Patents Issued in July 24, 2018
  • Patent number: 10033203
    Abstract: An apparatus for charging at least one portable electrical mobile device includes an outer housing body using a pair of cord-penetrating electrical contacts in an elongated channel defining an elongated open passageway between opposite ends of the outer housing body to electrically couple with and draws electrical current from an electrical power-supply cord of a hosting electrical device and transfer the electrical current to an electrical port on the outer housing body in order to connect at least one portable electronic device to the electrical port to operate or recharge internal rechargeable batteries of the device. The charging apparatus provides adaptability to connect to electrical current without needing an available electrical socket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Inventor: James Frederick Snyder, Jr.
  • Patent number: 10033204
    Abstract: A charging device can include an input interface for receiving electrical power from a power source and an output interface for outputting electrical power to a mobile electronic device. The charging device can include a supplemental battery. A bypass electrical pathway can couple the input interface to the output interface to pass electrical charge from the power supply through the charging device to the mobile electronic device. A charging electrical pathway can couple the input interface to the supplemental battery. A discharge electrical pathway can couple the supplemental battery to the output interface. The bypass electrical pathway can include a voltage modifier configured to modify the voltage output by the output interface. The charging device can be configured to empirically determine the power capacity of the power supply. The charging device can monitor temperatures and/or battery health information, which can be used to reduce current or disable the charging device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: mophie, Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel Huang, Vannin Gale, Kerloss Sadek
  • Patent number: 10033205
    Abstract: For preventing overcurrent discharge, a protection method, a power supply apparatus, and an electronic device are disclosed. The power supply apparatus may include a power supply module and a protection circuit coupled to the power supply module and an electrical terminal. The protection circuit may include a controller that directs power from the power supply module to the electrical terminal, wherein the controller stops a current flow from the power supply module to the electrical terminal in response to a voltage detected by the controller being higher than a threshold voltage based on a temperature of the protection circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: Lenovo (Beijing) Limited
    Inventor: Xianxi Li
  • Patent number: 10033206
    Abstract: An overcharge protection circuit may include a battery, a battery management system (BMS) having an overcharge sensing unit for detecting cell voltage of the battery, comparing the cell voltage with a preset overcharge voltage, and then generating either a signal indicative of normal connection of the battery or an overcharge signal depending on a result of the comparison and a switch control unit for generating a control signal depending on a result of comparing a hold-up time of the overcharge signal with a preset hold-up time of the overcharge signal, and a switch for connecting or blocking a power source for supplying charging power to the battery in response to the control signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Ho-Young Lee
  • Patent number: 10033207
    Abstract: A mobile device charging station(s) for charging one or more mobile devices, including a substantially planar member having an upper end and a lower end; a channel disposed substantially at the lower end of the planar member; an electronic circuit for charging the one or more mobile devices; and one or more cables having a first end in electrical communication with the electronic circuit and a second end extending through the planar member and terminating substantially proximal to the channel for connecting with the one or more mobile devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: JPM NETWORKS LLC
    Inventors: Joseph Augustine Mecca, Paul Martin Mecca
  • Patent number: 10033208
    Abstract: A controlled battery includes a housing shaped in order to fit inside a battery compartment of an electrical device. The housing includes mechanical connectors on an exterior surface of the housing, adapted to couple to conventional battery electrical terminals of the electrical device. The controlled battery further includes an energy storage, such as a battery, inside the housing which stores energy and a voltage regulator which delivers a voltage to the mechanical connectors of the controlled battery from the energy storage, the voltage configured to be a consistent output voltage that does not deviate from a characteristic output voltage of the controlled battery until the energy storage is substantially depleted of energy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: Roost, Inc.
