Coils Patents (Class 310/208)
  • Patent number: 8053944
    Abstract: Electrical machines, for example transverse flux machines and/or commutated flux machines, may be configured to achieve increased efficiency, increased output torque, and/or reduced operating losses via use of extended magnets, overhung rotors, and/or stator tooth overlap. Extended magnets may reduce flux leakage between adjacent flux concentrators. Overhung rotors may reduce flux leakage, and may also facilitate voltage balancing in polyphase devices. Stator tooth overlap may reduce hysteresis losses, for example losses in flux concentrating portions of an electrical machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2011
    Assignee: Motor Excellence, LLC
    Inventors: David G. Calley, Daniel S Cole, John M. Dyer, Thomas F. Janecek
  • Patent number: 8053943
    Abstract: A stator structure includes: a stator core (104) having a large number of concave slots (105) and a large number of convex magnetic poles (106) circumferentially alternately arranged; and magnet wires (101) of rectangular cross section in each of which an insulating coating (103) is formed on the outer surface of a metal wire (102), wherein each of the slots (105) is formed so that the distance (W2) between both the side surfaces (109, 109) of the slot (105) gradually decreases from the bottom (107) to a distal opening (108) of the slot (105), each of the magnet wires (101) is wound around the associated magnetic pole (106) and inserted in tiers in the associated slot (105), and the magnet wire (101) is placed in the slot (105) so that the width (W1) thereof continuously or stepwise decreases from the bottom (107) to the distal opening (108) of the slot (105).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2011
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Cable Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Kamibayashi, Yasunori Kashima, Takafumi Tanabe, Takeshi Ikeda, Yasushi Kawakami
  • Publication number: 20110266807
    Abstract: An electric machine and stator assembly includes a segmented stator having stator portions. Each stator portion includes stator laminations, end plates arranged axially on opposing sides of the stator portion, and structural plates arranged interior to the end plates. Each of the support plates has a portion with notch-like structures that is embedded within the stator laminations. Stabilizing couple the end plates and the structural plates together. Connectors are provided to connect the stator portions together.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2010
    Publication date: November 3, 2011
    Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Kiruba Sivasubramaniam Haran, James Pellegrino Alexander, Jay Zhiqiang Cao, Evangelos Trifon Laskaris, Murtuza Lokhandwalla, Jeremy Daniel Van Dam, Robert Michael Zirin
  • Publication number: 20110266912
    Abstract: A rotating electric machine is provided and includes a rotor rotating around an axis, and a stator concentrically surrounding the rotor, the stator being equipped with a stator winding, which includes a plurality of coils. Each of the coils is wound in a series of adjacent single coils around a respective series of adjacent teeth distributed along the inner circumference of a laminated stator core and extending in axial direction. All of the single coils of each coil are wound in an uninterrupted fashion with one continuous cable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2011
    Publication date: November 3, 2011
    Applicant: ALSTOM HYDRO FRANCE
    Inventor: Charles SMADJA
  • Publication number: 20110266808
    Abstract: An electric machine and a stator assembly include a segmented stator having stator portions. Each stator portion includes end plates arranged axially on opposing sides of the stator portion, support plates arranged interior to the end plates, stator laminations arranged between the support plates, and stabilizing elements coupling the end plates and the support plates together. Each of the stabilizing elements has a dovetail portion coupled to the end plates and to the support plates. Connectors are provided to connect the stator portions of the segmented stator together.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2010
    Publication date: November 3, 2011
    Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Murtuza Lokhandwalla, Kiruba Sivasubramaniam Haran, Robert Michael Zirin, Richard Nils Dawson, Mark John DeBlock, Randy Scott Longtin
  • Publication number: 20110266911
    Abstract: A winding arrangement for an armature of an electric machine is provided. The winding arrangement includes a plurality of coils and a plurality of distinct winding types, wherein the coils are arranged on the armature such that each coil comprises the same number of windings and the same number of each of the distinct winding types. An armature for a generator including a plurality of coils, wherein the coils are arranged on the armature according to such a winding arrangement is also provided. A wind turbine with a generator including a rotor and a stator is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2011
