Rotor Patents (Class 29/598)
  • Patent number: 9032618
    Abstract: A method for insulating (5) a conductive bar (1) includes wrapping an insulating tape (2) around the conductive bar (1), enclosing it in a flexible container (4), applying a vacuum, impregnating the insulating tape (2) with an impregnating resin, curing the impregnating resin, and removing the conductive bar (1) with the insulation (5) around it from the flexible container (4). In addition, together with the insulating tape (2), an impregnating tape (3) made of the impregnating resin is wrapped around the conductive bar (1). In order to impregnate, the impregnating tape (3) is melted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2015
    Assignee: ALSTOM RENEWABLE TECHNOLOGIES
    Inventors: Thomas Baumann, Massimiliano Vezzoli, Thomas Hillmer, Thomas Widmer, Dieter Stoll, Clemens Dransfeld
  • Publication number: 20150123517
    Abstract: A rotary electric machine includes a stator core; a rotor that includes a laminated core, core holders, and cooling fans; a frame that includes a tubular unit that encloses the stator core and the rotor, and a first bracket and a second bracket that extend in a direction of a rotor shaft and supports the rotor shaft; and cartridges that are detachably attached to the first bracket and the second bracket and rotatably support the rotor shaft, wherein groove-like holding portions, which hold end portions of bearing attaching and detaching jigs inserted through the first bracket and the second bracket, are provided in the cooling fans.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2012
    Publication date: May 7, 2015
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventor: Kenta Kaneko
  • Publication number: 20150121686
    Abstract: A laminated iron core manufacturing method in a blanking die apparatus having multiple machining stations is provided. The method includes feeding a belt-shaped workpiece progressively in a longitudinal direction in the blanking die apparatus, operating cutting tools provided in the respective machining stations simultaneously to perform predetermined blanking operations on the progressively fed workpiece and finally perform a contour blanking operation on the workpiece so as to form core pieces, and laminating the core pieces within or outside the blanking die apparatus to thereby manufacture a laminated iron core. An auxiliary cutting tool is operated to form a disposal hole by partly blanking a scrap forming area of the workpiece simultaneously with the operations of the cutting tools of the multiple machining stations, to thereby secure a load balance of the blanking die apparatus in the feeding direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2014
    Publication date: May 7, 2015
    Applicant: MITSUI HIGH-TEC , INC.
    Inventors: Takahiro SHIMIZU, Hironosuke TANIISHI
  • Patent number: 9021684
    Abstract: A process of fabricating a slip ring component, a slip ring component, and a slip ring assembly are disclosed. The process includes forming a first shot, forming a second shot, and immersion bathing the first shot and the second shot. The immersion bathing applies an electrically conductive plating to exposed surfaces of the second shot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2015
    Assignee: Tyco Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: William Gary Lenker, Gregory Gordon Griffith, Edward John Howard
  • Patent number: 9015925
    Abstract: An armature assembly apparatus for assembling an armature of an electrical machine is provided. The armature assembly apparatus has an armature holding apparatus to hold a partially assembled armature such that a rotation axis of the armature is horizontal. The armature assembly apparatus has a rotating device for rotating the partially assembled armature about a rotation axis. The armature assembly apparatus also has a ring segment conveyance for conveying an armature ring segment to a mounting position relative to a free ring segment portion of the partially assembled armature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2015
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Kenneth Damgaard Hoell, Jakob Mikkelsen, John Krath Pedersen, Martin Bach Soerensen
  • Patent number: 9016345
    Abstract: A rotary lamination apparatus has a die assembly rotatable about an axis and a mounting table received in an axial hole extending through the die assembly. Through rotation of the die assembly, punched core pieces are mounted on the mounting table while being rotatively offset. A drive mechanism is employed to rotate the mounting table integrally with the die assembly about the axis of the die assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2015
    Assignee: Toyota Boshoku Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kazuyuki Hirata, Shirou Fujimura, Hajime Banno
  • Publication number: 20150102694
    Abstract: A rotor for preventing breakaway includes a shaft, a rotor core configured to be coupled to the shaft, and multiple permanent magnets configured to be inserted into the rotor core, wherein a cylindrical metallic ring is inserted and fixed on an outer surface of the rotor core.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2014
    Publication date: April 16, 2015
    Inventor: Jaehong Song
  • Publication number: 20150101181
