Dynamoelectric Machine Patents (Class 29/596)
  • Patent number: 11979058
    Abstract: An object is to assemble a housing to a mating bracket with high accuracy and to improve the reliability of a rotating electrical machine. A housing of a rotating electrical machine according to the present invention is a housing of a rotating electrical machine that accommodates a stator of the rotating electrical machine and is supported by a support member, the housing including: a first tab that forms a first through-hole through which a first screw passes; and a second tab that forms a second through-hole through which a second screw passes and forms a fitting portion that fits with a position adjustment member, wherein the first tab is formed such that a first facing surface facing the support member of the first tab is farther from the support member than a second facing surface facing the support member of the second tab.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: Hitachi Astemo, Ltd.
    Inventors: Shinjirou Watari, Shinji Yamazaki, Tomohiro Fukuda, Mohdbasir Zulaika
  • Patent number: 11962204
    Abstract: This rotor manufacturing method includes the steps of: pressing a rotor core in a central axis direction by using a core pressing member; and fixing a shaft to the rotor core by performing, with the rotor core pressed, hydroforming that involves pressure-welding the shaft to an inner peripheral surface of a shaft insertion hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: AISIN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takaaki Kawashima, Yutaka Hara, Mariko Saito
  • Patent number: 11949300
    Abstract: A method and an apparatus are provided for manufacturing a stator with a plurality of hairpin conductors. For inserting the hairpin conductors (15, 15) into the slots (11) of a stator core (12) a stator core template (22) is provided. Hairpin conductors (15) are axially inserted into slots (21) of the stator core template (22) such that the hairpin conductor (15) is arranged at a first position (P1) within said slot (21). The hairpin conductor (15) is then moved within said slot (21) to a different position (P2). A complete nest (20) of hairpin conductors (15) formed within the stator core template (22) is then transferred to the stator core (12).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: ATOP S.p.A.
    Inventors: Massimo Ponzio, Rubino Corbinelli, Daniele Nocciolini
  • Patent number: 11942839
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to methods and tools for mounting and/or removing active parts of a stator of an electrical machine, e.g. a generator. The present disclosure also relates to rotors, stators and generators. A method comprises removing one or more active rotor parts of a rotor of an electrical machine when the rotor is in a removal starting position, arranging a replacement tool in a gap left by the removed active rotor parts, rotating the rotor to an alignment position such that the replacement tool is radially aligned with an active stator part to be removed, picking the active stator part to be removed with the replacement tool, rotating the rotor to an extraction position, and removing the active stator part from the rotor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: General Electric Renovables Espana, S.L.
    Inventors: Alejandro Hernandez Ferre, Pablo Pozo Torres
  • Patent number: 11909278
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are a production apparatus of a motor laminated core and a method for producing the same, the production apparatus comprises an upper die assembly, a lower die assembly and an adhesive spraying device, the adhesive spraying device comprises an adhesive spraying plate, a first die plate and a second die plate successively from top to bottom, and channels are disposed between the plates, and respective channels communicate with first adhesive spraying openings and second adhesive spraying openings so as to coat an adhesive on a portion of a metal strip used for forming an core sheet, and after the core sheet is formed, a plurality of core sheets are cured and bonded at normal temperature in the production apparatus with the aid of a hydraulic cylinder so as to form a motor laminated core.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Suzhou Fine-Stamping Machinery Technology Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Yuan Xiang, Xiudong Huang, Renyi Yang, Hongbo Wang, Bo Yang, Haodong Shi, Bajin Wu
  • Patent number: 11894743
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a coil assembly including: a plurality of unit flat coils disposed and spaced apart from one another in a circumferential direction; and a molding body made by dual injection molding and configured to partially surround the unit flat coils, thereby simplifying a structure of the coil assembly and a process of manufacturing the coil assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Min Mo Koo, Yong Ho Kim
  • Patent number: 11881748
