Abstract: An electrical induction motor includes a plurality of windings, and a plurality of contactors. Each of the plurality of contactors is configured to be selectively opened or closed in a circuit including the plurality of windings to selectively connect the windings together in a star configuration wherein current flowing through the windings results in the generation of 2N magnetic poles, with N equal to the number of phases of the motor. Each of the plurality of contactors is also configured to be selectively opened or closed in the circuit including the plurality of windings to selectively connect the windings together in a mesh configuration wherein current flowing through the windings results in the generation of two magnetic poles.

Abstract: Apparatus and methods are provided for the measurement of power consumption at points of interest, such as circuit breakers, machines, and the like. Accordingly, means are provided for measurement of power consumption for each electrical sub-network that is controlled by a circuit breaker. Each apparatus is enabled to communicate its respective data, in an environment of a plurality of such apparatuses, to a management unit which is enabled to provide finer granularity power consumption profiles. Challenges of measuring relatively low supply currents, wireless operation in an environment of a large number of apparatuses, and self-powering are addressed.

Abstract: Apparatus and methods are provided for electrical parameter measurements at points of interest, such as circuit breakers, machines, and the like. The devices which comprise of components that may require corrections, such as the errors induced by, but not limited to, the use of a split core mounted around a current carrier, and hence calibration coefficients are provided based on test, measurements and/or calculations respective of the devices. These coefficients may be stored in a database for retrieval when calibration of measurements received from a measuring device. In one embodiment at least one of the calibration coefficients is stored on the measuring device.

Abstract: A stator for a motor or generator including a planar composite structure (PCS) having at least one dielectric layer and a plurality of conductive layers is provided. The stator includes first conductive elements extending radially to a distance r1 from a center of, and disposed angularly on, the PCS. Each first conductive element includes a preferred termination structure to connect with at least one of a plurality of second conductive elements extending radially from a radius r2 from the center of, and disposed angularly on, the PCS.

Abstract: In a stator having a stator core and three phase windings, slots are formed in the stator core. The phase winding are accommodated in layers, from one side to the other side in the corresponding slot along a radial direction of the stator core. The phase windings are arranged in a star-delta composite connection structure. The phase winding in each phase is comprised of conductors accommodated in a first slot and a second slot adjacently arranged in the stator core so that the conductor in the n-th layer is electrically connected to the conductor in the (n+1)-th layer, ascending order, per slot. Because each winding has the same length and no difference in electric potential occurs between the star connection and the delta connection, this structure suppress generation of operation noise and a circulating current through the stator core and prevents loss due to the circulating current.

Abstract: An electromechanical flywheel machine includes a flywheel mass and a motor-generator having a rotor rotatable about a stator wherein the stator is supported by a fluid cooled stator support. The electromechanical flywheel has the rotor encircling a stationery stator and stator windings including a field winding encircling an axis of stator rotation and an armature winding that does not encircle the axis of stator rotation.

Abstract: An electric generator arrangement with a stator being equipped with at least two opposed phase windings, each winding comprising at least two sub-windings in series is provided. The arrangement also comprises a controlled varistor across the connections of the sub-windings of said opposed phase windings. A current imbalance between two opposed phase windings is measured and the varistor is controlled in such a way that the resistance of the varistor is increased when the current imbalance increases.

Abstract: An assembly, having a substrate made of an electrically insulating material, an SMD component, which has lateral contact surfaces, and a lead frame part made of metal, which is fastened to the substrate and is used to establish electrical connections between the lateral contact surfaces of the SMD component and further functional elements of the assembly, wherein the lead frame part has contact tongues, which resiliently lie against the lateral contact surfaces and are connected to the lateral contact surfaces in a bonded manner.

Abstract: An electrical machine, particularly a permanent magnet motor, having a number of poles and teeth or tooth groups that is divisible by a whole number A around which coil-forming loops of winding wire are arranged such that B coils are arranged in series, the coils having a number of windings equivalent to C/B where C is a whole number divisor of B and indicates the wire diameter as a quotient of a traditional standard winding, as well as a method to provide a corresponding winding structure.

