Slot Liners Patents (Class 310/215)
  • Patent number: 8659204
    Abstract: A stator includes a stator core, slots, coils, an interphase insulation sheet, and wedges. The interphase insulation sheet is provided between coil ends of adjacent coils having different phases among the coils. The interphase insulation sheet includes a first sheet body portion, a second sheet body portion, and a first bridge portion. The first and second sheet body portions respectively have first and second retaining pieces. The first retaining piece projects from the first sheet body portion toward the second sheet body portion in the developed state of the interphase insulation sheet. The second retaining piece projects from the second sheet body portion toward the first sheet body portion in the developed state of the interphase insulation sheet. The first and second retaining pieces are retained by projecting portions of the wedges.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2014
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yutaka Shoji, Takuo Nozawa
  • Publication number: 20140035428
    Abstract: A stator of a rotary electric machine, in which an insulating capacity higher than or equal to an insulating capacity of a flat portion of a stator core can be maintained at edge portions of the stator core. The stator of the rotary electric machine includes a core-sheet laminate that is formed by laminating a plurality of core sheets made of metal plates; a coating film that is made of an insulating paint coated on a surface of the core-sheet laminate; a stator coil that is made of a conductive wire wound around the core-sheet laminate via the coating film; and bobbins made of an insulating material, which are inserted between the coating film and the stator coil and prevent the conductive wire of the stator coil from contacting the coating film that is coated on edge portions of the core-sheet laminate, or relieve pressure caused by the contact.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2011
    Publication date: February 6, 2014
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masahiro Yuya, Daisuke Shijo, Hiroyuki Akita, Haruyuki Hasegawa, Takenori Aomi, Ryoko Komaki
  • Patent number: 8643243
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for providing electrical insulation between adjacent end turns at different phases within a stator assembly. In one embodiment, the invention is directed to a stator assembly comprising: a stator core having a plurality of slots; at least two coils of different phases wound on the stator core through the slots and having an end turn that extends from the stator core; and one or more separator members positioned between adjacent end turns of the coils.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2014
    Assignee: Kohler Co.
    Inventors: Allan J. Bliemeister, Richard D. Van Maaren, James D. Spangle, Paul L. Dreiling, Louis M. Atsinger
  • Publication number: 20140015349
    Abstract: A stator assembly of an electric machine includes a segmented lamination stack formed of an interconnected series of lamination segment stacks, and a plurality of coil isolators each having a conductor wound thereon, each having a radially outward interlock at each circumferential end thereof, and each having a radially inward interlock at each circumferential end thereof, the coil isolators being serially connected by the interlocks to form a cavity closed down the axial length of the stator assembly, the coil isolators electrically insulating the lamination segments from the conductors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2013
    Publication date: January 16, 2014
    Inventors: Bradley D. Chamberlin, Cary Ramey
  • Patent number: 8627868
    Abstract: Apparatus (30) for making pre-shaped insulating sheets (10) for use in a stator or in a rotor comprising shaping elements (40-44) such to produce, starting from a continuous strip (15) made of electrically insulating material having a flat or substantially flat cross section, a strip portion having a cross section comprising a central septum (20) and two lateral portions (21-23, 21?-23?) joined to a respective end portion of the central septum (20), each of the lateral portions comprising a first section (21,21?) joined to the central septum (20), a second section (22,22?) joined and perpendicular, or essentially perpendicular, to the first section (21,21?), a third section (23, 23?) joined to the second section (22,22?) and inclined with respect to the latter towards the central septum (20).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2014
    Assignee: Tecnomatic S.p.A.
