Coil Retainers Or Slot Closers Patents (Class 310/214)
  • Patent number: 11973398
    Abstract: Methods and systems for cooling an electric motor are provided. An electric motor system, in one example, comprises a rotor with a plurality of axial air conduits, a first balancing plate positioned on a first axial side of the rotor, the first balancing plate comprising an inlet air duct and an outlet air duct, and a second balancing plate positioned on a second axial side of the rotor, the second balancing plate comprising an inlet air duct and an outlet air duct. In the electric motor system, the inlet air duct in the first balancing plate is radially offset from the inlet air duct in the second balancing plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: DANA BELGIUM N.V.
    Inventors: Steven Vanhee, Shawn P. A. Jackson, Maximilian Hombsch
  • Patent number: 11955857
    Abstract: In this armature, a joint portion is insulated by a joint portion insulating member that has a sheet shape and that includes a facing surface insulating part that covers a facing surface of the joint portion and a circumferential surface insulating part that covers a circumferential surface of the joint portion. The facing surface insulating parts adjacent to each other in a radial direction are connected by the circumferential surface insulating part on one side or another side in the circumferential direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: AISIN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kiyotaka Koga, Takahiro Kobuchi
  • Patent number: 11916454
    Abstract: A stator includes a stator core that includes a core back portion having an annular shape and with a central axis as a center and tooth portions extending from the core back portion to an inside in a radial direction and arranged in a circumferential direction, insulators that are attached to the tooth portions from the inside in the radial direction, a coil that is wound around the insulator, and a cover that supports an inner surface of the insulator opposing the inside in the radial direction from the inside in the radial direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: NIDEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tatsuro Kawamoto, Yuhei Yamaguchi, Yoshiaki Yamashita
  • Patent number: 11855517
    Abstract: A stator includes a terminal unit disposed on a first side in an axial direction with respect to a stator main body, and the terminal unit includes a base extending in an arc shape in a circumferential direction following the stator main body, a first inner side engaging portion provided on an inner circumferential edge of the base, an outer side engaging portion provided on an outer circumferential edge of the base, and an arm extending from the outer circumferential edge of the base in the radial direction and continuous with the outer side engaging portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: YAMADA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Rie Aoyagi, Katuhiro Machida, Takashi Yamazaki, Yasuaki Motegi
  • Patent number: 11837929
    Abstract: A winding arrangement provided on a stator of an electric machine. The winding arrangement includes at least four windings. A first winding and a second winding occupied a first subset of slots; and a third winding and a fourth winding occupied a second subset of the slots. The first subset and the second subset of the plurality of slots are adjoined to each other. A span between two adjacent slots concerning the first winding, the second winding, the third winding, and the fourth winding is chosen from a full-pitch, a short-pitch, and a long-pitch to result in the winding arrangement where the first subsets in a first half of the slots is diagonal to the second subset in a second half of the slots, and the second subset in the first half of the slots is diagonal to the first subset in the second half of the slots.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: XPT (Nanjing) E-powertrain Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Young Yang, Lu Bi, Wei Hong
  • Patent number: 11799341
    Abstract: A stator includes a stator core including a plurality of teeth and a plurality of slots, a coil wound around the plurality of slots, and a spacer disposed on an end portion in an axial direction of the stator core. The coil includes a plurality of coil segments, each including a bent portion and a pair of legs. The spacer includes a coil support portion that is disposed between an end portion of each of the teeth and the bent portion of the coil segment and that has a support surface. A distance from the end portion of each of the teeth to the support surface on an inner side in a radial direction of the stator core is longer than a distance from the end portion of each of the teeth to the support surface on an outer side in the radial direction of the stator core.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: Komatsu Ltd.