    Publication date: November 3, 2011
    Inventor: James Kenneth Booth
  • Patent number: 8049390
    Abstract: A stator structure includes: a stator core (104) having a large number of concave slots (105) and a large number of convex magnetic poles (106) circumferentially alternately arranged; and magnet wires (101) of rectangular cross section in each of which an insulating coating (103) is formed on the outer surface of a metal wire (102), wherein each of the slots (105) is formed so that the distance (W2) between both the side surfaces (109, 109) of the slot (105) gradually decreases from the bottom (107) to a distal opening (108) of the slot (105), each of the magnet wires (101) is wound around the associated magnetic pole (106) and inserted in tiers in the associated slot (105), and the magnet wire (101) is placed in the slot (105) so that the width (W1) thereof continuously or stepwise decreases from the bottom (107) to the distal opening (108) of the slot (105).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2011
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Cable Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Kamibayashi, Yasunori Kashima, Takafumi Tanabe, Takeshi Ikeda, Yasushi Kawakami
  • Publication number: 20110260573
    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.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2011
    Publication date: October 27, 2011
    Inventors: Bao Ting LIU, Ji Cheng PAN, Ji Dong CHAI, Guo Dong ZHANG
  • Patent number: 8040012
    Abstract: An alternating current machine which generates a magnetic field or induces a voltage. In one embodiment the machine includes a stator and a rotor positioned about an axis. The stator includes three sets of coils, each set including at least a first pair of coil rows wired in series, with first and second members of the first pair configured to generate axial fields in opposite directions. Coil rows in the first pair of each set of coils are each arranged a different distance from the axis. A first member of the pair of the second set of coil rows is positioned between the first and second members of the pair of the first set of coil rows. The distance between the axis and the first member of the second pair of coil rows is intermediate the distances between the members of the first pair of coil rows and the axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2011
    Assignee: Advanced Magnet Lab, Inc.
    Inventors: Rainer Meinke, Philippe Masson, Sasha Ishmael
  • Patent number: 8035267
    Abstract: A spindle motor includes: a stator yoke having a circular cylinder shape; a rotor magnet disposed opposite to the stator yoke with an air gap therebetween; a sheet-like coil disposed at a surface of the stator yoke opposing the rotor magnet; and a bearing structure, wherein the sheet-like coil includes a plurality of individual coils having a spiral-shape and arrayed in a circumferential direction, and a pattern made of a same material as the individual coils and disposed between two adjacent individual coils.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2011
    Assignee: Minebea Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuzuru Suzuki, Yuuki Takahashi, Miyuki Furuya
  • Patent number: 8035263
    Abstract: An electric motor has a rotor (52) rotatable around a rotation axis (56) and has a stator (60) arranged around said rotor (52), which stator is equipped with poles (11? to 16?). Each pole has an individual winding (11 to 16), and the latter together form a winding arrangement (30) that serves to generate a rotating field. Arranged approximately concentrically with the rotation axis (56) is an arrangement having electrical connection elements (U, V, W, U?, V?, W?). The latter are equipped with mounting elements (34, V1, W1, U?1, V?1, 32, 36) to each of which an associated end of an individual winding is mechanically and electrically connected. A connection arrangement (40) has a plurality of conductors (42, 44, 46) each of which is connected, by means of a welded connection (155), to the connection elements of the stator in order to electrically interconnect them in a predetermined fashion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2011
    Assignee: EBM-PAPST St. Georgen GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Roland Kienzler, Ismail Altindis, Reimund Weisser, Jürgen Maier
  • Publication number: 20110241472
    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.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2011
    Publication date: October 6, 2011
    Applicant: Kokusan Denki Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuichiro TANAKA, Takashi Ishigami, Kota Sakuma, Toshihiko Mato
  • Patent number: 8030818
    Abstract: A stator coil includes a plurality of copper strands and a layer of high thermal conductivity polymer disposed adjacent at least one of the copper strands. The high thermal conductivity polymer includes a host polymer and a high thermal conductivity filler. The high thermal conductivity polymer improves heat transfer from the plurality copper strands.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2011
