Patents Issued in May 8, 2014
  • Publication number: 20140125161
    Abstract: An electronics drive module is connected to the flange of a drive motor assembly. The module includes: a metal frame including a peripheral wall; and a metal floor. A power supply PCBA is located adjacent the upper surface of the metal floor, and a switching chip assembly is located adjacent the lower surface of the floor. The base plate of the switching chip assembly conducts heat into the floor and conducts heat into the mounting flange. An environmental seal is located between the lower edge of the frame and the sealing surface of the mounting flange and extending coextensively with the lower edge of the peripheral wall such that a sealing zone is defined within the peripheral wall of the frame and the first and second thermal interfaces are located within the sealing zone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2012
    Publication date: May 8, 2014
    Applicant: Rockwell Automation Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Shawn D. Cloran, Zoran Vrankovic, Corey J. Risty
  • Publication number: 20140125162
    Abstract: A cooling structure for a rotating electric machine includes a stator, a plurality of refrigerant supply ports, and a refrigerant supply passage. The stator includes a stator core, an insulating member, and a plurality of coils. Each of the plurality of coils includes a corner portion having an arc shape when viewed in a radial direction. The plurality of refrigerant supply ports are arranged at a distance from the plurality of coils in a rotational axis direction. Each of the plurality of refrigerant supply ports is arranged at a position opposite to the corner portion located at a vertically upper side, on both sides of an imaginary vertical plane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2013
    Publication date: May 8, 2014
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Tetsuhiro TSUCHIE
  • Publication number: 20140125163
    Abstract: A motor may include first housing installed with a stator and a rotor, and a second housing configured to form a refrigerant passage by being distanced from the first housing. When the second housing is coupled to the first housing, a first pipe is configured to introduce refrigerant into the refrigerant passage by communicating with the refrigerant passage, and a second pipe is configured to discharge the introduced refrigerant. A plurality of passage lugs are configured to be positioned at the refrigerant passage to flow the refrigerant in a zigzag manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2013
    Publication date: May 8, 2014
    Inventor: Hyun Soo YU
  • Publication number: 20140125164
    Abstract: A surface of a plate (102) having a predetermined thickness is used as a cooling surface (101). A pair of cooling medium entrance and exit (111, 112) are provided on one end surface (102a). First and second cooling medium flow paths (131, 132), a cooling medium branch path (121) communicating with the cooling medium entrance (111) and used for dividing cooling medium to flow into the cooling medium flow paths (131, 132), and a cooling medium merging path (122) at which the cooling media flowing from the exits of the cooling medium flow paths (131, 132) merge, are formed on a surface opposite to the cooling surface (101).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2011
    Publication date: May 8, 2014
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Yasushige Mukunoki, Takaharu Suzuki, Hidehito Yamauchi
  • Publication number: 20140125165
    Abstract: A cooling structure of a rotary electric machine (10) that includes a rotating shaft (16), a rotor (18), and a stator (20) that includes a coil end (22), includes a coolant passage (38) that is included in the rotating shaft (16) and through which coolant flows, and a squirt hole (42) that is included in the coolant passage (38). The squirt hole (42) is included in the coolant passage (38). An opening portion of the squirt hole (42) is positioned on an outer peripheral surface of the rotating shaft (16) and to an outside of the coil end (22) in the axial direction. The squirt hole (42) squirts the coolant such that the coolant is distributed to an inner peripheral surface (C1, C2) of the coil end (22) and an end surface (A1, A2) of the coil end (22) in the axial direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2012
    Publication date: May 8, 2014
    Applicants: AISIN AW CO., LTD., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tomohiko Miyamoto, Shuhei Matsusaka, Koji Kato
  • Publication number: 20140125166
    Abstract: The disclosure discloses a rotating electrical machine including a stator and a rotor that are arranged facing each other via a magnetic air gap, an output shaft that is coupled to the rotor and is rotatably arranged by at least one bearing, and a fan that is coupled to the output shaft. The fan includes a disc portion configured to cover an end portion of the stator in an axial direction, and a plurality of blade portions that is provided on the stator side of the disc portion so as to protrude towards the stator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Publication date: May 8, 2014
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA YASKAWA DENKI
    Inventors: Daisuke MIYAZAKI, Toshiyuki YAMAGISHI
  • Publication number: 20140125167
    Abstract: A permanent magnet motor, generator or the like that is constructed with a concentrated winding and edge form wound stator coils. This achieves less eddy current losses in the windings as well as a much higher power density than conventional techniques.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2012
    Publication date: May 8, 2014
    Applicant: LCDrives Corp.