    Inventors: Atsuyoshi Koshiba, Takaaki Kimura, Kousuke Mikami, Teiichirou Chiba
  • Patent number: 11791694
    Abstract: A stator and a rotor suitable for use in an electric motor or generator. The stator comprises a plurality of stator cons and a support for holding the coils around a rotor of the motor. A cylindrical sleeve is mounted radially inwardly on the support to form a barrier in use between cooling fluid passing over the coils and a rotor located within the stator. The rotor comprises a hub, a plurality of rotor segments, and a plurality of permanent magnets. The segments are arranged around the hub in a ring, with the permanent magnets disposed between the segments. A radially outwardly facing exposed surface of each magnet is spaced radially inwardly from an outer cylindrical profile defined by the segments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignees: Equipmake Ltd, aim CO., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshitoshi Sakurai, Ian Foley, Martin Ogilvie, Rob Williamson, Michio Kawamoto
  • Patent number: 11791674
    Abstract: A stator core design and motor winding method maximizing slot fill are provided. A stator core ring section and open U-shaped slot elements are each formed of multiple layers of lamination steel. Laminations forming the slots have a U-shaped profile corresponding to that of the slots. A straight portion of each lamination adjacent to the slot opening is folded to form stator teeth. Laminations forming the ring section and the slots may have a uniform or variable axial thicknesses and materials. A movable jig configures conducting wire and insulating material into a desired configuration for insertion into the open slots, fills each slot with the wire and insulating material, and partially crimps the open end of the filled slot, leaving an opening. When all slots are filled, the stator core is compressed to a final diameter, inserted into a ring-shaped stator element, and sealed to form a complete stator assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: Borealis Technical Limited
    Inventor: Jonathan S. Edelson
  • Patent number: 11784545
    Abstract: An apparatus for manufacturing a stator includes a placement table, a supporting member and a resistance heating device. The placement table is configured to have a stator core, which has coil segments and insulators inserted in slots thereof, placed thereon. The stator core is formed of steel sheets that are laminated in an axial direction of the stator core. The coil segments together form a stator coil. The insulators are formed of a material that is foamable upon being heated. The supporting member is configured to support, in the axial direction of the stator core, distal end portions of teeth of the stator core so as to prevent gaps from being formed between the steel sheets forming the stator core. The resistance heating device is configured to heat, through energization of the stator coil, the insulators along with the stator coil and thereby cause the insulators to foam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignees: DENSO CORPORATION, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kazuo Yoshikawa, Masashi Kitsunezuka, Shimpei Fujiwara
  • Patent number: 11728706
    Abstract: An electric motor assembly includes a stator and a rotor configured to rotate relative to the stator. The stator includes a stator core including a yoke that has a ring shape and a plurality of teeth radially coupled to an inner surface of the yoke, a stator coil that is wound around the stator core, and an insulator disposed between the stator core and the stator coil. The insulator includes a yoke insulator that is coupled to the yoke with a first coupling tolerance defined between the yoke insulator and the plurality of tooth insulators, and a plurality of tooth insulators that are coupled to the plurality of teeth, respectively, with a second coupling tolerance defined between the yoke and the plurality of teeth. The first coupling tolerance is less than the second coupling tolerance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Joohang Kang, Hyeonho Ha, Yongdae Kim, Jin Hong
  • Patent number: 11728698
    Abstract: Embodiments of a small brushless motor include a two-pole rotor and a stator having four slots into which electrical coils are placed. Additional embodiments of a small brushless motor include a two-pole rotor and stator having eight slots into which four, six, or eight electrical coils are placed. The stator may include a means for limiting cogging. The small brushless motor having a high torque constant, low coil resistance, low coil inductance, and high thermal conductivity is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Inventor: William R. Benner, Jr.
