Coil Supports And Spools Patents (Class 310/194)
  • Patent number: 7414347
    Abstract: A stator for an electromagnetic machine includes a plurality of discrete and individually wound stator segments having end caps positioned on the segments. The end caps have legs for positioning the end cap on the segments with an interference fit. The end caps have angled surfaces to facilitate winding of wire on the segments. The end caps have male and female couplings that mate together to couple adjacent segments together. The end caps have fingers and slots for aligning the segments on substantially the same plane. The end caps have wire isolation features, including hooks, shelves and ledges, for separating the interconnect wires routed on the stator to electrically interconnect the segments. The segments include scalloped contours on their outer edges for draining oil, and the end caps have passages for draining oil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2008
    Assignee: Emerson Electric Co.
    Inventors: Weirong Wang, John Scott Rose, Paul G Michaels, Mark E Carrier, Jason J Jurkowski
  • Publication number: 20080191576
    Abstract: A projecting portion 23h is integrally provided at a first connecting portion 23e of a bobbin 23. The projecting portion 23h has a triangular cross-section taken in an orthogonal direction orthogonal to a laminating direction of the steel plates 21 and parallel to magnetic steel plates 21. The section of the projecting portion is geometrically similar in shape to a cross-section of a fitting recessed portion 7a taken in the orthogonal direction. The cross-section of the projecting portion 23h is substantially the same in size as or slightly smaller than the cross-section of the fitting recessed portion 7a. With this arrangement, when one ends of six magnetic columns 13 of a magnetic pole constituent member 9 are brought into engagement with six fitting recessed portions 7a, projecting portions 23h passes through the fitting recessed portions 7a and come out of the fitting recessed portions 7a.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2008
    Publication date: August 14, 2008
    Applicant: SANYO DENKI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Toshihito Miyashita, Hiroshi Hioki
  • Publication number: 20080191575
    Abstract: A motor winding wire. The motor winding wire may be configured for use in, and direct exposure to, a hydrocarbon environment. The motor winding wire may be electrically insulated by one polymer layer, whereas another, outer, polymer layer is employed to provide moisture resistance as well as other contaminant and hydrocarbon environment shielding to the underlying layer. Additionally, this manner of polymer layering over the motor winding wire is achieved in a manner cognizant of the limited dimension of the motor winding wire.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2007
    Publication date: August 14, 2008
    Inventors: Joseph Varkey, Byong Jun Kim, Pete Howard
  • Patent number: 7385323
    Abstract: An improved armature construction in which a coil winding wiring board and cooperating insulator around which the coils are wound at least in part wherein the insulator and wiring board are interconnected by an attachment arrangement that automatically positions and retained components in the desired circumferential, axial and radial positions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2008
    Assignee: Yamaha Motor Electronics
    Inventors: Hideaki Takahashi, Hisanobu Higashi, Susumu Andou, Hiroaki Kondou
  • Patent number: 7382075
    Abstract: A stator for an electromagnetic machine includes a plurality of discrete and individually wound stator segments having end caps positioned on the segments. The end caps have legs for positioning the end cap on the segments with an interference fit. The end caps have angled surfaces to facilitate winding of wire on the segments. The end caps have male and female couplings that mate together to couple adjacent segments together. The end caps have fingers and slots for aligning the segments on substantially the same plane. The end caps have wire isolation features, including hooks, shelves and ledges, for separating the interconnect wires routed on the stator to electrically interconnect the segments. The segments include scalloped contours on their outer edges for draining oil, and the end caps have passages for draining oil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2008
    Assignee: Emerson Electric Co.