    Assignee: Siemens Energy, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas I. Nelson, John W. Wood, Lon W. Montgomery
  • Publication number: 20110227444
    Abstract: A winding for an electric machine having a plurality of coils wound about a lamination stack or other suitable ferro-magnetic carrier, comprising each of several phases. Each of several filars comprising said coils distributed circumferentially around the laminations in a woven manner. Each of said filars consisting of one or more continuous conductors deposed into lamination slots in such manner that each filar is equidistant from the axis of the stator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2011
    Publication date: September 22, 2011
    Inventors: Harold C. Scott, Davey E. Williams
  • Publication number: 20110227445
    Abstract: A stator comprises: a stator core having a plurality of slots; and a cage coil formed of a rectangular combined conductor that is wound by a plurality of turns. The combined conductor includes: a first conductor formed in a continuous zig-zag pattern; a second conductor formed in a continuous zig-zag pattern, the first and second conductors being combined to overlap one on the other with a displacement of one pitch; conductor in-slot portions overlapped and mounted in each of the slots of the stator core; conductor connecting portions placed circumferentially on the outside of the slots; and conductor stepped portions connecting the conductor in-slot portions and the conductor connecting portions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2009
    Publication date: September 22, 2011
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shinichi Washizu, Hisanori Nakamura, Shinji Kato, Tomoyuki Otake
  • Publication number: 20110210641
    Abstract: An armature of an electric motor includes a core and a winding. The core has a plurality of slots and a plurality of teeth formed between the slots. The winding is composed of a plurality of wires. The winding has a plurality of coil parts and connecting portions. The coil parts are inserted into the slots and wound around and across the teeth. The connecting portions connect the coil parts together. The winding has a twisted shape in the connecting portions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2009
    Publication date: September 1, 2011
    Applicant: KOMATSU LTD.
    Inventors: Teiichirou Chiba, Tsuyoshi Kobayakawa, Daisuke Yoshida
  • Publication number: 20110210558
    Abstract: It is described a stator for an energy converting apparatus, the stator comprising the stator including a support structure having an annular shape around an axial direction; a first protrusion coupled to the support structure and extending radially from the support structure; a second protrusion coupled to the support structure and extending radially from the support structure, the second protrusion being spaced apart from the first protrusion in a circumferential direction; and a first wire arranged between the first protrusion and the second protrusion in a plurality of first radial layers located at different radial positions and configured such that a circumferential extent of a cross-sectional area of the first wire increases radially outwards. Further is described an energy converting apparatus including the stator, and a wind turbine including the energy converging apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2011
    Publication date: September 1, 2011
    Inventor: Henrik Stiesdal
  • Publication number: 20110210640
    Abstract: The invention relates to a stator of an electrical machine, with at least one stator tooth and a coil wound outside of the stator, which coil has been pushed onto the stator tooth substantially radially. It is provided that the coil (4) is held radially on the stator tooth (2) by means of at least one form-fitting connection (13). Furthermore, the invention relates to an electrical machine with such a stator (1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2008
    Publication date: September 1, 2011
    Inventor: Armin Elser
  • Publication number: 20110210642
    Abstract: A stator is provided with a core and a winding. The core includes a plurality of slots and a plurality of teeth formed between the slots. The winding is composed of a plurality of wires W bundled in an irregular arrangement. The winding includes a plurality of coil portions wound on each of the teeth, and a connecting portion connecting the coil portions together. The winding has a twisted shape in the connecting portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2009
    Publication date: September 1, 2011
    Applicant: KOMATSU LTD.
    Inventors: Teiichirou Chiba, Daisuke Yoshida, Shunichi Koshiyama
  • Publication number: 20110198963
    Abstract: A dual-winding layer arrangement for a three-phase, four pole motor is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2011
    Publication date: August 18, 2011
    Applicant: TESLA MOTORS, INC.