    Abstract: A method can be used for inserting a hairpin in a stator core. The method includes unwinding a coil spiral-wound on an uncoiler, forming a decoated portion by decoating a predetermined portion on the coil, bending the coil in multiple stages to two-dimensionally form a leg portion and a head portion of a hairpin, cutting the coil formed with the leg portion and the head portion by a predetermined length, and moving the hairpin to be inserted into a stator core while three-dimensionally forming the head portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventor: Seung Min Choi
  • Patent number: 11837922
    Abstract: An electric machine has a stator and a rotor arranged on a hollow shaft and able to turn relative to the stator about an axis of rotation, wherein the hollow shaft comprises, in a shaft casing, at least one shaft exit opening for coolant supplied to a shaft interior space of the hollow shaft. A cover element is arranged next to the rotor on the hollow shaft, in which is formed a fluid duct comprising a fluid duct inlet and a fluid duct outlet, wherein the fluid duct inlet overlaps with the shaft exit opening and the fluid duct outlet overlaps with a coolant duct inlet of a coolant duct reaching through the rotor in the axial direction relative to the axis of rotation, having a coolant duct outlet on its side opposite the coolant duct inlet, through which the coolant emerges from the rotor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: Audi AG
    Inventors: Moritz Lux, Lars Wetterau, Peter Suess, Maximilian Schröder, Vladimir Chernogorski, Korbinian Weber
  • Patent number: 11764636
    Abstract: A motor according to the present invention includes: a stator having a stator core and a coil; a rotor having a rotary shaft and a rotation body; a shaft bearing rotatably supporting the rotor; and a molding resin covering the stator. The motor has a coil end that is the coil protruding from the stator core in a shaft center X direction, and has a non-combustible layer provided to cover the coil end. The non-combustible layer is a metallic cover made of, for example, metal. The metallic cover is disposed to cover a periphery of a coil assembly in which the coil is formed on the stator core through an insulator. The metallic cover is integrated with the coil assembly by a molding resin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takanori Amaya, Akihiko Watanabe, Yoshikazu Yamagata, Yasuo Nanbu, Hisaaki Kato, Yasunori Wakamori
  • Patent number: 11750067
    Abstract: Installation workability of a motor system 1 is improved and occurrence of a communication error between an inverter 50 and an electric portion 83 of an electric oil pump 80 due to entry of noise can be suppressed. A motor portion 2 and the inverter 50 are adjacent to each other in a motor axial direction, at an adjacent portion, a wall of a casing of the inverter 50 on an arrow A direction side and a wall of a casing of the motor portion 2 on an arrow B direction side are shared as a barrier 3b made of the same member, and in a position that a pump portion 81 side of the electric oil pump 80 including a pump portion 81, an internal motor 82, and an electric portion 83 arranged in the motor axial direction faces the arrow A direction side, the electric oil pump 80 is disposed in the casing of the motor portion 2 and the inverter 50.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: MEIDENSHA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Shota Suzuki
  • Patent number: 11705792
    Abstract: A coil insertion device includes: a pair of delivery jigs respectively formed with slits into which a pair of side portions of a coil that are parallel with each other can be inserted; and a side portion inserting mechanism configured to push out the side portions inserted into the slits from the slits to insert the side portions into slots of a stator core, the slots facing the slits, the side portion inserting mechanism has: pushing blocks inserted into the slits; and a pushing block moving mechanism configured to move the pushing blocks in a depth direction of the slits.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: NITTOKU CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shinji Sugimoto, Takayuki Hasebe
  • Patent number: 11705793
    Abstract: A method is presented for producing an arrangement of coil elements for a plug-in coil of an electric machine. The method includes providing a workpiece carrier and producing an arrangement of rod-shaped coil elements for a plug-in coil of an electric machine on the workpiece carrier, wherein the following is respectively provided for the rod-shaped coil elements: accommodating and holding the coil elements by means of a displacement device; supplying the coil element onto the workpiece carrier by means of the displacement device into an assigned proximal position on the workpiece carrier, wherein the coil elements are hereby displaced form a distal position into the assigned proximal position with respect to the workpiece carrier; and transferring the coil elements in the proximal position on the workpiece carrier from the displacement device by a gripping device, which is formed on the workpiece carrier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: Aumann AG