Abstract: Various embodiments include apparatuses adapted to include a dynamoelectric machine rotor with a modified outer surface. In some embodiments apparatuses include a dynamoelectric machine rotor including a rotor body having a spindle, pole regions, the pole regions having a non-uniform radial distance from an axis of rotation of the rotor to an outer surface of the pole regions and a plurality of slots in the outer surface of the rotor body, the plurality of slots being spaced apart in a circumferential direction of the rotor body, each of the plurality of slots extending in an axial direction of the rotor body.

Abstract: A motor driving apparatus comprises an H bridge circuit having outputs coupled with a motor coil of a single-phase motor, a hall comparator configured to generate a hall detection signal indicating a position of a rotor of the motor, an electric angle generator configured to generate a pulse signal indicating that the motor rotates by a predetermined electric angle, a current monitoring circuit configured to asserts a zero current detection signal upon detecting a reversed direction of a coil current; a transition trigger circuit configured to assert a transition pulse when a count value of the first counter matches an lead angle set value; a logic circuit configured to transition the H bridge circuit according to a predetermined sequence of states; and a lead angle controller configured to adjust the lead angle set value based on a timing of assertion of the zero current detection signal.

Abstract: Electric motor systems and methods may provide highly efficient operation. The electric motor systems and methods discussed herein provide an oil filled motor that is low speed and utilizes permanent magnets. The electric motor may utilize a large number of poles and fractional slot design. Further, in some embodiments, the electric motor systems and methods may be suitable for use downhole.

Abstract: An electric machine includes a stator disposed about an axis in register with the rotor. The stator has a plurality of slots parallel to the axis. A plurality of windings with generally rectangular cross sections is provided with each winding having a first portion disposed radially inward of a second portion relative to the axis. At least two of the plurality of windings are at least partially inserted into each of the plurality of slots. The plurality of generally rectangular windings in each of the plurality of slots is configured to reduce resistive loss within the stator.

Abstract: A rotating electrical machine includes: a stator core; a stator winding; and a rotor. Cross conductors connect slot conductors to run astride slots with the slot pitch N+1 at coil ends on one side and run astride slots with the slot pitch N?1 at coil ends on another side, with N representing a number of slots per pole; the stator winding includes slot conductor groups each having a plurality of slot conductors; the plurality of slot conductors in each slot conductor group are inserted at a predetermined number Ns of successive slots so that the slot conductors in the slot conductor group take successive slot positions and successive layer positions; and the number Ns is set so that Ns=NSPP+NL when NSPP represents a number of slots per phase per pole and a number of layers is expressed as 2×NL.

Abstract: A variable flux electric starter motor includes a frame, an armature rotatably mounted within the frame, and a primary field mounted to the frame. The primary field includes a plurality of primary windings electrically connected one to another. A relay is electrically coupled to at least one of the plurality of poles. A supplemental field is mounted to the frame. The supplemental field includes a supplemental winding electrically connected in parallel to the plurality of primary windings.

Abstract: An electrical induction motor may include nine terminals configured to receive nine current inputs from nine output phases of a nine phase inverter. The motor may include nine windings connected to the nine terminals, and a plurality of contactors, wherein each of the plurality of contactors may be selectively opened or closed in a circuit including the nine windings to selectively connect the windings together in one of a mesh configuration or a star configuration. Each of the windings may be selectively connected between two of the nine current inputs, with a phase angle difference between the two current inputs of 40 degrees. Each of the contactors may be selectively opened or closed to establish a span value for the mesh configuration of two, with two being the number of inverter output phases between a terminal of one of the nine windings and a terminal of another of the nine windings connected to the one of the nine windings.

Abstract: A rotating electrical machine includes: a stator core; a stator winding; and a rotor. Cross conductors connect slot conductors to run astride slots with the slot pitch N+1 at coil ends on one side and run astride slots with the slot pitch N?1 at coil ends on another side, with N representing a number of slots per pole; the stator winding includes slot conductor groups each having a plurality of slot conductors; the plurality of slot conductors in each slot conductor group are inserted at a predetermined number Ns of successive slots so that the slot conductors in the slot conductor group take successive slot positions and successive layer positions; and the number Ns is set so that Ns=NSPP+NL when NSPP represents a number of slots per phase per pole and a number of layers is expressed as 2×NL.