    Abstract: A motor rotor and a method for manufacturing a motor rotor, enabling crimping of the resolver rotor at low cost with less influence on the detection accuracy. A motor rotor includes a resolver rotor and a rotor shaft to which the resolver rotor is affixed by crimping. The rotor shaft includes a first stepped section with which a crimping punch makes contact to deform the first stepped section, a second stepped section with which an end surface of the resolver rotor makes contact, and a cutout groove formed in a surface which is located near the first stepped section and with which an inner peripheral hole section of the resolver rotor makes contact. In the crimping operation, the first stepped section of the rotor shaft is bent within the cutout groove to form a crimping protrusion which presses the end surface of the resolver rotor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2014
    Publication date: April 16, 2015
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hideaki YASUDA, Yasuyuki SATAKE
  • Publication number: 20150101182
    Abstract: The method for removing a bar or coil from a slot of an electric machine includes weakening the bonding between the slot and the bar or coil, and then removing the bar or coil.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2014
    Publication date: April 16, 2015
    Inventors: Massimiliano VISINTIN, Janusz Bialik, Luigi Cattaneo
  • Patent number: 9003639
    Abstract: A rotor includes a rotor core fixedly attached to a rotational shaft and having a plurality of hole portions arranged in the circumferential direction, a magnet inserted into a plurality of hole portions each, and a filling portion injected into the hole portion. The filling portion is injected into the hole portion from a gate facing a central part in the width direction of the magnet in the opening of the hole portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2015
    Assignees: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Mitsui High-Tec, Inc.
    Inventors: Kentaro Haruno, Taketo Takeuchi, Atsushi Watanabe, Kenichiro Fukumaru, Katsumi Amano, Kazutoshi Ueda, Takashi Fukumoto
  • Publication number: 20150097459
    Abstract: A motor-generator utilizes a multi-part rotor encircling a stator, the rotor including a plurality of rotor segments.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2014
    Publication date: April 9, 2015
    Applicant: ROTONIX HONG KONG LIMITED
    Inventors: Claude Michael Kalev, Heath F. Hofmann
  • Publication number: 20150097460
    Abstract: Described herein is a ball joints universal rotary motor, a manufacturing method and a working mechanism thereof. The ball joints universal rotary motor comprises a housing, a spherical-cap shaped stator body, and a rotor body configured to be secured within the stator body. The stator body is made from a permanent magnet. The rotor body comprises multiple layers of armatures and multiple spacer layers. The multiple layers of armatures are symmetrically distributed along the axis of the rotor body. A spacer layer is provided between two adjacent layers of armatures. The multiple layers of armatures and multiple spacer layers are securely connected by a bolt. The bolt and the rotor body are axially connected. The rotor body is of a spherical shape. Each layer of the armatures is wound with two layers of coils: a first layer and a second layer. The motor as provided is configured to realize movement in multiple directions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2014
    Publication date: April 9, 2015
    Inventor: Kuokwa Ho
  • Patent number: 9000628
    Abstract: Described herein is a ball joints universal rotary motor, a manufacturing method and a working mechanism thereof. The ball joints universal rotary motor comprises a housing, a spherical-cap shaped stator body, and a rotor body configured to be secured within the stator body. The stator body is made from a permanent magnet. The rotor body comprises multiple layers of armatures and multiple spacer layers. The multiple layers of armatures are symmetrically distributed along the axis of the rotor body. A spacer layer is provided between two adjacent layers of armatures. The multiple layers of armatures and multiple spacer layers are securely connected by a bolt. The bolt and the rotor body are axially connected. The rotor body is of a spherical shape. Each layer of the armatures is wound with two layers of coils: a first layer and a second layer. The motor as provided is configured to realize movement in multiple directions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2015
    Inventor: Kuokwa Ho
  • Patent number: 8997332
    Abstract: A method for forming an armature for an electric motor includes: securing a lamination stack having slots therein on an armature shaft, securing a commutator on one end of the armature shaft, winding magnet wires in the slots in the lamination stack and securing ends of the magnet wires to the commutator, the magnet wires having armature lead wires that extend from the slots to the commutator; and molding plastic over the magnet wires to encase at least the armature lead wires in plastic. Alternatively and/or additionally, plastic is molded over the magnet wires to retain them in the slots and to support the armature lead wires and prevent them from vibrating when the armature rotates during operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2015
    Assignee: Black & Decker Inc.
