Miscellaneous Stator Structure Patents (Class 310/254.1)
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Patent number: 8461732Abstract: An alternator has a rotor to be associated with a prime mover shaft and driven for rotation. The rotor is provided with permanent magnets. A stator has pole pieces, including a main winding and flux diverters separating the main winding from a control coil. Control is provided for controlling the power passing through the control coil. The alternator is a transverse flux machine. A vehicle power system including the alternator is also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: September 15, 2009Date of Patent: June 11, 2013Assignee: Hamilton Sundstrand CorporationInventors: Jacek F. Gieras, Gregory I. Rozman
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Patent number: 8450895Abstract: A 3-D servo positioning system which may be used for positioning solar panels or other devices has a part-spherical socket member and a ball rotatably engaged in the socket member. Plural electromagnets are positioned in a predetermined pattern in the socket member, while one or more magnets are mounted in an end portion of the ball located in the socket. A shaft extends from a part of the ball outside the socket and a device to be positioned is mounted on the end of the shaft. A controller is programmed to actuate selected electromagnets based on sensor inputs so as to move the ball in the socket and adjust the angle and direction of the device attached to the shaft.Type: GrantFiled: May 5, 2010Date of Patent: May 28, 2013Assignee: Levitate IP, LLCInventor: Ryan R. Howard
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Publication number: 20130106237Abstract: The present invention relates to a stator assembly that includes: a stator core having a circular base, a plurality of teeth radially formed along an outer circumference of the base, and at least one coupling bushing formed along an inner circumference of the base; an insulation coating layer formed on an surface of the stator core; and a pair of base insulators coupled to top and bottom portions of the base, respectively.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 8, 2011Publication date: May 2, 2013Applicant: NEW MOTECH CO., LTD.Inventors: Jeong Cheol Jang, Ji Min Lee
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Patent number: 8421301Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: December 29, 2010Date of Patent: April 16, 2013Assignee: Industrial Technology Research InstituteInventors: Shih-Hsin Hsu, Shih-Hsiang Chien, Chou-Zong Wu, Yee-Pien Yang
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Patent number: 8390167Abstract: Disclosed are a motor for a compressor and a hermetic compressor having the same. An aluminum coil cheaper than a copper coil is used in the motor for the compressor, to thusly reduce a fabricating cost. Also, a ratio of a height of end coil of a coil to an inner diameter of a stator is appropriately designed or a ratio of an entire area of slot portions to the inner diameter of the stator is appropriately designed, and simultaneously a ratio of the inner diameter of the stator to a width of the tooth portion is appropriately designed, so as to previously prevent a deterioration of damping effect, increase in noise, lowering of efficiency, reduction of driven torque, all caused due to the use of the aluminum coil.Type: GrantFiled: October 20, 2008Date of Patent: March 5, 2013Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.Inventors: Hae-Ok Jung, Seong-Hun Seo, Sang-Il Choi, Chul-Hyun Nam, Ki-Seok Sung
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Patent number: 8373319Abstract: According to an example embodiment, a modular pancake-type electrical generator includes a rotor and a modular stator, along with a support for the modular stator. The rotor includes a plurality of spaced-apart magnets around its perimeter, while the modular stator comprises a plurality of coil modules. The support is configured for receiving and retaining the plurality of coil modules and it comprises a plurality of support sections. The support sections form a circular array, for surrounding the rotor. Each support section comprises an interior receptacle formed in a generator housing, and includes a set of coil module mounting points and electrical contacts that are molded into or otherwise anchored within the interior receptacle. The receptacles and coil modules may be keyed, e.g., according to electrical phase, such that a coil module is installable only in receptacles having the correct complementary keying.Type: GrantFiled: September 24, 2010Date of Patent: February 12, 2013Inventor: Jerry Barnes
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Publication number: 20130027112Abstract: This invention relates to an inductor, more particularly, to an inductor with variable inductances.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 29, 2011Publication date: January 31, 2013Inventors: Yen-Wei Hsu, Whei-Chyou Wu