    Inventors: Weirong Wang, John Scott Rose, Paul G. Michaels, Mark E. Carrier, Jason J. Jurkowski
  • Publication number: 20080122309
    Abstract: An electromechanical machine includes a stator. A rotor is configured to rotate relative to the stator about a rotational axis. A coil extends about the axis and is wound on a bobbin. The bobbin surrounds the axis and has a circumferentially extending pocket in which the coil is located. The bobbin further has a circumferentially-extending overhang section that extends directly over at least a portion of the coil.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2006
    Publication date: May 29, 2008
    Applicant: RT Patent Company
    Inventors: Sergei Kolomeitsev, Douglas Alan Sward, Glen Carlson
  • Patent number: 7378768
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a stepping motor capable of reducing the number of components and the number of assembling steps, and its manufacturing method. In order to achieve the object, a stepping motor according to the present invention is constructed to include a bobbin which integrally holds a yoke and a connector housing which is disposed at one end portion in an axial direction of the bobbin and integrally holds a pin for connecting a coil wound around the bobbin to an external conductor, and to integrally form the bobbin and the connector housing of a resin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2008
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Materials C.M.I. Corporation
    Inventors: Takanori Ohkawa, Takashi Ida, Osamu Kodaira
  • Publication number: 20080106161
    Abstract: In an axial air-gap electronic motor having a stator that is formed by annularly connecting a plurality of core members around an axis of a rotor output axis, an insulator that insulates a winding portion of a stator core of each core member is formed in the winding portion in the shape of a bobbin having a pair of flanges, a winding draw-out portion is formed between abutted end portions of the flange, and a crossover wire of a winding is pulled out from the winding draw-out portion to outside the core member, whereby it is possible to positively perform routing treatment from the winding portion of the winding to the crossover wire and it is ensured that the crossover wire can be positively fixed without bringing a crossover wire of a different phase into contact.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2007
    Publication date: May 8, 2008
    Applicant: FUJITSU GENERAL LIMITED
    Inventors: Hirokazu Matsuzaki, Toshiaki Tanno, Ken Maeyama, Tomonori Kojima
  • Publication number: 20080061651
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is an apparatus that relates to a bobbin of a dynamoelectric machine. The bobbin comprising, a central hub with radial surfaces on axial ends thereof receivable of end caps attachable to the radial surfaces. The central hub is receivable of a wire winding, and at least one radial protrusion extending radially outwardly from one of the radial surfaces is receivable of a wrapped end of the wire winding.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2006
    Publication date: March 13, 2008
    Inventor: Michael T. York
  • Patent number: 7340822
    Abstract: A stator for a motor includes a stator core, an insulator, and coils. The stator core includes an annular portion and teeth, which extend radially from the annular portion. The stator core is divided into core segments in the circumferential direction. Each core segment has an arcuate portion and one of the teeth, which extends from the arcuate portion. The insulator insulates each coil wound around one of the teeth from the stator core. The insulator includes coupling portions at positions corresponding to the circumferential ends of the arcuate portions. Each coupling portion couples the adjacent core segments to be rotatable relative to each other. The insulator facilitates manufacture of the stator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2008
    Assignee: Asmo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masashi Yamamura, Masahiro Gotou, Noriyuki Suzuki, Kazushi Sugishima, Akihiro Suzuki, Kazunobu Kanno, Yoshiyuki Matsushita, Toshiaki Yamada
  • Patent number: 7342344
    Abstract: The present invention provides an outer rotor type motor for a drum type washing machine to reduce material and weight for fabrication, simplify fabrication process, provide stable assembly of a stator to a fixing side, such as a tub or a bearing housing, prevent unwinding of stacked steel plates in assembling a helical core, and reduce stress on the steel plates of the core.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2008
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventor: Woon Yong Lee
  • Patent number: 7342334
    Abstract: A stator for an electric machine includes stator teeth with powder coat insulation covering a portion of each tooth. An end cap with a routing element is positioned on one side of the stator. Wire extends around and contacts the powder coat insulation on the stator teeth and is routed via the routing element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2008
    Assignee: Emerson Electric Co.
