Coil Supports And Spools Patents (Class 310/194)
  • Patent number: 9667114
    Abstract: A stator is configured so as to have an annular shape by linking core blocks that are each produced by laminating electromagnetic steel sheets and that each have a yoke portion and a tooth portion by bendable first linking portion, concentrated winding coils are each produced by winding a conductor wire around the tooth portion for a number of turns so as to pass through concave spaces that are formed by the trunk portions and first and second guiding portions of first and second insulating bobbins, and current-carrying member holding portions that hold first current-carrying members that configure the concentrated winding coils into alternating-current connections are constituted by holding grooves that are each formed so as to open radially outward and so as to pass through the first guiding portions circumferentially, and that are arranged in three layers in an axial direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuhisa Kurita, Chiaki Sugano, Naruhiko Kawasaki
  • Patent number: 9653957
    Abstract: A stator includes: a stator core having a yoke and teeth projecting from the yoke; coils attached to the stator core so as to surround the teeth; and coil fixing members, each of which is arranged at at least one of opposite ends of the stator core in a gap formed between an end face of the tooth and an inner side of the coil facing the end face. The coil fixing member includes a locking part that projects on the opposite side from the end face of the tooth to lock the coil and a projection that projects on the opposite side from the locking part, and the projection is inserted into an insert hole formed on the stator core.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2017
    Assignee: FANUC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tatsuya Senoo, Yoshinori Murakami
  • Patent number: 9653976
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a rotor for an electric rotating machine is provided. According to the method, resin is applied and impregnated to a surface of a winding through windows of a wavy clearance between pawl parts opposed to each other of a pair of pole cores. Uncured resin having fluidity is dropped to at least one part area of the outer surface of the winding. The uncured resin, immediately after dropping, is spread on the outer surface of the winding, and the uncured resin adheres to the outer surface of the winding other than the part area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2017
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hiroki Matsuhisa
  • Patent number: 9621005
    Abstract: There is provided a rotor of a rotating electrical machine including a pair of field core bodies that are provided so as to enclose the field coil via the insulation bobbin around which the field coil is wound, in which a claw-shaped magnetic pole extending from an outer circumferential section of the field core body in an axial direction is provided on the field core body. The insulation bobbin has a plurality of flange sections extending from the base section of the claw-shaped magnetic pole along an inner surface of the claw-shaped magnetic pole of the field core body, and a plurality of thin portions are formed in the root section of the flange section at intervals in a circumferential direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2017
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Toru Ishikawa, Yoshiro Imazawa
  • Patent number: 9614409
    Abstract: In a motor according to the present invention configured of a stator core having a plurality of teeth formed in a radial shape and an upper insulator and a lower insulator surrounding an upper portion and a lower portion of the stator core, the motor includes a hall sensor cover combined on a top of the teeth of the upper insulator and having a plurality of hall sensors, and a hall sensor resting unit for resting lower end portions of the hall sensors is formed on a top of one end portions of the teeth of the upper insulator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2017
    Assignee: NEW MOTECH CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jeong Cheol Jang, Jeong Nam Seo
  • Patent number: 9564784
    Abstract: A cover structure in a motor may include a rotor, a stator having a drive coil, a connector provided so that an engaging connector is engaged in a rotation shaft direction of the rotor, a main body cover covering outer peripheries of the stator and the connector and integrally formed with a connector cover, coil terminals extended from the stator to an outer side, connector terminals supported by a terminal support part integrally formed with the connector cover and are extended at a position offset from the coil terminals in the rotation shaft direction, and a wall part which is provided on a radially inner side of the terminal support part along the connector terminals. The wall part is located on an outer side in the radial direction with respect to the coil terminals, and a space is formed on a radially inner side of the wall part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2017
    Assignee: NIDEC SANKYO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Satoru Yokoe, Tetsuhiko Hara
  • Patent number: 9543793
    Abstract: A radial-winding stator of a motor including a core and eight poles is disclosed. Each pole has a magnetic pole and a pole piece. The magnetic pole is connected to the core and extends outwards from the core in a radial direction. The pole piece is formed at one end of the magnetic pole distant to the core. The pole piece includes a magnetic end face having an arc length along a circumferential direction of the core, as well as an axial height along an axial direction perpendicular to the radial direction. A ratio of the arc length to the axial height is between 2.05 and 10. In another embodiment, the radial-winding stator includes ten or twelve poles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2017