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Patent number: 8360755Abstract: A wet-running pump comprises a rotor which is connected to a pump wheel and which is arranged in a wet area adapted to have a guided fluid passed therethrough. The wet area is separated from a dry area wherein a stator which cooperates with the rotor, is arranged. The wet area is separated from the dry area by a conductor plate, wherein the electric lines thereof form the stator such that the conductor plate simultaneously forms a separating can, thus simplifying the construction and mounting of the wet-running pump.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2006Date of Patent: January 29, 2013Assignee: Pierburg GmbHInventor: Waldemar Stephan
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Patent number: 8362662Abstract: An electric machine comprises an outer casing (2), a rotor and a stator (3) having at least one polar expansion (5) and at least one winding (8) having an annular shape and placed around the polar expansion (5). The casing (2) has a plurality of protrusions (13) each of which holds, by supporting, a corresponding portion (12) of a stator winding (8) to enable heat exchange between the winding (8) and the protrusion (13). Each portion (12) of the winding (8) is electrically insulated from the respective protrusion (13).Type: GrantFiled: July 23, 2008Date of Patent: January 29, 2013Assignee: SPAL AUTOMOTIVE S.r.l.Inventor: Pietro De Filippis
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Publication number: 20130009513Abstract: Disclosed therein is a stator assembly including: a stator core (10) having a round base, a plurality of teeth radially formed along the outer circumferential surface of the base, and at least one connector bushing formed on the inner circumferential surface of the base; and an insulation coating layer (20) formed on the surface of the stator core, wherein the insulation coating layer (20) is coated to the outer diameter surfaces of the teeth of the stator core.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 4, 2012Publication date: January 10, 2013Applicant: New Motech Co., Ltd.Inventors: Jeong Cheol JANG, Ji Min Lee
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Patent number: 8350441Abstract: A motor includes a shaft, a rotor, a stator, and a housing. The stator preferably includes a core including a plurality of teeth, a plurality of coils, and electrically insulating tubes. The core is defined by a combination of a plurality of unit cores each of which has a separate one of the teeth. The plurality of coils include two or more continuous coils defined by a single line of a conductor wire. Each of the electrically insulating tubes is arranged to cover at least a portion of the conductor wire which passes between the continuous coils.Type: GrantFiled: July 29, 2010Date of Patent: January 8, 2013Assignee: Nidec CorporationInventors: Keisuke Fukunaga, Motofumi Otsuji, Masato Aono
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Patent number: 8344584Abstract: The present invention relates to a stator of an electric motor and a washing machine having the same, wherein the stator includes a stator core of a stack of bases each with a plurality of poles, an insulator having an upper insulator and a lower insulator fastened to the stator core, a plurality of fastening portions each having a fastening hole for fastening the stator, and a plurality of connection portions each having a plurality of vertical ribs for connecting the insulator to each of the fastening portions, wherein the insulator, the fastening portions, and the connection portions are injection molded as one unit, with the stator core inserted thereto.Type: GrantFiled: June 20, 2007Date of Patent: January 1, 2013Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc.Inventors: In Geun Ahn, Min Kyu Lim
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Patent number: 8319464Abstract: A two-phase or four-phase electric machine includes a first stator part and a second stator part disposed about ninety electrical degrees apart. Stator pole parts are positioned near the first stator part and the second stator part. An injector injects a third-harmonic frequency current that is separate from and not produced by the fundamental current driving the first stator part and the second stator part. The electric angular speed of the third-harmonic rotating field comprises p · ? t , where p comprises the number of pole pairs, ? comprises a mechanical angle and t comprise time in seconds.Type: GrantFiled: August 18, 2009Date of Patent: November 27, 2012Assignee: U.S. Department of EnergyInventor: John S. Hsu
