Pole Shoes/pole Pieces Patents (Class 310/156.48)
  • Patent number: 10637310
    Abstract: A synchronous reluctance type rotary electric machine of an embodiment has a rotor core. The rotor core includes a plurality of poles, multi-layered hollow parts having a convex shape toward a side radially inward formed for each pole in cross section, and a bridge formed between each of the hollow parts and an outer circumferential surface thereof. When a boundary between two adjacent poles is a pole boundary, a groove is formed on at least one of both sides sandwiching the pole boundary at positions other than on the pole boundary on the outer circumferential surface of the rotor core.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignees: Toshiba Industrial Products and Systems Corporation, Toshiba Infrastructure Systems & Solutions Corporation
    Inventors: Masaaki Matsumoto, Takashi Araki, Yuji Yamamoto, Katsutoku Takeuchi, Makoto Matsushita, Toshio Hasebe
  • Patent number: 10547222
    Abstract: A rotating electric machine includes a stator having a stator coil and a rotor provided rotatably around a specific rotation axis with respect to the stator. The rotor includes a plurality of magnets, a plurality of magnetically-assisted salient pole members provided between poles of any adjacent two magnets from among the plurality of magnets, and a magnetoresistance variation unit provided in the magnetically-assisted salient pole member along an axial direction of the rotation axis at a position offset in a circumferential direction of the rotation axis from a q-axis passing through a salient pole center of the magnetically-assisted salient pole member. The amount of offset of the magnetoresistance variation unit from the q-axis varies depending on positions of the magnetically-assisted salient pole members so that torque fluctuations cancel each other when power is applied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2020
    Assignee: Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasuyuki Saito, Tsuyoshi Goto, Kenichi Nakayama, Noriaki Hino, Shinji Sugimoto
  • Patent number: 10056792
    Abstract: An interior permanent magnet electric machine is described, and includes a stator including a plurality of electrical windings and a rotor disposed in a cylindrically-shaped void formed within the stator. The rotor includes a plurality of steel laminations assembled onto a shaft, wherein the shaft defines a longitudinal axis. Each of the steel laminations includes a plurality of poles and each of the poles includes a plurality of slots disposed near an outer periphery. The slots of the steel laminations are longitudinally aligned. A plurality of permanent magnets are disposed in a first subset of the slots, and plurality of packets assembled from anisotropic material are disposed in a second subset of the slots.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2018
    Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLC
    Inventors: Khwaja M. Rahman, Constantin C. Stancu, Peter J. Savagian, Nitinkumar R. Patel, Robert T. Dawsey
  • Patent number: 10008916
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for reducing electromagnetic drag in an electric machine may include a laminated stator having wire slots disposed around the inner periphery spaced into sectors separated by a pole iron support structure. The slots contain induction windings. A series of wound lateral pole irons may be arranged around the inner periphery of the stator, the first ends of which extend into the slots in the sectors. A support structure supports the lateral pole irons by forming a circular opening concentric with the inner periphery of the stator, A rotor may be inserted into the circular opening of the lateral pole iron support structure and supported at the stator lateral pole iron ends by a support means. A plurality of rotor inserts may contain free-wheeling permanent magnet inserts spaced along an outer periphery of the rotor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2018
    Assignee: Redemptive Technologies Ltd
    Inventor: Robert Ray Holcomb
  • Patent number: 10003226
    Abstract: A motor includes a cylindrical stator having a hollow, and a rotor rotatably arranged inside the stator. The rotor includes a cylindrical rotor body, a permanent magnet group provided to the rotor body to generate a magnetic field, and a flux barrier group to interrupt magnetic flux. The rotor body, the permanent magnet group and the flux barrier group are asymmetrically formed with respect to a center of poles of the rotor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2018
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sung Il Kim, Seong Taek Lim
  • Patent number: 9912204
    Abstract: In conventional rotors having a shape in which permanent magnets are skewed, a configuration in which, for example, the thicknesses of both ends of each magnet are increased is used in order to make the rotors symmetric between the forward and reverse directions, thereby causing excessive increase in the thicknesses. In a rotor 2 in which permanent magnets form magnet poles and the permanent magnets are skewed with respect to the axial direction, the thickness of each permanent magnet is increased at a portion that is most likely to be demagnetized, that is, a positive side portion F in a rotor part 2A skewed in the positive direction and a negative side portion F in a rotor part 2B skewed in the negative direction, whereby a demagnetization resistance strengthened portion is formed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2018