    Inventors: Russel Hugh Marvin, Thomas R. Johnson
  • Publication number: 20140125168
    Abstract: A rotary electric machine including a brush used to supply a field current to a field winding of a rotor, a brush holder holding the brush, a power circuit portion connected to a heat sink having fins, and a case covering the power circuit portion and the brush holder. An air passage is provided between the brush holder and the fins of the heat sink, and an opening is provided to the case so as to cover component members of the brush holder in a shape conforming to an outer peripheral portion of the brush holder, from which cooling air is allowed to pass through the air passage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2011
    Publication date: May 8, 2014
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tatsuya Fukase, Masahiko Fujita, Dai Nakajima, Hitoshi Isoda, Naohide Maeda
  • Publication number: 20140125169
    Abstract: A terminal housing for a motor comprises a terminal connected to a coil of a stator via one portion thereof. A terminal housing main body includes an inserting hole formed therein and provides a chamber for receiving the other portion of the terminal. The terminal is inserted into the inserting hole, and a curved portion formed on a side of the chamber around the terminal inserting hole. The curved portion is curved to enable the terminal to be moved thereon.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2013
    Publication date: May 8, 2014
    Inventor: Yoon Hae Jang
  • Publication number: 20140125170
    Abstract: The present invention is a vibration-generating small-sized motor that comprises within an external housing case thereof a stator and a rotor, a commutation mechanism, a power supply terminal that connects electrically with an electrode or a power supply land of the electronic equipment, and a terminal-blade mount on which the power supply terminal is mounted, wherein the power supply terminal includes a pair of resilient terminal blades that are located on the terminal-blade mount provided at a face of the external housing case of the motor, facing each other and pressing together, and the electrode or the power supply land on the circuit board are clamped between the resilient terminal blades, whereby the vibration-generating small-sized motor can be electrically connected to the power supply of the electronic equipment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2013
    Publication date: May 8, 2014
    Applicant: NAMIKI SEIMITSU HOUSEKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hidehiro UCHIUMI, Toshio SUZUKI
  • Publication number: 20140125171
    Abstract: An apparatus for kinetic energy storage includes an electrical machine operable at least in one of motor mode and generator mode, and at least one energy recovery system for an intermediate storage of a produced kinetic energy and which converts the kinetic energy into an electrical energy, with, the at least one energy recovery system having at least one flywheel body formed as a rotor, and a stator and with at least one of the rotor and the stator being formed as at least one vacuum pump stage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2013
    Publication date: May 8, 2014
    Applicant: Pfeiffer Vacuum GmbH
    Inventors: Wolfgang Bremer, Armin Conrad
  • Publication number: 20140125172
    Abstract: A linear motor includes a stator module, a rotor module and an extension rod. The stator module includes a first stator unit and a second stator unit. The first stator unit includes an upper end cap including an upper holder member and an upper bobbin integrally extended from the upper holder member. The second stator unit includes a bottom end cap and a second winding. The bottom end cap includes a bottom holder member and a bottom bobbin connected to the bottom holder member and abutted against the upper bobbin. The rotor module is rotatably mounted in the stator module. The extension rod is linearly movably mounted in the stator module. The upper bobbin is integrally extended from the upper holder member. The fabrication of the linear motor is simple, ensuring a high level of precision.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2013
    Publication date: May 8, 2014
    Applicant: TRICORE CORPORATION
    Inventor: Ping-Ju HSIEH
  • Publication number: 20140125173
    Abstract: The rotating electric machine has a motor case, a stator, a winding wire, a wire extension, a rotor, a shaft, a first plate, a second plate, a control unit, and a tubular bush. The first plate seals a first end of the motor case and supports a first end of the shaft. The second plate seals a second end of the motor case, supports a second end of the shaft, and has a through-hole. The control unit is positioned on an opposite side of the second plate that is opposite to the motor case. The control unit is connected with the wire extension to control electricity supplied to the winding wire. The tubular bush is disposed inside the through-hole, or is disposed outside the through-hole between the winging wire and the second plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2013
    Publication date: May 8, 2014
    Applicant: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventor: Jirou HAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20140125174
