Patents Issued in August 20, 2024
  • Patent number: 12068606
    Abstract: The methods and apparatus described enable automatic configuration, or commissioning, of controller devices and load control devices through a low voltage communication network controlled by one or more controller devices. These methods and apparatus further enable expansion of the load control system by connection of additional loads and or load control devices and or controller devices which will reinitialize the low voltage communication network and automatically reconfigure the controller devices and load control devices connected to the network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2024
    Assignee: The Watt Stopper, Inc.
    Inventors: Louia Weidman, Peter John Horton, Jason H. Joyce, Eric J. Fournier
  • Patent number: 12068607
    Abstract: A system and method for automatically tuning/configuring a power system stabilizer (PSS) in a power system digital excitation control system having an automatic voltage regulator (AVR) that includes providing a control input to the AVR as a function of generating a set of tuning PSS lead-lag phase compensation time constants as a function of received generated terminal voltages, generating an uncompensated frequency response as a function of the received set of generated terminal voltages and using particle swarm optimization (PSO) as a function of the generated uncompensated frequency response, generating a tuning PSS gain value as a function of a determined open loop frequency response of the power system, determining a PSS gain margin, determining a tuning PSS gain; and transmitting the determined set of tuning phase compensation time constants and the determined tuning PSS gain value to the control interface of the PSS.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2024
    Assignee: Basler Electric Company
    Inventors: Kiyong Kim, Daniel Weber
  • Patent number: 12068608
    Abstract: An example operation includes one or more of determining, by a vehicle, an amount of energy to provide to a location, the energy located in one or more energy sources including the vehicle, an energy storage device, and an electric grid, the determining based on an ambient temperature of the vehicle, an ambient temperature of the energy storage device, a capacity of a battery in the vehicle, a capacity of the energy storage device, a demand of the electric grid, and an internal temperature of the location; and directing, by the vehicle, at least one of the energy sources to provide the amount of energy, based on determining.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2024
    Assignees: TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Norman Lu, Maximilian Parness
  • Patent number: 12068609
    Abstract: A power system may comprise a plurality of power sources, each connected to a corresponding power regulator. The power regulators may be connected in series or in parallel, and may form a string. Each power regulator may comprise input terminals connected to the corresponding power source, output terminals, and a power converter that may be configured to convert input power from the corresponding power source to output power. The power regulator may further comprise a regulator communications module that may be configured to receive a power regulation indication relating to regulating an operational characteristic of the power regulator. The regulator controller may be configured to instruct the power converter to increase or decrease the regulator operational characteristic based on the power regulation indication, and based on power production characteristics of the power regulator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2024
    Assignee: Solaredge Technologies Ltd.
    Inventors: Roy Shkoury, Ohad Gidon, Gideon Eitan
  • Patent number: 12068610
    Abstract: A control device includes: a phase error calculation unit to calculate a phase error between a phase of a voltage command for the power converter and a phase of a point-of-interconnection voltage; and an isolated system determination unit to determine whether the AC power system has shifted from an interconnected system to an isolated system, based on the phase error and a magnitude of the point-of-interconnection voltage, the interconnected system being the AC power system connected to a generator, the isolated system being the AC power system not connected to the generator. The isolated system determination unit determines that the AC power system has shifted from the interconnected system to the isolated system, when at least a first condition is met that the phase error is outside a reference range and the magnitude of the point-of-interconnection voltage is greater than a first voltage threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2024
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryosuke Uda, Takeshi Kikuchi, Shuhei Fujiwara, Yoshiyuki Kono
  • Patent number: 12068611
    Abstract: An alarm system includes a latch assembly having a movable element mounted on one of an entry and a structural element, and a fixed element mounted on the other of the entry and the structural element, wherein the movable element is movable between an engaged position with the fixed element and a disengaged position from the fixed element. A magnet is provided in one of the movable element and the fixed element, and a coil is provided in the other of the moveable element and the fixed element. The magnet and the coil are positioned relative to each other so that an electric current is induced in the coil by the magnet when the movable element is moved between the engaged position and the disengaged position. An energy harvesting circuit connected to the coil converts the induced electric current into a supply voltage that powers the alarm system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2024
    Assignee: HAMPTON PRODUCTS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kyrilous Basilious
  • Patent number: 12068612