    Inventors: Hung T. Du, Brandon L. Verbrugge, Joshua F. West, Michael R. Sell, Richard T. Walter, David J. Smith, Earl M. Ortt, John C. Stone, Howard T. White
  • Publication number: 20150089794
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a rotor of an electric motor is disclosed. The method includes securing a plurality of permanent magnets to a sheet to form a magnet chain, bending the sheet to engage an inner surface of each permanent magnet with a curved outer surface of an insert mold, wrapping a metallic strip around an outer surface of the sheet to form a yoke of the rotor, and molding a polymeric material over the magnet chain and the yoke to form a cylindrical shell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2013
    Publication date: April 2, 2015
    Applicant: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: LUIZ V. DOKONAL, EVANDRO J. MEURER, ORLANDO STARKE
  • Patent number: 8991035
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a laminated core includes: preheating a rotor core body; attaching a cull plate onto a surface of the body removed from a preheating device; placing the body in a resin-sealing mold; heating and liquefying resin in resin reservoir pots by the mold; extruding the liquefied resin into plural magnet insertion holes and curing the resin; and ejecting a laminated rotor core from the mold and detaching the plate, wherein attaching the plate and detaching the plate are performed at a same station, and the plate detached is used as the plate at the attaching of the cull plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Assignee: Mitsui High-Tec, Inc.
    Inventors: Hidemi Sasaki, Masayuki Okabe
  • Publication number: 20150084473
    Abstract: An induction motor includes multiple conductor bars buried and disposed in a rotor core in a circumferential direction, and end rings joined with the multiple conductor bars so as to cause respective both ends thereof to be electrically conducted. Each conductor bar includes a first bar-shape metal portion, and two second metal portions joined with both ends thereof. The second metal portion is formed in a solid block shape. The first and second metal portions are joined with each other by friction stir welding or friction welding.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2014
    Publication date: March 26, 2015
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventor: Taizo TOMIOKA
  • Publication number: 20150084464
    Abstract: A permanent magnet rotor shaft assembly for a high speed electrical machine provides a permanent magnet cylindrical core having a longitudinal axis, the cylindrical core being axially compressed by first and second end shafts and being radially compressed by a sleeve made of a non-magnetic high strength metal. At least one of the first and second end shafts includes, facing the cylindrical core, a central shoulder head that cooperates with a mating central recess made in a central portion of a front face of the cylindrical core. An easy concentric alignment of the first and second end shafts with the permanent magnet cylindrical core is allowed while inserting the sleeve and the stiffness of the assembled set is enhanced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2014
    Publication date: March 26, 2015
    Applicant: SKF MAGNETIC MECHATRONICS
    Inventors: Lateb Ramdane, Joaquim Da Silva
  • Patent number: 8987964
    Abstract: A BLDC electric motor assembly (24) includes a rotor (42) having a plurality of magnet segments (50) securely retained thereabout by an annular ring (68) which is shrunk in situ in an electromagnetic forming operation. The magnet segments (50) are formed with tongues (62, 64) on their upper and lower ends (56, 58). One tongue (64) seats in a retaining pocket (48) molded on the rotor shaft (40), whereas the other tongue (62) provides a ledge into which the ring (68) seats. After the magnet forming operation, wherein the ring (68) is shrunk, the outer surface of the ring (68) is flush with the outer surfaces (54) of the magnet segments (50).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Assignee: Carter Fuel Systems, LLC
    Inventor: Kyle Dean Achor
  • Publication number: 20150076955
    Abstract: A stator formed of a dual-out stator lamination is disclosed. The stator comprises a generally annular core including a plurality of arcuately spaced apart teeth. Each of the teeth includes a generally radially extending leg and a head extending generally arcuately relative to the leg to present opposite head ends spaced from the leg. The head presents a tooth head height measured in at least a substantially radial direction. Each adjacent pair of said heads is spaced apart by a generally arcuate slot opening distance defined between the adjacent ends of the pair of heads. The ratio of each tooth head height to each adjacent slot opening distance is at least about twenty-eight hundredths (0.28).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2013
    Publication date: March 19, 2015
    Applicant: Nidec Motor Corporation
    Inventor: Keith I. Hoemann
  • Publication number: 20150076941