    Inventor: Wolfgang Luettge
  • Patent number: 11646648
    Abstract: Various embodiments include a tool for fitting a stator into a housing comprising: a housing mounting; a tool holder; and a stator gripper. The housing mounting includes a positioning device for holding the housing. The tool holder defines a tool holder volume and has a receiving opening. The stator gripper is arranged in the tool holder and moves between a first position and a second position. The stator gripper comprises a gripper head for holding the stator, in the first position, the gripper head is arranged in the tool holder volume and, in the second position, the gripper head is guided, at least in one section, through the receiving opening. The housing mounting and/or the tool holder move toward one another or away from one another. The housing mounting or the tool holder or the stator gripper includes a pressure medium feed opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: VITESCO TECHNOLOGIES GMBH
    Inventors: Bodo von Moltke, Tobias Döring, Johannes Becker
  • Patent number: 11637485
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a rotor is disclosed. A magnet is inserted into a magnet hole of a rotor core. The method comprises inserting an insertion member into the magnet hole having a first opening and a second opening. The method comprises fixing the magnet to the insertion member extending out from the second opening. The method comprises inserting the magnet, which is fixed to the insertion member, into the magnet hole from the second opening by pulling the insertion member extending out from the first opening in a direction separating away from the rotor core. The method comprises cutting the insertion member extending out from the first opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Kenta Takeshima
  • Patent number: 11635133
    Abstract: A transmission (G) for a motor vehicle includes a housing (GG), a shaft (W, GW2, DS1, DS2) mounted in the housing (GG) and protruding from the housing (GG), a radial shaft seal (DR) having a sealing lip for sealing an oil space (NR) within the housing (GG) with respect to an exterior, a shaft grounding device (E) arranged on an exterior side of the radial shaft seal (DR) for establishing an electrically conductive sliding contact (SK) between the shaft (W, GW2, DS1, DS2) and the housing (GG), and a sleeve-shaped covering element (C) fixedly connected to the shaft (W, GW2, DS1, DS2) for protecting the sliding contact (SK) against environmental influences. The shaft grounding device (E) is fixedly connected to the housing (GG). The covering element (C), together with the grounding device (E), forms a labyrinth sealing. An electric axle drive (EA) may include the transmission (G).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: ZF FRIEDRICHSHAFEN AG
    Inventors: Michael Griesbach, Thorsten Müller
  • Patent number: 11630121
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a sensor includes a first detection element, and a processing part. The first detection element includes a base body, a first supporter fixed to the base body, a first movable part, first and second counter conductive parts. The first movable part is supported by the first supporter and separated from the base body. The first movable part includes a first movable base part supported by the first supporter, a second movable base part connected with the first movable base part, a first movable beam including a first beam, and a second movable beam including a second beam. The first beam includes a first end portion and a first other end portion. The second beam includes a second end portion and a second other end portion. The first counter conductive part faces the first movable beam. The second counter conductive part faces the second movable beam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Kei Masunishi, Yasushi Tomizawa, Etsuji Ogawa, Ryunosuke Gando, Shiori Kaji, Hiroki Hiraga, Fumito Miyazaki
  • Patent number: 11632026
    Abstract: There are provided a core unit manufacturing apparatus and a core unit manufacturing method including: a molding device that fills a resin into a space portion in a core body; a resin transfer unit that transfers a resin material to the molding device to supply the resin material thereto; and a core transfer unit that carries the core body in and out of a part between a pair of dies of the molding device. The resin transfer unit and the core transfer unit are arranged such that: the resin transfer unit supplies the resin to the molding device from one side position of side surfaces of the molding device; and the core transfer unit carries the core body in and out of the molding device from the other side position of the side surfaces of the molding device, the other side position being different from one side position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: MITSUI HIGH-TEC, INC.
