Windings And Core Structure Patents (Class 310/179)
  • Patent number: 7207178
    Abstract: The superconducting device has a rotor which is rotatable about an axis of rotation and is provided with a superconductive winding in a heat conducting winding carrier. The winding carrier has a central cooling agent cavity with a lateral cavity leading out of the winding carrier connected thereto. A cold head associated with a cooling unit is connected to a condenser unit which condenses the cooling agent. A fixed heat tube guiding the cooling agent is coupled to the condenser unit, protruding axially into the coorotating lateral cavity and is sealed in relation thereto.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2007
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Florian Steinmeyer
  • Patent number: 7205689
    Abstract: A compact electric motor has a rotor, and a stator (10) having a slotted lamination stack (16) defining slots separated by teeth, the teeth having tooth heads (153). Partial windings (17) are arranged on the teeth. On at least one axial end of said lamination stack, jumper rings (11, 12, 13) and a neutral ring (14) are arranged. The neutral ring has a plurality of inwardly extending radial projections (141) having free ends (142) adapted for connection to ends (171) of the partial windings (17). Connection of partial windings (17) in parallel provides a favorable power/size ratio and substantial power output, even with low operating voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2007
    Assignee: ebm-papst St. Georgen GmbH & Co.
    Inventor: Stefan Lukenich
  • Patent number: 7202620
    Abstract: A multi-phase unipolar motor is configured such that each stator pole is formed with bifilar wound primary and inductively associated secondary windings corresponding with one phase. The primary winding at one stator pole corresponding with one phase is coupled with a secondary winding at another stator pole corresponding with another phase to provide a commutational-step defined winding pair. The resultant winding pair assemblage is energized in correspondence with a commutational sequence such that collapsing field energy may be transferred from a primary winding at the termination of one step in the commutational sequence to the secondary winding associated with it in a next succeeding commutational step.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2007
    Assignee: Petersen Technology Corp.
    Inventor: Christian C. Petersen
  • Patent number: 7193345
    Abstract: A collection-distribution ring comprises three busbars, each having a circular ring shape, which are integrally connected together with prescribed distances therebetween by an insulating resin. Coil connection terminals project inwardly in a radial direction and are alternately arranged in relation to the three busbars. External terminals project outwardly in the radial direction and are arranged to adjoin together at the prescribed position. These terminals are all exposed from surfaces of the insulating resin. A stator comprises the prescribed number of stator units that are arranged in a circumferential direction and are assembled together with the collection-distribution ring. Each stator unit comprises a core unit realizing magnetic teeth, an insulating member, and a coil. An outer terminal member electrically connects a first end of the coil and the coil connection terminal, and an inner terminal member provides electrical connections between second ends of the adjacent coils.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2007
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Satoru Shinzaki, Tatsuro Horie, Kenji Fukuda, Akihiro Okamura
  • Patent number: 7183688
    Abstract: A stator for an electric motor having a stator core which has a number of stator teeth and stator slots located between the stator teeth, the stator slots being designed to receive stator windings, the stator slots being given different depths in order to accommodate the portions of the stator windings of one phase or several phases of the electric motor respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2007
    Assignee: Minebea Col, Ltd.
    Inventor: Helmut Hans
  • Patent number: 7180216
    Abstract: A high intensity lighting system comprises a plurality of high intensity discharge lamps electrically connected to a polyphase alternator and a prime mover mechanically connected to the alternator. An inherent impedance characteristic of the alternator permits the lamps to be reliably started and energized without any separate ballast or comparable impedance element. The alternator comprises a stator having teeth extending from a backiron. The teeth consist of the alternator phases, and the coils encircle the respective teeth of each pair and are wound in opposite sense and connected in series. The machine is preferably an axial airgap device wherein the stator assembly has a magnetic core made from low loss, high frequency material. A high pole count permits the electrical device to operate at high commutating frequencies, with high efficiency, high power density and improved performance characteristics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2007
    Assignee: Light Engineering, Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew D. Hirzel, David R. Crecelius
  • Patent number: 7180217
    Abstract: A motor comprising a motor-wiring bus bar including a plurality of annular ring conductors connecting lead wires of the motor including a stator in which a plurality of stator cores having the lead wires is arranged in a circle or connecting the lead wires and a power line together and a plurality of terminals attached to the ring conductors. The ring conductors are different in diameter and arranged concentrically on a same plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2007
    Assignee: NSK Ltd.
