With Plural Sets Of Rotating Magnets Patents (Class 310/156.36)
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Patent number: 12184137Abstract: A modular device that can operate as an electrical generator. First and second coil support plates are arranged in parallel orientation relative to each other forming a gap between the first and second coil support plates. Removable C-cores, each having wire coils, are removably attached to the first and second coil support plates. A rotor disc having selectively arranged magnets is disposed in the gap between the first and second coil support plates and is permitted to rotate about an axis that is perpendicular to the rotor disc and the parallel first and second coil support plates; a drive motor can power rotation of the rotor disc. As the disc rotates, electrical current is generated. The C-core assemblies can be interchanged, checked, removed and/or replaced while the electrical generator remains in operation without requiring cessation of such operation.Type: GrantFiled: January 10, 2024Date of Patent: December 31, 2024Assignee: EDGE POWER SYSTEMS, LLCInventors: Eric J. Blanchard, Dennis L. Fontenot, Jr.
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Patent number: 11509177Abstract: A magnet structure comprising a plurality of individual magnets in the form of an elongate block (4) having a length (4a) extending beyond the thickness of the magnet structure. The elongate block (4) is cylindrical or polyhedral in shape with at least one flat longitudinal face (4b) orientated towards a working surface of the magnet structure, the elongate block (4) having a line of magnetisation extending along its length. The individual magnets (4) being positioned at a distance from each other in the magnet structure in order to be electrically isolated from each other, the length (4a) of each block (4) being greater than the diameter of the flat longitudinal face (4b) for a cylindrical block (4) or with a larger diagonal (4c) connecting two apexes of said longitudinal face (4b) for a block (4) in the form of a polyhedron.Type: GrantFiled: March 21, 2018Date of Patent: November 22, 2022Assignee: WHYLOT SASInventors: Vasile Mihaila, Loic Mayeur, Huguette Tiegna, Romain Ravaud
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Patent number: 11025107Abstract: Embodiments involve rotors for axial flux induction rotating electric machines that use a soft magnetic composite for the rotor core. A first embodiment is directed to a rotor for a rotating electrical machine that transmits magnetic flux parallel to a shaft of the rotor. The rotor includes a rotor winding and a plurality of cores. The rotor winding consists of a solid piece of conductive material that comprises a plurality of cavities. Each core is placed in a respective cavity and comprises a highly resistive isotropic ferromagnetic powder.Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2020Date of Patent: June 1, 2021Assignee: Maxxwell Motors, Inc.Inventors: Michael Paritee, Maksym Pryimak
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Patent number: 10879754Abstract: An axial flux motor having a stator and a rotor disposed about a rotational axis adjacent the stator defining an air gap therebetween. The rotor includes a disk having an interior face oriented toward the stator and an opposite exterior face; a plurality of magnets affixed in a predetermined arrangement on the interior face of the disk; a back plate abutting the exterior face of the disk, and a segmented cage fitted onto the interior face. The back plate includes a circumferential edge surface defining a plurality of notches. The segmented cage includes a plurality of retainer ribs configured to retain the magnets in the predetermined arrangement on the interior face of the disk. The segmented cage cooperates with the back plate to structurally support the disk therebetween, thereby inhibiting the disk from flexing in an axial direction.Type: GrantFiled: May 30, 2019Date of Patent: December 29, 2020Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLCInventors: Jian Yao, Chengwu Duan
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Patent number: 10804789Abstract: A coaxial electromagnetic apparatus formed of at least one magnetic disk and at least one coil disk synchronously and relatively movable and staggered at intervals. The magnetic disk and the coil disk are respectively provided with at least one power-driven module and at least one power generation module. The power-driven modules are provided at the outermost diameters of the magnetic disk and the coil disk. The power generation modules are provided at the innermost diameters of the magnetic disk and the coil disk. A rotation speed of the magnetic disk is increased due to torque amplification and good magnetic current management of the power-driven modules, thereby achieving low power consumption and large thrust of the power-driven modules. The power generation modules generate high cutting frequency to increase power generated and meet the requirement for supplying power to the power-driven modules, thereby achieving autonomous power generation and a self-propelled motor.Type: GrantFiled: August 16, 2016Date of Patent: October 13, 2020Assignees: YUZEN SUSTAINABLE ENERGY CO., LTD., YUZEN (HK) SUSTAINABLE ENERGY CO., LTD., YUZEN SUSTAINABLE ENERGY PTE LTD.Inventors: Yung-Shun Hsu, Ming-Chun Hsu, Wen-Yu Hsu
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Patent number: 10749420Abstract: According to one embodiment a synchronous reluctance rotating electrical machine of an embodiment has a shaft and a rotor core. The rotor core is fixed to the shaft, in which cavity portions being formed in a projected shape toward a radially inward direction are formed into multilayers for each pole and bridges are respectively formed between the cavity portions and an outer circumferential surface. The thickness of an outermost bridge positioned outermost on the pole end side among the plurality of bridges is formed to be gradually thicker from the pole center side toward the pole end side. Among the plurality of bridges, the thickness of an intermediate bridge positioned on the pole center side of the outermost bridge with one bridge interposed therebetween is formed to be gradually thicker from the pole end side toward the pole center side.Type: GrantFiled: December 6, 2018Date of Patent: August 18, 2020Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toshiba Infrastructure Systems & Solutions CorporationInventors: Norio Takahashi, Katsutoku Takeuchi, Makoto Matsushita, Daisuke Misu, Toshio Hasebe