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Patent number: 8319391Abstract: A stator assembly for an electric motor includes an annular core centered about an axis of rotation of an inner rotor which the stator assembly surrounds. The stator assembly has a plurality of electrical windings, each wound in a respective spiral around the outer surface of the core and arranged for current to flow in the windings. In some embodiments, the respective spirals are spaced from and parallel with one another. The stator assembly may have pole pieces that substantially enclose the core and windings. The pole pieces may be configured to taper both radially outward and axially inward to thereby concentrate flux from the core to an inner surface of the pole pieces facing the rotor.Type: GrantFiled: June 7, 2010Date of Patent: November 27, 2012Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLCInventor: Alan G. Holmes
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Patent number: 8319390Abstract: A stator assembly for use in a superconducting generator operated at frequencies up to 10 Hz is disclosed. The stator assembly includes a ferromagnetic stator winding support having a plurality of teeth defining slots, the slots configured to receive and support stator windings. The stator winding support is formed so that the ratio of the sum of the widths of the slots to the sum of the widths of the teeth and slots is in the range of 0.65 to 0.90.Type: GrantFiled: June 20, 2011Date of Patent: November 27, 2012Assignee: American Superconductor CorporationInventors: Gregory L. Snitchler, Timothy MacDonald
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Publication number: 20120274174Abstract: A stator includes annular segment assembly portions of phases wound on a stator core in a distributed winding manner. The annular segment assembly portion of each phase includes segment coils that are each formed in a coil shape by connecting conductor segments to each other. An annular protrusion-equipped electrical insulation sheet is inserted between two conductor segments adjacent to each other in the radial direction in a turn portion-side coil end portion that is formed of portions of the segment coils which portions are protruded to an outer side from an end surface of the stator core in the axial direction. The protrusion-equipped electrical insulation sheet has a protrusion that is provided on an end edge of an annular main body portion on the side opposite to the stator core side in the axial direction so that the protrusion is protruded in the axial direction from the end edge.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 25, 2012Publication date: November 1, 2012Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Hirokazu UCHIDA
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Patent number: 8294326Abstract: A stator for an electric motor has a laminated stator core 10 formed from a plurality of stacked laminations, and a stator winding formed from a plurality of coils 20 wound on bobbins 30. The stator core 10 has a plurality of teeth 40 which extend radially and alternately spaced between and connected to circumferentially extending yokes 50. The yokes and the teeth are separately formed with each yoke 50 being a stack of yoke laminations 12 and each tooth 40 being a stack of tooth laminations 14. The teeth 40 are inserted through the bobbins 30 and arranged in a cylindrical form with each tooth 40 extending radially. Yokes 50 are then fixed between radially outer ends 144 of adjacent teeth to complete the radially outer portion of the stator core. Each tooth 40 has a radial location surface 144b which contacts an inner surface of the adjacent yokes 50. The yokes 50 and teeth 40 are fixed together by welding the yokes 50 to the outer ends 144 of the teeth 40.Type: GrantFiled: January 12, 2009Date of Patent: October 23, 2012Assignee: Johnson Electric S.A.Inventors: Ji Dong Chai, Bao Ting Liu, Wen Liang Li, Zhi Duan Shao
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Publication number: 20120262014Abstract: A bus bar device electrically connects a plurality of coils arranged along a circumferential direction of the bus bar device to form an annular shape in entirety. A plurality of bus bars is arranged so that a plurality of layers is formed in a radial direction of the bus bar device. Each of the bus bars is formed from an arc-shaped conductive wire. A plurality of connection wires is respectively connected to the plurality of coils. The connection wires are arranged to overlap the bus bars and intersect the bus bars in the axial direction. Intersection portions at which the bus bars and the connection wires intersect include connection intersection portions at which the connection wires are electrically connected to the bus bars.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 10, 2012Publication date: October 18, 2012Applicant: ASMO CO., LTD.Inventors: Hiroshi KATOU, Yukihide ISHINO