    Inventors: Sachio Nakayama, Masaru Wada, Yoshiyuki Watanabe
  • Patent number: 7166948
    Abstract: A multi-phase unipolar motor is configured such that each stator pole is formed with bifilar wound primary and inductively associated secondary windings corresponding with one phase. The primary winding at one stator pole corresponding with one phase is coupled with a secondary winding at another stator pole corresponding with another phase to provide a commutational-step defined winding pair. The resultant winding pair assemblage is energized in correspondence with a commutational sequence such that collapsing field energy may be transferred from a primary winding at the termination of one step in the commutational sequence to the secondary winding associated with it in a next succeeding commutational step.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2007
    Assignee: Petersen Technology Corporation
    Inventor: Christian C Petersen
  • Patent number: 7152301
    Abstract: A method for winding a stator of a multi-phase motor includes successively winding each of a plurality of teeth on the stator with a continuous winding wire to connect each of the phases in the motor together. The wound wire is disconnected between any two phases where respective ends of the two phases connected by the winding wire are not neutral ends. A jumper wire is connected between a neutral end of any one of the phases to a neutral end of at least one other phase if the neutral end of any one of the phases is not connected to the neutral end of at least one other phase by the winding wire.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2006
    Assignee: Pacsci Motion Control, Inc.
    Inventor: Gregory Rittmeyer
  • Patent number: 7146706
    Abstract: An electric motor has a field assembly, such as a stator, for a dynamoelectric machine has field coils that are wound to a net shape. Lead wires are brought out from the ends of each field coil. The field coils are insulated with insulating sleeves or insulating slot liners. The field coils are assembled with stator core pieces, such as pole pieces and return path pieces, into the stator. The stator core pieces are formed prior to being assembled with the field coils. In an aspect of the invention, the pole pieces and return path pieces are separately formed and then assembled together with the field coils, which have also been separately formed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2006
    Assignee: Black & Decker Inc.
    Inventors: Hung T. Du, Brandon L. Verbrugge, Earl M. Ortt, Michael J. Agnes, Michael A. Zemlok, Robert G. Kusmierski, David J. Smith
  • Patent number: 7148593
    Abstract: A first layer coil is wound around the surface of a tooth in a direction advancing from a proximal end portion to a distal end portion of this tooth. A second layer coil is wound on the first layer coil in a direction advancing from the distal end portion to the proximal end portion of the tooth coil. Lead wires extend outward in the radial direction from a winding start end of the first layer coil and a winding terminal end of the second layer coil. Respective tooth coils of the same phase are serially connected to arrange three phase windings. A crossover bus bar group is accommodated in a space having a square cross section defined by a core back and a coil end of the tooth coil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2006
    Assignee: Denso Corporation
    Inventors: Shigenori Yoneda, Soichi Yoshinaga
  • Patent number: 7141908
    Abstract: In a rotating electrical machine a stator winding is formed of flexible cables inserted in an open stator in the stator core. The stator slots extend from a radially outermost yoke part of the stator core radially inwards towards the rotor, the stator slots being separated by teeth. The stator slots are shaped as double slots with shoulders arranged in the slot walls such that each cable in the winding is secured between the previous cable in the stator slot and, seen from the slot opening, the next shoulder situated outside that particular cable. In a method for manufacturing such a winding the first cable is inserted through the opening of the stator slot and pressed firmly into a cable slot arranged at the bottom of the stator slot and designed to retain the cable when it has been pressed in.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2006
    Assignee: ABB AB
    Inventors: Goran Holmstrom, Lars Hedendahl, Lars Walfridsson
  • Patent number: 7135799
    Abstract: A method for winding a stator of a multi-phase motor includes successively winding each of a plurality of teeth on the stator with a continuous winding wire to connect each of the phases in the motor together. The wound wire is disconnected between any two phases where respective ends of the two phases connected by the winding wire are not neutral ends. A jumper wire is connected between a neutral end of any one of the phases to a neutral end of at least one other phase if the neutral end of any one of the phases is not connected to the neutral end of at least one other phase by the winding wire.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2006
    Assignee: Pacsci Motion Control, Inc.