    Inventor: Sante Guercioni
  • Patent number: 8618710
    Abstract: A wedge for a stator of a generator with preformed coil windings includes a retaining portion for retaining coil windings. The retaining portion covers at least part of two neighbouring stator slots. A mounting projection at a bottom surface of the retaining portion for mounting the wedge to a top surface of a stator tooth is located between the two neighbouring stator slots.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2013
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Mohammad Kimiabeigi
  • Publication number: 20130334909
    Abstract: Disclosed is a motor, the motor according to a first exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure including a housing, a stator mounted on the housing and including a stator core having a plurality of teeth, an insulator and a coil, a rotor rotatably installed at a center of the stator by a rotation shaft, and an insulation member wrapping an entire surface except for a surface opposite to the rotor of the stator, wherein the insulation member is arranged therein with an insulator and a coil.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2013
    Publication date: December 19, 2013
    Inventors: JAE HYUN PARK, JAE JUN EOM, JUN KYU LEE, JA YOUNG SEO
  • Publication number: 20130334922
    Abstract: Disclosed is a motor, the motor according to exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure including an insulator body coupled to a stator core wound with a plurality of coils applied with powers of mutually different polarities to prevent the coil and the stator coil from being short-circuited, a terminal housing coupling unit integrally formed with the insulator body to be coupled to a terminal housing supplying an outside power by being circumferentially protruded, and a coil guide unit formed at the terminal housing coupling unit to prevent coils connected to a terminal of each polarity installed at the terminal housing from being short-circuited.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2013
    Publication date: December 19, 2013
    Applicant: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Young PARK, II, Byeong Jong YU
  • Patent number: 8610328
    Abstract: The concentrated winding coil is mounted onto a tooth such that a coil end portion is housed inside a concave space that is formed by the trunk portion and first and second guide portions at two axial ends of the tooth. Third cover portions of an insulating sheet that is disposed on two circumferential sides of the tooth are folded over so as to overlap with each other and extend so as to cover the coil end portion of the concentrated winding coil, and a second leader line that projects outward from a radially inner end portion of the concentrated winding coil is bent and led radially outward parallel to the coil end portion that is covered by the third cover portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2013
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Shinichiro Yoshida, Masaya Inoue, Shogo Okamoto
  • Patent number: 8604661
    Abstract: A rotor of an electrical machine has slots which are tapered on an inlet side, a machine winding having winding overhangs, a cord lashing which reaches over the winding overhangs, extends in the slots, and is formed by a cord, and at least one end of the cord is pressed by a filler element inserted in one of the slots in order to fix it in position in an interstice of the slot formed between the machine winding and the slot taper.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2013
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Ralf Weber, Michael Rader
  • Patent number: 8604660
    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: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2013
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventor: Armin Elser
  • Patent number: 8593022
    Abstract: An electric motor has a stator and a rotor rotatably mounted in the stator. The rotor has a shaft and a fan mounted on the shaft. A air guide structure with an axial extension portion is arranged at one end of the stator adjacent the fan. The gap between the axial extension portion and the fan in the axial and/or radial direction of the motor is narrow in order to reduce air swirl generated by air flowing from the outlet of the fan to the inlet of the fan through the gap. Preferably, the width of the gap is larger than 0.05 mm and smaller than 2.0 mm. The cooling efficiency of the fan is increased and the performance of the motor is improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2013
    Assignee: Johnson Electric S.A.
    Inventors: James Ching Sik Lau, Xiao Jun Yang, Chun Kei Yu
  • Publication number: 20130307368
    Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide an inter-phase insulation sheet for a rotating electric machine, wherein it is possible to produce the effects of exerting excellent insertion workability between coil ends of different phases, of preventing the positional misalignment of the inter-phase insulation sheet during production work when forming the coils or when lacing, of preventing the inter-phase insulation sheet from tearing when lacing, and of being able to reliably ensure that the coil ends are insulated from one another even when the shape of the coil ends are not the same. In order to achieve the aforementioned purpose, an inter-phase insulation sheet (11) has a fixed section (13) and a movable section (14). The movable section (14) has a base section (14A) on one side and a flanged section (14B) on the other side. The fixed section and the base section are placed so to completely overlap with one another and are inserted between coil ends (23b) of different phases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2011
