Abstract: The invention relates primarily to a rotating electrical machine for a motor vehicle including: —a rotor, and—a stator (11) including a winding (17) having a plurality of phases, each phase comprising a plurality of groups of coils (G1-G4), characterized in that said stator (11) is configured such that currents in the groups of coils (G1-G4) are able to flow selectively: —in one and the same direction so as to maximize a number of poles of the rotating electrical machine, or—in opposite directions so as to minimize a number of poles of the rotating electrical machine.

Abstract: A stator segment for the stator or the rotor of an electrical machine is provided including: two end teeth at two respective circumferential ends, a plurality of N intermediate teeth, N being an integer greater than 1, a plurality of N+1 slots circumferentially distributed between the two end teeth, each pair of circumferentially adjacent intermediate teeth having a slot interposed therebetween, a slot being provided between each end tooth and a respective circumferentially adjacent intermediate tooth, at least one 2-pitch coil, the 2-pitch coils being in the number of N?1 and extending between an i-th slot and a (i+2)-th slot, the slots being progressively counted from one to the other of the two circumferential ends, i being an integer between 1 and N?1.

Abstract: An a arrangement for controlling a DC-link-voltage of a DC-link connected between a generator side converter portion and a utility grid side converter portion of a wind turbine includes: a generalized predictive control module adapted: to receive as control module input values a current value of the DC-link-voltage and a reference value of the DC-link-voltage and to derive a reference value of a DC current based on the control module input values, the reference value of a DC current defining the DC current to be injected into the DC-link, wherein the arrangement is adapted to control the generator side converter portion and/or the utility grid side converter portion based on the reference value of the DC current.

Abstract: An arrangement for controlling a DC-link-voltage of a DC-link-connected between a generator side converter portion and a utility grid side converter portion of a wind turbine includes: a generalized predictive control module adapted: to receive as control module input values a current value of the DC-link-voltage and a reference value of the DC-link-voltage and to derive a reference value of a DC current based on the control module input value, the reference value of a DC current defining the DC current to be injected into the DC-link, wherein the arrangement is adapted to control the generator side converter portion and/or the utility grid side converter portion based on the reference value of the DC current.

Abstract: An electrical connector includes: an insulative housing defining a terminal hole, the terminal hole defining two opposite narrow sides and two opposite wide sides; and a first terminal having a fixing portion fixed in the terminal hole, the fixing portion having two opposite narrow surfaces and two opposite wide surfaces, the narrow surfaces defining barbs interference fit with the narrow sides of the terminal hole, wherein the fixing portion further defines a tab protruding from one wide surface thereof, the terminal hole further defines a front groove with a blocking face and a rear groove with a guiding face, and the tab passes across the guiding face to press against the blocking face for preventing the fixing portion from moving rearward.

Abstract: Provided is a method for determining the rotational position of a rotor in a permanent magnet synchronous machine, wherein the stator includes windings for a first, second and third phase, including the steps: applying a first voltage pulse to the first phase, determining respective first measures for the current induced by the first voltage pulse in the second and third phase, selecting a first selected phase depending on the first measures for the current, wherein the first selected phase is either the second or the third phase, applying a second voltage pulse to the first selected phase, determining respective second measures for the current induced by the second voltage pulse in the phases of the stator that are not the first selected phase, and determining the rotational position of the rotor depending on the second measures of the current.

Abstract: A stator segment for the stator or the rotor of an electrical machine is provided including: two end teeth at two respective circumferential ends, a plurality of N intermediate teeth, N being an integer greater than 1, a plurality of N+1 slots circumferentially distributed between the two end teeth, each pair of circumferentially adjacent intermediate teeth having a slot interposed therebetween, a slot being provided between each end tooth and a respective circumferentially adjacent intermediate tooth, at least one 2-pitch coil, the 2-pitch coils being in the number of N-1 and extending between an i-th slot and a (i+2)-th slot, the slots being progressively counted from one to the other of the two circumferential ends, i being an integer between 1 and N?1.

Abstract: An electrical connector includes an insulative housing and a plurality of contacts retained thereto. Each contact includes a retaining section, a contacting section in front of the retaining section, and a mounting section behind the retaining section. A plurality of independent glue reservoirs are formed on a rear side of the housing via crossing partitions. A tiny passage is formed in an exterior face of the partition to communicate the neighboring glue reservoirs so as to assure the even/same height of the hardened glue blocks in respective glue reservoirs.

Abstract: An electrical contact for extending through a hole in the printed circuit board in an insertion direction, includes a retention plate and a leg extending therefrom. The leg includes an insertion section and a deformation section. The deformation section includes a pair of opposite wide side faces in a first direction perpendicular to the insertion direction, and a pair of opposite narrow side faces in a second direction perpendicular to both the insertion direction and the first direction, and a cavity recessed from one wide side face in the first direction. The cavity forms a first end located closer to the insertion end of the leg in the insertion direction and equipped with a cone shape thereof, and a second end located opposite to the first end and closer to a rectangular retention section and equipped with an arc shape thereof. The cavity forms a trapezoidal cross-section.