    Inventor: Gregory Rittmeyer
  • Patent number: 7126313
    Abstract: The invention includes an electric machine having a rotor, stator and at least one winding in the stator adapted to conduct a current, and a secondary winding, electrically isolated from the first winding and inductively coupled to the first winding, which may be used to control at least one of the output voltage and current of the first winding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2006
    Assignee: Pratt & Whitney Canada Corp.
    Inventor: Kevin Allan Dooley
  • Patent number: 7126247
    Abstract: A concentrated winding stator coil of a proximal end extraction type two-layer winding arrangement includes numerous tooth coils which are connected in series to arrange serial coil units and also connected in parallel as pairs arranging respective phase windings. Plural inter-coil bus bars are provided to connect the tooth coils of the serial coil units. Plural terminal bus bars extend from both ends of the serial coil units to connect respective serial coil units in parallel with each other. These bus bars are disposed adjacently to an end face of a core back.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2006
    Assignee: Denso Corporation
    Inventors: Shigenori Yoneda, Soichi Yoshinaga
  • Patent number: 7126245
    Abstract: The invention provides a polyphase armature (13) for a rotary electrical machine, comprising a body (14) carrying a plurality of phases (20 to 25), each of which comprises, firstly, an input (E1 to E?3) and an output (S1 to S?3), each of which is part of an electrically conductive input element and output element respectively, and, secondly, electrically conductive elements (37) for connecting the input of a phase to the output of a phase and constituting a winding having at least two coils per phase, together with at least one first electrically conductive inversion element (38, 338) for reversing the circumferential direction of the current in the winding, the said first inversion element being interposed electrically between the two coils, at least one phase winding being provided with at least one electrically conductive second inversion element (138, 238) for reversing the circumferential direction of the current in the said phase winding, and the electrically conductive output element of the said windin
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2006
    Assignee: Valeo Equipements Electriques Moteur
    Inventors: Denis Even, Patrick Rondier, Paul Armiroli
  • Patent number: 7122933
    Abstract: A brushless permanent magnet (BPM) electric machine including a segmented stator having interconnected stator segment assemblies defining M stator teeth. Each of said M stator teeth having substantially the same axially facing size and shape. N coil windings are individually wound about the stator teeth. N<M.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2006
    Assignee: Emerson Electric Co.
    Inventors: Gary E Horst, Keith I Hoemann
  • Patent number: 7114236
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing an armature including securing a core to the shaft having a plurality of slots extending in the axial direction formed on the outer circumferential surface thereof, forming a coil composed of a plurality of coil portions by simultaneously winding wires a plurality of turns around a pair of slots separated by a predetermined number of slots and offsetting each of the coil portions one slot at a time in the circumferential direction of the core, securing a commutator to the shaft having a plurality of segments, adjacent coil portions having a slot along one side thereof, and electrically connecting segments which should have the same electric potential by means of equalizing connectors so that each pairs of the segments that should have the same electric potential has a substantially equal electrical potential.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2006
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Toshinori Tanaka, Kyouhei Yamamoto, Akihiro Daikoku, Akihiko Imagi, Yoshio Yoshikuwa, Mitsuyuki Tsumura
  • Patent number: 7113899
    Abstract: Keybar voltages in electric machines are reduced by electromagnetically optimizing the positioning of the keybars with respect to stator winding phase belts, the selection of the number of keybars, the selection of the number of stator slots, and/or the direction of rotation of a rotor with respect to the stator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2006
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Manoj Ramprasad Shah, Sameh Ramadan Salem
  • Patent number: 7105976
    Abstract: An electric machine includes a housing, an end shield, a stator, and a rotor assembly. The end shield can define at least one pin, and the stator can define at least one track. The stator can be positioned on the end shield such that the pin is received within the track. The stator can be captured between the end shield and a stop within the housing. The rotor assembly can include an adaptor sleeve and/or a bearing with a plurality of steel rolling elements. End caps can be coupled to the stator, and power and control electronics can be integrated within the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2006
    Assignee: Emerson Electric Co.
