Patents by Inventor Gary Webb

Gary Webb 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).

  • Interior permanent magnet motor and rotor structure therefore
    Patent number: 10312754
    Abstract: A rotor structure for an interior permanent magnet electric motor comprising: A laminated rotor core which comprises stack of thin plates, the stack having a first end and a second end, each plate in the stack including at least one window which is aligned with a corresponding window of an adjacent plate so that the window together form an elongate pocket that extends along at least a part of the length of the core starting at a first end of the core, and at least one permanent magnet located in the pocket. At least one plate at the first end of the stack includes an integral retention feature which projects away from a main body of the plate to project above the window in the plate and which engages the first end of the magnet thereby to retain the magnet in the pocket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2019
    Assignee: TRW Limited
    Inventors: John Leslie Gorton, David Julian Moule, Gary Webb
  • Interior Permanent Magnet Motor And Rotor Structure Therefore
    Publication number: 20170070108
    Abstract: A rotor structure for an interior permanent magnet electric motor comprising: A laminated rotor core which comprises stack of thin plates, the stack having a first end and a second end, each plate in the stack including at least one window which is aligned with a corresponding window of an adjacent plate so that the window together form an elongate pocket that extends along at least a part of the length of the core starting at a first end of the core, and at least one permanent magnet located in the pocket. At least one plate at the first end of the stack includes an integral retention feature which projects away from a main body of the plate to project above the window in the plate and which engages the first end of the magnet thereby to retain the magnet in the pocket.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2015
    Publication date: March 9, 2017
    Applicant: TRW Limited
    Inventors: John Leslie Gorton, David Julian Moule, Gary Webb