    Assignee: Sunonwealth Electric Machine Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yeh-Feng Chen, Chien-Chang Huang, Wen-Te Chang Chien
  • Patent number: 9502940
    Abstract: An objective of the present invention is to provide a connection terminal in which the number of parts is reduced and a contact failure hardly occurs. A connection terminal is conducted to a windings wound around tooth of a stator having a cylindrical shape. The connection terminal includes an insertion part that is inserted in a concave part formed in the stator of a motor and a connection part that extends from the insertion part. In the insertion part, a contact part that comes into contact with an end part of the winding when the insertion part is inserted in the concave part, is formed. The insertion part and the connection part are integrally formed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2016
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Kempei Yoshida, Kosei Tsuji
  • Patent number: 9490675
    Abstract: Disclosed is a stator of an EPS motor, the stator including a stator core including a plurality of teeth protrusively formed toward a center of an inner circumferential surface, a plurality of coils wound on the teeth at a predetermined counts, an insulator coupled to an upper surface and a bottom surface of the stator core to insulate the coil from the stator core, and an insulation tube situated nearest to a coil wound on an adjacent stator core and inserted into a coil wound on an outmost side of the teeth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2016
    Assignee: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hyunseop Kim, Byungyong Kim
  • Patent number: 9479024
    Abstract: A multi-phase coil terminal structure for a motor, to which wire ends of at least two exciting coils are connected which include respective bifilar windings, is provided and includes: at least two first individual terminals each of which includes two segments; at least two second individual terminals each of which includes two segments; and an integrated common terminal which is formed in a single piece member and which includes two segments, wherein wire ends of the at least two exciting coils are connected to one segment of the two, while the other segment of the two serves as an external output, and wherein the first individual terminals, the second individual terminals, and the integrated common terminal are partly molded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: Minebea Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kohei Kawamata, Yukihiro Terada
  • Patent number: 9425655
    Abstract: A pole piece support comprising a frame having a spaced array of non-magnetic support structures, wherein disposed between at least a pair of adjacent non-magnetic support structures is a magnetic pole piece supported along at least a portion of its body by the adjacent non-magnetic support structures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2016
    Assignee: MAGNOMATICS LIMITED
    Inventors: Stuart David Calverley, David James Powell
  • Patent number: 9407127
    Abstract: Provided is a brushless motor insulator capable of improving workability relating to the winding of electric wires by a simple configuration. An insulator 10 includes a main body portion 11 and a mooring portion 12. The main body portion 11 includes plural wiring portions 11b radially provided so that electric wires 30 are held while being wound on the wiring portions 11b. The mooring portion 12 is disposed in the inner periphery or the outer periphery of the main body portion 11 and moors ends of winding start portions or winding end portions of the electric wires 30 of the wiring portions 11b.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2016
    Assignee: SANYO DENKI CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yoshinori Miyabara
  • Patent number: 9369021
    Abstract: A winding assembly for an electric generator includes a stator core having a relatively cylindrical inner shape. Also included is a rotor core coaxially rotatable within the stator core, wherein the rotor core includes an input shaft. Further included is a rotor winding support structure on the rotor core and comprising a surface disposed at an angle relative to the input shaft and extending radially outward from the input shaft toward the stator core. Yet further included is a rotor winding bundle disposed along, and supported by, the surface of the rotor winding support structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2016
    Assignee: HAMILTON SUNDSTRAND CORPORATION
    Inventor: Keith E. Garr
  • Patent number: 9331541
    Abstract: A motor structure includes a first silicon steel seat, at least one insulation support and a second silicon steel seat. The first silicon steel seat has a receiving space. The insulation support is disposed in the receiving space. The insulating support has a winding section. A first protection wall section and a second protection wall section are respectively formed on two sides of the winding section. The second protection wall section is formed with multiple through holes. Two ends of the second protection wall section are respectively formed with a first channel and a second channel. The second silicon steel seat is assembled and connected with the second protection wall section. The manufacturing cost of the motor structure is lowered and the manufacturing process of the motor structure is simplified.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2016