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Patent number: 8283832Abstract: A method, apparatus, article of manufacture and system for producing a field pole member for electrodynamic machinery are disclosed to, among other things, reduce magnetic flux path lengths and to eliminate back-iron for increasing torque and/or efficiency per unit size (or unit weight) and for reducing manufacturing costs. For example, a field pole member structure can either reduce the length of magnetic flux paths or substantially straighten those paths through the field pole members, or both. In one embodiment, a method provides for the construction of field pole members for electrodynamic machines.Type: GrantFiled: February 12, 2007Date of Patent: October 9, 2012Assignee: NovaTorque, Inc.Inventors: John Patrick Petro, Ken George Wasson, Jeremy Franz Mayer
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Publication number: 20120248930Abstract: A wound core formed of a magnetic thin band, an electromagnetic component and a manufacturing method therefor and electromagnetic equipment in which iron loss and cost reduction can be achieved are provided. The wound core is a wound core formed by winding a magnetic thin band in the axial direction. A cutout portion is formed from place to place on an end face of the thin band in the axial direction and the cutout portions are arranged in random directions in the direction of the radius of the wound core.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 6, 2012Publication date: October 4, 2012Inventors: Zhuonan WANG, Yuji ENOMOTO, Shigeho TANIGAWA
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Patent number: 8274191Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: September 15, 2009Date of Patent: September 25, 2012Assignee: Siemens AkteingesellschaftInventor: Henrik Stiesdal
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Patent number: 8264097Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: January 28, 2010Date of Patent: September 11, 2012Assignee: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.Inventor: Tomohiro Numajiri
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Publication number: 20120223611Abstract: Disclosed is a stator which can be made compact and can produce high output, and also disclosed is a method for manufacturing the stator. A stator comprises a split stator core provided with teeth portions and slots, and a double coil formed of a flat type conductor, wherein the split stator core has a first block of six slots of U, V and W phases and a second adjoining block, the flat type conductor in the first slot of U phase forms a first loop coil together with the flat type conductor in the second slot of U phase, the flat type conductor in the second slot of U phase forms a second loop coil together with the flat type conductor in the first slot of U phase, and the second loop coil is arranged on the inner circumference of the first loop coil.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 5, 2009Publication date: September 6, 2012Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Atsushi Watanabe, Masayoshi Haga
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Publication number: 20120223610Abstract: The present invention refers to a stator blade (10) for an electric motor that comprises a central hole (20), a plurality of grooves (30) spaced around the hole (20), and a plurality of teeth (50) formed between two consecutive grooves (30). The corners (35a, 35b, 35c, 35d) formed between the edges of the groove (30e and 30a, 30e and 30b, 30b and 30d, and 30c and 30a) the rounding radiuses and the angles formed by these edges being acute angles. The teeth (50) present two side edges slanted together (50a, 50b) defined by the side edges (30b and 30a) of two consecutive grooves.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 3, 2010Publication date: September 6, 2012Applicant: WHIRLPOOL S.A.Inventors: Flavio J. H. Kalluf, Landoaldo Victor Lindroth, JR.
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Publication number: 20120194030Abstract: A stator arrangement for a balanced multiple voltage device operable as an electric motor, a generator, or a motor-generator includes a plurality of arc sectors configured so as to surround a rotor of the device. Each of the arc sectors includes a set of stator windings with at least one winding in each set. Those windings in pairs of the arc sectors located at diametrically opposed locations of the stator arrangement are concurrently energized and deenergized in order to eliminate load imbalance on the device.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 27, 2012Publication date: August 2, 2012Applicant: Kollmorgen CorporationInventors: Gerald W. BROWN, Ethan Filip, Bradley A. Trago, Stephen Funk, Jeffrey T. Brewster
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Patent number: 8232693Abstract: A resolver is configured to determine the rotational position of a first member that is selectively rotatable about an axis with respect to a second member. The resolver includes a stator core, a plurality of wire windings operatively connected to the stator core, a winding support between the windings and the stator core, and a cover at least partially enclosing the windings. One of the cover and the winding support defines a pin that is fittable inside a hole in the second member. The pin functions as a locating feature, which ensures that the stator is accurately mounted to the second member. Because the pin is part of the winding support or the cover, the locating feature does not entail the use of an extra part, thereby simplifying assembly of the stator.Type: GrantFiled: January 11, 2010Date of Patent: July 31, 2012Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLCInventors: Kevin P Coleman, Edward L. Kaiser