    Abstract: An electric motor assembly that eliminates external component-to-component assembly seams between coupled packaging hardware that would inhibit the creation and maintenance of, for example, IP 66 and IP 67 seals while utilizing inexpensive existing motor shaft rear bearing supports and also creating additional internal electronic packaging space. The disclosure provides an assembly with a continuous (e.g., no interruptions or seams) surface area to support IP sealing of the entire packaging-to-package interface between a primary motor frame (e.g., housing) and externally attached secondary/ancillary electronic hardware.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2012
    Publication date: May 8, 2014
    Inventors: Edward F. Quade, Shawn Cloran, John S. Lindblom, Corey J. Risty
  • Publication number: 20140125175
    Abstract: There are provided a spindle motor and a hard disk drive including the same, the spindle motor includes: a shaft fixedly installed on a base member and including an upper thrust member provided in an upper portion thereof and protruded outwardly in a radial direction, a sleeve supported by fluid dynamic pressure so as to be rotatable with respect to the shaft, a hub extended from the sleeve outwardly in the radial direction, and a sealing cap mounted on the hub and extended to an upper portion of the upper thrust member so as to cover a space between the upper thrust member and the hub formed in the axial direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2013
    Publication date: May 8, 2014
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shin Young CHEONG, Jung Hwan Song, Satoru Sodeoka
  • Publication number: 20140125176
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for radial and axial hybrid bearings using gas sector(s) and magnetic sector(s) to increase bearing load capacity and stiffness, reduce bearing size and bearing span, and reduce cost comprises a stator and a rotor. An illustrative embodiment of a stator for use with a hybrid bearing may include one or more bearing pads positioned in a gas sector, and the stator may also include one or more magnetic sectors. The hybrid bearings may provide for the elimination of much of the magnetic bearing structure and associated power electronics using a pressurized gas/air bearing to react the bearing steady load while reserving the magnetic bearing and its controls to react dynamic loads and stabilize the bearing. In addition, the magnetic bearing controls for a hybrid bearing may be used to monitor bearing operating condition and provide communications of these conditions to the outside world.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2013
    Publication date: May 8, 2014
    Applicant: Waukesha Bearings Corporation
    Inventor: Michael K. Swann
  • Publication number: 20140125177
    Abstract: An attachment assembly for attaching a generator to a motor vehicle engine is provided. The assembly may include at least one engine attachment boss secured to the engine. The attachment assembly may further include a plurality of generator housing legs integrally formed with a generator housing. The assembly may further include a support dowel fitted, at a first end, within the bore located on the inner opposing side of one of the plurality of generator housing legs. The support dowel may be inserted, at a second end, into the bore of the at least one engine attachment boss, in order to couple the generator to the engine during assembly. This combination allows placement and fixation of the generator to the engine by a single operator without the need for an assembly assist device. A method for securing a generator to a motor vehicle engine is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2012
    Publication date: May 8, 2014
    Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventor: Brian D. Kaminski
  • Publication number: 20140125178
    Abstract: A magnetic electrical generator includes a rotational device that rotates a flywheel. The flywheel includes a plurality of magnetic elements that are arranged to alternate in polarity. The plurality of magnets is rotated in between a top and a bottom of at least one pole piece, which creates an alternating B field that is coupled to a pickup coil.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2012
    Publication date: May 8, 2014
    Inventor: Kenneth David Chase
  • Publication number: 20140125179
    Abstract: Rotor formed by groups of materials (4) that orientate the magnetic field and magnets (2) in spiral lines, with the two magnetic poles of each magnet (2) facing the stator (3). Close to a magnetic pole of the end of the group, the material (4) that orientates the magnetic field protrudes towards the stator (3). This configuration enables to vary the field of each magnetic pole of the rotor which is projected to the stator; in this way, one end of the group of magnets (2) concentrates a very close magnetic pole in order to interact with the stator (3) and the opposite magnetic pole moves away gradually in order to decrease the interaction with the stator (3). The application is for magnetic motors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2014
    Publication date: May 8, 2014
    Inventor: Ramon FREIXAS VILA
  • Publication number: 20140125180
    Abstract: The invention relates to an electric motor having a rotatably mounted rotor magnet and a stator enclosing the rotor magnet, said stator comprising at least three coil windings and a winding carrier, wherein coil axes of the at least three coil windings are disposed radially to an axis of rotation of the rotor magnet in various radial directions. The coil windings of the electric motor are designed so that a gap that is parallel to the axis of rotation of the rotor magnet extends between at least two adjacent coil windings, in which at least one media line extending in the longitudinal direction is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2012