    Abstract: An electric machine includes a motor having a motor chassis having a first and second end, a stator assembly, and a rotor assembly. The electric machine includes a motor control assembly having a circuit board. The motor control assembly is attached to the stator assembly of the motor. A first end shield is attached to the first end of the motor chassis. The first end shield includes a first opening that is configured to enable a cooling air stream to pass therethrough to cool the motor and the motor control assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2014
    Publication date: March 19, 2015
    Inventors: Wei Song, David M. Pierre, Kamron Wright, Paul Nathanael Selking, Donn Edward Steffen
  • Publication number: 20150076959
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method of producing a rotor (10) of an electric machine, the rotor (10) comprising a rotor body (14) adapted to be rotated about a rotor axis (A) as well as at least one rotor component (16) to be mounted to the rotor body (14), said method comprising the steps of: arranging the rotor component (16) on the rotor body (14) and winding a wire-like structure (20) around an outer circumference (12) of the rotor body having the rotor component (16) arranged thereon so as to form a bandage (18), with the wire-like structure (20) during winding thereof being held under an adjustable bias.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2011
    Publication date: March 19, 2015
    Applicant: L-3 Communications Magnet-Motor GmbH
    Inventors: Peter Ehrhart, Jens Steffen, Anton Mueller
  • Patent number: 8978239
    Abstract: A method for preparing a field coil winding assembly including cleaning a plurality of copper coils followed by developing, after the cleaning, a copper oxide layer on each of the copper coils by oxidizing each of the copper coils in a solution. After the developing, each of the copper coils is rinsed followed by drying. After the drying, a turn insulation system is applied to each of the copper coils. The turn insulation system includes a turn insulation and an adhesive. The turn insulation includes at least one of a glass fiber re-enforced polyamideimide, a glass fiber re-enforced polyester, or a glass fiber re-enforced high temperature novolac epoxy. After the applying, each of the copper coils with the turn insulation system is cured. The plurality of copper coils with the turn insulation system are stacked in each of a plurality of rotor slots in a rotor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2015
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: James Jun Xu, Stephen Frank Francese, Alan Michael Iversen, Leonard Paul Squillacioti
  • Patent number: 8978238
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for terminating stator windings. The apparatus includes stator winding termination disks having “U” shaped winding mouths for each group of stator winding ends. After winding the stator, the stator winding termination disks are laid over the termination end of the stator, the unterminated stator windings for one phase of the stator are placed into the “U” shaped winding mouths, the “U” shaped winding mouths are crimped over the unterminated stator windings, and pressure and heat are applied to melt insulation on the unterminated stator winding ends and form an electrical connection between the stator winding termination disks and stator windings for each phase of the stator and for common.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2015
    Inventor: Louis J. Finkle
  • Publication number: 20150069879
    Abstract: A component that includes a longitudinal axle, having a multiple keybars that extend outward from a surface of the axle, such that each of the keybars are disposed axially along and circumferentially around the axle. Also the axis of the keybars is parallel to the axle, such that a profile of all midpoints of the keybars is helicoidal around the axle, also the helicoidal profile is such that they make up one or more helicoidal paths. The profile may be herringbone skewed. The component may be part of a rotor assembly that is part of an electric machine such as an interior permanent magnet (IPM) or Synchronous Reluctance motor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2014
    Publication date: March 12, 2015
    Inventors: Francesco Papini, Alexander Felix Fiseni, Mohamed Osama, Manoj Ramprasad Shah
  • Publication number: 20150068810
    Abstract: A separation catch mechanism disposed above a power section of a motor prevents full separation of lower components of the motor from upper components and an attached drillstring. An extension of the mechanism has a first end coupled to the rotor and has a second end disposed in a housing member beyond a seat. An expandable shoulder, such as a washer, disposed on the second end of the extension can be expanded thereon to engage the seat should housing components separate from one another on the motor. To expand the washer after being inserted during assembly past the seat, the second end of the extension has a tapered head on which the washer is disposed. The outside diameter of the washer is expanded on the tapered head by tightening a nut against the washer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2013
    Publication date: March 12, 2015
    Applicant: WEATHERFORD/LAMB, INC.
