Having A Particular Binding Or Supporting Means Patents (Class 310/216.113)
  • Publication number: 20130300250
    Abstract: An electrical device including a housing having an inner surface, a lamination assembly and at least one pin extending from an inner surface of the housing. The lamination assembly has at least one slot therein. The lamination assembly is clocked to a position so that the at least one pin coacts with the at least one slot to rotationally orient the lamination assembly. The at least one pin additionally acts to constrain the lamination assembly from axial removal from the housing thereby rotationally and axially limiting movement of the lamination assembly to a predetermined range of movement within the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2012
    Publication date: November 14, 2013
    Inventors: Kyle K. McKinzie, Galen R. Love
  • Patent number: 8569919
    Abstract: A generator motor includes a flange, stationary-side members, rotor-side members, and latching members. The flange is removably mounted on a first end side in an axial direction. The stationary-side members are fixed on a second end side that is on an opposite side from the first end side in the axial direction. The rotor-side members are configured to move toward the first end side in the axial direction with respect to the stationary-side members in a state in which the flange has been removed. The latching members are configured to restrict relative movement of the flange in the axial direction with respect to the rotor-side members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2013
    Assignee: Komatsu Ltd.
    Inventors: Yukihiko Sugimoto, Teiichirou Chiba, Takashi Kikuchi
  • Patent number: 8562313
    Abstract: A pump assembly with an electric motor includes a stator having an iron core (16) and windings arranged thereon and being arranged in a stator housing surrounding the electric motor to the outside. The stator housing (6) is formed as a cast component, into which the iron core (16) is cast, and the windings have been deposited on the iron core (16) after the casting of the iron core (16) into the stator housing (6).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2013
    Assignee: Grundfos Management a/s
    Inventors: Lars Kannegaard Andersen, Steen Mikkelsen, Brian Lundsted Poulsen
  • Patent number: 8552612
    Abstract: A stator core 10 and its manufacturing method, the stator core 10 including laminated stator core sheets 17, each of the stator core sheets 17 punched out from a magnetic metal sheet 32, a central portion of the magnetic metal sheet 32 previously punched out to form a rotor core sheet 36, the stator core 10 including a thin section 24 formed in a magnetic pole piece 19 of each of the stator core sheets 17, the thin section 24 formed by pressing both sides of the magnetic pole piece 19 in a thickness direction and radially-inwardly elongating the magnetic pole piece 19. The present invention prevents the magnetic pole piece 19 from being curved and improves interlocking accuracies and dimensional accuracies in blanking the rotor core sheet 36 and the start core sheet 17 from one magnetic metal sheet 32.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2013
    Assignee: Mitsui High-Tec, Inc.
    Inventors: Akihiro Hashimoto, Yusuke Hasuo
  • Patent number: 8552613
    Abstract: A stator arrangement of an electric machine, particularly a generator in a wind turbine is provided. The stator arrangement is radially surrounded by a rotatably mounted rotor arrangement. During normal operation the stator arrangement is non-rotatably connected to a stationary part of the generator. The stator arrangement may be released from the non-rotatable connection to the stationary part of the generator so as to be revolved relative to the stationary part of the generator. A method for positioning such a stator arrangement is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2013
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Henrik Stiesdal
  • Publication number: 20130207509
    Abstract: Provided is an electric compressor (1), which drives, in a cylindrical housing (2), a compressor (4) using an electric motor (3) disposed in the housing (2). The electric compressor is characterized in that the electric motor (3) is formed with a stator (7), which is fixed to the housing (2), and which generates a magnetic force when a current is carried, and a rotor (9), which is rotatably disposed inside of the stator (7), and which rotates with the magnetic force generated by the stator (7). The electric compressor is also characterized in that the stator (7) is press-fitted in a cylindrical body (6) composed of a material having a linear expansion coefficient close to that of the stator (7), and that the cylindrical body (6) is partially press-fitted at a plurality of areas in the inner wall (10) of the housing (2).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2011