    Inventors: William P. Stewart, Raymond D. Heilman, Charles P. Ketterer, Paul G. Michaels, Donald J. Williams
  • Patent number: 7105973
    Abstract: The present invention provides a highly optimized motor design enabling an increase in torque compared to a similarly sized motor of traditional design. Additionally, the present invention enables motors that provide smooth, ripple free, operation at low speeds. These advances are provided through disclosure of slot/pole ratios that provide the stated benefits.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2006
    Assignee: Kollmorgen Corporation
    Inventors: Jeffery T. Brewster, Gerald W. Brown
  • Patent number: 7095192
    Abstract: An automotive generator/motor is driven by a battery via an inverter. Resistance 2Ra0 is expressed by 2Ra0=Vmax/?{square root over (3)} Iamax, where Vmax is a maximum voltage applicable across any two terminals from the inverter and Iamax is a maximum current which must be fed from the inverter into each of the terminals when the maximum voltage Vmax is applied for maximizing torque produced by the automotive generator/motor at a power factor of 1 under voltage saturation conditions, and the armature winding is configured such that resistance 2Ra across any two terminals satisfies a relationship expressed by 0.8Ra0?2Ra?3.8Ra0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2006
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Masahiko Fujita, Haruyuki Kometani
  • Patent number: 7091644
    Abstract: A sequentially joined segment armature coil is provided which may be employed in an ac machine such as an ac motor or motor generator. The armature coil is equipped with three phase coils each of which is made up of a first and a second phase windings identical in number of turns. This structure permits the number of turns of the armature coil to be changed easily by changing a connection of the first and second phase winding between a series connection and a parallel connection or changing a connection of the phase coils between a star connection and a delta connection. The structure also enables terminal leads of the first and second phase windings of each of the phase coils to be collected and withdrawn outside the ac machine, thus facilitating ease of arrangement of the terminal leads.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2006
    Assignee: Denso Corporation
    Inventors: Akira Fukushima, Atsushi Umeda
  • Patent number: 7088026
    Abstract: In a stator of a rotary electric machine that includes a stator winding and a stator core having a plurality of slots, the stator winding is constituted of a plurality of series-connected regular U-shaped segments each of which has a pair of in-slot portions and a plurality of U-shaped irregular segments each of which has a pair of in-slot portions disposed in a pair of slots that is suitable to connect the regular segments to form the stator winding and a continuous crossover portion crossing over some of the regular segments. The irregular U-shaped segments extend to be in contact with the turn portions of the regular segments. Therefore, the regular segments are connected by the irregular segments that have least electric resistance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2006
    Assignee: Denso Corporation
    Inventors: Tetsuya Gorohata, Takashi Kumakura
  • Patent number: 7078838
    Abstract: Conductive lap windings are interleaved with conventional loops in the stator of a motor-generator. The rotor provides magnetic induction lines that, when rotated, cut across the lap windings and the loops. When the rotor is laterally displaced from its equilibrium axis of rotation, its magnetic lines of induction induce a current in the interleaved lap windings. The induced current interacts with the magnetic lines of induction of the rotor in accordance with Lenz's law to generate a radial force that returns the rotor to its equilibrium axis of rotation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2006
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventor: Richard F. Post
  • Patent number: 7075207
    Abstract: A stator (1) includes a core member (10) having a central portion (12) with an even number of pole members (14–17) extending radially and outwardly from the central portion, a winding having a same even number of winding portions (20a–d) wound around the pole members respectively, and a drive circuit (50) having the winding connected thereto. A half of the winding portions is arranged in parallel with the other half of the winding portions. During working, the electric current passes the whole winding in alternate direction to establish alternate magnetic fields to drive a rotor of the motor to run.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2006
    Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Ind. Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: En-Bing Lu
  • Patent number: 7075206
