Powdered Metal Patents (Class 310/44)
  • Patent number: 7446449
    Abstract: An electric motor comprising a rotor and a stator is disclosed. The rotor is supported on a substantially spherical bearing and is of a substantially spherical design facing the stator, which has a high degree of efficiency. The stator may have a magnetic return-path body which is made of a compressed powder material. The return-path body may be of a substantially spherical design, at least in segments facing the rotor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2008
    Assignee: Oliver Laing, Karsten Laing, Birger Laing
    Inventor: Karsten A. Laing
  • Publication number: 20080231132
    Abstract: A permanent magnet generator is provided that is not bulky and does not impede wind capture by a wind turbine. The permanent magnet generator includes a generator shaft; at least three rotors secured with the generator shaft, each rotor including a plate-shaped structure having a permanent magnet attached thereto, each plate-shaped structure being disposed in the longitudinal direction of the generator shaft; and a stator, including a plate-shaped structure with a stator coil of a wound copper wire disposed in at least two gaps formed by the rotors and evenly-spaced apart from the generator shaft. The rotors and stators are disposed alternately in the longitudinal direction of the generator shaft, with a total of not less than five stages. Furthermore, a wind power generator obtained by installing a propeller on the shaft of this permanent magnet generator is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 29, 2008
    Publication date: September 25, 2008
    Applicant: Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takehisa Minowa, Hideki Kobayashi, Koji Miyata
  • Publication number: 20080224559
    Abstract: A permanent magnet included in a rotor of a brush-less motor is a radial anisotropic magnet in which multi-poles are magnetized in the circumferential direction and is skew magnetized along the axial direction in such a manner that a surface to one end part of an upper side from a central part in the axial direction and a surface to an end part of a lower side from the central part are axially shifted by a predetermined angle in the circumferential direction from each other. In accordance with this skew-magnetization, coggings including irregularly varying components generated in the rotor owing to the three-dimensional shapes of coil ends provided at opposite ends of a tooth 611a for fixing a winding have opposite phases to each other, so that the coggings are cancelled with each other. Accordingly, the coggings can be reduced or cancelled.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2008
    Publication date: September 18, 2008
    Applicant: JTEKT Corporation
    Inventor: Noboru NIGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20080218007
    Abstract: A surface magnet type rotor and an inner magnet type rotor having good motor characteristics in which bonding strength is high between a magnet section and a soft magnetic yoke section, and structural reliability is high even in high speed use, and its producing method. The rotor comprises an anisotropic bond magnet section and a soft magnetic section wherein the anisotropic bond magnet section is preformed in magnetic field and then formed to be integrated with the soft magnetic section in nonmagnetic field. Subsequently, it is heat hardened to produce a surface magnet type rotor. Magnet units, each having a magnetic pole composed by bonding a pair of permanent magnets such that the directions of magnetization become symmetric with respect to the bonding surface, are linked such that magnetic poles of different polarities appear alternately on the magnetic action surface thus forming an anisotropic magnet body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2005
    Publication date: September 11, 2008
    Applicant: HITACHI METALS, LTD.
