Plural Units, Structurally United Patents (Class 310/112)
  • Patent number: 11976676
    Abstract: A hydraulic-electric coupling driven multi-actuator system and control method are provided. The system comprises one or more hydraulic-electric hybrid driven actuators, first inverters, control valves, centralized hydraulic units and control units, wherein each hydraulic-electric hybrid driven actuator is correspondingly connected with one first inverter and one control valve; the centralized hydraulic units are connected with the control valves and configured to supply oil for the hydraulic-electric hybrid driven actuators and to perform power compensation; and the control units are respectively connected with the hydraulic-electric hybrid driven actuators, and each control unit is configured to control output torque of a first motor of the corresponding hydraulic-electric hybrid driven actuator based on pressure information of the hydraulic-electric hybrid driven actuator, such that pressure of driving cavities of the hydraulic-electric hybrid driven actuators is equal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: Taiyuan University of Technology
    Inventors: Long Quan, Shufei Qiao, Yunxiao Hao, Lei Ge, Bo Wang
  • Patent number: 11962209
    Abstract: An axial flux induction machine including at least two stator and one rotor where the stators include an inner and outer ring of coils. The stator includes at least two mirrored structure constructed such as to secure wire coils, amplify magnetic characteristics, and provide a structure upon which to secure a rotary shaft or through which a rotary shaft may be run. The structures supporting either the outer or inner ring of coils can be in contact between the two stators and the outer ring can be spaced further from the rotary shaft than the inner ring of coils and also further from the rotary shaft than an outer edge of the rotor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: Torev Corporation
    Inventor: Roderick James Brogan
  • Patent number: 11936273
    Abstract: A stator assembly for a planar electrical motor includes coil conductors arranged in a stator layer, elongated in a first direction and arranged side by side in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction. The coil conductors are connected to form a three-phase system, with a first forward conductor and first return conductor of the first phase connected in series to the first forward conductor, a second forward conductor and second return conductor of the second phase connected in series with the second forward conductor, and a third forward conductor and third return conductor of the third phase connected in series with the third forward conductor. The three-phase system has first and second opposite sides. The first forward conductor and the first return conductor are electroconductively connected in series by first and second horizontal connecting conductors arranged in the stator layer on the second and first side, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: Beckhoff Automation GmbH
    Inventors: Rolf Brinkmann, Uwe Prüssmeier, Lukas Bentfeld
  • Patent number: 11826910
    Abstract: A gripper includes at least one movable finger. Each movable finger includes a first motor, a second motor, a first motor link having a first end coupled to a rotor of the first motor, a second motor link having a first end coupled to a rotor of the second motor, a finger link having a first end in pivotal connection with a second end of the second motor link and a gripper pad, and a connecting link having a first end in pivotal connection with a second end of the first motor link and a second end in pivotal connection with the finger link. The gripper further includes at least one controller programmed or configured to actuate the first motor and the second motor of each of the at least one movable finger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: Carnegie Mellon University
    Inventors: Ankit Bhatia, Aaron Johnson, Matthew T. Mason
  • Patent number: 11831220
    Abstract: A motor assembly is described and includes a housing having a forward endplate and a rear endplate; a plurality of motors disposed within the housing; and a drive shaft driven by the plurality of motors and having a first end extending through the forward endplate of the housing and a second end extending through the rear endplate of the housing, wherein the first end of the drive shaft is configured to engage with a gearbox.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: TEXTRON INNOVATIONS INC.