Abstract: A shaped electrical conductor (610, 630) includes a first sheet of metal (319) with a first and second thermoplastic adhesive pattern (311, 312). The second pattern is justified with the first pattern. The first sheet is etched to remove metal not covered by the thermoplastic adhesive patterns so that no metal bridges remain between disconnected coated portions. A second sheet of metal (339) has a third and fourth thermoplastic adhesive pattern (333, 334) on a second surface and the fourth pattern is justified with the third pattern. The second sheet is etched to remove metal not covered by the thermoplastic adhesive patterns so that no metal bridges remain between disconnected coated portions. First and second contact regions (315, 335) in the second and third adhesive patterns are in electrical contact.

Abstract: A stator member may comprise a core member comprising a plurality of cores disposed juxtaposed to one another, a coil being wound around each of the cores and a terminal member attached to one end of the core member. The terminal member may comprise a terminal portion comprising three external terminal portions used as terminals of U, V, and W phase and a common terminal portion used as a common terminal. The three external terminal portions and the common terminal may be integrally provided. A plurality of fitting portions may protrude from the terminal portion toward the core member. Each of the plurality of fitting portions may be configured to be fitted into a corresponding one of a plurality of recessed portions formed at the one end of the core member in an elastic deformed state.

Abstract: A method and system supply pulsed power. The system includes an inertial energy storage device configured to store inertial energy and an electrochemical energy storage system configured to store electrochemical energy. The system includes a bidirectional energy transfer system. The energy transfer system is configured to receive energy from an energy source. The energy transfer system is configured to transfer at least a portion of the received source energy to the inertial energy storage device. The energy transfer system is configured to transfer at least a portion of the received energy in the inertial energy storage device to the electrochemical energy storage system while controlling a rate at which energy is transferred to the electrochemical energy storage system based on a prescribed charging rate associated with the electrochemical energy storage system. Additionally, the energy transfer system is configured to supply power to one or more loads using the stored energy.

Abstract: Stator winding (18) comprising multiple phase windings (12). A phase winding has at least two partial phase windings (120a, 120b) which include coils (123) and coil connectors (126) that run parallel.

Abstract: A coil is configured so that: N conductor wires of wave windings each divided at at least two positions in a circumferential direction are provided in one of a plurality of slots; within a unit of the divided wave windings in which conduction is made, the N conductor wires are connected in one of series and parallel to each other at division positions located at substantially the same circumferential position of conductor-wire end portions; division units of the divided wave windings are connected in series to each other, and a total number of series turns of the series-connected division units of the each phase is a predetermined number of series turns, which does not exceed an upper limit value of a terminal voltage of the rotary electric machine; and the series-connected division units of the each phase have the same total number of series turns.

Abstract: A rotary electric machine includes a rotor; a stator magnet core; a transformer primary coil wound around the stator magnet core in an insulation state and connected to a power circuit; a transformer secondary coil wound around the stator magnet core in an insulation state and connected to a battery by interposing a DC/AC converter.

Abstract: A stator for a polyphase dynamoelectric machine includes a stator core and windings positioned about the stator core. The windings include at least a first phase winding and a second phase winding. The first phase winding is formed of at least one electrical conductor material that is not present in the second phase winding.

Abstract: A stator includes a ring-shaped stator core and a stator winding. The stator core has a plurality of slots arranged in a circumferential direction. The stator winding has a plurality of phase windings. Each phase winding is composed of a plurality of segment conductors 41 disposed such as to be inserted into the slots and connected in series. The segment conductor is divided into two. The phase winding is configured by two divided phase windings connected to each other in parallel. The divided phase windings are respectively configured by a plurality of segment conductors respectively connected in series such that the two divided segment conductors are in parallel with each other.

Abstract: A motor for actuating brake members of an electric parking (EPB) system, includes a stator and a rotor rotatably mounted to the stator. The rotor has a shaft, a commutator, a rotor core fixed to the shaft, and rotor windings wound about teeth of the rotor core and electrically connected to segments of the commutator. The rotor windings have a plurality of winding units and each of the winding units have at least two coils. The coils of each winding unit are wound about the same teeth and are connected to a same pair of segments.