    Publication date: August 15, 2013
    Inventors: Hirotada Shimaguchi, Toshikatsu Miyaji, Tatsuya Osaki
  • Publication number: 20130187517
    Abstract: An electric power steering device includes a first housing 6 and a second housing 7, which are respectively provided at both end portions in an axial direction of a stator 2 of the motor 1, for sandwiching the stator 2; and a movement suppressing means 22 that prevents the sandwiched stator 2 from moving in a circumference direction of the stator 2 with respect to the first housing 6 and the second housing 7; wherein at least one of the first housing 6 and the second housing 7 is fitted to a portion of the stator 2, and the movement suppressing means 22 is provided at the portion for fitting.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2012
    Publication date: July 25, 2013
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshihito ASAO, Akihiko MORI
  • Publication number: 20130181571
    Abstract: An improved structure for electrical machines generally comprises a plurality of stator modules, a supporting member, and at least one outer rotor. The stator modules are interconnected to form a stator core and define a total of seventy-two slots. The supporting member is fixedly mounted with the stator modules at a circumference thereof. The outer rotor is provided with a plurality of magnetic members for magnetically interaction with the stator modules. Thereby, the stator core thereof can be fabricated in a modularized way, so that the disadvantage of having to cut out a large central part of a stator core, as in conventional structures, can be overcome; moreover, the stator core thereof can cooperate with a rotor that employs iron-oxides magnets, to achieve a high power output and to increase the good rate of product.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2012
    Publication date: July 18, 2013
    Inventor: HSIU-MEI CHANG
  • Publication number: 20130154397
    Abstract: A high efficiency magnetic core electrical machine includes magnet and coil assemblies that may be axially stacked to form modules. The magnet sub-assemblies include magnet locators on which multiple permanent magnets are arranged, and the coil sub-assembly includes a pair of bobbin holders supporting multiple bobbins and magnetic cores that extend through the bobbins and through openings in the bobbin holders to form magnetic poles that face the permanent magnets. The permanent magnets and magnetic poles may be arranged in various zero-cogging configurations, including one in which the permanent magnets on opposite sides of the coil assembly are skewed relative to each other to cause cogging force cancellation. In addition, a power matching circuit may be used to optimize the output power of the electrical machine to rotor speed when the electrical machine is used as a generator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2011
    Publication date: June 20, 2013
    Inventor: John T. SULLIVAN
  • 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
  • Patent number: 8456057
    Abstract: A laminated stator core 10, formed by laminating stator core sheets 17, each of the stator core sheets 17 punched out from a magnetic metal sheet 32 so as to have a common axis with a rotor core sheet 36 which punched out from the magnetic metal sheet 32 before the stator core sheet 17 is punched out; the stator core sheet 17 including a thin section 24 in a magnetic pole shaft piece 20; the thin section 24 formed by pressing a part or a whole of a magnetic pole shaft piece 20 in a thickness direction, and elongating the same in a radially inward direction; and further the thin section 24 having a thickness within 50-95% of that of the magnetic metal sheet 32 and a radial length within 30-100% of that of the magnetic pole shaft piece 20. This enables a magnetic pole piece 19 to be elongated to form the thin section 24 without adverse effect on magnetic characteristics thereof, and improves caulking accuracy and dimensional accuracy for blanking both of the core sheets 17, 36 from one magnetic metal sheet 32.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2013
    Assignee: Mitsui High-Tec, Inc.
