Patents by Inventor Cheng-Chan Hsu

Cheng-Chan Hsu 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: 20240364156
    Abstract: One aspect of a rotor of the present disclosure is a rotor that includes a rotor core extending along the axial direction and a plurality of auxiliary magnets disposed in the rotor core. The rotor core includes a slit group including a plurality of first slits aligned in a radial direction, and a second slit disposed radially inside the slit group when viewed from the axial direction. The first slit extends along the circumferential direction in a shape protruding radially inward when viewed from the axial direction. The second slit includes a magnet housing portion extending along the radial direction, and a pair of outer flux barrier portions. The auxiliary magnet is disposed in the magnet housing portion with the circumferential direction as the magnetization direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2024
    Publication date: October 31, 2024
    Inventors: Ta-Yin LUO, Yu-Wei HSU, Kuan YANG, Pei-Chun SHIH, Sheng-Chan YEN, Guo-Jhih YAN, Cheng-Tsung LIU
  • Patent number: 12132353
    Abstract: A rotor includes a rotor core that is made of electromagnetic steel sheets rotating around a central axis and laminated in an axial direction, and that has multiple flux barriers penetrating the electromagnetic steel sheets along the axial direction. At least some of the multiple flux barriers are provided with a first penetrating portion and a second penetrating portion arranged in the radial direction, the first penetrating portion housing a magnet and the second penetrating portion housing a conductive non-magnetic conductor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Assignee: NIDEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Sheng-Chan Yen, Hsin-Nan Lin, Ta-Yin Luo, Guo-Jhih Yan, Yu-Wei Hsu, Huu-Tich Ngo, Cheng-Tsung Liu
  • Publication number: 20240305180
    Abstract: A synchronous reluctance motor includes a rotor having a rotor iron core and a stator having pole teeth. The rotor iron core defines multiple magnetic poles. A magnetic barrier area is defined between adjacent magnetic poles in a circumferential direction, and a conductor area is located at a radially outer side of the magnetic barrier area. The magnetic barrier area is provided with a hole arranged in multiple layers in a radial direction and defining a magnetic barrier. The conductor area is provided with multiple conductors arranged at substantially equal intervals in the circumferential direction and having substantially identical cross-sectional shapes as each other. The following relationship is satisfied: Nc={2×[Nt/(2×Np)?1]?1}×Np where Nt is a number of the pole teeth, Np is a number of the magnetic poles, and Nc is a number of the conductors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2024
    Publication date: September 12, 2024
    Applicant: NIDEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yu-Wei HSU, Sheng-Chan YEN, Guo-Jhih YAN, Cheng-Tsung LIU
  • Publication number: 20240291412
    Abstract: A variable frequency drive motor system and method with a single variable frequency drive controller controlling multiple synchronous reluctance motors in an open-loop mode using volts-per-Hertz control. Each motor includes a rotor including three or more curved, spaced-apart barrier slots extending longitudinally through each quadrant of the rotor. The rotor also includes a conductive cage including a plurality of conductive rotor bars contained within the barrier slots and also extending longitudinally through each quadrant, and conductive end rings located at opposite ends of the rotor and electrically connected to the respective ends of the rotor bars. The controller controls speed and torque by varying input frequency and voltage in an open-loop mode by adjusting the voltage magnitude of an inverter's output to each motor to match a required load torque in a volts-per-Hertz relationship. An operator interface allows for starting, stopping, adjusting, and otherwise controlling the operation of each motor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2022
    Publication date: August 29, 2024
    Applicant: Nidec Motor Corporation
    Inventors: Timothy R. Albers, Eric Coupart, Michael L. McClelland, Sheng-Chan Yen, Guo-Jhih Yan, Ta-Yin Luo, Yu-Wei Hsu, Pei-Chun Shih, Cheng-Tsung Liu
  • Patent number: 12051944
    Abstract: A rotor includes a stack of electromagnetic steel plates each including through-hole groups with through-holes extending through the respective electromagnetic steel plates. In each of the through-hole groups, at least one of the through-holes accommodates a magnet and at least a portion of the through-holes that does not accommodate any magnet is filled with an electrically conductive material. When the rotor is seen axially, at two circumferential sides of a magnetic flux passage that is adjacent to the magnet, a width of the magnetic flux passage adjacent a first side of the magnet is larger than a width of the magnetic flux passage near a second side of the magnet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2024
    Assignee: NIDEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yu-Wei Hsu, Ta-Yin Luo, Hsin-Nan Lin, Sheng-Chan Yen, Guo-Jhih Yan, Cheng-Tsung Liu
  • Publication number: 20240162833