    Inventor: Gregory Richard Altimas
  • Publication number: 20150069863
    Abstract: A motor rotor assembly that includes multiple motor rotor sections and a rotor bar that extends through the motor rotor sections, such that the rotor bar and the motor rotor sections are configured such that the rotor sections are step-skewed, or continuously skewed, from each other. The assembly may be used in an IPM or Synchronous Reluctance motor; and, the motor rotor sections may be of solid core or laminations. Various assembly components, IPM and Synchronous Reluctance motors, and methods of construction/assembly are also disclosed. The present invention has been described in terms of specific embodiment(s), and it is recognized that equivalents, alternatives, and modifications, aside from those expressly stated, are possible and within the scope of the appending claims.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2013
    Publication date: March 12, 2015
    Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Francesco Papini, Alexander Felix Fiseni, Mohamed Osama
  • Publication number: 20150069867
    Abstract: The method for rewinding and electric machine includes removing the original stator bars from the slots, removing the original supports from the slots, and providing new supports into the slots, wherein the new supports defining cooling channels that extend over at least a portion of the slot, providing new stator bars into the slots.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2014
    Publication date: March 12, 2015
    Inventors: Denis Thiot, Paul Lapotre
  • Publication number: 20150061468
    Abstract: A method for fabricating a rotor for an electric motor is provided. The method includes the steps of fabricating a first set of rotor parts for use in a motor having a first frame size and fabricating a second set of rotor parts for use in a motor having a second frame size. The second frame size is substantially different from the first frame size. The method further includes the steps of fabricating a third set of rotor parts for use in the motor having the first frame size and for use in the motor having the second frame size, ascertaining the desired motor frame size, and selecting one of the first set of rotor parts and the second set of rotor parts in accordance with desired motor frame size. The method also includes the steps of selecting the third set of rotor parts and assembling a rotor with one of the first set of rotor parts and the second set of rotor parts and with the third set of rotor parts, such that a rotor for use with the desired motor frame size is substantially provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2013
    Publication date: March 5, 2015
    Applicant: Regal Beloit America, Inc.
    Inventor: Subhash Marutirao Brahmavar
  • Publication number: 20150061441
    Abstract: An electric machine includes a machine housing and a stator disposed at least partially within the housing. The electric machine also includes a radially embedded permanent magnet rotor disposed at least partially within the housing and an endcap. The rotor has at least one radially embedded permanent magnet that is configured to provide increased flux to reduce motor efficiency loss. The endcap is operably connected to a distal portion of the rotor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2014
    Publication date: March 5, 2015
    Inventors: Daniel Shawn Figgins, Harold Clifton Kingrey, Michael Allen Marks, Jeffrey Alan Hall, Subhash Marutirao Brahmavar, Alan Jacob Manz, David Allen Clendenen, Rafal Pawel Rohoza
  • Publication number: 20150061445
    Abstract: A rotor having permanent magnets 10 includes: a laminated core body 13 having a shaft hole 12 in the center thereof and magnet insertion holes 15 around the shaft hole 12; permanent magnets 16 disposed in the respective magnet insertion holes 15; and first and second end face plates 18, 19 disposed on one axial end and the other axial end of the laminated core body 13, respectively, the first and second end face plates 18, 19 including first and second through holes 32, 33, respectively. The first and second through holes 32, 33 each overlap a contour of a magnet insertion hole 15 on a radially inner side or a radially outer side in a plan view, and have first and second tapered portions 34, 35 gradually expanding the diameter toward the magnet insertion hole 15, respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2014
    Publication date: March 5, 2015
    Applicants: MITSUI HIGH-TEC, INC., HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hisatomo Ishimatsu, Manabu Yazaki, Koichi Ono
  • Patent number: 8968501
    Abstract: A method for building a magnetic core including laminations bound into packs for an electrical machine comprises steps of: stacking a group of laminations one on top of the other to build the core; binding into a pack the group building the core by locking members that axially compress the group with a predetermined clamping force; pre-compressing, before clamping the pack by the locking members, the group by a pre-compression press that is independent and separate from the locking members; measuring an axial length of the group while the group is being compressed by the pre-compression press; initially forming the group with a normally lacking number of laminations to initially have the measured length that is lower than or substantially equal to a desired length; and adding, after having completed pre-compression, an additional number of laminations to the group determined according to a difference between the desired and measured lengths.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignee: Magneti Marelli S.p.A.
