Patents by Inventor Jacques A. Saint-Michel

Jacques A. Saint-Michel 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: 8427018
    Abstract: A stator for a rotary electric machine, the stator including a jacket and a stack of stator laminations placed inside the jacket, subassemblies of laminations of the stack having extensions with flow channels for passing a cooling fluid therethrough, the subassemblies being disposed in such a manner that fluid flowing along the stack is subjected to a succession of passes within the channels and of passes through wide zones extending between the channels, the stack laminations being arranged in such a manner that for at least one extension, and better for the majority, or even all of the extensions of a subassembly, the flow section made available to the flow of cooling fluid within the extension is greater than the flow section defined by the space extending radially between the extensions and the jacket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2013
    Assignee: Moteur Leroy-Somer
    Inventors: Alexis Dutau, Jacques Saint-Michel
  • Patent number: 7911103
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a rotary electrical machine comprising: at least one stator; and at least one rotor; the rotor having an axis of rotation and co-operating with the stator to define at least one airgap, the rotor comprising permanent magnets and pole pieces between the magnets; at least one pole piece being associated with one or more permanent magnets to concentrate the magnetic flux from said magnet(s); and said magnet(s) defining at least three different directions of magnetization, the resultant flux in the pole piece towards the stator being non-coplanar with at least two of the directions of magnetization.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2011
    Assignee: Moteurs Leroy-Somer
    Inventor: Jacques Saint-Michel
  • Patent number: 7839034
    Abstract: The present invention provides an electricity generator for a lighting tower having a plurality of discharge lamps, each lamp being of power greater than 750 W, the generator being arranged to be driven by an engine, the generator being a multiphase generator having n phases, where n is an even integer, each phase being independent in a magnetic circuit that is common to all of the phases and being configured to power one lamp, the generator comprising a rotor with permanent magnets, having 3 n poles, and a stator concentric with the rotor and subjected to the radial magnetic flux from the magnets, the stator comprising a stack of laminations of silicon iron having a silicon content greater than 0.5% and of individual thickness greater than 0.35 mm, defining 4 n magnetic circuit teeth, with every other tooth carrying a winding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2010
    Assignee: Moteurs Leroy-Somer
    Inventors: François Czajkowski, Jacques Saint-Michel, Philippe Manfe, Hédi Kharrat, Michel Renard, Luc Moreau
  • Publication number: 20100207465
    Abstract: A stator for a rotary electric machine, the stator including a jacket and a stack of stator laminations placed inside the jacket, subassemblies of laminations of the stack having extensions with flow channels for passing a cooling fluid therethrough, the subassemblies being disposed in such a manner that fluid flowing along the stack is subjected to a succession of passes within the channels and of passes through wide zones extending between the channels, the stack laminations being arranged in such a manner that for at least one extension, and better for the majority, or even all of the extensions of a subassembly, the flow section made available to the flow of cooling fluid within the extension is greater than the flow section defined by the space extending radially between the extensions and the jacket.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2009
    Publication date: August 19, 2010
    Applicant: MOTEURS LEROY-SOMER
    Inventors: Alexis Dutau, Jacques Saint-Michel
  • Publication number: 20090058212
    Abstract: The present invention provides an electricity generator for a lighting tower having a plurality of discharge lamps, each lamp being of power greater than 750 W, the generator being arranged to be driven by an engine, the generator being a multiphase generator having n phases, where n is an even integer, each phase being independent in a magnetic circuit that is common to all of the phases and being configured to power one lamp, the generator comprising a rotor with permanent magnets, having 3 n poles, and a stator concentric with the rotor and subjected to the radial magnetic flux from the magnets, the stator comprising a stack of laminations of silicon iron having a silicon content greater than 0.5% and of individual thickness greater than 0.35 mm, defining 4 n magnetic circuit teeth, with every other tooth carrying a winding.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2008
    Publication date: March 5, 2009
    Inventors: Francois Czajkowski, Jacques Saint-Michel, Philippe Manfe, Hedi Kharrat, Michel Renard, Luc Moreau
  • Publication number: 20090009022
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a rotary electrical machine comprising: at least one stator; and at least one rotor; the rotor having an axis of rotation and co-operating with the stator to define at least one airgap, the rotor comprising permanent magnets and pole pieces between the magnets; at least one pole piece being associated with one or more permanent magnets to concentrate the magnetic flux from said magnet(s); and said magnet(s) defining at least three different directions of magnetization, the resultant flux in the pole piece towards the stator being non-coplanar with at least two of the directions of magnetization.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2006
    Publication date: January 8, 2009
    Applicant: MOTEURS LEROY-SOMER
    Inventor: Jacques Saint-Michel
  • Patent number: 7388310
    Abstract: The invention relates to a synchronous electric motor comprising a stator (10) and at least one rotor (20) with permanent magnets (21), characterized by an embodiment with Xd>Xq; where Xd is the direct reactance and Xq the quadrature reactance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2008
    Assignee: Moteurs Leroy-Somer
    Inventors: Atef Abou-Akar, Jacques Saint-Michel
  • Patent number: 7250702
    Abstract: The invention relates to an electric machine comprising a stator (10, 40) provided with a plurality of teeth (11, 41), each tooth supporting at lest one individual coil (13, 46, 47), an external rotor (30) which is radially arranged outside the stator and provided with constant magnets, an internal rotor (20) radially arranged inside the stator, provided with constant magnets and connected to the external rotor (30). At least one of the external (30) and internal (20) rotors is disposed in a flux concentration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2007
