Patents by Inventor Mercedes Herranz Gracia

Mercedes Herranz Gracia 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: 10819177
    Abstract: Various embodiments include a stator for an AC electric machine with a number of magnetic poles comprising: a central axis; and a stator winding with a plurality of conductor turns. The individual conductor turns are grouped into a total of n electrical strands. The individual conductor turns of a respective electrical strand define a first conductor branch and a second conductor branch. The first conductor branch and the second conductor branch are arranged helically around the central axis over at least half of their respective lengths. The helically arranged conductor branches each have a pitch greater than a product of an axial length of the helical conductor branches and the number of magnetic poles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: ROLLS-ROYCE DEUTSCHLAND LTD & CO KG
    Inventors: Michael Frank, Jörn Grundmann, Wolfgang Nick, Mercedes Herranz Gracia
  • Patent number: 10770956
    Abstract: The invention relates to an electric asynchronous machine (1), in particular an induction machine, comprising: —a cylindrical stator (2) with stator teeth (22) on a stator yoke (21), wherein a ratio between a yoke height (hy1) of the stator yoke (21) in the radial direction and a groove height (hn1) of the stator grooves (23) in the radial direction ranges from 1.75 to 2.5; —a cylindrical rotor (4) with poles (42) on a rotor yoke which are defined by short-circuit windings in a rotor body (41), wherein a ratio between the yoke height of the rotor body (41) in the radial direction and the groove height of the rotor grooves in the radial direction ranges from 2 to 2.75.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Marcus Alexander, Arndt Kelleter, Miguel Ruiz De Larramendi, Patrick Heuser, Mercedes Herranz Gracia
  • Publication number: 20190238020
    Abstract: Various embodiments include a stator for an AC electric machine with a number of magnetic poles comprising: a central axis; and a stator winding with a plurality of conductor turns. The individual conductor turns are grouped into a total of n electrical strands. The individual conductor turns of a respective electrical strand define a first conductor branch and a second conductor branch. The first conductor branch and the second conductor branch are arranged helically around the central axis over at least half of their respective lengths. The helically arranged conductor branches each have a pitch greater than a product of an axial length of the helical conductor branches and the number of magnetic poles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2017
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Applicant: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Michael Frank, Jörn Grundmann, Wolfgang Nick, Mercedes Herranz Gracia
  • Patent number: 9973050
    Abstract: The invention relates to an asynchronous machine (1) as can be used particularly in electric vehicles or hybrid vehicles. The asynchronous machine (1) has a rotor (5) and a stator (3). The asynchronous machine is designed and controlled in such a manner that it has a pole pair number p of p=3. Because of the reduced yoke saturation that can consequently be achieved, the stator yoke (9) can be designed with a lesser height hy1, such that a ratio of the outer rotor diameter D2a to the outer stator diameter D1a can assume values between 0.7 and 0.8. As a result, enlarged rotor teeth (19) and correspondingly enlarged rotor grooves (21) can be formed in the rotor (5), such that electrical losses in the material in the rotor grooves (21) acting as the rotor coil element (23) are smaller in comparison to conventional asynchronous machines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2018
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Patrick Heuser, Miguel Ruiz De Larramendi, Mercedes Herranz Gracia
  • Publication number: 20170331353
    Abstract: The invention relates to an electric asynchronous machine (1), in particular an induction machine, comprising:—a cylindrical stator (2) with stator teeth (22) on a stator yoke (21), wherein a ratio between a yoke height (hy1) of the stator yoke (21) in the radial direction and a groove height (hn1) of the stator grooves (23) in the radial direction ranges from 1.75 to 2.5;—a cylindrical rotor (4) with poles (42) on a rotor yoke which are defined by short-circuit windings in a rotor body (41), wherein a ratio between the yoke height of the rotor body (41) in the radial direction and the groove height of the rotor grooves in the radial direction ranges from 2 to 2.75.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2015
    Publication date: November 16, 2017
    Inventors: Marcus Alexander, Arndt Kelleter, Miguel Ruiz De Larramendi, Patrick Heuser, Mercedes Herranz Gracia
  • Patent number: 9531304
