Secured By Axially Extending Bar Patents (Class 310/216.129)
  • Patent number: 11362551
    Abstract: A stator core for an electric motor may include a main body part formed by a plurality of stacked electromagnetic steel sheets, the main body part being provided with at least a first through hole extending axially with a first pin located in the first through hole. A first end cover is located at a first end of the main body part and connected to a first pin end of the first pin. A second end cover is located at a second end of the main body part and connected to a second pin end of the first pin. The connections of the first end cover and the second end cover to the first pin generate tensile stresses in the main body part to reduce core losses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Chuan Deng, Yigang Yuan, Guohua Du, Xusheng Zhang, Joy Gong
  • Patent number: 10923970
    Abstract: A brushless winding field type rotary electric machine between a starting device and a stationary case, having a stator held in the case and internally equipped with an AC coil generating a rotating magnetic field by an AC current; a field core held in the case and internally equipped with a field coil excited by a DC current; a rotor disposed around the starting device outer periphery and rotatable with respect to the stator and the field coil; a first air gap formed between the stator and the rotor, delivering a magnetic flux between the two; a second air gap formed between the field core and the rotor, delivering a magnetic flux between the two. The second air gap has an inclined section inclined with respect to a rotation shaft axial direction so that the rotor radially outer portion is positioned on the radially outer side than the field core.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignee: EXEDY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hitoshi Katsura, Taichi Kitamura, Kimitaka Uemura
  • Patent number: 10389190
    Abstract: The electric machine comprises a rotor, a stator surrounding the rotor and a support structure. The stator has a longitudinal center axis and is supported on the support structure with support elements. The stator comprises a cylindrical stator core having a laminated structure and slots for a stator winding and a stator frame surrounding the stator core. The stator frame comprises two opposite end constructions and at least one frame plate located between the end constructions. A support element is located between each end construction and the adjacent frame plate and between adjacent frame plates. The support element is made of cast iron and attached to the end constructions, the frame plate and the support structure with fastening means based on a compression joint, whereby the stator frame becomes attached to the support structure via the support elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignee: ABB Schweiz AG
    Inventors: Joonas Helander, Moritz Grün, Ari Vartiainen
  • Patent number: 10110087
    Abstract: Electric machine comprises a rotor and a stator surrounding the rotor. The stator comprises a cylindrical stator core having a laminated structure and slots for a stator winding and a stator frame surrounding the stator core. The stator core is attached with fastening brackets by means of fastening means based on a compression joint to the stator frame. The stator frame comprises two opposite end constructions and a frame plate located between the end constructions. Back beams extending in the axial direction of the stator are attached to an outer surface of the stator core. Each fastening bracket comprises two perpendicular branches, a first branch attached to the stator frame plate and a second branch attached to the back beam by fastening means based on a compression joint. The fastening means passes through openings in each branch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2018
    Assignee: ABB Schweiz AG
    Inventors: Joonas Helander, Moritz Grün, Ari Vartiainen, Risto Pulkkinen
  • Patent number: 10033232
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to a method for manufacturing a laminate used for manufacturing a laminated core including a circumferential yoke part and a plurality of magnetic pole parts radially extending from the yoke part. This method includes: feeding a metal sheet drawn from a roll thereof to a progressive die; stamping out a plurality of workpieces from the metal sheet in the progressive die, wherein each of the workpiece comprises a temporarily-interlocking portion between adjacent magnetic pole portions; and stacking the workpieces to integrate these workpieces together by the temporarily-interlocking portion to obtain the laminate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignees: Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Mitsui High-tec, Inc.
    Inventors: Yukio Matsunaga, Hisatomo Ishimatsu, Yusuke Hasuo, Masahiro Izumi, Manabu Yazaki
  • Patent number: 9531224
    Abstract: A generator including a frame (56); first and second frame rings (13) extending radially inwardly from an inside surface of the frame (56); a core (54) within the frame (56); key bars (100) spaced apart circumferentially and extending axially spanning a distance between the first and second frame rings (75A and 75B), the key bars coupled to the core; laminated spring bars (60) spaced apart circumferentially and extending axially to span a distance between the first and second frame rings, a first spring bar end (112) supported by the first frame ring (75A), a second opposing spring bar end (111) supported by the second frame ring (75B), each spring bar coupled to a key bar; wherein the laminated spring bar further includes spring bar subcomponents (60A and 60B) and couplers (98/99) for coupling the spring bar subcomponents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2016
    Assignee: SIEMENS ENERGY, INC.