    Inventors: Yuji Takeda, Katsumi Amano, Takashi Fukumoto
  • Patent number: 11594920
    Abstract: A liquid-cooled rotating electric machine may include an inner stator and outer rotor configured to rotate about the stator. A hub may be disposed within the inner stator and a heat exchanger may be disposed in the hub. The heat exchanger may be configured to enable the flow a liquid through it to dissipate heat from the stator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: EVR MOTORS LTD
    Inventors: Victor Kislev, Oleg Gaspar, Ruslan Shabinski, Eliyahu Rozinsky
  • Patent number: 11557946
    Abstract: Embodiments of the currently claimed disclosure are directed to methods for inserting an undulated coil assembly in the slots of a hollow core of a dynamoelectric machine. In some embodiments, the method can include positioning at least a first coil portion of the coil assembly around a support member, aligning a guide device with respect to end faces and the slots of the core, feeding the first coil portion from the drum support member along the guide device to insert adjacent superimposed linear portions (LI) of the coil assembly in the slots, engaging the superimposed linear portions (LI) along at least one guide surface during the feeding, and relatively moving the core with respect to the guide assembly device to position the slots for receiving the superimposed linear portions (LI).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: ATOP S.P.A.
    Inventors: Massimo Ponzio, Rubino Corbinelli, Federico Rossi
  • Patent number: 11532973
    Abstract: To prevent the axial compressive force that acts on the rotor core from becoming unnecessarily large and to enable a high-quality magnet embedded core to be manufactured efficiently, a retaining jig (10) for a rotor core (2) including a magnet insertion hole (4) forming a through hole defining openings on end surfaces in an axial direction includes: a first plate (12) configured to contact against one of the end surfaces of the rotor core (2) and including a gate (20) configured to communicate with the corresponding opening of the magnet insertion hole (4); a second plate (14) configured to oppose another of the end surfaces of the rotor core (2); a closure member (26) coupled to the second plate (14) via a compression spring member (28) and configured to be capable of closing the opening of the magnet insertion hole (4) on the other of the end surfaces; and a coupling member (30) that couples the first plate (12) and the second plate (14) to each other such that the closure member (26) closes the opening and
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: KURODA PRECISION INDUSTRIES LTD.
    Inventors: Masanobu Ikeda, Osamu Fukuyama, Tomoaki Murayama
  • Patent number: 11515771
    Abstract: A reluctance motor has salient teeth on both the stator and the rotor. The reluctance motor includes electrical coils that are usable to generate magnetic flux to drive rotation of the rotor. Concentrated coil windings are wound around each stator tooth. The electrical coils are arranged across all the stator teeth of the reluctance motor to enable the reluctance motor to be driven by alternating current. The electrical coils are arranged so that, when excited with alternating current, the number of magnetic half-poles is equal to the number of teeth on the rotor. The reluctance machine can operate using an inverter instead of an asymmetric bridge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: Enedym Inc.
    Inventors: Berker Bilgin, Rong Yang, Nigel Schofield, Ali Emadi
  • Patent number: 11489391
    Abstract: A stator for use in a motor includes a stator core, an insulator, a coil, and a terminal pin. The stator core includes a core back having an annular shape and teeth. The insulator covers at least a portion of the stator core. The coil is defined by a conductive wire wound around the teeth via the insulator. The terminal pin extends axially upward from an upper surface of the insulator and is connected to an end portion of the conductive wire. The insulator includes an annular portion, first protruding portions, and second protruding portions. The annular portion covers at least a portion of the core back and is centered on the central axis. The plurality of first protruding portions cover at least a portion of each of the teeth and protrude radially outward from the annular portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: NIDEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuya Horii, Tsuyoshi Yasumura, Kohei Kurazono
  • Patent number: 11472169
    Abstract: A metal laminate includes a lamination of a first metal plate and a second metal plate. The first metal plate includes a caulking that exhibits a mountain shape protruding from a back surface side and recessed on a front surface side, and the second metal plate includes an accommodating portion configured to accommodate the caulking such that the caulking is fitted to the accommodating portion. The caulking includes a recessed portion provided on an inner concave surface of the caulking and recessed toward the back surface side of the first metal plate, and an abutting portion provided on an outer convex surface of the caulking and abutted against an inner surface of the accommodating portion at a position corresponding to the recessed portion. The abutting portion expands laterally from the outer convex surface toward the inner surface of the accommodating portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: MITSUI HIGH-TEC, INC.