    Abstract: A wearable device charging system comprising a base station and a wearable charging unit. The wearable charging unit configured to couple with, and charge, a wearable item while the wearable item is in an as-worn position. The wearable charging unit comprising a housing, a battery, and a charging system. The charging system may comprise an inductive charging system or a conductive charging system. The base station including a charging system for charging the wearable charging unit and a power input for coupling with an external power supply.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2024
    Assignee: T-Mobile Innovations LLC
    Inventor: Sang Jun Lee
  • Patent number: 12068613
    Abstract: Various embodiments of the disclosure relate to an electronic device and method that increases the efficiency of power supplying of a wireless charging circuit. The processor may perform a wireless power sharing function, may identify the type of an external device aligned with a coil of the electronic device, may supply a designated first power to a wireless charging integrated circuit of the electronic device in the case in which the external device is a first device, the first device being a device that requests a voltage higher than a reference voltage level, may control the wireless charging IC to generate a current of the coil based on the first power, may activate a path that directly connects a battery of the electronic device and the wireless charging IC, and may supply a second power lower than the first power to the wireless charging IC via the path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yusu Kim, Yongsang Yun
  • Patent number: 12068614
    Abstract: A wireless power transfer device may include a first circuit configured to be connected in series with a coil, a second circuit, and a switch, where switching a state of the switch may selectively couple the second circuit to the first circuit. The switch may be driven by a pulse width modulation (PWM) signal. The device may further include a PWM controller to receive measurements indicative of wireless power transferred through the coil, generate the PWM signal, and adjust the PWM signal to provide the wireless power transferred through the coil according to a selected metric.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2024
    Assignee: Avago Technologies International Sales Pte. Limited
    Inventors: Marc Keppler, John Walley, Jim Le
  • Patent number: 12068615
    Abstract: Systems, methods and apparatus for wireless charging are disclosed. A charging apparatus has an amplifier stage, a power switching stage and a controller. The amplifier stage has a choke that receives a current from an input of the amplifier stage, a resonant network coupled to an output of the choke and that provides an output current to a load, and a first switch configured to short the output of the choke to circuit ground when turned on. The power switching stage may be configured to couple a power supply to the input of the amplifier stage and may have a second switch operable to couple the input of the amplifier stage to circuit ground when turned on. The controller may be configured to control operation of the first switch and the second switch in accordance with a timing sequence that defines a cycle of the output current.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2024
    Assignee: AIRA, INC.
    Inventor: Eric Heindel Goodchild
  • Patent number: 12068616
    Abstract: Controlling inductive charging of a portable item of user equipment by a charging device. The charging device including a reception surface receiving the item of user equipment, emitter coils and a magnetic field guide to direct a magnetic field in a plane parallel to the reception surface. The charging device equipped with at least two magnetic antennas, each to emit a magnetic field and each designed to partially receive the magnetic field emitted by the other antenna. The method includes the following steps: Simultaneous emission by the two antennas, having a first phase shift at input with respect to one another; Measurement of at least one parameter at the output of the antennas; Storage of the measured parameter; Comparison between the at least one parameter thus measured and a predetermined value; Repetition of the preceding steps for other phase shift values; Controlling of the charging based on the comparison results.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2024
    Assignee: Continental Automotive GmbH
    Inventors: Amaia Fortes Montilla, Youri Vassilieff
  • Patent number: 12068617
    Abstract: In the wireless charging receive apparatus of the electronic device, a first communication circuit receives charging data, where the charging data is used to indicate a charging type. A first controller identifies, based on the charging data, that the charging type is a first charging type, and outputs a first rectifier control signal to control a first rectifier circuit to operate in a half-bridge mode. Alternatively, a first controller identifies, based on the charging data, that the charging type is a second charging type, and outputs a second rectifier control signal to control a first rectifier circuit to operate in a full-bridge mode. A first receive coil receives an alternating magnetic field and outputs a first induced voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2024
    Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Changsheng Pei, Liangjin Chen
  • Patent number: 12068618
    Abstract: A compact directed energy system is disclosed that is configured to generate directed energy beams. The compact directed energy system includes a radio frequency system configured to provide a directed energy beam in a frequency range between 500 MHz to 20 Ghz.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2024
    Assignee: Epirus, Inc.
    Inventors: Alexander Paul Scott, Michael Alex Borisov, Maxwell Anthony Bilodeau, Joseph Shin, Albert Thomas Montemuro, III, Denpol Kultran, Harry Bourne Marr, Jr.