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Eigo Totoki, Toshinori Tanaka, Tomoya Tachibana
  • Patent number: 9893580
    Abstract: A rotor for a rotary electric machine includes a plurality of magnetic poles in a rotor core, a side barrier as a magnetic air gap, an air gap section as a magnetic air gap. Each of the plurality of magnetic poles includes a magnet insertion hole, a permanent magnet. The side barrier is provided at a portion adjacent to a circumferential end face of the permanent magnet and includes a projection barrier portion projecting radially outwardly from an extension line extending from an outer peripheral surface of the permanent magnet. The air gap section is provided at an area which is spaced apart from the projection barrier portion and the magnet insertion hole and faces a peripheral edge of a circumferentially central side of the magnetic pole with respect to the projection barrier portion and a circumferential end of the outer peripheral surface of the permanent magnet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2018
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shingo Soma, Eiji Shirado, Tomotaka Iki, Yasunori Date
  • Patent number: 9871420
    Abstract: A rotor (1) comprising a plurality of alternating magnetic poles formed by permanent magnets (3) distributed regularly between a circumferential portion (5) and a central portion (6) of the magnetic body (2) of the rotor and defining circumferential pole sections (7). The pole sections have a pre-determined pole pitch (Thetarho) and comprise a lobe-forming radial section (8). The lobe-forming radial section partially covers the magnets, such as to maximize a useful magnetic flux (PhiU) flowing radially through each of the pole sections and to minimize a leakage magnetic flux flowing through the circumferential portion. The pole sections can have a pre-determined pole overlap angle (Thetar) such as to maximize the useful magnetic flux (PhiU) and to minimize the leakage magnetic flux (PhiL), said overlap angle (Thetar) being a viewing angle of the lobe (8) from a point on the axis of the rotor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2018
    Assignee: Valeo Equipements Electriques Moteur
    Inventors: Lilya Bouarroudj, Jean-Claude Matt, Jean-Claude Labrosse
  • Patent number: 9793769
    Abstract: Provided is an interior permanent magnet motor, including: a plurality of permanent magnets respectively inserted into a plurality of magnet accommodating holes formed in a rotator core of a rotator. In the magnet accommodating hole, a pair of minute projecting portions, a pair of large projecting portions, and a pair of demagnetizing field recesses are formed. The permanent magnet is sandwiched by a corresponding pair of minute projecting portions. The minute projecting portion is protruded radially inward to be in surface-contact with a corresponding end surface of the permanent magnet. The large projecting portion is formed on an outer side of the minute projecting portion, and is extended to an inner defining line side of the magnet accommodating hole. A height dimension (Ta) of the large projecting portion is larger than a height dimension (Tb) of the minute projecting portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2017
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuhiko Baba, Koji Yabe, Tomoaki Oikawa
  • Patent number: 9641031
    Abstract: A rotor (1) comprising a plurality of alternating magnetic poles formed by permanent magnets (3) distributed regularly between a circumferential portion (5) and a central portion (6) of the magnetic body (2) of the rotor and defining circumferential pole sections (7). The circumferential portion comprises axial grooves (15) which are arranged between the pole sections facing the magnets and which form openings in recesses (4) containing the magnets. The openings have a pre-determined first width (a) such as to minimize a leakage magnetic flux (PhiL) flowing through the circumferential portion (5) and to maximize a useful magnetic flux (PhiU) flowing radially through each of the pole sections (7).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2017
    Assignee: Valeo Equipements Electriques Moteur
    Inventors: Lilya Bouarroudj, Jean-Claude Matt, Jean-Claude Labrosse
  • Patent number: 9214838
    Abstract: A brushless motor capable of high speed rotation by field weakening operation is designed to reduce torque ripple at a maximum load point with current phase advance so that the torque ripple at the maximum load point is 1 to 1.5 times the torque ripple at a low speed load point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2015
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hu Li, Yuichi Yoshikawa, Yuichiro Tashiro, Hideaki Matsuo
  • Patent number: 9106118
    Abstract: A rotor includes a rotor core having an outer circumferential surface provided with projections extending in a direction of a rotational axis and projecting outwardly in a radial direction, and a plurality of permanent magnets arranged between the projections. The projections extend at an angle with respect to the direction of a rotational axis. The permanent magnets have inclined sides on both side faces, which incline with respect to the direction of a rotational axis. Side faces of the projections and the inclined side of the permanent magnets which face each other incline so as to define the same angle with respect to the direction of a rotational axis. An electric motor including such a rotor is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2015
