Having Diverse Shapes To Accommodate Coil Contour Patents (Class 310/216.019)
  • Patent number: 11863017
    Abstract: A laminated core includes a plurality of electrical steel sheets stacked on each other, and an adhesion part provided between electrical steel sheets adjacent to each other in a stacking direction and configured to adhere the electrical steel sheets to each other, wherein the adhesion part partially adheres the electrical steel sheets adjacent to each other in the stacking direction, and the adhesion parts adjacent to each other in the stacking direction have different arrangement regions in a plan view seen in the stacking direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masahito Kamikawabata, Ryu Hirayama, Kazutoshi Takeda
  • Patent number: 11784546
    Abstract: There are presented various embodiments disclosed in this application, including methods and systems of arranging permanent magnets to switch from a first configuration designed for a first torque output to a second configuration designed for a second torque output.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: Linear Labs, Inc.
    Inventor: Fred E. Hunstable
  • Patent number: 11159076
    Abstract: There are presented various embodiments disclosed in this application, including methods and systems of arranging permanent magnets to switch from a first configuration designed for a first torque output to a second configuration designed for a second torque output.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: Linear Labs, Inc.
    Inventor: Fred E. Hunstable
  • Patent number: 9203270
    Abstract: A stator is provided. The stator includes a yoke part of an annular shape, tooth winding portions that protrude inward from the yoke part and around which an electric wire is wound, and a tooth end portion formed on an inward side of the tooth winding portion. The stator is formed by stacking steel plates in a direction corresponding to a rotational axis of a motor. The tooth winding portion is formed by stacking the steel plates having different shapes such that at an end portion in the stacking direction, thickness of the tooth winding portions gradually decrease toward the end portion in the stacking direction, and the yoke part and the tooth end portion include protruding portions formed by stacking the steel plates, such that the protruding portions protrude from the tooth winding portion in the stacking direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2015
    Assignee: Sanyo Denki Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kouji Nakatake, Masaaki Ohashi, Zhang Hong
  • Patent number: 8866362
    Abstract: An electrical machine stator is disclosed that includes a stack of laminations configured to be assembled together so as to define at least one stator tooth. The stack of laminations may include a plurality of nesting laminations and a plurality of shim laminations. Each nesting lamination may include a first edge section, a second edge section and a middle section extending between the first and second edge sections. At least one of the first edge section and the second edge section of each nesting lamination may be configured to be engaged against at least one of the first edge section and the second edge section of an adjacent nesting lamination when the stack of laminations is assembled together. Additionally, at least one shim lamination may be disposed between each pair of adjacent nesting laminations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2014
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Bharat Bagepalli, Robert Michael Zirin, Randy Scott Longtin
  • Patent number: 8258668
    Abstract: A stator in which coil conductors of three phases are disposed in a plurality of slots provided in a stator core, wherein the coil conductors are formed by connecting a plurality of slot conductor portions disposed in the slot, a plurality of coil end conductor portions extending in a circumferential direction of the stator core on an outer side of an axial end surface of the stator core, and a plurality of upstanding conductor portions, each of which connects the coil end conductor portion and the slot conductor portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2012
    Assignee: Aisin AW Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Toru Kuroyanagi
  • Patent number: 7969058
    Abstract: Permanent magnet motors with improved torque ripple and methods for designing the same have been provided. The permanent magnet motor can include a stator having a hollow core and defining a plurality of slots; a winding disposed in each of the slots; a rotor rotatably disposed inside the hollow core of the stator; and a plurality of permanent magnets supported by the rotor. Each of the slots has a slot opening, and at least one of the slot openings can be off-center with respect to the respective slot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2011
    Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLC
    Inventors: Khwaja M. Rahman, Peter J. Savagian, Matthew D. Laba
  • Patent number: 7755244
    Abstract: A stator of an electrical machine operable as a motor or a generator, applicable to a radial-axial type machine. The stator includes a plurality of stator segments disposed circumferentially about an axis. Each segment has a generally wedge shaped core and a winding wound around the core. The winding is bent to have portions that are disposed on multiple planes. The core includes an elongated wedge tip portions aligned parallel to the axis and an outer radial face opposite to the tip portion. The multiple planes include at least one plane substantially normal to the axis and at least one plane tangential to the radial face.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2010
    Assignee: UQM Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Josh Ley, Victor Chieduko, Jeff Frazzini, Kevin Lewis, Philip Caffery