    Inventors: Masahiro Masuzawa, Masahiro Mita, Keiko Kikuti
  • Publication number: 20080211326
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is an inner rotor type permanent magnet excited transverse flux motor, in which a laminated structure in an axial direction or in a radial shape is applied to a stator iron core so as to employ a small amount of permanent magnets compared with a conventional outer rotor type permanent magnet excited transverse flux motor, thus providing high output power, increasing the efficiency of power generation, and reducing noise and vibration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2007
    Publication date: September 4, 2008
    Inventors: Do Hyun Kang, Jung Hwan Chang, Ji Young Lee, Ji Won Kim, Shi Uk Chung
  • Publication number: 20080197739
    Abstract: A motor is provided, which includes: a rotor having rotor pole groups, in which N-poles and S-poles are alternately arranged in the circumferential direction; an N number (N is a positive integer) of stator pole groups, in which a plurality of stator poles are arranged for individual phases along or in the vicinity of the respective circumferences so as to be positioned at substantially the same rotational phase position in terms of electrical angle; and an (N?1) number of loop windings axially arranged between the stator pole groups, with the same phase being arranged at axial ends, wherein each of the loop windings is arranged radially inner than the outer diameter of each rotor pole group. This simplified winding structure can enhance productivity, reduce size, enhance efficiency and reduce cost.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2006
    Publication date: August 21, 2008
    Applicant: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventor: Masayuki Nashiki
  • Publication number: 20080172861
    Abstract: Methods are provided for manufacturing a magnetizable core component for use in an electric motor. The method includes forming a green body from a powdered metal-ceramic composite. The method also includes heating the green body to form a core. The method further includes applying a magnetic field to the core to produce paths in a predetermined orientation, where the paths are configured to allow flux to flow therealong. The magnetizable core component is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2007
    Publication date: July 24, 2008
    Inventor: Alan G. Holmes
  • Publication number: 20080164775
    Abstract: An electromotive drive for a motor vehicle is provided. The electromotive drive comprising an armature which is located on a rotor shaft, a tube element with magnetic shells which are fitted to the inner faces, and elements which are fitted to the ends of the tube and support the rotor shaft. Means are provided by means of which elements which support the rotor shaft are aligned in relation to the magnetic shells.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2006
    Publication date: July 10, 2008
    Inventor: Helmut Sesselmann
  • Publication number: 20080157617
    Abstract: An ultra-thin spindle motor having a groove formed on the outer circumferential surface of a thrust bearing is disclosed. The present invention relates to an ultra-thin spindle motor among small-sized motor using a hydro dynamic pressure generating bearing and its object is to provide a spindle motor capable of stably driving without requiring a sleeve that was required to support a shaft in a radial direction in which a thrust bearing sleeve for coupling a hub and a thrust bearing is constructed and a radial hydro dynamic pressure generating groove is formed on the outer circumferential surface to thereby allow a radial hydro dynamic pressure to be generated and support a thrust bearing sleeve coupled integrally to the hub.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2005
    Publication date: July 3, 2008
    Inventors: Noriaki Hishida, Kook Hyeun Yang
  • Publication number: 20080143197
    Abstract: A stator structure includes a magnetically conductive element and a winding. The magnetically conductive element is integrally formed as a single unit by at least one magnetic powder. The winding is wound around the magnetically conductive element. The manufacturing method of the motor stator is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2007
    Publication date: June 19, 2008
    Inventors: Cheng-Hong Lee, Yu-Lin Hsueh, Yi-Hong Huang
  • Publication number: 20080143210
    Abstract: The present invention provides a three-phase motor stator. The shape of the three-phase motor stator is defined by an optimum pole-tooth ratio for reducing the cogging torque of the motor and increasing the efficiency of the motor. The three-phase motor stator includes at least one plate board. The plate board has a circular hole. A plurality of pole-teeth protrude from the rim of the circular hole and the pole-teeth are symmetric. An opening slot is individually located between two adjacent pole-teeth. The pole-tooth ratio ? defined by the tooth angle of a single pole-tooth divided by the pole pitch of two adjacent pole-teeth is between 0.65 and 0.85.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2006
    Publication date: June 19, 2008
    Inventors: Shyh-Jier Wang, Li-Te Kuo, Chau-Shin Jang, Jen-Chieh Chang
  • Patent number: 7385321