    Inventors: Yusuke Hasuo, Kazunori Ouchi
  • Publication number: 20130136636
    Abstract: A brushless motor includes a rotor and a stator. The stator includes a first core and a second core opposing the first core, between which the rotor is disposed. Each of the first core and the second core includes U-phase teeth, V-phase teeth, and V-phase teeth, each of which is extending parallel to one another and having a tip end opposing the rotor. A tooth located at one end of the first core and a tooth located at another end of the second core are connected to one another by a first nonmagnetic member, and a tooth located at another end of the first core and a tooth located at one end of the second core are connected to one another by a second nonmagnetic member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2012
    Publication date: May 30, 2013
    Applicant: AISAN KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: AISAN KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
  • Publication number: 20130134827
    Abstract: Teeth coupling portions of a ring-shaped teeth member are demagnetized by supplying a nonmagnetic element to the teeth coupling portions while melting the teeth coupling portion by application of heat. Then, an inner peripheral portion of the ring-shaped teeth member is pressed radially outward. Therefore, it is possible to plastically deform the teeth coupling portions easily, so that the ring-shaped teeth member and a ring-shaped yoke member are easily fitted together. Accordingly, there is provided a method for manufacturing a stator for a motor, in which the amount of leakage flux is reduced and which has favorable magnetic characteristics.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2012
    Publication date: May 30, 2013
    Applicant: JTEKT Corporation
    Inventor: JTEKT Corporation
  • Publication number: 20130106252
    Abstract: A stator fixing structure includes a case to which a detector stator having an annular outer peripheral surface is fixed; at least two knock pins protruded from seat portions of the case; and a detector stator that has an annular outer peripheral surface and that is fixed to the case while the circumferential and radial positions of the detector stator are defined as the outer peripheral surface of the detector stator contacts the knock pins at a plurality locations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2012
    Publication date: May 2, 2013
    Inventor: Eiji Yanagida
  • Publication number: 20130099623
    Abstract: A disk rotating motor is provided with: a bearing that rotatably supports a shaft on an outer-diameter side of the shaft; and a stator core that is fixed to an outer peripheral surface of the bearing. The stator core includes first and second plates laminated in an extension direction of the shaft. The first plate includes: a laminate laminated on the second plate in the extension direction of the shaft; and a bend bent from the laminate toward the second plate on an inner-diameter side of the laminate, the bend being in contact with the outer peripheral surface of the bearing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2012
    Publication date: April 25, 2013
    Applicants: MINEBEA MOTOR MANUFACTURING CORPORATION, MINEBEA CO., LTD.
    Inventors: MINEBEA CO., LTD., MINEBEA MOTOR MANUFACTURING CORPORATION
  • Publication number: 20130093285
    Abstract: An electric machine system includes a rotor core, a stator core disposed about the rotor core, an electric machine housing coupled to the stator core, a holding-cylinder disposed between the electric machine housing and the stator core, a first flange coupled to the electric machine housing at a first end of the holding-cylinder and a second flange coupled to the electric machine housing at an opposite end of the holding-cylinder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2011
    Publication date: April 18, 2013
    Applicant: HAMILTON SUNDSTRAND CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mark F. Franzen, Johannes W. Picard, Kris H. Campbell
  • Publication number: 20130089442
    Abstract: A fan motor set locating structure includes a base seat and a motor set. The base seat has a bearing cup. At least one locating notch is formed on a top section of the bearing cup. A bearing is disposed in the bearing cup. The motor set includes an insulation support. One side of the insulation support is formed with a sleeve. The sleeve is capped on the bearing cup. The sleeve has at least one protrusion section protruding from the sleeve to the bearing cup corresponding to the locating notch. The protrusion section is engaged in the locating notch in abutment with the bearing. Accordingly, the motor set can be quickly fixedly assembled with the bearing cup to fix the bearing. Therefore, the number of the components is decreased and the assembling process is speeded.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2011
    Publication date: April 11, 2013
    Inventors: Yen-Chin Lu, Chun-Hao Huang, Chun-Liang Ho
  • Publication number: 20130033132
    Abstract: An end cap mounted on the stator clement is provided with the same cut-out as arranged on the stator segment so that both parts can be secured on a retainer system for winding processing. The end cap are arranged to retain insulating materials.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2010
    Publication date: February 7, 2013
    Applicant: CONTROL TECHNIQUES DYNAMICS LIMITED
    Inventors: Sujitha Jayasoma, Andrew Parsons
  • Publication number: 20130033148
    Abstract: An electric machine has a housing with an inner circumference; a stator which is inserted into the housing so that an outer circumference of the stator is located opposite the inner circumference of the housing, a clearance fit being formed between the inner circumference of the housing and the outer circumference of the stator; at least one fastening element, each fastening element connects the stator to the housing by positive engagement so that the stator is held at the housing so as to be fixed with respect to rotation relative to it; and a rotor which is rotatably mounted in the housing in a radial direction of the electric machine inwardly of the stator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2010
    Publication date: February 7, 2013
    Applicant: MAN Diesel & Turbo SE
    Inventors: Marcel Vetter, Claude Stalder, Roger Suter, George Kleynhans