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Publication number: 20120169063Abstract: A new configuration for a double-sided rotor, radial flux, air-cored, permanent magnet electric generator (1) is disclosed. The generator (1) includes two radially spaced apart rotor portions (33, 35) defining an air gap between them and each having a plurality of alternating polarity permanent magnets (41) arranged on their inner surfaces, mounted for rotation in the air gap. A modular stator (43) is positioned in the air gap and includes a base (45) having attachment formations (60) spaced apart about its surface and a plurality of individually moulded, polymeric resin stator modules (53). Each stator module (53) has complementary attachment formations (59) for attachment to the base (45) and includes at least one non-overlapping compact wound coil (61) which is embedded within the resin.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 17, 2010Publication date: July 5, 2012Applicant: Stellenbosch UniversityInventors: Johannes Abraham Stegmann, Maarten Jan Kamper
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Patent number: 8207648Abstract: A dual-rotor motor in which inner slot angle ?i is larger than outer slot angle ?o. An inner notched portion is provided on both circumferential ends of an inner head. This inner notched portion provides a broader space between the inner head and an inner rotor toward both utmost ends of the inner head. An outer notched portion is provided on both circumferential ends of an outer head. This outer notched portion provides a broader space between the outer head and the outer rotor toward both utmost ends of the outer head.Type: GrantFiled: October 9, 2009Date of Patent: June 26, 2012Assignee: Panasonic CorporationInventors: Hu Li, Yuichi Yoshikawa, Hiroshi Murakami
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Patent number: 8205322Abstract: A method of manufacturing a laminated stator core includes: forming a band-shaped yoke core sub-piece having a shape that an outer half is developed in a straight line when a yoke portion of the laminated stator core is divided into two halves in the width direction by punching a metal plate; forming an outer laminated yoke body by winding and laminating the band-shaped yoke core sub-piece in a spiral shape and coupling it in a caulking manner; forming an inner yoke-attachment magnetic core sub-piece having an inner yoke sub-portion obtained by dividing the inner half in a unit of magnetic poles when the yoke portion of the laminated stator core is divided into two halves in the width direction, by punching a metal plate; forming an inner yoke-attachment laminated magnetic sub-body by laminating and coupling a predetermined number of the inner yoke-attachment magnetic core sub-pieces to each other in a caulking manner; forming an intermediate assembly in which the inner yoke sub-portions form a ring shape byType: GrantFiled: February 16, 2010Date of Patent: June 26, 2012Assignee: Mitsui High-Tec, Inc.Inventors: Yoshiaki Mitsui, Katsufusa Fujita
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Patent number: 8203251Abstract: A stator includes a stator core, a stator coil comprised of a plurality of electric wires, and at least one restraint. Each of the electric wires has a plurality of in-slot portions received in slots of the stator core and a plurality of turn portions that are located outside of the slots to connect the in-slot portions. The restraint is mounted to end parts of the turn portions belonging to a turn portion group of the electric wires to restrain relative radial movement between the turn portions of the turn portion group. All the turn portions of the turn portion group protrude from the same slot of the stator core. The end parts of the turn portions respectively adjoin the in-slot portions of the electric wires received in the same slot of the stator core and align with each other in a radial direction of the stator core.Type: GrantFiled: April 27, 2010Date of Patent: June 19, 2012Assignee: Denso CorporationInventors: Atsuo Ishizuka, Shinji Kouda
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Patent number: 8198847Abstract: A brushless motor system which can suppress adverse influences of electromagnetic noise without increasing the size and enhancing the performance of a filter circuit. In a brushless motor system comprising a brushless motor, an inverter, and a direct current power source, a noise return line for returning a noise current is connected between the brushless motor and the inverter. The noise current is generated in the inverter and reaches the brushless motor. With the provision of the noise return line, a common mode current leaking from the brushless motor to a ground can be reduced.Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 2009Date of Patent: June 12, 2012Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.Inventors: Tadahiko Chida, Akira Mishima, Nobuyasu Kanekawa