    Abstract: A multi-polar rotary machine comprises a cylindrical outer rotor arranged concentrically with the stator and with an air gap therebetween. The stator has two spaced stator elements and a ring shaped permanent magnet held between the stator elements and magnetized so as to form N and S poles in the axial direction of the stator. Small axially separated stator teeth A and ? and B and B are formed on the outer peripheral surface of the spaced stator elements. Stator windings for A phase and B phase are wound around the respective stator elements. The small stator teeth A, ?, B and B are circumferentially shifted from corresponding small rotor teeth by a ΒΌ pitch of the small stator teeth, respectively. Each of the stator and rotor is formed of pressed powder comprising a soft magnetic material at least one of a resin and an inorganic material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2008
    Assignee: Japan Servo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuo Ohnishi, Shoji Ohiwa, Yasuaki Motegi
  • Publication number: 20080124235
    Abstract: [Object] To improve resistance of a motor device against an organic solvent and to suppress degradation in performance of the motor device with time. [Solving Means] In a motor device, an excitation magnet is formed using a hollow-cylinder shaped anisotropic bonded magnet 13. This bonded magnet 13 is press-fitted in a housing 12 and is held. The bonded magnet 13 is formed of a hollow-cylinder shaped anisotropic rare earth bonded magnet which is obtained by compounding an anisotropic rare earth magnet powder with a phenol-novolac type epoxy resin, followed by molding. The anisotropic rare earth bonded magnet 13 is press-fitted along an inner peripheral portion of the housing 12, and on an exposed surface layer of the anisotropic rare earth bonded magnet press-fitted in the housing, a coating layer is formed by an infiltration treatment using a polyamide-imide-based resin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2005
    Publication date: May 29, 2008
    Inventors: Yoshinobu Honkura, Hiroshi Matsuoka, Atsushi Kano, Kenji Noguchi, Hironari Mitarai, Satoru Kan
  • Publication number: 20080093950
    Abstract: A polyphase claw-pole armature for an electrical machine is made with several identical segments regularly distributed along the direction of motion and spaced by a magnetic air gap. The number of segments is equal or a multiple of the number of winding phases. Each segment includes a magnetic circuit with a plurality of claws arranged in a plurality of rows, with the base of each claw connected to a common yoke. One or a plurality of non-interlaced coils are included inside each segment, with the coils being wound around the bases of corresponding claws.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2004
    Publication date: April 24, 2008
    Applicant: ELECTROTECHNOLOGIES SELEM. INC
    Inventors: Jerome Cros, Philippe Viarouge
  • Patent number: 7362015
    Abstract: This invention relates to a transformer and more particularly, to a system and method for making a transformer utilizing dynamic magnetic compaction. A coil is placed in a conductive container, and a conductive powder material, such as ferrite, is placed in the container and surrounds the coil and the turns of the coil. A power supply energizes a capacitor which subsequently provides a high energizing current to a second, energizing coil within which the container, material and inner coil are situated, thereby causing the container, powder materials and coil to be compacted to provide an electrical component, such as a transformer, motor, commutator, rotor or choke.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2008
    Assignee: IAP Research, Inc.
    Inventors: John P Barber, David P Bauer, Edward K Knoth, Duane C Newman
  • Publication number: 20080079322
    Abstract: It is made easy for a stator winding to be wound around a stator core and degradation in efficiency is prevented as much as possible. A stator 6 includes a plurality of phases, i.e., of circumferentially divided stator magnetic poles 6a, 6b, 6c. The stator magnetic poles 6a, 6b, 6c are each composed of an arcuate stator core 13 having a plurality of axially extending claw poles 16b and a circumferentially elliptically wound stator winding 14. The stator magnetic poles 6a, 6b, 6c are magnetically divided; therefore, magnetic flux leakage is reduced to improve efficiency. Air flowing between the stator magnetic poles 6a, 6b, 6c can improve a cooling effect.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2007
    Publication date: April 3, 2008
    Applicant: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroshi KANAZAWA, Takayuki Koyama, Masashi Kitamura, Susumu Tajima, Kenya Takarai
  • Publication number: 20080054737
    Abstract: A stator of an electric motor includes a stator core including an annular yoke. The stator core includes a plurality of teeth formed on, for example, an inner periphery of the yoke and has a coil wound on each of the teeth. Each of the teeth includes first and second end portions opposed to each other in a radial direction of the stator core. The first end portion is connected to the yoke. The second end portion is formed with an axially extending projection extending in an axial direction of the stator core. A coil receiving groove is defined between the axially extending projection and the yoke. The axially extending projection includes a distal end portion in the axial direction, and a root portion adjoining a bottom of the coil receiving groove. In the radial direction, a thickness of the root portion is greater than a thickness of the distal end portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2007
    Publication date: March 6, 2008
    Applicant: JTEKT Corporation
    Inventors: Hirohide Inayama, Noboru Niguchi, Masaru Horikawa, Ken Matsubara, Naotake Kanda