    Inventor: Grant Beall
  • Patent number: 11804742
    Abstract: The invention relates to a rotor (1) of an electromagnetic motor or generator having a body comprising an inner hub (2) which is concentric to a central axis (7) of rotation of the rotor (1), branches (3) extending radially with respect to the central axis (7) of rotation from the inner hub (2) towards a hoop (8) forming a circular outer periphery of the rotor (1), at least one magnet (10) being housed in each space delimited between two adjacent branches (3), each having a width which decreases with distance from the inner hub (2) and terminates by a tapered tip (3b) against the hoop (8). Each magnet is in the form of a magnet structure (10) consisting of a plurality of individual magnets (4) which are secured together by a fiber-reinforced insulating material, each individual magnet (4) being elongated in shape by extending in the axial direction of the rotor (1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: Whylot SAS
    Inventors: Loic Mayeur, Romain Ravaud
  • Patent number: 11804743
    Abstract: A rotor (1) of an axial-flux electromagnetic machine having a body comprising an internal hub (2) concentric to the axis of rotation (7). Branches (3) extend radially in relation to the axis of rotation (7) from the internal hub (2) toward a binding band (8) which forms an external circular rim of the rotor (1). In each space defined between two adjacent branches (3) there is a magnet structure (10) comprising a plurality of magnets (4). The body is constituted by a plurality of stacked layers of composite containing fibers bonded by a resin. The fibers of each layer are oriented in a different predetermined direction (F1, F2) for two adjacent and stacked layers. In addition, a covering skin is located on each of two opposite faces of the rotor body, made up of a plurality of stacked layers of composite containing fibers bonded by a resin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: Whylot SAS
    Inventors: Loic Mayeur, Romain Ravaud
  • Patent number: 11773949
    Abstract: An electro-hydraulic linear ball screw actuator preferably includes an electric motor, a hydraulic tube, an actuator ball screw, a ball nut device, an actuator rod and at least one external hydraulic flow passage. The actuator ball screw is rotated by the electric motor. The ball nut device includes a ball nut base, a piston portion and a rod thread. The ball nut device is retained in the hydraulic tube. The ball nut base includes a plurality of ball bearings, which engage ball threads on the actuator ball screw. The actuator rod is retained on the piston portion. Rotation of the electric motor causes the actuator rod to extend or retract. A first hydraulic chamber is located behind the piston portion and a second hydraulic chamber is located in front of the piston portion. The at least one external hydraulic flow passage transfers hydraulic fluid between the first and second chambers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignees: ZOOMLION HEAVY INDUSTRY NA, INC., ZOOMLION HEAVY INDUSTRY SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD
    Inventors: Shu Wang, Matthew Schoenberg
  • Patent number: 11770033
    Abstract: An electric motor includes a rotor and a stator. The stator includes a first stator core located on a first side in the axial direction, and a second stator core located on a second side. The minimum distance from a rotor core of the rotor to the first stator core in the radial direction is smaller than the minimum distance from the rotor core to the second stator core in the radial direction. Each tooth of the first stator core includes a tooth end portion. The tooth end portion includes a main body extending in the radial direction, and a first portion extending in the circumferential direction, and a second portion projecting from the first portion in the radial direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Koji Yabe, Takanori Watanabe
  • Patent number: 11750121
    Abstract: An actuator assembly comprising an output member rotatable about a center axis relative to a structure, a first actuator having a first stator fixed to the structure and a first rotor rotatable about the center axis relative to the first stator, a second actuator having a second stator coupled to the first rotor such that the second stator rotates about the center axis relative to the first stator with rotation of the first rotor about the center axis and having a second rotor rotationally coupled to the output member, a controller configured in a failure mode to drive one of the first actuator or the second actuator to selectively control the rotation of the output member about the center axis with an operational failure of the other of the first actuator or the second actuator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: Moog Inc.
    Inventor: Paul A. Stoelting
  • Patent number: 11739742
    Abstract: An electrical submersible well pump assembly has first and second permanent magnet motors. The first motor drive shaft is connected to a coupling that has internal splines for receiving an externally splined end of the second motor drive shaft. Alignment devices rotationally align magnetic poles of the first drive shaft with the magnetic poles of the second drive shaft prior to securing the housings of the first and second motors together. The alignment devices may be a coupling irregularity in the internal splines that is at a controlled orientation relative to the magnetic poles of the first shaft and a shaft irregularity in the external splines that prevents the second drive shaft from fully engaging the coupling unless the shaft irregularity is in a specified rotational position relative to the coupling irregularity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: BAKER HUGHES OILFIELD OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventor: James C. Clingman
  • Patent number: 11686384
    Abstract: An electric drive unit and method of assembling the same is disclosed. The electric drive unit includes a rotor having a rotor shaft, and gear shaft, where the rotor shaft is inserted into the gear shaft. The gear shaft is supported by two bearings, while the rotor shaft supported directly at one end by a bearing and at the other by the gear shaft. A wave spring is also disclosed that provides an axial loading to the rotor shaft. Also disclosed is a balancing ring secured to an end of the rotor via a locknut. The balancing ring can be machined in order to balance the rotor. The rotor shaft can be connected to the gear shaft via a spline connection. The rotor shaft can bear against the gear shaft via a pilot journal and pilot bore defined on the rotor shaft and gear shaft respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: Tesla, Inc.