    Inventors: Yifan Tang, Shyi-Perng Phillip Luan
  • Patent number: 7994678
    Abstract: Disclosed are single- and poly-phase transverse and/or commutated flux machines and components thereof, and methods of making and using the same. Exemplary devices, including polyphase devices, may variously be configured with an interior rotor and/or an interior stator. Other exemplary devices, including polyphase devices, may be configured in a slim, stacked, and/or nested configuration. Via use of such polyphase configurations, transverse and/or commutated flux machines can achieve improved performance, efficiency, and/or be sized or otherwise configured for various applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2011
    Assignee: Motor Excellence, LLC
    Inventors: David G. Calley, Thomas F. Janecek
  • Publication number: 20110181146
    Abstract: A stator for an electric rotating machine is provided which is equipped with a stator coil. The stator coil has a plurality of in-slot portions arrayed within each of slots formed in a stator core in a radial direction of the stator core. Adjacent two of the in-slot portions disposed in each of the slots have radially-facing surfaces which extend in non-parallel to one another at least one of ends of the in-slot portions. The non-parallel orientation of the radially-facing surfaces avoids close contact between entire areas thereof when the in-slot portions move undesirably within the slot in the radial direction of the stator core. In other words, a gap is kept between the radially-facing surfaces and serves as a radiator to dissipate heat, as generated in the in-slot portions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2011
    Publication date: July 28, 2011
    Applicant: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Nobuhiro ASANO, Atsuo Ishizuka
  • Patent number: 7977840
    Abstract: A stator winding for a slotless motor is formed by winding a magnet wire 22 into a single layer coil 24. The coil 24 is deformed e.g., by pressing, to form a double layer web 26 which is rolled up end to end to form a cylindrical stator winding 20. The coil 24 is divided into a number of phase windings 27 extending between connection tappings 25. The magnet wire 22 is a multi-core magnet wire formed from a plurality of core wires 23. Each core wire 23 is an insulated single core wire. Optionally the core wires are twisted together. The core wires 23 are electrically connected together at the connection tappings 25 to form a plurality of parallel electrical paths or sub-windings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2011
    Assignee: Johnson Electric S.A.
    Inventors: Jun Jie Chu, Xiao Peng Ma
  • Publication number: 20110156523
    Abstract: An electromagnetically excitable coil having a wire, the wire being wound around a wire holder in one winding direction, the wire having a winding start, which generally is disposed at a first end of the coil, and a winding end, which generally is disposed at the same end of the coil, using an uneven number of winding layers, the coil having an elongated cross-section and the cross-section having a longer side and a shorter side, the wire being routed from the second end of the coil to the first end of the coil while forming at least one wire crossing at the shorter side of the cross-section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2008
    Publication date: June 30, 2011
    Inventors: Michael Kljaic, Harald Bodendorfer
  • Patent number: 7969054
    Abstract: A superconductivity utilizing support mechanism comprises a superconductive coil and a ferromagnetic body. One of the ferromagnetic body, so constituted as to slide in a direction of a center axis of the superconductive coil, and the superconductive coil, so constituted as to slide in a direction of the center axis thereof, is floated and supported relative to the other by axial magnetic attraction caused by a center plane of the superconductive coil and a center plane of the ferromagnetic body moving apart from each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2011
    Assignee: Central Japan Railway Company
    Inventors: Hiroshi Nakashima, Eiji Suzuki, Michiaki Kubota, Yuichi Kozuma
  • Publication number: 20110148243
    Abstract: A stator includes a body portion having an outer portion and an inner portion that defines an interior region, a plurality of stator teeth members extending from the inner portion into the interior region, and at least one continuous conductor wound around select ones of the plurality of stator teeth members to form at least one pole. Each of the plurality of stator teeth members including a number of wraps of the at least one continuous conductor. The at least one continuous conductor including a number of twists that is fewer than the number of wraps.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2009
    Publication date: June 23, 2011
    Applicant: REMY TECHNOLOGIES, L.L.C.