  • Patent number: 7339292
    Abstract: A multi-polar rotary machine comprises a and a cylindrical outer rotor arranged concentrically with the stator and with an air gap therebetween. The stator has two splitted stator elements and a ring shaped permanent magnet held between the stator elements and magnetized so as to form N and S poles in the axial direction of the stator. Small axially separated stator teeth A and ? and B and B are formed on the outer peripheral surface of the splitted stator elements. Stator windings for A phase and B phase are wound around the respective stator elements. The small stator teeth A, ?, B and B are circumferentially shifted from corresponding small rotor teeth by a ΒΌ pitch of the small stator teeth, respectively. Each of the stator and rotor is formed of pressed powder consisting of soft magnetic material, and of resin and/or inorganic material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2008
    Assignee: Japan Servo Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Kazuo Ohnishi, Shoji Ohiwa, Yasuaki Motegi
  • Publication number: 20080036310
    Abstract: The invention relates to a permanent-magnet two-phase synchronous electric motor (1) with mechanical start-up for washing machines and similar, in particular for washing pumps (2), of the type centrally comprising a permanent magnet axial rotor (4) and a stator (5) with a lamination pack core (16) and a double pair of pole pieces (20) with ends enveloping said rotor (4) and with relative windings (L1, L2), wherein the first pair of pole pieces is asymmetrical compared to the second pair of pole pieces. Moreover, said motor is further distinguished for the structure of the stator, which comprises the following characteristics: the ends of the pole pieces (20) are structurally independent and are removably coupled to the lamination pack core; and the lamination pack core has a shorter axial length than the ends of the pole pieces (20). Advantageously, the pole pieces of the stator (5) are obtained by pressing of magnetic powders.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2007
    Publication date: February 14, 2008
    Applicant: Askoll Holding S.r.I.
    Inventor: Elio Marioni
  • Publication number: 20070262659
    Abstract: An electric motor includes an annular stator core having a pair of ends opposed to each other in an axial direction, and a coil wound around the stator core. The stator core includes a pair of powder magnetic cores each arranged at the pair of ends and a laminated steel plate arranged between the paired powder magnetic cores. Each of the paired powder magnetic cores includes a section arranged outside the coil in the axial direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2007
    Publication date: November 15, 2007
    Inventor: Hirohide Inayama
  • Patent number: 7227290
    Abstract: A core includes a ring body and a plurality of teeth. The teeth extend radially outward form the outer circumference of the ring body. The core is formed by assembling a first core member and a second core member. Each core member has part of the teeth the number of which is half the total number of the teeth. Each tooth includes a tooth body about which the coil is wound, and a magnetism converging portion provided at the distal end of the tooth body. The tooth height of each tooth body gradually increases from a distal section to a proximal section of the tooth body. The tooth width gradually decreases from the distal section to the proximal section. The wire is wound about each of the teeth of the first and second core members. Then, the first and second core members are assembled to form the core. Accordingly, a rotor core having a high coil accommodation efficiency and a high coil space factor is obtained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2007
    Assignee: Asmo Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Toshio Yamamoto, Shinji Santo
  • Patent number: 7221067
    Abstract: An armature for a motor. The armature includes a core formed of compression-molded metal powder. The core has a continuous outer wall, an inner wall defining a slot, and a nonmagnetic section arranged on the outer wall. A coil is arranged in the slot. The coil and the slot have the same hexagonal shape to minimize gaps when the coil is fitted in the slot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2007
    Assignee: ASMO, Co. Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazushi Sugishima, Akihiro Suzuki, Souhei Yamada
  • Patent number: 7202586
    Abstract: There is provided an electrical contact member where wear can be reduced. The electrical contact member is characterized by one or both of conductive metal particles and conductive metal fibers, at least outer circumferential surfaces of which have been modified with carbon nanofibers or carbon nanotubes, being disposed in a contact layer through which current flows.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2007
    Assignee: Shinano Kenshi Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Masashi Okubo
  • Patent number: 7151334
    Abstract: A permanent magnet type rotor comprises an inner member 2 having an outer ring portion 21; an approximately annular outer member 1 having soft magnetism and an inner circumference contacting with an outer circumference of the outer ring portion; and plural permanent magnets 3 disposed at equal intervals on the outer circumference of the outer member toward the circumferential direction. At least one of the inner member 2 and the outer member 1 is made from a sintered material, and the inner member 2 and the outer member 1 are mutually sintered and bonded. Thickness and weight of a dynamotor itself can be reduced and high output and high efficiency can be achieved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2006