    Assignee: Fanuc Corporation
    Inventor: Yasunori Sugimoto
  • Patent number: 9077224
    Abstract: A rotor core according to an embodiment has a plurality of magnet openings and cavity portions. The magnet openings are in juxtaposition with each other in a circumferential direction. Permanent magnets are inserted in the magnet openings. The cavity portions are each formed relative to an area sandwiched between two magnet openings, out of the magnet openings, in which the permanent magnets that are mutually adjacent and that have magnetic pole directions relative to a radial direction opposite to each other are inserted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2015
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA YASKAWA DENKI
    Inventors: Daisuke Morishita, Yuki Ochiai
  • Publication number: 20150108868
    Abstract: An electric machine, such as an Internal Permanent magnet or Synchronous Reluctance machine, having X phases, that includes a stator assembly, having M slots, with a stator core and stator teeth, that is further configured with stator windings to generate a stator magnetic field when excited with alternating currents and extends along a longitudinal axis with an inner surface that defines a cavity; and a rotor assembly, having N poles, disposed within the cavity which is configured to rotate about the longitudinal axis, wherein the rotor assembly includes a shaft, a rotor core located circumferentially around the shaft. The machine is configured such that a value k=M/(X*N) wherein k is a non-integer greater than about 1.3. The electric machine may alternatively, or additionally, include a non-uniformed gap between the exterior surface of the rotor spokes and the interior stator surface of the stator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2013
    Publication date: April 23, 2015
    Applicant: GENERAL ELECTGRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Patel Bhageerath Reddy, Kum-Kang Huh, Ayman Moamed Fawzi El-Refaie, Steven Joseph Galioto
  • Publication number: 20150048697
    Abstract: A reluctance rotor of a dynamoelectric rotary machine has an even number of poles constructed of a material having structural magnetic anisotropy. The magnetic anisotropy of the material is characterized by a first magnetic resistance, a magnetic permeability of ?r>20 and a saturation polarization of >1T in a first spatial direction, and by a second magnetic resistance which is greater than the first magnetic resistance with a magnetic permeability of ?r<1.6 in spatial directions perpendicular to the first spatial direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2014
    Publication date: February 19, 2015
    Inventor: Rolf Vollmer
  • Publication number: 20150028710
    Abstract: Provided is a rotor for a rotating electric machine which includes: an N pole integrally-stacked core in which a plurality of stacked tooth portions that contact with N pole side portions of adjacent ones of first permanent magnets are integrated with each other; and an S pole integrally-stacked core in which a plurality of stacked tooth portions that contact with S pole side portions of adjacent ones of the first permanent magnets are integrated with each other, and in which the N pole integrally-stacked core and the S pole integrally-stacked core are disposed around a rotation shaft having a non-magnetic outer circumferential surface so as to dispose the first permanent magnets and a gap therebetween.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2013
    Publication date: January 29, 2015
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Keiichiro Oka, Hiroyuki Akita
  • Publication number: 20140368075
    Abstract: An electrical machine has a permanent magnet component and a winding armature. The permanent magnet component is spaced apart for the winding armature. The winding armature includes a field excitation winding operative connected to the permanent magnet component. The field excitation winding is configured to selectively intensify and de-intensify the magnetic field of the permanent magnet for control of magnetic flux in the electrical machine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2013
    Publication date: December 18, 2014
    Inventors: Jacek F. Gieras, Gregory I. Rozman
  • Patent number: 8860274
    Abstract: In a double-stator motor has a rotary shaft, an annular rotor is coupled with a rotary shaft. First and second three-phase stators are arranged inside and outside to the rotor in the radial direction and formed to generate first and second rotating magnetic fields in response to three-phase currents, respectively. The rotor has an even number of segment poles made of soft magnetic material and arranged mutually separately at positions of the rotor. The positions are equally distanced apart from the rotary shaft in the radial direction and in the circumferential direction. Each of the first and second three-phase stators has magnetic poles which are the same in the number of poles as the segment poles and the magnetic poles are positioned such that magnetomotive forces from the magnetic poles are faced to each other between the magnetic poles of the first and second three-phase stators.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2014
    Assignee: Denso Corporation
    Inventors: Shin Kusase, Yousuke Kaname, Naoto Sakurai