    Inventors: Masahiro Izumi, Makoto Haraguchi
  • Patent number: 11469650
    Abstract: The method for manufacturing an armature includes a step of independently pressing pressing-target segment conductors by a plurality of pressing jigs disposed for each of the pressing-target segment conductors, such that the plurality of pressing jigs are movable relative to each other, at least either one of first segment conductors and second segment conductors serving as the pressing-target segment conductors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: AISIN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kiyotaka Koga, Tomotsugu Sugihara
  • Patent number: 11469639
    Abstract: A stator for an electric machine includes a laminated core having grooves evenly distributed in the circumferential direction around a longitudinal axis and continuously extending in a longitudinal direction of the core. Each groove receives at least two electric conductors having a substantially rectangular cross-section that are insulated against each other and against the core by at least one insulation layer coating in the radial direction and the circumferential direction as well as in the longitudinal direction at least over a stator height of the stator. The at least one insulation layer includes a thermoplastic high-performance polymer continuously closed in the circumferential direction and the radial direction and preferably directly extruded on the electric conductor. The insulation layer, at least in the circumferential direction, has a total circumferential layer thickness at least 1.5 to 3, preferably 1.8 to 2.2 times a total radial layer thickness of the respective electric conductor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: Miba eMobility GmbH
    Inventor: Andreas Eilenberger
  • Patent number: 11462348
    Abstract: This invention entails the use of fractal shapes as cores for electromagnets, and a concurrent shape of a fractal for the windings which surround it. The novelty of this invention lies not only with the shaping, but the advantage of such shaping, which includes producing a smaller form factor electromagnet for the same desired magnetic field strength, when compared to a conventional electromagnet. It will be appreciated that a range of devices including electromagnets, based on such fractal shaping, are additionally novel and include but are not limited to solenoid switches, relays, and other devices in which the fractal electromagnets are used to make a change in state of some device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: Fractal Antenna Systems, Inc.
    Inventor: Nathan Cohen
  • Patent number: 11462978
    Abstract: A device for producing a stator for an electrical machine includes a segment feed for feeding stator segments, a cylindrical press for pressing the stator segments, a housing feed for feeding stator housings, and a mandrel for receiving the stator segments. The mandrel includes an axial direction, a first region with a first radius, a second region arranged axially below the first region with a second radius that is less than the first radius, and a third region arranged axially below the second region with a third radius that is less than the second radius. In an example embodiment, the mandrel is movable from the segment feed to the cylindrical press, from the cylindrical press to the housing feed, and from the housing feed to the segment feed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventor: Thilo Stopfer
  • Patent number: 11456643
    Abstract: A rotating electric machine includes a rotor rotatably supported and also including a magnet portion; a stator including a stator winding; and a plunger configured to displace the rotor and the stator relative to one another along an axial direction of the rotating electric machine. The stator includes a slotless structure in which at least one of no magnetic teeth and slot is provided. Thus, an attracting force acting between the magnet portion and the stator is weakened, thereby the rotor and the stator are easily displaceable relative to each other by the plunger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Minoru Ishida, Naoki Katayama, Tsubasa Sakuishi, Yuki Takahashi
  • Patent number: 11451105
    Abstract: An embodiment relates to a motor comprising: a shaft; a rotor which is coupled to the shaft; a stator which is disposed outside the rotor; a housing which accommodates the rotor and the stator and has an opening formed at one side thereof; and a cover which covers the opening, wherein the cover comprises a cover plate portion; and a side wall which extends axially from the cover plate portion, and at least three grooves are formed in the side wall. Accordingly, the motor according to the embodiment can guarantee the sealing performance while preventing the bearing from being damaged when the rotor is assembled on the inside of the stator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kyung Sang Park, Ju Hwan Ku
  • Patent number: 11451120
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing an armature includes: a step of preparing first segment conductors in which a plurality of end portions, or an end portion and a power terminal member, are electrically connected to each other; a step of disposing leg portions of the first segment conductors and leg portions of second segment conductors in an armature core; and a step of joining the leg portions of the first segment conductors and the leg portions of the second segment conductors to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: AISIN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kiyotaka Koga, Tomotsugu Sugihara
  • Patent number: 11431232
    Abstract: An insulation sleeve insertion device for inserting insulating sleeves into wiring slots of a flat wire motor stator, comprising a processing panel, a feeder, a conveying mechanism comprising conveyor belts, a positioning mechanism comprising a limit ring and a positioning turntable, a guide mechanism comprising a plurality of second guide rails, a clamping mechanism comprising a drive rod, a positioning plate set, and a drive mechanism comprising a second driver, wherein the clamping mechanism is configured to insert insulating sleeves into wiring slots of the flat wire motor stator through the guide mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: Huizhou Lingbiao Precision Machinery Co. LTD.