    Assignees: Hitachi Powdered Metals Co., Ltd., Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kazuo Asaka, Tomoaki Arakawa, Tsuyoshi Kagaya, Satoru Shinzaki, Hiromitsu Sato, Kenji Fukuda, Hirohisa Ogawa, Tatsuro Horie, Akihiro Okamura, Katsuaki Sato, Toshiyasu Komatsu, Youichi Nakahara
  • Patent number: 7005764
    Abstract: Electrodynamic apparatus such as a motor, generator or alternator is configured having a stator core assembly formed of pressure shaped processed ferromagnetic particles which are pressure molded in the form of stator modules. These generally identical stator modules are paired with or without intermediate modules to provide the stator core structure for receiving field winding components. In one embodiment, two sets of the paired stator modules are combined in tandem to enhance operational functions without substantial diametric increases in the overall apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2006
    Assignee: Petersen Technology Corporation
    Inventor: Christian C. Petersen
  • Patent number: 6956307
    Abstract: A stator core assembly for use in an electrical machine is provided. The stator core assembly includes a plurality of core components. Each core component forms an arcuate section of the stator core assembly. Each core component is comprised of at least two core component sections, with each core component section adjacent another core component section. Each core component section is formed of a ferrous magnetic powder metal particles which are generally mutually insulated. Such ferrous magnetic powder metal particles are pressure formed into the core component section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2005
    Assignee: Amsted Industries Incorporated
    Inventors: John Engquist, Ed Wegner
  • Patent number: 6900559
    Abstract: To provide a rotor magnet which is small in size and provided with high magnetic energy, a rotor magnet is formed by adding a SmFeN magnetic powder to a binder such as a polyaxnide. The SmFeN magnetic powder is provided in a size of about one-tenth that of an NdFeB magnetic powder. Therefore, the density of the magnetic powder in the magnet can be made uniform. Accordingly, there is not any dispersion of the magnetic poles when a number of poles are magnetized and the magnet can be made smaller since the maximum energy product of the magnet is higher than that of an SmCo series magnet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2005
    Assignee: SEIKO Precision Inc.
    Inventors: Masami Aizawa, Akihiro Ito
  • Patent number: 6888270
    Abstract: A composite powder metal disk for a rotor assembly in a circumferential type interior permanent magnet machine. The disk includes an inner ring of magnetically conducting powder metal compacted and sintered to a high density. The disk further includes an outer ring of permanent magnets separated by magnetically non-conducting powder metal compacted and sintered to a high density. The permanent magnets additionally are radially embedded by magnetically conducting powder metal compacted and sintered to a high density with optional intermediate non-conducting powder metal bridges extending radially from the permanent magnets to the outer surface of the disk. A rotor assembly is also provided having a plurality of the composite powder metal disks mounted axially along a shaft with their magnetic configurations aligned. A method for making the composite powder metal disks is further provided including filling a die with the powder metals, compacting the powders, and sintering the compacted powders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2005
    Assignee: Delphi Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Frederick B. Reiter, Jr., James L. Lobsinger, Tom L. Stuart, Frank A. Wilder
  • Patent number: 6856051
    Abstract: A composite powder metal disk for a rotor assembly in a circumferential type interior permanent magnet machine. The disk includes an inner ring of magnetically conducting powder metal compacted and sintered to a high density. The disk further includes an outer ring of permanent magnets separated by magnetically non-conducting powder metal compacted and sintered to a high density. The permanent magnets additionally are radially embedded by magnetically conducting powder metal compacted and sintered to a high density with optional intermediate non-conducting powder metal bridges extending radially from the permanent magnets to the outer surface of the disk. A rotor assembly is also provided having a plurality of the composite powder metal disks mounted axially along a shaft with their magnetic configurations aligned. A method for making the composite powder metal disks is further provided including filling a die with the powder metals, compacting the powders, and sintering the compacted powders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2005
    Assignee: Delphi Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Frederick B. Reiter, Jr., James L. Lobsinger, Tom L. Stuart, Frank A. Wilder
  • Patent number: 6812608
    Abstract: Field magnets are attached to an inner periphery of a stator core, which defines a rotor through hole. The stator core has a plurality of recesses open to the rotor through hole. Each recess faces magnet end portions of the field magnets. The recess surface of the recess is away from the surface AC of the magnet end portion and set back toward an outer periphery of the stator core from a rear surface AD of the magnet end portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2004