Abstract: Dynamic reconfiguration-switching of motor windings in a motor is optimized between winding-configurations by selectively lowering resistance of a constantly used portion of one of the motor windings. Acceleration is traded off in favor of higher velocity upon detecting the electric motor in the electric vehicle is at an optimal angular-velocity for switching to an optimal lower torque constant and voltage constant. The total back electromotive force (BEMF) is prohibited from inhibiting further acceleration to a higher angular-velocity.

Abstract: The invention has an object to provide a stator including coils that protrude less in the radial direction of the stator and can be made smaller in the radial direction of the stator, and a method of manufacturing the same.

Abstract: Dynamic reconfiguration-switching of motor windings in an electric motor in an electric vehicle is optimized between winding-configurations. Acceleration is traded off in favor of higher velocity upon detecting the electric motor in the electric vehicle is at an optimal angular-velocity for switching to an optimal lower torque constant and voltage constant. The total back electromotive force (BEMF) is prohibited from inhibiting further acceleration to a higher angular-velocity.

Abstract: An electrically driven motor, an electrical generator, a rotating electrical machine and method of operating, that includes a rotating rotor having an even number of alternating polarity permanent magnet poles and a stator with an odd number of evenly spaced alternating magnetic polarity electromagnetic poles divided into an odd number of equal stator phase groups with a magnetically unbalanced orphan, pole from each stator phase group removed without re-spacing the remaining stator poles to produce a gap between stator phase groups that is greater than the spacing between adjacent poles in each stator phase group. The rotor can be a rotating external rotor or a stationary internal rotor and the stator can be a stationary interior stator or a rotating exterior stator.

Abstract: A rotor for a brushless motor is resistant to degradation in alternative fuels and has desirable magnetic properties. A stator for a brushless DC motor includes coils wound both clockwise and counterclockwise around teeth of a back iron. Pairs of the coils are electrically connected in parallel.

Abstract: A method for regulating the reactive power generated or absorbed by a synchronous electric generator includes regulating a quantity of coils disposed in line with a stator winding. Additionally, a generator operating point of the generator is regulated.

Abstract: The present invention provides a torque control method for an HEV, the method comprising: detecting an operation failure of an integrated starter-generator (ISG); calculating a driver demand torque based on a current accelerator position sensor (APS); controlling the hydraulic pressure and operation of a clutch so as to increase an engine speed to convert the driving mode of the vehicle from electric vehicle (EV) mode to hybrid electric vehicle (HEV) mode in the event that an operation failure of the ISG is detected and the driver demand torque is out of a predetermined range; and compensating the driver demand torque to a desired level based on a transfer torque from the clutch to a motor. The method can improve driving performance and power performance of HEV, in the event of ISG failure, by performing a hydraulic control for a clutch and calculating a driver request torque and a transfer torque from the clutch to a motor to compensate the drive request torque to a desired level.

Abstract: Alternating current electric induction motor, in particular a motor (12-22) which is fed by a frequency variator, comprising a casing (4) which supports a rotor (9) by means of roller bearings (8) and which supports a stator (13) with a coaxial ring-shaped core (16) made of a magnetic material, characterized in that the stator (13) is provided with an auxiliary closed loop toroidal winding (20).

Abstract: A coil strand is wound on an insulator to produce a divided core member, and then the divided core member is placed on a table. While the table rotates about its axis, ends of the coil strands are inserted into lead end holding grooves, which are defined in a surface of the insulator on an outer circumferential edge of a stator and which extend along a circumferential direction of the stator.

Abstract: An electric machine includes a core with a plurality of slots. Electric conductors are positioned within the slots with connection ends extending from the in-slot portions. A plurality of insulation sleeves separate the plurality of electric conductors. Each insulation sleeve substantially covers one entire conductor, including the in-slot portions and the connection ends of the conductor. A tip portion on each connection end remains uncovered by the insulation sleeve and is electrically connected to another tip portion on another conductor. Air passages are formed between the plurality of insulation sleeves at the in-slot portions and at the connection ends of the plurality of electric conductors.