  • Patent number: 12068619
    Abstract: A contactless power supply system includes: a power transmitter including a first capacitor and a power transmission coil, and having a first resonant frequency; a power receiver including a second capacitor and a power reception coil, and having a second resonant frequency; and a repeater that transmits, to the power reception coil, AC power received from the power transmission coil. The repeater may include: a relay power reception coil unit that receives AC power and includes at least one coil that defines a first stray capacitance for forming a first self-resonant frequency having a frequency identical to the first resonant frequency; and a relay power transmission coil unit that transmits AC power and includes at least one coil that defines a second stray capacitance for forming a second self-resonant frequency having a frequency identical to the second resonant frequency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2024
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuusei Nakayashiki, Masaya Takahashi
  • Patent number: 12068620
    Abstract: Networked electric vehicle charging stations for charging electric vehicles are coupled with an electric vehicle charging station network server that performs authorization for charging session requests while the communication connection between the charging stations and the server are operating correctly. When the communication connection is not operating correctly, the networked electric vehicle charging stations enter into a local authorization mode to perform a local authorization process for incoming charging session requests.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2024
    Assignee: CHARGEPOINT, INC.
    Inventors: James Solomon, Milton Tormey, Praveen Mandal, Richard Lowenthal, Harjinder Bhade, David Baxter
  • Patent number: 12068621
    Abstract: A method for facilitating charge transfer is provided. The method includes receiving, via an electronic device, a request to transfer charge stored in an energy storage device. The method includes determining a set of parameters of the energy storage device based on the received request. The set of parameters includes an amount of charge determined to be transferred from the energy storage device or a charge level desired to be achieved for the energy storage device. The method includes identifying charging systems available to receive and store charge corresponding to the set of parameters of the energy storage device. The method further includes allocating one of the identified charging systems to receive charge from the energy storage device and store the received amount of charge. The allocated charging system travels to a location of the energy storage device to receive the determined amount of charge from the energy storage device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2024
    Assignee: EVQ TECHNOLOGIES PRIVATE LIMITED
    Inventors: Arjun Singh, Mario Landau Holdsworth, Martin Griffith, Gangadhara Gopi
  • Patent number: 12068622
    Abstract: Communication systems described herein may include a wireless charging device with a plurality of charging stations. The wireless charging device may communicate with a first battery pack via at least one of a wireless communication device and a first battery pack detection sensor of a first charging station. The wireless charging device may communicate with a second battery pack via at least one of the wireless communication device and a second battery pack detection sensor of a second charging station. The wireless charging device may determine that the first battery pack was manufactured by a different manufacturer than the second battery pack. The wireless charging device may communicate status information to an external device for display by the external device. The status information may include a first manufacturer of the first battery pack and a second manufacturer of the second battery pack that is different than the first manufacturer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2024
    Assignee: Milwaukee Electric Tool Corporation
    Inventors: Douglas R. Fieldbinder, Catherine K. Semon
  • Patent number: 12068623
    Abstract: A charging system for mitigating charging failure for an electric aircraft, the system comprising a charger port located on the electric aircraft and configured to mate with a charging connector, a sensor communicatively connected to the charger port and configured to detect a charging datum, and a controller communicatively connected to the charger port and the sensor. The controller is configured to receive charging datum from the sensor, detect a charging failure as a function of a comparison between the charging datum to a pre-set charging datum threshold, and record the charging failure in a database.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2024
    Assignee: BETA AIR, LLC
    Inventor: Herman Wiegman
  • Patent number: 12068624
    Abstract: A power system including a load terminal, a sensor, and an electronic processor. The load terminal is configured to electrically connect to a load device. The sensor is configured to sense an electrical characteristic of the load device. The electronic processor is configured to receive, via the sensor, the electrical characteristic of the load device, supply power, via the load terminal, to the load device, discontinue supply of power to the load device when the electrical characteristic of the load device crosses a predetermined threshold, and enter a standby mode upon discontinuing supply of power to the load device. Wherein when in standby mode the electronic processor, at predetermined time intervals, determines if the load device crosses the predetermined threshold a second time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2024
    Assignee: Hubbell Incorporated
    Inventors: Thomas Scanzillo, Matthew Samojeden, Steve Liscinsky, Shadi AbuGhazaleh, Blake Nickles, Robert Cordery
  • Patent number: 12068625
    Abstract: A charging and storage system provides a support on which the electronic device, such as a tablet is stored and charged within a housing. The support angles downward such that the support is not level. The tablet is stored on the support not level to allow for any liquids to drain away from the tablet. The charger and support are secured within a removable charging unit that secures to the housing. Removal of the charging unit removes the support, the charger, and a lock that secures the tablet within the charging unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2024
    Assignee: TECH FRIENDS, INC.
