Vibration Or Noise Suppression Patents (Class 310/51)
  • Publication number: 20090015080
    Abstract: The invention relates to a permanently excited synchronous machine and a method for the suppression of harmonics. The permanently excited synchronous machine (51) comprises a stator (53) and a rotor (55). Preferably, the stator (53) comprises a three-phase winding and the rotor (55) comprises permanent magnets (57). The stator (53) has thirty-nine slots (1-39) and the rotor (55) has eight magnetic poles (79). The slots of the stator (53) are wound in such a way that a first harmonic can be suppressed by means of a winding scheme and a second harmonic can be suppressed by means of magnet geometry.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2005
    Publication date: January 15, 2009
    Applicant: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Rolf Vollmer, Markus Platen, Holger Schunk
  • Publication number: 20090001825
    Abstract: The manufacturing method of a rotor holder according to the present invention includes a step in which a top plate portion having a substantially discoid shape substantially centered about a central axis, and a side wall portion extending from an outer circumferential edge of the top plate portion are formed simultaneously by feeding a metal plate in a predetermined direction and pressing the metal plate by a die. Also, the present manufacturing method includes a step in which a punched portion is formed at the side wall portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2008
    Publication date: January 1, 2009
    Applicant: NIDEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Satoru HANAOKA, Tomotsugu SUGIYAMA, Shinya TABATA, Takashi TSUKADA
  • Publication number: 20080315691
    Abstract: Some embodiments of the present disclosure provide a rotor of an electric brushless motor configured to be light weight and prevent vibrations generated during an operation of the motor to be transferred to the shaft of the rotor. The rotor includes a shaft elongated in a rotational axis, a single body magnet comprising alternately magnetized portions, and a vibration absorption portion interposed between the shaft and single body magnet. The vibration absorption portion absorbs vibrations generated during the operation of the motor and can include an elastic or a non-elastic material. The rotor further includes a non-elastic portion inhibiting the expansion of the vibration absorption portion when the vibration portion is elastic.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2008
    Publication date: December 25, 2008
    Inventor: Young-Chun Jeung
  • Patent number: 7466054
    Abstract: An insert comprising a lightweight structure configured for filling the gaps between axially spaced C-shaped lamination stacks and circumferentially spaced non-magnetic cradles on a permanent magnet rotor. The insert is secured to a rib by a dovetail tongue that fits within a dovetail groove provided along the length of each rib. The insert engages the adjacent cradles and has a circumferential surface that has the same radius of curvature as the top surface of the cradles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2008
    Assignee: Canopy Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Andrew P. Watson, Kevin L. Tapper
  • Patent number: 7462972
    Abstract: A commutator for an electric machine comprises a support member made from insulating molding compound, a plurality of metal conductor segments (3), disposed thereon in evenly spaced manner around the commutator axis, with terminal elements disposed thereon for a rotor winding, and an interference-suppression device, to which the conductor segments are connected in electrically conductive manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2008
    Assignee: Kolektor Group D.O.O.
    Inventors: Ludvik Kumar, Joze Potocnik
  • Publication number: 20080296985
    Abstract: In a brushless motor, a stator includes an annular core member. A rotatable shaft is placed radially inward of the core member and extends in an axial direction. A rotor is supported by the rotatable shaft. A centerpiece supports the core member and includes a center portion, which is placed radially inward of the core member. A platy vibration absorbing member connects between the core member and the center portion of the centerpiece and damps circumferential vibrations transmitted from the core member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2008
    Publication date: December 4, 2008
    Applicant: ASMO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Fumio Fukuno, Tatsuya Kawai, Masashi Matsuda
  • Publication number: 20080290752
    Abstract: An axial gap motor including a rotor and stators, wherein: the rotor is provided with a plurality of primary magnet portions, a plurality of auxiliary magnet portions, and a rotor frame; the rotor frame is provided with a plurality of ribs that extend in the radial direction of the rotor frame, and a shaft portion and a rim portion that are integrally connected with each other via the ribs, and the rotor frame houses the primary magnet portions and the auxiliary magnet portions; the primary magnet portions are provided with primary permanent magnet pieces; the auxiliary magnet portions are provided with auxiliary permanent magnet pieces; and each of cross-sectional areas of the ribs which is perpendicular to the radial direction increases from the rim portion side towards the shaft portion side in the radial direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2007
    Publication date: November 27, 2008
    Inventors: Keiichi Yamamoto, Hirofumi Atarashi, Shoei Abe, Shigeru Tajima
  • Publication number: 20080278010
    Abstract: A switched reluctance motor has a rotor and a stator. The stator has first and second stator magnetic pole groups sequentially placed in an axial direction of the rotor. First and second stator magnetic poles in each group are alternately arranged on a same circumference. The first stator magnetic poles are placed every electrical angle 2? and reversely magnetized to each other. The second stator magnetic poles are placed every electrical angle 2? and reversely magnetized to each other. The first magnetic pole is apart from the second magnetic pole by electrical angle ?. Each stator magnetic pole in the first stator magnetic pole group is apart from that in the second magnetic pole group by electrical angle ?/2 in the circumferential direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2008
    Publication date: November 13, 2008
    Applicant: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomokazu Ishikawa, Masayuki Nashiki, Yuuichirou Itou
  • Publication number: 20080272671
    Abstract: A generator may incorporate a positively restrained balance ring. A generator may include a rotor core including a rotor, and a balance ring. The balance ring may include a weight. The balancer may include a plurality of balance holes in the ring, at least one of the plurality of balance holes to receive a weighted insert. A method of balancing a rotor of a generator may include mounting a balance ring adjacent to a rotor core, and adjusting weights to be located at one or more of a plurality of positions equally spaced around the balance ring to balance the rotor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2007
    Publication date: November 6, 2008
    Applicant: HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.