    Inventors: Qilong Lu, Yunfu Luo, Yibing Xiong, Fangliang He, Qiusheng Cheng
  • Patent number: 11426959
    Abstract: Apparatuses and methods for multistage molding of contact lenses containing low oxygen permeable components or oxygen impermeable components. Components may be embedded within a contact lens by forming a device on a polymer substrate, molding a spacer onto a male mold, bonding the device to the spacer, removing the polymer substrate, and molding the remainder of the contact lens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: Innovega, Inc.
    Inventors: Jay P. Marsh, Jerome A. Legerton
  • Patent number: 11418095
    Abstract: A motor assembling method for an electric motor includes inserting a stator of the motor into a first housing of the motor through an opening of the first housing; fitting a shaft portion of a centering jig to an inner peripheral surface of the stator and a mounting portion of a first bearing of the motor in the first housing, and fitting a flange portion to the opening; fixing the stator on which centering is performed using the centering jig to the first housing; removing the centering jig from the first housing; and inserting a rotary shaft of the motor, the first bearing, and a second bearing of the motor into the first housing, and fixing a second housing of the motor to the opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES ENGINE & TURBOCHARGER, LTD.
    Inventors: Byeongil An, Naomichi Shibata, Yukio Yamashita
  • Patent number: 11411477
    Abstract: A coil insertion method includes winding U-phase, V-phase, and W-phase coils; inserting the U-phase, V-phase, and W-phase coils into a transfer block, such that the U-phase, V-phase, and W-phase coils are held in a plurality of holding grooves of the transfer block so as to spirally overlap, the transfer block having a columnar shape, and the holding grooves being formed in radial fashion around the transfer block so as to open from a center part of the transfer block toward an outer periphery thereof; inserting the transfer block into an inner periphery of the stator core; and pushing a side part of the coils held in the holding grooves radially outward toward predetermined slots of the stator core so that the coils are inserted from the inner peripheral side of the stator core into the slots.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Inventor: Yoshio Kato
  • Patent number: 11398345
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a magnetic core of an electric machine is presented. The method comprises defining at least one characteristic of magnetic flux for each of at least two portions of the magnetic core, determining types for each of the at least two portions of the magnetic core based on the defined at least one characteristic representing the corresponding portion of the magnetic core, and obtaining or producing the magnetic core comprising the at least two portions having the determined types.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2022
    Assignee: KONE Corporation
    Inventors: Tuukka Korhonen, Tero Hakala, Tero Purosto, Jouni Ratia
  • Patent number: 11394280
    Abstract: A device for bending a plurality of winding segments to form a winding of a winding carrier of an electric machine is provided. The device includes: a holding device designed for holding in place the winding carrier in which the winding segments are arranged; a main bending device, including a number of main locking elements, which point towards the holding device, are arranged along first sections of a circumferential line and are designed to lock exposed end sections of first winding segments; and a partial bending device, including a number of partial locking elements, which point towards the holding device, are arranged along second sections of the circumferential line and are designed to lock exposed end sections of second winding segments. The holding device on the one hand and the main bending device and the partial bending device on the other hand are rotatable relative to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: Vitesco Technologies GmbH
    Inventors: Christoph Radtke, Axel Gohs
  • Patent number: 11387719
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to suppress reduction of insulation reliability between stator coils. A method of manufacturing a rotary electric machine according to the present invention is a method of manufacturing a stator including an insulating member intervening between a plurality of coil end portions each protruding from a stator core, the method including: a first step of disposing an interposed member to cover part of the insulating member between the plurality of coil end portions; and a second step of welding part of each of the plurality of coil end portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: HITACHI ASTEMO, LTD.