    Inventors: Bobby L Shipman, Jr., Bryan D. Taylor, Bobby L. Shipman, III, Joshua L. Parrish, Joseph Michael Schaefer, III, Mark Haney
  • Patent number: 12068626
    Abstract: Embodiments are provided for dynamic management of charge. The techniques may involve obtaining an estimated readiness time for an energy storage element, obtaining a target state of charge for the energy storage element, calculating an estimated charging time based at least in part on a difference between the target state of charge and a current state of charge, using a first charging rate to charge the energy storage element to an intermediate state of charge, and responsive to determining the amount of time remaining before reaching a second estimated readiness time is less than an updated estimated charging time to charge the energy storage element at the intermediate state of charge to the target state of charge, using a second charging rate to charge the energy storage element to the target state of charge, wherein the second charging rate is greater than the first charging rate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2024
    Assignee: MEDTRONIC MINIMED, INC.
    Inventors: Jalal Elidrissi, Adam S. Trock, Fatemeh Delijani, Seth N. Kazarians, Zhaleh Lotfi, Afshin Bazargan
  • Patent number: 12068627
    Abstract: This disclosure describes, in part, techniques for reducing pulsating currents of internal power sources, such as batteries. For example, a device may include a power source, a load, and a control device located between the power source and the load. The control device may include a power converter that is configured to maintain a constant input current from the power source and output a pulsating current to the load. While regulating the power, the control device may determine whether an average output power is different than a reference power. If the average output power is equal to the reference power, then the control device may cause the power converter to maintain the constant input current. However, if the average output power is different than the reference power, then the control device may cause the power converter to alter (e.g., decrease/increase) the input current being received from the power source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2024
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Poh-Keong Ng
  • Patent number: 12068628
    Abstract: A power receiving device includes a storage and a computer. The computer stores a first operating condition indicating a past operating condition of the power receiving device in the storage. The computer detects a power supplying capacity within which a power supplying device can supply power and identifies a specific value in relation to the first operating condition from the storage. The computer sets an incoming power based on both the detected power supplying capacity and the identified specific value, thereby allowing the power supplying device to send the set incoming power.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2024
    Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shuhei Yamakami, Munetoshi Soma, Hiromasa Takahashi, Masakazu Nakano
  • Patent number: 12068629
    Abstract: An apparatus comprises at least one processing device configured to obtain information characterizing a status of one or more batteries of a computing device. The processing device is also configured to determine whether at least one connector port of the computing device is connected to one or more external devices, the at least one connector port being configured to receive power from the connected external devices for charging the one or more batteries of the computing device. The processing device is further configured, responsive to determining that the at least one connector port of the computing device is connected to the one or more external devices, to selectively enable the charging of the one or more batteries of the computing device utilizing power received from the connected external devices based at least in part on the information characterizing the status of the one or more batteries of the computing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2024
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventor: Rajesh Kumar
  • Patent number: 12068630
    Abstract: A charger device for charging one or more batteries of a vehicle operates in two different user selectable modes. One of the modes operates within a user selected time interval. The two different user selectable modes are a power mode and an economy mode. Both modes are operative until a battery threshold voltage is reached. Subsequently, the charger device performs constant voltage charging until a charging current attained is less than a set threshold current value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2024
    Assignee: TVS MOTOR COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Krishnamohan Geddadi, Samraj Jabez Dhinagar
  • Patent number: 12068631
    Abstract: In an embodiment, a method includes: placing a template at a first surface of a structure; placing a first magnet at the first surface based on the template; placing a second magnet at a second surface of the structure at a first location in which a magnetic field between the first and second magnets moves the second magnet towards the first magnet; waiting for the second magnet to stop moving at a second location of the second surface; marking the second location; and attaching a sub-surface wireless charger based on a location of the template.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2024
    Inventors: Petru Emanuel Stingu, Kenneth Moore, Yulong Hou, Ruwanga Dassanayake
  • Patent number: 12068632
    Abstract: A charging system includes a power input part, an inverter, a DC bus, at least one charging device, a first bidirectional energy storage module, a second bidirectional energy storage module and an intelligent controller. The charging device includes a DC/DC converter and a charging gun. A first bidirectional DC/DC converter of the first bidirectional energy storage module receives and converts the DC power from the inverter for charging a first battery, or converts a first storage electric energy of the first battery for the charging device. A second bidirectional DC/DC converter of the second bidirectional energy storage module receives and converts the electric energy outputted by the DC/DC converter of the charging device for charging a second battery, or converts a second storage electric energy of the second battery for the charging device. The intelligent controller controls operations of the first bidirectional DC/DC converter and the second bidirectional DC/DC converter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2024
    Assignee: DELTA ELECTRONICS, INC.