    Abstract: A stator for an electric machine includes a stator core having a plurality of circumferentially-spaced and axially-extending core slots. The core slots extend between a first and a second end of the stator core and a stator winding having a plurality of phases is positioned therein. Each of the phases includes a first pair of conductors connected in parallel and a second pair of conductors connected in parallel, in turn connected to one another in series to define a single phase of the stator winding. The first pair of conductors and the second pair of conductors occupy adjacent slots such that each single phase of the stator winding occupies two adjacent slots within the stator core. Each conductor has a plurality of slot segments housed in the core slots that are alternately connected at the ends of the stator core by a plurality of end loop segments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2006
    Assignee: Visteon Global Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Hanyang B. Chen
  • Patent number: 7067949
    Abstract: An X-phase winding phase portion, a Y-phase winding phase portion, and a Z-phase winding phase portion constituting a three-phase stator winding are each constructed by zigzag-connecting winding phase sub-portions having a phase difference corresponding to an electrical angle of 36 degrees (36°). The rotor is a claw-pole rotor, and permanent magnets are interposed between claw-shaped magnetic poles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2006
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Haruyuki Kometani, Yoshihito Asao
  • Patent number: 7051420
    Abstract: An armature for a brush commutated electric motor having a distributed coil winding arrangement for reducing brush arcing and electromagnetic interference (EMI). The winding pattern involves segmenting each coil into first and second subcoil portions with differing pluralities of turns. Each subcoil portion is wound around separate pairs of spaced apart slots of a lamination stack. Adjacent coils are wound such that one subcoil portion of each is wound in a common slot to therefore form an overlapping arrangement of each pair of adjacently coils. The winding pattern serves to “shift” the resultant magnetic axes of each coil in such a manner so as to significantly reduce brush arcing and the EMI resulting therefrom. The reduction in EMI is sufficient to eliminate the need for EMI reducing components, such as chokes, which have typically been required to maintain EMI to acceptably low levels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2006
    Assignee: Black & Decker Inc.
    Inventor: Ren Hong Wang
  • Patent number: 7045983
    Abstract: The present invention provides a system for controlling the speed of a motor by altering the magnetic field of the motor. The system includes field modification module, and a motor having field windings and a rotor. The field windings are configured to receive a driving signal that generates a magnetic field causing a rotation of the rotor. The field modification module is proximate the motor and alters the magnetic field in response to an input signal thereby controlling the speed and torque of the rotor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2006
    Assignee: Ford Motor Company
    Inventors: Harold L. Castle, DeQuan Yu, Stephen T. Kempfer, Norman N. Krieger, Paul E. Fisher, Sheven Sharp, James L. Thompson
  • Patent number: 7045920
    Abstract: An interconnection assembly has phase parts for U phase, V phase and W phase. The phase parts each are of a plurality of interconnection assembly parts that are connected in the form of a ring and include a conductor section to which a motor coil wire is connected, the conductor section being formed by stripping fluororesin insulation at a predetermined position, and the phase parts are partially fixedly bundled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2006
    Assignees: Hitachi Cable, Ltd., Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Katsuaki Ohuchi, Katsuo Endo, Hideo Matsuo, Akira Kabasawa, Akihiro Okamura, Kazunari Takahashi
  • Patent number: 7042122
    Abstract: A simulated slot electric motor having a permanent magnet rotor, a stator, and a flexible electronic motor control package is provided. The stator is composed of a magnetic flux tube and a plurality of field windings. The magnetic flux tube includes a plurality of ribbon coil segments that provide a path for the magnetic flux, generated during motor during operation. The multiple field windings are at least partially retained within the inside diameter of the magnetic flux tube, and are configured to be arranged within the magnetic flux tube without the use of conventional slots. In one embodiment, the electronic motor control package is modular, having a modular power supply circuit and a modular commutation control circuit. Preferably, the modules are of a plug and play type. A modular electronic motor control package provides unique flexibility allowing interchangeability for the required power and performance needed for a great variety of applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2006
    Inventors: James Dufala, Ralph Thomas
  • Patent number: 7030535