    Publication date: November 21, 2013
    Applicant: MEIDENSHA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takeshi Suwazono, Junichi Aoki
  • Patent number: 8575796
    Abstract: A heavy-duty stator core and coil assembly that can accommodate severe input voltage spiking and harmonics may include a coat of varnish applied to the stator core and coil assembly by steps of dipping the stator core and coil assembly end-first along a longitudinal axis into a first tank of liquid epoxy resin having a relatively low viscosity, baking the coating, inverting the stator core and coil assembly and applying a second coat of varnish in the same manner, then dipping the core and coil assembly into a second tank having a liquid epoxy resin of a relatively high viscosity, then baking the second coat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2013
    Assignee: Dayton-Phoenix Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph A. Zahora, Johnny D. Yu, Bradley S. Bryant
  • Patent number: 8575814
    Abstract: An electric machine includes a core with a plurality of slots. A plurality of conductors are positioned in each of the plurality slots, with each slot including an equal number of conductors. At least one slot liner is also positioned in each of the plurality of slots. Each slot liner provides at least one slot liner channel in the associated slot, and each of the plurality of conductors extend through one of the slot liner channels. Differing numbers of slot liner channels are provided in the plurality of slots. Accordingly, all slots have the same number of conductors positioned therein, but all slots do not have the same number of slot liner channels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2013
    Assignee: Remy Technologies, LLC
    Inventor: Bradley D. Chamberlin
  • Publication number: 20130270959
    Abstract: An insulation member for use with a stator assembly is provided. The insulation member includes a body and a cuff. The body includes a first end and an opposite second end, at least one tooth portion, and at least one yoke portion that extends from the at least one tooth portion. The cuff is formed from at least one of the first end and the second end of the body and extends along at least one of the at least one tooth portion and at least one yoke portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2012
    Publication date: October 17, 2013
    Inventor: Jason Jon Kreidler
  • Patent number: 8558427
    Abstract: An insulation assembly is provided that includes a generally annularly-shaped main body and at least two spaced-apart fingers extending radially inwards from the main body. The spaced-apart fingers define a gap between the fingers. A slot liner may be inserted within the gap. The main body may include a plurality of circumferentially distributed segments. Each one of the plurality of segments may be operatively connected to another of the plurality of segments to form the continuous main body. The slot liner may be formed as a single extruded piece defining a plurality of cavities. A plurality of conductors (extendable from the stator assembly) may be axially inserted within a respective one of the plurality of cavities. The insulation assembly electrically isolates the conductors in the electric motor from the stator stack and from other conductors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2013
    Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLC
    Inventors: Frederick W. Rhoads, David F. Titmuss, Harold Parish, John D. Campbell
  • Publication number: 20130264140
    Abstract: An electrical motor includes: a cylindrical stator core arranged so as to surround a periphery of a rotor via a space, and having a plurality of teeth formed in an inner periphery thereof; a bobbin installed in each of the plurality of teeth; a coil wound around each of the bobbins installed in the teeth; a bottomed cylindrical chassis having a bottom faced with one of end portions in the axial direction of the stator core, and holding an outer periphery of the stator core; and a busbar mold provided with a busbar terminal. An engaging hole is formed at least in either the bottom or the busbar mold at a position facing the bobbin, and an engaging projection that engages with the engaging hole is formed in an opposing part that faces the engaging hole in the bobbin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2013
    Publication date: October 10, 2013
    Applicant: Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenji NAKAYAMA, Shozo KAWASAKI, Hiroshi KANAZAWA, Yasunaga HAMADA
  • Publication number: 20130259674
    Abstract: An insulator for a stator assembly includes at least a first insulator adapted to be mounted to the stator core and structured to insulate the stator core from the coils. The at least one insulator includes structure to perform at least one additional function. For example, the structure may include a support member to support and/or locate the PCBA on the stator core, a wire guide to guide cross-over wires that form a connection between coils, and/or positioning structure to precisely position the PCBA with respect to the coils.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2013
    Publication date: October 3, 2013
    Applicant: ResMed Motor Technologies Inc.