    Inventors: Paul F. Hugh Sam, Manish P. Dhekane
  • Patent number: 9366243
    Abstract: A stator core includes an insertion hole that has an opening in an outer peripheral surface of the stator core and a bent portion in the stator core. A cluster block includes an insertion piece, which is inserted into the insertion hole via the cornered portion. The cluster block is attached to the stator core by engaging the insertion piece with the insertion hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2016
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI
    Inventors: Tetsuya Yamada, Yoshikazu Fukutani, Shingo Enami, Ken Suitou, Hiroshi Fukasaku, Minoru Mera, Taku Adaniya
  • Publication number: 20150137655
    Abstract: A rotor securing arrangement for directly or indirectly securing a rotor to a shaft. The rotor has at least one through hole along a axial direction of the rotor. A second hole diameter of the at least one through hole at either or both of axial ends of the rotor is greater than a first hole diameter of the at least one through hole at a portion other than the axial ends of the rotor. The rotor securing arrangement includes a first securing member corresponding to the first hole diameter of the at least one through hole, and a second securing member corresponding to the second hole diameter of the at least one through hole. The first securing member is configured to directly or indirectly secure the rotor to the shaft with at least a portion of the second securing member between the first securing member and the rotor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2014
    Publication date: May 21, 2015
    Inventors: Takeo MAEKAWA, Shin KUSASE, Keiji KONDOU
  • Publication number: 20140306574
    Abstract: A generator stator core through-bolt tensioning device that automatically tightens the nut on the through-bolts that hold together and compress laminate plates of the stator core in a high voltage generator. A controller receives a signal from a measuring device, such as a fiber Bragg grating that measures the strain on the bolt, and based on that signal determines whether the nut needs to be tightened. If the controller determines that tightening is necessary, it will cause the tensioning device to automatically tighten the nut while the generator is in service, and use the measuring device to provide feedback of the tensioning of the through-bolt to know when to stop the device from tightening the nut.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2013
    Publication date: October 16, 2014
    Inventors: Michael Twerdochlib, Edward David Thompson, Evangelos V. Diatzikis
  • Patent number: 8829760
    Abstract: A support system for a dynamoelectric machine is disclosed. In one embodiment, the support system includes: a mounting pad having a first face and a second face, the second face including a pair of slots; a pair of spring bars welded or brazed to the mounting pad at the pair of slots; a collar welded or brazed to the first face of the mounting pad; and a key bar between and affixed to the pair of spring bars.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2014
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Anand Shankar Tanavde, William Hunter Boardman, IV, Christopher Michael Dahlberg, David Norwood Dorsey, David Raju Yamarthi
  • Patent number: 8754565
    Abstract: The stator is formed by a pack (10) of stacked magnetic laminations (12), each of which has a central opening (14) and a plurality of peripheral holes (18), in such a way that the overlapping of identically shaped holes (18) in the laminations (12) defines respective passages through the pack (10). The faces of the laminations (12) are substantially flat and retaining means are associated with the holes (18) in an end lamination (12a) of the pack (10), these means protruding into the openings of the respective holes (18) in the end lamination (12a) without interfering with the other laminations (12) of the pack (10).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2014
    Assignee: Embraco Europe S.r.l.
    Inventors: Mauro Feroleto, Michele Marino
  • Publication number: 20140103776
    Abstract: A stator is provided. The stator includes a plurality of laminations comprising a first lamination, a second lamination and a plurality of intermediate laminations located between the first lamination and the second lamination. The stator includes a plurality of windings coupled to the plurality of laminations and a key coupled to the plurality of laminations. The key includes a first tab coupled to the first lamination; a second tab coupled to the second lamination; and a portion located between the first and second tabs and coupled to the intermediate laminations, wherein said first tab is configured to move from a first position that is coplanar to said portion to a second position that is orthogonal to the axis of rotation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2012
    Publication date: April 17, 2014
    Inventor: Bryan J. Stout
  • Patent number: 8643246
    Abstract: The present invention comprises a stator core module, stator core assembly and process for assembling a stator core assembly to replace existing stator cores in electric power generators. First and second stator core modules are aligned such that one end of a fastener assembly in the second stator core module is nested in a counter-bore of the first stator core module and one end of a fastener assembly in the first stator core is nested in a counter-bore of the second stator core module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2014
    Assignee: Siemens Energy, Inc.