Abstract: A motor is provided. When m is half of a number of slots of one phase and n is a divisor of m, the overall parallel winding of a total number of parallels p is equally divided n-fold into partial parallel windings Ni, having a number of parallels p/n, each partial parallel winding Ni comprises m sub-coils, the m sub-coils including n types of m/n sub-coils having a number of turns tj, at least one of the sub-coils differing in number of turns from the other sub-coils, and, for each pair of the slots in the stator, one sub-coil of each partial parallel winding Ni is wound around the pair of slots, and n sub-coils wound around the pair of the slots include every one of the n types of the sub-coils of the numbers of tj.

Abstract: An alternator comprising a rotor having plural magnetic poles in the circumferential direction; and a stator whose teeth are disposed opposite to the periphery of the rotor, with an air gap interposed between the rotor and the stator, wherein the coil conductors are wound on the stator so that two stator magnetic poles may be formed by two coil units of a phase wound around stator teeth within the range of 360 electrical degrees subtended by the magnetic poles of the rotor; each of the two coil units forming the stator magnetic poles spans an electrical angle less than 180 electrical degrees; the two coil turns forming the two stator magnetic poles are laid out so that they may not overlap each other; and the coil conductors are so wound that the adjacent stator magnetic poles exhibit opposite magnetic polarities.

Abstract: A method for making a poly-phase field winding for a slotless stator includes: forming the first coil group by winding an insulated wire for each coil winding in a first direction around a mandrel; axially shifting along the mandrel the insulated wire from a trailing edge of each coil winding a distance substantially equal to one half of twice the number of coil groups multiplied by the number of coil windings minus one times the width of one of the completed windings to position the wires at a leading edge of each of coil winding in the second coil group; forming the second coil group by winding the insulated wire for each coil winding in the first direction; removing the mandrel from the wound coil groups; collapsing the wound coil groups to a single layer web, and wrapping the single layer web into a cylinder to form the field winding.

Abstract: A composite permanent magnet synchronous machine includes a permanent magnet synchronous machine module having a rotor unit and a stator unit; a bottom base having an accommodation space; a top cover having a front surface; and a shaft penetrating through the front surface. The rotor unit has P rotor magnets and the stator unit has S slots, wherein a tooth part is defined between every two adjacent slots, and a coil is wound on the tooth part, where P is 38N, S is 36N, and N is a positive integer; or P is 34M, S is 36M, and M is a positive integer. The machine is suitable for wind power generators or any other machine structure.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a stator of an alternator, providing an elongated stator body having a plurality of parallel grooves, winding a plurality of wires in the plurality of different grooves, and then rolling the elongated stator body wound with the wires into an annular shape to form an annular stator.

Abstract: Described herein is a ball joints universal rotary motor, a manufacturing method and a working mechanism thereof. The ball joints universal rotary motor comprises a housing, a spherical-cap shaped stator body, and a rotor body configured to be secured within the stator body. The stator body is made from a permanent magnet. The rotor body comprises multiple layers of armatures and multiple spacer layers. The multiple layers of armatures are symmetrically distributed along the axis of the rotor body. A spacer layer is provided between two adjacent layers of armatures. The multiple layers of armatures and multiple spacer layers are securely connected by a bolt. The bolt and the rotor body are axially connected. The rotor body is of a spherical shape. Each layer of the armatures is wound with two layers of coils: a first layer and a second layer. The motor as provided is configured to realize movement in multiple directions.

Abstract: A stator includes a stator core and a stator coil comprised of a plurality of electric wires. Each of the electric wires has, at least, first, second, and third in-slot portions and first and second turn portions. The first to third in-slot portions are respectively received in three different slots of the stator core. The first turn portion is located on one axial side of the stator core outside of the slots to connect the first and second in-slot portions. The second turn portion is located on the other axial side of the stator core outside of the slots to connect the second and third in-slot portions. For each of the electric wires, the radial distances of the first to third in-slot portions from the axis of the stator core successively decrease. All of the electric wires are offset from one another in the circumferential direction of the stator core.