    Inventors: James Blackwell, Roel Peeters
  • Patent number: 10033209
    Abstract: Portable electronic equipment which prevents an unwanted decrease in capacity of an internal battery of an external device, such as a smartphone, by cutting off feeding as necessary when connected to the external device, such as the smartphone, through a USB. The portable electronic equipment has a USB connector for connection with the external device, a feeding switch for turning on or off feeding to the secondary battery through a VBUS line, and a CPU. The CPU subjects the feeding switch to ON-control at all times or OFF-control at all times, or displays a selection menu for selecting feeding or unfeeding when the external device is connected to the USB connector. When a user selects feeding, the feeding switch undergoes ON-control. When the user selects unfeeding, the feeding switch undergoes OFF-control.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: TEAC Corporation
    Inventors: Mikio Nakayama, Takayuki Honda, Kunihiro Oribe
  • Patent number: 10033210
    Abstract: A power supply is described herein which provides power to a load, such as a load including one or more computing devices. The power supply uses a slow-response power source (such as a fuel-driven mechanism) to handle a slow-moving component of the demand level presented by the load, and uses a fast-response power source (such as a battery or a capacitor, etc.) to handle a fast-moving component of the demand level. By virtue of this approach, the power supply can manage the load level as it appears to the slow-response power source, allowing, in turn, the slow-response power source to service even fast-changing loads—a task which it could not otherwise perform due to its native limitations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: Micrsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Eric C. Peterson, Shaun L. Harris, Sean M. James, John J. Siegler, Jie Liu, Aman Kansal
  • Patent number: 10033211
    Abstract: A multilevel converter has a central device for controlling operations and a plurality of series-connected sub modules that each has a first switch, a second switch, and a capacitor. At least two of the sub modules form a multi module, wherein, in charging phases and in discharging phases of the multi module, one of the switches of each sub module is switched off and the other switch of each sub module is switched on. The multi module has a control device that is connected to the central device and undertakes control of the sub modules of the multi module on the basis of control signals from the central device. The control device is configured such that it monitors the capacitor voltages of the sub modules and, in the event of an imbalance in the capacitor voltages, brings about balancing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Hans-Günter Eckel
  • Patent number: 10033212
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention are directed to improved battery packaging designs. The battery pack design may include a battery cell, a plurality of transistors, and a controller. The transistors may be coupled to the terminals of the battery cell in an H-bridge configuration. The controller may control the transistors to bypass the battery cell based on the current flowing between the output terminals of the battery pack. In such a manner, the controller may prevent damage to the battery cell and improve the overall safety of the battery pack in hazardous conditions. Moreover, the design may allow for more efficient charging/discharging of the cells that are most ready to accept/supply current.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: Analog Devices, Inc.
    Inventors: James C. Camp, Thomas M. MacLeod
  • Patent number: 10033213
    Abstract: The present disclosure includes an automotive battery system including a first battery that couples to an electrical system. Additionally, the first battery includes a first battery chemistry. Further, the automotive battery system includes a second battery coupled in parallel with the first battery and couples to the electrical system. Furthermore, the automotive battery system includes a first switch coupled to a positive terminal of the second battery, which electrically couples or decouples the second battery to or from the electrical system. Moreover, the automotive battery system includes a battery control unit that detects a short circuit condition of the first battery, the second battery, or both and decouples the second battery from the electrical system by opening the first switch upon detecting the short circuit condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: Johnson Controls Technology Company
    Inventor: Ronald J. Dulle
  • Patent number: 10033214
    Abstract: Acquisition unit 184 acquires an adjustment period in which power supply and demand is adjusted, and adjustment power which is power to be adjusted in the adjustment period. Adjustment target determining unit 185 requests an adjustment target storage battery to be charged or discharged at a predetermined electricity rate in the adjustment period and determines, based on the adjustment power, adjustment target storage batteries from among the storage batteries that have responded to the request. In the adjustment period, control unit 186 causes the adjustment target storage batteries to charge or discharge electricity at the predetermined electricity rate and causes a non-adjusted storage battery that is different from the adjustment target storage battery to charge or discharge electricity at an electricity rate different from the predetermined electricity rate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Hitoshi Yano, Ryo Hashimoto, Hisato Sakuma, Koji Kudo, Eisuke Saneyoshi, Takahiro Toizumi
