Patents by Inventor Steve Pekarek

Steve Pekarek 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: 20220140712
    Abstract: A homopolar alternating current machine (HAM) is disclosed which includes a stator having a plurality of segments radially protruding outward, each segment includes a main winding, a first auxiliary winding, and a second auxiliary winding, whereby each of the first and second auxiliary windings are coupled to each other in a parallel manner, a first rotor disposed proximate the stator, a second rotor disposed proximate the stator, and a dc flux source corresponding to each of the first and second rotors, whereby substantially no excitation of the first and the second auxiliary windings of each stator segment of the plurality of segments is needed to operate the HAM, whereby when energized, there is substantially no DC flux in each of the main winding, wherein operating the HAM results in a substantially sinusoidal current waveform without a DC offset, and wherein the HAM can be operated as a motor or generator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2021
    Publication date: May 5, 2022
    Applicant: Purdue Research Foundation
    Inventors: Scott Sudhoff, Jiazhou Zhong, Steve Pekarek
  • Patent number: 10305408
    Abstract: A hybrid electrical machine containing surface mounted magnets which includes a magnetically permeable cylindrically shaped stator assembly having at least one stator winding formed about a plurality of stator teeth, a rotor assembly concentrically disposed within the stator assembly, including a magnetically permeable rotor backiron, a rotational drive mechanism coupled to the rotor backiron, and a plurality of protruding rotor poles, each including a magnetically permeable pole support assembly, a winding provided around the pole support assembly, and a radially magnetized permanent magnet assembly disposed about the pole support assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Assignee: Purdue Research Foundation
    Inventors: Scott Sudhoff, Steve Pekarek, Omar Abdul Laldin
  • Publication number: 20190020295
    Abstract: A hybrid electrical machine containing surface mounted magnets which includes a magnetically permeable cylindrically shaped stator assembly having at least one stator winding formed about a plurality of stator teeth, a rotor assembly concentrically disposed within the stator assembly, including a magnetically permeable rotor backiron, a rotational drive mechanism coupled to the rotor backiron, and a plurality of protruding rotor poles, each including a magnetically permeable pole support assembly, a winding provided around the pole support assembly, and a radially magnetized permanent magnet assembly disposed about the pole support assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2018
    Publication date: January 17, 2019
    Applicant: Purdue Research Foundation
    Inventors: Scott Sudhoff, Steve Pekarek, Omar Abdul Laldin
  • Patent number: 10003291
    Abstract: A hybrid electrical machine containing surface mounted magnets which includes a magnetically permeable cylindrically shaped stator assembly having at least one stator winding formed about a plurality of stator teeth, a rotor assembly concentrically disposed within the stator assembly, including a magnetically permeable rotor backiron, a rotational drive mechanism coupled to the rotor backiron, and a plurality of protruding rotor poles, each including a magnetically permeable pole support assembly, a winding provided around the pole support assembly, and a radially magnetized permanent magnet assembly disposed about the pole support assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2018
    Assignee: PURDUE RESEARCH FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Scott Sudhoff, Steve Pekarek, Omar Abdul Laldin
  • Publication number: 20180013367
    Abstract: A hybrid electrical machine containing surface mounted magnets which includes a magnetically permeable cylindrically shaped stator assembly having at least one stator winding formed about a plurality of stator teeth, a rotor assembly concentrically disposed within the stator assembly, including a magnetically permeable rotor backiron, a rotational drive mechanism coupled to the rotor backiron, and a plurality of protruding rotor poles, each including a magnetically permeable pole support assembly, a winding provided around the pole support assembly, and a radially magnetized permanent magnet assembly disposed about the pole support assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2017
    Publication date: January 11, 2018
    Applicant: Purdue Research Foundation
    Inventors: Scott Sudhoff, Steve Pekarek, Omar Abdul Laldin
  • Patent number: 9780715
    Abstract: A hybrid electrical machine containing surface mounted magnets which includes a magnetically permeable cylindrically shaped stator assembly having at least one stator winding formed about a plurality of stator teeth, a rotor assembly concentrically disposed within the stator assembly, including a magnetically permeable rotor backiron, a rotational drive mechanism coupled to the rotor backiron, and a plurality of protruding rotor poles, each including a magnetically permeable pole support assembly, a winding provided around the pole support assembly, and a radially magnetized permanent magnet assembly disposed about the pole support assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2017
    Assignee: PURDUE RESEARCH FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Scott Sudhoff, Steve Pekarek, Omar Abdul Laldin
  • Publication number: 20160204722
    Abstract: A hybrid electrical machine containing surface mounted magnets which includes a magnetically permeable cylindrically shaped stator assembly having at least one stator winding formed about a plurality of stator teeth, a rotor assembly concentrically disposed within the stator assembly, including a magnetically permeable rotor backiron, a rotational drive mechanism coupled to the rotor backiron, and a plurality of protruding rotor poles, each including a magnetically permeable pole support assembly, a winding provided around the pole support assembly, and a radially magnetized permanent magnet assembly disposed about the pole support assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2015
    Publication date: July 14, 2016
    Applicant: PURDUE RESEARCH FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Scott Sudhoff, Steve Pekarek, Omar Abdul Laldin