    Inventors: David B. SEARS, Michael Bruce MOIR, Peter Jeffrey THOMAS
  • Patent number: 8546992
    Abstract: The present invention provides an improved insulation structure for winding of motor stator, which is an improved design of structure for providing effective insulation for stator winding and improving winding volume. A stator piece that is arranged inside a motor body forms arrayed holes for wire winding. The holes receive insulation plates that are configured to correspond to the shape of the holes to be fit therein. Opposite ends of the stator piece receive end rings to fix and assemble thereto. End tabs formed at edges of the insulation plates are arranged to fit into and cover edge surface of a winding slot of each of the holes to realize complete coverage of the insulation for stator winding thereby ensuing operation safety when the motor is activated and put into operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2013
    Assignee: Headline Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kuo-Shu Hsu, Chih-Yung Li, Chin-Hui Lin
  • Patent number: 8541921
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a stator for a motor having a stator core having an annular back yoke and teeth protruded annularly in a radial direction from the back yoke, a plurality of coils adapted to be wound on the teeth, and an insulator adapted to cover the stator core and the coils for insulation and having supporting ends formed sequentially to have different heights so as to support the plurality of coils thereon, thereby preventing the plurality of coils from being in contact with one another and locking projections formed at both sides or one side of the supporting ends so as to prevent the coils from escaping from the supporting ends, wherein each of the supporting ends has a stepped groove formed at a position spaced apart by a predetermined distance from the locking projections so as to allow the nozzle of the coil winding machine to be accessed thereto, and a total of the depth of the stepped groove and the height of each of the locking projections is larger than the radius of the nozzle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2013
    Assignee: New Motech Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jeong Cheol Jang, Ji Min Lee
  • Patent number: 8541924
    Abstract: An insulator assembly for a stator assembly of an electric machine includes an annular ring attached to a stator core, and a plurality of coil separators supported by the annular ring and extending from the annular ring axially along a longitudinal axis. One of the coil separators is disposed between each adjacent pair of the coils to prevent contact between adjacent coils having a different electrical phase. The coil separators are slideably inserted between the adjacent pairs of coils, with the annular ring positioning and supporting the coil separators.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2013
    Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLC
    Inventors: Ryan Van Tiem, Edward L. Kaiser, John C. Morgante, Paul F. Turnbull, Michael C. Muir
  • Patent number: 8541923
    Abstract: An electric motor may include an outer rotor and an inner rotor, with a stator, which carries the excitation coils, formed as a hollow cylinder and engaging in the pot-shaped outer rotor and being connected to the housing or to a part of the electric motor fixedly connected to the housing, and where the electric motor may further include a water cooling and an air cooling system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2013
    Assignee: CPM Compact Power Motors GmbH
    Inventors: Heinz Leiber, Thomas Leiber
  • Patent number: 8531076
    Abstract: A stator for an electric motor includes first and second rows of conductors arranged concentrically around an axis inside a steel core. Each conductor includes a linking end. The stator also includes a first dielectric shim ring arranged between the two rows of conductors. Each conductor of the first row is bent in either a clockwise or a counter-clockwise direction relative to the axis and each conductor of the second row is bent in the opposite direction. The linking end of each conductor of the first row is attached to the linking end of an adjacent conductor of the second row after the conductors are bent. The first shim ring separates the first and second rows of conductors when the conductors are being bent, and is also at least partially disposed between the first and second rows of conductors when the linking ends are being attached.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2013
    Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLC
    Inventors: Sara A. Stabenow, Stephen R. Smith, Edward Panozzo, David F. Titmuss
  • Publication number: 20130221770
    Abstract: An armature includes an insulator mounted on a tooth portion around which a conducting wire is wound. A pair of a first member and a second member, which are combined so as to abut each other, is provided. The first member includes a first end wall which covers an upper side end in the axial direction of the tooth portion and a pair of first side walls which partially cover both side portions of the tooth portion. A first overlap portion is provided on a tip portion of the first side wall. A plurality of ribs extending so as to be parallel or substantially parallel to the winding direction of the conducting wire is disposed on an outer surface of the first overlap portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2011