  • Patent number: 10033215
    Abstract: Provided is a method of updating a control program for controlling a storage battery system, the method capable of suppressing inconveniences that may occur due to the forcible stop of charging or discharging being performed by the storage battery system. In order to solve the problem, there is provided a storage battery system (10) including a storage battery unit (11) that performs power charging and discharging, the storage battery system (10) determining whether the storage battery unit (11) is in a discharging state and determining a timing at which an update program for updating a control program for controlling the storage battery system (10) is executed, on the basis of the determination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: NEC Corporation
    Inventor: Yuichiro Fukubayashi
  • Patent number: 10033216
    Abstract: An initial charging method for a lithium-ion battery according to this embodiment includes preparing a cell having a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and an electrolyte and charging the cell by using voltages based on the amount of change in a capacity of the cell per unit voltage as a specified voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tomohide Sumi, Yoshio Matsuyama, Yosuke Shimura
  • Patent number: 10033217
    Abstract: A wireless power receiver device includes a sheet-like electrode sheet section and a power receiver section. The electrode sheet section includes a power receiver side active electrode and a power receiver side passive electrode that are substantially coplanar and formed into sheet-like shapes; lead lines that are coplanar with both the electrodes, extended from the respective electrodes, and formed into sheet-like shapes; and an insulation sheet that covers both the electrodes and both the lead lines from both sides thereof. The power receiver section includes a step-down unit that steps down an alternating-current voltage induced between end portions of the lead lines; a power receiver module that rectifies and smoothes the alternating-current voltage that is stepped down by the step-down unit; and a connector for outputting an output voltage of the power receiver module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shinji Goma, Kazuya Kato, Tsutomu Ieki
  • Patent number: 10033218
    Abstract: A non-contact charger includes a position detector, a determination unit, a primary coil, a coil moving unit, and a controller. The position detector detects placement of an electronic device, which incorporates a secondary coil, onto a top plate of the non-contact charger. The determination unit determines whether the electronic device is placed onto the top plate of the non-contact charger from a lateral direction. When the determination unit determines that the electronic device is placed onto the top plate from the lateral direction, the controller instructs the coil moving unit to wait for a predetermined period of time in moving the primary coil. After the waiting for the predetermined period of time to delay the movement of the primary coil, the controller moves the primary coil toward a position of the secondary coil of the electronic device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hirokazu Kanahara, Shigenori Hiruta, Toshihiro Kojima, Masayuki Yamazaki
  • Patent number: 10033219
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an energy supply device for providing an output voltage and an output current. The device includes a first operating state, a second operating state, a measuring assembly, and a signal generator. The measuring assembly is configured to sense a current amplitude of the output current of the energy supply device. The signal generator is configured to produce the output voltage and the output current. The signal generator is further configured to reduce a voltage amplitude of the output voltage of the energy supply device in the first operating state to change to the second operating state if the sensed current amplitude falls below a first current threshold value and to increase a voltage amplitude of the output voltage of the energy supply device in the second operating to change to the first operating state if the sensed current amplitude exceeds a second current threshold value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: Phoenix Contact GmbH Co. KG
    Inventors: Jochen Zeuch, Hartmut Henkel
  • Patent number: 10033220
    Abstract: A high-voltage energy storage system (ESS) device is coupled to a feed from a utility power source to a transformer that steps down high-voltage power and feeds one or more loads in a data center. The high-voltage ESS device can store electrical power from the utility power source and discharge stored electrical power. An energy control system monitors waveforms associated with utility power sources and determines whether a waveform indicates a potential loss of electrical power. The energy control system also monitors costs of receiving electrical power from utility power sources and determines whether the costs associated with receiving utility power from particular utility power sources exceed one or more thresholds. The energy control system can command a switching device assembly to selectively route high-voltage power from a utility power source or from the high-voltage ESS device to the transformer based on a waveform determination or a cost reduction determination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Huyen Van Nguyen