    Abstract: A method and a device for operating an electrical machine having separate excitation, especially a synchronous machine. With the aid of a sensor system, a variable characterizing a rotor temperature and/or a stator temperature are/is determined, and an excitation current and stator currents for the electrical machine are specified by a control unit as a function of the variable characterizing the rotor temperature and/or the stator temperature, at least in specifiable operating ranges.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2016
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Mercedes Herranz Gracia, Stefan Kolmorgen, Stefan Spannhake, Yves Challand, Daniel Raichle, Mario Beyer, Dragan Mikulec, Gunther Goetting, Alexander Scheidle
  • Patent number: 9369016
    Abstract: A rotor (1) for an electric machine, in particular a permanently excited synchronous machine. At least one recess (20) is formed on the outer wall (12) of the receiving space (6) and forms a non-magnetizable space (29) adjacent to the lengthwise surface (10) of the permanent magnet (7). Due to this non-magnetizable space (29), iron losses in the stator teeth can be reduced in particular during operation of the electric machine in the field weakening range, which may result in a rise in efficacy of up to 3% for the electric machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2016
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Mercedes Herranz Gracia, Marcus Alexander, Arndt Kelleter, Nils Gebert, Miguel Ruiz De Larramendi, Patrick Heuser, Sebastian Tabarelli
  • Publication number: 20150311759
    Abstract: The invention relates to an asynchronous machine (1) as can be used particularly in electric vehicles or hybrid vehicles. The asynchronous machine (1) has a rotor (5) and a stator (3). The asynchronous machine is designed and controlled in such a manner that it has a pole pair number p of p=3. Because of the reduced yoke saturation that can consequently be achieved, the stator yoke (9) can be designed with a lesser height hy1, such that a ratio of the outer rotor diameter D2a to the outer stator diameter D1a can assume values between 0.7 and 0.8. As a result, enlarged rotor teeth (19) and correspondingly enlarged rotor grooves (21) can be formed in the rotor (5), such that electrical losses in the material in the rotor grooves (21) acting as the rotor coil element (23) are smaller in comparison to conventional asynchronous machines.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2013
    Publication date: October 29, 2015
    Applicant: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Patrick Heuser, Miguel Ruiz De Larramendi, Mercedes Herranz Gracia
  • Publication number: 20140167552
    Abstract: A rotor (1) for an electric machine, in particular a permanently excited synchronous machine. At least one recess (20) is formed on the outer wall (12) of the receiving space (6) and forms a non-magnetizable space (29) adjacent to the lengthwise surface (10) of the permanent magnet (7). Due to this non-magnetizable space (29), iron losses in the stator teeth can be reduced in particular during operation of the electric machine in the field weakening range, which may result in a rise in efficacy of up to 3% for the electric machine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2013
    Publication date: June 19, 2014
    Inventors: Mercedes Herranz Gracia, Marcus Alexander, Arndt Kelleter, Nils Gebert, Miguel Ruiz De Larramendi, Patrick Heuser, Sebastian Tabarelli
  • Publication number: 20140125268
    Abstract: A method and a device for operating an electrical machine having separate excitation, especially a synchronous machine. With the aid of a sensor system, a variable characterizing a rotor temperature and/or a stator temperature are/is determined, and an excitation current and stator currents for the electrical machine are specified by a control unit as a function of the variable characterizing the rotor temperature and/or the stator temperature, at least in specifiable operating ranges.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2011
    Publication date: May 8, 2014
    Inventors: Mercedes Herranz Gracia, Stefan Kolmorgen, Stefan Spannhake, Yves Challand, Daniel Raichle, Mario Beyer, Dragan Mikulec, Gunther Goetting, Alexander Scheidle
  • Publication number: 20130270949
    Abstract: A permanent magnet electric machine (2), in which permanent magnets (7) are arranged on a stator (13) and/or a rotor (15). In this case, a permanent magnet (7) has at least one first macroscopic permanent magnet element and one second macroscopic permanent magnet element (21, 23), wherein the permanent magnet elements (21, 23) are formed from different materials, which have different magnetic coercitivities.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2013
    Publication date: October 17, 2013
    Inventors: Mercedes Herranz Gracia, Armin Ploeger, Tilman Miehle, Karsten Kirchhoff, Johannes Horn