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Patent number: 10734873Abstract: A motor includes a rotation shaft, a magnet unit fixed to the rotation shaft to rotates with the rotation shaft, and a coil unit arranged to face the magnet unit in an axial direction. The magnet unit includes a magnet ring in which magnets are arranged in a circumferential direction of the rotation shaft, and a holding ring provided at an outer peripheral side of the magnet ring to hold the magnet ring. The holding ring includes a composite material in which a carbon fiber is impregnated with resin. The carbon fiber includes a pitch-based carbon fiber and a PAN-based carbon fiber. A volume ratio of the pitch-based carbon fiber is larger than that of the PAN-based carbon fiber in a portion at an outer peripheral side; a volume ratio of the PAN-based carbon fiber is larger than that of the pitch-based carbon fiber in a portion at an inner peripheral side.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2019Date of Patent: August 4, 2020Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Makoto Inomoto, Kodai Shimono, Ryoji Okabe
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Patent number: 10476324Abstract: A hybrid field electric motor includes a rotor with a rotor core rotating about an axial axis and having a rotor surface with at least one sloping edge face and a radial edge face. The stator includes a stator core and radial pole faces spaced by a gap from the radial edge face of the rotor for radially directing flux into the rotor core. The stator has sloping pole faces spaced from the sloping edge face of the rotor core for flux directed into the rotor core at an angle between radial and axial. The rotor core and/or stator core are made of a soft magnetic composite material for flux in inure than one plane in the core(s).Type: GrantFiled: March 13, 2013Date of Patent: November 12, 2019Assignee: Persimmon Technologies CorporationInventors: Martin Hosek, Sripati Sah
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Patent number: 10014736Abstract: In a rotor of a permanent magnet-embedded motor, a plurality of permanent magnets is arranged in one magnet housing of a rotor core. A rib portion which connects an outer peripheral portion of the rotor core with an inner peripheral portion of the rotor core is arranged per plurality of magnetic poles.Type: GrantFiled: September 19, 2013Date of Patent: July 3, 2018Assignee: SANYO DENKI CO., LTD.Inventor: Toshihito Miyashita
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Patent number: 10008891Abstract: A rotor with permanent magnets comprising: a stack of laminations forming the core of the rotor having an axis, housings spaced evenly apart on the circumference of the rotor and located in the core of the rotor, some of which receive at least one element in the form of a permanent magnet held radially and axially inside the housing between an inner axial part of the housing and an outer axial part, the inner axial part of the housing comprising two concave portions and a protruding portion extending axially according to the axis, the protruding portion being radially closer to the inner axial face of the magnet than the two concave portions. Moreover, recesses are provided in the core and positioned between the housings on a trajectory successively linking the protruding portions of consecutive housings.Type: GrantFiled: July 16, 2014Date of Patent: June 26, 2018Assignee: Valeo Equipements Electriques MoteurInventors: Khadija El Baraka, Svetislav Jugovic, Frederic Palleschi, Jerome Legranger
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Patent number: 9705431Abstract: A useful technique for the temporary modification of Fermion mass at room temperature in certain metalloids is disclosed. This technique has demonstrated an easily observable weight modification effect, using novel but comparatively inexpensive materials, in an industrial or every-day environment, at room temperature. Various simple and easily engineered methods for converting this modification into a useful source of propulsive directed force are disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: May 12, 2014Date of Patent: July 11, 2017Inventor: Debora A. Reiter
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Patent number: 9614417Abstract: According to an aspect of the present invention, an axial flux permanent magnet motor includes: a stator assembly configured to produce magnetic flux in a rotating axis direction; and a housing assembly including a motor housing in which the stator assembly is accommodated, in which a first cooling groove is formed in an inner circumferential surface of the motor housing to be predeterminedly and circumferentially extended, a second cooling groove, which corresponds to the first cooling groove, is formed in an outer circumferential surface of the stator assembly so as to be predeterminedly and circumferentially extended, and the first and second cooling grooves meet together to form a cooling flow path for a flow of a coolant.Type: GrantFiled: August 22, 2013Date of Patent: April 4, 2017Assignee: Hyundai Mobis Co., Ltd.Inventor: Sang Han Lee