  • Patent number: 10033221
    Abstract: A system and method for establishing communication between a controller and a plurality of inverters comprises determining a response time window length and broadcasting a response request to the array of inverters that includes the response time window length. Each inverter, in response to receiving the response requests, transmits a response to the controller at a randomly determined response time within the response time window. In response to receiving an acknowledgement from the controller, the responding inverter may ignore subsequent response requests. The controller may adjust the response time window and broadcasts the new response time window until no inverter response is received for a pre-determined number of response time windows.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: SunPower Corporation
    Inventors: Edward Krohne, Brian T. Kuhn
  • Patent number: 10033222
    Abstract: Embodiments disclosed herein may generate and transmit power waves that, as result of their physical waveform characteristics (e.g., frequency, amplitude, phase, gain, direction), converge at a predetermined location in a transmission field to generate a pocket of energy. Receivers associated with an electronic device being powered by the wireless charging system, may extract energy from these pockets of energy and then convert that energy into usable electric power for the electronic device associated with a receiver. The pockets of energy may manifest as a three-dimensional field (e.g., transmission field) where energy may be harvested by a receiver positioned within or nearby the pocket of energy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: ENERGOUS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Michael A. Leabman
  • Patent number: 10033223
    Abstract: An inductive power transfer system is arranged to transfer power from a power transmitter (101) to a power receiver (103) via a wireless power signal. The system supports communication from the power transmitter (101) to the power receiver (105) based on load modulation of the power signal. The power receiver (105) transmitting (507) a first message to the power transmitter (101) which comprises a standby power signal requirement for the power signal during a standby phase. The power transmitter (101) receives (507) the message, and when the system enters the standby phase, the power transmitter (101) provides the power signal in accordance with the standby power signal requirement during. A power receiver configurable standby phase is provided which may for example allow devices to maintain battery charge or to provide fast initialization of the power transfer phase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
    Inventors: Andries Van Wageningen, Laurens Henricus Swaans
  • Patent number: 10033224
    Abstract: Disclosed are a wireless power transmitter and a power transmission method thereof. The wireless power transmitter includes a plurality of transmission resonance units, a detection power applying unit applying detection power to the transmission resonance units to detect a location of the wireless power receiver, and a current measuring unit measuring current generating from a transmission coil unit of the wireless power transmitter based on the applied detection power. The wireless power transmitter transmits the power through at least one transmitting resonance unit corresponding to the location of the wireless power receiver based on the measured current.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Su Ho Bae, Ki Min Lee
  • Patent number: 10033225
    Abstract: A wireless electric field power transmission system comprises a transmitter comprising a transmit resonator and a transmit capacitive balun, and at least one receiver comprising a receive resonator and a receive capacitive balun. The transmit capacitive balun is configured to transfer power to the transmitter resonator, the transmit resonator is configured to transfer the power to the receive resonator, and the receive resonator is configured to extract the power to the receive capacitive balun via electric field coupling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: SOLACE POWER INC.
    Inventors: Nagesh Polu, Michael Royle
  • Patent number: 10033226
    Abstract: This invention describes a method and apparatus for providing wireless power. The methods and systems disclosed consist of a first coil having at least one loop forming an inner area inside boundaries of the at least one loop and an outer area outside the boundaries of the at least one loop, the first coil configured to generate a first alternating magnetic field for charging or powering a wireless power device, the first alternating magnetic field having a first magnetic field component with a first phase in the inner area, the first alternating magnetic field also having a second magnetic field component with a second phase in the outer area, and the second phase different from the first phase. In some aspects, the methods and systems comprise a second coil comprising a portion within the outer area, the second coil configured to reduce a magnitude of the second magnetic field component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Mark White, II, Seong Heon Jeong, William Henry Von Novak, III