    Publication date: May 8, 2014
    Inventors: Wolfgang Thaler, Mark Vohrer
  • Publication number: 20140125181
    Abstract: A magnetic field-modulated transverse flux multiphase permanent magnet motor consisting of a stator and a rotor. A number m of phase armature units are arranged in a row along the axial direction within a motor housing (1); each successive phase armature unit is offset in the circumferential direction by an electrical angle of 360°/m; the armature coil (2) is embedded within an annular cavity between the first to the third stator iron core tooth segments (3, 4, 5); the external circumferential surfaces of the first and the third rotor iron core tooth segments (6, 8) are respectively grooved in the axial direction with k/2 permanent magnet slots; the rotor permanent magnet slot on the first rotor iron core tooth segment (6) is axially offset from the rotor permanent magnet slot on the third rotor iron core tooth segment (8) by one-half the rotor tooth pitch; the direction of magnetization of the rotor permanent magnets (9) is identical.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2012
    Publication date: May 8, 2014
    Applicant: HARBIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Baoquan Kou, Dagang Xie, Jun Luo, Guolong Yang
  • Publication number: 20140125182
    Abstract: A rotor includes a rotor core having a plurality of pairs of magnet-receiving holes and a plurality of magnets respectively received in the magnet-receiving holes. Each pair of the magnet-receiving holes is arranged in a substantially V-shape that opens toward a stator side. The rotor core also has a plurality of q-axis core portions through which q-axis magnetic flux flows, a plurality of first magnetic flux barriers and a plurality of second magnetic flux barriers. Further, in the rotor core, the following dimensional relationships are satisfied: W2?W1; and W3?W1, where W1 is a width between centerlines L1 of the q-axis core portions and the corresponding first magnetic flux barriers, W2 is a width between the centerlines L1 and the corresponding second magnetic flux barriers, and W3 is a radial width between a radially inner surface of the rotor core and the second magnetic flux barriers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2013
    Publication date: May 8, 2014
    Applicant: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yuki TAKAHASHI
  • Publication number: 20140125183
    Abstract: A rotor includes a rotor core having a plurality of pairs of magnet-receiving holes and a plurality of magnets respectively received in the magnet-receiving holes. Each pair of the magnet-receiving holes is arranged in a substantially V-shape that opens toward a stator side. For each pair of the magnet-receiving holes, there are provided a pair of corresponding magnetic flux barriers and a corresponding center bridge. The corresponding magnetic flux barriers are formed so as to respectively extend radially inward from magnetic pole centerline-side ends of the pair of the magnet-receiving holes. The corresponding center bridge radially extends between the corresponding magnetic flux barriers to separate them from each other. The corresponding center bridge is configured to include a radially inner portion and a radially outer portion located radially outward of the radially inner portion. The radially inner portion has a greater circumferential width than the radially outer portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2013
    Publication date: May 8, 2014
    Applicant: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yuki TAKAHASHI
  • Publication number: 20140125184
    Abstract: A rotor includes a rotor core in which a plurality of magnet housing holes are arrayed in a circumferential direction and a plurality of magnets fixed and held in the magnet housing holes by a filler material. The rotor core includes: a q-axis core portion, an outer flux bather that is formed between the q-axis core portion and the magnet and is filled with the filler material; and a bridge portion formed between a stator-side core portion and the q-axis core portion. The bridge portion includes a large-width portion, a small-width portion and a medium-width portion that are sequentially disposed from the q-axis core portion side towards the stator-side core portion side in the circumferential direction. The large-width portion has the largest radial-direction width. The small-width portion has the smallest radial-direction width. The medium-width portion has a medium radial-direction width between the largest radial-direction width and the smallest radial-direction width.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2013
    Publication date: May 8, 2014
    Applicant: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yuki TAKAHASHI
  • Publication number: 20140125185
    Abstract: A stator includes a hollow cylindrical stator core and a stator coil. The stator core has a plurality of slots formed therein. The stator coil is provided in the slots of the stator core in a plurality of layers in a radial direction of the stator core, and includes a first winding and a second winding. The first winding extends around the stator core so as to be located at the (2n?1)th and 2nth layers of the stator coil, and has an end located at the 2nth layer, where n is a natural number. The second winding extends around the stator core so as to be located at the (2n+1)th and (2n+2)th layers of the stator coil, and has an end located at the (2n+1)th layer. The ends of the first and second windings, which are respectively located at the 2nth and (2n+1)th layers, are electrically connected to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2013