    Publication date: August 29, 2013
    Applicant: NIDEC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Tomoyoshi Yokogawa
  • Patent number: 8513851
    Abstract: An insulator for a motor includes an annular section, a plurality of tooth sections and a plurality of connecting sections. The tooth sections extend radially inward of an inner circumferential surface of the annular section and are circumferentially arranged about the annular section. The connecting sections connect an inner circumferential surface of an annular section to ends of the tooth sections. Each connecting section includes a circumferential planar portion extending circumferentially from the end of a corresponding one of the tooth sections, and a radial planar portion extending radially from the end of the corresponding one of the tooth sections. Preferably, a stator includes a pair of the insulators, a motor includes the stator, and a compressor includes the motor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2013
    Assignee: Daikin Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Satoshi Tsukamoto, Yasukazu Nabetani
  • Publication number: 20130207506
    Abstract: An insulated structure of shield type motor coil includes an iron core having a multiplicity of bobbins, at least a plastic shell having a multiplicity of insulators and is pressed against the iron core, a multiplicity of enamel-covered coils and each of the insulators is one-to-one correspondent to and pressed against the bobbin, a multiplicity of enamel-covered coils each of them is correspondent to and wound around the bobbin and the multiplicity of enamel-covered coils has a first connecting lead and a second connecting lead extended there from, a wire fastener secured in the plastic shell for holding the first connecting lead and the second connecting lead, a protecting jacket connected to the plastic shell and having a containing space for containing the multiplicity of enamel-covered coils, as well as a supporting frame for coating the protecting jacket and having a multiplicity of supporting posts thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2012
    Publication date: August 15, 2013
    Inventor: Fang-Fu CHANG
  • Publication number: 20130207492
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention provide an electric machine module including a housing. The housing can include a machine cavity. In some embodiments, an electric machine can be at least partially positioned within the machine cavity and can include a stator assembly. The stator assembly includes a stator core with slots. In some embodiments, conductors can be positioned in the slots. The conductors include a turn portion extending between leg portions. The leg portions include an angled portion and a connection portion. The conductors are disposed within the plurality of slots so that the angled and connection portions extend from the stator core at a first axial side. At least one insulation member can be disposed over at least some of the leg portions so that the connection portions are at least partially uncovered.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2012
    Publication date: August 15, 2013
    Inventors: Bradley D. Chamberlin, Colin J. Hamer, Ted Garcia, Eric Babb, Chad Zook, Tom Merrill, Tom Beaty
  • Publication number: 20130200742
    Abstract: A stator includes: plural core configuration sections each including plural yoke configuration sections that configure a ring shaped yoke and are segmented in a yoke circumferential direction and plural teeth sections that project from the respective yoke configuration sections along a yoke radial direction, with the plural yoke configuration sections and the plural teeth sections integrated together; plural coil wires that are wound onto the respective teeth sections to configure plural winding portions; and plural insulators that each include plural insulator portions that are integrated to each of the respective core configuration sections and insulate between the teeth sections and the winding portions, and a connection portion that connects together the plural insulator portions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2013
    Publication date: August 8, 2013
    Applicant: ASMO CO., LTD.
    Inventor: ASMO CO., LTD.
  • Publication number: 20130193800
    Abstract: An insulator of an armature includes an upper resin member and a lower resin member. Each of the upper and lower resin members includes decreased thickness portions. Axial positions of the decreased thickness portions of the upper and lower resin members are arranged to overlap at least partially with each other. Each of the upper and lower resin members further includes a rib arranged to project from a corresponding one of the decreased thickness portions. The rib improves the strength of the corresponding decreased thickness portion and reduces the likelihood that any of the decreased thickness portions of the upper and lower resin members will be damaged when the two members are fitted to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2012