    Inventors: Bradley D. Chamberlin, Mark A. Stephenson, Larry A. Kubes
  • Publication number: 20110148226
    Abstract: A miniature motor includes a substrate having a pivotal portion. A coil unit and a detection element are provided around the pivotal portion. A rotor is rotatably mounted to the pivotal portion and includes a hub and a permanent magnet mounted to the hub and aligned with the coil unit and the detection element. The permanent magnet includes a plurality of north and south poles each having a stronger magnetism section. A weaker magnetism section is formed between two adjacent stronger magnetism sections. At least one auxiliary starting member is mounted between the substrate and the rotor and aligned with the permanent magnet. When the rotor stops rotating, the at least one auxiliary starting member aligns with and magnetically attracts at least one of the stronger magnetism sections, locating the detection element in a position not aligned with the weaker magnetism sections along an axis of the hub.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2009
    Publication date: June 23, 2011
    Inventors: Alex Horng, Tsuo-Kuo Yin
  • Patent number: 7965013
    Abstract: An insulating cover or a bar-to-bar connection of a stator winding of an electric machine has only one opening and is made from a flexible insulating material embedding the bar-to-bar connection entirely in a tight fit. Methods for producing and applying such an insulating cover are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2011
    Assignee: Alstom Technology Ltd
    Inventors: Matthias Baenziger, Christian Bencharab, Christophe Cottet, Bruno Frattini, Werner Ladstaetter, Francesco Stallone, Michel Claude Verrier
  • Publication number: 20110140564
    Abstract: A coil sheet has an insulative substrate which bends and has the first surface and the second surface on the opposite side of the first surface, a first conductor forming a first spiral conductive pattern and formed on the first surface of the insulative substrate, and a second conductor forming a second spiral conductive pattern and formed on the second surface of the insulative substrate. The width of the tip portion of the second conductor of the second spiral conductive pattern is set narrower than the width of the base end portion of the first conductor of the first spiral conductive pattern.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2010
    Publication date: June 16, 2011
    Applicant: IBIDEN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Toshihiro Nomura, Tetsuya Muraki
  • Publication number: 20110133589
    Abstract: A low profile permanent magnet synchronous motor with segment structure. In accordance with this invention, a stator assembly for an electromagnetic motor is provided. The stator assembly has a first stator core and a second stator core that couple windings. Teeth extend outward from each stator core and through the windings to contact the other stator core.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2008
    Publication date: June 9, 2011
    Inventors: Chao Bi, Quan Jiang, Song Lin, Nay Lin Htun Aung, Hla Nu Phyu
  • Patent number: 7948142
    Abstract: A rotor provided in rotary electric machines comprises a stator core having a radial direction and slots provided with bottomed openings directed in the radial direction. The rotor also comprises a stator coil comprising slot accommodation portions being accommodated in the slots of the stator core and coil end portions each connecting mutually adjacent slot accommodation portions among the slot accommodation portions and respectively protruding from both end faces of the stator core. The stator coil is pre-formed into a cylindrical shape before the slot accommodation portions are accommodated into the slots of the stator core. The slot accommodation portions are formed to respectively have convex parts each protruding toward an opposite way to the slot openings, before the slot accommodation portions are accommodated into the slots. The convex parts are pressed by the stator core toward the openings during accommodation of the slot accommodation portions into the slots.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2011
    Assignee: Denso Corporation
    Inventors: Masaomi Dobashi, Akito Akimoto, Yoshinobu Yanagisawa
  • Patent number: 7936099
    Abstract: The invention relates to a stator for an electronically switchable electric motor comprising a cylinder-shaped envelop and several poles, which are made of an ferromagnetic material and inwardly oriented in front of the cylinder axis (3), wherein said poles (P1 to P12) surround a cylindrical cavity for receiving the rotor (2), each pole (P1 to P12) is provided with a coil (L1 to L12) consisting of several wire windings in such a way that a magnetic armature is formed and the windings of coils (L1 to L12) are wound about the poles (P1 to P12) successively and without interruptions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2011
    Assignee: Thyssenkrupp Presta AG
    Inventors: Christian Staudemann, Christoph Battisti, Lukas Battisti, legal representative, Marion Battisti, legal representative
  • Patent number: 7928626