    Assignee: Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Fumikiyo Nakazawa, Osamu Sakurai, Tsugiyoshi Ono
  • Publication number: 20040212256
    Abstract: An armature for a motor. The armature includes a core formed of compression-molded metal powder. The core has a continuous outer wall, an inner wall defining a slot, and a nonmagnetic section arranged on the outer wall. A coil is arranged in the slot. The coil and the slot have the same hexagonal shape to minimize gaps when the coil is fitted in the slot.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2004
    Publication date: October 28, 2004
    Inventors: Kazushi Sugishima, Akihiro Suzuki, Souhei Yamada
  • Patent number: 6803695
    Abstract: An armature includes a rotary shaft, a core, and a coupling member. The core is formed by using magnetic metal powder and has a tooth. A wire is wound about the tooth. The coupling member has a ductility that is higher than the ductility of the core. The coupling member is located between the core and the rotary shaft. The rotary shaft is press fitted in the coupling member, and the coupling member is press fitted in the core.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2004
    Assignee: ASMO Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshio Yamamoto, Keiichi Uemura, Tomoyuki Kikuta, Masahiko Komoda, Masayuki Kuwano, Hideki Toida
  • Patent number: 6776590
    Abstract: Dynamo electric machines and stators for use in such machines are provided. The stators comprise plates configured to be substantially flat and a plurality of spaced apart projections or teeth extending away from the plate and, together with the plate defining a plurality of slots therebetween. The stators comprise masses of metal particles. Using stators made from such metal particles provides enhanced machine efficiency, which is believed to be because of reduced eddy current effects in the stator. Motors including rotors having generally flat arrays of permanent magnetic poles and such stators which are spaced apart from and generally facing the permanent magnetic poles and have a plurality of magnetic windings, and pumps powered by such motors are included within the scope of the present invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2004
    Assignee: SHURflo Pump Manufacturing Company, Inc.
    Inventors: David J. Cooper, Gary F. McKee, Mike Saveliev, Patrick J. Weaver
  • Patent number: 6765319
    Abstract: A rotor assembly for a brushless motor includes a core circumferentially affixed about a longitudinal surface of a shaft. A rotor magnet covers the entire outer surface of the core to seal the core within the magnet and to prevent exposure of the core to ambient conditions. The rotor magnet has a plurality of portions of alternating magnetic polarity and is formed of a plastic mixed with neodymium-iron-boron particles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2004
    Assignee: Visteon Global Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: James L. Thompson
  • Patent number: 6756710
    Abstract: The stator for an electrical machine comprises a laminated magnetic circuit 1 having a plurality of teeth delimiting longitudinally oriented slots, electrically conductive wires 2 being disposed in the slots, and winding heads 3 at the ends of the stator. An outer sheath 4 forms part of the final motor. The stator includes a composition 6 for impregnating the winding heads, of which the filler has a large particle size, and a slot-impregnating composition 8, containing a filler of smaller particle size.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2004
    Assignee: Conception et Developpement Michelin
    Inventors: Gerald Bourqui, Jean-Louis Linda, Roger Meuwly, Marcel Tornare
  • Publication number: 20040108782
    Abstract: In order to provide a motor characterized by a high level of efficiency equal to or better than that of using the silicon steel plate, achieved by easy production method and reduced core loss, which result from reduction in the manpower for production by using the sintered metal or powdered iron core in at least one of the stator and rotor, the present invention provides a motor comprising a stator and a rotor wherein either one of said stator or rotor has a magnet, and the other has a magnetic substance. This motor is further characterized in that the main magnetic flux flowing between the stator and rotor changes in the three-dimensional directions according to the magnetic structure of this motor, and at least part of said magnetic substance is composed of an aggregate of magnetic powder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2003
    Publication date: June 10, 2004
    Inventors: Yuji Enomto, Noriaki Hino, Shouichi Kawamata, Kazumasa Ide, Yasuo Matsuda, Toshihiko Sakai
  • Patent number: 6710498
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is, a composite squirrel cage rotor having a polymer resin part containing powder of high magnetic permeability and method for fabricating it. The composite squirrel cage rotor includes a rotating shaft, an inner core, a polymer resin part that fills the cavity of the squirrel cage conductor and contains powder of high magnetic permeability. A squirrel cage conductor is positioned outer to portion of the polymer resin part, is formed of, material having high electric conductivity, and provided with a plurality of axial slots.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2004
    Assignee: Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