  • Publication number: 20130033147
    Abstract: There is provided a stator assembly for a motor including: a base for a motor fabricated with a steel sheet; a core installation part installed on the base for a motor; and a stator core fixed to the core installation part, wherein the core installation part includes a guide portion guiding an insertion of the stator core and a mounting portion on which the stator core is mounted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2011
    Publication date: February 7, 2013
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Tae Young Choi
  • Patent number: 8350440
    Abstract: An integrated stator flange assembly is disclosed. In one embodiment, the integrated stator flange assembly may have an outer surface and include: a stator flange; and a flux shield bonded directly to the stator flange, the flux shield forming a portion of the outer surface of the integrated stator flange assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2013
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Subrahmanyam Thangirala, Norman John Suguitan
  • Publication number: 20130002058
    Abstract: Due largely to their high torque-to-current and torque-to-volume ratios, permanent magnet (PM) motors and generators are increasingly being used in a wide range of high performance applications, such as industrial drives, robotics, computer peripherals, and automotive applications. The present invention utilizes stator modularity to enable cost efficiency by significantly decreasing stator core manufacturing costs, and coil forming and fixturing costs in several ways. Minimizing costs extend to a novel, lightweight, support structure that does not require the usual encasement structure. The approach presents a challenge to mitigating cogging torque via popular methods; therefore a novel anti-cogging approach was developed that is a natural outgrowth of the modular layout instead of being negatively impacted by. The result is a low cost PM machine design and method with low cogging torque.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2012
    Publication date: January 3, 2013
    Inventor: Devon R. McIntosh
  • Publication number: 20120306311
    Abstract: Provided is a stator that can reduce iron loss and ensure a fastening force for stator core segments. The stator of a generally hollow cylindrical shape includes a plurality of stator core segments arranged adjacent to one another in a circumferential direction of the stator and each having an outer surface on the outer side in a radial direction of the stator, and the same number of curved members as the stator core segments, the curved members extending in the circumferential direction, and each having a projecting portion curved to project toward the outer surface, contacting the outer surface and pressing the outer surface inward in the radial direction of the stator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2010
    Publication date: December 6, 2012
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Endo, Masao Okumura
  • Publication number: 20120306312
    Abstract: An external cylindrical ring for use in this rotating electric machine includes a body portion and a flange, the body portion including a fastening region making internal contact with an outer circumferential surface of a stator core to be fastened to the outer circumferential surface of the stator core, and a skirt region located at a bottom surface side of a casing and having an inner diameter larger than an inner diameter of the fastening region. When the external cylindrical ring is fastened to the stator core, the deformation of the skirt region of the external cylindrical ring can be suppressed, thus enabling the dimensional accuracy of an outer surface of a cylindrical skirt region of the external cylindrical ring to fall within tolerance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2010
    Publication date: December 6, 2012
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Endo, Koji Nakamura
  • Publication number: 20120293038
    Abstract: A rotor disk for an electric motor including a shaft hole for receiving a shaft of the electric motor, a set of positioning holes around the shaft hole, each configured to receive a positioning pin. The shaft hole and the set of positioning holes are positioned in the rotor disk such that when the rotor disk is set to a rotated position with respect to another similar rotor disk, and the shaft and the positioning pins are penetrated to the respective holes of the two rotor disks, the disks cause a pressing force to the shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2012
    Publication date: November 22, 2012
    Applicant: ABB Oy
    Inventors: Jouni IKÄHEIMO, Jere KOLEHMAINEN
  • Publication number: 20120286622
    Abstract: There is provided a spindle motor including: a base member including a sleeve housing having a sleeve inserted thereinto and mounted therein; a stator core mounted in the sleeve housing; and support parts improving horizontality of the stator core when the stator core is mounted in the sleeve housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2011
    Publication date: November 15, 2012
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sang Won Kim, Yong Sik Kim, Dong Hyun Lee
  • Patent number: 8310122
    Abstract: A rotating machine has a stator and a permanent magnet rotor that is more easily made, lower cost, and lighter by virtue of a plurality of permanent magnet assemblies mounted on a rotor body. Each magnet assembly includes two facing core plate stacks supporting a permanent magnet between them. Each core plate stack is made from a plurality of core plates of substantially identical size and shape and with on or more holes in substantially the same location to form respective bores in the stack. A tie rod is formed in each bore and retains the plates in a stack via bevels in the holes of the end plates. Preferably, the tie rods also apply compressive force as a result of placing the stacked plates in an injection mold, injecting plastic into the mold to fill each bore with plastic, and allowing the plastic to cure. As the plastic cures, it shrinks so that the tie rods pull the end plates together. To enhance the pressure, the stacked plates can be compressed before and during the injection process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2012
    Assignee: Wilic S.A.R.L.