    Inventors: David T. Allen, Victor A. Siegel, Jr.
  • Publication number: 20130313835
    Abstract: The invention relates to an electrical generator comprising a stator which has windings lying in grooves formed by metal sheets and which has a predetermined diameter and a predetermined depth. The metal sheets form a laminated core which is penetrated by threaded bolts, the front and rear end of the laminated core being mounted on a ring of the stator. According to the invention, an additional mounting point for the laminated core is formed on the stator ring, said mounting point being located approximately in the center of the stator ring.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2011
    Publication date: November 28, 2013
    Applicant: WOBBEN PROPERTIES GMBH
    Inventor: Wilko Gudewer
  • Patent number: 8471430
    Abstract: An electric motor includes a stator and a rotor rotatably installed in the stator. The stator has a stator core and windings. The stator core has a yoke and a plurality of teeth extending inwardly from the yoke. The stator includes two end caps disposed at opposite axial ends thereof and a plurality of locking members securing the end caps to the stator core. The windings are wound on the respective teeth, and the locking members extend between the end caps through gaps formed between adjacent teeth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2013
    Assignee: Johnson Electric S.A.
    Inventors: James Ching Sik Lau, Xiao Jun Yang, Chun Kei Yu
  • Publication number: 20130140939
    Abstract: A rotor of an electric motor comprises a rotor core composed of laminated steel plates and having pin holes; a pair of end plates having insertion holes of a diameter being greater than or equal to the diameter of the pin holes of the rotor core and arranged on opposite sides of the rotor core; and fastening members inserted into the pin holes of the rotor core, fitted in the insertion holes of the pair of end plates, and pressed by staking at opposite end portions thereof, wherein each fastening member has a body portion, main radially-expanded portions continued from the body portion and being larger in diameter than the insertion holes of the end plates, and protrusions continued from the main radially-expanded portions and protruding from the main radially-expanded portions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2011
    Publication date: June 6, 2013
    Applicant: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takashi Asaga, Toshiya Sugiyama
  • Patent number: 8362672
    Abstract: An electric machine having a stator body and a machine housing is provided. The stator body includes a stator ring of generally annular shape and a plurality of stator teeth projecting radially inward. A first bolt hole is defined in either the stator ring or machine housing, and a first receptacle is defined in the other and is coaxial with the first bolt hole. A second bolt hole is defined in either the stator ring or machine housing, and a second receptacle is defined in the other and is coaxial with the second bolt hole. A first counter bore is coaxial with the first receptacle. A first hollow dowel is mated to the first counter bore and the first bolt hole, and defines a first dowel hole, which is coaxial with the first counter bore and the first bolt hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2013
    Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLC
    Inventors: Edward L. Kaiser, Peter Bostwick, Kent A. Miller, John A. Diemer
  • Publication number: 20130002087
    Abstract: The present invention comprises a stator core module, stator core assembly and process for assembling a stator core assembly to replace existing stator cores in electric power generators. First and second stator core modules are aligned such that one end of a fastener assembly in the second stator core module is nested in a counter-bore of the first stator core module and one end of a fastener assembly in the first stator core is nested in a counter-bore of the second stator core module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2011
    Publication date: January 3, 2013
    Inventors: David T. Allen, Victor A. Siegel, JR.