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Publication number: 20120139388Abstract: In the rare earth sintered magnet, the ratio of R2 to the sum of R1 and R2 that are contained in crystal grain boundaries surrounding the crystal grains in the rare earth sintered magnet body is higher than the ratio of R2 to the sum of R1 and R2 in the crystal grains, and the concentration of R2 increases from the central portion of the rare earth sintered magnet body toward the surface of the rare earth sintered magnet body. In addition, the degree of unevenness in residual magnetic flux density on the surface of the rare earth sintered magnet body is smaller than 3.0%.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 4, 2011Publication date: June 7, 2012Applicant: TDK CORPORATIONInventors: Makoto Iwasaki, Fumitaka Baba, Satoshi Tanaka, Hideki Sasaki, Takahide Kurahashi, Hitoshi Maro, Keiichi Morimoto, Seiichi Endo
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Publication number: 20120133241Abstract: According to one embodiment of the present invention, an electric machine includes a stator and a rotor. The stator includes a stator pole including a first leg and a second leg, and a gap defined between the first and second legs. The rotor includes a rotor pole. The rotor is configured to rotate relative to the stator such that the rotor pole rotates through the gap defined between the first and second legs of the stator pole. The stator pole includes a laminar stator pole structure including multiple lamination layers.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 18, 2011Publication date: May 31, 2012Inventors: Mark T. Holtzapple, George A. Rabroker
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Publication number: 20120115732Abstract: This invention relates to a superconducting electrical machine, comprising: a superconducting winding at least partially surrounded by a magnetic flux guide, wherein the magnetic flux guide includes a binder loaded with a magnetic material.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 1, 2011Publication date: May 10, 2012Applicant: ROLLS-ROYCE PLCInventors: Stephen M. HUSBAND, Alexander C. SMITH
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Patent number: 8148870Abstract: A coil assembly for a rotating electric machine is a stator coil for use in the stator of a motor or the like, which includes a coil plate composed of at least two coil plate elements respectively provided with an internal peripheral portion and an external peripheral portion and having predetermined wiring patterns formed by slits. The coil plate elements are bonded together at their internal peripheral portion and external peripheral portion while leaving the medial portion lying between the internal peripheral portion and the external peripheral portion spaced apart, so as to form the predetermined coil winding patterns.Type: GrantFiled: August 30, 2007Date of Patent: April 3, 2012Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Tomotaka Iki, Masaru Ozawa
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Publication number: 20120074808Abstract: A target magnet assembly configured to be secured to a rotating shaft of a steering gear assembly. The target magnet assembly includes an index hub with a mount and a magnet secured by the mount. The mount includes a tab with a protrusion extending from the tab, a finger, and a stop. The magnet includes an axial retention groove receiving the finger, a top surface abutting the stop, and a radial retention groove receiving the protrusion.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 27, 2010Publication date: March 29, 2012Inventors: Kenneth McDonald, James Thomas, Kevin Laycock
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Patent number: 8134274Abstract: Dynamoelectric device and stator bar therefor, where the stator bar includes a linear portion for positioning in a slot of a stator core, the slot extending in a radial direction relative to an axis of the stator, and an end arm portion having an involute-on-cone bend relative to the linear portion and an elongated cross-section that is substantially aligned with the radial direction of the slot.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2011Date of Patent: March 13, 2012Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventor: James Oldham Lambert