    Inventors: Otto Pabst, Franco Gadrino
  • Publication number: 20120263612
    Abstract: Disclosed are a single rotor-type axial gap motor with low magnetic loss and high output, and a pump device using the axial gap motor. A first contact surface (231) is provided on the lateral surface in one circumferential direction of a yoke strip (23), and a second contact surface (232) is provided on the lateral surface in the other circumferential direction of the yoke strip (23), wherein the first contact surface (231) and the second contact surface (232) are aligned with each other. Defining As1 and As2 as the surface areas (As) of the first and second contact surfaces (231, 232), and Ap1 and Ap2 as the projected surface areas (Ap) of the lateral surfaces of the aforementioned yoke strip seen from the circumferential direction, it holds that As>Ap.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2010
    Publication date: October 18, 2012
    Applicant: FUJITSU GENERAL LIMITED
    Inventors: Hirokazu Matsuzaki, Ken Maeyama, Motoaki Fujimoto, Tomonori Kojima
  • Patent number: 8288915
    Abstract: A through bolt is provided for a magnetic core of a generator stator, which is insertable in a bore provided in the stator core lamination for maintaining the tightness of the core components. The through bolt includes at least two longitudinal through bolt elements which are interconnected via at least one connecting element. Further, a method for assembling a separable through bolt for a magnetic core lamination of a generator stator is described. Thus the drawbacks of the prior art are avoided and an improved solution for replacement of the through bolts located under the level of the floor foundation is provided. Further, no special tooling or lifting of the frame are required which makes such replacement easy and cost efficient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2012
    Assignee: Alstom Technology Ltd.
    Inventors: Benoit Dollé, Stéphane Fendeleur, Hubert Lotz
  • Patent number: 8288914
    Abstract: A electric motor has a stator and a rotor. The stator comprises a housing and a plurality of magnets fixed to an inner surface of said housing by a frame member. The magnets are embedded in the frame member. A plurality of first grooves are formed in an outside peripheral surface of the frame member, each of said first grooves extending axially from one axial surface of said frame member and having a axial length smaller than the axial height of said frame member. The housing has a plurality of first anchors formed on its inner surface, each of the first anchors engaging with a corresponding one of the first grooves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2012
    Assignee: Johnson Electric S.A.
    Inventors: Rui Feng Qin, Xin Hui Guan, Yi Jing
  • Patent number: 8274191
    Abstract: A stator arrangement of an electric machine, generator, and wind turbine includes a plurality of stator segments forming substantially the stator of the electric machine in a cylindric form around a radially centered shaft. The stator arrangement is radially surrounded by a rotatably mounted rotor arrangement. The stator segments are radially mounted on an outer surface of a support structure. The support structure is fixed via rigid connections to the shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2012
    Assignee: Siemens Akteingesellschaft
    Inventor: Henrik Stiesdal
  • Patent number: 8264097
    Abstract: A wind turbine generator includes: a main shaft; a generator having a rotor and a stator; and a sleeve coupled to the rotor and inserted onto the main shaft. The stator includes: stator magnetic poles arrayed circumferentially of the main shaft; and first and second stator plates rotatably coupled to the main shaft to support the stator magnetic poles. The rotor includes: rotor magnetic poles and at least one magnetic pole supporting structure coupled to the main shaft to support the rotor magnetic poles and provided between the first and second stator plates such that the rotor and stator magnetic poles are detachable from the sleeve. Positions at which the rotor and stator magnetic poles are detachable from the sleeve are closer to the main shaft from a closer end of the main shaft to the generator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2012
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
    Inventor: Tomohiro Numajiri
  • Patent number: 8264118
    Abstract: A motor assembly includes a flexible base mount having an axial tube, a rigid outer mounting shell member inserted into and retained to the axial tube by retaining and retained members disposed therebetween, a stator winding subassembly surrounding the outer mounting shell member and supported by resting on a surrounding ledge of the axial tube, a plug member engaging in a socket cavity of the outer mounting shell member, a flexible inner mounting shell member inserted into the outer mounting shell member, a rotating shaft of a rotor subassembly received in the inner mounting shell member and rotatably born by an antifriction bearing, and an upper positioning ring resting on the bearing. Leakage of lubricant and deformation of the inner mounting shell member can be prevented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2012
    Assignee: NS Micro Motor Technology Corp.
