Patents by Inventor Tim Sailors

Tim Sailors 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: 11936264
    Abstract: An electric machine includes a housing, a rotor rotatably mounted in the housing a stator fixedly mounted to the housing. The stator includes a stator core and a plurality of stator windings supported by the stator core. The stator core surrounds the rotor. A busbar including a plurality of electrically conductive members is coupled to the stator windings and an insulating cover extends across at least a portion of the electrically conductive members. A bracket is coupled to the busbar and one of the stator core and the housing, the bracket supporting the busbar in the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: BORGWARNER INC.
    Inventors: Ryan J. Jones, Mariusz J. Kalisz, Scott W. Bitzer, Tim Sailors
  • Patent number: 11870308
    Abstract: A radially insertable thermistor assembly for installation into a stator having a plurality of stator windings. The radially insertable thermistor assembly includes a thermistor housing having one or more radially outwardly extending elements that extend through a void between two adjacent stator windings and being operable to connect to one of the stator and the plurality of stator windings, and a sensing element arranged at the thermistor housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: BORGWARNER INC.
    Inventors: Mingze Yang, Brian Maskew, Tim Sailors, Timothy J. Alfermann
  • Publication number: 20220376575
    Abstract: A winding for a stator comprises (i) a plurality of first end turns provided on a first end of the stator core, (ii) straight portions extending through the slots, and (iii) a plurality of second turns provided on a second end of the stator core. The straight portions are arranged in layers in the slots in a number of layers. Each of the second end turns connects straight portions in two consecutive layers of two slots and is defined by a first common twist associated with one of the two consecutive layers and a second common twist associated with another of the two consecutive layers. The first common twist and the second common twist are identical for the second end turns in a first half of consecutive layers, and the first common twist and the second common twist are different for the second end turns in a second half of consecutive layers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2022
    Publication date: November 24, 2022
    Inventors: Kirk Neet, Tim Sailors
  • Publication number: 20210194308
    Abstract: An electric machine includes a housing, a rotor rotatably mounted in the housing a stator fixedly mounted to the housing. The stator includes a stator core and a plurality of stator windings supported by the stator core. The stator core surrounds the rotor. A busbar including a plurality of electrically conductive members is coupled to the stator windings and an insulating cover extends across at least a portion of the electrically conductive members. A bracket is coupled to the busbar and one of the stator core and the housing, the bracket supporting the busbar in the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2020
    Publication date: June 24, 2021
    Inventors: Ryan J. Jones, Mariusz J. Kalisz, Scott W. Bitzer, Tim Sailors
  • Publication number: 20210152056
    Abstract: A radially insertable thermistor assembly for installation into a stator having a plurality of stator windings. The radially insertable thermistor assembly includes a thermistor housing having one or more radially outwardly extending elements that extend through a void between two adjacent stator windings and being operable to connect to one of the stator and the plurality of stator windings, and a sensing element arranged at the thermistor housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2020
    Publication date: May 20, 2021
    Inventors: Mingze Yang, Brian Maskew, Tim Sailors, Timothy J. Alfermann