  • Patent number: 8330319
    Abstract: A permanent magnet-less and brushless synchronous system includes a stator that generates a magnetic rotating field when sourced by polyphase alternating currents. An uncluttered rotor is positioned within the magnetic rotating field and is spaced apart from the stator. An excitation core is spaced apart from the stator and the uncluttered rotor and magnetically couples the uncluttered rotor. The brushless excitation source generates a magnet torque by inducing magnetic poles near an outer peripheral surface of the uncluttered rotor, and the stator currents also generate a reluctance torque by a reaction of the difference between the direct and quadrature magnetic paths of the uncluttered rotor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2012
    Assignee: UT Batelle, LLC
    Inventor: John S. Hsu
  • 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: 8274192
    Abstract: An electric machine and a stator assembly include a segmented stator having stator portions. Each stator portion includes end plates arranged axially on opposing sides of the stator portion, support plates arranged interior to the end plates, stator laminations arranged between the support plates, and stabilizing elements coupling the end plates and the support plates together. Each of the stabilizing elements has a dovetail portion coupled to the end plates and to the support plates. Connectors are provided to connect the stator portions of the segmented stator together.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2012
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Murtuza Lokhandwalla, Kiruba Sivasubramaniam Haran, Robert Michael Zirin, Richard Nils Dawson, Mark John DeBlock, Randy Scott Longtin
  • Patent number: 8258680
    Abstract: Solutions for reducing key bar rattle in dynamoelectric machines are disclosed. In one embodiment an apparatus includes: a plurality of key bars operably coupling a stator core to a stator wrapper in which the stator core is at least partially contained; a cable surrounding the plurality of key bars; and at least one anchor device connecting a portion of the cable to the stator wrapper to produce a compressive load on at least one of the plurality of key bars by tightening the cable around the plurality of key bars.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2012
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Anand S. Tanavde, Gregg T. Blackburn, David R. Yamarthi
  • Patent number: 8192180
    Abstract: A heat dissipating fan includes a housing having an air inlet and an air outlet between which an air passageway is formed. A fixed seat is provided in the air passageway and includes first positioning holes. A magnetically conductive first casing includes a first outer wall, a first annular lip extending radially outward from an end of the first outer wall and having second positioning holes aligned with the first positioning holes, and a first support on the other end of the first outer wall. A second casing includes a second outer wall, a second annular lip extending radially outward from an end of the second outer wall and having third positioning holes aligned with the first positioning holes, and a second support on the other end of the second outer wall. Fasteners extend through the first, second and third positioning holes. A motor is mounted in the first and second casings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2012
    Assignee: Sunonwealth Electric Machine Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Alex Horng, Tso-Kuo Yin
  • Patent number: 8188631
    Abstract: A rotor for an electrical machine includes a first shaft part and a second shaft part, which is arranged separately from the first shaft part. A first supporting element is connected in a manner fixed against rotation to the first shaft part, and a second supporting element is connected in a manner fixed against rotation to the second shaft part. The rotor has a yoke which connects the first supporting element to the second supporting element and includes a plurality of laminates arranged one behind the other, and which has cutouts extending in the direction of the axis of rotation in the interior of the yoke, and permanent magnets arranged in the cutouts. The yoke has holes extending in the direction of the axis of rotation, with tensioning pins extending through the holes in the yoke to brace the laminates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2012
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Christoph Balzer, Karsten Brach, Christian Meyer, Andre Schlawitz, Ingo Schüring
  • Patent number: 8179028
    Abstract: The keybar that is attached to the frame of a dynamoelectric machine is broken into a bald keybar with mini-dovetails attached to it. The bald keybar is identical to the bolt portion of a conventional keybar. The mini-dovetail is a trapezoidal or U-shaped strip with insulated slanted arms. The core packet is inserted loosely over an array of mini-dovetails. Devices such as wedges, threaded rods flex the slanted arm and press them against the slot faces of the core packet, thereby locking the core packet to the frame. Insulation on the slanted arms prevents large eddy currents due to shorted laminations, increasing the machine efficiency. Preventing large eddy currents also eliminates hot spots which could otherwise cause a core failure. Locking the core packets also prevents rattling of laminations. The locking method also distributes the torque forces evenly around the periphery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2012