    Publication date: May 8, 2014
    Applicant: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hideaki SUZUKI, Masahiro SEGUCHI, Yuki TAKAHASHI
  • Publication number: 20140125186
    Abstract: In a stator having a stator core and three phase windings, slots are formed in the stator core. The phase winding are accommodated in layers, from one side to the other side in the corresponding slot along a radial direction of the stator core. The phase windings are arranged in a star-delta composite connection structure. The phase winding in each phase is comprised of conductors accommodated in a first slot and a second slot adjacently arranged in the stator core so that the conductor in the n-th layer is electrically connected to the conductor in the (n+1)-th layer, ascending order, per slot. Because each winding has the same length and no difference in electric potential occurs between the star connection and the delta connection, this structure suppress generation of operation noise and a circulating current through the stator core and prevents loss due to the circulating current.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2013
    Publication date: May 8, 2014
    Applicant: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuki TAKAHASHI, Masahiro SEGUCHI, Hideaki SUZUKI
  • Publication number: 20140125187
    Abstract: In a stator having a stator core and phase windings, slots are formed in the stator core and each slot accommodates conductors in a layer structure from one end to the other end of the slot in a radial direction of the stator core. The phase windings in one phase have conductors accommodated in a first slot and a second slot which are adjacently formed in the stator core. An electrical connection between the conductors in a n-th layer and the conductors in a (n+1)-th layer includes that the conductors accommodated in the first slot are electrically connected together, the conductors accommodated in the second slot are electrically connected together, and the conductors accommodated in the first slot are electrically connected with the conductors accommodated in the second slot. This connection eliminates a phase difference in the first slot and the second slot in a distributed winding structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2013
    Publication date: May 8, 2014
    Applicant: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hideaki SUZUKI, Masahiro SEGUCHI, Yuki TAKAHASHI, Shinsuke SUGIURA
  • Publication number: 20140125188
    Abstract: A permanent magnet motor, generator or the like that is constructed with a concentrated winding using a separate tooth. This tooth is preloaded in such a way to achieve high structural rigidity and good magnetic performance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2012
    Publication date: May 8, 2014
    Applicant: LC Drives Corp.
    Inventors: Russel Hugh Marvin, Thomas R. Johnson
  • Publication number: 20140125189
    Abstract: An electric motor or generator machine is provided. The machine includes a rotor rotatable about an axis, as well as a stator. The stator includes a stator core and wiring wound around the stator core. The stator core includes a plurality of arcuately spaced apart alternating primary teeth and secondary teeth, such that each secondary tooth is spaced between a corresponding pair of primary teeth. The wiring is wound about the primary teeth to form a plurality of coils. The plurality of coils includes an A-phase coil, a B-phase coil, and a C-phase coil. Each of the primary teeth includes a generally radially extending primary arm and a generally arcuately extending primary crown. Each of the primary crowns spans one hundred sixty (160) to two hundred (200) electrical degrees.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2013
    Publication date: May 8, 2014
    Applicant: NIDEC MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventor: Keith I. Hoemann
  • Publication number: 20140125190
    Abstract: A stator for an electric motor has a stator core, a winding and a housing enclosing the stator core and winding. The stator core has a yoke and a plurality of poles extending inwardly from the yoke. The winding formed by coils wound about the poles of the stator core. The housing grips the stator core and has at least one inwardly deformed portion that retains the stator core in the housing and prevents rotational movement of the stator core relative to the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2014
    Publication date: May 8, 2014
    Applicant: SAIA-BURGESS MURTEN AG
    Inventors: Yvan BOURQUI, Miha FURLAN, Michael WATZEK, David ZIMMERMANN
  • Publication number: 20140125191
    Abstract: A stepper motor has electromagnetically driven stator segments facing corresponding rotor segments. In order to reduce vibration of the stator segments, motor body end caps are provided with a stepped annular rim along an inside diameter of a centering sleeve. The stepped rim bears against each axial end of the stator segments, with a radial dimension and an axial dimension bracketing a stator segment end in place.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2012
    Publication date: May 8, 2014
    Applicant: LIN ENGINEERING
    Inventor: Ted T. Lin
  • Publication number: 20140125192