    Abstract: A stator structure includes: a stator core (104) having a large number of concave slots (105) and a large number of convex magnetic poles (106) circumferentially alternately arranged; and magnet wires (101) of rectangular cross section in each of which an insulating coating (103) is formed on the outer surface of a metal wire (102), wherein each of the slots (105) is formed so that the distance (W2) between both the side surfaces (109, 109) of the slot (105) gradually decreases from the bottom (107) to a distal opening (108) of the slot (105), each of the magnet wires (101) is wound around the associated magnetic pole (106) and inserted in tiers in the associated slot (105), and the magnet wire (101) is placed in the slot (105) so that the width (W1) thereof continuously or stepwise decreases from the bottom (107) to the distal opening (108) of the slot (105).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2011
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Cable Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Kamibayashi, Yasunori Kashima, Takafumi Tanabe, Takeshi Ikeda, Yasushi Kawakami
  • Patent number: 7928619
    Abstract: A gap winding motor includes a stator and a rotor. The stator includes a stator core and air-core coils for generating a rotating magnetic field which are attached to an inner peripheral surface of the stator core. The rotor is disposed so as to face the stator with an air gap therebetween. A stator core is divided into two core portions in an axial direction of the motor, and a spacer is disposed between the core portions. A unique air-gap section is provided between the core portions, and coil terminal processes are performed in the air-gap section between the core portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2011
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Yaskawa Denki
    Inventors: Kazuya Watanabe, Masahiko Tanabe
  • Patent number: 7928624
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an electric motor and to a method for manufacturing an electric motor. The electric motor comprises at least a stator (24), a rotor (25) and an air gap (26) between these, in which motor the stator and/or rotor comprises slots (4) and teeth (5) between slots, and in which the stator and/or rotor has a concentrated winding fitted in the slots. In the method of the invention, the phase windings are fitted as a concentrated fractional-slot winding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2011
    Assignee: Kone Corporation
    Inventors: Jussi Huppunen, Asmo Tenhunen, Petri Alkula, Mika Olkkonen
  • Publication number: 20110085926
    Abstract: Disclosed are a motor for a compressor and a hermetic compressor having the same. An aluminum coil cheaper than a copper coil is used in the motor for the compressor, to thusly reduce a fabricating cost. Also, a ratio of a height of end coil of a coil to an inner diameter of a stator is appropriately designed or a ratio of an entire area of slot portions to the inner diameter of the stator is appropriately designed, and simultaneously a ratio of the inner diameter of the stator to a width of the tooth portion is appropriately designed, so as to previously prevent a deterioration of damping effect, increase in noise, lowering of efficiency, reduction of driven torque, all caused due to the use of the aluminum coil.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2008
    Publication date: April 14, 2011
    Inventors: Hae-Ok Jung, Seong-Hun Seo, Sang-Il Choi, Chul-Hyun Nam, Ki-Seok Sung
  • Patent number: 7921545
    Abstract: Stator coils are retained by an inserting blade and a setting blade. The setting blade is rotated in this state. Then, after rotation, the stator coils are set on the inserting blade. At this time, the stator coils are arranged in the inserting blade in a state where the stator coils overlap one another to form a spiral shape. Thus, the stator coils are arranged uniformly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2011
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toyota Jidoshokki
    Inventor: Kazuyuki Yamaguchi
  • Patent number: 7915779
    Abstract: A stator winding for a slotless motor is parallel with the longitudinal axis of the motor except at the end turns of the coil windings. The coils have concentrated windings with a pair of coils wired in series to form one phase of the stator windings. Each of the pair of coils are wound such that the magnetic flux produced by a dc current through the coils produces magnetic flux of opposite directions with respect to the rotor of the motor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2011
    Assignee: Allied Motion Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: David E. Hawes
  • Patent number: 7911107
    Abstract: A motor is provided, which includes: a rotor having rotor pole groups, in which N-poles and S-poles are alternately arranged in the circumferential direction; an N number (N is a positive integer) of stator pole groups, in which a plurality of stator poles are arranged for individual phases along or in the vicinity of the respective circumferences so as to be positioned at substantially the same rotational phase position in terms of electrical angle; and an (N?1) number of loop windings axially arranged between the stator pole groups, with the same phase being arranged at axial ends, wherein each of the loop windings is arranged radially inner than the outer diameter of each rotor pole group. This simplified winding structure can enhance productivity, reduce size, enhance efficiency and reduce cost.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2011
    Assignee: Denso Corporation