    Inventors: Benjamin Dellal, Scott Michael Graves, Luke Ottaway
  • Patent number: 11674518
    Abstract: An electrical submersible well pump (ESP) has a motor electrical connector mounted to an exterior of the motor. A motor sensor connects to an interior side of the motor electrical connector. Seal first and second electrical connectors mount to an exterior of a seal/motor adapter. A seal internal wire within the seal section electrically connects interior sides of the seal first and second electrical connectors together. An external motor jumper wire extends alongside the motor between the motor electrical connector and the seal first electrical connector. A pump electrical connector mounts to an exterior of a pump/seal adapter and connects to a pump sensor within the pump. An external seal jumper wire connects between the seal second electrical connector and the pump electrical connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: BAKER HUGHES OILFIELD OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Ryan Semple, David Tanner
  • Patent number: 11666188
    Abstract: A home appliance including a dryer to discharge drying air and a stand is provided. The dryer includes a casing, a fan located in the casing, a heater located in the casing, a grip connected to the casing, and a dryer positioner located at the grip. The stand includes a receptacle to detachably mount an end of the grip of the dryer and a stand positioner located at the receptacle, the stand positioner cooperating with the dryer positioner when the grip is mounted in the receptacle to align the grip in a predetermined position. At least one of a magnetic force or a physical contact occurs between the dryer positioner and the stand positioner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Hyunsun Yoo, Jaehung Chun, Yousook Eun, Joogyeom Kim, Sungkyung Kim, Myongsun Kim
  • Patent number: 11641149
    Abstract: An electrical machine stator can include a stator core having a stator core shape and made of a core material, a plurality of windings disposed in the stator core and made of a conductive material, and an insulative material surrounding the plurality of windings and configured to electrically insulate each winding from each other adjacent winding, and/or to insulate one or more of the windings from the stator core. The insulative material can be an amorphous metal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2023
    Assignee: Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation
    Inventors: Ranadip Acharya, Tahany I. El-Wardany, Colette O. Fennessy, Joseph Kenneth Coldwate
  • Patent number: 11616427
    Abstract: A motor comprising: (a) a stator having a plurality of ferrous cores surrounded by a plurality of windings; (b) a pair of rotors positioned on opposing sides of the stator, each rotor including a ring gear; and (c) a drive shaft extending through a cutout of the stator, the drive shaft having a pinion gear positioned near an end of the drive shaft in communication with the ring gears of the rotors; wherein the rotors rotate in opposing directions so that the ring gears translate a movement of the rotors to the drive shaft through the pinion gear to rotate the drive shaft in a direction substantially orthogonal to a direction of rotation of the rotors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: CSAW Studios LLC
    Inventor: Seanan R. Holland
  • Patent number: 11601027
    Abstract: Systems and methods for connecting rotors between multiple permanent magnet motors. By coupling the rotors of multiple modules, torque may be transferred while maintaining the angular alignment between the stator and rotor magnetic fields of each individual permanent magnet motor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: RLT HOLDINGS, LLC
    Inventors: Edward Curt, Kyle Meier, Zhichao Yu, Samuel Rodriguez
  • Patent number: 11601021
    Abstract: A motor includes a rotor and a stator. The stator is formed by laminating a plurality of magnetic thin strips each having a plurality of teeth parts. The magnetic thin strip includes an elliptical-shaped inner diameter part formed along tip end portions of the plural teeth parts. At least one magnetic thin strip in the laminated magnetic thin strips is shifted by a given angle with respect to other magnetic thin strips in a horizontal direction, and positions of all teeth parts of the laminated magnetic thin strips correspond to one another to reduce cogging torque.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Mitsuo Saitoh, Naoki Nojiri, Hideaki Hamada, Kenji Tanimoto, Fumihiko Kawai, Yukio Nishikawa
  • Patent number: 11581785
    Abstract: This application provides a motor cooling system of an electric vehicle. In the cooling system, a coil cooling oil passage includes a first oil outlet that is at an end portion of a stator core. A core cooling oil passage and the coil cooling oil passage are sequentially connected. In this case, cooling oil first enters the core cooling oil passage, and then enters the coil cooling oil passage. The core cooling oil passage extends in a circumferential direction of the stator core. The coil cooling oil passage extends in an axial direction of the stator core. A power apparatus drives the cooling oil to enter the core cooling oil passage from an oil inlet, flow through the core cooling oil passage, and enters the coil cooling oil passage from an oil through port. The cooling oil flows back to an oil return groove from the first oil outlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: Huawei Digital Power Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jiangang Wang, Quanming Li, Tingyu Xie, Yibo Wang