    Inventors: Franco Ciampolini, Vincenzo Giorgianni, Patrick Giuliani
  • Patent number: 8966742
    Abstract: A method of producing a stator winding for a stator of an electrical machine includes positioning a phase winding segment of the stator winding in a same plane in a serpentine manner in a first direction (X) and in a shape of a wave in a second direction (Y) transverse to the first direction. The method includes bending regions (A, B, C) of the phase winding segment toward one another along a folding line to form a lap winding including positioning regions (C) parallel to each other connected by regions (B) where the regions (B) cross the at least one folding line (108). The phase winding is formed with a continuous wire.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Gert Wolf, Thomas Berger
  • Publication number: 20150052737
    Abstract: A system and method to reduce core loss in the stator of an electric motor by first preparing laminations of the stator and/or rotor in a water jetting operation, punching or stamping operation, laser cutting operation, or similar manufacturing operation, and then subjecting the laminations to a temperature treatment in a manner such that, upon assembly into a stator and/or rotor of an electric motor and operated within expected parameters, core loss is reduced. The system and method subjects the laminations to a cold bath preferably consisting of liquid nitrogen, after stamping but preferably prior to assembly, and then stacking the laminations together for assembly as a stator and/or rotor of an electric motor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2014
    Publication date: February 26, 2015
    Inventor: Robert Ross
  • Publication number: 20150052935
    Abstract: In a rotor portion, a magnet formed in a cylindrical shape, a first magnet holder that holds an impeller-attachment-portion-side end portion of the magnet, a second magnet holder that holds a magnetic-pole-position-detection-element-side end portion of the magnet, a back yoke disposed inside the magnet, a sleeve bearing disposed inside the back yoke, and a position detection magnet that is provided on a surface of the second magnet holder at a side opposite to the side at which the magnet is attached and allows a magnetic flux of the position detection magnet to be detected by the magnetic-pole-position detection element are assembled integrally together with a thermoplastic resin, and the impeller attachment portion is formed of the thermoplastic resin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2012
    Publication date: February 26, 2015
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroki Aso, Kazunori Sakanobe, Mineo Yamamoto, Hiroyuki Ishii, Junichiro Oya, Yuto Urabe
  • Publication number: 20150052934
    Abstract: A resin magnet, a magnetic pole position detection resin magnet, and a sleeve bearing, which is disposed inside the resin magnet, are integrally molded together with a thermoplastic resin in a rotor portion. At the same time, an impeller attachment portion is formed by the thermoplastic resin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2012
    Publication date: February 26, 2015
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroki Aso, Kazunori Sakanobe, Mineo Yamamoto, Hiroyuki Ishii, Junichiro Oya, Yuto Urabe
  • Publication number: 20150048713
    Abstract: A method of making a stator module for use in a stator assembly of an electric machine includes temporarily supporting a plurality of stator segments in a desired orientation using a temporary support. The desired orientation of the stator segments is a relative orientation of the stator segments within the stator module. A mold is placed around the plurality of stator segments and the mold is filled with a potting material to form a stator module such that the potting material supports the stator segments in their desired orientation. The temporary support is removed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2013
    Publication date: February 19, 2015
    Applicant: Green Ray Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Ramon Anthony Caamaño, Hector Luis Moya, Jeffrey Wayne Harris, Robert R. Ferber
  • Publication number: 20150033787
    Abstract: In a pump, a resin magnet included in a rotor portion has a plurality of groove portions in an outer peripheral portion thereof, the groove portions extending in an axial direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2012
    Publication date: February 5, 2015
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroki Aso, Kazunori Sakanobe, Mineo Yamamoto, Hiroyuki Ishii, Junichiro Oya, Yuto Urabe
  • Publication number: 20150035402
    Abstract: An internal permanent magnet machine includes a rotor assembly having a shaft comprising a plurality of protrusions extending radially outward from a main shaft body and being formed circumferentially about the main shaft body and along an axial length of the main shaft body. A plurality of stacks of laminations are arranged circumferentially about the shaft to receive the plurality of protrusions therein, with each stack of laminations including a plurality of lamination groups arranged axially along a length of the shaft and with permanent magnets being disposed between the stacks of laminations. Each of the laminations includes a shaft protrusion cut formed therein to receive a respective shaft protrusion and, for each of the stacks of laminations, the shaft protrusion cuts formed in the laminations of a respective lamination group are angularly offset from the shaft protrusion cuts formed in the laminations in an adjacent lamination group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2013