  • Patent number: 10033227
    Abstract: Disclosed is a resonant type transmission power supply device including a transmission power state detecting circuit 11 to detect a transmission power state of a transmission antenna 2, a foreign object detecting circuit 124 to detect the presence or absence of a foreign object in an electromagnetic field generated from the transmission antenna 2 on the basis of a detection result acquired by the transmission power state detecting circuit 11, and a power control circuit 125 to reduce or stop the supply of electric power to the transmission antenna 2 when foreign object is detected by the foreign object detecting circuit 124.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Engineering Company, Limited
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki Akuzawa, Kiyohide Sakai, Toshihiro Ezoe, Yuki Ito
  • Patent number: 10033228
    Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for performing wireless charging are disclosed. One of the disclosed apparatuses is a wireless power transmitter which can receive charging power from a wireless power transmitter. When the wireless power transmitter detects a transition from a Stand Alone (SA) mode to a Non Stand Alone (NSA) mode, it generates a message that includes address information used to re-connect with the wireless power transmitter and transmits the message to the wireless power transmitter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Kyung-Woo Lee, Kang-Ho Byun, Ho-Seong Lee, Hee-Won Jung
  • Patent number: 10033229
    Abstract: In a power transmission apparatus which transmits power from a power transmission device to a power reception device in a noncontact manner, the power transmission device includes a first main body supporting the power reception device on adjacent first and second surfaces, and a power transmission coil formed by planar coils which are respectively symmetrically disposed on the first and second surfaces with respect to an intersection between the first and second surfaces inside the first main body, and includes an extension region in which an occupation area of the coils gradually increases while becoming distant from a part close to the intersection. The power reception device includes a second main body that includes third and fourth surfaces which respectively face the first and second surfaces, and a power reception coil disposed in the second main body so as to correspond to the third and fourth surfaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masahiro Kanagawa, Masakazu Kato
  • Patent number: 10033230
    Abstract: Techniques for proximity sensing in a wireless power transmitter in a system, method, and apparatus are described herein. For example, an apparatus may include a transmitter coil configured to generate a magnetic field. The apparatus may also include a controller configured to reduce a strength of the magnetic field based on a proximity detection of an object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Suraj Sindia, Songnan Yang, Zhen Yao, John M. Roman, Robert Paxman
  • Patent number: 10033231
    Abstract: A retrofittable wireless power receiver is disclosed for providing inductive power reception functionality to at least one host device. The retrofittable wireless power receiver comprises a support platform, a secondary inductor operable to couple inductively with a primary inductor associated with a wireless power transmitter; a power reception circuit operable to control inductive power transfer from the primary inductor to the host device, a synchrorectifier, and a near field communication antenna. The retrofittable wireless power receiver further comprises an array of electrical contacts that comprises a VOUT and GND pair of terminals wired to the sychrorectifier, a DISABLE terminal wired to the power reception circuit and configured to disable power transfer, and a pair of data contacts wired to the near field communication antenna.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: POWERMAT TECHNOLOGIES LTD.
    Inventors: Yoel Raab, Moshe Raines, Charle Hamisha, Itai Sherman, Rotem Shraga, Arye Nudelman, Ilan Braha, Charlie Ozana
  • Patent number: 10033232
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to a method for manufacturing a laminate used for manufacturing a laminated core including a circumferential yoke part and a plurality of magnetic pole parts radially extending from the yoke part. This method includes: feeding a metal sheet drawn from a roll thereof to a progressive die; stamping out a plurality of workpieces from the metal sheet in the progressive die, wherein each of the workpiece comprises a temporarily-interlocking portion between adjacent magnetic pole portions; and stacking the workpieces to integrate these workpieces together by the temporarily-interlocking portion to obtain the laminate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignees: Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Mitsui High-tec, Inc.