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Patent number: 9000647Abstract: An electric motor that generates mechanical energy whilst increasing both the motor efficiency and the mechanical power density. The electric motor includes: a plurality of disk surfaces having a main longitudinal axis; a plurality of stationary support structures; and a rotating shaft affixed to the disk surfaces. Each disk surface is coupled to an array of offset magnets. The magnets are arranged as matching magnetic pairs on two adjacent disk surfaces to create a plurality of magnetic fields between the matching magnetic pairs. The magnetic fields are titled at an angle A with respect to the main longitudinal axis. Each stationary support structure has an electromagnetic coil array located in-between each of the matching magnetic pairs, which provides an axial magnetic field when voltage is applied on the electromagnetic coil. Each of the electromagnetic coil array is titled at said angle A with respect to the main longitudinal axis.Type: GrantFiled: June 13, 2012Date of Patent: April 7, 2015Inventor: Uri Rapoport
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Patent number: 8994239Abstract: An axial flux Halbach rotor comprise: a first magnet set and a second magnet set. Further comprises: a plurality of first magnets that are respective featured by their respective first magnetizing directions and are arranged interconnecting to each other by the use of a first connecting element while allowing any two neighboring first magnets to be spaced from each other by a first distance; and the second magnet set further comprises: a plurality of second magnets that are respectively featured by their respective second magnetizing directions and are arranged interconnecting to each other by the use of a second connecting element while allowing any two neighboring second magnets to be spaced from each other by a second distance. In addition, the first magnet set and the second magnet set are arranged inlaid into each other while allowing the plural first magnets and the plural second magnets to be dispose alternatively.Type: GrantFiled: March 11, 2013Date of Patent: March 31, 2015Assignee: Industrial Technology Research InstituteInventors: Wen-Yang Peng, Han-Ping Yang, Cheng-Hsuan Lin, Chau-Shin Jang
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Patent number: 8987963Abstract: In a double drive shaft motor, a stator and a field rotor are arranged at a radially outer side of a magnetic modulation rotor. The stator and the field rotor are arranged in series in an axial direction of the motor. This structure increases an amount of a winding coil of the stator and magnets in the field rotor, and an output torque of the motor. When a field magnetic flux passes through soft magnetic material members in the magnetic modulation rotor, because the generation and the reception of the magnetic flux can occur at a radially same side of the magnetic modulation rotor, this structure cancels an eddy current generated in the soft magnetic members and supporting members made of non-magnetic metal which tightly support the soft magnetic member. This structure provides a reduced axial size of the motor with high performance.Type: GrantFiled: January 15, 2013Date of Patent: March 24, 2015Assignee: Denso CorporationInventors: Shin Kusase, Akira Fukushima
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Patent number: 8952587Abstract: Apparatus and method for tuning the magnetic field of windmill generators to obtain efficient operation over a broad RPM range. The windmill generator includes fixed windings (or stator) inside a rotating rotor carrying permanent magnets. The permanent magnets are generally cylindrical and have North and South poles formed longitudinally in the magnets. Magnetically conducting circuits are formed by the magnets residing in magnetic conducting pole pieces (for example, low carbon or soft steel, and/or laminated insulated layers, of non-magnetizable material). Rotating the permanent magnets, or rotating non-magnetically conducting shunting pieces, inside the pole pieces, either strengthens or weakens the resulting magnetic field to adjust the windmill generators for low RPM torque or for efficient high RPM efficiency. Varying the rotor magnetic field adjusts the voltage output of the windmill generators allowing the windmill generator to maintain a fixed voltage output.Type: GrantFiled: December 1, 2011Date of Patent: February 10, 2015Inventor: Louis J. Finkle
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Patent number: 8937418Abstract: A rotor core according to an embodiment includes a pair of magnet openings disposed such that a space therebetween widens toward an outer peripheral side and in which a pair of permanent magnets having a magnetic pole direction relative to a radial direction identical to each other are inserted. The magnet openings each have a shape that connects together a first opening portion formed along the profile of the corresponding permanent magnet and a second opening portion that, when the permanent magnet is inserted in the first opening portion, covers, out of corner portions of the permanent magnet, a corner portion closest to the other permanent magnet with an air gap defined therebetween. The second opening portion forms a bridge portion between the second opening portion and the second opening portion of the other magnet opening.Type: GrantFiled: November 7, 2012Date of Patent: January 20, 2015Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Yaskawa DenkiInventors: Daisuke Morishita, Yuki Ochiai
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Patent number: 8901794Abstract: A rotor for an electric machine includes a base body and a plurality of support bodies that are fixed on the base body and support permanent magnets. The rotor is characterized in that two first support bodies that are located at a distance from one another form a receiving region for a second support body, allowing the first support body to be positively connected to the second support body.Type: GrantFiled: November 5, 2009Date of Patent: December 2, 2014Assignee: Aerodyn Engineering, GmbHInventor: Sonke Siegfriedsen
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Publication number: 20140319950Abstract: The Disc Alternator or Motor utilizes a magnetic field orientation that is parallel to the armature. With this orientation, multiple disc's are utilized to increase square area of induction and to provide a stronger field induction into the coils of a disc alternator or inversely a greater magnetic rotational force on magnetic or ferris armature disc's of a disc motor.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 26, 2013Publication date: October 30, 2014Inventor: Byron Earl Hough