    Assignee: ASIA VITAL COMPONENTS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Jin-Song Pan
  • Patent number: 9312734
    Abstract: An armature of a linear motor is provided. The armature includes an armature core having a plurality of teeth arranged linearly and spaced at predetermined intervals, and a plurality of bobbins fitted onto adjacent teeth, each of the bobbins having flange parts, a winding being wound around the bobbin to form a coil. At least one of the flange parts of the bobbin is formed with a first protrusion and a second protrusion. An overlapped section is formed by the first and second protrusions of two adjacent bobbins contacting or overlapping with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2016
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA YASKAWA DENKI
    Inventors: Yasuaki Kamiki, Seigou Nagamatsu
  • Patent number: 9287754
    Abstract: An electrical machine includes a stator and a rotor which is pivotally mounted about an axis of rotation and interacts magnetically with the stator during operation of the electrical machine. The rotor has a rotor cooling system for cooling the rotor using a first coolant flow, and the stator is cooled by a stator cooling system using a second coolant flow.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2016
    Assignee: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Klaus Büttner, Klaus Kirchner
  • Patent number: 9270148
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a coil form (100) for mounting on a magnet core (118) for a rotating electrical machine or a resolver and to a corresponding magnet core. The present invention further relates to a magneto-electric angle sensor, in particular a reluctance resolver, the stator of which is constructed by the principles according to the invention. The coil form has a winding form (102) for applying a winding, the winding form (102) comprising a recess (124) for receiving a tooth (116) of the magnet core (118), at least one holding rib (114) being integrally formed and in cooperation with a holding structure (120) of the magnet core (118) fixing the coil form to the tooth. The magnet core comprises a plurality of lamellae (136) manufactured from sheet metal, which are layered on top of one another in a plane-parallel manner and interconnected, every two lamellae which lie on top of one another being rotated through an offset angle relative to one another to form the holding structure (120).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2016
    Assignee: Tyco Electronics Belgium EC BVBA
    Inventors: Steven Van Nimmen, Tom Ocket, Jurgen Verstraete, Jan Van Cauwenberge, Henk Maes
  • Patent number: 9203274
    Abstract: A stator is provided with a tooth, an insulator attached to the tooth, and a coil wound around the insulator. The insulator is provided with a winding barrel around which the coil is wound in a plurality of layers, a flange projecting in a radial direction from one end of the winding barrel, and a notch formed in the flange and through which the line material of the coil is inserted. Projecting lengths of the flange from the winding barrel on the both sides of the notch are set different from each other. When the line material of the coil is guided from the outside of the flange to the winding barrel through the notch for winding the coil on the winding barrel, by supporting and bending the line material at a portion having a longer projecting length of the flange, the line material passes the notch easily.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2015
    Assignee: NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Keiichi Tashiro, Futoshi Kojima, Hisanobu Higashi, Masaru Yuhara, Kunitomo Ishiguro, Takashi Kotsuji
  • Patent number: 9106119
    Abstract: A support ring for a rotor having a core and a plurality of windings. The support ring includes an annular base, a plurality of fingers, and a plurality of loaded edges. The plurality of fingers extend radially outward from the annular base, and each generally corresponds to one of the windings. The plurality of loaded edges extend axially from the fingers and are disposed radially outward of the windings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2015
    Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLC
    Inventors: Edward L. Kaiser, Micah Joel Fuchs
  • Patent number: 9088191
    Abstract: An insulator of an armature includes an upper resin member and a lower resin member. Each of the upper and lower resin members includes decreased thickness portions. Axial positions of the decreased thickness portions of the upper and lower resin members are arranged to overlap at least partially with each other. Each of the upper and lower resin members further includes a rib arranged to project from a corresponding one of the decreased thickness portions. The rib improves the strength of the corresponding decreased thickness portion and reduces the likelihood that any of the decreased thickness portions of the upper and lower resin members will be damaged when the two members are fitted to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2015
    Assignee: Nidec Corporation
    Inventor: Tomoyoshi Yokogawa
  • Patent number: 9024500
    Abstract: An insulator includes a main body, a latching portion, and a slot. The main body covers a portion of a stator core around which a coil is wound to insulate the stator core from the coil. The latching portion is disposed at an end of a portion of the main body around which the coil is wound to latch the coil onto the main body. The slot is formed so as to expose the coil at a portion of the latching portion on a side where cooling oil for cooling the coil is supplied to the coil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2015
    Assignee: Komatsu Ltd.