    Inventors: Yukio Matsunaga, Hisatomo Ishimatsu, Yusuke Hasuo, Masahiro Izumi, Manabu Yazaki
  • Patent number: 10033233
    Abstract: An exterior rotor switched reluctance machine includes a stator, a rotor adjacent the stator and adjacent a housing, the housing connected to the stator. The stator further includes a back iron, a set of stator poles connected to the back iron and a set of windings disposed between the set of stator poles. The rotor, connected to a shaft and rotatively coupled to the stator, further includes a set of rotor segments. The set of windings includes a set of phases, each phase experiencing a flux linkage that varies with an angular position of the rotor. The apparatus operates as a motor in response to selectively energizing the set of phases with a set of current pulses. The apparatus operates as a generator in response to rotating the shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: The Board of Regents, The University of Texas System
    Inventors: Babak Fahimi, Wei Wang, Chenjie Lin
  • Patent number: 10033234
    Abstract: A motor includes a stator that generates a rotating magnetic field; a rotor supported rotatably by a shaft within the stator; an outermost peripheral permanent magnet that is a permanent magnet embedded inside the rotor in an arced shape forming a convexity at the inner surface of the rotor; and an inner permanent magnet that is a permanent magnet embedded at the inside of the rotor in parallel to the outermost peripheral permanent magnet. The arc angle of the permanent magnets is greater than 90°, the thickness at the center of both inner permanent magnets is thinner than the thickness at the center of the outermost peripheral permanent magnet, and the thickness at the ends of both inner permanent magnets is thicker than the thickness at the ends of the outermost peripheral permanent magnet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignees: U-MHI PLATECH CO., LTD., MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Mikito Sasaki, Shinichi Isobe
  • Patent number: 10033235
    Abstract: A rotor for an electric machine comprises a central core, arms extending radially relative to the core, these arms each comprising two rims extending on either side of the arms, permanent magnets positioned inside housings that are delimited by opposing lateral faces of adjacent arms, an outer face of the core extending between adjacent arms, and the rims of the arms of the rotor. Plates made from a material more flexible than the permanent magnets are positioned between the rims of the arms and the face of the permanent magnet facing away from the axis of the rotor to hold the magnets. The plate having, in the axial direction, a height close to the height of the permanent magnets, the ratio between the width of the plate and that of the magnet being between 0.9 and 1.1, without being equal to 1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: Valeo Equipments Electriques Moteur
    Inventors: Lilya Bouarroudj, Mamy Rakotovao, Jean-Claude Matt
  • Patent number: 10033236
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a generator or an alternating current (AC) motor includes a stator and a rotor. The rotor is configured to rotate at least partially within the stator or around the stator and is separated from the stator by a gap having a partial vacuum. The rotor includes a shaft configured to permit a flow of coolant and a plurality of microchannels formed within the rotor. The microchannels are fluidly coupled to the shaft and are configured to permit the coolant to pass from the shaft through at least a portion of the rotor in order to provide cooling for the rotor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: Lockheed Martin Corporation
    Inventors: Kurt M. Chankaya, Arthur Philip Schuetze
  • Patent number: 10033237
    Abstract: A rotating electrical machine includes a rotor core, a rotor shaft, a coil, a bind, a lead-out wire of which one end is connected to the coil and the other end is connected to a neutral ring. A filling is filled between the coil and the neutral ring. The neutral ring is formed with a plurality of members that are connected with one another to have flexibility.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasushi Hayasaka, Masanori Matsumoto, Yasunori Otsuki, Tetsuo Fujigaki, Yoshihiro Yasui, Motonobu Iizuka, Masaaki Endou, Atsushi Fukunaga, Takeshi Nakayama
  • Patent number: 10033238
    Abstract: A connection ring arrangement, includes a plurality of conducting rings, and a support element which holds the plurality of conducting rings. The support element has a projection arrangement having two projections which are designed receive the conducting ring and which extend from said conducting ring. The projection arrangement has an open end and a closed end, which closed end receives the conducting ring. The distance between the projections is at least partially smaller than the diameter of the conducting ring and at least one projection is at least partially elastically formed in a direction transverse to the longitudinal direction of the projection. The projections are designed such that the conducting ring is inserted between the projections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Holger Ulbrich, Manfred Siegling
  • Patent number: 10033239