    Inventor: Dantam K. Rao
  • Publication number: 20120112601
    Abstract: A rotating electrical machine includes a rotor configured to rotate about an axis. The rotor includes a rotor lamination stack having a plurality of sheets pressed into a composite assembly in an axial direction and being radially divided into an inner mechanical part and an outer electrical part. A rotor winding is disposed in the electrical part of the rotor lamination stack. A stator is concentrically surrounding the rotor. A plurality of shear bolts is disposed in the mechanical part and configured to reach through the rotor lamination stack. A plurality of further bolts is disposed in the electrical part, the plurality of shear bolts and a plurality of further bolts being configured to press the plurality of sheets in the axial direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2011
    Publication date: May 10, 2012
    Applicant: ALSTOM HYDRO FRANCE
    Inventors: Alexander SCHWERY, Serdar CIFYILDIZ, Hanspeter WALSER, Ricardo OKAI
  • Patent number: 8169111
    Abstract: A brushless motor has a stator, a rotor rotatably disposed in an inner circumferential portion of the stator, and a resolver configured to detect a rotational position of the rotor with respect to the stator. The resolver has a resolver stator disposed at a fixed circumferential position with respect to the stator, and a resolver rotor disposed at a fixed circumferential position with respect to the rotor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2012
    Assignee: Showa Corporation
    Inventor: Hideo Yoshimura
  • Patent number: 8154168
    Abstract: A fixing enhancement mechanism for large iron core, including an iron core and two end rings. The iron core is composed of several arc-shaped bodies, which are successively connected in an annular form with their curvature centers coinciding with each other. The end rings are coaxially fixedly connected to two axial ends of the iron core respectively to keep the iron core in the annular form. The fixing reinforcement mechanism further includes an enhancement section having several rod-shaped enhancement members. The enhancement members are bridged between the two end rings in abutment with outer arc surfaces of the arc-shaped bodies. According to the fixing enhancement mechanism, the components for fixing the large iron core are simplified and the fixing performance is enhanced to keep the motor operating stably.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2012
    Assignee: Hiwin Mikrosystem Corp.
    Inventor: Ming-Hung Hsieh
  • Patent number: 8138654
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a system includes a stator mounting kit that includes multiple radial adjustment shims having different thicknesses from one another. The stator mounting kit also includes multiple stator alignment adapters having different circumferential alignments between a keybar mount and a spring bar mount. The stator mounting kit is configured to enable radial and circumferential alignment between each spring bar and respective keybar in a stator framework via selection of one of the stator alignment adapters and selection of one or more of the radial adjustment shims.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2012
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventor: William Hunter Boardman, IV
  • Patent number: 8120227
    Abstract: A rotor of a rotary electric machine comprising a rotor shaft, a stack of laminations, which is coaxial to the rotor shaft and which comprises at least two radially-projecting poles, a field coil which is wound around each pole, such that the ends of the coil project out axially in relation to each external axial end radial face of the lamination stack and two plates for supporting the lamination stack, which are disposed axially on either side of the stack, housings being provided in the internal radial face of each plate for receiving the coil ends. At least one of the housings comprises a contact surface with the external radial face of the associated coil end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2012
    Assignee: Valeo Equipements Electriques Moteur
    Inventors: Virginie Leroy, Marc Tunzini
  • Publication number: 20110298331
    Abstract: An electric machine having a stator body and a machine housing is provided. The stator body includes a stator ring of generally annular shape and a plurality of stator teeth projecting radially inward. A first bolt hole is defined in either the stator ring or machine housing, and a first receptacle is defined in the other and is coaxial with the first bolt hole. A second bolt hole is defined in either the stator ring or machine housing, and a second receptacle is defined in the other and is coaxial with the second bolt hole. A first counter bore is coaxial with the first receptacle. A first hollow dowel is mated to the first counter bore and the first bolt hole, and defines a first dowel hole, which is coaxial with the first counter bore and the first bolt hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2010
    Publication date: December 8, 2011
    Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS, INC.