    Abstract: A rotor core and winding assembly including: separable rotor core sections assembled to form the rotor core, where the core sections each have a substantially circular perimeter and are axially aligned when assembled as the core, and the winding assembly includes a pre-assembled superconducting field winding and a winding support, wherein the winding support extends between adjacent core sections in the assembled rotor core.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2006
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventor: Yu Wang
  • Patent number: 7030523
    Abstract: A vibration motor includes: a lower case provided with a lower board; an upper case coupled with the lower case; a four-pole magnet provided on the lower case; a shaft supported between the lower case and the upper case; a rotor rotatably supported by the shaft with an eccentricity, in which a pair of coils is provided in the rotor at an angle ranging form 135° to 142° between centerlines thereof; a commutator formed on a bottom of the rotor with six segments; and a pair of brushes having lower parts contacted with the lower board and upper parts contacted with the segments of the commutator at an angle of 90° therebetween.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2006
    Assignee: LG Innotek Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Young Il Park
  • Patent number: 7030533
    Abstract: A rotary electric machine having an armature winding that includes three first phase-windings that form a ?-connection winding having output ends and three second phase-windings that are respectively connected in series to the output ends to form a star-connection three-phase winding having output ends connected to a rectifier unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2006
    Assignee: Denso Corporation
    Inventor: Atsushi Umeda
  • Patent number: 7019422
    Abstract: A motor includes a stator having multiple conductors that create a plurality of magnetic fields when electrical current is conducted through the conductors. The stator has a pair of opposing end surfaces in contact with each other forming a toroidal core. A monolithic body of phase change material substantially encapsulates the conductors and holds said toroidal core in place. The stator is formed by laminating strips together to form a linear core preform, winding wire around poles extending from a side of the core preform, then rolling the preform to bring its two ends together to form the toroidal core. Hard disc drives using the motor, and methods of constructing the motor and hard disc drives are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2006
    Assignee: Encap Motor Corporation
    Inventors: Griffith D. Neal, Albert D. Neal
  • Patent number: 7015616
    Abstract: A coil retention system for a rotor of a high speed electrical generator, such as an aircraft generator, that uses compliant material to fill variable dimension voids and/or gaps in the coils wound around the rotor of an electrical machine. During processing of the rotor and coil retention system, the compliant material hardens and is able to withstand the centrifugal loads imposed by, and environmental conditions within, the high speed generator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2006
    Assignee: Honeywell International, Inc.
    Inventors: Kieran Doherty, David E. Stout, Balwinider S. Birdi, Edward M. Down, Simon L. Waddell, David J. Roden
  • Patent number: 7009320
    Abstract: A stator of a wire connection structure is capable of producing an unlimited number of non-integer turns. This stator is made by turning back first to sixth conductors on the outside of an end face of a stator iron core, and by mounting them in slots at a predetermined slot pitch in each of U, V and W phases. The sixth conductor is divided into two 0.5 turns coils. Connecting in parallel 1.5 turns of each coil, in which the second conductor and a first of the coils are connected, and 1.5 turns of a coil in which the fourth conductor and a second of the coils are connected, forms a 1.5 turns coil. Connecting in series the 1.5 turns coil, and 3 turns of a coil formed by connecting in series the first conductor, the third conductor, and the fifth conductor forms a 4.5 turns coil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2006
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Akita, Yoshito Asao, Haruyuki Kometani
  • Patent number: 7007371
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a speed ring in a continuous process using a magnetizing fixture and a trimming fixture. An unmagnetized magnetic strip is fed into the trolley of a magnetizing fixture, clamped stretched, and magnetized by a coil. The newly magnetized strip is then cut and fed into a trimming fixture. As the magnetized strip goes through the trimming fixture, it runs over a hall effect sensor which determines where a center of a pair of poles is located. Based on where a pair of poles is located the cutting blade of the trimming fixture is activated and a magnetic strip that can be turned into a speed ring is created.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2006
    Assignee: Sauer-Danfoss Inc.