    Abstract: A rotor end-bell (2) for an electric generator, the rotor end-bell (2) being made at least in part of fiber-reinforced plastic. A rotor (1) and an electric generator (T) have at least one such rotor end-bell (2). The end-bell can be advantageously used in high-speed turbo generators.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2012
    Publication date: May 8, 2014
    Inventors: Peter Gröppel, Steffen Lang, Claus Rohr
  • Publication number: 20140125193
    Abstract: A sensor assembly including one or more capacitive micromachined ultrasonic transducer (CMUT) microarray modules which are provided with a number of individual transducers. The microarray modules are arranged to simulate or orient individual transducers in a hyperbolic paraboloid geometry. The transducers/sensor are arranged in a rectangular or square matrix and are activatable individually, selectively or collectively to emit and received reflected beam signals at a frequency of between about 100 to 170 kHz.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Publication date: May 8, 2014
    Applicant: UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR
    Inventor: Sazzadur CHOWDHURY
  • Publication number: 20140125194
    Abstract: A multilayer ceramic electronic component includes: a ceramic body including dielectric layers; an oxide film formed on one surface of the ceramic body; first and second external electrodes formed on both sides of the oxide film on one surface of the ceramic body; a first internal electrode formed on the dielectric layer and including a first electrode lead-out portion exposed to the first external electrode and a first insulating lead-out portion exposed to the oxide film and having a composite-metal-oxide region formed in an exposed edge portion thereof; a second internal electrode facing the first internal electrode, having the dielectric layer interposed therebetween, and including a second electrode lead-out portion exposed to the second external electrode and a second insulating lead-out portion exposed to the oxide film, having a composite-metal-oxide region formed in an exposed edge portion thereof, and overlapped with the first insulating lead-out portion to form additional capacitance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2012
    Publication date: May 8, 2014
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jong Ho LEE, Jae Yeol CHOI, Doo Young KIM, Hang Kyu CHO, Eung Soo KIM, Byung Woo HAN
  • Publication number: 20140125195
    Abstract: A ceramic electronic component includes a ceramic base body and first and second outer electrodes. The ceramic base body includes first and second primary surfaces, first and second side surfaces, and first and second end surfaces. The first and second outer electrodes are arranged on the ceramic base body so that front end portions of the outer electrodes face each other. The first and the second outer electrodes include outermost layers each containing Cu. Outermost layers of the facing front end portions of the first and the second outer electrodes are more oxidized than outermost layers of the other portions of the first and the second outer electrodes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2013
    Publication date: May 8, 2014
    Applicant: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Akira ISHIZUKA, Yasuhiro NISHISAKA
  • Publication number: 20140125196
    Abstract: Water-responsive composite materials are provided containing a polymeric matrix and a water-responsive gel integrated into the polymeric matrix. The water-responsive gel can include a polyol or an alkoxylated polyol crosslinked by reversibly hydrolysable bonds, such as borate ester bonds. The polymeric matrix can include conjugated polymers such as poly(pyrrole) containing polymers. The composite material is capable of rapid actuation in the presence of a water gradient and can exhibit power densities greater than 1 W/kg. Methods of making water-responsive composite materials are provided, including by electropolymerization. Devices containing water-responsive composite materials are provided for sensing, locomotion, and power generation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2013
    Publication date: May 8, 2014
    Applicant: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Mingming Ma, Liang Guo, Daniel G. Anderson, Omid C. Farokhzad, Robert S. Langer
  • Publication number: 20140125197
    Abstract: An elastic wave device includes a piezoelectric substrate, a comb-shaped electrode above an upper surface of the piezoelectric substrate, a wiring connected to the comb-shaped electrode, an element cover above the upper surface of the piezoelectric substrate for covering the comb-shaped electrode across a space, a first electrode above an upper surface of the element cover, a sealing resin above the upper surface of the piezoelectric substrate for covering the element cover and the first electrode, a terminal electrode above an upper surface of the sealing resin, and a second electrode passing through the sealing resin for electrically connecting the first electrode with the terminal electrode. The first and second electrodes are made of films produced by electro-plating. The diameter of plating particles of the first electrode may be larger than that of plating particles of the second electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2013
    Publication date: May 8, 2014
    Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomohiro Fujita, Kenichi Matsushima
  • Publication number: 20140125198
    Abstract: A semiconductor device comprises a semiconductor wafer; a piezoelectric resonator formed on the wafer, and an active circuit also formed on the wafer. The active circuit (e.g., a frequency divider) is electrically connected to the piezoelectric resonator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2012