    Inventors: Daniel E Hilton, Kent A Sheeran, Gary E Horst
  • Patent number: 7332840
    Abstract: A fan motor includes a printed circuit board (200), an IC (100) and an insulating frame (50) mounted on the printed circuit board. The insulating frame includes an annular main body (44) with a number of arms (11) extending radially from an outer-periphery thereof, and a retaining member (14) formed thereon corresponding to the IC. The retaining member includes a pressing portion (12) pressing the IC to prevent slant thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2008
    Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chin-Long Ku, Chin-Wen Yeh
  • Publication number: 20080024022
    Abstract: A motor wiring seat for a motor comprises a driving assembly; and a coil seat including: a wiring shaft; a periphery of the wiring shaft forming a first combining portion; and a wiring seat separated from the wiring shaft; the wiring seat having a second combining portion combinable to the first combining portion; so that the wiring seat being combined to the wiring shaft. The first combining portion is a dovetail seat, and the second combining portion is a dovetail recess. The motor is a step motor. The motor has a casing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2006
    Publication date: January 31, 2008
    Inventor: Chun-Pin Wu
  • Publication number: 20080024029
    Abstract: In a rotating armature in which a resin bobbin is attached to a core constituting a stator, and a coil is wound around a rectangular tubular coil winding portion of the bobbin, a coil engagement groove is provided only in corner portions of a rectangular tube in the coil winding portion of the bobbin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2007
    Publication date: January 31, 2008
    Applicant: SHOWA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shigeru Shiono, Takahiro Saboi
  • Publication number: 20070267938
    Abstract: Each of first and second pole cores has a boss portion, six core flange portions; and six claw-shaped magnetic pole portions, the first and second pole cores being disposed such that the claw-shaped magnetic pole portions face each other so as to intermesh and leading end surfaces of the boss portions are abutted with each other. The boss portions include coil mount portions in which cross-sectional shapes that are perpendicular to the central axis are hexagons; and abutted portions that have circular cross sections and that are disposed so as to protrude from leading ends of the coil mount portions. Radially-inner surfaces of the claw-shaped magnetic pole portions face side surfaces of the coil mount portions and are parallel to the side surfaces of the coil mount portions at the cross sections that are perpendicular to the central axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2006
    Publication date: November 22, 2007
    Inventor: Shinji Nishimura
  • Publication number: 20070262664
    Abstract: A stator for an electrical machine includes a ring-shaped stator yoke with a number of stator coils arranged thereon. The conductor ends of the coils are designed to be connected to a wiring arrangement, where the wiring arrangement has linking conductors, which are arranged concentrically to each other, are insulated electrically against each other, and have terminal elements to form electrical contact areas by which they are connected to the ends of the stator coils. The ends of the coils be connected to the linking conductors by separate terminal elements which have a first contact area for establishing a connection with the linking conductor and a second contact area for establishing a connection with at least one coil end.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2007
    Publication date: November 15, 2007
    Inventors: Udo Niehaus, Alexander Gehring, Manfred Zimmer
  • Patent number: 7291955
    Abstract: A motor stator in one implementation includes a plurality of teeth disposed in a radial form centered about a predetermined center axis, insulators covering the plurality of teeth, and a plurality of coils provided on each of said plurality of teeth by winding conductors onto the insulators through to multiple layers. At one axial end of the plurality of areas where the insulators cover each of the plurality of teeth, the radius of curvature of the conductor windings on the ending side is larger than the radius of curvature on the starting side. The insulators in a motor stator in another implementation are provided with a first partition and a second partition that, relative to the axial center of the plurality of teeth, respectively cover one side and the other side each tooth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2007
    Assignee: Nidec Corporation
    Inventor: Motofumi Otsuji
  • Publication number: 20070200450
    Abstract: A stator of a motor according to the invention includes a stator core 1 annularly continued, a plurality of insulators each having a body part which is engaged with an outer peripheral surface of a tooth part of the stator core and a flange part which is projected at a distal end side of the tooth part, and a coil which is wound around the tooth part by way of the insulator. A first magnetic body is provided on a surface of the flange part of the insulator opposed to a rotor, in a state magnetically connected to the tooth part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2007
    Publication date: August 30, 2007
    Applicant: JTEKT CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yasuhiro Yukitake
  • Patent number: 7262540
    Abstract: The present invention provides an outer rotor type motor for a drum type washing machine to reduce material and weight for fabrication, simplify fabrication process, provide stable assembly of a stator to a fixing side, such as a tub or a bearing housing, prevent unwinding of stacked steel plates in assembling a helical core, and reduce stress on the steel plates of the core.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2007
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventor: Woon Yong Lee
  • Patent number: 7253547