  • Publication number: 20140300234
    Abstract: A rotor for a rotary electric machine, the rotor including first and second pole pieces each having a respective magnetic hub arranged for rotation about an axis along which they are spaced. Pluralities of magnetic first and second pole fingers are spaced from each other and extend between the hubs. Each pole finger has a proximal end connected to its respective hub, and an axially opposite distal end. The first and second pole fingers circumferentially alternate about the axis, and each pole finger has a respective radially inner surface defining a cavity that extends axially from the distal end to a cavity terminus. Relative to each pole finger, at a respective axial position between the distal end and the cavity terminus the radial distance between the axis and the radially inner surface is substantially greater inside of the cavity than outside of the cavity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2013
    Publication date: October 9, 2014
    Applicant: Remy Technologies, LLC
    Inventor: Michael D. Bradfield
  • Publication number: 20140300235
    Abstract: A rotor of a motor comprises a plurality of magnetic-pole sections including: a plurality of slots which are formed inside of a rotor core; and permanent magnets, at least one of which is inserted into each of the plurality of slots; wherein each of the magnetic-pole sections is formed to correspond to the at least one permanent magnet; and wherein the rotor core includes hollow portions formed by cutting portions of the rotor core which portions are between the magnetic-pole sections which are adjacent in the circumferential direction of the rotor core and are different in polarity such that portions of circumferential end portions of the permanent magnet are exposed, and extending portions each of which is formed in a position corresponding to the hollow portions and extends radially outward from a center portion of the rotor core.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2012
    Publication date: October 9, 2014
    Inventors: Yuichi Yoshikawa, Takashi Ogawa
  • Patent number: 8829753
    Abstract: A motor includes: a rotor comprising: a rotary shaft; a magnetic body rotatable together with the rotary shaft; and first and second permanent magnets fixed on an outer circumference or an inner circumference of the magnetic body, and a stator comprising: an iron core arranged around the rotor; and a coil for exciting the iron core.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2014
    Assignee: Shinano Kenshi Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Nobuchika Maruyama
  • Patent number: 8829758
    Abstract: Provided is a rotary electric machine, including: a stator; and a rotor provided on the stator so as to be rotatable about a rotation shaft, in which the rotor includes, at an outer circumference thereof, magnetic poles arranged so as to have different polarities alternately, the magnetic poles being formed of a rotor core in which electromagnetic steel plates are stacked, the magnetic poles being excited by permanent magnets which are housed in gaps disposed at an outer circumferential part of the rotor core, and in which the rotor core includes, at an inner circumferential part thereof, in the same stack plane: a short circuit magnetic path connecting magnetic pole pieces which form the magnetic poles; and a protruding portion held in contact with the permanent magnets, which is positioned between magnetic pole pieces which are not connected to the short circuit magnetic path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2014
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Yuji Takizawa, Yu Hirotani, Ryuichi Takiguchi, Hiroko Ueyama, Satoru Akutsu, Masatsugu Nakano, Tetsuya Iwata
  • Patent number: 8800131
    Abstract: A method of constructing a linear drive motor assembly is disclosed. In accordance with the method, a support plate and a platen with a plurality of teeth are provided. A honeycomb core comprising a commercially available, off-the-shelf honeycomb material is provided. The honeycomb core has a plurality of cells arranged in a planar array where the plurality of cells is defined by walls extending in planes substantially perpendicular to the planar array. The support plate is directly secured to one side of the planar array. The platen is secured directly to the other side of the planar array. A forcer having a motor stack is magnetically coupleable to the platen to form a linear drive motor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2014
    Assignee: Baldor Electric Company
    Inventor: Glenn Sterling Trammell
  • Publication number: 20140217944
    Abstract: A system includes a permanent magnet motor having a rotor and a stator. The rotor and the stator have a configuration that causes the motor to generate a back-electromagnetic force (EMF) waveform that is substantially sinusoidal. The system also includes a motor controller having a sliding-mode observer configured to identify the back-EMF waveform and a position observer configured to estimate at least one characteristic of the motor using the identified back-EMF waveform. The stator may include multiple teeth projecting towards the rotor and multiple conductive windings, where each conductive winding is wound around a single tooth. The rotor may include multiple magnetic poles, where each magnetic pole has a span of about 60Ā° or less. The sliding-mode observer may be configured to receive current measurements associated with three-phase signals and voltage commands generated by the motor controller. The position observer may include a proportional-integral (PI) regulator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2013