    Publication date: May 8, 2014
    Applicant: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Stuart M. JACOBSEN, Sridhar RAMASWAMY, William Robert KRENIK
  • Publication number: 20140125199
    Abstract: A piezoelectric element that can decrease the output voltage for detection relative to the input voltage for driving without requiring a step-down circuit between a detection phase electrode and a phase comparator and an oscillatory wave motor including the piezoelectric element are provided. A piezoelectric element includes a piezoelectric material having a first surface and a second surface, a common electrode disposed on the first surface, and a drive phase electrode and a detection phase electrode disposed on the second surface. An absolute value d(1) of a piezoelectric constant of the piezoelectric material in a portion (1) sandwiched between the drive phase electrode and the common electrode and an absolute value d(2) of a piezoelectric constant of the piezoelectric material in a portion (2) sandwiched between the detection phase electrode and the common electrode satisfy d(2)<d(1). An oscillatory wave motor includes this piezoelectric element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2012
    Publication date: May 8, 2014
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tatsuo Furuta, Hiroshi Saito, Makoto Kubota, Kenichi Akashi
  • Publication number: 20140125200
    Abstract: A vibration wave actuator includes a vibrator, a driven element, and a magnet. The vibrator has at least an electro-mechanical energy conversion element and an elastic body to which the electro-mechanical energy conversion element is joined, the elastic body including a contact portion. The driven element is in pressure contact with the contact portion of the vibrator, and includes a magnetic substance. The magnet is arranged such that the vibrator is placed between the driven element and the magnet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2014
    Publication date: May 8, 2014
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yuki Oda, Nobuyuki Kojima
  • Publication number: 20140125201
    Abstract: A micro-electrical-mechanical systems (MEMS) device includes a substrate, one or more anchors formed on a first surface of the substrate, and a piezoelectric layer suspended over the first surface of the substrate by the one or more anchors. A first electrode may be provided on a first surface of the piezoelectric layer facing the first surface of the substrate, such that the first electrode is in contact with a first bimorph layer of the piezoelectric layer. A second electrode may be provided on a second surface of the piezoelectric layer opposite the first surface, such that the second electrode is in contact with a second bimorph layer of the piezoelectric layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2013
    Publication date: May 8, 2014
    Applicant: RF Micro Devices, Inc.
    Inventor: Kushal Bhattacharjee
  • Publication number: 20140125202
    Abstract: A bulk acoustic wave (BAW) resonator, comprises: a first electrode; a second electrode comprising a plurality of sides. At least one of the sides comprises a cantilevered portion. The bulk acoustic wave (BAW) resonator also comprises a piezoelectric layer disposed between the first and second electrodes. The piezoelectric layer comprises a piezoelectric material doped with a plurality of rare earth elements, and the cantilevered portion extends above the piezoelectric layer. The bulk acoustic wave (BAW) resonator comprises a gap between the cantilevered portion and the piezoelectric layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2013
    Publication date: May 8, 2014
    Applicant: Avago Technologies General IP (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: John Choy, Chris Feng, Phil Nikkel, Kevin Grannen, Kristina Lamers
  • Publication number: 20140125203
    Abstract: A bulk acoustic wave (BAW) resonator, comprises: a first electrode; a second electrode comprising a plurality of sides. At least one of the sides comprises a cantilevered portion. The bulk acoustic wave (BAW) resonator also comprises a piezoelectric layer disposed between the first and second electrodes. The piezoelectric layer comprises a piezoelectric material doped with a plurality of rare earth elements, and the cantilevered portion extends above the piezoelectric layer. The bulk acoustic wave (BAW) resonator comprises a gap between the cantilevered portion and the piezoelectric layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2013
    Publication date: May 8, 2014
    Applicant: Avago Technologies General IP (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: John Choy, Chris Feng, Phil Nikkel, Kevin Grannen
  • Publication number: 20140125204
    Abstract: Provided is an oriented piezoelectric material with satisfactory sintering property free of Pb that is a hazardous substance, and a water-soluble alkaline ion, and a production method therefor. To this end, provided is a compound, including a tungsten bronze structure metal oxide, in which: the tungsten bronze structure metal oxide contains at least metal elements of Ba, Bi, Ca, and Nb, the metal elements satisfying the following conditions in terms of molar ratio; and has a C-axis orientation. The compound shows Ba/Nb=a: 0.363<a<0.399, Bi/Nb=b: 0.0110<b<0.0650, and Ca/Nb=c: 0.005<c<0.105. The tungsten bronze structure metal oxide preferably includes (1-x)·Ca1.4Ba3.6Nb10O30-x·Ba4Bi0.67Nb10O30 (0.30?x?0.95).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2014