    Inventors: Takaaki Kimura, Yukihiko Sugimoto, Ryou Kawai
  • Patent number: 9018819
    Abstract: A brushless, single coil motor without laminations, with an alternate polarity permanent magnetic rotor and a stator having enhanced magnetic properties by soft iron parts backing up both rotor and stator. The stator is having a plurality of wires grouped into packets, where the wires are connected continuously and terminating solely in two free stator lead ends, energized with pulses from a simple electronic circuit, to start and run the motor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2015
    Inventor: Sten R. Gerfast
  • Patent number: 9006952
    Abstract: A coil bobbin for a brushless alternator includes an integrally formed one piece bobbin body that has a first end, a second end and a central passage that extends from the first end to the second end. A coil support portion of the body is positioned at the first end and has a first cylinder of a first diameter bordered by flanges which extend past the first cylinder. A base portion of the body is positioned at the second end. A bobbin extension portion is positioned between the coil support portion and the base portion. The bobbin extension portion includes a second cylinder of a second diameter which is smaller than the first diameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2015
    Assignee: All-Tek Maintenance Ltd.
    Inventors: Dale Benson, Ron Heidel
  • Patent number: 9000639
    Abstract: A mounting cap is provided for use with an insulated stator of an outer rotor motor. The mounting cap is configured to support the stator and is fixed to the stator to prevent relative rotation therebetween. The mounting cap includes mounting structure configured to fix the mounting cap to the machine, such that the stator is fixed to and supported on the machine by the mounting cap. Furthermore, the mounting cap is configured to facilitate routing of wiring associated with the stator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2015
    Assignee: Nidec Motor Corporation
    Inventors: Daniel E. Bailey, L. Ranney Dohogne, Daniel E. Hilton, Philip S. Johnson
  • Patent number: 8952583
    Abstract: There is provided a bus ring attached to a stator having a plurality of stator teeth aligned in a circumferential direction and a winding wound around each of the stator teeth along an end face of the stator of a rotary electrical machine in an axial direction, and the bus ring is made by curving a conductive wire in an arc shape with a diameter smaller than that of the stator, and staple-shaped bent portions are formed at the conductive wire and the winding is connected to the bent portions. There is also provided a fixing structure of the bus ring configured such that an insulator is interposed between each of the stator teeth and the winding protruding in the axial direction from the end face of the stator to enter inside the conductive wire of the bus ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2015
    Assignee: Daikin Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hideki Fujii, Yoshiki Yasuda
  • Patent number: 8946954
    Abstract: An outer rotor motor is provided for use in a machine. The motor includes a rotor and a stator. A control board assembly configured to control at least one operational characteristic of the motor is mounted at least in part radially inside the stator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2015
    Assignee: Nidec Motor Corporation
    Inventors: Gregory A. Peterson, Daniel E. Hilton, Michael W. Major
  • Patent number: 8946964
    Abstract: The invention incorporates a modular winding system for an electrical machine that includes a plurality of readily assembled modular windings for engaging a plurality of stator teeth of the machine. Windings comprise a pair of opposed legs terminating in upper and lower flanges, and are readily secured together to make consistent electrical contact between adjacent windings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2015
    Inventor: Christopher Moore
  • Patent number: 8946948