  • Patent number: 11713754
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device for driving a compressor of a vaporous fluid, particularly an electric motor. The device has a rotor and a stator, which are extended along a common longitudinal axis, as well as an insulation element. The insulation element is designed as a single part and connected with a stator core of the stator in a form-fitting manner such that the stator core and the insulation element form an integral and single-part component of the stator. The invention further relates to a method for producing a stator of the device, particularly the stator core with the insulation element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: HANON SYSTEMS
    Inventors: Bernd Guntermann, David Walisko, Stephan Heinrichs
  • Patent number: 11611249
    Abstract: An electric machine comprising a rotor having a rotor body. The rotor body has multiple poles each carrying at least one rotor winding formed from multiple conductor loops. The poles extend in a radial direction of the rotor and the conductor loops pass through slots each formed between two adjacent poles. A support element extending in the radial direction is arranged in each of the slots between the rotor windings of the adjacent poles. The support element applies pressure to the conductor loops when the rotor rotates and/or heats up. A pressure distribution element extending at least in portions in the radial direction along the support element and the adjacent rotor winding is arranged between the support element and the rotor windings, which pressure distribution element distributes the pressure applied by the support element onto the adjacent rotor winding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: AUDI AG
    Inventor: Paul Böckenhoff
  • Patent number: 11603817
    Abstract: A fuel injector includes an injector housing defining a longitudinal axis extending between a first axial injector end and a second axial injector end. The injector housing includes an upper body piece forming the first axial injector end and including a fuel connector defining a connector axis intersecting the longitudinal axis. The injector housing further includes a nozzle having formed therein a plurality of spray outlets, and including a nozzle terminal tip. An injector full diameter (FD) is defined by the upper body piece. An axial distance (AD) is defined between an intersection of the connector axis and the longitudinal axis, and the nozzle terminal tip. A ratio of AD to FD is from 4.8 to 5.1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Timothy Adam Bazyn, Kevin Weiss, Brenton William Bush
  • Patent number: 11569710
    Abstract: A rotor shaft for an electric machine includes a rotor shaft main body and a rotor shaft core which is arranged therein and which is connected to the rotor shaft main body. The rotor shaft comprises a substantially axially running cooling cavity configured to conduct a cooling fluid, and the rotor shaft core is composed of a different material than the rotor shaft main body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Endre Barti, Julian Blum, Markus Lang, Daniel Loos, Holger Ulbrich
  • Patent number: 11545859
    Abstract: A step of inserting an insulating paper into a slot of a stator core (second step) is performed, a step of placing a jig at a position that is on a side opposite to a side from which a segment coil is inserted into the slot of the stator core and that overlaps with a protrusion when viewed in an inserting direction of the segment coil (third step) is performed, and then a step of inserting the segment coil into the slot (fourth step) is performed. Therefore, even when the insulating paper is dragged by the segment coil in the process of inserting the segment coil into the slot, the insulating paper abuts the jig and the movement of the insulating paper is restricted, thereby suppressing displacement of the insulating paper from the slot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yukio Tsuchiya, Akihide Takehara, Toshihiro Takei, So Akimori
  • Patent number: 11539265
    Abstract: An electric motor including a rotor rotatably mounted about a rotational axis extending in the axial direction, and a stator including stator teeth widened in a T shape at the tooth-base side to form pole tabs and extending in the circumferential direction. The pole tabs may form a bearing shoulder. A respective stator slot for receiving coils of a stator winding is formed between adjacent stator teeth and a slot opening formed between mutually facing pole tabs. A reinforcing element may be inserted into a slot opening. The reinforcing element are held on mutually facing pole tabs of adjacent stator teeth by the bearing shoulders. The reinforcing element includes a contour that engages a bearing region to reduce a contact area with the bearing shoulders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: Brose Fahrzeugteile SE & Co. Kommanditgesellschaft, WĂĽrzburg
    Inventors: Maximilian Fella, Eugen Hermann, Sunny Zhang, Janik Schulz
  • Patent number: 11502571
    Abstract: A locking wedge system for securing a stator coil in a slot of a stator core includes a slot layer positioned on the stator coil to inhibit movement of the stator coil within the slot, an outer wedge including a first tapered surface, an inner locking wedge positioned on the slot layer, the inner locking wedge including a second tapered face that interfaces with the first tapered face, a locking member configured to lock the inner locking wedge to the stator core, and an interlocking mechanism to couple the outer wedge to the inner locking wedge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: Siemens Energy, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Gore, Shane Bell