    Inventors: EDWARD L. KAISER, PETER BOSTWICK, KENT A. MILLER, JOHN A. DIEMER
  • Patent number: 8040014
    Abstract: A stator core suspension includes a frame for supporting a stator core; a keybar coupled to a stator core section of the stator core; and a spring bar coupled to the frame and coupled to the keybar so as to be substantially aligned radially outboard of the keybar. A spring bar used in the stator core suspension may also include a substantially uniform cross-section throughout a length thereof, which may also be rectangular or round in cross-section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2011
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: William Hunter Boardman, IV, Richard Nils Dawson, Nathaniel Philip Marshall, Anand Shankar Tanavde, David Raju Yamarthi
  • Patent number: 8040013
    Abstract: A submersible pumping system for use downhole, wherein the system includes a pump and a pump motor for driving the pump. The pump motor includes a housing with corresponding stator and rotor lamination stacks disposed within the housing. Also included with the pump motor is an anchoring system for axially securing the stator lamination stack within the motor housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2011
    Assignee: Baker Hughes Incorporated
    Inventor: Larry J. Parmeter
  • Publication number: 20110156526
    Abstract: An electric motor includes a stator and a rotor rotatably installed in the stator. The stator has a stator core and windings. The stator core has a yoke and a plurality of teeth extending inwardly from the yoke. The stator includes two end caps disposed at opposite axial ends thereof and a plurality of locking members securing the end caps to the stator core. The windings are wound on the respective teeth, and the locking members extend between the end caps through gaps formed between adjacent teeth.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2010
    Publication date: June 30, 2011
    Inventors: JAMES CHING SIK LAU, XIAO JUN YANG, CHUN KEI YU
  • Publication number: 20110121680
    Abstract: A stator core suspension includes a frame for supporting a stator core; a keybar coupled to a stator core section of the stator core; and a spring bar coupled to the frame and coupled to the keybar so as to be substantially aligned radially outboard of the keybar. A spring bar used in the stator core suspension may also include a substantially uniform cross-section throughout a length thereof, which may also be rectangular or round in cross-section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2009
    Publication date: May 26, 2011
    Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: William Hunter Boardman, IV, Richard Nils Dawson, Nathaniel Philip Marshall, Anand Shankar Tanavde, David Raju Yamarthi
  • Patent number: 7923891
    Abstract: A stator for an electric rotating machine has iron core fastening members on the outer circumferential surface of a stator iron core, spaced apart from one another in a circumferential direction and fastened to the iron core in an axial direction. Holding rings on the outer circumferential surface of the iron core, spaced apart from one another in the axial direction, press the iron core toward a center portion thereof via the iron core fastening members. Ring-shaped inner frame members protrude from the inner surface of a frame that encloses the iron core, and are spaced apart from one another in the axial direction. Elastic supporting members are fixed to the inner circumferential surfaces of the inner frame members that are adjacent to one another, and are fixed to the outer circumferential surfaces of the holding rings at the middle in the axial direction, or vice versa.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2011
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventor: Yoshihide Kikuichi
  • Patent number: 7923890
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a system includes a generator frame that includes a spring ring configured to mount removably between an outer annular support and a stator. The spring ring includes a first guide configured to circumferentially align the spring ring to the outer annular support, and a second guide configured to circumferentially align the spring ring to the stator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2011
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: William Hunter Boardman, IV, Richard Nils Dawson, Anand Shankar Tanavde
  • Publication number: 20110001320
    Abstract: Direct driven wind turbine includes a tower, a nacelle, a rotor blade, a radial flux generator with a stator and a rotor, wherein the lamination package of the generator is essential for the transfer of the torque in axial direction. By introducing this additional function to the lamination package, the generator can be provided without additional torque transferring housing. Preferably, the lamination package obtains this additional function by pressing together the laminations between the front plate and end plate by tensile bolts. This gives sufficient strength to transport the torque in axial direction through the laminations to the mounting points of the generator. Preferably, the laminations include cooling fins. Due to these measures the cooling of the generator improves and active cooling may become superfluous or the power can be increased. The housing of the laminations is an expensive, heavy and labour intensive part which is no longer required due to the invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2010
    Publication date: January 6, 2011
    Applicant: LAGERWEY WIND BV
    Inventors: Hendrik Lambertus LAGERWEIJ, André Heinz PUBANZ, Aart VAN DER POL, Albert WAAIJENBERG
  • Patent number: 7847444
    Abstract: An electric motor assembly in a vehicle powertrain is provided with a generally annular stator fit within an interior cavity of the powertrain defined by a housing. Roll pins are fit between the housing and the stator. The stator may have a plurality of first geometric features and the housing a plurality of second geometric features. The first geometric features are be configured to align with the second geometric features when the stator is fit within the cavity, with the roll pins fit between the housing and the stator at the aligned first and second geometric features. A method of assembling the electric motor assembly is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2010
    Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations, Inc.