  • Patent number: 11548385
    Abstract: There is disclosed a power generation assembly (300) for powering a transport refrigeration system (TRS) (52) of a vehicle (10), the power generation assembly (300) comprising: a torque converter (402) having an engine side input (404) and a transmission side output (406); a power take-off device (302) coupled to the engine side input (404) of the torque converter (402), the power take-off device (302) having a rotary output; a permanent magnet generator (304) having a rotor (420) directly coupled to the power take-off device (302) for power generation; wherein the power generation assembly (300) is configured to be housed in an engine bay (210) of a vehicle (10), and is configured to generate at least 8 kW of power when the engine side input (404) has a rotational speed of 500 rpm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: THERMO KING LLC
    Inventors: Esa Heikki Matias Vikman, Petri J Maki-Ontto
  • Patent number: 11539250
    Abstract: The invention predominantly relates to a rotating electrical machine for a motor vehicle, comprising: a rotor having an even number of pole pairs Np; and a stator (10) comprising a body provided with slots and a three-phase winding (14) inserted into the slots in the stator body. The three-phase winding (14) comprises: at least a first group (G1) of portions of phases (U, V, W) and a second group (G2) of portions of phases (U, V, W) which are associated with a first set of at least three bridge arms (21.1); and at least a third group (G3) of portions of phases (U, V, W) and a fourth group (G4) of portions of phases (U, V, W) which are associated with a second set of at least three bridge arms (21.1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: Valeo Equipements Electriques Moteur
    Inventors: Jérome Legranger, Philippe-Siad Farah, Radu Fratila
  • Patent number: 11515068
    Abstract: An exciter includes a first yoke having a first accommodation space with a first open end, a second yoke having a second accommodation space with a second open end which faces the first open end, the second open end being spaced from the first open end in a vibration direction. The exciter further includes a first magnetic member accommodated in the first accommodation space, a magnetic core and a coil accommodated in the second accommodation space, the coil wound around the magnetic core, a second magnetic member accommodated in the second accommodation space and located at outside of the coil, and a copper tube wound around the magnetic core and sandwiched between the magnetic core and the coil. The copper tube is capable of suppressing the high frequency impedance of the coil and therefore improves the high frequency performance and the reliability of the exciter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: AAC Technologies Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Xudong Yan, Wenya Han, Wei Liu
  • Patent number: 11473561
    Abstract: A generator for a wind turbine comprising a generator stator having a mounting portion for fixing the generator stator to a machine carrier of the wind turbine, and a generator rotor mounted rotatably about a generator axis relative to the generator stator. The generator has a single-stage transmission which is adapted to non-rotatably cooperate at the drive side with a rotor blade hub and which is non-rotatably connected at the output side to the generator rotor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: Wobben Properties GmbH
    Inventors: Albrecht Brenner, Jochen Röer, Jan Carsten Ziems
  • Patent number: 11462955
    Abstract: An electric rotating machine according to an embodiment includes a stator, and a rotor that is rotatable about a rotational center. The stator includes a winding having an annular shape with the rotational center, a first core, and a second core. The first core surrounds a part of the winding, and has a pole face to which a magnetic flux is input in a first direction, and a pole face from which the magnetic flux is output in the first direction. The second core surrounds a part of the winding, and has a pole face to which a magnetic flux is input in a second direction, and a pole face from which the magnetic flux is output in the second direction. The rotor is positioned spaced from the first core and the second core, and is rotatable about the rotational center, relatively with respect to the stator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Yasuhito Ueda, Hiroshi Takahashi
  • Patent number: 11456653
    Abstract: A bi-polar hybrid stepper motor includes a stator having a primary winding. The stator and the primary winding are positioned within a housing. A rotor has a magnetic component. The rotor is rotationally operable relative to the stator. An axial coil assembly is positioned within the housing and located proximate ends of the rotor and having a secondary winding. At least a portion of the magnetic component of the rotor is produced by the axial coil assembly in an energized state. The energized state produces an electromagnetic communication between the rotor and the stator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: GHSP, Inc.