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a stator of a motor including a circular stator core formed by stacking a plurality of sheets, a plurality of bobbins fixed to the inner circumferential surface of the stator core at predetermined intervals and rotatably connected to each other, and stator coils wound around the outer circumferential surfaces of the bobbins to be connected to each other, and a method for manufacturing the same. The stator of the motor can reduce an assembly time by omitting a process for wiring the stator coils, and also reduce a number of components and manufacturing expenses by omitting a wiring PCB.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2007
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Hyoun-Jeong Shin, Dong-Il Lee
  • Patent number: 7242125
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device for the insulation of the stator slots of an electric machine that has a stator having a plurality of stator poles and stator slots located between the stator poles, comprising an insulating body that has moldings adapted to the shape of the stator slots and can be slid onto the stator in an axial direction, and a cover piece that can be connected to an end face of the insulating body, in order after the windings have been applied to the insulating body, to carry the windings (36) at the end face of the stator and to cover them.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2007
    Assignee: Minebea Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Helmut Schneider, Ulrich Kreiensen
  • Patent number: 7221073
    Abstract: An axial gap electronic motor includes a stator and a rotor disposed opposingly with a predetermined gap. In order to provide an easy assembling operation of the stator, the stator includes a plurality of pole members annularly connectable. The annular stator core is obtained by connecting each of the pole members to which coil winding is previously applied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2007
    Assignee: Fujitsu General Limited
    Inventors: Shinichi Yamada, Hisao Igarashi, Tomonori Kojima, Takayuki Shinohara, Hidetaka Terakubo, Tomohiro Kashiwagi, Takushi Fujioka, Yoichi Tanabe, Masaki Yamada
  • Patent number: 7210214
    Abstract: A method of insulating the proximal portions of the coil edges of the stator. The insulation sheet has a folding portion for folding one or more coils of the same phase and two insertion portions extending from the folding portion so that distal ends are positioned away from a centerline of the folding portion. One or more coils of the same phase are folded by the folding portion and the two inserting portions are inserted into the slot or slots from which the one or more coils project. The inserting portions are drawn from inside of the stator core so that the folding portion spreads to fold the proximal portions of the coils. The inserting portions are securely held between the wall of the slots and the coils to prevent the insulation sheet from displacement, inclination and slip off to securely insulate the coils of different phases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2007
    Assignee: Fanuc Ltd
    Inventors: Kiyoshi Tagami, Yukio Katsuzawa, Michi Masuya, Hideki Oka, Masamoto Fukuda
  • Patent number: 7200917
    Abstract: A number of embodiments of rotating electrical machines and methods for winding them that provides a high space utilization and very effective winding with less likelihood of damage to the insulation of the wire of the winding during the winding process. The arrangement basically does not require the winding needle to be moved back and forth in the slot between the poles but rather employs insulating inserts that are positioned on the axial faces of the poles outside of the gaps for guiding the wire from one end to the other so as to provide the high space utilization. In one embodiment the insulating insert effectively changes the circumferential length of the coil winding that decreases in an axial direction along their length.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2007
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Moric
    Inventors: Tadashi Takano, Susumu Ando
  • Patent number: 7187099
    Abstract: An electrical machine having a plurality of pole pieces surrounded by bobbins and upon which individual coil windings are formed. The bobbins are formed by a insulating material in which are embedded electrical connectors that have terminal ends that afford connection to the coil windings and to an external connection for either deriving electrical power in the case the machine operates as a generator or receiving power in the event the device operates as a motor. Thus, cost is reduced and at the same time the device is more compact and more efficiency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2007
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Moric
    Inventors: Masaki Morimatsu, Takeo Ito
  • Patent number: 7166949
    Abstract: An insulating bobbin mounted on a tooth extending from an annular yoke of a stator with a rectangular wire being around the insulating bobbin has a tooth insulating portion for insulating the tooth of the stator and the rectangular wire and an extending portion extending from an end portion of the tooth insulating portion along an inner surface of the yoke, wherein a guide groove for guiding the rectangular wire diagonally relative to a circumferential direction of the tooth insulating portion from an outside of the extending portion is provided in a side of the extending portion on one of axial sides of the stator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2007
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tomoyuki Okada, Minoru Nakajima, Tatsuro Horie, Mitsuyoshi Takao, Hiroyuki Kikuchi, Takeo Fukuda
  • Patent number: 7138741
    Abstract: The present invention provides an outer rotor type motor for a drum type washing machine to reduce material and weight for fabrication, simplify fabrication process, provide stable assembly of a stator to a fixing side, such as a tub or a bearing housing, prevent unwinding of stacked steel plates in assembling a helical core, and reduce stress on the steel plates of the core.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2006