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Patent number: 8847451Abstract: A first bias magnetic flux may be communicated between a first axial pole and a first axial facing surface of the body. A second bias magnetic flux may be communicated between a second axial pole and a second axial facing surface of the body. A time-varying axial control magnetic flux may be communicated through the first and second axial facing surfaces of the body, and may be generated in a magnetic circuit including the body, the first and second axial poles, and an axial magnetic backiron. The first and second axial poles may include axial pole laminated inserts composed of electrically isolated steel laminations stacked along the body axis. The axial magnetic backiron may include laminated inserts composed of electrically isolated steel laminations stacked in the direction tangential to the body axis. The axial pole laminated inserts may be magnetically coupled to the axial magnetic backiron laminated inserts.Type: GrantFiled: March 10, 2011Date of Patent: September 30, 2014Assignee: Calnetix Technologies, L.L.C.Inventors: Alexei V. Filatov, Lawrence A. Hawkins
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Patent number: 8841809Abstract: A synchronous multipolar brushless machine includes an immobile stator armature and field windings, which are placed concentrically around a shaft and radially inwardly positioned relative to the stator armature, on a power unit carrying disc, so that the field windings and armature windings form a mechanically connected unit which generates an excitation magnetic field, and in which an alternate voltage is generated. The excitation magnetic field is transferred to a rotor via labyrinth shaped first and second air gaps. A multipolar rotating magnetic field is generated around the stator armature while the synchronous machine is operated, thereby magnetizing the rotor. In order to reduce magnetic flux resistance, a ferromagnetic tolerance ring is inserted in each first and second air gap. Alternatively, a ferrofluid is provided in each first and second air gap, which significantly increases the magnetic conductivity.Type: GrantFiled: April 26, 2012Date of Patent: September 23, 2014Inventor: Daniel Zrno
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Patent number: 8710786Abstract: An actuator motor described herein has fast dynamic response capability, high torque density, high efficiency, and improved thermal and mechanical stability at high speed while minimizing weight. According to one aspect of the disclosure provided herein, an actuator motor has a rotor shaft with an array of permanent magnets attached according to a Halbach array configuration. A stator includes windings that induce a torque on the rotor shaft when rotating magnetic fields interact with the optimized magnetic flux distributions of the magnets of the Halbach array. According to various embodiments, the rotor shaft is hollow, reducing weight and rotational inertia, while improving ambient cooling characteristics of the motor.Type: GrantFiled: May 20, 2013Date of Patent: April 29, 2014Assignee: The Boeing CompanyInventors: Leila Parsa, Jeffrey M. Roach, Kamiar J. Karimi, Shengyi Liu, Suman Dwari
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Publication number: 20140062238Abstract: A modular electrical machine includes multiple integrated rotor modules releasably mounted upon a power transmission member to form a torus-like structure, wherein each integrated rotor module includes a series of parallel rotor plates spaced apart to provide an air gap between successive rotor plates in the series. The rotor plates hold permanent magnets securely within the air gap. Corresponding stator modules, each made of multiple air-cored coils potted in a resin material to form a blade. Each blade is externally supported with respect to the rotor module and is positioned between the permanent magnets within one of the air gaps between successive rotor plates.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 4, 2012Publication date: March 6, 2014Inventors: Markus Anton Mueller, Alasdair Stewart McDonald
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Patent number: 8664962Abstract: The N1(s) turns of a first output winding is divided by a split ratio ? into N1a(s) turns of a lower-layer first output winding and N1b(s) of an upper-layer first output winding. The lower-layer first output winding is continuously wound around all slots as the undermost layer. A second output winding is continuously wound around all slots over the lower-layer first output winding. An upper-layer first output winding is continuously wound around all slots over the second output winding. The split ratio ? is adjusted only in the slots where the detection accuracy decreases. This equalize the contribution of the first output windings and the second output winding to the flux linkage, thereby achieving high angle detection accuracy.Type: GrantFiled: January 10, 2012Date of Patent: March 4, 2014Assignee: Panasonic CorporationInventors: Takashi Ogawa, Yuichi Yoshikawa, Yasuji Echizen, Masahiko Kobayashi, Masaaki Nishiyama
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Patent number: 8648512Abstract: An improved generator for using waterpower, wave-power or wind-power, comprising; a set of magnet plates and coil plates for mounting on a rotating shaft in parallel, the magnets installed on the magnet plates and the generating coils installed on the coil plates with constant-intervals in radial direction, a plurality of blades obliquely installed on circumference of the magnet plates and coil plates with mutually opposite direction, an inner annular cylinder and outer annular cylinder mounted on the coil plates to form annular container for inserting the magnets. A plurality of induction coils installed on the inner annular cylinder, a plurality of electromotive coils installed on the outer annular cylinder for proximately contact with ends of the magnets. The magnet plates and coil plates rotate in mutually opposite direction to enhance the quality of generation and repulsive force.Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 2009Date of Patent: February 11, 2014Inventor: Suk Ho Jang