    Inventor: Masayuki Nashiki
  • Publication number: 20110058967
    Abstract: A high-efficiency magnetic inductor rotary machine in which eddy current loss is reduced even if driven at super-high-speed rotation, and a fluid transfer apparatus that uses the same. In the magnetic inductor rotary machines, first and second stator cores are disposed coaxially such that circumferential positions of teeth are aligned, and first and second rotor cores are fixed coaxially to a rotating shaft such that salient poles are offset by a pitch of half a salient pole circumferentially, and are disposed on an inner peripheral side of the first and second stator cores. A salient pole width of the salient poles of the first and second rotor cores is configured so as to be greater than an opening width of slots of a stator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2009
    Publication date: March 10, 2011
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hideaki Arita, Masaya Inoue, Masahiro Iezawa, Toshihiko Miyake
  • Publication number: 20110057536
    Abstract: A coil unit for a motor stator includes a plurality of layout layers. At least one coil and a conductive portion electrically connected to the at least one coil are formed on a surface of each layout layer. The conductive portions of two adjacent layout layers are electrically connected to each other. An insulting layer is provided between two adjacent layout layers. The coil unit can be coupled to a face of a substrate to form a motor stator with reduced axial height and reduced volume.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2009
    Publication date: March 10, 2011
    Inventors: Alex Horng, Tso-Kuo Yin
  • Publication number: 20110057537
    Abstract: A winding method of forming a coil by edgewise bending a flat rectangular conductor comprises a step of edgewise bending the rectangular conductor to form edgewise bending portions so that two predetermined two adjacent bent portions are formed so that an outward bulging portion to be generated by edgewise-bending of the flat rectangular conductor is generated in a concentrated manner in a side between the two edgewise bent portions, and the side having the bulging portion constitutes each of a pair of opposite sides of the coil.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2009
    Publication date: March 10, 2011
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masayuki Matsushita, Kenji Harada, Shingo Fubuki
  • Publication number: 20110037337
    Abstract: A rotary electromagnetic machine is described which comprises first and second substantially cylindrical parts arranged to move relative to each other about a common axis. The first cylindrical part produces a spatially periodic radial magnetic field across an air gap, the magnetic field having a regular alternating polarity around the circumference of the first cylindrical part. The second cylindrical part comprises at least one laminar electrical conductor wrapped into cylindrical form and placed in the air gap to intercept the magnetic field, the laminar electrical conductor comprising a regular pattern of electrically conductive paths within the air gap. In more general terms, rotary motors in which the wire coils are replaced by laminations of material in which patterned conducting paths are created are described. The conducting laminations are placed in the air gap between an mature and backing iron that is constructed so as to reduce eddy current losses.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2009
    Publication date: February 17, 2011
    Inventor: Phillip Raymond Michael Denne
  • Publication number: 20110037354
    Abstract: A stator structure, a micromotor having the same, and a micromotor manufacturing method therefor are provided. In the micromotor configured with the stator, a rotor, the stator and a case are disposed outward in a radial direction. The rotor is pivotly connected in the case and the stator includes a FPC assembly which is configured with a plurality of coil windings and at least one position signal generating unit and is circumferentially disposed between the rotor and the case, with the rotor as the axis. Configuration positions of the coil windings and the position signal generating unit are corresponding to magnetic poles of the rotor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2009
    Publication date: February 17, 2011
    Applicant: METAL INDUSTRIES RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT CENTER
    Inventors: Guo-Jhih Yan, Jing-Hui Wang, Sheng-Zhan Yan, Guang-Miao Huang, Liang-Yi Hsu, Mi-Ching Tsai
  • Patent number: 7877861
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a method of making a transformer having a stacked core, which includes top and bottom yokes and first and second outer legs. The core also includes an inner leg that is formed from a pair of stacked plates, which abut each along a seam that extends in the longitudinal direction of the inner leg. Each of the upper and lower yokes may be formed from a single stack of plates, or a plurality of stacks of plates. Each of the inner and outer legs may also be formed from a single stack of plates, or a plurality of stacks of plates. The cross-section of the core may be rectangular or cruciform.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2011
    Assignee: ABB Technology AG
    Inventors: William E. Pauley, Jr., Charlie H. Sarver, Rush B. Horton, Jr.