    Abstract: An armature for a rotating electric machine is provided. The armature includes a wedge that prevents separation of coils by supporting the coils disposed at left and right sides in a slot while closing an opening in the slot in which the coils are wound is provided. The wedge includes a body portion that is inserted into the slot, and has a “V” shape. Both ends of the body portion are coupled to latch grooves adjacent to a core, and separation prevention portions form bent regions at both ends of the body portion and are integrally connected to the body portion. The separation prevention portions are arranged adjacent to each other in the slot, and support the body portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company
    Inventor: Hong Seok Yang
  • Patent number: 10033240
    Abstract: Disclosed is a motor including a housing, a stator arranged in the housing, a rotor unit arranged in the housing to rotate with the stator unit, and a rotating shaft rotating along with the rotor unit, wherein the housing includes a first housing in which the stator unit and the rotor unit are arranged, a second housing in which one end of the rotating shaft is arranged, and a third housing connected with the second housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Seong Jin Kim, Kyung Sang Park, Chang Hyun Park
  • Patent number: 10033241
    Abstract: A generator motor includes a stator, a rotor that rotates relative to the stator, and a motor housing that houses the stator and the rotor. The motor housing includes a housing main body that encloses a periphery of the stator and the rotor and a cover that is attached to an end surface of the housing main body so as to cover an opening formed on the end surface, which is on an opposite side to an engine, of the housing main body. A drain hole for draining water inside the motor housing to below the motor housing is formed between a lower end of the cover and the end surface of the housing main body. The motor housing includes a covered section that covers the drain hole from below at a position that is lower than the drain hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: KOBELCO CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Seiji Saiki, Kazushige Koiwai, Seiichi Onishi
  • Patent number: 10033242
    Abstract: A housing for coupling to a motor having an axis of rotation is provided. The housing includes an end cap having an outer surface and an inner surface. The housing also includes a plurality of first heat fins coupled to the outer surface. Each first heat fin of the plurality of first heat fins includes a first portion extending radially from the axis of rotation. In addition, the housing includes a second portion coupled to first portion and extending parallel to the axis of rotation. The housing further includes a second heat fin coupled to the second portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: Regal Beloit America, Inc.
    Inventors: Rachele Barbara Cocks, Michael A. Marks, Mark A. Brattoli
  • Patent number: 10033243
    Abstract: A rotating electrical machine for a vehicle includes a rectifier fixed to a fixing portion of a casing. The rectifier includes a heat sink to which a rectifier element is mounted, and a circuit board configured to electrically connect a stator lead routed out of a stator to the rectifier element. The heat sink includes an element mounting portion, and an axial fin protruding radially outward from the element mounting portion. A supporting portion configured to support the axial fin along an axial direction is formed on one of the casing and the axial fin. The supporting portion is arranged at a position away from the fixing portion so as to be adjacent to the stator lead guide when the rectifier is viewed along the axial direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventor: Kazunori Tanaka
  • Patent number: 10033244
    Abstract: A part for uncoupling a motor and a motor mounting part thereof, that includes a rigid connecting part that is to be coaxially placed in a central portion of a stator core and includes a central ring for receiving a rotatable shaft of a rotor of the motor, from which at least two arms extend, free ends of which are intended to abut against an inner wall of the stator core and form at least two spaces for placing a flexible uncoupling pad that radially extends from an outer surface of the central ring of the rigid connecting part, against which the uncoupling pad abuts, to a rigid assembly tab that is to axially extend into the central portion of the stator core, near the inner wall of the stator core, while being rigidly connected to the motor mounting part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: Valeo Systemes Thermiques
    Inventors: Morgan Le Goff, Saïd Naji, Philippe Vincent, Geoffroy Capoulun, Alain Farkh
  • Patent number: 10033245
    Abstract: A BLDC vibrational motor is provided, which is improved so as to generate a larger vibrational force per same volume compared to prior arts. A cylindrical bearing is fixed to a doughnut-shaped permanent magnet directly so that the magnet can be disposed as close as possible to the center of rotation, and thus coils can have a reduced volume and be disposed as close as possible to the center of rotation. The external space of the coils can be secured larger as much as the movement of position of the coils, and the weight takes up the space for rotation, so that volume of the weight can be enlarged. Thus, the weight can be extended and disposed to the external space of the coils, it is possible for a vibration motor with a small volume to generate a large vibrational force, which facilitates slim designs of the vibrational motor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: YJM GAMES CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Sang Eui Lee