    Assignee: Moteurs Leroy-Somer
    Inventors: Atef Abou Akar, Eric Coupart, Jacques Saint-Michel
  • Publication number: 20060175923
    Abstract: The invention relates to an electric machine comprising a stator (10, 40) provided with a plurality of teeth (11, 41), each tooth supporting at lest one individual coil (13, 46, 47), an external rotor (30) which is radially arranged outside the stator and provided with constant magnets, an internal rotor (20) radially arranged inside the stator, provided with constant magnets and connected to the external rotor (30). At least one of the external (30) and internal (20) rotors is disposed in a flux concentration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2004
    Publication date: August 10, 2006
    Inventors: Atef Abou Akar, Eric Coupart, Jacques Saint-Michel
  • Publication number: 20060097594
    Abstract: The invention relates to a synchronous electric motor comprising a stator (10) and at least one rotor (20) with permanent magnets (21), characterised by an embodiment with Xd>Xq; where Xd is the direct reactance and Xq the quadrature reactance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2004
    Publication date: May 11, 2006
    Inventors: Atef Abou-Akar, Jacques Saint-Michel
  • Patent number: 6975057
    Abstract: The invention relates to a rotary electric machine including a stator, powered by a polyphase current, having a magnetic circuit with teeth forming intervening slots for receiving electrical conductors. The magnetic circuit is made up of an assembly of sectors defining air-gaps intersecting the teeth at half-width.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2005
    Assignee: Moteurs Leroy-Somer
    Inventors: Pascal Gauthier, Eric Coupart, Jacques Saint-Michel, Christophe Gilles
  • Patent number: 6891299
    Abstract: A rotary electric machine including a flux-concentrating rotor with permanent magnets disposed between pole pieces, and a stator with teeth having a free end deprived of pole swellings and a concentrated winding. The pole pieces and the magnets are configured so as to minimize the difference Ld?Lq where Ld is inductance on a forward axis and Lq is inductance on a quadrature axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2005
    Assignee: Moteurs Leroy-Somer
    Inventors: Eric Coupart, Pascal Gauthier, Jacques Saint-Michel, Christophe Gilles, André Eydelie, Laurent Jadeau, Philippe Augier, Jean-Marie Guillot
  • Patent number: 6833647
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a discoid machine having a rotor and a stator placed facing each other along the axis of rotation of the rotor. The machine is synchronous and has at least two rotors disposed on either side of a stator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2004
    Assignee: Moteurs Leroy-Somer
    Inventors: Jacques Saint-Michel, Atef Abou-Akar
  • Patent number: 6683397
    Abstract: An electric machine includes a stator and a permanent magnet flux-concentrating rotor. The permanent magnet flux-concentrating rotor has permanent magnets and pole pieces. The permanent magnets are engaged between the pole pieces. The electric machine also has at least one magnetic-field detector that is mounted on the stator. The at least one-magnetic-field detector is mounted on the stator in such a manner as to detect a magnetic field of the permanent magnets in a location that overlaps a peripheral region of the rotor when the machine if observed on the axis of rotation of the rotor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2004
    Assignee: Moteurs Leroy-Somer
    Inventors: Pascal Gauthier, Eric Coupart, Jacques Saint-Michel, Christophe Gilles
  • Publication number: 20030011274
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a discoid machine having a rotor and a stator placed facing each other along the axis of rotation of the rotor. The machine is synchronous and has at least two rotors disposed on either side of a stator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2002
    Publication date: January 16, 2003
    Applicant: MOTEURS LEROY-SOMER
    Inventors: Jacques Saint-Michel, Atef Abou-Akar
  • Publication number: 20020171305
    Abstract: The present invention relates a rotary electric machine having
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2002
    Publication date: November 21, 2002
    Applicant: MOTEURS LEROY-SOMER
    Inventors: Eric Coupart, Pascal Gauthier, Christophe Gilles, Atef Abou Akar, Jacques Saint-Michel
  • Publication number: 20020163278
    Abstract: The invention relates to a rotary electric machine including a stator, powered by a polyphase current, having a magnetic circuit with teeth forming intervening slots for receiving electrical conductors. The magnetic circuit is made up of an assembly of sectors defining air-gaps intersecting the teeth at half-width.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2002
    Publication date: November 7, 2002
    Applicant: MOTEURS LEROY-SOMER
    Inventors: Pascal Gauthier, Eric Coupart, Jacques Saint-Michel, Christophe Gilles
  • Publication number: 20020149281
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a stator for a rotary electric machine, said stator comprising a magnetic circuit having teeth each constituting a core of a coil, and said coils are electrically connected together in such a manner as to form two independent electrical units each associated with a respective stator half.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2002
    Publication date: October 17, 2002
    Applicant: MOTEURS LEROY-SOMER
    Inventors: Jacques Saint-Michel, Pascal Gauthier, Christophe Gilles, Laurent Jadeau
  • Publication number: 20020149275
    Abstract: The invention relates to an electric machine, comprising:
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2002
    Publication date: October 17, 2002
    Applicant: MOTEURS LEROY-SOMER
    Inventors: Pascal Gauthier, Eric Coupart, Jacques Saint-Michel, Christophe Gilles
  • Publication number: 20020047425
    Abstract: The invention relates to a rotary electric machine comprising a flux-concentrating rotor with permanent magnets disposed between pole pieces, and a stator with windings on teeth.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2001
    Publication date: April 25, 2002
    Applicant: Moteurs Leroy-Somer
    Inventors: Eric Coupart, Pascal Gauthier, Jacques Saint-Michel, Christophe Gilles, Andre Eydelie, Laurent Jadeau, Philippe Augier, Jean-Marie Guillot