Abstract: A group of coils used in a stator of a rotating electrical machine, wound continuously upon a divided core with a crossover wire, in which 2N coils (where N is a natural number) are arranged at approximately regular intervals, wherein a winding direction of N coils, which are first through Nth continuously wound coils, of a front half of the 2N coils, and a winding direction of rear half coils which are (N+1)-st through (2N)-th continuously wound coils, are opposite.

Abstract: A stator includes a stator coil that is formed of electric conductor segments welded to one another. Each of the electric conductor segments includes at least one joining portion that is welded to another one of the electric conductor segments. The joining portion includes a first part and a second part that are arranged in a longitudinal direction of the electric wire segment. The second part includes a distal end of the electric wire segment, and the first part is on the opposite side to the distal end. The first part extends with its cross-sectional area perpendicular to the longitudinal direction continuously decreasing at a first predetermined rate toward the second part. The second part extends with its cross-sectional area perpendicular to the longitudinal direction continuously decreasing at a second predetermined rate toward the distal end. The second predetermined rate is less than the first predetermined rate.

Abstract: An electric motor has a rotor, a stator and brushes. The rotor has a shaft, a rotor core fixed to the shaft and having a plurality of teeth, a commutator fixed to the shaft adjacent the rotor core and having a plurality of segments, and rotor winding units wound about the teeth and connected to the commutator segments. Each of the rotor winding units is connected to a pair of adjacent commutator segments. At least one of the rotor winding units has at least two coils connected in series. Each coil has at least two subcoils directly connected in series and separated from each other by at least one tooth. An initial subcoil and a final subcoil of each coil are respectively connected to a pair of segments.

Abstract: A rotating electric machine includes a rotor and a stator. The stator coil of the stator includes a set of a first stator coil and a second stator coil that is stored in an adjacent slot to a slot in which the first stator coil is stored, with a number of the set being same as a number of phases, and one end of each of the first stator coil and the second stator coil is a lead section and an other end is a neutral point. A plurality of the stator coils are arranged radially in layers in each slot, and a lead section of the first stator coil and a lead section of the second stator coil are connected with each other with one of the lead sections extending from an outermost layer of the slot and an other of the lead sections extending from an innermost layer of the slot so that the connected lead sections constitute an external connection terminal.

Abstract: An electrical submersible pumping system includes a pump assembly and a motor assembly. The motor assembly includes a plurality of stator coils and each of the plurality of stator coils comprises magnet wire. The magnet wire includes an inner insulation layer and an outer protective layer. The inner insulation layer is preferably constructed from a high-temperature, epitaxial co-crystallized perfluoropolymer that exhibits favorable resistance to elevated temperatures. The outer protective layer shields the inner insulation layer from mechanical abrasion and contaminants.

Abstract: A dynamoelectric device comprises a plurality of armatures arranged circumferentially about an axis, sets of electrically conductive winding members that extend axially through the stack of laminates and are positioned circumferentially between each adjacent pair of the armatures, and first and second layers of end-turn members. Each of the end-turn members of the first axial layer is connected to one of the winding members. Each of the end-turn members of the first axial layer extends clockwise circumferentially from its respective one of the winding members. Each of the end-turn members of the second axial layer is connected to one of the winding members and to each of the end-turn members of the first axial layer of end-turn members. Each of the end-turn members of the second axial layer extends counter-clockwise circumferentially from its respective one of the winding members. The winding members are each formed of Litz wire.

Abstract: Disclosed is a stator for an electric machine. The stator is provided with a stator core, and first and second series of coils each formed into a predetermined shape. Each of the coils in the first series is provided with a pair of first coil ends which respectively protrude from both end faces of the stator core. Each of the first coil ends is provided with a pair of bent portions which extend outward in the radial direction of the stator, and a bridge portion which connects the bent portions. Each second coil end is provided with a pair of upright portions and a bridge portion which connects the upright portions. The bridge portions of the coils in the first series are disposed outside the bridge portions of the coils in the second series in the radial direction of the stator. The bridge portion of each of the coils in the second series extends across the bent portions of two adjacent coils in the first series.