    Inventors: Dai Gil Lee, Seung Hwan Chang
  • Patent number: 6707224
    Abstract: A d.c. PM motor and corresponding generator having a stator core assembly which is formed of a pressure-shaped processed ferromagnetic particulate material. The spaced apart isotropic core components of the stator core assembly are generally disposed in parallel relationship with the motor axis or generator axis, having a flux interaction region with a flux interaction surface located adjacent the confronting magnetic surface of a rotor and being generally coextensive with the principal dimension thereof to form an air gap. Each core component includes a winding region extending generally in parallel relationship with the device axis a field winding length to a ring-shaped back iron region. The back iron region interconnects the core components in magnetic field exchange relationship. Field windings are mounted over the core components in connection with supporting bobbins.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2004
    Assignee: Petersen Technology Corporation
    Inventor: Christian C. Petersen
  • Patent number: 6703746
    Abstract: An electric traction motor for a vehicle including a housing, a wound stator field located in the housing, a rotor magnetically interacting with the wound stator field, high energy magnets configured in the rotor, and low energy magnets configured in the rotor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2004
    Assignee: General Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Francois J. Biais, Khwaja M. Rahman
  • Patent number: 6674212
    Abstract: A sulfidation-resistant current-carrying member, such as a commutator, suitable for a direct-current motor in a fuel pump is provided. The current-carrying member for a direct-current motor in a fuel pump includes a commutator composed of a carbon layer having carbon as a principal component and forming a sliding surface at one end, and a metal carbon layer fixedly bound with the carbon layer at the other end and comprising 55 to 90 wt % of metal having brass as a principal component and a remaining portion having carbon as a principal component. By using brass as a primary metal component in the metal carbon layer, it is possible to achieve a commutator with superior resistance to sulfidation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2004
    Assignees: Denso Corporation, TRIS Inc.
    Inventors: Kyoji Inukai, Youichi Murakami, Etsuo Kokuryu, Kenzo Kiyose, Keizo Takeuchi, Tokio Hotta, Yoichi Sakaura, Kenichi Matsumoto, Sinya Nakagawa, Makoto Nisio
  • Patent number: 6674205
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for fabricating a rotor for an electric traction motor including forming cavities in the rotor, injecting magnetic material in a portion of the cavities, configuring an electrical winding in a portion of the cavities, and post-magnetizing the magnetic material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2004
    Assignee: General Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Francois J. Biais, Khwaja M. Rahman
  • Patent number: 6673463
    Abstract: A structure material of the present invention consisting essentially of 20 parts by weight or more of a polymer mixture consisting essentially of of a thermoplastic aromatic polyester and a thermoplastic aliphatic polyester on the basis of 100 parts by weight of the structure material. The polymer mixture comprises 3 to 40 parts by weight of the aliphatic polyester on the basis of 100 parts by weight of the polymer mixture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 1997
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2004
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Onishi, Takahiko Terada, Yoshikazu Yamagata
  • Patent number: 6664671
    Abstract: The invention relates to a rotating electrical machine with a contacting device whose circumference has at least one slide contact disposed on it, which remains in sliding contact with a brush apparatus (slide system), in which the at least one slide contact is comprises of a wear resistant material. The invention provides that the electrical machine has an internal cooling system in which a fluid/gas mixture used as a cooling medium circulates around the components to be cooled, including the slide system, and the at least one slide contact is comprises of an alloy with at least one alloy component that has an affinity for oxygen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2003
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Axel Blahak, Uwe Knappenberger
  • Patent number: 6617740
    Abstract: A d.c. PM motor and corresponding generator having a stator core assembly which is formed of a molded or pressure shaped processed ferromagnetic particulate material. The low permeability characteristic of this material is accommodated for by a stator shape which optimizes the efficiency of the coupling of the PM field of a rotor into the stator structure. Efficiency for coupling the applied field into the stator core structure also is enhanced through the utilization of transitions in levels between the induction region of each core component and the field winding support region. A method is described for assembling the stator core assemblies using discrete core component pieces in conjunction with back iron linking components or pieces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2003
    Assignee: Petersen Technology Corporation
    Inventor: Christian C. Petersen
  • Patent number: 6617747