    Inventors: Larry Duane Ridge, John Thomas Bagley
  • Patent number: 11431233
    Abstract: A system to reduce eddy currents and the resulting losses in a synchronous motor includes at least one pick-up coil mounted to the rotor. Each pick-up coil may be located proximate a pole on the rotor. A voltage applied to the stator to control the synchronous motor includes both a fundamental component and harmonic components. The fundamental component interacts with a magnetically salient structure in each pole on the rotor to cause rotation of the rotor. The harmonic components induce a voltage in the pick-up coil. The portion of the harmonic components that induce a voltage in the pick-up coil no longer generate eddy currents within the motor. The energy harvested by the pick-up coil may also be utilized in a function other than driving the motor, such as powering a sensor mounted on the rotor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: Rockwell Automation Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Xikai Sun, Gennadi Sizov, Michael J. Melfi
  • Patent number: 11408326
    Abstract: An engine including an engine block having a cylinder defining a front of the engine, a blower housing coupled to the engine block and defining a hot half and a cool half opposite the front half, a starter mount assembly coupled to the blower housing and positioned within the cool half, an electric starter motor retained by the starter mount assembly, and a battery mounted to the blower housing and positioned in the cool half. The battery is electrically coupled to the electric starter motor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: Briggs & Stratton, LLC
    Inventors: Mark Meyer, David W. Procknow, James Michael Busse
  • Patent number: 11359640
    Abstract: A set of parts for a radial fan has a fan wheel (2), a main housing part (1), and a complementary housing part (3). They can be assembled to form a first housing that encloses the fan wheel (2). The housing has an inlet opening (27) and an outlet (23). At least one second complementary fan wheels (2?, 2?) (3?, 3?), the shape of which differs from the first fan wheel part (2), can be connected to the motor instead of the fan wheel (2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: ebm-papst St. Georgen GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Wolfgang Laufer, Peter Ragg, Arno Karwath, Francisco Rojo, Raul Rosas
  • Patent number: 11322995
    Abstract: An electromagnetic machine includes a housing, an axle coupled to the housing in a rotatable fashion, a stator assembly disposed generally within the housing, the stator assembly including a stator plate and a stator bearing coupled to the axle such that the stator assembly is rotatable about the axle, a rotor assembly fixed to the axle and disposed generally within the housing and including a rotor housing that defines a circumferentially extending channel that is sized to receive a portion of the stator assembly therein; and a locking mechanism configured to selectively prevent and permit rotation of the stator assembly about the axle via the stator bearing. The housing can include an access window defined therein such that the stator assembly is accessible through the access window.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: ClearWater Holdings, Ltd.
    Inventors: The' Le, Stephen Gottschalk, Tony Jones, Jemon Johnson, Peter V. Schwartz, G. Noah Newmark, Stephen M. Collins
  • Patent number: 11316405
    Abstract: A human motion energy harvesting apparatus embeddable in a wearable electronic device is provided. The apparatus may include a base; a first rotor disposed in a ring shape and connected to the base, the first rotor being rotatable circumferentially relative to the base, wherein a plurality of pairs of first permanent magnets may be disposed on a surface of the first rotor; an oscillating weight fixed coaxially with the first rotor; a second rotor disposed in a ring shape and coaxially connected to the base with the first rotor, the second rotor being rotatable circumferentially relative to the base, wherein a plurality of pairs of second permanent magnets may be disposed on a surface of the second rotor; a modulation ring fixed to the base coaxially with the first rotor between the first rotor and the second rotor; and a stator fixed to the base coaxially with the first rotor on a side of the second rotor opposite the first rotor, wherein a coil is arranged on the stator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: The Chinese University of Hong Kong
    Inventors: Wei-Hsin Liao, Mingjing Cai, Jiahua Wang
  • Patent number: 11289984
    Abstract: A bearingless motor is provided. The bearingless motor primarily includes a rotor module and a stator. The rotor module includes a plurality of rotor elements, and the stator includes a housing that forms a receiving space for receiving the rotor module, wherein the rotor module is rotatable relative to the stator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: DELTA ELECTRONICS, INC.