Abstract: Provided is an arrangement for an electrical machine having fractional slot topology, including: plural stator segments, each stator segment having plural teeth alternating with plural slots in a circumferential direction, each stator segment having at both circumferential ends a tooth portion; for each phase of plural phases a conductor wound in coils around teeth of the plural teeth, wherein the number of coils of any phase in any stator segment is the same as the number of coils of any other phase in this stator segment.

Abstract: The invention relates primarily to a rotating electrical machine for a motor vehicle including: - a rotor, and - a stator (11) including a winding (17) having a plurality of phases, each phase comprising a plurality of groups of coils (G1-G4), characterized in that said stator (11) is configured such that currents in the groups of coils (G1-G4) are able to flow selectively: - in one and the same direction so as to maximize a number of poles of the rotating electrical machine, or - in opposite directions so as to minimize a number of poles of the rotating electrical machine.

Abstract: An electrical connector includes an insulative housing and a plurality of contacts retained thereto. Each contact includes a retaining section, a contacting section in front of the retaining section, and a mounting section behind the retaining section. A plurality of independent glue reservoirs are formed on a rear side of the housing via crossing partitions. A tiny passage is formed in an exterior face of the partition to communicate the neighboring glue reservoirs so as to assure the even/same height of the hardened glue blocks in respective glue reservoirs.

Abstract: An electrical contact for extending through a hole in the printed circuit board in an insertion direction, includes a retention plate and a leg extending therefrom. The leg includes an insertion section and a deformation section. The deformation section includes a pair of opposite wide side faces in a first direction perpendicular to the insertion direction, and a pair of opposite narrow side faces in a second direction perpendicular to both the insertion direction and the first direction, and a cavity recessed from one wide side face in the first direction. The cavity forms a first end located closer to the insertion end of the leg in the insertion direction and equipped with a cone shape thereof, and a second end located opposite to the first end and closer to a rectangular retention section and equipped with an arc shape thereof. The cavity forms a trapezoidal cross-section.

Abstract: Provided is an arrangement for an electrical machine having fractional slot topology, including: plural stator segments, each stator segment having plural teeth alternating with plural slots in a circumferential direction, each stator segment having at both circumferential ends a tooth portion; for each phase of plural phases a conductor wound in coils around teeth of the plural teeth, wherein the number of coils of any phase in any stator segment is the same as the number of coils of any other phase in this stator segment.

Abstract: Provided is a method for determining the rotational position of a rotor in a permanent magnet synchronous machine, wherein the stator includes windings for a first, second and third phase, including the steps: applying a first voltage pulse to the first phase, determining respective first measures for the current induced by the first voltage pulse in the second and third phase, selecting a first selected phase depending on the first measures for the current, wherein the first selected phase is either the second or the third phase, applying a second voltage pulse to the first selected phase, determining respective second measures for the current induced by the second voltage pulse in the phases of the stator that are not the first selected phase, and determining the rotational position of the rotor depending on the second measures of the current.

Abstract: An interior permanent magnet motor comprising a rotor having a set of permanent magnets placed within the interior of the rotor and a stator which surrounds the rotor and has a set of stator teeth defining slots between adjacent teeth. The stator also includes a plurality of stator windings that extend around the teeth and within the slots, the rotor and stator defining an airgap there between, in which an outer peripheral surface of the rotor that faces the stator across the airgap is provided with a respective eccentric bulge in the region of each rotor magnet.

Abstract: An electrical contact of an electrical connector includes a mounting leg for being retained within a through hole of the printed circuit board wherein the mounting leg is tubular and is radially deformable to abut against an interior surface of the through hole. The mounting leg is radially thinned in thickness to confront the interior surface of the hole. The mounting leg is formed by rolling a metal plate with a C-shaped cross-section thereof. There are two thinned areas of the mounting leg, symmetrically located by two sides of the slit of the C-shaped cross-sectional configuration.

Abstract: An electrical contact includes a compliant tail defining a pair of opposite first main face and second main face, and a pair of opposite first side face and second side face linked between the first main face and the second main face. The opposite first side face and second side face are bulged for engagement with an interior surface of the corresponding through hole. A pair of first through holes and a pair of second through holes extend through both the first main face and the second main face. The first through holes are configured with an elongated configuration while the second though holes are located around two opposite upper and lower ends of the first through holes.

Abstract: An electrical contact includes a compliant tail defining a pair of opposite first main face and second main face, and a pair of opposite first side face and second side face linked between the first main face and the second main face. The opposite first side face and second side face are bulged for engagement with an interior surface of the corresponding through hole. A pair of first through holes and a pair of second through holes extend through both the first main face and the second main face.

Abstract: An electrical contact of an electrical connector includes a mounting leg for being retained within a through hole of the printed circuit board wherein the mounting leg is tubular and is radially deformable to abut against an interior surface of the through hole. The mounting leg is radially thinned in thickness to confront the interior surface of the hole. The mounting leg is formed by rolling a metal plate with a C-shaped cross-section thereof. There are two thinned areas of the mounting leg, symmetrically located by two sides of the slit of the C-shaped cross-sectional configuration.