    Publication date: May 8, 2014
    Applicants: UNIVERSITY OF YAMANASHI, CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takanori Matsuda, Takayuki Watanabe, Hiroshi Saito, Nobuhiro Kumada
  • Publication number: 20140125205
    Abstract: A wheel hub motor arrangement for propelling a vehicle and a method for manufacturing the same are provided. The arrangement includes an axle, a rotatable wheel hub supported by at least one bearing to a hub support of the axle, an electric machine including a rotor member and a stator member, and a transmission mechanism for transferring motive power from the electric machine to the wheel hub. The stator member of the electric machine is arranged to an electric machine support of the axle, which electric machine support is arranged axially outside the hub support, and the transmission mechanism includes a member which at least partly encapsulates the electric machine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2011
    Publication date: May 8, 2014
    Applicant: VOLVO LASTVAGNAR AB
    Inventors: Per Landfors, Filip Unfors
  • Publication number: 20140125206
    Abstract: An apparatus, brush holder and system are provided. The apparatus includes a main body configured for attachment to a brush holder, and a proximity sensor on the main body. The proximity sensor is configured for detecting the presence of a brush located at least partially inside the brush holder. The apparatus is configured to transmit a wireless signal to a remote location, and the wireless signal is transformable into an indication of a remaining life of the brush.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2012
    Publication date: May 8, 2014
    Applicant: General Electric Company
    Inventors: William Earl Fish, Albert Eugene Steinbach
  • Publication number: 20140125207
    Abstract: A motor includes a rotation shaft having a first recessed portion. The first recess portion includes a bottom surface and a wall surface and a second recessed portion formed in the bottom surface. A rotor having a first magnet surrounds the rotation shaft and rotates together with the rotation shaft. A detector includes a second magnet mounted in the first recessed portion and detects rotation of the rotor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2013
    Publication date: May 8, 2014
    Inventor: Goon Chul Kim
  • Publication number: 20140125208
    Abstract: A motor rotor structure for an electric turbo charger is manufactured at low cost with good quality by fixedly fitting, over a shaft, a rotor core having electromagnetic steel sheets pre-formed as an integrated stack. The rotor structure includes a rotor core which is rotated by a magnetic field formed by a stator in a housing; a shaft configured to rotate a compressor impeller and the rotor core together; and a bearing supporting the shaft. The rotor includes the rotor core including the electromagnetic steel sheets; a stopper portion formed at an intermediate portion of the shaft to restrict axial movement of the rotor core; and a pressing unit which presses the rotor core fitted over the shaft against the stopper portion. The pressing unit prevents a circumferential phase shift between the shaft and the rotor core by a pressing force thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2012
    Publication date: May 8, 2014
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Yukio Yamashita, Noriyuki Hayashi, Seiichi Ibaraki, Katsuyuki Osako, Motoki Ebisu, Byeongil An, Hiroshi Suzuki, Hideaki Arita, Takashi Goto, Toshihiko Miyake
  • Publication number: 20140125209
    Abstract: A drawer for receiving components may include a caddy tray and at least one caddy. The caddy tray may include a substantially planar caddy tray bottom defining a caddy tray depth and a caddy tray width. The at least one caddy may be mechanically coupled to the caddy tray via a hinge mechanically coupled to the caddy tray bottom such that the caddy pivots relative to the caddy tray about the hinge, the hinge having an axis generally parallel to the caddy tray depth, the at least one caddy having a plurality of bays, each bay having one or more structural components for receiving a modular information handling resource and configured such that the bay is accessed for insertion or removal of the modular information handling resource when the at least one caddy is pivoted from a closed position to an open position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2012
    Publication date: May 8, 2014
    Applicant: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Lawrence A. Kyle, Scott E. Johnson
  • Publication number: 20140125210
    Abstract: Provided is a laundry treatment machine which may include at least one hinge that supports a lid on a main body. The hinge may include a hinge housing, an elastic member disposed inside the hinge housing, and a pair of cams disposed in the housing to move in linkage with the lid and the elastic member. The cams may include contact surfaces that are inclined relative to each other in an axial direction of the cams, and when a contact surface of one of the cams slides along a contact surface of the other cam, a distance between the pair of cams may be changed to deform the elastic member. The contact surface of at least one of the cams may be divided into at least three sections by a prescribed angular range along the circumferential direction, each of the three sections having a separate contact surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2013
    Publication date: May 8, 2014
    Inventors: Youngbae PARK, Yongjun An