    Publication date: August 7, 2014
    Applicant: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
    Inventor: Shih-Chin Yang
  • Patent number: 8754559
    Abstract: A rotor and a rotary electric machine containing the rotor are provided. The rotor includes a shaft, a rotor core coaxially connected to the shaft, a first axial magnetic steel and a second axial magnetic steel disposed at an end surface of the rotor core, a rotor bushing, and a first magnetic isolation groove. The first axial magnetic steel has a first magnetic pole facing the rotor core. The second axial magnetic steel has a second magnetic pole facing the rotor core. The rotor bushing is disposed at a side of the first and second axial magnetic steels opposite to the rotor core. The first magnetic isolation groove is formed in the rotor core along a radius direction of the rotor core. The first magnetic isolation groove is disposed between the first axial magnetic steel and the second axial magnetic steel to isolate the first pole and the second pole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2014
    Assignee: Delta Electronics (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hong-Liu Zhu, Jian-Ping Ying, Shi-Xiang Zhang
  • Publication number: 20140159531
    Abstract: A drive motor that is used as a power source of an eco-friendly vehicle and a rotor structure of the drive motor, wherein the drive motor includes a rotor that has a rotation axis and a plurality of permanent magnets embedded within a rotor core. Each of the permanent magnets are divided into an even number of divided magnets. In addition, the drive motor includes a stator that has a plurality of cores in which teeth for winding coils are formed and a plurality of slots that are interposed among the plurality of cores. An electric steel sheet is filled between the divided magnets of each of the permanent magnets of the rotor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2013
    Publication date: June 12, 2014
    Applicants: KIA MOTORS CORPORATION, HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY
    Inventors: Hyoungjun Cho, Sanghoon Moon, Kyoungbum Kim, Jung Shik Kim
  • Publication number: 20140117804
    Abstract: A synchronous motor includes a stator with a stator winding, and a rotor on which magnetic poles made of permanent-magnetic material are formed, each pole having a cambered outer contour, especially an outer contour cambered radially outwards, in particular, 2Ɨp individual poles being salient in the circumferential direction, p being the number of pole pairs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2012
    Publication date: May 1, 2014
    Applicant: SEW-EURODRIVE GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Helmut Nestler
  • Publication number: 20140103773
    Abstract: An electrical rotor and stator structure includes at least one stator, at least one rotor and multiple outward pillar structures. The at least one stator includes multiple first magnetic members. Each first magnetic member has a first surface. The at least one rotor is able to be rotated pivotally relative to the at least one stator. The at least one rotor includes multiple second magnetic members. Each second magnetic member has a second surface facing and opposite to the first surface. The multiple outward pillar structures are installed on the second surfaces and the first surfaces.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2013
    Publication date: April 17, 2014
    Applicant: INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Han-Ping Yang, Cheng-Hsuan Lin, Chau-Shin Jang, Wen-Yang Peng
  • Publication number: 20140084734
    Abstract: The present invention, in a rotating electrical machine having a configuration in which a plurality of magnetic pole pieces is attached along outer perimeters of the rotating axis, provides a structure of rotating electrical machine with small cogging torque by providing a skew in magnetic pole pieces. The rotating electrical machine according to the present invention comprises a plurality of magnetic pole pieces disposed with a skew angle and a cylindrical attachment ring for attaching the magnetic pole pieces, wherein an engaging portion provided at outer perimeters of the attachment ring and an engaging portion included in the magnetic pole pieces are both extended along the rotating axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2013
    Publication date: March 27, 2014
    Applicant: Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takashi ISHIGAMI, Hiroshi KANAZAWA, Hidefumi IWAKI
  • Patent number: 8664821
    Abstract: An arrangement for attaching a permanent magnet to the rotor of an electrical machine and such a rotor are provided. The rotor is assembled of sheets and includes at least two magnetic poles and a magnetic core. Permanent magnets are installable on a surface of the magnetic core, and a pole piece assembled of sheets is installable on a side of the permanent magnet that faces an air gap. At least one channel passing through the pole piece is built in the pole piece and magnetic core. A tightening strip is installable in the channel. The tightening strip is attachable to the pole piece using locking parts, and an end of the tightening strip facing the magnetic core includes fixing parts for attaching the tightening strip to the magnetic core.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2014