    Inventor: Yin-Rong Hong
  • Publication number: 20120153749
    Abstract: A motor for an electric vehicle includes a frame, a stator disposed in the frame, a rotor disposed to be rotatable with respect to the stator; and an engaging portion that restricts the stator from moving with respect to the frame in a circumferential direction, the engaging portion including at least one rib protruding from one of the surfaces of the frame and the stator, and at least one rib accommodation portion formed at other of the surfaces of the frame and the stator, wherein the at least one rib and the at least one accommodation portion are engaged to allow heat to be transferred therebetween. Under this configuration, a cooling performance may be improved and durability may be enhanced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2011
    Publication date: June 21, 2012
    Inventors: Kwangwook Chun, Jaeho Kim, Yunho Kim, Seungdo Han, Jiseong Park
  • Publication number: 20120133233
    Abstract: An arrangement for attaching a permanent magnet to the rotor of an electrical machine and such a rotor are provided. The rotor is assembled of sheets and includes at least two magnetic poles and a magnetic core. Permanent magnets are installable on a surface of the magnetic core, and a pole piece assembled of sheets is installable on a side of the permanent magnet that faces an air gap. At least one channel passing through the pole piece is built in the pole piece and magnetic core. A tightening strip is installable in the channel. The tightening strip is attachable to the pole piece using locking parts, and an end of the tightening strip facing the magnetic core includes fixing parts for attaching the tightening strip to the magnetic core.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2011
    Publication date: May 31, 2012
    Applicant: ABB OY
    Inventors: Ari VARTIAINEN, Petri Mäki-Ontto, Pekka Kanninen
  • Patent number: 8174162
    Abstract: Disclosed is a washing machine which includes a tub which holds laundry, a drum which is disposed in and rotates within the tub, a stator which is fixed to the tub, and a rotor which is fixed to the drum. The rotor includes a frame, a bushing installed on the frame, a motor shaft having an end which is inserted in and fixed to the bushing, a bearing interposed between the motor shaft and the tub, and at least one guide disposed between the motor shaft and the bushing at an end of the bushing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2012
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Cha Seung Jun, Byoung Wook Min
  • Publication number: 20120086303
    Abstract: A reinforcement structure for a disc motor being received in the flat space formed at a side of a wheel center for driving the wheel to rotate as it can be activated to perform a rotation movement by the interactions of an electromagnetic field formed from its stators and a magnetic field resulting from its rotator, comprises: a rib structure, arranged inside a shell housing the disc-like stator for enhancing the structure integrity thereof without causing the thickness thereof to increase and thus maximizing the usefulness of the motor's limited space; and a fixing element, for fixing the stators to the inner side of the motor's outer shell for preventing the stators to be deformed by the magnetic force from the permanent magnets mounted on the rotors while preventing the stators from being attracted by the permanent magnets of the rotors, and thus enabling the motor to operate smoothly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2010
    Publication date: April 12, 2012
    Applicant: Industrial Technology Research Institute
    Inventors: SHIH-HSIN HSU, Shih-Hsiang Chien, Chou-Zong Wu, Yee-Pien Yang
  • Publication number: 20120074798
    Abstract: Electromagnetic rotary machines, such as electrical power generators and electric motors, that have one or more active portions modularized into a set of modules. Each of the modules is secured to a support frame via a sliding-interlock system that allows that module to be slidingly engaged with the support frame. In some embodiments, each module can include an integrated coolant conduit that carries a coolant to cool the active portion during operation. The modules can each be self-contained in the respect that essentially all that needs to be done to form the active portion and corresponding portion of the cooling system is to install the modules and make any remaining electrical and coolant conduit connections.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2011
    Publication date: March 29, 2012
    Applicant: NORTHERN POWER SYSTEMS, INC.