    Inventors: Stanley N. Didier, Scott Kessler
  • Patent number: 7005773
    Abstract: In a vehicle AC generator, a plurality of conductor segments having connection-ends is connected to form a stator winding. Each pair of the connection-ends is welded to each other side by side to align in a radial direction thereby forming a ring of the connection-ends disposed at equal intervals on an end of the stator core. Each pair of the connection-end has a recessed portion for preventing a welded portion of the connection-ends from swelling out of the recess in the circumferential direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2006
    Assignee: Denso Corporation
    Inventor: Shigenobu Nakamura
  • Patent number: 7005772
    Abstract: A stator for an electric machine includes a generally cylindrically-shaped stator core having a plurality of circumferentially-spaced and axially-extending core teeth that define a plurality of circumferentially-spaced and axially-extending core slots extending between first and second ends of the stator core. Within the core is a stator winding having a plurality of phases, each of the phases including a pair of conductors connected in parallel and having a plurality of slot segments housed in the core slots. The slot segments are alternately connected at the first and second ends of the stator core by a plurality of end loop segments. The conductors within each pair of each phase are connected in parallel and are in phase with one another such that the stator core has two slots per phase per pole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2006
    Assignee: Visteon Global Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Dean Mark Frederick, Kirk E. Neet
  • Patent number: 7000307
    Abstract: An armature for a brush commutated electric motor having a distributed coil winding arrangement for reducing brush arcing and electro-magnetic interference (EMI). The winding pattern involves segmenting each coil into first and second subcoil portions with differing pluralities of turns. Each subcoil portion is wound around separate pairs of spaced apart slots of a lamination stack. Adjacent coils are wound such that one subcoil portion of each is wound in a common slot to therefore form an overlapping arrangement of each pair of adjacently coils. The winding pattern serves to “shift” the resultant magnetic axes of each coil in such a manner so as to significantly reduce brush arcing and the EMI resulting therefrom. The reduction in EMI is sufficient to eliminate the need for EMI reducing components, such as chokes, which have typically been required to maintain EMI to acceptably low levels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2006
    Assignee: Black & Decker Inc.
    Inventor: Ren Hong Wang
  • Patent number: 6998751
    Abstract: An electric drive comprising a stator with at least two ring-shaped windings and controllers, and a magnetized rotor with an axis of rotation. Each of said windings comprises at least one coil layer with circumferentially arrayed coils located around said axis, and a layer of electro-insulating material, and each winding is electrically connected to a power source through an individual controller. At least two said windings are electrically connected by their controllers in parallel, with the possibility to function jointly and/or independently. At least two nearest windings are located in such a way that two said coil layers belonging to the different windings are separated by an additional layer of electro-insulating material. The coils of said nearest coil layers of different windings are made the same in transparent view, so that the distances between corresponding parts of said coils of said nearest windings are equal to the thickness of said additional layer of an electro-insulating material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2006
    Assignee: Rotys Inc.