    Publication date: August 1, 2013
    Applicant: NIDEC CORPORATION
    Inventor: NIDEC CORPORATION
  • Patent number: 8497618
    Abstract: A stator for a rotary electrical machine, includes a stator core in a cylinder shape and having plural magnetic pole teeth, which are arranged in a circumferential direction of the stator while keeping a distance therebetween and each of which protrudes in a radial direction of the stator core, a coil configured with a conductive wire wound around each of the magnetic pole teeth, an insulating bobbin provided between the coil and the corresponding magnetic pole tooth, and an electric power supply portion arranged axially outwardly of the stator core, electrically connecting the coil with an outside of the stator, and including an outgoing wire, which corresponds to a portion of at least one of a winding start and a winding end of the conductive wire being extended by a predetermined length, and an isolating member having a groove portion for accommodating and guiding the corresponding outgoing wire.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2013
    Assignee: Aisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Isao Kato
  • Patent number: 8497617
    Abstract: A stator includes a stator core, a plurality of slots, and a conductor. The plurality of slots are formed within the stator core. The conductor is disposed continuously within at least two of the plurality of openings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2013
    Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLC
    Inventors: Dang Dinh Dang, Rolf Blissenbach, David Schauer, John Wattleworth, Michael Milani, Erik Hatch
  • Publication number: 20130187513
    Abstract: A core segment sub-assembly has a first holding groove, which holds a start part of a coil wire of a three-phase winding, and a second holding groove, which holds an end part of the coil wire of the three-phase winding, at positions on an axial end surface of an annular covering part and shifted in a circumferential direction relative to a tooth covering part, on which the winding is provided. The first holding groove and the second holding groove sandwiches the tooth covering part and are separated more from each other as extending in a radially outward direction. The positions and the directions of the first holding groove and the second holding grooves are matched to the paths of the coil wire wound by a flyer type winding machine. The stator can thus be made suited to a winding process by the flyer type winding machine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2013
    Publication date: July 25, 2013
    Applicant: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventor: DENSO CORPORATION
  • Patent number: 8492953
    Abstract: A small PMDC motor has a wound salient pole armature. The armature 22 has a winding guide 38 disposed within each winding tunnel 36 formed between adjacent salient poles of the armature. The winding guide 38 is arranged to separate the radially inner portion of the respective winding tunnel whereby windings 30 wound about the adjacent salient poles of the armature are restrained from entering into the opposite radially inner portion of the winding tunnel 36.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2013
    Assignee: Johnson Electric S.A.
    Inventors: James Ching Sik Lau, Duncan Yiu Lung Wong, Chi Hang Ngai
  • Publication number: 20130181556
    Abstract: A bobbin for supporting a winding on electric motor stator laminations includes a first flange member and a second flange member substantially parallel to the first flange member. A winding hub includes an inner hub portion coupled to the first flange member and a flared portion connecting the inner hub portion to the second flange member such that a winding span defined between the first flange member and the flared portion tapers from the second flange member to the inner hub portion. An inner surface of the winding hub defines a bobbin aperture for receiving stator laminations of the motor. A rib member is coupled to the inner surface and extends into the aperture for engaging the laminations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2013
    Publication date: July 18, 2013
    Applicant: Regal Beloit America, Inc.
    Inventor: Regal Beloit America, Inc.
  • Patent number: 8487498
    Abstract: An electric machine includes a stator disposed about an axis in register with the rotor. The stator has a plurality of slots parallel to the axis. A plurality of windings with generally rectangular cross sections is provided with each winding having a first portion disposed radially inward of a second portion relative to the axis. At least two of the plurality of windings are at least partially inserted into each of the plurality of slots. The plurality of generally rectangular windings in each of the plurality of slots is configured to reduce resistive loss within the stator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2013
    Assignee: Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation
    Inventors: Dhaval Patel, Derek R. Hochstetler, Gordon W. Friske
  • Patent number: 8487501
