Patents by Inventor Helmut Hans

Helmut Hans 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).

  • Patent number: 7196446
    Abstract: The invention relates to a rotor for an electric motor comprising an essentially cylindrical rotor core having a central aperture, and comprising permanent magnets which are embedded in the rotor core and extend essentially like spokes through the rotor core, the radially inner ends of selected adjacent permanent magnets being magnetically coupled by at least one auxiliary magnet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2007
    Assignee: Minebea Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Helmut Hans
  • Patent number: 7183688
    Abstract: A stator for an electric motor having a stator core which has a number of stator teeth and stator slots located between the stator teeth, the stator slots being designed to receive stator windings, the stator slots being given different depths in order to accommodate the portions of the stator windings of one phase or several phases of the electric motor respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2007
    Assignee: Minebea Col, Ltd.
    Inventor: Helmut Hans
  • Patent number: 7132773
    Abstract: A direct current motor having a stator that has a plurality of radially arranged stator pole bridges to each of which one phase is allocated, at least one stator pole group being formed by at least two adjoining stator poles which are associated with the same phase, no winding sections being provided between the stator poles of the at least one stator pole group and the respective stator pole bridges of this stator pole group being disposed with a smaller spacing between each other than two adjoining stator pole bridges that are associated with different phases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2006
    Assignee: Minebea Co. Ltd.
    Inventor: Helmut Hans
  • Patent number: 7081694
    Abstract: Device for connecting electronic components for driving an electric motor with a lead frame having tracks for connecting the power supply and phase windings of the electric motor, the tracks of the lead frame being designed for direct connection of the electronic components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2006
    Assignee: Minebea Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Helmut Hans
  • Publication number: 20060145563
    Abstract: The invention relates to a stator arrangement for an electric machine having a stator ring that is closed at its inside circumference and has stator poles at its outside circumference, wherein the stator ring is built up of a plurality of substantially identical T-shaped segments and wherein each of the T-shaped segments has a main leg having a head and a base and two arms protruding sideways from the head of the main leg, the main legs of the T-shaped segments are aligned in a radial direction and the T-shaped segments are arranged adjacent to each other with alternating orientation of the head and base of the main leg such that they complement one another to form the stator ring.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2005
    Publication date: July 6, 2006
    Inventor: Helmut Hans
  • Patent number: 7067953
    Abstract: The invention relates to a stator arrangement for an electric machine having a stator ring that is closed at its inside circumference and has stator poles at its outside circumference, wherein the stator ring is built up of a plurality of substantially identical T-shaped segments and wherein each of the T-shaped segments has a main leg having a head and a base and two arms protruding sideways from the head of the main leg, the main legs of the T-shaped segments are aligned in a radial direction and the T-shaped segments are arranged adjacent to each other with alternating orientation of the head and base of the main leg such that they complement one another to form the stator ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2006
    Assignee: Minebea Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Helmut Hans
  • Publication number: 20060108881
    Abstract: An electric machine, in particular a brushless DC motor, having a stator arrangement and a rotor arrangement that are arranged coaxially with respect to one another, the rotor arrangement having a rotor body and permanent magnets embedded in the rotor body, at least one magnetic sensor for the purpose of measuring the rotational position of the rotor body being disposed at an end face of the rotor body and being located directly opposite this end face
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2005
    Publication date: May 25, 2006
    Inventors: Willi Hauger, Helmut Ganter, Helmut Hans
  • Publication number: 20060066166
    Abstract: A rotor body for the rotor of an electric machine having at least one rotor lamination which is formed in the way of a strip having a series of projections along a longitudinal edge of the strip and bent in the plane of the strip to form a ring, the projections extending inwards after the rotor lamination has been bent and the rotor lamination having a substantially unbroken outside edge.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2005
    Publication date: March 30, 2006
    Inventors: Willi Hauger, Helmut Hans
  • Patent number: 7002275
    Abstract: An electric motor, particularly an electronically commutated direct current motor, has a stator and a rotor. The stator and the rotor are arranged coaxially to a longitudinal axis of the electric motor. The stator features a plurality of electrical stator poles and a plurality of phase windings. The rotor features a permanent magnet with a least one magnetic pole pair which is dedicated to the phase windings. The phase windings and/or the permanent magnet are divided into several axial sections in the direction of the longitudinal axis of the electric motor and these sections are staggered around the longitudinal axis of the electric motor with respect to each other. Angular positions of the individual phases are offset with respect to each other is in such a way that torque ripple can be reduced and torque gaps can be prevented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2006
    Assignee: Minebea Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Helmut Hans
  • Patent number: 6992418
    Abstract: Stator component for an inner rotor motor which has a ring-shaped stator coil flux guide and a number of pole shoes extending inwardly from the central, inner opening of the stator coil flux guide, the stator component being divided into several stator sections, each stator section consisting of all the pole shoes of one phase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2006