    Assignee: ABB Technology AG
    Inventors: Ari Vartiainen, Petri MƤki-Ontto, Pekka Kanninen
  • Publication number: 20140049131
    Abstract: An electrical machine has a stator-rotor configuration in which the rotor has at least two poles. The poles are configured to rotate in an angle and to electromagnetically interact with one or more teeth that is a part of a stator adjoined in a fixed position to the electrical machine. The configuration forms a gap in the lateral direction between the poles and the teeth. At least one of the poles is formed of a permanent magnet material and a magnetic flux intensifier is arranged relative to at least one of the poles and one of the teeth. The magnetic flux intensifier is configured to concentrate the magnetic field lines between a pole and the teeth.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2013
    Publication date: February 20, 2014
    Applicant: Envision Energy (Denmark) ApS
    Inventor: Peter Rasmussen
  • Publication number: 20140009025
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2013
    Publication date: January 9, 2014
    Applicant: PERSIMMON TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Martin Hosek, Sripati Sah
  • Patent number: 8598760
    Abstract: A permanent magnet module for a rotor of a permanent magnet electrical machine is presented. The permanent magnet module comprises: a stack of ferromagnetic steel sheets (104) having a groove in the direction perpendicular to the ferromagnetic steel sheets, and a permanent magnet (105) located in the groove and arranged to produce magnetic flux that penetrates a surface (106) of the stack of ferromagnetic steel sheets. The surface has a shape suitable for forming a desired magnetic flux density distribution into an air-gap of the permanent magnet electrical machine. The permanent magnet module further comprises a base-plate (102) made of solid ferromagnetic steel. The base plate is located at an opening (116) of the groove and constitutes together with the groove an aperture in which the permanent magnet is located.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2013
    Assignee: The Switch Drive Systems Oy
    Inventor: Panu Kurronen
  • Patent number: 8564166
    Abstract: A motor structure including a stator assembly having a stator core and a winding and a rotor assembly embedded therein having a rotor core and a permanent magnet. The stator core includes a yoke and a plurality of teeth protruding inwards from the yoke. Two adjacent teeth form a wire embedding slot and the winding is placed inside the wire embedding slot and winds around the teeth. The rotor core includes an annular ring having a central axial pore and a plurality of magnetic induction blocks protruding outwards from an outer side of the annular ring. Two adjacent magnetic induction blocks form a radial recess for mounting the permanent magnet. The section of an outer side surface of the magnetic induction blocks is a circular-arc line. The outer side surface employs a point with a distance deviating from the center of the central axial pore as a center of circle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2013
    Assignee: Zhongshan Broad-Ocean Motor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Mingpan Pan
  • Publication number: 20130270951
    Abstract: A pole shoe element for an electrical machine is described. The electrical machine has a stator, a rotor and an air gap between the stator and the rotor. The pole shoe element contains a magnet receiving section which extends in a longitudinal direction of the pole shoe element, in which the pole shoe element in a peripheral direction of the rotor has a first width in a first radial inner position and in the peripheral direction has a second width in a second radial outer position. The second width is smaller than the first width.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2013
    Publication date: October 17, 2013
    Inventors: Silvio Semmer, Xavier Tourde, Adriana Cristina Urda
  • Publication number: 20130270950
    Abstract: A pole shoe arrangement for a rotor or a stator of an electrical machine having an air gap between the stator and the rotor is disclosed. The pole shoe arrangement has a pole shoe element having an inner end and an outer end opposing the inner end. The inner end lies opposite the air gap when the pole shoe element is in an assembled state. The pole shoe element has a receiving surface for receiving a permanent magnet between the inner end and the outer end. The pole shoe arrangement has a guiding facility to guide the permanent magnet in a radial direction from the outer end to the inner end and to limit a movement of the permanent magnet at right angles to the radial direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2013
    Publication date: October 17, 2013
    Inventors: Silvio Semmer, Xavier Tourde, Adriana Cristina Urda
  • Publication number: 20130207501
    Abstract: A rotary electric machine includes a rotor core in which first magnetic pole portions having permanent magnets and second magnetic pole portions having no permanent magnets are alternately arranged in a circumferential direction. Each of the second magnetic pole portions has at least one notch provided near the permanent magnet adjacent thereto.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2013