    Inventors: Edward Lopatinsky, Lev Fedoseyev, Saveliy Rosenfeld, Daniel Schaefer
  • Patent number: 6998750
    Abstract: Several embodiments of permanent magnet type three-phase AC rotary electric machines wherein the phase current flow is formed by parallel circuits formed by a plurality of serial circuits each comprising one or a plurality of stator coils so that electromagnetic voltage or counter electromagnetic voltage generated across opposite ends of the plural serial circuits may be always almost the same. Thus, a circulating current does not flow in the parallel circuits, whereby the efficiency of the rotary electric machine can be improved. Also, since the line current circuit of each of the phases is constituted of a parallel circuit, the current flowing in each of the stator coils is small so that the diameter of the stator coil wire can be small. Thus, the winding of the coils can be improved. Also, the processing of the coil terminals is facilitated and the processed portions of the terminals can be made small, resulting in a compact rotary electric machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2006
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Moric
    Inventors: Tatsuya Anma, Tadashi Takano
  • Patent number: 6995492
    Abstract: Three partial coils are accommodated in inphase slots arranged successively in the circumferential direction and also accommodated in the same conductor accommodation position set. Each layer coil is constituted by serially connecting these partial coils. Respective layer coils are connected in parallel to each other to form a phase winding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2006
    Assignee: Denso Corporation
    Inventors: Shinji Kouda, Masahiro Seguchi
  • Patent number: 6993829
    Abstract: In a method of producing a centralized distribution unit of a thin brushless motor for a vehicle having superior waterproof-ness and airtight-ness functions, and high dielectric strength, an insulating holder is provided with bearing recesses. Bus bars are bent from a substantially linear shape into a substantially annular shape, and inserted into holding grooves formed in the insulating holder. The insulating holder and bus bars are disposed in a molding cavity, and distal ends of holder supports that project from an inner wall of the molding cavity are engaged with the bearing recesses of the insulating holder. Resin is supplied into the molding cavity to form an insulation layer that covers the bus bars and an entire periphery of the insulating holder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2006
    Assignee: Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Makoto Kobayashi, Izumi Suzuki
  • Patent number: 6981308
    Abstract: A rotating electric machine (1) has a rotor, a stator (2), and stator windings (3, 4). The windings (3, 4) include high voltage cable drawn through slots (5, 6) in the stator (2). Support members (8) are arranged inside the slots (5, 6) along and in contact with the windings (3, 4), said support members (8) comprising a hose (8?) with a substantially triangular cross-section. A wire (9) is extending through and being attached to each support member (8). When mounting the support members (8) air inside a support member (8) is evacuated in order to shrink the support member (8). Then the wire (9) extending through the support member (8) is used to pull the evacuated support member (8) into a slot (5, 6), whereupon the evacuated support member (8) is expanded by releasing the vacuum inside in order to make it clamp a cable inside a slot (5, 6) of the stator (2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2006
    Assignee: ALSTOM Technology LTD
    Inventors: Olof Lundeberg, Pentti Virtanen
  • Patent number: 6982503
    Abstract: A voice coil for a disk drive includes a spiral formation of winding of an electrically conductive material. This formation has a generally triangular shape with an open center. First and second active leg portions of the formation curve inward of it, and an inactive leg portion curves outward of it. The cross-sectional area of the coil varies along its length with the segments in the inactive leg portion having a smaller cross-sectional area than those of the active leg portions. The voice coil is a laminate with the conductive layer disposed between two electrically insulating layers. It lies fixedly secured to a surface of a base member of the disk drive's actuator. The method of making this laminate includes securing the conductive layer to an insulating layer, removing selected portions of the conductive layer to form the coil, and covering the conductive layer with another insulating layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2000
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2006
    Assignee: Maxtor Corporation
    Inventor: David W. Chew
  • Patent number: 6979924
    Abstract: The invention relates to a motor comprising a stator core having plural teeth and slots provided among the teeth, a winding applied on the teeth by a single turn, and a rotor incorporating plural permanent magnets, which is rotated and driven by utilizing reluctance torque in addition to magnet torque. By turning thus divided teeth by a single winding, the occupation rate of the winding in the slots can be raised. As a result, a motor of small size and large output can be presented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2005
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Noriyoshi Nishiyama, Tomokazu Nakamura, Yasufumi Ikkai, Yukio Honda, Hiroshi Murakami, Shinichiro Kawano
  • Patent number: 6967421
    Abstract: A motor includes a core having a common connection section formed in a ring shape, a plurality of salient pole sections that protrude and extend radially from the common connection section, each of the salient pole sections defining a common connection section side adjacent to the common connection section and a tip side opposite the common connection section side, and a coil winding wound on each of the salient pole sections. The coil winding is wound on each of the salient pole sections in a plurality of layers, and each of the salient pole sections includes a retaining section adjacent to the tip side thereof, which hooks and supports a lead wire that extends from a winding end part of the coil winding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2005
    Assignee: Sankyo Seiki Mfg. Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masato Gomyo, Noboru Ashibe