    Abstract: A power supply unit supplies power to a load, and the power supply unit includes a power factor corrector, a DC conversion module, and an isolated conversion module. The power factor corrector is plugged into a first main circuit board and converts an AC power into a DC power. The DC conversion module is plugged into the first main circuit board and converts the DC power into a main power. The isolated conversion module includes a bus capacitor, the bus capacitor is coupled to the DC conversion module through a first power copper bar, and coupled to the power factor corrector through a second power copper bar. The first power copper bar and the second power copper bar are arranged on a side opposite to the first main circuit board, and are arranged in parallel with the first main circuit board.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2023
    Publication date: May 16, 2024
    Inventors: Yi-Sheng CHANG, Cheng-Chan HSU, Chia-Wei CHU, Chun-Yu YANG, Deng-Cyun HUANG, Yi-Hsun CHIU, Chien-An LAI, Yu-Tai WANG, Chi-Shou HO, Zhi-Yuan WU, Ko-Wen LU
  • Patent number: 9866106
    Abstract: A power supply apparatus includes a bulk capacitor, a voltage dropper unit and a pre-charging capacitor. The voltage dropper unit is electrically connected to the bulk capacitor. The pre-charging capacitor is electrically connected to the voltage dropper unit. When the power supply apparatus receives an input direct current voltage, a voltage of the bulk capacitor is provided with a first voltage, and the pre-charging capacitor is charged so that the pre-charging capacitor is provided with a second voltage, and the second voltage is greater than the first voltage. When the voltage of the bulk capacitor is less than a predetermined voltage, the second voltage of the pre-charging capacitor is converted voltage by the voltage dropper unit to provide for extending a hold up time of the power supply apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2018
    Assignee: DELTA ELECTRONICS, INC.
    Inventors: Cheng-Chan Hsu, Yi-Sheng Chang
  • Publication number: 20160359359
    Abstract: A power supply apparatus includes a bulk capacitor, a voltage dropper unit and a pre-charging capacitor. The voltage dropper unit is electrically connected to the bulk capacitor. The pre-charging capacitor is electrically connected to the voltage dropper unit. When the power supply apparatus receives an input direct current voltage, a voltage of the bulk capacitor is provided with a first voltage, and the pre-charging capacitor is charged so that the pre-charging capacitor is provided with a second voltage, and the second voltage is greater than the first voltage. When the voltage of the bulk capacitor is less than a predetermined voltage, the second voltage of the pre-charging capacitor is converted voltage by the voltage dropper unit to provide for extending a hold up time of the power supply apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2016
    Publication date: December 8, 2016
    Inventors: Cheng-Chan HSU, Yi-Sheng CHANG
  • Patent number: 9362748
    Abstract: A power system with a combination of active current sharing and droop current sharing is disclosed. The power system includes a system load and plural power supplies connected with each other and connected to the system load. The power supplies are configured to respectively output a load current to the system load, and each power supply includes an active current sharing circuit and a droop current sharing circuit. The active current sharing circuit is configured to enter an operation or shutdown mode depending on whether the load current is higher than a first current set point. The droop current sharing circuit is configured to enter an operation or shutdown mode depending on whether the load current is higher than a second current set point. Hence, each power supply can respectively output an equal share of the load current by an active current sharing technique and/or a droop current sharing technique.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 2, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: DELTA ELECTRONICS, INC.
    Inventors: Cheng-Chan Hsu, Chan-Chia Yeh, Chien-An Lai
  • Publication number: 20140049108
    Abstract: A power system with a combination of active current sharing and droop current sharing is disclosed. The power system includes a system load and plural power supplies connected with each other and connected to the system load. The power supplies are configured to respectively output a load current to the system load, and each power supply includes an active current sharing circuit and a droop current sharing circuit. The active current sharing circuit is configured to enter an operation or shutdown mode depending on whether the load current is higher than a first current set point. The droop current sharing circuit is configured to enter an operation or shutdown mode depending on whether the load current is higher than a second current set point. Hence, each power supply can respectively output an equal share of the load current by an active current sharing technique and/or a droop current sharing technique.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 2, 2013
    Publication date: February 20, 2014
    Applicant: DELTA ELECTRONICS, INC.
    Inventors: Cheng-Chan Hsu, Chan-Chia Yeh, Chien-An Lai