    Inventors: Lei-Chung Hsing, Chien-Chung Shih, Yu-Lin Su
  • Patent number: 11289970
    Abstract: An electric drive comprises a bearingless electric machine, a converter, and a control device. The stator of the electric machine has a cage winding including bars connected to a conductor ring. The control device controls the converter to supply torque generating current components to the bars so that torque is generated in accordance with electric machine control and to supply levitation current components to the bars so that the rotor of the bearingless electric machine is levitated in accordance with levitation control. The cage winding allows the currents of the bars to be controlled so that different current sheet distributions can be generated so as to generate desired torque and magnetic force.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: LAPPEENRANNAN-LAHDEN TEKNILLINEN YLIOPISTO LUT
    Inventor: Rafal Piotr Jastrzebski
  • Patent number: 11277062
    Abstract: Disclosed are various embodiments for a new and improved electric motor/generator including a toroidal magnetic cylinder centered on the longitudinal axis, and a coil assembly including a first coil assembly support positioned within the toroidal magnetic cylinder, and a second coil assembly support positioned within the toroidal magnetic cylinder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Assignee: Linear Labs, Inc.
    Inventor: Fred E. Hunstable
  • Patent number: 11271456
    Abstract: An electric machine assembly having a main machine stator core having at least one stator post, a set of stator windings wound about the at least one stator post and having a first end and an opposing second end, a coolant inlet housing defining an inlet passage, a coolant outlet housing defining an outlet passage, proximate to the coolant inlet housing, and wherein the coolant inlet passage and the coolant outlet passage define a coolant circuit configured to receive a supply of coolant to remove heat generated in the set of stator windings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: GE Aviation Systems LLC
    Inventors: Hao Huang, Xiaochuan Jia
  • Patent number: 11261854
    Abstract: An electrical submersible well pump assembly has first and second permanent magnet motors. The first motor drive shaft is connected to a coupling that has internal splines for receiving an externally splined end of the second motor drive shaft. Alignment devices rotationally align magnetic poles of the first drive shaft with the magnetic poles of the second drive shaft prior to securing the housings of the first and second motors together. The alignment devices may be a coupling irregularity in the internal splines that is at a controlled orientation relative to the magnetic poles of the first shaft and a shaft irregularity in the external splines that prevents the second drive shaft from fully engaging the coupling unless the shaft irregularity is in a specified rotational position relative to the coupling irregularity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: BAKER HUGHES OILFIELD OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventor: James C. Clingman
  • Patent number: 11264877
    Abstract: An axial flux machine (AFM) includes a rotor rotatably disposed between a pair of fixed stators. The rotor and the stators are formed of tape-wound laminated cores of ferromagnetic material. In addition, the rotor includes multiple layers of angled magnets that circumscribe the rotor. Such configuration enables the axial flux machine to achieve a high airgap flux density while achieving a high saliency ratio and lowered cogging torque as compared to current generation AFMs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: THE UNIVERSITY OF AKRON
    Inventor: Yilmaz Sozer
  • Patent number: 11258342
    Abstract: An electrical machine includes a stator containing bearing plates and windings conducting electrical current and the rotor. The stator has windings conducting electric current embedded in a composite material and shaped into winding segments forming a ring segment of an angular span constituting a part of the full angle. The segments are inserted between the external and internal discs of the rotor. The magnetic poles are embedded and magnetised towards the axial direction of internal discs. The poles are separated from each other with a spacing made of a non-magnetic composite material of the internal and external discs structure. Each external and internal disc has an external reinforcing ring, made of a non-magnetic composite material reinforced with fibres of strength exceeding 1 GPa, formed by winding the fibres together with resin on the cylindrical surface of the discs. The external discs have a ring closing the magnetic circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: Equelo sp. z o. o.