    Publication date: August 15, 2013
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA YASKAWA DENKI
    Inventor: KABUSHIKI KAISHA YASKAWA DENKI
  • Patent number: 8471424
    Abstract: Permanent-magnet (PM) rotors, rotor components, and machines using PM rotors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2013
    Assignee: Teco-Westinghouse Motor Company
    Inventors: Xueqing Feng, Lijun Liu
  • Patent number: 8390156
    Abstract: A rotor for a multipolar synchronous rotating machine includes a plurality of salient poles, each salient pole including a polar body and being surrounded by an induction coil including a plurality of layers of coiled wire; a plurality of spacers such that each spacer of the plurality of spacers creates a first spacing between two successive layers of coiled wire of the plurality of layers for the circulation of coolant between each layer of coiled wire of the plurality of layers, the rotor including a second spacing between the polar body and each layer of coiled wire of the plurality of layers for the circulation of the coolant between the induction coil and the polar body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2013
    Assignee: Jeumont Electric
    Inventors: Daniel Laloy, Guy Legoix, Alain Ducrot, Brahim Ammar
  • Publication number: 20130038165
    Abstract: A motor structure including a stator assembly having a stator core and a winding and a rotor assembly embedded therein having a rotor core and a permanent magnet. The stator core includes a yoke and a plurality of teeth protruding inwards from the yoke. Two adjacent teeth form a wire embedding slot and the winding is placed inside the wire embedding slot and winds around the teeth. The rotor core includes an annular ring having a central axial pore and a plurality of magnetic induction blocks protruding outwards from an outer side of the annular ring. Two adjacent magnetic induction blocks form a radial recess for mounting the permanent magnet. The section of an outer side surface of the magnetic induction blocks is a circular-arc line. The outer side surface employs a point with a distance deviating from the center of the central axial pore as a center of circle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2011
    Publication date: February 14, 2013
    Applicant: Zhongshan Broad-Ocean Motor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Mingpan Pan
  • Patent number: 8354767
    Abstract: A permanent magnet machine is provided comprising a stator and a rotor, the rotor being adapted to rotate relative to the stator, the rotor comprising a plurality of permanent magnets separated in the circumferential direction from each other by axially extending rotor pole pieces for concentrating the magnetic flux from the permanent magnets, the stator having a structure that defines axial limits of an air gap between the stator and the rotor for communicating magnetic flux between the stator and the rotor, wherein that at least some of the permanent magnets extend axially outside the axial limits of the air gap as defined by the stator structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2013
    Assignee: Hoganas AB (Publ.)
    Inventors: Lars-Olov Pennander, Alan G. Jack, Glynn James Atkinson
  • Patent number: 8350435
    Abstract: An interior permanent magnet machine has non-contiguous, non-magnetic radial slots between the magnets and the cylindrical periphery and the magnets have non-magnetic radial end slots.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2013
    Assignee: Emerson Electric Co.
    Inventors: Keith I. Hoemann, Todd A. Walls
  • Patent number: 8304949
    Abstract: A magnet pole portion 31 is made up of an integral magnet 44 into which are integrated a main permanent magnet piece 41 which is magnetized in the direction of a rotational axis, a pair of auxiliary permanent magnet pieces 42, 42 which are disposed at circumferential sides on one side of the main permanent magnet piece 41 with respect to the direction of the rotational axis, which are each magnetized in the direction of the rotational axis and a direction which is at right angles to a radial direction and on which magnetic poles face each other which are the same as a magnetic pole on the one side of the main permanent magnet piece 41 with respect to the direction of the rotational axis, and a pair of auxiliary magnet pieces 43, 43 which are disposed at circumferential sides on the other side of the main permanent magnet piece 41 with respect to the direction of the rotational axis, which are each magnetized in the direction of the rotational axis and a direction which is at right angles to a radial direction
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2012
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Keiichi Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 8288908
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2012
    Inventors: Louis J. Finkle, Andrea Furia
  • Publication number: 20120248918
    Abstract: A rotor includes a rotor core comprised of steel sheets that are laminated in the axial direction of the rotor core and a rotating component configured to rotate together with the rotor core. Each of the steel sheets has a positioning portion for circumferentially positioning the steel sheet with respect to the rotating component and is formed of a rolled steel material. For each of the steel sheets, the direction of rolling of the steel sheet is circumferentially offset from both imaginary lines X and Y by predetermined angles. Each of the steel sheets is shaped so that the circumferential position of the positioning portion thereof remains unchanged when the steel sheet is front-back inverted about the imaginary line X. When viewed along the axial direction, at least one of the steel sheets is front-back inverted with respect to and thus forms a mirror image of the other steel sheets.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2012