    Abstract: A motor includes a cover made of a resin material. The cover includes a first annular portion arranged to extend in an annular shape above coils, a side wall portion arranged to extend downward from an outer circumferential portion of the first annular portion, and a second annular portion arranged to extend radially outward or radially inward from a lower end portion of the side wall portion along an upper surface of a circuit board. The side wall portion is arranged to extend in an axial direction while filling in gaps between teeth on a radially inner side of radially outer end surfaces of the teeth. The coils are covered by the cover to be protected from dust, water droplets, etc. The radially outer end surfaces of the teeth are exposed from the cover, and are thus arranged to be in radial proximity to a rotor magnet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2015
    Assignee: Nidec Corporation
    Inventors: Masaki Adachi, Yoshiaki Oguma, Yasuyuki Kaji
  • Publication number: 20150028711
    Abstract: A rotor for a rotating electric machine includes a plurality of pole teeth supporting an excitation winding, grooves respectively formed between the pole teeth, and wedges provided in the grooves, each wedge having a concave shape with a bulge oriented towards the inside of the rotor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2013
    Publication date: January 29, 2015
    Inventors: Michael Bulatow, Knut Welke
  • Publication number: 20150018219
    Abstract: A field rotor of a superconducting rotary machine, includes a rotary shaft, a plurality of coil boxes, and a plurality of superconducting coils; wherein the coil boxes extend in a center axis direction of the rotary shaft, have walls defining spaces within the coil boxes, respectively, and are removably fastened to a peripheral surface of the rotary shaft; wherein the superconducting coils are disposed in the spaces of the coil boxes, respectively, and constitute field windings of the superconducting rotary machine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2013
    Publication date: January 15, 2015
    Applicant: Kawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Katsuya Umemoto, Yoshichika Sato, Satoru Takao
  • Publication number: 20150001982
    Abstract: A rotor has a rotor core with protruding fingers defining slots for conductors and support blocks at the axial ends of the fingers fixed by screws. The fingers have holes for housing the screws. The method for repairing the rotor includes removing the screws and support blocks, drilling the holes to increase the diameter thereof, providing plugs into the holes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2014
    Publication date: January 1, 2015
    Inventors: Thomas OPDERBECKE, Kornelia WEIDEMANN, Simon BALDASERA, Sanjiv Kumar MISHRA, Simon Malcolm POTTER, Markus NOE
  • Patent number: 8922088
    Abstract: Provided is a rotor for a dynamoelectric machine. The rotor includes winding elements arranged in axially extending grooves of a rotor body, a winding head arranged axially adjacent to the rotor body, and a winding head carrier, connected to the winding head by means of tension bolts, all arranged in such a way that reliable securing of the winding head against radial expansion due to centrifugal forces is ensured, while resulting in a compact and cost-effective configuration as well as sufficient cooling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2014
    Assignee: Voith Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Holger Henning, Philipp Eilebrecht, Stefan Veser, Thomas Hildinger
  • Publication number: 20140339947
    Abstract: A multi-piece stator includes a pole cluster, a flux ring, and an insulation member. A rotor cavity is located at a center of the pole cluster, and multiple flux poles extend radially outward from the rotor cavity in a circumferential arrangement. The pole cluster includes a flux impedance feature between each of the multiple flux poles, and multiple bridge features maintaining the arrangement of the flux poles. The flux ring includes a ring wall having a minimum wall thickness and a pole cluster cavity defined by the ring wall. The insulation member has a shape corresponding substantially to a shape of the pole cluster and is located to effectively cover an outside surface of the flux poles. The pole cluster, the insulation member, and a field generation coil wrapped around a portion of the insulation member and a portion of the pole cluster are inserted into the pole cluster cavity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2013
    Publication date: November 20, 2014
    Applicant: Lasko Holdings, Inc.