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Patent number: 8129880Abstract: Methods and apparatus are provided for improving operational characteristics of a concentrated winding machine. According to an example embodiment, an apparatus comprises stator teeth having distal ends, the stator teeth arranged in an annular fashion about an axis to define stator slots between adjacent teeth and slot openings between the distal ends of the adjacent teeth, the stator teeth structured to prevent relative movement between adjacent teeth. The apparatus further comprises magnetic wedges structured to be inserted between the distal ends of the adjacent teeth to close the slot openings.Type: GrantFiled: November 15, 2007Date of Patent: March 6, 2012Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLCInventors: Khwaja M. Rahman, Edward L. Kaiser, Matthew D. Laba
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Patent number: 8115362Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: April 2, 2007Date of Patent: February 14, 2012Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Shogo Okamoto, Kensaku Kuroki, Tetsuya Amasaki, Shoichiro Nishitani
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Patent number: 8115361Abstract: The torque characteristic is improved using a magnetic flux efficiently, and an eddy-current loss generated in a coil is reduced. Moreover, a loss is suppressed even if a metal member having a high thermal conductivity is closely disposed or closely contacted to a coil surface exposed by a variable magnetic field to improve the heat transfer property, thereby improving the cooling capability. A coil assembly for a rotational electric apparatus has first and second coil plates having wiring patterns formed in such a way that conductive coil segments adjoin with each other via slits, magnetic-flux-transfer-member slots formed in the slits and having a wider width than such slits, a coil constituted by the stacked coil plates so that the magnetic-flux-transfer-member slots overlap with each other, and a magnetic flux transfer member inserted into the magnetic-flux-transfer-member slots of the coil.Type: GrantFiled: January 30, 2009Date of Patent: February 14, 2012Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Tomotaka Iki, Hisashi Murakami, Masaru Ozawa
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Patent number: 8089175Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: November 21, 2008Date of Patent: January 3, 2012Assignee: Siemens AktiengesellschaftInventor: Henrik Stiesdal
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Patent number: 8089192Abstract: This invention relates to a three-phase square-wave permanent magnet brushless DC motor for solving problems of the existing square-wave permanent Magnet Motor and sine-wave permanent magnet motor. In this invention, the number 2P of magnetic poles on the said rotor core is 8; the slot number Z of the said stator core is 12, accordingly there are 12 teeth, including three big teeth, three medium teeth and six small teeth; the ratio of their mechanical angles is 50° (±5°) for big teeth: 40° (±5°) for medium teeth: 15° (±5°) for small teeth, and the sum of the mechanical angles of one big tooth, one medium tooth and two small teeth must be 120°. Three-phase concentrated windings are respectively wound on the big teeth and the medium teeth, in which there are only two concentrated windings for each phase, thus there are only 6 concentrated windings for the three-phase motor.Type: GrantFiled: October 28, 2008Date of Patent: January 3, 2012Assignee: Shenzhen Academy of Aerospace TechnologyInventors: Tiecai Li, Yamei Qi, Zhaoyong Zhou, Xiang Kong, Weilong Lan, Feipeng Xu
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Patent number: 8084900Abstract: A stater of an electrical machine has a cross section, a longitudinal extension, a jacket surface, a plurality of winding holders configured so that at least one of the winding holders for receiving a field winding has a larger winding width than another of the winding holders.Type: GrantFiled: August 20, 2008Date of Patent: December 27, 2011Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Ludwig Schoen, Florian Esenwein
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Patent number: 8080911Abstract: A spherical motor rotating in multi degrees of freedom has a reliable capability of determining positioning. The spherical motor includes a hollow spherical-shaped stator installed with a bi-level bobbin wound by coil generating a synthesized magneto-motive force on an inner surface thereof; and a rotor formed inside the stator and rotating around a shaft, wherein a slope of the shaft is adjusted by the synthesized magneto-motive force. Two or more of the bobbins are provided and installed at regular intervals along the inner surface of the stator, and the rotor includes one or more permanent magnets. The spherical motor rotating in multi degrees of freedom, formed with the above mentioned figures, can embody multi degrees of freedom by the interaction between the flowing current in the winding coil around the bobbin and the permanent magnet.Type: GrantFiled: October 16, 2008Date of Patent: December 20, 2011Assignee: ICUF-HYU (Industry-University Cooperation Foundation Hanyang University)Inventors: Sung Hong Won, Dong Woo Kang, Ju Lee