  • Patent number: 11496012
    Abstract: An embodiment relates to a stator and a motor including the stator, the stator comprising: a stator core; a coil wound around the stator core; and an insulator disposed between the stator core and the coil, wherein the insulator includes: a body around which the coil is wound; a first guide protruding from the inside of the body; a second guide protruding on the outside of the body a first protrusion protruding outward from the lateral surface of the first guide; and a second protrusion protruding inward from the inner surface of the second guide, and an insulating member radially disposed between the first guide and the second guide is bent in a circumferential direction by means of the first protrusion and the second protrusion. Therefore, the motor can inhibit the movement and separation of insulating paper.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Bong Geon Kim, Young Gu Kang, Tae Ho Kim, Ja Young Seo, Jin Su Pyeon
  • Patent number: 11489395
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to an electric machine including a stator having a plurality of teeth and on which a winding of the electric machine is arranged, wherein a respective intermediate space is formed between neighboring teeth. The electric machine further includes a rotor that may rotate relative to the stator, wherein an air gap is formed between the stator and the rotor. The electric machine further includes a plurality of closing devices for closing the respective intermediate spaces in relation to the air gap, and wherein a respective closing device of the plurality of closing devices is arranged between neighboring teeth of the stator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: Rolls-Royce Deutschland Ltd & Co KG
    Inventors: Robert Goraj, Izabela Kuder
  • Patent number: 11489396
    Abstract: A brushless motor is provided including a rotor rotating around a center axis and a stator including a stator core and stator teeth radially extending from the stator core forming stator slots therebetween. Each stator tooth includes a radial main body and a tooth tip extending substantially laterally from an end of the radial main body opposite the stator core, and stator windings are wound around the stator teeth. Winding retention wedges are axially received within the slots, each winding retention wedge comprising: a first portion received within gaps formed between tooth tips of adjacent stator teeth, and a second portion received at least partially between adjacent stator windings to apply a force substantially in a range of a radially-inward direction to a lateral direction to the adjacent stator windings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: Black 7 Decker Inc.
    Inventors: Michael R. Marjomaa, John B. Fogle, Kevin L. Pulley, David J. Smith
  • Patent number: 11489394
    Abstract: The present application relates to a slot wedge element, a stator device, a motor, and a wind turbine. The slot wedge element extends in a first direction and has opposite first and second edges has a first surface and a second surface in the thickness direction thereof, and is attached to a winding of the stator device via the first surface. The second surface includes a first portion, a second portion, and a third portion sequentially distributed in the first direction. A second thickness between the second portion and the first surface is greater than a first thickness between the first portion and the first surface, and the second thickness is greater than or equal to a third thickness between the third portion and the first surface. The first thickness is decreasingly distributed in a direction from the second portion to the first edge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: XINJIANG GOLDWIND SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jinhui Li, Wenshou Fan, Dinghui Wang
  • Patent number: 11476747
    Abstract: Disclosed is an electromagnetic retarder and generator assembly, the assembly including a rotor, a retarder armature carried by the rotor, a generator inductor carried by the rotor, a stator including a sleeve having one outer axial surface and one inner axial surface, a retarder inductor arranged on the outer axial surface of the stator and a generator armature arranged on the inner axial surface of the stator. The sleeve includes several bodies of nonmagnetic material arranged between the inductor of the retarder and the armature of the generator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: TELMA
    Inventors: Marie-Pierre Bernicot, Mbarek Akafou, Rafik Lounis, Nicolas Quennet
  • Patent number: 11469647
    Abstract: An electric machine including a rotor and a stator positioned about the rotor. The stator includes a stator core having a plurality of stator teeth and a plurality of stator windings supported by the stator core about the plurality of stator teeth. The plurality of stator windings include a first end turn and a second end turn. The stator includes a plurality of interlocking insulators extending about corresponding ones of the plurality of stator teeth. Each of the plurality of interlocking insulators includes a first base portion extending circumferentially outwardly in a first direction and a second base portion extending circumferentially outwardly in a second direction. The first base portion being configured to inter-engage with a second base portion on an adjacent interlocking insulator to form a coolant passage and a coolant barrier about the air gap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: BORGWARNER INC.