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Publication number: 20130342054Abstract: Aspects and embodiments disclosed herein include a highly efficient electric motor which can be embodied in several configurations, including a standard motor, a hub motor, a linear motor, or other motor configuration. In one example, there is provided a motor comprising a rotor including a plurality of magnets and a stator including at least one coil module, the at least one coil module including a plurality of coils of conductive material, the plurality of coils arranged horizontally displaced to from one another and retained in a matrix material of the at least one coil module.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 26, 2013Publication date: December 26, 2013Inventors: J. Darin Long, Michael J. McDaniels, Kevin H. Mosley, Denis Palmer, Ed Butler
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Patent number: 8604804Abstract: The N1(s) turns of an output winding is divided by a split ratio ? into N1a(s) turns of an output winding (1a) and N1b(s) turns of an output winding (1b). The output winding (1a) is continuously wound around all slots as the undermost layer. Output winding 2, which is different in phase by 90 degrees from the output winding (1a), is continuously wound around all the slots over the output winding (1a). An output winding (1b) is continuously wound around all the slots over output winding 2. This equalizes the contribution of the output winding and output winding 2 to the flux linkage, thereby achieving high angle detection accuracy.Type: GrantFiled: April 12, 2011Date of Patent: December 10, 2013Assignee: Panasonic CorporationInventors: Takashi Ogawa, Yuichi Yoshikawa, Yasuji Echizen, Masahiko Kobayashi, Masaaki Nishiyama
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Patent number: 8587175Abstract: A rotor of a rotary electric machine includes a rotor core and a plurality of magnetic parts. The rotor core has a plurality of slots provided along a circumferential direction. Each of the slots is separated by a center rib. The plurality of magnetic parts are disposed inside the rotor core along the circumferential direction at a predetermined interval. Each of the magnetic parts has a magnetization direction alternating with each other. Each of the magnetic parts includes a pair of permanent magnets placed inside each of the slots. The rotor core comprises a plurality of through-holes and a reinforcement rib. The plurality of through-holes each extend in an axial direction on an inner circumferential side of each of the magnetic parts. The reinforcement rib is disposed in each of the through-holes and in alignment with a circumferential center line of the center rib.Type: GrantFiled: October 28, 2011Date of Patent: November 19, 2013Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Tadashi Yamaguchi, Masashi Inoue
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Patent number: 8581465Abstract: A generator comprises: a stator plate having a first fixed permanent magnet including a plurality of magnets on one side and a second fixed permanent magnet including a plurality of magnets on the other side; a first armature having a first switching winding, a first output winding, and a first back-electromotive force prevention winding on a fixed first ring core; a second armature having a second switching winding, a second output winding, and a second back-electromotive force prevention winding on a fixed second ring core; a first rotor plate having a first rotary permanent magnet; and a second rotor plate having a second rotary permanent magnet. The first and second rotor plates are coupled to each other by a driving shaft.Type: GrantFiled: November 20, 2008Date of Patent: November 12, 2013Assignee: Koueidenshi CorporationInventor: Tetsuo Okamoto
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Patent number: 8575806Abstract: A power generating structure comprises a front magnetic disc, a rear magnetic disc, and a coil disc disposed between the front and the rear magnetic discs. The coil disc is provided with a plurality of coil units radially arranged. Each coil unit includes a plurality of coils each with different turns of insulated wire. The front and the rear magnetic discs are respectively provided with a plurality of magnetic elements radially arranged. The coil disc is fixed to a shaft at a center thereof. The shaft extends outwardly from the rear magnetic disc. A plurality of blades can be attached to a periphery of the front or the rear magnetic disc. Therefore, the blades can be driven to rotate the front and the rear magnetic discs to have the coils of coil units continuously induced different voltages by the magnetic elements to supply various equipment.Type: GrantFiled: May 27, 2011Date of Patent: November 5, 2013Inventors: Chung-Yi Kuo, Shyh-Shiaw Lee
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Patent number: 8471425Abstract: Various embodiments relate generally to electrodynamic machines and the like, and more particularly, to rotor assemblies and rotor-stator structures for electrodynamic machines, including, but not limited to, outer rotor assemblies and/or inner rotor assemblies with a corresponding stator assembly. In some embodiments a rotor assembly can include magnetically permeable structures having confronting surfaces oriented at an angle to the axis of rotation. A group of magnetic structures can be interleaved with the magnetically permeable structures. The magnetically permeable structures can also include non-confronting surfaces adjacent to which boost magnets are disposed to enhance flux in a flux path passing through magnetic structures that are interleaved with magnetically permeable structures. Further, the rotor assemblies can include a flux conductor shield disposed adjacent to the boost magnets, the flux conductor shield configured to provide return flux paths.Type: GrantFiled: March 9, 2011Date of Patent: June 25, 2013Assignee: NovaTorque, Inc.Inventors: John P. Petro, Ken G. Wasson, Donald Burch, Jeremy Mayer, Michael Regalbuto