    Publication date: February 5, 2015
    Applicant: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Patel Bhageerath Reddy, Ayman Mohamed Fawzi EL-Refaie, Kum-Kang Huh, James Pellegrino Alexander
  • Publication number: 20150035390
    Abstract: A rotating electrical machine has a rotor composed of laminations which are mounted on a shaft in an embodiment. The portion of the laminations adjacent the shaft has one or more slots, so designed as to increase the contact force between the lamination and the shaft as the speed of the rotor rises. This allows the laminations to be assembled to the shaft with a smaller interference fit yet retain a contact force at high speeds. The laminations may be assembled to the shaft with a suitable adhesive.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2014
    Publication date: February 5, 2015
    Inventors: Steven Paul Randall, Phillip George Dickinson
  • Patent number: 8943673
    Abstract: In compact drive, spiroid gear unit, and method for manufacturing a drive unit that includes at least an electric motor, a brake, a gear unit, and a frequency converter, the output shaft of the gear unit and the rotor shaft are positioned in parallel to each other, and the shaft-center distance is determined by at least one gear stage. The first gear stage includes a first toothed member connected to the rotor shaft, and a second toothed member, which engages with the first toothed member and is connected to an intermediate shaft, the brake, including at least a brake-rotor shaft, being integrated in the housing of the compact drive, the brake-rotor shaft being parallel to the rotor shaft, and the brake-rotor shaft being connected to a toothed member, which engages with the second toothed member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2015
    Assignee: Sew-Eurodrive GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Josef Schmidt, Bernhard Köhler, Thomas Leichter, Jochen Mahlein
  • Patent number: 8946969
    Abstract: A squirrel-cage rotor of an asynchronous machine, in particular a die-cast rotor, includes a rotatable shaft, a laminated core being rotation-locked on the shaft and having grooves and opposing end faces. A squirrel-cage winding has rotor rods disposed in the grooves and a cage ring disposed on each of the end faces and electrically connecting the rotor rods. A pair of retaining elements is disposed on the shaft, wherein each retaining element extends in a radial direction in form of a disk or a spoke and has in an axial direction a wall and/or an axially extending finger. The wall overlaps on a radial periphery in the axial direction both the cage ring and a predefined axial section of the rotor rods that terminate in the cage ring, without increasing an external diameter of the laminated core.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2015
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Volker Dölz
  • Publication number: 20150026965
    Abstract: A system for rebalancing a generator rotor includes a temporary bearing shield configured to support a non-drive end of the generator rotor, and a pony motor assembly configured for attachment to a drive end of the generator rotor. The pony motor assembly is configured to rotate the generator rotor during a rebalancing operation. The temporary bearing shield and the pony motor assembly enable the generator rotor to be rotated during an in-situ rebalancing operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2013
    Publication date: January 29, 2015
    Applicant: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Ulrich Werner Neumann, Mark Randall Stewart
  • Publication number: 20150026964
    Abstract: A method for servicing a rotor of a generator includes the steps of, dismantling a non-drive end of the generator, removing insulation from portions of an existing Wye ring and existing connection lugs, removing portions of the existing Wye ring near the existing connection lugs, installing a replacement Wye ring in the generator, connecting the replacement Wye ring to the existing connection lugs, and insulating the replacement Wye ring and the existing connection lugs. The method is performed on the generator in-situ.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2013
    Publication date: January 29, 2015
    Applicant: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Ulrich Werner Neumann, Gary Randall Barnes, Richard Arland Ohl, JR., Brent Hamilton Holloway
  • Publication number: 20150028710
    Abstract: Provided is a rotor for a rotating electric machine which includes: an N pole integrally-stacked core in which a plurality of stacked tooth portions that contact with N pole side portions of adjacent ones of first permanent magnets are integrated with each other; and an S pole integrally-stacked core in which a plurality of stacked tooth portions that contact with S pole side portions of adjacent ones of the first permanent magnets are integrated with each other, and in which the N pole integrally-stacked core and the S pole integrally-stacked core are disposed around a rotation shaft having a non-magnetic outer circumferential surface so as to dispose the first permanent magnets and a gap therebetween.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2013