    Inventor: Michael Duane Bradfield
  • Patent number: 11368067
    Abstract: Provided is a covering element for covering a slot between two adjacent teeth of an electromagnetic machine, a stator for an electromagnetic machine and a method of forming a covering element. The covering element comprises a first sub-element and a second sub-element. The first sub-element and the second sub-element are arranged adjacent to each other in a first direction. Further, the second sub-element is made of a different material than the first sub-element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: SIEMENS GAMESA RENEWABLE ENERGY A/S
    Inventors: Subhra Samanta, Hans-Joergen Thougaard
  • Patent number: 11355978
    Abstract: First and second sets of magnet assemblies and magnetic assemblies are alternately arranged in a circumferential direction in a first portion along an axial direction, and the first and second sets are alternately arranged in the circumferential direction in a second portion along the axial direction. When viewed in the axial direction, the first set of the first portion and the second set of the second portion overlap with each other, and the second set of the first portion and the first set of the second portion overlap with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: NIDEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akira Ichien, Hiroyuki Abe, Hideyuki Kinjo
  • Patent number: 11303177
    Abstract: A stator includes an annular stator core having slots formed therein, a stator coil received in the slots, and insulating sheets each being interposed, in a corresponding one of the slots, between the stator coil and an interior wall surface of the stator core defining the corresponding slot. Each of the insulating sheets includes a sheet-like substrate and a resin layer provided on an outer surface of the substrate. The resin layer is formed of a curable and foamable resin that is foamed and cured by external stimulation. Each of the insulating sheets has an extension portion located outside the corresponding slot and extending nonparallel to an axial direction of the stator core so as to face an axial end face of the stator core. In each of the insulating sheets, the resin layer is provided, on the outer surface of the substrate, in a region including the extension portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignees: DENSO CORPORATION, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yoki Tsujimori, Tsuyoshi Koda, Akiyoshi Kutsuna, Yoshitomo Kawanishi
  • Patent number: 11258328
    Abstract: A motor with a flat wire is provided. Since spatial collisions which occur in horizontal and vertical directions can be prevented by flat wire patterns which intersect with each other and are stacked on slots of a stator core, there is an advantageous effect in that a motor is miniaturized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: DK Innotech Co.
    Inventors: Myong-Ken Song, Gyu-Won Cho, Byung-Ho Seol, Chang-Yong Sim, Seung-Oh Ryu
  • Patent number: 11258327
    Abstract: The magnetic wedge of embodiments is a magnetic wedge used for a rotating electrical machine and includes magnetic bodies having a planar structure having a principal plane. The principal planes of the magnetic bodies are disposed approximately perpendicularly to the air-gap surface between a stator and a rotor of a rotating electrical machine. The magnetic bodies have differences in the axial direction magnetic permeability in the axial direction of the rotating electrical machine, the rotational direction magnetic permeability in the direction of rotation, and the diametric direction magnetic permeability in the direction of the diameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Hiroaki Kinouchi, Tomohiro Suetsuna, Takahiro Kawamoto
  • Patent number: 11245305
    Abstract: A rotary electric machine including a rotor having salient poles, each salient pole comprising a pole body surrounded by at least one coil, and at least one pair of wedges comprising a first wedge positioned against the coil of a first salient pole and a second wedge positioned against the coil of a second salient pole consecutive with the first. The first and second wedges are able to move in the inter-pole space with respect to one another along the longitudinal axis of the rotor, and each having at least one contact surface, the contact surface or surfaces of the first wedge being configured to come into contact with the contact surface or surfaces of the second wedge as one wedge is moved longitudinally with respect to the other in such a way that the movement of one wedge with respect to the other induces a pressing of these wedges against the coils so as to hold the coils of the first and second salient poles respectively against the pole bodies of the first and second salient poles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2022
    Assignee: MOTEURS LEROY-SOMER
    Inventor: Patrick Vohlgemuth