    Inventors: Sheng-Hua Li, Sergio Fernandez Rojas, You-Si Lin, Yu-Chi Hsu
  • Patent number: 12068633
    Abstract: A vehicle-mounted power supply system that multiplexes power supplies in a vehicle and reliably supplies power of a voltage varying from a high voltage to a low voltage. The vehicle-mounted power supply system includes a primary power storage device, a secondary power storage device, and a power generation device. The primary power storage device has a high-voltage output terminal and a low-voltage output terminal. The power generation device supplies power to the primary power storage device and the secondary power storage device. The power supply system further includes: a first switch disposed between the power generation device and the primary power storage device; a second switch disposed between the power generation device and the secondary power storage device; and a third switch disposed between the low-voltage output terminal of the primary power storage device and the output terminal of the secondary power storage device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2024
    Assignee: Imasen Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masayoshi Takahashi, Daisuke Makio
  • Patent number: 12068634
    Abstract: A multi-power source system including a first power source, a second power source in a parallel with the first power source, and a diode preventing power from the second power source to drive the first power source, but permitting the first power source to charge the second power source. The system also includes a controller operably coupled to both the first and second power sources, and a plurality of field effect transistor (FETs) arranged in series with one or more of the first power source, the second power source, and the load, wherein controller can switch the plurality of FETs to enable the first power source to drive the load or the second power source to drive the load.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2024
    Assignee: NEXTRACKER LLC
    Inventors: Chen Li, Yang Liu
  • Patent number: 12068635
    Abstract: A power system includes a base module including a system management controller (SMC) and a power distribution unit (PDU), an uninterruptible power supply (UPS) module including a UPS, and a battery module including a battery. The base module includes a first edge, and the battery module is detachable from UPS module in a direction perpendicular to the first edge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2024
    Assignee: SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC IT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Marlon Galsim, Damir Klikic
  • Patent number: 12068636
    Abstract: A stator for a rotating electric machine according to one implementation of the present disclosure includes a stator core having a plurality of slots, and a stator coil formed by electrically connecting a plurality of hairpins inserted into the slots in a preset pattern, wherein the stator coil includes voltage distribution hairpins disposed in a voltage distribution section preset from an end to which power is to be input, wherein the voltage distribution hairpins include a plurality of first and protruding parts protruding from the plurality of slots and extending away from the stator core, wherein one of the plurality of first protruding parts and one of the plurality of second protruding parts are electrically coupled to form a coil pair, and wherein an insulating member is disposed between the first protruding parts and the second protruding parts to insulate between the first and second protruding parts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2024
    Assignee: LG Magna e-Powertrain Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hojun Shin, Jaemin Kim, Kyeonghwan Kim, Seokhwan Kim
  • Patent number: 12068637
    Abstract: A bandage for a rotor of an electrical machine that may be used in an electrical drive system of an aircraft is provided. The bandage, which serves to fix permanent magnets to the rotor, includes two rings, which are coaxial circular ring-like components, that are connected together by axial webs. The permanent magnets each have axial grooves on a surface of the respective permanent magnet facing the stator. The bandage is arranged on the rotor such that the permanent magnets lie between the rings, and the axial webs are positioned in the axial grooves. Since a thickness of the axial webs corresponds to a depth of the axial grooves, the magnet surfaces and the surface of the bandage are flush with one another, such that the bandage requires no additional space in an air gap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2024
    Assignee: Rolls-Royce Deutschland Ltd & Co KG
    Inventors: Tobias Vermeulen, Johannes Gabriel Bauer, Daniel Merz
  • Patent number: 12068638
    Abstract: A rotor and a method of making such a rotor, wherein the rotor has a shaft, a longitudinal axis, and a rotor packet connected to the shaft at least in torsion-resistant manner. The rotor packet is assembled from individual sheet lamellae, wherein the rotor packet has an opening for receiving the shaft. The shaft is a hollow shaft with a wall, wherein the wall of the shaft has, on its side facing toward the opening, recesses extending in the longitudinal direction. An electric motor, in particular a synchronous or hybrid synchronous machine, including a rotor and a stator, has such a rotor. The recesses are produced by cutting methods, in particular milling, or reshaping methods, in particular pressing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2024
    Assignee: thyssenkrupp AG