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventor: Woon Yong Lee
  • Patent number: 7132776
    Abstract: An electric motor capable of ensuring insulation of proximal portions of coil edges of a stator projecting from end of a stator core, and a method of insulating the proximal portions of the coil edges of the stator. The insulation sheet has a folding portion for folding one or more coils of the same phase and two insertion portions extending from the folding portion so that distal ends are positioned away from a centerline of the folding portion. One or more coils of the same phase are folded by the folding portion and the two inserting portions are inserted into the slot or slots from which the one or more coils project. The inserting portions are drawn from inside of the stator core so that the folding portion spreads to fold the proximal portions of the coils. The inserting portions are securely held between the wall of the slots and the coils to prevent the insulation sheet from displacement, inclination and slip off to securely insulate the coils of different phases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2006
    Assignee: Fanuc Ltd
    Inventors: Kiyoshi Tagami, Yukio Katsuzawa, Michi Masuya, Hideki Oka, Masamoto Fukuda
  • Patent number: 7132774
    Abstract: A bobbin comprises three hollow-cylindrical sections, specifically a middle body section, and two lateral body sections. The middle body section has its diameter diminished compared to the two lateral body sections thus forming an annular recess which allows a magnet wire to be wound with an additional number of turns around the bobbin without increasing a motor size. With this bobbin structure, when the number of turns of a magnet wire is set to remain unchanged, the diameter of flanges of the bobbin can be reduced resulting in a downsized motor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2006
    Assignee: Minebea Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yuzuru Suzuki
  • Patent number: 7122934
    Abstract: A rotating electric machine comprises: a stator including a stator iron core having a plurality of slots and a stator winding incorporated in the plurality of slots; and a rotor rotatably disposed in the stator via a clearance; wherein a mold (i.e., a slot insulator) made of an insulating resin is brought into close contact with the surface of a projection (i.e., a tooth core) of the stator iron core, formed between the adjacent slots, the thickness of the mold at a portion of the projection wound with the stator winding being smaller than that of the mold at other portions. Thus, it is possible to provide the rotating electric machine in which thermal resistance generated between the stator winding and the stator iron core can be reduced, thermal transmittance of heat generated in the stator winding to the stator iron core can be enhanced, and the cooling efficiency of the stator winding can be enhanced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2006
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Noriaki Yamamoto, Fumio Tajima, Osamu Koizumi
  • Patent number: 7116023
    Abstract: A stator for an electromagnetic machine includes a plurality of discrete and individually wound stator segments having end caps positioned on the segments. The end caps have legs for positioning the end cap on the segments with an interference fit. The end caps have angled surfaces to facilitate winding of wire on the segments. The end caps have male and female couplings that mate together to couple adjacent segments together. The end caps have fingers and slots for aligning the segments on substantially the same plane. The end caps have wire isolation features, including hooks, shelves and ledges, for separating the interconnect wires routed on the stator to electrically interconnect the segments. The segments include scalloped contours on their outer edges for draining oil, and the end caps have passages for draining oil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2006
    Assignee: Emerson Electric Co.
    Inventors: Weirong Wang, Paul G Michaels, John Scott Rose, Mark E Carrier, Jason J Jurkowski
  • Patent number: 7112907
    Abstract: A stator and armature assembly 12 is provided for a permanent magnet DC motor. The assembly includes an armature 13 having a lamination core 14 and windings 15, and a stator structure 16 associated with the armature. The armature is constructed and arranged to rotate with respect to the stator structure. The stator structure includes at least one permanent magnet 22 providing a certain flux, and at least one wound core structure 17 having a core 18 and a coil 19 wound about the core so as to define an alternate pole with respect to the permanent magnet. When current to the coil is controlled, flux of the stator structure 16 can be increased or decreased relative to the certain flux. In this way a motor can operate at different speeds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2006
    Assignee: Siemens VDO Automotive Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew Lakerdas, Attila Simofi-Ilyes, John E. Makaran, Corneliu Dragoi, Peter A. Kershaw, Martin Volkening
  • Patent number: 7111380
    Abstract: A stator assembly that may be rounded into an annular form is disclosed that includes a plurality of stator segments where each stator segment defines a yoke portion and a stator tooth and a containment structure configured to position the stator segments relative to one another such that the stator segments do not physically touch one another and such that no magnetic circuit between adjacent stator segments is formed. Also disclosed is a method for forming a segmented stator, involving the steps of positioning a plurality of stator segment in a containment structure such that no magnetic circuit between adjacent stator segments is formed, forming a winding coil about at least some of the stator segments; and deforming the containment structure to form an annular stator and to establish a magnetic circuit between adjacent stator segments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2006
    Assignee: Emerson Electric Co.