  • Patent number: 11239718
    Abstract: A rotor for an electrical machine includes a rotor core having a plurality of circumferentially spaced apart rotor poles. A plurality of windings are seated in gaps between circumferentially adjacent pairs of the rotor poles. A respective wedge secures the windings in each gap configured to supply Q-axis damping. A pair of end plates are connected electrically to the wedges at opposing longitudinal ends thereof thereby completing a Q-axis winding circuit for each wedge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignee: Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation
    Inventors: Dhaval Patel, Andreas C. Koenig, Andrew Wilkinson
  • Patent number: 11146139
    Abstract: An electric generator longitudinally extends along a longitudinal axis between a drive end and an opposite non-drive end. The electric generator includes a stator having: a stator body including a stator yoke and a plurality of teeth protruding according to a radial direction orthogonal to the longitudinal axis from the stator yoke to respective tooth radial ends, each tooth extending longitudinally between the drive end and the non-drive end, a stator support for radially supporting the stator body, the stator support further providing an axial support to the stator body at the non-drive end, an end plate for axially supporting the stator body at one of the drive end or the non-drive end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Inventor: Ziad Azar
  • Patent number: 11133718
    Abstract: An electric machine includes a stator having teeth that define open slots and slot closers disposed in the slots. Each slot closers includes a flux bridge surrounded by a nonmagnetic case. The slot closer is disposed between adjacent ones of the teeth with the case engaging and spanning the adjacent teeth. The case forms nonmagnetic gaps between the flux bridge and the adjacent teeth, respectively, to reduce potential for torque ripple.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Andrew Kasha, Jacob Krizan, Chun Tang
  • Patent number: 11121599
    Abstract: The invention relates to a slot sealing compound (7) for an electrical machine that comprises at least one slot (2) with a slot opening (5) for receiving an electrical conductor arrangement (3). Said slot sealing compound (7) contains a magnetic filler material, particularly a soft-magnetic filler material, and a reactive resin mixture that comprises at least one resin component. In the interests of improving storage stability for said slot sealing compound (7), the components thereof are selected to be suitable for cationic polymerisation. A catalyst, provided to accelerate the cationic polymerisation of said reactive resin mixture, is also added to said slot sealing compound (7).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: JĂĽrgen Huber, Bernhard Klaussner, Dieter Schirm
  • Patent number: 11081924
    Abstract: A retention component for retaining a coil in a slot of a stator for a generator having a rotor includes a first segment and a second segment, both of which are configured to be inserted into the slot. At least one of the first and second segments is made entirely of laminated sheets that together form a unitary structure of magnetic material. At least one of the first and second segments has an interfacing surface configured to directly interface a rotor surface in the absence of a structure therebetween. A channel is between the first and second segments, and a third segment that extends along and within the channel. The third segment is less magnetic or non-magnetic than at least one of the first and second elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
    Inventors: Cristian Anghel, Ming Xu, Tom Phielix, William Scherzinger
  • Patent number: 11038386
    Abstract: A stator assembly for use in an axial flux electric motor includes a plurality of circumferentially-spaced tooth assemblies that each includes a tooth portion and a base portion. The stator assembly also includes a plurality of circumferentially-spaced bridge members that are each configured to engage a pair of circumferentially adjacent base portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: REGAL BELOIT AMERICA, INC.
    Inventors: Steven W. Post, Lyn D. Coones, Jeff J. Long
  • Patent number: 11031848
    Abstract: Disclosed is a hermetic AC electric motor that includes harmonics shunting such that high frequency harmonics are shunted from the AC electric motor without the use of one or more high frequency filters in the associated motor drive. A related method of operating an AC electric motor includes shunting high frequency harmonics to a fluid passing through the AC electric motor. Also disclosed is a simplified variable speed motor drive system which eliminates the need for a filter for removing high frequency harmonics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: Trane International Inc.