    Inventors: Mathias Schröder, Roland Buol
  • Patent number: 12068639
    Abstract: A brushless direct-current (BLDC) motor is provided. The motor includes a stator including a stator core, stator teeth, and windings; a rotor shaft disposed within the stator and extending along a longitudinal axis; and a rotor. The rotor includes a rotor core having a cylindrical body, a permanent magnet ring mounted on an outer surface of the cylindrical body with no intermediate adhesive therebetween, and metal sleeve securely fitted outside the permanent magnet ring. The metal sleeve includes a flange extending radially inwardly that covers an axial end of the permanent magnet ring and is bonded to the rotor core to secure the permanent magnet ring to the rotor core.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2024
    Assignee: Black & Decker Inc.
    Inventors: Changxing Lu, Abraham Sanchez, Tong Zheng, Fulong Liu, Yeli Gu, David J. Smith, Shailesh P. Waikar
  • Patent number: 12068640
    Abstract: A wedge for a wound rotor includes a wedge body. The wedge body has a first layer and one or more second layers interfused with one another to provide structural support and limit resistive heating of the wedge from current flow within the wedge body by windings spaced apart by the rotor wedge. Generator rotors and methods of making generator rotors are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2024
    Assignee: Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation
    Inventors: Debabrata Pal, Ashutosh Joshi
  • Patent number: 12068641
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatuses for motor hotspot identification. One system includes a first motor installed in a vehicle, the first motor including a stator having at least one stator winding corresponding to one phase of the first motor. The system also includes a first set of temperature sensors coupled to the first motor and a controller. The controller receives a motor operating condition signal of the first motor, accesses a stored correlation model, and generates hypothetical temperature measurement data for a hypothetical temperature sensor of the first motor based on the stored correlation model and the motor operating condition signal. The stored correlation model is generated based on motor operating condition signals associated with a second motor operating in a test environment. In response to identifying a hotspot within the first motor based on the hypothetical temperature measurement data, the controller modifies operation of the first motor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2024
    Assignee: LiveWire EV, LLC
    Inventors: Swaroop Bhushan, Don Suranga D. Uduwage
  • Patent number: 12068642
    Abstract: A wire position correction apparatus 14 corrects, in a stator 2 including an annular stator core 21 formed with a plurality of slots and a plurality of wires arranged in the slots, a tip end position of a wire leg portion 261 of the wire protruding from the slot to a reference position. The wire position correction apparatus 14 includes a wire clamper 4 that holds a tip end portion 263 of the wire leg portion 261, a turning mechanism 5 that supports the wire clamper 4 and turns the wire clamper 4 about a center axis passing through a base point P such that the tip end position moves in a direction approaching the reference position, and a movement mechanism 6 that moves the wire clamper 4 and the turning mechanism 5 along the vertical direction and circumferential and radial directions of the stator core 21.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2024
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Junji Nakajima, Hideaki Onda
  • Patent number: 12068643
    Abstract: A rotary electric machine rotor includes a rotor core and a core support member that supports the rotor core. The core support member includes a tubular portion formed in a tubular shape and a support portion supported so as to be rotatable with respect to a non-rotary member to support the tubular portion from the inner side in a radial direction. The core support member is formed such that a diameter of a fitting surface portion in a specific region, which includes an overlapping region which overlaps a connection region as viewed in the radial direction, is smaller than a diameter of the fitting surface portion in a general region which is a region other than the specific region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2024
    Assignees: AISIN CORPORATION, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takeru Morita, Shigeki Ideue, Yuta Watanabe, Kenji Dozono, Masashi Ikemura, Toshihiko Kamiya
  • Patent number: 12068644
    Abstract: An electric machine may include a housing that encloses both a radial motor producing radial flux in a first direction, the radial flux influences a first magnetic unit to produce a first torque on a rotor arm attached to a shaft. The housing can also include an axial motor producing axial flux in a second direction to influence a second magnetic unit to produce a second torque on the rotor arm attached to the shaft, wherein the radial motor and the axial motor are positioned in the housing to reduce cross magnetic flux from either the radial motor or the axial motor. The primary radial motor can include either a permanent magnetic motor or an induction motor. The secondary radial motor can include one of a permanent magnet motor, an induction motor, or a transverse flux motor. The current and phase of primary and secondary motors can be independently controllable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2024
    Assignee: DRS NAVAL POWER SYSTEMS, INC.