    Inventors: Garrett L. Bywaters, Trevor H. Cole, Jonathan A. Lynch, Jeffrey K. Petter
  • Patent number: 8143761
    Abstract: A motor assembly includes a flexible base mount having an integrally formed axial tube, support ledges disposed on the axial tube to axially support a stator disposed on the axial tube to be firmly engaged with the stator for further ensuring immobility, a flexible mounting shell member axially insertable into the axial tube and having a receptacle cap at a lower end thereof, retaining and retained members disposed between the mounting shell member and the axial tube to guard relative movement therebetween, and an antifriction bearing disposed in the mounting shell member to bear a revolving shaft of a rotor. All the constituted components can be standardized and modularized. With such simple construction, the motor assembly can be easily assembled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2012
    Assignee: NS Micro Motor Technology Corp.
    Inventor: Yin-Rong Hong
  • Patent number: 8143760
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a miniature electrical drive (1), in particular a rotating field drive with permanent magnet excitation, having a stator (2) and a soft-magnetic return path element (6) which cylindrically surrounds the stator (2) and has a multiplicity of sheet-metal laminates (22) which are in the form of annular disks and are arranged in layers to form a cylindrical laminated core (20). The sheet-metal laminates (22) in the laminated core (20) are held prestressed exclusively with a force fit and in an interlocking manner in the axial and radial directions, and without adhesive or integral joint means such as this, in a supporting sleeve (24) which coaxially surrounds said sheet-metal laminates (22).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2012
    Assignee: Dr. Fritz Faulhaber GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Kornelius Reutter, Jürgen Teufel
  • Patent number: 8143759
    Abstract: A stator core for a generator includes a multiple of core laminations along an axis, each of the multiple of core laminations define at least one leg which extends in a radial direction from the axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2012
    Assignee: Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation
    Inventors: Edward C. Allen, Andrew P. Grosskopf, Brady A. Manogue, Eric A. Brust
  • Patent number: 8115362
    Abstract: An alternator can reduce the size of welding equipment and shorten the time of welding operation while ensuring high performance and high quality with the generation of electromagnetic noise being suppressed. The alternator includes a rotor having N poles and S poles alternately formed along a circumferential direction thereof, a stator core arranged so as to surround the rotor and having a plurality of axially extending slots formed at a predetermined pitch in the circumferential direction thereof, and a stator having a stator winding fitted into the slots. The stator core is formed by deforming by bending a hexahedral element iron core composed of iron core blocks with their adjacent ends being in abutment with each other and fusion bonded by welding. The weld portions of the blocks have a depth fusion extending at least up to a tensile region where a tensile stress of the stator core is generated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2012
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Shogo Okamoto, Kensaku Kuroki, Tetsuya Amasaki, Shoichiro Nishitani
  • Patent number: 8110959
    Abstract: A method for producing a core and a method for producing an electrical machine. Said core has a body of soft magnetic material having a plurality of teeth and at least one magnetic flux cross section area enlarging element being made from a composite of a soft magnetic powder and a binder, said magnetic flux area enlarging element being arranged onto a tooth of said body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2012
    Assignee: Höganäs AB
    Inventors: Lars Hultman, Göran Nord, Mats Alaküla
  • Patent number: 8089175
    Abstract: The invention concerns a direct drive or directly driven generator for a wind turbine comprising a stator having at least one stator element for power generation and a rotor pivotable around a centre axis of the generator having at least one rotor element for power generation, the generator having an air gap between the stator element and rotor element, wherein the stator comprises a front and a rear ring-shaped supporting element and stator segments being attached to the front and rear ring-shaped supporting elements of the stator, wherein junctions between the front and rear ring-shaped supporting elements of the stator and stator segments are located substantially at a radius in relation to the centre axis of the generator which is smaller than the radius of the air gap between the stator element and rotor element. Furthermore the invention concerns a wind turbine comprising such a direct drive generator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2012
