Abstract: A canned motor device includes a motor unit that includes an inner rotor having a plurality of engaging grooves and a plurality of protrusions, and an impeller having a plurality of engaging hooks and a plurality of inner grooves. Each of the protrusions has at least one lateral protrusion surface. Each of the inner grooves is defined by a main groove surface, two lateral groove surfaces and a groove end surface. When the engaging hooks respectively engage the engaging groove, the protrusions respectively engage the inner grooves in a manner that the at least one lateral protrusion surface of each of the protrusions urges one of the lateral groove surfaces of the respective one of the inner grooves.
Abstract: A stator or rotor for an electric motor or generator comprising a plurality of teeth for receiving coil windings, wherein each tooth has an injection molded plastic layer formed on a plurality of sides of each tooth with a first gap formed in the injection molded plastic layer on a first side of each of the teeth with a first insulation element placed in the first gap formed in the injection molded plastic layer, wherein the injection molded plastic layer and first insulation element are arranged to electrically insulate the plurality of teeth from the coil windings.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
October 15, 2013
Date of Patent:
April 24, 2018
Assignee:
PROTEAN ELECTRIC LIMITED
Inventors:
John Foulsham, Gareth Roberts, Jamie Bell
Abstract: Described herein is a technology for an electric motor system that reduces stress in motor shaft bearings. Furthermore, the electric motor system that provides an adequate heat ventilation is described herein.
Abstract: A structure of an electromagnetic machine includes an outer support member configured to support a conductive winding or a magnet. The structure further includes an inner support member, a first elongate compression member, a second elongate compression member, and an elongate tension member. The first elongate compression member and the second elongate compression member each include a first end portion coupled to the outer support member and a second end portion coupled to the inner support member to resist radial and axial deflection of the outer support member relative inner support member. The elongate tension member includes a first end portion coupled to the first compression member and a second end portion coupled to one of the inner support or the second elongate compression member to resist rotational deflection of the outer support member relative to the inner support member.
Abstract: In one embodiment, an apparatus includes a first member that supports a magnetic flux carrying member and a second member that supports a magnetic flux generating member disposed for movement relative to the first member. An air gap control system is coupled to at least one of the first member or the second member and includes an air gap control device that is separate from a primary magnetic flux circuit formed between the first member and the second member. The air gap control device is configured to exert a force on one of the first and second members in response to movement of the other of the first and second members in a direction that reduces a distance between the first and second members to maintain a minimum distance between the first and second members and/or substantially center the one of the first and second members within the other.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
April 12, 2012
Date of Patent:
January 29, 2013
Assignee:
Boulder Wind Power, Inc.
Inventors:
James S. Smith, Matthew B. Jore, Michael A. Kvam, David Samsel, Charles Perry Butterfield, Jr., Brian J. Sullivan, James David Duford
Abstract: A rotor assembly includes a lamination and a hub. The hub includes an inner portion and an outer portion surrounding the inner portion and separated from it by an expansion gap. The rotor assembly also includes two or more connecting members coupling the inner portion to the outer portion, the connecting members having a first end and a second end.
Abstract: A structure of an electromagnetic machine includes an outer support member configured to support a conductive winding or a magnet. The structure further includes an inner support member, a first elongate compression member, a second elongate compression member, and an elongate tension member. The first elongate compression member and the second elongate compression member each include a first end portion coupled to the outer support member and a second end portion coupled to the inner support member to resist radial and axial deflection of the outer support member relative inner support member. The elongate tension member includes a first end portion coupled to the first compression member and a second end portion coupled to one of the inner support or the second elongate compression member to resist rotational deflection of the outer support member relative to the inner support member.
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.