    Inventors: Pei Hui Wen, Chia Hung Chang
  • Patent number: 8872404
    Abstract: A dynamoelectric machine includes a rotor body, an annular winding head which is arranged axially next to the rotor body and coaxially in relation thereto, a support ring which is arranged radially inside the winding head and coaxially in relation thereto, the winding head and the support ring are torsion-proof with the rotor body, the winding head and the support ring are clamped together in the radial direction by tension rods which are guided through radial boreholes in the winding heads and in the support ring, where radially inner ends of the tension rods engage on the support ring and radially outer ends of the tension rods engage on bearing blocks which rest on the winding head, and the radially inner ends of the tension rods and the radially outer ends of the tension rods are mounted by the bearing blocks having a spherical surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2014
    Assignee: Voith Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Holger Henning, Philipp Eilebrecht, Stefan Veser, Thomas Hildinger
  • Patent number: 8872401
    Abstract: A securing structure for fan sensing element includes a substrate and a stator. The substrate has a first face and at least one electronic element plug-in connected to the first face. The stator is correspondingly disposed on the substrate. The stator has a silicon steel sheet assembly, a first insulation support and a second insulation support. Two sides of the silicon steel sheet assembly are respectively connected to the first and second insulation supports. The second insulation support is formed with a cavity in a position where the electronic element is positioned, whereby the electronic element is received in the cavity. Accordingly, when assembling the stator and the electronic element, the displacement of the stator and the electronic element can be avoided. In addition, the windings are prevented from being damaged.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2014
    Assignee: Asia Vital Components (China) Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ying-Jun Qi, Chih-Cheng Lai
  • Patent number: 8872397
    Abstract: A rotary electric machine according to an embodiment includes a substantially cylindrical rotator that is freely rotatably supported, a stator, and a bracket that supports the rotator and the stator. The stator includes stator coils in which a plurality of air-cored coils are arranged in a ring shape and are integrated by resin, each of the air-cored coils being formed by winding a round copper wire and having an outer shape subjected to pressure molding, and stator cores divided for each of teeth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2014
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Yaskawa Denki
    Inventor: Tuyoshi Nonaka
  • Patent number: 8853910
    Abstract: A three-phase rotary electrical machine including a stator including a stator core including split cores, a rotor, a bobbin attached to each of the split cores, a winding being wound around each split core to which the bobbin is attached, and a bobbin unit including three of the bobbins which are arranged in a circumferential direction of a rotation axis as one unit, wherein the bobbin positioned at a center of the bobbin unit are formed in a bendable manner integrally with the bobbins positioned adjoining to the bobbin positioned at the center, the bobbin unit is sealed with the bobbin unit positioned adjoining thereto, and a cooling passage extending in the axial direction is provided at each clearance between the windings for three phases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2014
    Assignee: Aisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Tomohiro Sato
  • Patent number: 8847457
    Abstract: A rotary electric machine includes a plurality of lead end holding grooves defined in insulators at an outer circumferential surface of a stator core, for guiding respective ends of coil leads therein. The lead end holding grooves are defined by ledges of the insulators. The ledges have respective lands which are convex in widthwise directions of the lead end holding groove.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2014
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takashi Yoshida, Satoru Uchiumi, Hiroki Tahira, Kohei Fujinoto, Masahiko Kamiyama, Kenji Kitamura, Takashi Nakayama
  • Patent number: 8816558
    Abstract: An insulator for a stator assembly includes at least a first insulator adapted to be mounted to the stator core and structured to insulate the stator core from the coils. The at least one insulator includes structure to perform at least one additional function. For example, the structure may include a support member to support and/or locate the PCBA on the stator core, a wire guide to guide cross-over wires that form a connection between coils, and/or positioning structure to precisely position the PCBA with respect to the coils.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2014
    Assignee: ResMed Motor Technologies Inc
    Inventors: David B. Sears, Michael Bruce Moir, Peter Jeffrey Thomas
  • Patent number: 8816557
    Abstract: A device, including a rotor, a stator, a coil wound around the stator, wherein the stator has a coil support structure having at least one side edge arranged along a line which is not parallel to a line extending from an axis of the rotor through a center of the coil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2014
    Assignee: Electric Gorilla, LLC
    Inventors: John D Long, David R Vaden, Craig B Rutherford
  • Patent number: 8816542