    Inventors: Calvin H. Corey, III, Edgar S. Thaxton
  • Patent number: 12068645
    Abstract: A system configured to deliver as output a polyphase current of constant frequency from a synchronous generator driven at variable speed. The system includes, at the output of the generator, an AC-to-DC active rectifier including one arm per phase of the current, a DC bus and a DC-to-AC inverter for the output including one arm per phase of the current, the inverter or the DC bus including an arm connected to the neutral, each arm including a controllable switch, the system including an electronic control unit driving the rectifier and including means for tracking a voltage for the rectifier and/or the inverter and means for controlling the inverter, the system including an EMC filter including one arm for each phase of the current, each arm including an inductor, a capacitor connected in a bypass downstream of the inductor, the arm connected to the neutral being connected to each bypass.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2024
    Assignee: SAFRAN
    Inventors: Christelle Saber, Anthony Gimeno, Cyrille Gautier, Stephane Petibon, Toni Youssef
  • Patent number: 12068646
    Abstract: A method includes calculating an initial phase ?gv of each air gap working magnetic field Bgv required to generate positive back EMF based on certain parameters of each armature harmonic vth; generating Bgv and maximizing a sum of equivalent air gap flux density amplitude Beqv of each of the air gap working magnetic fields Bgv while calculating a phase ?mv and a pole arc coefficient ?v corresponding to each permeance harmonic; designing a number, a position(s) and a length(s) along a circumference of modulation teeth corresponding to each of the permeance harmonics based on the phase ?mv and the pole arc coefficient ?v, such that a generated permeance model is consistent with the phase ?mv of each of the permeance harmonics; and optimizing radial dimensions of modulation teeth corresponding to each of the permeance harmonics to maximize the sum of equivalent air gap flux density amplitude Beqv.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2024
    Assignee: HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Dawei Li, Li Fang, Xiang Ren, Ronghai Qu
  • Patent number: 12068647
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a coil module for an electric machine, comprising: a first coil disc having at least one winding of an electrically conductive material; a second coil disc having at least one winding of an electrically conductive material; wherein the first coil disc and/or the second coil disc comprise/comprises a substantially annular recess; wherein the first coil disc and the second coil disc are attached to each other such that a substantially annular cooling channel for a coolant is formed between the first coil disc and the second coil disc by the substantially annular recesses/recess.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2024
    Assignee: Vaionic Technologies GmbH
    Inventors: Yannick Dominik, Jörg Berthelmann, Georg Franz
  • Patent number: 12068648
    Abstract: There is provided motor, including: a stator including a plurality of laminated plates; and a rotor arranged inside the stator with a gap between the rotor and the stator, wherein the stator further includes an annular yoke located outside of the stator and a plurality of teeth protruding from an inner peripheral surface of the yoke toward the rotor, wherein slots in which coils wound around the teeth are arranged are formed between the teeth that are adjacently arranged, wherein gaps to which a cooling medium is supplied are formed between bottom portions of the slots and the coils, and wherein the stator further includes end plate members arranged so as to face the laminated plates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2024
    Assignee: Sinfonia Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroki Wakabayashi, Takakuni Iitsuka, Yutaka Wakita, Tetsuhiro Tomita
  • Patent number: 12068649
    Abstract: An electrical machine, includes a machine housing containing: a stator, which has a winding comprising a plurality of conductors, which are associated with one or more phases and are interconnected; and a power connection, which is arranged outside the winding and has a number of line portions corresponding to the number of phases. The line portions are connected to the conductors and are connected to phase connections or form such. The line portions being at least partly accommodated in a connection housing, which has a cavity through which the line portions extend, which cavity communicates, after the connection housing has been inserted into the machine housing, with a coolant channel provided there, such that a coolant flowing in the coolant channel flows through the cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2024
    Assignee: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventor: Andreas Ruppert
  • Patent number: 12068650