    Inventors: Richard M. Heiden, Jay H. Johnson, Joseph M. Heger, Charles J. Peterson
  • Patent number: 11018551
    Abstract: Provided is a motor which includes a housing and a stator disposed in the housing and a rotor disposed in the stator and a busbar disposed on one side of the stator, wherein the stator includes a stator core and a coil wound around the stator core and an insulator disposed between the stator core and the coil, the insulator includes a first insulator and a second insulator wherein the busbar includes a guide, wherein the guide is disposed between a first insulator and a second insulator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignee: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Woong Seon Ryu
  • Patent number: 10998786
    Abstract: A stator that includes an annular stator core having a plurality of slots each having a coil insertion opening that opens in a radial direction, and recesses formed in circumferential side walls and extending in an axial direction; a coil including slot accommodated portions accommodated in the plurality of slots; and a wedge containing a thermoplastic resin and engaged with the recesses so as to close at least a part of the coil insertion opening as viewed in the radial direction of the stator core.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignees: AISIN AW CO., LTD., HAYASHIKOGYOSYO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Toru Kuroyanagi, Ko Kajita, Takahiko Hobo
  • Patent number: 10971960
    Abstract: A cuff support attached to an axial end surface of a stator core including an annular yoke, a plurality of teeth, and a plurality of slots formed between the teeth includes: an annular plate making contact with the yoke; a plurality of ribs projecting toward an inner peripheral side of the annular plate so as to correspond to the teeth; and a plurality of spaces formed between the ribs so as to correspond to the slots. The cuff support is made of an elastic member. The ribs are being apart from the axial end surface of the stator core from roots of the ribs toward tip ends of the ribs. When a coil is wound around the teeth and the ribs so as to pass through the slots and the spaces, the ribs are brought into pressure contact with the coil due to an elastic force.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hiroshi Hoshina, Shotaro Okamoto
  • Patent number: 10938259
    Abstract: A stator for a hybrid electric vehicle combines the best features of complete stators and segmented stators. The bobbins of a complete stator are modified to effectively widen the teeth and thereby reduce torque ripple. Each resin bobbin includes cavities on either side of the tooth. The cavities are filled with a magnetically conductive insert. In some embodiments, a single wedge shaped insert is installed on each side of each tooth. In other embodiments, multiple inserts of varying cross sectional area are installed on each side of each tooth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Jacob Krizan, Andrew Kasha
  • Patent number: 10923971
    Abstract: A stator includes a stator core having a first tooth and a second tooth adjacent to each other, a coil having a first winding portion wound around the first tooth and a second winding portion wound around the second tooth, a spacer inserted into a gap between the first winding portion and the second winding portion, and a molding resin covering the stator core, the coil, and the spacer. The spacer is shaped from a plastic material identical with a plastic material of which the molding resin is composed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroki Aso, Tomoaki Oikawa, Mineo Yamamoto, Hiroyuki Ishii, Junichiro Oya, Yuto Urabe
  • Patent number: 10900696
    Abstract: An electric motor includes a stator core formed by stacking a plurality of electromagnetic steel sheets, a rotor core provided on an inner side of the stator core and formed by stacking a plurality of electromagnetic steel sheets, a rotating shaft having one end side inserted into the rotor core, and an eccentric portion provided on another end side of the rotating shaft and placed in a compression mechanism, in which a length from a center of the rotor core in an axial direction of the rotor core to an end face of the rotor core in the axial direction of the rotor core is shorter than a length from a center of the stator core in an axial direction of the stator core to an end face of the stator core in the axial direction of the stator core.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventor: Kazuchika Tsuchida
  • Patent number: 10886806
    Abstract: A motor generator includes three types of cooling through-holes. The cooling through-holes are three types of holes passing through the coil end portions in the radial direction and having different flow capacities that allow different amounts of liquid refrigerant to flow. Holes with larger flow capacities allow larger amounts of liquid refrigerant to flow therethrough. In the motor generator, the three types of cooling through-holes are arranged as appropriate according to the temperature increase characteristics of the coil end portions. Consequently, in the motor generator, an appropriate amount of liquid refrigerant can be delivered to each part of the coil end portions according to the difference in temperature increase rate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventor: Tomoyuki Shinkai
  • Patent number: 10873226
    Abstract: A rotary electric machine includes an annular stator, an inner rotor, an outer rotor and a toroidal coil. The annular stator includes inner teeth protruding radially inward and outer teeth protruding radially outward. The inner rotor faces a radially inner side of the annular stator. The outer rotor faces a radially outer side of the annular stator. The toroidal coils are arranged in each inner slot between any adjacent two of the inner teeth and a corresponding one outer slot between adjacent two of the outer teeth. The total number of the plurality of outer slots is larger than the total number of the plurality of inner slots. The number of the coils arranged in all the outer slots is larger than or equal to the number of the coils arranged in all the inner slots.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2020
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Masafumi Namba, Shinya Urata, Hideo Nakai, Hiroyuki Hattori, Shinji Wakamatsu
  • Patent number: 10840761
    Abstract: A stator includes: a stator core that includes a plurality of slots; a stator coil that is formed by connecting a plurality of segment conductors to each other; and an insulating member that has insulating properties, in which the segment conductor includes a slot portion and an inclined portion, the slot portion is disposed inside the slot, the inclined portion is disposed outside the slot to be inclined from the slot portion, the insulating member is mounted on the stator core and includes a first insulating portion and a plurality of second insulating portions, the first insulating portion is disposed next to the slot portion, the second insulating portions extend from the first insulating portion in an axial direction and are provided along a radial direction of the stator core, and the second insulating portions insulate adjacent segment conductors in an coil end from each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignee: HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS ENGINEERING, LTD.