    Abstract: An object of the invention is to provide an armature of an electric motor that provides a maximum of space for winding without causing an increase of the magnetic resistance and reduction of the coil space factor. The armature of the electric motor includes a stator yoke 5 of a stator core 1 wherein a plurality of the stator cores 1 forms a substantially annular shape; and a film insulator 4 formed corresponding to a tooth 6 and a stator yoke 5 of the tooth 6, shoes 2b and 3b being provided at locations corresponding to both side ends of a front portion of a protrusion 6a of the tooth 6, the film insulator 4 being fittingly fixed to grooves 2c and 3c by its being sandwiched between a connection-side insulator 2 and an opposite-side-of-connection insulator 3, the insulators 2 and 3 having grooves 2c and 3c at roots of the shoes 2b and 3b, respectively, along both side ends 6b of the front portion of the tooth 6.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2013
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Keiichiro Oka, Hiroyuki Akita, Toshio Arai
  • Patent number: 8487500
    Abstract: A component of an electric machine 46, the component comprising a core 10; two or more teeth 14 extending radially therefrom; at least one electromagnetic winding 12, each winding 12 around at least one of the teeth 14; wherein the core 10 having a cooling arrangement including at least one cooling insert 48 located between adjacent windings 12 and whereby in use a cooling fluid being arranged to flow through the at least one cooling insert 48 to facilitate heat transfer and dissipation from the electromagnetic windings 12. The cooling inserts providing improved cooling, structural support to the windings, and electrical insulation between the windings and the core.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2013
    Assignee: Rolls-Royce PLC
    Inventors: John James Anthony Cullen, David James Powell
  • Patent number: 8482180
    Abstract: An inner rotor type brushless motor includes a stator. The stator is made of a plurality of stator sections. Each one of the stator sections has a plurality of core members, an insulator, and a winding wound on the core members via the insulator. The core member includes a yoke portion and a tooth portion. The insulator includes a ring portion to connect the core members. Since each stator section can provide sufficient distance and space between two core members on the same stator section, it is easy to wind the winding on the tooth portions. The stator sections can be assembled along an axial direction to form the stator. The yoke portions are circumferentially arranged to connect each other to form a magnetic path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2013
    Assignee: ASMO Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Akihiko Seki, Tetsuji Yoshikawa, Masato Kamimura
  • Publication number: 20130162098
    Abstract: A motor part of a fuel pump is a brushless motor having a stator and a rotor. The stator has a core, a coil set and an insulator, which holds the core and the coil set in an insulated manner. The coil set has a plurality of coils wound about a tooth part and a plurality of crossing wires connecting the coils. The insulator is formed by stacking central ring parts of a plurality of stator units in an axial direction. At least one of crossing wire holder parts is formed of a combination of guide projections, which are formed on the different central ring parts. The length of the brushless motor in the axial direction can thus be shortened.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2012
    Publication date: June 27, 2013
    Applicant: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventor: DENSO CORPORATION
  • Patent number: 8471429
    Abstract: A stator assembly includes a stator stack and a plurality of conductors extending from the stator stack. An isolator/assembly ring is located on the stator stack. The isolator/assembly ring includes a plurality of inwardly protruding fingers. A method of assembling the stator assembly includes threading the plurality of conductors through the stator stack such that each of the plurality of fingers on the isolator/assembly ring is located between respective ones of the plurality of conductors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2013
    Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLC
    Inventors: Edward L. Kaiser, Frederick W. Rhoads, Richard Robertson
  • Publication number: 20130154433
    Abstract: There is provided a stator that can suppress degradation in insulating performance and electrical strength performance, shorten a work time, and improve winding efficiency and heat radiation. The stator 1 includes a yoke part 20 formed to be annular, a plurality of tooth parts 30 protruding from the yoke part 20 in an inward direction perpendicular to an axial direction O of a rotor when the rotor is arranged in the yoke part 20, and protecting members 40 each of which is attached to both end surfaces of the tooth part 30 in the axial direction O to protect a corner of the tooth part 30. The protecting members 40 have a length in a slot 38 between the tooth parts 30 shorter than a half of an entire length of the tooth part 30 in the axial direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2012
    Publication date: June 20, 2013
    Applicant: SANYO DENKI CO., LTD.
    Inventor: SANYO DENKI CO., LTD.
