Dynamoelectric Machine Patents (Class 29/596)
  • 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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
  • Patent number: 11245309
    Abstract: A method for building a stator assembly for a rotary electric machine includes providing a plurality of axially extending teeth spaced circumferentially from one another to define slots therebetween. Cooling structure is provided in each slot. Stator windings are wound around the teeth and the cooling structures such that each winding is at least partially disposed in each slot. The windings are electrically connected to form a plurality of phases. The teeth, the cooling structures, and the windings cooperate to form a subassembly. An outer stator core is axially slid over the subassembly to connect the teeth to the outer stator core.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2022
    Assignee: KOCH ENGINEERED SOLUTIONS, LLC
    Inventor: Russel Hugh Marvin
  • Patent number: 11233435
    Abstract: A method of forming a stator winding including forming a first conductor having a first end, a second end, and a first plurality of end turns therebetween, the plurality of end turns having at least a first winding pitch, forming a second conductor having a first end portion, a second end portion, and a second plurality of end turns therebetween, the plurality of end turns having at least the first winding pitch, bending a first section of the first conductor at a select one of the plurality of end turns, overlaying the second conductor onto a second section of the first conductor, and unbending the first section of the first conductor such that a first portion of the second conductor is below the first section of the first conductor and a second portion of the second conductor is atop the second section of the first conductor forming a first conductor pair.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: BORGWARNER INC.
    Inventors: Suk-Chun Yoon, Seyun Kim
  • Patent number: 11223262
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method for forming a rotor or stator core. The method includes the steps of: providing a plurality of key punches disposed about an inner diameter area of a sheet of electrical steel and circumferentially spaced from one another and activating a first key punch of the plurality of key punches to cut the electrical steel sheet to remove a portion to form a first key disposed at a first key rotational angle from the line of orientation from a plurality of key rotational angles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Assignee: Tempel Steel Company
    Inventor: Mark D. Bender
  • Patent number: 11218061
    Abstract: A pre-fitting nest and a method serve for forming a crown from a plurality of U-shaped electrically conductive hairpins to then be able to install the crown in a machine element of an electric machine, e.g., a stator. Here, an accommodating member has a plurality of grooves in which the legs of the hairpins are accommodated. The grooves are annularly disposed about a center and extend perpendicularly to the plane of the accommodating member. With respect to their size and geometry, they are configured such that in each case a first leg of a hairpin rotates within the groove thus to enable an unconstrained positioning of the second leg of the hairpin in another groove. One or several crowns formed from hairpins are provided for introduction into a machine element and inserted into the machine element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: GROB-WERKE GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Manfred Metzger, Markus Schmölz
  • Patent number: 11190087
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a laminated iron core including placing a laminated iron core body on a conveyance jig. Downwardly moving the conveyance jig by a lift and downwardly moving an upper die with respect to a lower die of the die unit. The lift being mounted so as to be unaffixed to both the die unit and the conveyance jig. Holding the laminated iron core body placed on the conveyance jig from both sides in a lamination direction of the plurality of iron core pieces between the lower die and the upper die, the lower die coming into contact with the conveyance jig. Injecting a resin into a through hole formed through the laminated iron core body held by the die unit in the lamination direction of the plurality of iron core pieces from the lower die through the conveyance jig or from the upper die.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: MITSUI HIGH-TEC, INC.