    Assignee: Minebea Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Helmut Hans
  • Patent number: 6987342
    Abstract: The invention relates to a rotor for an electric motor comprising an essentially cylindrical rotor core having a central aperture and comprising permanent magnets which are embedded in the rotor core and extend essentially like spokes through the rotor core, the rotor core being formed as an integral body and the selected permanent magnets being bridged at their radially inner or outer ends by recesses in the rotor core.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2006
    Assignee: Minebea Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Helmut Hans
  • Publication number: 20050280326
    Abstract: A direct current motor having a stator that has a plurality of radially arranged stator pole bridges to each of which one phase is allocated, at least one stator pole group being formed by at least two adjoining stator poles which are associated with the same phase, no winding sections being provided between the stator poles of the at least one stator pole group and the respective stator pole bridges of this stator pole group being disposed with a smaller spacing between each other than two adjoining stator pole bridges that are associated with different phases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2005
    Publication date: December 22, 2005
    Inventor: Helmut Hans
  • Publication number: 20050206266
    Abstract: A stator for an electric motor having a stator core which has a number of stator teeth and stator slots located between the stator teeth, the stator slots being designed to receive stator windings, the stator slots being given different depths in order to accommodate the portions of the stator windings of one phase or several phases of the electric motor respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2005
    Publication date: September 22, 2005
    Inventor: Helmut Hans
  • Patent number: 6925412
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for adjusting a sensor device for determining the rotational position of an electronically-commutated motor with rotor and stator, where the sensor device is fitted in a specific position relative to the rotor, the increments generated by the sensor device being recorded while the rotor is rotating, the angular position of the rotor being recorded while the rotor is rotating, and the correlation of the recorded angular position with the sensor device increments being subsequently saved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2005
    Assignee: Minebea Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Manfred Rauer, Helmut Hans
  • Publication number: 20050001503
    Abstract: The invention relates to a rotor for an electric motor comprising an essentially cylindrical rotor core having a central aperture, and comprising permanent magnets which are embedded in the rotor core and extend essentially like spokes through the rotor core, the radially inner ends of selected adjacent permanent magnets being magnetically coupled by at least one auxiliary magnet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2004
    Publication date: January 6, 2005
    Inventor: Helmut Hans
  • Publication number: 20040217665
    Abstract: An electric motor, particularly an electronically commutated direct current motor, has a stator and a rotor. The stator and the rotor are arranged coaxially to a longitudinal axis of the electric motor. The stator features a plurality of electrical stator poles and a plurality of phase windings. The rotor features a permanent magnet with a least one magnetic pole pair which is dedicated to the phase windings. The phase windings and/or the permanent magnet are divided into several axial sections in the direction of the longitudinal axis of the electric motor and these sections are staggered around the longitudinal axis of the electric motor with respect to each other. Angular positions of the individual phases are offset with respect to each other is in such a way that torque ripple can be reduced and torque gaps can be prevented.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2004
    Publication date: November 4, 2004
    Applicant: Minebea Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Helmut Hans
  • Publication number: 20040212266
    Abstract: The invention relates to a rotor for an electric motor comprising an essentially cylindrical rotor core having a central aperture and comprising permanent magnets which are embedded in the rotor core and extend essentially like spokes through the rotor core, the rotor core being formed as an integral body and the selected permanent magnets being bridged at their radially inner or outer ends by recesses in the rotor core.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2004
    Publication date: October 28, 2004
    Inventor: Helmut Hans
  • Publication number: 20040124726
    Abstract: Device for connecting electronic components for driving an electric motor with a lead frame having tracks for connecting the power supply and phase windings of the electric motor, the tracks of the lead frame being designed for direct connection of the electronic components.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2003
    Publication date: July 1, 2004
    Inventor: Helmut Hans
  • Publication number: 20040128106
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for adjusting a sensor device for determining the rotational position of an electronically-commutated motor with rotor and stator, where the sensor device is fitted in a specific position relative to the rotor, the increments generated by the sensor device being recorded while the rotor is rotating, the angular position of the rotor being recorded while the rotor is rotating, and the correlation of the recorded angular position with the sensor device increments being subsequently saved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2003
    Publication date: July 1, 2004
    Inventors: Manfred Rauer, Helmut Hans
  • Publication number: 20040124732
    Abstract: Stator component for an inner rotor motor which has a ring-shaped stator coil flux guide and a number of pole shoes extending inwardly from the central, inner opening of the stator coil flux guide, the stator component being divided into several stator sections, each stator section consisting of all the pole shoes of one phase.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2003
    Publication date: July 1, 2004
    Inventor: Helmut Hans