    Inventors: Kent A. Sheeran, Payman Rassoolkhani, Paul G. Michaels
  • Patent number: 7102265
    Abstract: The four-pole synchronous motor comprises a stator core having first magnetic pole cores formed at both ends of a connection body part of crisscrossed connection body parts and second magnetic pole cores formed at both ends of the connection body part. The first magnetic pole cores include magnetic flux acting surface parts extended toward both sides thereof in a circumferential direction. A shape of each magnetic flux acting surface part on one side of a longitudinal centerline of the first magnetic pole cores is different from that on the other side so as to be magnetically asymmetrical with respect to the longitudinal centerline.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2006
    Inventors: Katsuyuki Totsu, Fumito Komatsu
  • Patent number: 7098565
    Abstract: A core-coil assembly includes: a plurality of teeth parts radially arranged with their pole portions, which are formed at their one ends, forming an inner circumference; a molding part partially molded onto the teeth parts, forming inner sides of the teeth parts to be connected to one another while forming outer sides of the teeth parts to be isolated at regular intervals and having a molded outer circumferential surface around which a coil is wound; a yoke part having a ring shape and coupled to an outer side, which is not molded to be exposed, of each teeth part to form a magnetic path, so that an assembling process is simplified to thereby improve productivity of a motor, a height difference between the teeth parts is prevented and a coil is wound regularly to thereby improve efficiency of a motor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2006
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventor: Ho-Jae Lee
  • Patent number: 7095150
    Abstract: A switched reluctance machine includes a stator body having a stator pole. A bobbin is located on the stator pole. A stator winding is disposed on the bobbin. The switched reluctance machine further includes a first housing unit for receiving the stator body and an insulating member coupled to the first housing unit. The insulating member includes a first mounting element for engaging a first end of the bobbin to secure the bobbin against displacement during machine operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2006
    Assignee: Shop Vac Corporation
    Inventors: Neil N. Norell, Mark E. Baer
  • Patent number: 7071593
    Abstract: A claw-pole type stepping motor comprises: a rotor assembly shaped substantially cylindrical, and having a center shaft; and a stator assembly composed of two cup-shaped stator units which are coupled to each other coaxially so as to axially sandwich the rotor assembly, and which each include a bobbin having a magnet wire wound therearound, and two pole tooth arrays magnetically connected to each other and shifted in phase from each other by an electrical angle of 180 degrees. In the motor, each stator unit further includes a cover ring which protects the magnet wire wound around the bobbin against resin injected when the stator unit is resin-molded for an integrated solid structure. The motor structured as described above can be successfully resin-molded so as to enable elimination of a motor case, thus achieving downsizing for the dimension of the eliminated motor case while maintaining a sufficient mechanical strength.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2006
    Assignee: Minebea Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kunitake Matsushita, Takayuki Yamawaki, Toshihiko Nagata
  • Patent number: 7053515
    Abstract: The present invention provides a rotor for a rotary electric machine that suppresses the occurrence of winding disturbances in the process of winding a coil wire and has a coil field having a uniform outside diameter that is less likely to collapse. A coil field of a rotor coil is constructed by winding a coil wire having a circular cross section onto an outer circumference of a drum portion of a bobbin in multiple layers so as to make columns in each of the layers equal in number in an axial direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2006
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Toshio Nakanishi, Masashi Ono, Takushi Takizawa, Atsushi Oohashi, Katsunori Tanaka
  • Patent number: 7038344
    Abstract: Functional elements are difficult to mount on a housing based on known methods, on which at least one functional element for an electric motor is situated. A housing is configured such that functional elements to be mounted on the housing are mountable on the housing from the outside.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2006
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Wolfgang Winkler, Hartmut Nitzsche, Heinz Seibert, Klaus Vollmer, Martin Huber, Cornelia Lula, Michael Kupferer, Robert White
  • Patent number: 7038347
    Abstract: A rotor for an alternator is provided which has the benefits of a thin bobbin, as well as the benefits of a single contact steel core, thereby increasing the dissipation of heat and maximizing the space for winding the field coil to increase the overall power provided by the rotor and alternator. The rotor includes a bobbin assembly having a hollow cylinder with a first end and a second end, a first end cap attached to the first end of the cylinder and a second end cap attached to the second end of the cylinder. The bobbin assembly further includes a metallic sleeve fitted inside the hollow cylinder and providing support to the hollow cylinder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2006
    Assignee: Visteon Global Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Anthony Militello, Michael Timothy York
  • Patent number: 7026739