    Inventors: Hirotoshi Mabu, Hidemi Sasaki
  • Patent number: 11177712
    Abstract: A method is provided for fabricating an insulated metal coil for an electrical machine. The method includes 3D printing a metal coil having a plurality of turns. The method further includes subsequently infiltrating insulating material between the turns of the metal coil to electrically insulate the turns from each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignee: ROLLS-ROYCE plc
    Inventors: Alexis Lambourne, Iain Todd, Geraint W Jewell
  • Patent number: 11165299
    Abstract: The coil assembling apparatus includes a transport means for transporting in sequence a plurality of coil segments, each of the plurality of coil segments consisting of a pair of slot insertion portions and a linking portion for coupling the pair of slot insertion portions, a segment arrangement body capable of rotating around a center axis thereof and provided with a plurality of segment hold portions annularly arranged along a circumferential direction of the segment arrangement body, into which the plurality of coil segments transported by the transport means can be respectively inserted from an outer radial directions of the segment arrangement body, and a guide means for guiding to insert one slot insertion portion of the pair of slot insertion portions of each of the coil segments into one of the segment hold portions each time the segment arrangement body rotates by a first predetermined angle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignee: ODAWARA ENGINEERING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Noburo Miyawaki, Takayuki Mochizuki
  • Patent number: 11165319
    Abstract: A method of inserting a winding into a stator having skewed slots formed on an inside diameter of a stator lamination includes forming a conductor having a plurality of slot segments, loading the conductor into a plurality of skewed slot elements of a linear cartridge having a first end, a second end, and a linear axis connecting the first end and the second end, the plurality of skewed slot elements being angled relative to the linear axis, transferring the conductor from the linear cartridge to a plurality of skewed slot members formed in an outside diameter of a rotary cartridge, inserting the rotary cartridge into the inside diameter of the stator lamination, and shifting the conductor from the rotary cartridge into the skewed slots of the stator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignee: BORGWARNER INC.
    Inventors: Kirk Neet, Seong Taek Lee
  • Patent number: 11165315
    Abstract: A manufacturing method for obtaining an interior permanent magnet-type inner rotor without thermal demagnetization due to shrink fitting to a rotating shaft includes: a shrink fitting step of heating a rotor core having slots and inserting a rotating shaft into a shaft hole to shrinkfit the rotor core; and a filling step of filling the rotor core slots in a residual heat state after the shrink fitting step with a flowable mixture of a binder resin heated to a flowable state and anisotropic magnet particles, in oriented magnetic fields This allows, in similar manufacturing steps, an inner rotor of which the magnetic poles are anisotropic bond magnets formed by solidifying the flowable mixture in the slots and a conventional inner rotor of which the magnetic poles are sintered magnets. This allows both the inner rotors concurrently and in parallel (mixed flow production) in an already existing IPM motor manufacturing line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignee: AICHI STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tadashi Fujimaki, Hiroshi Matsuoka, Yoji Hashimoto
  • Patent number: 11152829
    Abstract: The invention relates to a nested winding for a slotless motor. The nested winding is formed by inner and outer windings which are nested together and have different inner and outer diameters, wherein the number of the inner and outer windings is n, same-phase coils are connected in parallel or in series, and the number n of the nested inner and outer windings is equal to or greater than two. Compared with the prior art, the nested winding has the following advantages: a potential difference between the coils connected in parallel can be effectively reduced, and accordingly, the loss of the winding is reduced, and the high-speed operating performance of the motor is improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: SHANGHAI MOONS' ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Bang Yuan, Binsong Tang, Xiaotian Tan, Wanbing Jin
  • Patent number: 11146125
    Abstract: A permanent magnet machine includes a machine housing and a stator. The machine housing has an inner surface. The stator is disposed within the machine housing. The stator has a stator core having an exterior surface. At least one of the inner surface and the exterior surface defines a discontinuous region that is arranged to minimize points of contact between the inner surface and the exterior surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignees: Steering Solutions IP Holding Corporation, The University of Akron
    Inventors: Kenneth Webber, Delynn Streng, Iftekhar Hasan, Yilmaz Sozer, Alejandro J. Pina Ortega, Jeffrey T. Klass, Mohammed R. Islam
  • Patent number: 11146155