    Abstract: A stator for an electric motor includes a stator body forming a ring, the inner face of which is provided with teeth delimiting two by two notches open towards the inside of the stator body; U-shaped conductor segments, partially inserted into the notches of the stator body; and an electrical connection component to electrically connect the conductor segments together. The stator further includes a case for circulating a cooling fluid having a first fluid circulation channel, called the inlet channel, and a second fluid circulation channel, the outlet channel, the inlet and outlet channels being fluidly connected by connecting channels. Each connecting channel is formed by a cavity through each conductor segment along its entire length, the central cavity extending from an inlet end to an outlet end, the inlet end opening into the inlet channel and the outlet end opening into the output channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2024
    Assignee: NOVARES FRANCE
    Inventor: Cédric Ledieu
  • Patent number: 12068651
    Abstract: Disclosed are a winding structure for an electric motor and an electric motor. The electric motor comprises an iron core (1) and a multi-phase winding structure (2), wherein the iron core (1) is provided with a plurality of grooves (11) arranged in the circumferential direction, and one side of the iron core (1) is an inserting side, and the other side is a welding side; the multi-phase winding structure (2) is arranged in the plurality of grooves (11) of the iron core (1), each phase of the winding structure (2) comprises N parallel winding sub-windings formed by a plurality of hairpin conductors of different shapes, and N is a positive even number; and the conductors, forming each phase of the winding structure (2), of the same sub-winding are located on a non-adjacent conductor layer corresponding to the grooves (11).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2024
    Assignee: SAIC MOTOR CORPORATION LIMITED
    Inventors: Jun Zhu, Jian Wang, ShaoRui Huang, JieBao Li, Wei He, YaRu Qu
  • Patent number: 12068652
    Abstract: Disclosed are a coil assembly of a slotless motor, a housing, and a slotless motor including the same. According to the present invention, there is provided a coil assembly of a slotless motor which includes a plurality of first coil structures which have two first coil sides facing each other with a first space interposed therebetween and having a fan-shaped cross section in a width direction and have a first end turn bent in a first direction on at least one end in a longitudinal direction of the two first coil sides and a plurality of second coil structures which have two second coil sides facing each other with a second space interposed therebetween and having a fan-shaped cross section in a width direction and have a second end turn bent in a second direction on at least one end in a longitudinal direction of the two second coil sides, wherein the plurality of first coil structures and the plurality of second coil structures are coupled to each other to form a circular stator winding structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2024
    Assignee: IUCF-HYU (INDUSTRY-UNIVERSITY COOPERATION FOUNDATION HANYANG UNIVERSITY)
    Inventors: Ju Lee, Seung Heon Lee, Sung Hong Won
  • Patent number: 12068653
    Abstract: There are provided a coil, a stator member, a stator, and a motor that can, in the case of joining (connecting) a busbar and the coil's terminals, simplify control necessary for joining such as positioning, actualize downsizing of a device (welding device or stator manufacturing device), and improve efficiency of joining work. The coil is configured by winding a conductor, and its first and second terminals are extended out on a side of one surface of the coil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2024
    Assignee: ASTER CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Takenobu Hongo
  • Patent number: 12068654
    Abstract: A stator for an electric machine is provided having a winding with plurality of interconnected conductors assigned to one or more phases. The ends of at least some of the conductors protrude axially or radially beyond the winding at the inner circumference or at the outer circumference of the winding, wherein an interconnection ring, to which the conductors are connected, is positioned axially or radially on the winding. The ends of in each case at least two conductors assigned to one phase protrude radially or axially outwards and are connected to a power connection arranged radially outside the winding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2024
    Assignee: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventor: Andreas Ruppert
  • Patent number: 12068655
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a displacement device based on Hall-effect sensors and planar motors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2024
    Assignee: Shanghai Yinguan Semiconductor Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chenyang Ding, Hanxiong Li, Guoqi Zhang, Chunyuan Chen, Xiaohui Wu