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Publication number: 20130154449Abstract: A disk-shaped multi combined three-dimensional permanent magnet motor is provided. Two independent disk-shaped stators are respectively provided on a left side and a right side in a shell. A disk-shaped rotor with permanent magnets adhered on both a left face and a right face thereof is provided between the two independent disk-shaped stators. Spindle hole in the center of the rotor is coupled with a spindle of the main dynamical axis. Nine motor winding coils provided in side face slots of the disk-shaped stators are a unit for one motor. The left and right stators serve as one group to determine pole-pairs number of the motor which further determines numbers of the permanent magnets adhered. The motor is capable of driving load at low speed and meeting the function requirements of low-speed and high torque, which greatly improve efficiency of the whole machine.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 29, 2012Publication date: June 20, 2013Inventor: Kunyuan Shen
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Patent number: 8446121Abstract: An actuator motor described herein has fast dynamic response capability, high torque density, high efficiency, and improved thermal and mechanical stability at high speed while minimizing weight. According to one aspect of the disclosure provided herein, an actuator motor has a rotor shaft with an array of permanent magnets attached according to a Halbach array configuration. A stator includes windings that induce a torque on the rotor shaft when rotating magnetic fields interact with the optimized magnetic flux distributions of the magnets of the Halbach array. According to various embodiments, the rotor shaft is hollow, reducing weight and rotational inertia, while improving ambient cooling characteristics of the motor.Type: GrantFiled: February 10, 2011Date of Patent: May 21, 2013Assignee: The Boeing CompanyInventors: Leila Parsa, Jeffery M. Roach, Kamiar J. Karimi, Shengyi Liu, Suman Dwari
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Patent number: 8426991Abstract: A power generator has a magnet rotor rotating upon receiving rotating force from a driving source and a stator coil arranged to face magnetic poles of the magnet rotor. The magnet rotor includes a rotary shaft supported by a housing and a permanent magnet. The stator coil includes coreless winding wires arranged to face the magnetic poles and a three-phase output terminal. The coreless winding wires are formed of effective output winding wires and connected with the three-phase output terminal through a switching device. The switching device is connected to a controlling device. The magnet rotor has a discoid shape including the rotary shaft at the center. The coreless winding wires form a pair of coil bodies arranged to sandwich the magnetic poles. The switching device changes the inductance value to a small value or a large value by connecting the winding wires to the three-phase output terminal.Type: GrantFiled: March 1, 2010Date of Patent: April 23, 2013Assignee: Nisca CorporationInventor: Yukihiko Hayakawa
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Publication number: 20130049512Abstract: An axial flux synchronous generator for wind turbine generators is provided including a shaft coupled to receive power with a power generating apparatus for the wind turbine; a rotor coupled rotatably to the shaft and having upper and lower disk-like faces affixed with a plurality of skewed permanent magnets having north-south (N-S) pole pairs and distantly arranged; an upper stator and a lower stator both having a plurality of slots formed similar to the skewed permanent magnets for taking windings of a coil, the upper stator being displaced relative to the lower stator by an electric angle in the range of 25˜30°; an upper housing and a lower housing for housing the rotor, the upper stator and the lower stator together; and a hub housing for fastening the upper housing and the lower housing to maintain constant gaps between the rotor and the upper stator and the lower stator.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 18, 2012Publication date: February 28, 2013Applicant: UNDUSTRY-ACADEMIC COOPERATION FOUNDATION OF KYUNGNAM UNIVERSITYInventor: Taeuk Jung
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Patent number: 8378545Abstract: An electrical rotary machine is provided comprising a first stator core section being substantially circular and including a plurality of teeth, a second stator core section being substantially circular and including a plurality of teeth, a coil arranged between the first and second circular stator core sections, and a rotor including a plurality of permanent magnets. The first stator core section, the second stator core section, the coil and the rotor are encircling a common geometric axis, and the plurality of teeth of the first stator core section and the second stator core section are arranged to protrude towards the rotor. Additionally, the teeth of the second stator core section are circumferentially displaced in relation to the teeth of the first stator core section, and the permanent magnets in the rotor are separated in the circumferential direction from each other by axially extending pole sections made from soft magnetic material.Type: GrantFiled: August 24, 2006Date of Patent: February 19, 2013Assignee: Hoganas AB (Publ)Inventors: Alan Jack, Edwin Pinguey, Göran Nord
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Patent number: 8350433Abstract: It comprises stator including stator core having yoke and a plurality of teeth protruded from yoke, which is formed with slots between adjacent teeth, and rotor having rotor core and permanent magnet formed with a plurality of magnetic poles, which confronts tip ends of teeth via gaps, wherein rotor core is formed by rotor core materials circumferentially equally divided into the predetermined number of divisions, and the least common multiple being N for the number of slots and the number of magnetic poles and the least common multiple being M for the number of slots and the number of divisions, then N is equal to M.Type: GrantFiled: February 2, 2012Date of Patent: January 8, 2013Assignee: Panasonic CorporationInventors: Hu Li, Yuichi Yoshikawa, Hiroshi Murakami