    Abstract: A d.c. PM motor and corresponding generator having a stator core assembly which is formed of a pressure-shaped processed ferromagnetic particulate material. The spaced apart isotropic core components of the stator core assembly are generally disposed in parallel relationship with the motor axis or generator axis, having a flux interaction region with a flux interaction surface located adjacent the confronting magnetic surface of a rotor and being generally coextensive with the principal dimension thereof to form an air gap. Each core component includes a winding region extending generally in parallel relationship with the device axis a field winding length to a ring-shaped back iron region. The back iron region interconnects the core components in magnetic field exchange relationship. Field windings are mounted over the core components in connection with supporting bobbins.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2003
    Assignee: Petersen Technology Corporation
    Inventor: Christian C. Petersen
  • Publication number: 20030141770
    Abstract: In a stator core having a plurality of teeth, which elongate in an inner radial direction and slots, which are configured among the teeth, powder is caused to adhere to the stator core, the powder adhering to an inner peripheral face of the stator core is removed, and the stator core is heated to melt and harden the powder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2002
    Publication date: July 31, 2003
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Syuuichi Tamura, Tsuyoshi Takahashi, Shuji Tohyama, Yoshihiro Kazuha, Atsushi Oohashi, Katsuya Kinoshita
  • Patent number: 6509667
    Abstract: A reluctance rotor and method for manufacturing reluctance rotors having soft magnetic regions and regions with magnetic properties that are dissimilar to those of the soft magnetic region so as to create a flux barrier. The method generally entails producing a magnetic body having a central axis and an outer peripheral surface. The body is composed of concentric regions, at least one of which is a soft magnetic region while at least a second region of the concentric regions is formed of a material with dissimilar magnetic properties to the soft magnetic region. Once formed, the body is divided along radials thereof to form wedge-shaped members, with each wedge-shaped member having coaxial arcuate regions that are portions of the concentric regions of the body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2000
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2003
    Assignee: Delphi Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Ahmed Mostafa El-Antably, Frank A. Wilder, David Allen Score
  • Publication number: 20020150486
    Abstract: Dynamo electric machines and stators for use in such machines are provided. The stators comprise plates configured to be substantially flat and a plurality of spaced apart projections or teeth extending away from the plate and, together with the plate defining a plurality of slots therebetween. The stators comprise masses of metal particles. Using stators made from such metal particles provides enhanced machine efficiency, which is believed to be because of reduced eddy current effects in the stator. Motors including rotors having generally flat arrays of permanent magnetic poles and such stators which are spaced apart from and generally facing the permanent magnetic poles and have a plurality of magnetic windings, and pumps powered by such motors are included within the scope of the present invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2002
    Publication date: October 17, 2002
    Applicant: Shurflo Pump Manufacturing Co.
    Inventors: David J. Cooper, Gary F. McKee, Mike Saveliev, Patrick J. Weaver
  • Publication number: 20020117907
    Abstract: A high-density stator core for use in electrodynamic devices is fabricated by the electromagnetic pressing of an iron-based powder coated with a dielectric material and methods for performing the electromagnetic pressing are disclosed. The stator core includes a yoke portion that may further include a plurality of integral poles extending either radially outward from an outer circumferential surface of the yoke portion or radially inward from an interior circumferential surface of the yoke portion. The stator core is formed as a near-net-shape compact by an electromagnetic pressing process and has an as-formed density of at least about 98% of the theoretical density.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2001
    Publication date: August 29, 2002
    Inventors: David Earl Gay, David Allen Score
  • Patent number: 6384507
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a coreless AC Induction motor. The motor comprises a cup type coreless rotor. A rotating shaft is combined with the cup type coreless rotor. An induction rod is inserted into the cup type coreless rotor to guide a magnetic flux from the stator effectively. A stator is positioned around the coreless rotor. The cup type coreless rotor comprises a squirrel cage-shaped conduction cylinder and composite material or polymer resin. The squirrel cage-shaped conduction cylinder is made of material having high electric conductivity, such as aluminum or copper, and has plurality of slots along the axis of the squirrel cage-shaped conduction cylinder. The composite material or polymer resin fills the slots of the squirrel cage-shaped conduction cylinder to make up for the low stiffness of the squirrel cage-shaped conduction cylinder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2002
    Assignee: Korea Advanced Institute of Science & Technology
    Inventors: Dai Gil Lee, Seung Hwan Chang