    Abstract: Provided are an alignment method and an alignment device by which, immediately before aligning, the leg parts of adjacent conductors do not interfere with each other. The alignment method, in which by providing a plurality of coil elements (40) in an annular shape and moving the plurality of coil elements (40) in a direction in which the diameter of the annular shape is reduced, the plurality of coil elements (40) are aligned in a state where turn sections (42) provided at substantially apex portions are alternately overlapped, wherein the plurality of coil elements (40) are aligned by moving each of the plurality of coil elements (40) toward an annularly shaped center, and while doing so, rotating the plurality of coil elements about a rotation axis (231e) that is parallel to the central axis (C1) of the annular shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Daisuke Ueno, Kenichi Ohno, Yutaka Matsumoto, Shinichi Kawano, Mitsugu Ueno
  • Patent number: 11114912
    Abstract: A rotating electric machine includes a stator and a rotor. The stator includes a stator core and a stator winding that includes phase coils wound around slots of the stator core. Each phase coil is configured such that: a first end is connected to an external terminal; a second end is connected to a neutral point; and 2n (n being a natural number) circling coils are arranged to circle the stator core and connected in series. A neutral-point-side coil is housed in a first slot where a terminal-side coil is housed. The terminal-side coil is a circling coil that is arranged on the external-terminal side of a first phase coil among the phase coils. The neutral-point-side coil is a circling coil that is arranged on the neutral-point side of a second phase coil among the phase coils. The second phase coil is different in phase from the first phase coil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignees: DENSO CORPORATION, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masahito Fujieda, Yuichiro Ito, Shingo Nagai
  • Patent number: 11101720
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for connecting free flat wire ends (4, 5) with a substantially rectangular cross section with four sides (41, 42, 43, 44) of a stator of an electrical machine, comprising the steps at: stripping a first flat wire end (4), sheathed with an insulation material, such that partial stripping is carried out at least on three sides (41, 42, 43) and such that the insulation material remains complete on a fourth side (44) of the first flat wire end (4), and electrically connecting the stripped first flat wire end (4) on the completely stripped side (43) to a second flat wire end (5).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Tobias Hein, Fabian Lange, Martin Ermer
  • Patent number: 11095171
    Abstract: One embodiment relates to a stator unit and a motor comprising same, the stator unit comprising: a stator core; a coil wound around the stator core; and an insulator disposed between the stator core and the coil, wherein the stator core comprises a support part, and a coil winding part disposed on both side surfaces of the support part so as to protrude therefrom, wherein the support part and the coil winding part are disposed so as to form a cross shape. Accordingly, a coil space factor may be increased by using the cross-shaped stator core.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tae Ho Kim, Yong Chui Kim, Sun Ho Jo
  • Patent number: 11088585
    Abstract: A motor unit includes a stator including a coil formed from a wound winding that is configured by a conductive member including an insulating covering layer on the surface of the conductive member, a rotor that rotates under the influence of a rotating magnetic field generated by the stator, and a centerpiece that supports the stator and is formed with a centerpiece-side winding insertion hole through which the winding is inserted. The motor unit also includes a circuit device and a potting section. The potting section is formed using potting material, and seals a gap formed between the centerpiece-side winding insertion hole and the winding by achieving a state in which a portion of the potting section is closely adhered to the covering layer of the winding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shinji Ikeda, Takumi Nagaya, Tatsuya Takagi, Kuniaki Matsumoto, Kazuhiro Hosotani, Yutaro Yagi, Yoshihiko Suga, Takuya Matsumoto, Shunichi Hiraoka
  • Patent number: 11081945
    Abstract: Provided is a manufacturing method for a stator coil in which end portions of one-side conductor segments inserted into slots from the side of one end in an axial direction of a stator core and end portions of other-side conductor segments are connected to each other through coupling members inside the slots. The method includes: pressing in the one-side conductor segment or the other-side conductor segment in an insertion direction in a state where the end portion of the one-side conductor segment or the end portion of the other-side conductor segment, or an end portion of the coupling member has been moved toward the inner circumferential side of the stator core; connecting the end portion of the one-side conductor segment and the end portion of the other-side conductor segment to each other; and executing the pressing in and the connecting sequentially from the outer circumferential side of the stator core.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yasushi Nishikuma, Daisuke Mizushima, Yasuyuki Hirao