  • Patent number: 10033246
    Abstract: A modular motor and magnetic bearing assembly comprising a positioning casing having a plane reference surface, an outer cylindrical reference surface, a central portion provided on an outer face with cooling liquid flow channels, and intermediate portions provided with openings for gaseous fluid entry and exit; a rotor presenting an inner cylindrical reference surface and a plane reference surface; an electric motor; radial magnetic bearings; an axial abutment; and auxiliary mechanical bearings. The modular assembly can then be incorporated in a main casing simply by sliding and it can be connected directly to a functional unit without reworking adjustments of the magnetic bearings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: SKF MAGNETIC MECHATRONICS
    Inventor: Eduardo Carrasco
  • Patent number: 10033247
    Abstract: A sliding mechanism includes a case, a sliding assembly mounted in the case and a stopping assembly. The sliding assembly includes a sliding member and a driving member supplying power for the sliding member. The stopping assembly includes a resisting portion mounted in the case, two first sliders and a pushing portion positioned on the resisting portion, and two first elastic portions. The resisting portion includes two slant surfaces. The first elastic portions resist the first sliders and the resisting portion. The first sliders are driven by the pushing portion to move along the slant surfaces of the resisting portion and away from the resisting portion, thereof compressing the first elastic portions. The first sliders are driven by the elastic forces of the first elastic portions to move along the slant surfaces and toward the sliding member, thereof clamping the sliding member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignees: FU DING ELECTRONICAL TECHNOLOGY (JIASHAN), HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ming-Lu Yang, Yang-Mao Peng, Jian-Shi Jia, Jing-Shuang Sui, Zhen-Guang Xu, Jun Fu
  • Patent number: 10033248
    Abstract: The invention is an apparatus for generating power using inertia of a load in a moving vehicle. The apparatus includes a vessel having a volume that is capable of an expansion and a contraction, and containing a fluid under a pressure. The fluid is released from the vessel as a force is exerted by the load of the vehicle against the vessel. The apparatus includes a reservoir, operably connected to the vessel by fluid conduit. The reservoir contains the fluid under pressure until an optimum pressure is reached at which point the reservoir releases the fluid to a power generator. The power generator then generates electrical power. Excess fluid released from the power generator then returns to the vessel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: LOOK FOR THE POWER, LLC
    Inventor: John A. Saavedra
  • Patent number: 10033249
    Abstract: A mobile induction and power-generation device includes a disc-shaped magnet, a block magnet, and a coil. The block magnet has at least one magnetic pole set each having two adjacent magnetic poles with opposite polarities, and the at least one magnetic pole set moves along a movement trajectory relative to the disc-shaped magnet. The coil is disposed adjacent to the disc-shaped magnet or the block magnet, is induced by an alternating magnetic field generated by the movements of the disc-shaped magnet or the block magnet, and generates an induction current due to the alternating magnetic field.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: Sunrising Eco-Friendly Tech. Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kuangyang Liao, Jenn-Kai Tsai
  • Patent number: 10033250
    Abstract: Rotors for electrical machines and methods of fabricating the same are disclosed. Electrical machine rotors may include a hollow non-magnetic shaft, an active region, and a plurality of coolant passages extending within the active region. The hollow non-magnetic shaft may extend along an axis and have an exterior surface that defines a shaft space extending along the axis. At least a portion of the active region may be disposed within the shaft space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: ABB Research, Ltd.
    Inventors: Darren D. Tremelling, Yujing Liu
  • Patent number: 10033251
    Abstract: An electric motor with an electronics housing (6) includes a removable cover (10) as well as an operating unit. The operating unit includes an operating panel (20) fastened on the cover (10). The cover (10) with the operating panel (20) is connectable to a lower part (8) of the electronics housing (6) in at least two alternative alignments. A pump assembly is also provided with such an electric motor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: GRUNDFOS HOLDING A/S
    Inventors: Peter Mønster, Lars Østergaard
  • Patent number: 10033252
    Abstract: An assembly for operating a DC synchronous machine according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes, among other things, a controller that is configured to determine a position of a rotating portion utilizing a carrier signal, adjust current supply to a field winding, and monitor and adjust operation of the DC synchronous machine based on various electrical parameters relating to the carrier signal. A method for operating a DC synchronous machine is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: HAMILTON SUNDSTRAND CORPORATION
    Inventors: Gregory I. Rozman, Steven J. Moss, Jacek F. Gieras