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Patent number: 8344567Abstract: A rotating electrical machine includes a flange provided at one end of a hollow frame in an axial direction; a rotor including a shaft, the shaft being rotatably supported by the flange; and a stator fixed to an inner section of the frame, the stator surrounding the rotor. The rotor includes a first rotor core and a second rotor core arranged in the axial direction and having recesses formed in the axial direction, and a rotor-core space defined by the recesses that are formed in the first rotor core and the second rotor core and that face each other.Type: GrantFiled: December 3, 2010Date of Patent: January 1, 2013Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Yaskawa DenkiInventor: Yasuaki Kamiki
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Publication number: 20120319518Abstract: An electric motor that generates mechanical energy whilst increasing both the motor efficiency and the mechanical power density. The electric motor includes: a plurality of disk surfaces having a main longitudinal axis; a plurality of stationary support structures; and a rotating shaft affixed to the disk surfaces. Each disk surface is coupled to an array of offset magnets. The magnets are arranged as matching magnetic pairs on two adjacent disk surfaces to create a plurality of magnetic fields between the matching magnetic pairs. The magnetic fields are titled at an angle A with respect to the main longitudinal axis. Each stationary support structure has an electromagnetic coil array located in-between each of the matching magnetic pairs, which provides an axial magnetic field when voltage is applied on the electromagnetic coil. Each of the electromagnetic coil array is titled at said angle A with respect to the main longitudinal axis.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 13, 2012Publication date: December 20, 2012Inventor: Uri RAPOPORT
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Publication number: 20120319519Abstract: An electrical power generator that increases both power generation efficiency and electrical power density. The generator includes: a plurality of disk surfaces; a plurality of stationary supports; and a rotating shaft affixed to each of the disk surfaces. Each disk surface is coupled to an array of magnets arranged as matching magnetic pairs on two adjacent disk surfaces so as to create a plurality of magnetic fields between the matching magnetic pairs. Each stationary support sustains an array of electromagnetic coils. Each coil is disposed in-between each of the matching magnetic pairs. Each rotating shaft rotates each of the matching magnetic pairs around the generator coils such that a time varying magnetic flux is provided and electrical power is generated in each of the generator coils.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 13, 2012Publication date: December 20, 2012Inventor: Uri RAPOPORT
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Patent number: 8314577Abstract: An energy converter includes magnetic coils of N phases (N is an integer of 3 or more), and a PWM drive circuit for driving the magnetic coils of N phases, wherein the magnetic coil of each phase can be independently controlled by the PWM drive circuit.Type: GrantFiled: April 25, 2012Date of Patent: November 20, 2012Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Kesatoshi Takeuchi, Kazuyoshi Nakamura
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Patent number: 8288908Abstract: A reconfigurable electric motor includes a rotor containing rotatable permanent magnets or non-magnetically conducting shunting pieces. The magnets and/or shunting pieces have a first position producing a weak magnetic field for asynchronous induction motor operation at startup and a second position producing a strong magnetic field for efficient synchronous operation. The motor includes a squirrel cage for induction motor operation at startup with the permanent magnets and/or shunting pieces positioned to product the weak magnetic field to not interfere with the startup. When the motor approaches or reaches synchronous RPM, the permanent magnets and/or shunting pieces rotate to produce a strong magnetic field for high efficiency synchronous operation.Type: GrantFiled: October 15, 2010Date of Patent: October 16, 2012Inventors: Louis J. Finkle, Andrea Furia
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Patent number: 8283829Abstract: There is provided an axial gap motor including a rotor rotatable around a rotation axis; and a first stator and a second stator arranged to face each other with the rotor therebetween from both sides of the rotor in the rotation axis direction of the rotor, wherein the rotor includes a plurality of main permanent magnets having magnetizing directions in the rotation axis direction of the rotor and arranged in a peripheral direction of the rotor; a partition member arranged between the main permanent magnets which are adjacent to each other in the peripheral direction of the rotor, the partition member including a nonmagnetic material; and auxiliary permanent magnets having a magnetizing direction that is orthogonal both to the rotation axis direction of the rotor and a radial direction of the rotor, and arranged on both sides of the partition member in the rotation axis direction of the rotor.Type: GrantFiled: June 11, 2008Date of Patent: October 9, 2012Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Keiichi Yamamoto, Hirofumi Atarashi, Shoei Abe
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Patent number: 8258734Abstract: An energy converter includes magnetic coils of N phases (N is an integer of 3 or more), and a PWM drive circuit for driving the magnetic coils of N phases, wherein the magnetic coil of each phase can be independently controlled by the PWM drive circuit.Type: GrantFiled: February 8, 2010Date of Patent: September 4, 2012Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Kesatoshi Takeuchi, Kazuyoshi Nakamura