    Publication date: October 4, 2012
    Applicant: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuuichirou Itou, Masahiro Seguchi, Yuki Takahashi, Hideaki Suzuki
  • Patent number: 8278794
    Abstract: The rotor 11 of an axial gap type motor 10 is provided with a plurality of main magnets 41 respectively magnetized in an axial direction of a rotational axis and disposed at predetermined intervals in a peripheral direction, a plurality of yokes 42 structured by a laminated member 71 produced by winding a tape-shaped electromagnetic steel plate 60 and respectively disposed on both sides of the main magnets 41 in the axial direction, and a rotor frame 30 made of a die-cast alloy and including a plurality of ribs 31 respectively interposed between the main magnets 41 adjoining each other in the peripheral direction and extending in the radial direction, and an inner cylindrical portion 32 and an outer cylindrical portion 33 respectively formed on the radially inner side of the ribs 31 and on the radially outer side of the ribs 31.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2012
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Satoshi Ishikawa, Keiichi Yamamoto, Shoei Abe
  • Publication number: 20120206008
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing an inner rotor for a rotary electric machine, the rotor comprising a plurality of pole pieces surrounding a shaft, each pole piece being made from a stack of metal sheets (3) made of magnetic material, the pole pieces delimiting recesses between them for permanent magnets. The method comprises, in succession the steps of cutting blanks (33) each grouping together n metal sheets (3), ā€œnā€ being the number of poles of the rotor, the n metal sheets of a blank being held together by temporary bridges (35) straddling the recesses, at least two bridges each comprising an outer lug (36), stacking the blanks while keeping them aligned via the outer lugs, immobilizing the stack of blanks, and eliminating all the temporary bridges in order to free up the radial access to the recesses.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2010
    Publication date: August 16, 2012
    Inventors: Maeick Blanc, Bertrand Vedy
  • Patent number: 8198776
    Abstract: A current-energized synchronous motor (1) suitable in particular for vehicle drives. It includes a stator (2) and a rotor (3) carrying the energizer winding (7). The rotor (3) has at least two rotor poles (4) with one energizer winding (7) each. The rotor includes at least one selective magnetic flux barrier, in particular in the form of a radial slot (8) along the main axis (4A) of the rotor pole (4). This flux barrier is provided in each rotor pole (4) for increasing the reluctance moment of the current-energized synchronous motor (1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2012
    Assignee: BRUSA Elektronik AG
    Inventors: Arno Mathoy, Verena Mathoy, legal representative, Anna Mathoy, legal representative, Eva Mathoy, legal representative
  • Patent number: 8198775
    Abstract: A magnetic gap is provided between a permanent magnet of a rotor and an auxiliary magnet pole portion which is arranged adjacent to the permanent magnet in a peripheral direction. A gradual change in a magnetic flux density distribution of a surface of the rotor is obtained and a cogging torque and a torque pulsation are restrained. By obtaining a reluctance torque according to the auxiliary magnetic pole, a permanent magnet electric rotating machine in which the cogging torque and the torque pulsation are restrained can be obtained and further an electromotive vehicle having the permanent magnet electric rotating machine can be provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2012
    Assignees: Hitachi, Ltd., Hitachi Car Engineering Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Fumio Tajima, Yutaka Matsunobu, Shouichi Kawamata, Suetaro Shibukawa, Osamu Koizumi, Keiji Oda
  • Patent number: RE44037
    Abstract: A permanent magnet rotating electric machine comprises a stator having stator windings wound round a stator iron core and a permanent magnet rotor having a plurality of inserted permanent magnets in which the polarity is alternately arranged in the peripheral direction in the rotor iron core. The rotor iron core of the permanent magnets is composed of magnetic pole pieces, auxiliary magnetic poles, and a stator yoke, and furthermore has concavities formed on the air gap face of the magnetic pole pieces of the rotor iron core of the permanent magnets, gently tilting from the central part of the magnetic poles to the end thereof. In a permanent magnet rotating electric machine, effects of iron loss are reduced, and an electric car using highly efficient permanent magnet rotating electric machine are realized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2013
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Fumio Tajima, Yutaka Matsunobu, Masashi Kitamura, Noriaki Hino, Takashi Kobayashi, Shigeru Kakugawa, Takashi Yasuhara