    Abstract: A slim type stator includes: a number of division cores; a number of bobbins that partially surrounds the number of the division cores; an electric power terminal block on the outer portion of which a connector is provided in which external electric power is applied through the connector and that has terminal pins that are extended to the inside of the stator from the connector; a wiring box that is integrally formed with each bobbin and that mutually connects a stator coil with the terminal pins per phase; and a stator holder that mutually connects a number of division stator cores around which coils are wound with the outer circumference of the bobbins and supports the number of division stator cores.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2014
    Assignee: Amotech Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Byoung Soo Kim
  • Patent number: 8810103
    Abstract: A stator for a generator with closed magnetic path comprises a coil support frame and a conductive wire unit arranged on the coil support frame. The conductive wire unit comprises a plurality of stacked basic conductive wire units. The basic conductive wire unit comprises a conductive wire layer and a magnetic-conducting sheet conformably stacked on and insulated from the conductive wire layer. The conductive wire layer comprises a plurality of conductive wires arranged in parallel and insulated from each other, or a conductive sheet with a plurality of elongated through gaps extending from a central region of the conductive sheet to a circumferential region of the conductive sheet, elongated portions between the elongated gaps function as conductive wires connected in parallel between the central region and the circumferential region. The conductive wire unit further comprises a shaped magnetic-conducting basic plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2014
    Inventors: Gang Liu, Ziyi Liu
  • Patent number: 8776359
    Abstract: A method of forming a motor winding wire for use in an oilfield application can include providing a conductive core; layering an insulating polymer layer about the core for electrical isolation thereof; adding an outer polymer layer about the insulating polymer layer to provide contaminant resistance; providing a sealable casing that comprises an oil-fillable space; disposing the motor winding wire within the oil-fillable space of the casing; filling the oil-fillable space with oil; and sealing the sealable casing to seal the oil in the oil-fillable space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: Schlumberger Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Joseph Varkey, Byong Jun Kim, Pete Howard
  • Patent number: 8779642
    Abstract: An electric power distribution member for stator is a member for connecting a plurality of coils to one another, each having coil opposing end portions located on an inner circumferential side and on an outer circumferential side in a radial direction of a stator, and it includes a plurality of conductor pieces and a plurality of insulating holding portions. The conductor piece has a first connection end portion in a flat plate shape connected to an inner circumferential side end portion of a coil and a second connection end portion in a flat plate shape connected to an outer circumferential side end portion of another coil. In addition, the insulating holding portion integrally holds adjacent conductor pieces at a distance from each other at a portion other than the opposing connection end portions of each conductor piece. The insulating holding portions are arranged in a manner discrete from one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignees: Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd., Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Masaki Matsuyama, Yutaka Komatsu, Yasuhiro Endo, Masao Okumura, Takahiro Kayano
  • Patent number: 8736130
    Abstract: Segmented stator assemblies having a plurality of stator segments and a plurality of end caps are disclosed. According to one example embodiment, a segmented stator assembly includes a plurality of stator segments and a plurality of end caps. Each stator segment has a yoke portion and a tooth portion extending from the yoke portion. Each end cap is positioned over one of the stator segments. Each end cap includes a body portion positioned at least partially over the yoke portion of its associated stator segment. At least one of the body portions includes at least a first post that cooperates with a post of an adjacent end cap to define a first wire management tie-down. The stator assembly further includes a stator wire coupled to the first wire management tie-down. Stator assemblies and end caps having other wire management and routing features are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2014
    Assignee: Nidec Motor Corporation
    Inventors: Chetan O. Modi, Mark E. Carrier, Jason J. Jurkowski
  • Patent number: 8736129
    Abstract: An example end cap of a stator segment is provided for use in locating wires in a segmented stator assembly in desired positions. The end cap generally includes a body and an inboard wall. An identifier is defined by the inboard wall of the end cap for use in determining wire sizes to be used with the end cap. Terminal pockets are provided in the body for receiving the wires and making desired electrical connections, and steps located in the terminal pockets help secure the connectors in the terminal pockets. Plateaus, and troughs defined in the plateaus, are located outside the terminal pockets for use in trimming wires received in the terminal pockets as desired. And, retaining structures are located around the end cap to help with locating the wires in the desired positions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2014
    Assignee: Emerson Electric Co.