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Patent number: 8072113Abstract: The electric machine comprises a rotor and stator, the rotor and stator having generally equal axial lengths. The stator has at least one primary and at least one control winding disposed around the stator. The electric machine comprises a stator extension of a magnetic material. The stator extension is disposed coaxially with the stator and has only the at least one control winding wrapped therearound. The stator extension extends axially adjacent the stator beyond an axial terminus of the rotor and defines a magnetic circuit around the at least one control winding. The stator extension is configured such that in use, the magnetic circuit remains unsaturated thereby increasing inductance of at least one control winding in an electric alternator/motor.Type: GrantFiled: July 22, 2008Date of Patent: December 6, 2011Assignee: Pratt & Whitney Canada Corp.Inventors: Kevin Allan Dooley, Joshua David Bell
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Patent number: 8072115Abstract: Disclosed are foil coil structures and methods for winding the same for stators in electrodynamic machines, as well as electrodynamic machines that implement such coil structures. In one embodiment, a foil coil structure is configured for implementation with a field pole member having pole faces that confront, for example, conical magnets.Type: GrantFiled: June 3, 2008Date of Patent: December 6, 2011Assignee: Novatorque, Inc.Inventors: Donald Burch, John Petro
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Patent number: 8067867Abstract: A stator includes multiple motor coils. The motor coils include multiple U-phase coils, multiple V-phase coils and multiple W-phase coils which are arranged in a circumferential direction of a motor. A neutral bus ring connects the motor coils together. The neutral bus ring is divided into multiple bus ring members. Each bus ring member connects together any one of the U-phase coils, any one of the V-phase coils and any one of the W-phase coils.Type: GrantFiled: March 11, 2009Date of Patent: November 29, 2011Assignee: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.Inventors: Tetsuji Ueta, Hiroaki Sagara, Yukifumi Yamaguchi, Takashi Uchino, Kenji Taguchi
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Publication number: 20110278983Abstract: Stator core of motor stator is equipped with a segmented core connecting body which connects in an annular shape a segmented core having a structure whereby laminated core plates are connected and held in place in a laminated state. To connect and fix core laminated plates by clamping, first and second dowels formed in each core laminated plate are used to connect and fix common rings by pressure-fitting them to the first and second end faces at either side of the segmented core connecting body, thus integrating the segmented core connecting body. The segmented core connecting body can be integrated with a simple operation, thus significantly reducing the assembly time for the stator core.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 23, 2009Publication date: November 17, 2011Applicant: Harmonic Drive Systems Inc.Inventor: Kiyoto Kobayashi
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Publication number: 20110278982Abstract: A press plate (5) for tightening the metal sheets (2) of a stator core of an electric machine has an annular element (16) with a plurality of holes (17) provided at a side wall (11) thereof. The holes (17) have an elongated recessed top portion (20) and a cylindrical recessed bottom portion (21) extending from the ceiling (22) of the elongated recessed top portion (20).Type: ApplicationFiled: May 13, 2011Publication date: November 17, 2011Inventors: Leszek Stachyra, Jacek Mariusz Kanicki, Daniel Hediger, Lothar Eckert
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Patent number: 8058760Abstract: When the magnet holding spring is in the deployed state of the plate-like shape, the auxiliary pole is beforehand fixed to one of the side-plates, then the magnet holding spring is bent into a “]”-like sectional shape. As a result, the magnet holding spring and the auxiliary pole that are assembled integrally constitute the sub-assy. Convex parts are formed on the auxiliary pole. The auxiliary pole is fixed to one of the side-plates by press fitting the convex parts to the fitting holes formed on one of the side-plates. The auxiliary pole is laid on one of the side-plates in the direction of a plate thickness for positioning before forming the convex parts on the auxiliary pole. In the positioned state here, by embossing the auxiliary pole, the convex parts are formed on the auxiliary pole, and at the same time, the convex parts are press fit into the fitting holes thus the auxiliary pole is fixed to one of the side-plates.Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2009Date of Patent: November 15, 2011Assignee: Denso CorporationInventor: Takashi Hirabayashi