    Inventors: Grantland I. Kingman, Alan G. Holmes
  • Patent number: 7821177
    Abstract: A laminated core includes a laminated body, clamping plates and holding members. The laminated body includes a plurality of amorphous alloy plates, which are stacked one after another in a stacking direction such that each adjacent two of the plurality of amorphous alloy plates directly contact with each other. The clamping plates contact opposed end surfaces, respectively, of the laminated body in the stacking direction. A thickness of each of the first and second clamping plates in the stacking direction is larger than that of each of the plurality of amorphous alloy plates. Each holding member contacts with the clamping plates and maintains a predetermined space between the clamping plates while the laminated body is clamped between the clamping plates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2010
    Assignee: Nippon Soken, Inc.
    Inventors: Sadahisa Onimaru, Hirofumi Kinjou, Daisuke Miyata, Katsuhiko Oka
  • Publication number: 20100244618
    Abstract: A stator for an electric rotating machine has iron core fastening members on the outer circumferential surface of a stator iron core, spaced apart from one another in a circumferential direction and fastened to the iron core in an axial direction. Holding rings on the outer circumferential surface of the iron core, spaced apart from one another in the axial direction, press the iron core toward a center portion thereof via the iron core fastening members. Ring-shaped inner frame members protrude from the inner surface of a frame that encloses the iron core, and are spaced apart from one another in the axial direction. Elastic supporting members are fixed to the inner circumferential surfaces of the inner frame members that are adjacent to one another, and are fixed to the outer circumferential surfaces of the holding rings at the middle in the axial direction, or vice versa.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2009
    Publication date: September 30, 2010
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventor: Yoshihide KIKUICHI
  • Publication number: 20100244619
    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: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2010
    Publication date: September 30, 2010
    Applicant: ALSTOM TECHNOLOGY LTD
    Inventors: Benoit DOLLÉ, Stéphane FENDELEUR, Hubert LOTZ
  • Patent number: 7714477
    Abstract: In a stator core support structure in a conventional rotating electric machine, it has been difficult to set the circumferential and radial stiffnesses with which elastic bars support a stator core, to appropriate values in view of a relationship between transmission of torque and vibration prevention. In order to solve the above problem, sectional shape of elastic support bars is formed as rectangular, elliptic, rhombic or the like, and accordingly, the ratio between circumferential and radial stiffness of the elastic support bars can be changed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2010
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hideaki Nagashima, Ryoichi Shiobara, Takahiko Sano, Hirohide Murayama
  • Publication number: 20100061868
    Abstract: A motor includes a rotor and a stator surrounding an outer circumferential side of the rotor. The rotor includes a rotor core, a plurality of magnets, a plurality of holes, a plurality of tightening members and a plurality of fluid passages. The rotor core has layered electromagnetic steel sheets with the magnets embedded in the rotor core along an axial direction and placed in a generally regular polygonal shape along a circumferential direction. The holes are formed axially through the rotor core. The holes are arranged radially inside vertices of the generally regular polygon shape formed by the magnets adjacent the vertices. The tightening members are inserted through at least parts of the holes to tighten the rotor core. The fluid passages are disposed between the holes of the rotor core and extend axially through the rotor core.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2008
    Publication date: March 11, 2010
    Applicant: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventor: Hiroaki Kojima
  • Publication number: 20090195116
    Abstract: The present invention discloses an improved motor stator structure, which comprises: a plurality of silicon steel plates, two rotor bearing blocks, and a plurality of pins. In the present invention, the pins are forced to pass through the through-holes of the silicon steel plates and then inserted into the buried holes to make the end faces of the pins closely contact the motor rotor bearing blocks. Thereby, the silicon steel plates and the rotor bearing blocks are concentrically assembled together. As all the pins has an identical length and closely contact the rotor bearing blocks, the rotor bearing blocks are parallel to each other and vertical to the stacking direction of the silicon steel plates. Thus, the present invention is an easy-to-fabricate motor stator structure, which has a considerable precision and a lower fabrication cost.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2008
    Publication date: August 6, 2009
    Inventor: Borgan PONG
  • Publication number: 20090195117
    Abstract: A submersible pumping system for use downhole, wherein the system includes a pump and a pump motor for driving the pump. The pump motor includes a housing with corresponding stator and rotor lamination stacks disposed within the housing. Also included with the pump motor is an anchoring system for axially securing the stator lamination stack within the motor housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2008
    Publication date: August 6, 2009
    Inventor: Larry J. Parmeter