    Inventor: Grzegorz Ekwiński
  • Patent number: 11239735
    Abstract: A motor unit includes: a first rotating electric machine which includes a cylindrical first stator, a first rotor disposed coaxially with the first stator, a first shaft disposed coaxially with the first rotor, and a cylindrical first casing accommodating the first stator and the first rotor; a second rotating electric machine which includes a cylindrical second stator, a second rotor disposed coaxially with the second stator, a second shaft disposed coaxially with the second rotor, and a cylindrical second casing accommodating the second stator and the second rotor; a single drive device which is integrally fixed across a peripheral surface in a diameter direction of the first rotor in the first casing and a peripheral surface in a diameter direction of the second rotor in the second casing; and a surface-matching fixing portion which is fixed by a fixing member while an axial end surface of the first casing comes into contact with an axial end surface of the second casing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignees: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD., Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Manabu Yazaki, Tomoyuki Suzuki, Sachio Kawada, Yasuyuki Saito, Hiroshi Hamano, Tsuyoshi Harada
  • Patent number: 11216071
    Abstract: A tactile output apparatus is provided that includes a dermal contact surface. The apparatus also includes a first securing member and a second securing member. A first arm may be pivotally coupled to the first securing member, and a second arm may be pivotally coupled to the second securing member. The first arm may also be pivotally coupled to the second arm at an arm pivot point, and the dermal contact surface may move with the arm pivot point. The first securing member may be movable along a first securing member travel path towards or away from the second securing member and movement of the first securing member along the first securing member travel path may cause responsive movement of the arm pivot point and the dermal contact surface in a direction having a movement component perpendicular to the first securing member travel path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: The Johns Hopkins University
    Inventors: Matthew S. Johannes, Jared M. Wormley, Matthew S. Fifer
  • Patent number: 11211848
    Abstract: A method and assembly of a dry cavity oil cooled electric machine includes a housing, a shaft configured to operably couple with a source of rotational force and rotate about a rotational axis, and an exciter rotor and a permanent magnet generator rotor carried by the shaft, wherein the exciter rotor and the permanent magnet generator rotor rotate relative to the housing, which provides such a construction of dry cavity generators that have high efficiency and high power density.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: GE Aviation Systems LLC
    Inventors: Hao Huang, Xiaochuan Jia
  • Patent number: 11190093
    Abstract: An electric machine system described herein comprises a first electric machine rotor, a first gear and a second gear. The first gear is connected to the first electric machine rotor and to a first input/output shaft. The second gear is connected to the first electric machine rotor and to a second input/output shaft. The first electric machine rotor is disposed between the first gear and the second gear.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: PRATT & WHITNEY CANADA CORP.
    Inventors: Eric Latulipe, Richard Freer
  • Patent number: 11171526
    Abstract: Various implementations include an electric motor including an annular radial stator, an annular axial stator, and a rotor. The annular radial stator has an opening with an inner surface and distributed windings disposed along at least the inner surface of the opening. The annular axial stator has concentrated windings disposed along at least a first side of the axial stator. The rotor includes two or more magnets. Flux from the two or more magnets interacts with one or both of a magnetic field created by the radial stator windings or axial rotor windings. The rotor is disposed within the radial stator opening and the axes of the axial stator and radial stator are coincident with the rotor axis. The flux interacting with one or both of the radial stator magnetic field or the axial stator magnetic field turns the rotor about the rotor axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: The Board of Trustees of the University of Alabama
    Inventors: Yang-Ki Hong, Hoyun Won, Woncheol Lee
  • Patent number: 11161258
    Abstract: A mechanical joint configured for providing dissipation of heat generated is provided. The mechanical joint includes a housing containing a motor assembly configured to drive a gear assembly for driving the mechanical joint, the motor assembly configured to be controlled by a control assembly for controlling rotation of a rotor of the motor assembly; wherein a brake disk of the control assembly is configured to increase air flow within the housing. A robot and a robotic system are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignee: KOLLMORGEN CORPORATION
    Inventors: John Boyland, Brian Scott Dawson, Shelly Dunkleman, Wei Tong, Bradley A. Trago, Brandon L. Winesett
  • Patent number: 11159068
    Abstract: A motor includes a rotor including a rotating shaft, a nonmagnetic rotary frame, yokes arranged separately in the nonmagnetic rotary frame, and magnets arranged on surfaces of the yokes at least on one side of the yokes. To hold the yokes and the magnets, the nonmagnetic rotary frame includes a first annular rib that extends along a circumferential direction on a radially outer side of the rotating shaft, radially extending ribs that extend from a radially outer side of the first annular rib along radial directions, and a second annular rib joined to the radially extending ribs and concentric with the first annular rib.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: NIDEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Guo-Jhih Yan, Hsiu-Ying Lin, Keng-Chang Wu
  • Patent number: 11137060
    Abstract: Systems and method for cooling and lubricating power transmission systems include providing oil to an oil tube and then to a rotor shaft via the oil tube. Oil may also be provided through at least one channel defined in an end of the oil tube inserted into an annular region of the rotor shaft, through at least one channel defined in an end of the gear shaft and between the end and a shoulder of the rotor shaft and through at least one channel defined in side surface of the rotor shaft in a region of rotor shaft inserted into the gear shaft. Such systems and method can also include providing oil a fluid passageway in a bearing shim plate via an inlet tube. Oil may also be provided through a radial gap adjacent a bearing shim plate outlet and chamber defined in the bearing shim plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignee: Tesla, Inc.