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Henrik Stiesdal
  • Publication number: 20110309713
    Abstract: A spindle motor is provided, the motor including a bearing assembly including a bearing housing that further includes a housing body and a plurality of staircase sills formed at a periphery of the bearing housing, and a bearing disposed inside the bearing housing; a stator including a core that further includes core pieces formed with through holes at which each of the staircase sills is hitched, and a coil wound on the core; a rotation shaft inserted into a rotation shaft hole of the bearing; and a rotor including a yoke coupled to the rotation shaft and a magnet secured at an inner lateral surface of the yoke to face the core.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2011
    Publication date: December 22, 2011
    Applicant: LG Innotek Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Heechul Jung
  • Publication number: 20110272950
    Abstract: A generator, a stator segment and a wind turbine are provided. The generator has a rotor and a stator. The stator includes stator segments attached to a circular holding structure. A stator segment has at least one first connection element being in engagement with at least one second connection element of the holding structure. The engagement is detachable in an axial direction and not detachable in a radial and a circumferential direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2011
    Publication date: November 10, 2011
    Inventor: Henrik Stiesdal
  • Patent number: 8035273
    Abstract: A rotor for an electric machine having a number of poles includes a shaft that extends along a portion of an axis and defines an outer surface. A first core portion is formed as a single inseparable component and includes a first portion that extends from the outer surface to a first outside diameter to define a first thickness, and a second portion spaced axially from the first portion that includes a reduced back portion that extends from an inside diameter to the first outside diameter to define a second thickness that is less than the first thickness. A second core portion is connected to the first core portion and includes a second outside diameter that is substantially the same as the first outside diameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2011
    Assignee: A.O. Smith Corporation
    Inventors: Dan M. Ionel, Stephen J. Dellinger, Robert J. Heideman, Alan E. Lesak
  • Publication number: 20110241452
    Abstract: A motor assembly includes a flexible base mount having an integrally formed axial tube, support ledges disposed on the axial tube to axially support a stator disposed on the axial tube to be firmly engaged with the stator for further ensuring immobility, a flexible mounting shell member axially insertable into the axial tube and having a receptacle cap at a lower end thereof, retaining and retained members disposed between the mounting shell member and the axial tube to guard relative movement therebetween, and an antifriction bearing disposed in the mounting shell member to bear a revolving shaft of a rotor. All the constituted components can be standardized and modularized. With such simple construction, the motor assembly can be easily assembled.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2010
    Publication date: October 6, 2011
    Inventor: Yin-Rong HONG
  • Publication number: 20110233938
    Abstract: A stator arrangement for an electromechanical transducer is provided. The stator arrangement includes a base structure, a coil holder, a coil mounted at the coil holder; and a flexible element connecting the base structure to the coil holder flexibly relative to each other. Further, an electromechanical transducer is provided that includes the above-mentioned stator arrangement and a rotor arrangement rotatable relative to the base structure around an axial direction. Still, further, a wind turbine is provided that includes the above-mentioned electromechanical transducer as a generator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2011
    Publication date: September 29, 2011
    Inventor: Henrik Stiesdal
  • Publication number: 20110221298
    Abstract: Electrical output generating devices and driven electrical devices having tape wound core laminate rotor or stator elements. The tape wound core portions enhance magnetic flux and may be shaped and cut to receive magnet and/or flux conducting portions in corresponding stator or rotor portions of devices. The devices can include cooling features integral with the stator and/or rotor portions and superconducting elements. The tape wound core portions can be contained in housings and/or be impregnated with adhesive or other bonding so as to maintain shape and to protect the tape wound core portions during operation of the device. In some variations, the housings can include features for simplifying the adhesive/bonding process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2011
    Publication date: September 15, 2011
    Applicant: MOTOR EXCELLENCE, LLC
    Inventors: David Gregory Calley, Thomas Janecek