    Inventors: Yuki Arai, Motoo Kitahara
  • Patent number: 11387722
    Abstract: A manufacturing method for a rotary electric machine is equipped with an insertion roller having an outer circumferential surface configured to contact a coil lead line in such a manner that the coil lead line is inserted into accommodating grooves of an insulator, a roller support section that rotatably supports the insertion roller, and a bending unit that performs a bending process to bend the coil lead line by coming into contact with the coil lead line so as to form a terminal part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kenji Masai, Satoru Uchiumi, Takashi Yoshida, Keitaro Momosaki
  • Patent number: 11381128
    Abstract: A stator includes first exterior members that surround sides of outer circumferential portions of coil ends on both end sides of an iron core, second exterior members connected to the first exterior members, and which surround sides of end portions of the coil ends in the axial direction, and mold members that cover the coil ends and are placed in contact with the first exterior members and the second exterior members. Holes are formed in the second exterior member on one end side, and a surface that faces the mold member, of the second exterior member on the one end side, is inclined in a manner so that a thickness thereof becomes continuously thinner toward the holes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: FANUC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenji Kawai, Tatsuya Ooi
  • Patent number: 11368075
    Abstract: Provided is a stator coil winding machine including: a stator transfer unit adapted to transfer a linear type stator having a plurality of stator cores in directions of X and Y axes; a winding guide unit adapted to guide the transferred stator to coil winding; a winding unit adapted to wind a coil on the stator; a tension adjusting unit adapted to adjust tension on the coil being wound on the stator; and a controller adapted to control operations of the stator transfer unit, the winding guide unit, and the winding unit to allow the coil to be wound on the stator by means of three-phase Y connection on the basis of a previously set winding sequence.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: RAINBOW ROBOTICS
    Inventors: Jung Ho Lee, Jung Woo Heo, Jeong Soo Lim, Chan Ho Park, Tae June Kim
  • Patent number: 11355982
    Abstract: A stator includes a stator core, a first coil and a second coil inserted into slots, and an insulating sheet arranged between the first and second coils. The first coil has a first portion accommodated in a first slot, and the second coil has a second portion accommodated in the first slot. The insulating sheet includes a sheet-like insulating parts projecting from respective end surfaces of the stator core, and leg parts. Each of the sheet-like insulating parts is arranged between a first coil end of the first coil extending from the first portion to the outside of each of the end surfaces and a second coil end of the second coil extending from the second portion to the outside of each of the end surfaces, and the leg parts include a first leg part inserted into the first slot and arranged between the first and second portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: Fanuc Corporation
    Inventor: Hidetoshi Mitsui
  • Patent number: 11336130
    Abstract: A planar stator includes conductive traces forming windings for poles, and at least first and second conductive vias extending between first and second conductive layers, the first and second conductive vias being positioned to be located radially on a first side of an annular conductive region of an axial flux machine. The conductive traces include a first conductive trace in the first conductive layer and a second conductive trace in the second conductive layer. The first conductive trace includes a first end turn positioned to be located radially on a second side of the annular active region, the second side being opposite the first side. The second conductive trace includes a second end turn positioned to be located radially on the first side of the annular active region. The first conductive trace extends along a first path that begins at the first conductive via, passes through the first end turn, and ends at the second conductive via.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: E-Circuit Motors, Inc.