    Abstract: An insulating bobbin mounted on a tooth extending from an annular yoke of a stator with a rectangular wire being around the insulating bobbin has a tooth insulating portion for insulating the tooth of the stator and the rectangular wire and an extending portion extending from an end portion of the tooth insulating portion along an inner surface of the yoke, wherein a guide groove for guiding the rectangular wire diagonally relative to a circumferential direction of the tooth insulating portion from an outside of the extending portion is provided in a side of the extending portion on one of axial sides of the stator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2006
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Tomoyuki Okada, Minoru Nakajima, Tatsuro Horie, Mitsuyoshi Takao, Hiroyuki Kikuchi, Takeo Fukuda
  • 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: 6995490
    Abstract: A stator and armature assembly 12 is provided for a permanent magnet DC motor. The assembly includes an armature 13 having a lamination core 14 and windings 15, and a stator structure 16 associated with the armature. The armature is constructed and arranged to rotate with respect to the stator structure. The stator structure includes at least one permanent magnet 22 providing a certain flux, and at least one wound core structure 17 having a core 18 and a coil 19 wound about the core so as to define an alternate pole with respect to the permanent magnet. When current to the coil is controlled, flux of the stator structure 16 can be increased or decreased relative to the certain flux. In this way a motor can operate at different speeds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2006
    Assignee: Siemens VDO Automotive Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew Lakerdas, Attila Simofi-Ilyes, John E. Makaran, Corneliu Dragoi, Peter A. Kershaw, Martin Volkening
  • Patent number: 6992417
    Abstract: An insulator for an armature wherein the insulator is formed with a slot at one end of the teeth on which the coils are wound to trap the end coil to prevent its axial slippage as the coil end is drawn out.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2006
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Moric
    Inventor: Takashi Yamada
  • Patent number: 6984911
    Abstract: A stator for use in a rotating electrical machine is constituted by arranging the prescribed number of stator units in the circumferential direction of a stator core having a circular ring shape. The stator units provide magnetic teeth that project inwardly in the radial direction of the stator core. Coils are wound about the magnetic teeth via insulating members. Each of the insulating members arranges thick portions that slightly project opposite to each other in the width direction of the magnetic tooth, wherein the thick portions are shifted in positions in the thickness direction of the stator core with respect to opposite sides of the magnetic teeth arranged opposite to each other. Thus, it is possible to noticeably improve the space factor in the stator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2006
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tatsuro Horie, Kenji Fukuda, Manabu Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 6981807
    Abstract: An electromagnetic drive device includes a coil frame with a hollow tubular shape, a magnet rotor disposed in the coil frame to be rotatable through a rotational shaft, a transmission arm attached to the rotational shaft for outputting a rotation of the magnet rotor to an outside, and a coil wound around an outer periphery of the coil frame. The tubular coil frame is divided laterally in a direction perpendicular to the rotational shaft, and is formed of two bobbin members. The transmission arm is attached to the rotational shaft in a state approximately perpendicular to the rotational shaft. An opening is provided in one of the bobbin members in a peripheral side surface at a location different from a connection surface contacting the other of the bobbin members, so that the transmission arm protrudes to an outside of the coil frame through the opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2006
    Assignee: Nisca Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroaki Naganuma, Tetsuyuki Tohyama
  • 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: 6979929
    Abstract: A rotor with wedges and a method of retaining wedges in a rotor are disclosed. The rotor includes a shaft, first and second poles extending radially from the shaft, and first and second coils of windings respectively wrapped around the first and second poles. Each coil includes a respective outer face including two end portions and two side portions, and a respective inward-facing edge including two end sections and two side sections. The rotor further includes a first outer wedge positioned between neighboring side portions of the first and second coils, and a first inner wedge positioned between neighboring side sections of the first and second coils. The first inner wedge is coupled to the first outer wedge so that the first outer wedge is at least partly retained from moving radially outward away from the shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2005
    Assignee: Honeywell International, Inc.
    Inventors: Gerald E. Tornquist, James D. Lengel, Raymond W. Borden, Kieran P. J. Doherty, Ming Xu, WuenFar L. Chen, Gregor J. S. McDowall
  • Patent number: 6977455
    Abstract: A permanent-magnet synchronous electric motor for circulation pumps of heating/conditioning systems of a uniquely simple construction and improved performance. The motor has a motor casing and a cross-like or star-like monolithic body inside the motor casing. The motor further contains a plurality of arms in the cross-like or star-like monolithic body forming the spools of a stator. The stator has a statoric core of laminations and statoric coils wound on respective spools.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2005
    Assignee: Askoll Holding S.r.l.
    Inventor: Elio Marioni