  • Patent number: 7872390
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a conductor bar of a rotating electrical machine includes providing a conductor defining a longitudinal direction and having a rectangular cross section, and building up an insulation to a thickness d around the conductor by progressively winding an insulating tape around the conductor a plurality of times in the form of a spiral in the longitudinal direction. The building up of the insulation includes winding the insulation tape around the conductor using parallel winding up to a first partial thickness, and winding the insulating tape around the conductor using non-parallel winding from the first partial thickness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2011
    Assignee: Alstom Technology Ltd
    Inventor: Thomas Baumann
  • Publication number: 20110005808
    Abstract: Hybrid conductors capable of achieving enhanced conductivity and current capacity over a wide range of frequencies are disclosed. The hybrid conductors may be used in electrical or thermal applications, or combinations of both. One method of fabricating such hybrid conductors includes complexing conductive metal elements (e.g., silver, gold, copper), transition metal elements, alloys, wires, or combinations thereof, with carbon nanotube materials. In the alternative, the hybrid conductors may be formed by doping the carbon nanotube materials in salt solutions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2009
    Publication date: January 13, 2011
    Inventors: Brian White, Craig Lombard, David S. Lashmore
  • Patent number: 7868507
    Abstract: A rotating electrical machine stator comprising an annular cylindrical body including axial grooves, and at least one phase winding including corrugated turns of wire, the phase winding comprising a first outer half-phase and a second inner half-phase which are radially superimposed, the first outer half-phase including outer leading-out wires projecting from the radial walls of the body and the second inner half-phase including outer leading-out wires projecting from the radial walls of the body. The invention is characterized in that for each phase winding, the wire length of each turn of the inner half-phase is greater than the wire length of each turn of the outer half-phase. The invention also concerns a phase winding designed to be mounted in such a rotor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2011
    Assignee: Valeo Equipements Electriques Moteur
    Inventors: Denis Bodin, Jean-Pierre Chochoy, Alain Defebvin, Michel Jaze
  • Patent number: 7868508
    Abstract: Disclosed are single- and poly-phase transverse and/or commutated flux machines and components thereof, and methods of making and using the same. Exemplary devices, including polyphase devices, may variously be configured with an interior rotor and/or an interior stator. Other exemplary devices, including polyphase devices, may be configured in a slim, stacked, and/or nested configuration. Via use of such polyphase configurations, transverse and/or commutated flux machines can achieve improved performance, efficiency, and/or be sized or otherwise configured for various applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2011
    Assignee: Motor Excellence, LLC
    Inventors: David G. Calley, Thomas F. Janecek
  • Publication number: 20100320330
    Abstract: A self-contained momentum control system (MCS) for a spacecraft is provided for small satellites. The MCS features a miniaturized gyroscopic rotor with a rotational speed in excess of 20,000 RPM. The MCS includes at least three control moment gyroscopic mechanical assemblies (CMAs) rigidly mounted within a single enclosure, where each CMA mounted in an orientation whereby the longitudinal axis of each CMA is either orthogonal to every other CMA or is parallel to another CMA but in the opposite orientation. In order to further reduce the size of the MCS, an electronics package that is configured to interface command and control signals with and to provide power to the CMAs is included within the MCS enclosure. A plurality of shock isolation devices are used to secure each of the CMAs to the enclosure in order to reduce the launch load upon the CMAs thereby allowing the use of smaller rotor spin bearings. The MCS enclosure surrounding the CMAs and support structure is hermetically sealed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2009
    Publication date: December 23, 2010
    Applicant: HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.
    Inventors: Brett McMickell, Paul Buchele, Gary Lynwood Gisler, James Andrus