    Inventors: Steven Robert Shaw, George Harder Milheim
  • Patent number: 11323000
    Abstract: A winding method for a stator module applicable to a motor having z slots, 2p poles, and m phases. The stator module includes a stator core and a winding coil. The winding coil is made of a flat wire. The winding method includes: forwardly winding some stator slots by means of the arrangement and connection of multiple U-shaped conductor sections, and then reversely winding the stator slots; afterwards, forwardly winding the remaining stator slots, and then reversely winding the stator slots; and cycling in this way.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: BYD COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Huanwei Lin, Bin You, Wenming Qi
  • Patent number: 11316413
    Abstract: Various embodiments may include a connection between a winding for an electric machine and a circuit board for an inverter including a connection between the winding and a circuit board for an inverter. A coil end piece of the stator winding extends in a first direction and is welded or connected in a form-fitting manner directly to the circuit board on which a power output stage of the inverter is located.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: VITESCO TECHNOLOGIES GMBH
    Inventors: Magnus Jaster, Robert Krause
  • Patent number: 11316389
    Abstract: An embodiment provides a stator comprising a stator core having a plurality of teeth and coils wound around the teeth, wherein the tooth includes a body around which the coil is wound and a shoe connected to the body, the shoe includes a plurality of grooves and a curvature center of the inner peripheral surface of the shoe is the same as the center of the stator core.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jin Su Pyeon, Shung Hun Woo
  • Patent number: 11309752
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a motor jacket incorporating a stator includes: the step of inserting the stator into a hole in the jacket that has a diameter larger than the outer diameter of the stator; the step of introducing an elastic adhesive into a gap between a surface of the hole and the stator; and the step of cooling the jacket for a given time after introducing the adhesive into the gap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: FANUC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Masahiro Murota
  • Patent number: 11299844
    Abstract: A washing machine includes a washing tub which accommodates laundry, a pulsator disposed in the washing tub, a drive which rotates the pulsator, a dehydration shaft connected to the washing tub, a solenoid, a clutch provided at a lower side of the solenoid to perform a shaft-joint connection between the drive shaft and the dehydration shaft at a connection position and to perform a shaft-joint release between the drive shaft and the dehydration shaft at a disconnection position lifted from the connection position by a magnetic force of the solenoid, a bearing disposed above the solenoid and supporting the dehydration shaft, and a bearing housing which receives the bearing and the solenoid. The bearing housing includes a first fixing core surrounding an outer circumference of the bearing, and a second fixing core extended downward from the first fixing core and surrounding an outer circumference of the solenoid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Jeonguk Lee, Joonho Pyo, Taehee Lee
  • Patent number: 11296573
    Abstract: A stator winding for a rotating electric machine includes: a plurality of lead wires each including a conductor and an insulating film provided on side surfaces of the conductor; and a joining portion configured to join terminal portions of the plurality of lead wires to each other. The plurality of lead wires each includes: a conductor exposure portion provided at a portion of the terminal portion at which the terminal portions of the plurality of lead wires face each other, has the conductor exposed thereat, and has the joining portion connected thereto; and an insulating film remainder portion, provided at a portion of the terminal portion of the lead wire excluding the conductor exposure portion, and has the conductor covered with the insulating film, and a portion of the insulating film in the insulating film remainder portion is provided in a periphery of the joining portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Kota Katsuragi, Shinji Kawaguchi, Kohei Yasuda
  • Patent number: 11295935
    Abstract: The electromagnet device of the present invention comprises: a yoke having an annular groove in a front surface thereof; an annular coil provided in the groove; and an epoxy resin provided on an outer surface of the coil configured to secure the coil to the yoke, wherein there is a clearance between an outer circumferential surface of the groove in the yoke and the epoxy resin provided on an radially outer side of the coil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: EBARA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomonori Ohashi, Toshimitsu Barada, Hironobu Yamasaki, Misako Kudo, Ichiju Sato
  • Patent number: 11258339
    Abstract: A manufacturing method of an iron core product includes: heating an iron core body attached to a jig together with the jig; removing the iron core body from the jig when the jig and the iron core body are heated to denote a first temperature; and separately cooling, after removing the iron core body from the jig, the iron core body and the jig such that the iron core body is at a second temperature lower than the first temperature and the jig is at a third temperature lower than the first temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: MITSUI HIGH-TEC, INC.
    Inventors: Shigeru Nagasugi, Takashi Fukumoto, Jin Oda