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Patent number: 8237321Abstract: The invention relates to an electrical machine (1, 2, 210) or its use as a wind power generator and a wind power installation having this electrical machine. The electrical machine has a primary part (3, 4, 222, 212, 213) and a secondary part (5, 6, 224), wherein a disc-like primary part (3, 4, 222, 212, 213) and a disc-like secondary part (5, 6, 224) are provided for forming a disc-shaped air gap, or wherein the electrical machine (1, 2, 210) has a cylindrical primary part (3, 4, 212, 213) and a cylindrical secondary part (5, 6, 224) for forming a cylindrical air gap, wherein a primary part, which can be used for a linear motor, is also used for forming the cylindrical primary part (3, 4, 222, 212, 213).Type: GrantFiled: January 26, 2007Date of Patent: August 7, 2012Assignee: Siemens AktiengesellschaftInventors: Thomas Hoppe, Johannes Wollenberg
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Patent number: 8232701Abstract: To provide a magnetic machine capable of reducing the ripple and cogging of torque or thrust. An electric motor 1 includes three stators 6 to 8 each having an armature row, a rotor 3 having a permanent magnet row, and a rotor 10 having a soft magnetic material row. The respective phases in electrical angle between magnetic poles generated at respective armatures 6a to 8a of the armature row and the magnetic poles of the permanent magnet row are set to be each displaced in a predetermined direction by an electrical angle of 2?/3, and the respective phases in electrical angle between the magnetic poles generated at the respective armatures 6a to 8a of the armature row and soft magnetic material cores 11b to 13b of the soft magnetic material row are set to be each displaced in the predetermined direction by an electrical angle of ?/3.Type: GrantFiled: November 5, 2008Date of Patent: July 31, 2012Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kota Kasaoka, Noriyuki Abe, Shigemitsu Akutsu, Satoyoshi Oya
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Publication number: 20120169161Abstract: The present invention relates to a disk-type motor using a permanent magnet, wherein the permanent magnet is arranged on a disk-type rotor (300), and a stator core (202) and a power-generating coil (204) are arranged on a stator (200) to obtain a high-efficiency motor which self-generates power upon being driven. (2) A special device is needed to reduce the consumption of electrical energy for driving a motor, and a special circuit for bypassing the magnetic force of a magnet is also needed. (3) To bypass the magnetic force, a bypass core (101.205) and a magnetic core (301) are employed to constitute a circuit for bypassing the magnetic force, and a magnetic flux path for bypassing the magnetic force is formed. Thus, a special circuit which can significantly reduce the consumption of electrical energy is obtained.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 17, 2010Publication date: July 5, 2012Inventor: Kyoung-Sik Woo
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Publication number: 20120139379Abstract: A rotating machine is provided, including a rotor and a stator set. The rotor rotates around an axis, wherein the rotor includes a first permanent magnet set and a second permanent magnet set, the first permanent magnet set is magnetized in a circumference direction of the axis, and the second permanent magnet set is magnetized in an axial direction of the axis. The stator set corresponds to the rotor, wherein the stator set includes a radial stator member and an axial stator member, the axial stator member corresponds to the rotor in the axial direction of the axis, and the radial stator member corresponds to the rotor in a radial direction of the axis.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 20, 2011Publication date: June 7, 2012Inventors: Xiao GE, Jian-Ping Ying, Hong-Cheng Sheu, Hongliu Zhu
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Permanent magnet rotating electrical machine and permanent magnet rotating electrical machine system
Patent number: 8148865Abstract: Movement of magnets due to centrifugal force is restricted. In a permanent magnet rotating electrical machine 100 having a stator 1 and a rotor core 5 provided with a plurality of permanent magnets 3 inserted in an outer circumferential portion of the rotor 5, each permanent magnet 3 has inclined surfaces on the outer circumferential side of the rotor 2 and the thinnest portions of the inclined surfaces are adjacent to permanent magnets of the opposite polarity. Further, each magnet 3 has a convex-shaped cross section and is divided into two magnet segments 3, 3. A magnetic pole bridge 15 is formed at the boundary of the permanent magnet segments 3, 3. Thus, movement of the permanent magnet segments 3, 3 due to centrifugal force is firmly restricted, and the peeling off of the rotor core 5 and the permanent magnet segments 3, 3 from each other is prevented.Type: GrantFiled: July 10, 2008Date of Patent: April 3, 2012Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.Inventors: Mamoru Kimura, Daisuke Kori, Hiroyuki Mikami, Seikichi Masuda, Masayasu Fujieda -
Patent number: 8134266Abstract: It comprises stator including stator core having yoke and a plurality of teeth protruded from yoke, which is formed with slots between adjacent teeth, and rotor having rotor core and permanent magnet formed with a plurality of magnetic poles, which confronts tip ends of teeth via gaps, wherein rotor core is formed by rotor core materials circumferentially equally divided into the predetermined number of divisions, and the least common multiple being N for the number of slots and the number of magnetic poles and the least common multiple being M for the number of slots and the number of divisions, then N is equal to M.Type: GrantFiled: April 3, 2008Date of Patent: March 13, 2012Assignee: Panasonic CorporationInventors: Hu Li, Yuichi Yoshikawa, Hiroshi Murakami