    Inventors: William Wang, Paul G. Michaels, Brian P. Fogarty, J. Scott Rose, Donald R. Shaw, Jason J. Jurkowski
  • Patent number: 8692433
    Abstract: A rotor (or a stator) for a superconducting electrical machine includes a mounting that is maintained at substantially ambient temperature during operation of the electrical machine and a field coil support structure. A plurality of superconducting field coils are maintained at cryogenic temperatures during operation of the electrical machine and are supported by the field coil support structure. At least one coupling element is used to fix the field coil support structure to the mounting. The field coil support structure is preferably fixed to the mounting by a plurality of substantially circumferentially extending coupling elements at a first and second axial end of the field coil support structure and the mounting such that the mounting and field coil support structure are substantially separated over their axial lengths by a vacuum gap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2014
    Assignee: GE Energy Power Conversion Technology Limited
    Inventors: Joseph Eugene, Graham Derek Le Flem
  • Patent number: 8674569
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a motor including: a housing formed in such a manner as to locate a stator assembly inside a mold and to perform an insert injection molding, the housing having a hollow portion formed at the inside thereof and power terminal pins exposed above the hollow portion; a printed circuit board adapted to mount an integrated circuit device thereon and having a shaft insertion hole formed at the center thereof and power terminal pin holes formed at the corresponding positions to the power terminal pins; and an end cover adapted to be coupled to the housing in such a manner as to be located on the top of the printed circuit board and having a motor shaft coupling portion formed at the center thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2014
    Assignee: New Motech Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jung Cheol Jang, Wang Gyu Jeong, Jae Hyun Han
  • Patent number: 8669681
    Abstract: A bar-wound stator, which is connectable to a plurality of fixed terminal points, includes a plurality of stator teeth and a plurality of magnet wires. Each of the plurality of magnet wires has a winding portion wound about at least one of the plurality of stator teeth and a junction portion extending away therefrom. A plurality of flexible leads each have a first portion ultrasonically welded directly to a respective one of the junction portions of the plurality of magnet wires. A second portion of each of the plurality of flexible leads extends flexibly away from the first portion and is configured for attachment to a respective one of the fixed terminal points.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2014
    Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLC
    Inventors: Edward L. Kaiser, Peter Bostwick
  • Patent number: 8669683
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a stator core including at least two or more stator core-continuous bodies each formed by coupling at least two or more unit cores to each other, each unit core consisting of a tooth portion having a coupling slot and a coupling projection formed along both ends thereof and connected to adjacent unit core by means of a connection portion formed at each of both end portions of the tooth portion, wherein the at least two or more stator core-continuous bodies are fitting-connected to each other by means of the coupling slots formed at one side ends thereof and the coupling projections formed at the other side ends thereof to form the stator core having a round shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2014
    Assignee: New Motech Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jeong Cheol Jang, Kyoung Joo Lee, Wang Gyu Jeong