    Inventors: Takashi Ishigami, Hiroshi Kanazawa, Kenji Nakayama
  • Patent number: 10833547
    Abstract: A wedge for use between poles of a generator for supporting windings of the poles includes a plurality of outer walls. The wedge also includes at least one fluid orifice extending through at least one of the plurality of outer walls and configured to receive a fluid from a shaft of the generator and to allow the fluid to flow through the at least one of the plurality of outer walls to reduce a temperature of the windings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: HAMILTON SUNDSTRAND CORPORATION
    Inventors: Daniel Kuehn, Stephen Michael Bortoli
  • Patent number: 10826357
    Abstract: Disclosed are an electric motor and a simplified variable speed drive system which renders the use of filtering components in a motor drive circuit unnecessary and increases torque transfer from permanent magnets of the rotor to the output shaft. The motor includes a fluid gap between the rotor and the stator configured to receive a cooling fluid, such a refrigerant. A plurality of radially-abutting, bread loaf-shaped magnets having a flat base are respectively fixed to a plurality of longitudinally oriented mounting facets provided on the shaft to provide maximum torque transfer from the magnets to the shaft. An eddy shield disposed between the faceted shaft and the magnets thermally shunts high frequency harmonics from the magnets to the shaft and cooling fluid. The rotor components are mechanically secured by a sleeve disposed around the rotor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignee: Trane International Inc.
    Inventors: Charles J. Peterson, Russell T. Abbott
  • Patent number: 10749395
    Abstract: An assembly and a method for preventing an axial migration of a spring in a generator rotor are presented. The assembly includes a step pin radially disposed through an amortisseur and inserted into a spring of the generator rotor. The step pin is arranged axially apart from an adjacent radial vent passage and radially extends through the spring into a slot clearance between the spring and a creepage. The amortisseur includes a counter bore to retain a pin head and a pin shoulder. The spring includes a pin hole for a pin body extending therethrough. Diameters of the counter bore and the pin hole are smaller than diameters of amortisseur radial vent aperture and spring radial vent aperture. The step pin prevents an axial migration of the spring in rotor slots.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: SIEMENS ENERGY, INC.
    Inventors: Andrew Adam, Mark Roberts, Grant Hennessey, Alan Fortner, Brent Mazingo, Randy Edward Whitener, Michael D. Garmon
  • Patent number: 10742098
    Abstract: A planar member for a stator stack comprises a stator yoke defining a central longitudinal axis, a first surface facing radially outward, and a second surface facing radially inward, a tooth extending radially inwards from the second surface, a first tooth tip extending circumferentially from a radially inward end of the tooth, a second tooth tip extending circumferentially from the radially inward end of the tooth, a first slot portion defined between the first tooth tip and the second surface, a second slot portion defined between the second tooth tip and the second surface, and a slot cooling fin extending into the first slot portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignee: Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation
    Inventors: Jagadeesh Kumar Tangudu, Thomas M Yun, Andrew S Babel