  • Publication number: 20130154432
    Abstract: A stator of a rotating electric machine includes a circular stator lamination stack having stator teeth projecting radially therefrom and distributed over the circumference and axial slots formed between the teeth. The stator carries a winding of an insulated conductor which is designed for the application of a maximum electric voltage in the low-voltage range up to about 1 kV. The winding is constructed as concentric winding in the form of individual tooth coils, and voltage insulating material is provided inside the slots between the teeth and the winding. To reduce the electric field strength in manufacture-induced voids of the varnish-impregnated or resin-impregnated stator, the voltage insulating material comprises an areally shaped layer of a high-resistance conductive material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2012
    Publication date: June 20, 2013
    Applicant: ZF Friedrichshafen AG
    Inventor: ZF Friedrichshafen AG
  • Patent number: 8466594
    Abstract: A motor stator includes a body member having multiple wire-winding grooves that is formed of a stack of silicon steel plates and defines axially a middle section and two end sections, the wire-dinging grooves in the end sections being greater than in the middle section, two wire racks each having foot tubes respectively inserted into the end sections of the body member in the wire-winding grooves beyond the middle section, the foot tubes having an inner diameter not less than the part of the wire-winding grooves corresponding to the middle section, and insulation sheets having a length greater than the height of the middle section of the body member and being respectively set in the wire-winding grooves and the corresponding foot tubes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2013
    Assignee: Lidashi Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yung-Yu Lin
  • Publication number: 20130147307
    Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide a dry mica tape, and an electrically insulated coil using the same, and a electrical rotating machine using the same, with reduced amount of VOC (Volatile Organic Compound) generated during manufacturing thereof, while both of excellent impregnation property and excellent heat resistance are achieved. The dry mica tape, and the electrically insulated coil using the same, and the electrical rotating machine using the same, the dry mica tape including mica, a substrate, an adhesive which glues the mica and the substrate together, in which the adhesive includes unsaturated polyester compound which has a reactive double bond.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2012
    Publication date: June 13, 2013
    Inventor: Hitachi, Ltd.
  • Publication number: 20130147306
    Abstract: A spacer for supporting conductors in a stator assembly of an electric machine includes a plurality of positioning elements cooperating with various conductors in the specials region of the winding arrangement. The spacer illustratively includes an insulating body formed of an electrically non-conductive material and including surfaces facing axially inwardly for contacting short conductors and crossover pockets for receiving crossover conductors which electrically connect an inner winding set and an outer winding set. The spacer further illustratively includes phase lead pockets facing axially outwardly for receiving a terminal phase lead conductor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2011
    Publication date: June 13, 2013
    Applicant: Remy Technologies, L.L.C.
    Inventors: Richard E. Trammell, Arlen Phillip Suter, Steve Burton
  • Patent number: 8461740
    Abstract: A rotary electric machine comprises a rotor rotatable within a stator assembly, the stator assembly comprising a stator body defining a plurality of stator slots accommodating electrical conductors, a slot liner being provided within each slot to provide electrical insulation between the stator body and the electrical conductors, wherein each slot liner protrudes from an end of the stator slot and carries an armor element to protect the slot liner and associated conductors from erosion while permitting efficient cooling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2013
    Assignee: Goodrich Control Systems
    Inventor: Stephen Mark Hearn
  • Publication number: 20130140935
    Abstract: Electrically insulating material so foldable as to form a slot liner and an interphase insulator combination so configured as to be inserted in the slots of the stator or the rotor of an electric machine to prevent coils from being in contact with the slot walls and to prevent separate coils inserted in the same slot to be in direct contact with one another is described herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2010
    Publication date: June 6, 2013
    Inventor: Martin Houle
  • Publication number: 20130140926
    Abstract: A mounting cap is provided for use with an insulated stator of an outer rotor motor. The mounting cap is configured to support the stator and is fixed to the stator to prevent relative rotation therebetween. The mounting cap includes mounting structure configured to fix the mounting cap to the machine, such that the stator is fixed to and supported on the machine by the mounting cap. Furthermore, the mounting cap is configured to facilitate routing of wiring associated with the stator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2011
    Publication date: June 6, 2013
    Applicant: NIDEC MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Daniel E. Bailey, L. Ranney Dohogne, Daniel E. Hilton, Philip S. Johnson
  • Publication number: 20130140936
    Abstract: A motor stator includes a body member having multiple wire-winding grooves that is formed of a stack of silicon steel plates and defines axially a middle section and two end sections, the wire-dinging grooves in the end sections being greater than in the middle section, two wire racks each having foot tubes respectively inserted into the end sections of the body member in the wire-winding grooves beyond the middle section, the foot tubes having an inner diameter not less than the part of the wire-winding grooves corresponding to the middle section, and insulation sheets having a length greater than the height of the middle section of the body member and being respectively set in the wire-winding grooves and the corresponding foot tubes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2012
    Publication date: June 6, 2013
    Inventor: Yung-Yu LIN