurality of coils configured to form a coil winding assembly, the coil winding assembly positioned within the magnetic torque tunnel, such that at least one of the plurality of coils is surrounded by the first magnetic pole tunnel segment or the second magnetic pole tunnel segment, alternatively the rotor may be the coil winding assembly and the stator may be the magnetic torque tunnel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: Linear Labs, Inc.
    Inventors: Fred E. Hunstable, Michael Van Steenburg, Andrei V. Popov
  • Patent number: 11502570
    Abstract: Disclosed are various embodiments for an electric machine where the stator is a coil assembly and the rotor is a magnetic toroidal cylindrical tunnel or where the rotor is a coil assembly and the stator is a magnetic toroidal cylindrical tunnel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: Linear Labs, Inc.
    Inventors: Fred E. Hunstable, Michael Van Steenburg, Andrei V. Popov
  • Publication number: 20220069681
    Abstract: Disclosed are various embodiments for winding heavy gauge coils of electric machines having fractional concentrated windings including one of more of positioning the middle of a predetermined length of heavy gauge wire in contact with an inclined chamfer in a face of a center projection of a fixture tool, simultaneously bending both ends of the heavy gauge wire in a first direction using the center projection to compete the first turn of the coil, simultaneously bending both ends of the heavy gauge wire in a seconding direction using the center projection to complete a second turn of the coil; continuing to simultaneously bend the heavy gauge wire in the first direction and the seconding direction until the required number of even or odd turns are completed, removing one of the adjoining right-angle faces of the fixture tool; and sliding the coiled heavy gauge wire off of the center projection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2021
    Publication date: March 3, 2022
    Inventors: Michael Van Steenburg, Adam Mengestab, Anto Joseph Barigala Charles Paulraj, Cosmin Gheorghe Barbu, Andrei V. Popov, Fred E. Hunstable, Erik Hatch
  • 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: 20210066984
    Abstract: Disclosed are various embodiments for Torque Tunnel Halbach Array electric machines having a rotor comprising a plurality of rotor assemblies configured to form a magnetic torque tunnel having at least a first magnetic pole tunnel segment and a second magnetic pole tunnel segment, each of the rotor assemblies having a plurality of flux shaping Halbach Arrays configured to focus the Flux Density Distribution in the magnetic torque tunnel and a stator having a plurality of coils configured to form a coil winding assembly, the coil winding assembly positioned within the magnetic torque tunnel, such that at least one of the plurality of coils is surrounded by the first magnetic pole tunnel segment or the second magnetic pole tunnel segment, alternatively the rotor may be the coil winding assembly and the stator may be the magnetic torque tunnel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2020
    Publication date: March 4, 2021
    Inventors: Fred E. Hunstable, Michael Van Steenburg, Andrei V. Popov
  • Publication number: 20210067016
    Abstract: Disclosed are various embodiments for an electric machine where the stator is a coil assembly and the rotor is a magnetic toroidal cylindrical tunnel or where the rotor is a coil assembly and the stator is a magnetic toroidal cylindrical tunnel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2020
    Publication date: March 4, 2021
    Inventors: Fred E. Hunstable, Michael Van Steenburg, Andrei V. Popov