    Inventors: Benjamin Dellal, Luke Ottaway, Scott Michael Graves, Eric Bellemare
  • Patent number: 11133763
    Abstract: A magnetically de-coupled, separately controlled, electric machine assembly including a radial and one or more axial electric machines, each with rotors mechanically coupled to and arranged to directly drive a single shaft. Each of the electric machines are independently, but cooperatively, controlled by two (or more) inverters respectively. The axial and radial electric machines are contained in a single housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Assignee: Tula eTechnology, Inc.
    Inventor: Zakirul Islam
  • Patent number: 11133725
    Abstract: An electrical machine comprising: a first rotor, the first rotor producing a first magnetic field having a first number of pole pairs; a second rotor comprising a plurality of pole pieces, the plurality of pole pieces being arranged to modulate the first magnetic field to produce a second magnetic field having a second number of pole pairs; a stator Comprising one or more windings arranged to produce a third magnetic field arranged to interact with the first number of pole pairs and the second number of pole pairs; wherein the interaction of the third magnetic field with the first number of pole pairs and the second number of pole pairs changes a torque ratio between the first rotor and the second rotor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Assignee: Magnomatics Limited
    Inventors: Stuart Calverley, Petr Chmelicek
  • Patent number: 11128207
    Abstract: An axial flux rotary generator comprising: two magnetic annuli; a coil annulus; the magnetic annuli and coil annulus having a common axis; the two magnetic annuli defining a plurality of magnetic fields around the common axis extending across a gap between the two magnetic annuli and the coil annulus having a sequence of coils around the common axis in the gap such that lines of magnetic flux from the magnetic fields cut the turns of the coils and thus induce electric current in the coils as the magnetic annuli are caused to rotate relative to the coil annulus; characterised in that the coils comprise a wound flat strip conductor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: TIME TO ACT LIMITED
    Inventor: Hugh-Peter Granville Kelly
  • Patent number: 11118587
    Abstract: The disclosure herein includes an electric submersible pump assembly for pumping fluids from a wellbore, which electric submersible pump assembly may include: a pump; a housing coupled to the pump; a body disposed in the housing, wherein the body may have a central aperture, an outer surface, and a flow path disposed in the outer surface; and a shaft assembly disposed in the central aperture of the body, wherein the shaft assembly may have a central flow path disposed therethrough and a port in fluid communication with the central flow path, the central aperture of the body, and the flow path disposed in the outer surface of the body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: Lex Submersible Pumps FZC
    Inventors: Anton Shakirov, Vitaly Koropetskiy, Iaroslav Alekseev, Vadim Batalov, Evgeniy Cheremisinov
  • Patent number: 11075555
    Abstract: An axial gap motor includes: a first stator and a second stator disposed to be opposite to each other in an axial direction; and a rotor including a first magnet layer in which a plurality of first main magnetic pole magnets and a plurality of first auxiliary pole magnets are arranged in a Halbach array in a circumferential direction to increase a magnetic field strength toward the first stator and a second magnet layer in which a plurality of second main magnetic pole magnets and a plurality of second auxiliary pole magnets are arranged in a Halbach array in the circumferential direction to increase a magnetic field strength toward the second stator between the first stator and the second stator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Mikito Sasaki, Masahiro Nil