    Publication date: January 29, 2015
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Keiichiro Oka, Hiroyuki Akita
  • Publication number: 20150026966
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a permanent-magnet motor rotor includes manufacturing a rotary shaft, a permanent magnet, a front end cover, a rear end cover, and a magnetic yoke unit, where the magnetic yoke unit contains multiple pole shoe parts and one iron core part, where each pole shoe part and the iron core part are connected therebetween via a connecting strip; manufacturing a rotor spacer all positioning holes of the magnetic yoke unit correspond to the permanent-magnet through hole of the rotor spacer to form a permanent-magnet passage; inserting the permanent magnet into the permanent-magnet passage; inserting tightening bolts cutting off the mid-section of each connecting strip, overlapping the pole shoe parts to form a rotor pole shoe, overlapping the iron core parts to form a rotor iron core; and arranging respectively the front end cover and the rear end cover on a front end and a rear end.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2012
    Publication date: January 29, 2015
    Applicant: ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Youtong Fang, Jien Ma, Xiaoyan Huang, Jian Zhang, Qinfen Lu, Jiancheng Zhang, Wei Chen, Jiabin Liu
  • Publication number: 20150028702
    Abstract: A winding for a rotor for use in an electrical generator utilized in the power generation industry. The winding includes a plurality of axial sections and a plurality of transversely oriented end arc sections. An integrated leg section extends from each end arc section to form an associated corner section at an intersection of each leg section and associated end arc section. Each leg section is affixed to an associated axial section at a joint that is spaced apart from an associated corner section such that the joint is not subjected to stress concentration which occurs at the associated corner section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2014
    Publication date: January 29, 2015
    Inventors: Mark A. Grobe, David Earl Hulsey, James V. Johnson, Robert F. Lemke, Robert W. Ralph, Christian T. Schneider, Stephen T. Soto, Randy Edward Whitener, Larry L. Zeller
  • Publication number: 20150028718
    Abstract: An electrical machine exhibiting reduced friction and windage losses is disclosed. The electrical machine includes a stator and a rotor assembly configured to rotate relative to the stator, wherein the rotor assembly comprises a rotor core including a plurality of salient rotor poles that are spaced apart from one another around an inner hub such that an interpolar gap is formed between each adjacent pair of salient rotor poles, with an opening being defined by the rotor core in each interpolar gap. Electrically non-conductive and non-magnetic inserts are positioned in the gaps formed between the salient rotor poles, with each of the inserts including a mating feature formed an axially inner edge thereof that is configured to mate with a respective opening being defined by the rotor core, so as to secure the insert to the rotor core against centrifugal force experienced during rotation of the rotor assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2013
    Publication date: January 29, 2015
    Applicant: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Tsarafidy Raminosoa, James Pellegrino Alexander, Ayman Mohamed Fawzi EL-Refaie, David A. Torrey
  • Publication number: 20150022033
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to rotating electric machines which may be used for industrial applications, to a method for manufacturing a rotor of a synchronous reluctance motor, a rotor of a synchronous reluctance motor, and a synchronous reluctance motor. A rotor of a synchronous reluctance motor according to the present disclosure has a cylindrical rotor body part casted from a superparamagnetic material, and ferromagnetic flux guides arranged inside the casted cylindrical rotor body part. The flux guides are arranged to go through from one side of the outer circumference of the cylindrical rotor part to the other side of the outer circumference of the cylindrical rotor part in the direction of the direct axis of the synchronous reluctance motor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2014
    Publication date: January 22, 2015
    Inventors: Jouni Ikäheimo, Jere Kolehmainen
  • Patent number: 8935845
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing an inner rotor for a rotary electric machine, the rotor comprising a plurality of pole pieces surrounding a shaft, each pole piece being made from a stack of metal sheets (3) made of magnetic material, the pole pieces delimiting recesses between them for permanent magnets. The method comprises, in succession the steps of cutting blanks (33) each grouping together n metal sheets (3), “n” being the number of poles of the rotor, the n metal sheets of a blank being held together by temporary bridges (35) straddling the recesses, at least two bridges each comprising an outer lug (36), stacking the blanks while keeping them aligned via the outer lugs, immobilizing the stack of blanks, and eliminating all the temporary bridges in order to free up the radial access to the recesses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 20, 2015
    Assignees: Compagnie Generale des Etablissements Michelin, Michelin Recherche et Technique S.A.
    Inventors: Maeick Blanc, Bertrand Vedy