    Inventors: SIMON L. WADDELL, GREGOR McDOWALL, WILLIAM M. SCHERZINGER
  • Publication number: 20080265698
    Abstract: A rotor assembly comprising a rotor for rotating in a magnetic field of a motor, the rotor comprising a main rotor cavity and a plurality of first holes; two side boards, each side board comprising a sleeve-shaped main side board body and a disc-shaped outer side board body, the side board body having a main side board cavity, and the outer side board body being perforated by a plurality of second holes; two damping elements each damping element comprising a main damping element cavity; a plurality of rubber sleeves, each rubber sleeve having a rubber sleeve lip; and a plurality of third holes; an axle; and a plurality of positioning pins.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2008
    Publication date: October 30, 2008
    Applicant: ZHONGSHAN BROAD-OCEAN MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Ronghua BI
  • Publication number: 20080265697
    Abstract: The invention relates to an electrical machine, in particular a three-phase alternator (10), having a claw-pole rotor (11) with direct-current excitation, and having a stator winding (16) which is inserted into the slots in a laminated stator core and comprises a plurality of winding systems (16A, 16B), each having three winding sections (R, Y, B) connected to form a star circuit, with the winding systems each being offset through 120° electrical with respect to one another, and with the winding systems also being offset through an electrical angle ? with respect to one another. In order to damp mechanically caused noise in the generator when the machine is used in motor vehicles, it is proposed that the three-phase winding systems (16A, 16B) be connected to one another at their start points (P1, P2) via a coupling element 30 (20).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2006
    Publication date: October 30, 2008
    Inventors: Hubert Bischof, Gert Wolf, Guenter Rademacher
  • Publication number: 20080265696
    Abstract: Certain exemplary embodiments comprise a method that can comprise, via a device that originates sub-harmonic vibrations, applying a vibration treatment, to a rotor of an electric motor for a predetermined time period. The rotor can be thermally sensitive. The vibration treatment can be adapted to reduce internal stresses in the rotor, thereby reducing a vibration level of the rotor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2007
    Publication date: October 30, 2008
    Inventors: Yagnesh Kikaganeshwala, William Finley, Joerg Ernst, Jason Obermeyer
  • Publication number: 20080258569
    Abstract: A vehicle driving apparatus includes a rotating electrical machine; a power transmitting gear mechanism; and a case in which the rotating electrical machine and the gear mechanism are housed in series in an axial direction of the rotating electrical machine, wherein a low rigidity region, which is a region of the case having low rigidity located at an outer periphery of the rotating electrical machine, is covered by a silencer supported on a high rigidity region of the case having a higher rigidity than the low rigidity region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2008
    Publication date: October 23, 2008
    Applicants: AISIN AW CO., LTD., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Seigo Kano, Masashi Kitou, Satoru Kasuya, Satoru Wakuta, Taku Sakai, Masataka Sugiyama, Yumi Iraha, Masatoshi Adachi
  • Publication number: 20080258570
    Abstract: The present invention provides a stator coiled in a spiral, capable of mechanically inserting a wound coil in the slot of a stator core. In a stator in which coils are overlapped in a spiral when viewed from the end surface of the stator core after each of one sides of a plurality of coils wound in advance is inserted in the slot of the stator core and each of the other sides of the plurality of coils is inserted in a different slot, by repeating the inserting operation twice or more, the loop of the coils overlapped in a spiral are piled in two layers or more in the radius direction of the stator core and the total coil sectional area inserted in the slots of the stator core is larger than a prescribed value based on the inside radius of the stator core.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2008
    Publication date: October 23, 2008
    Applicants: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA CORPORATION, SANKO KIKI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuyuki Yamaguchi, Kenji Endo, Yoshio Kato
  • Publication number: 20080252154
    Abstract: A motor having an improved mounting structure is composed of a rotor including a rotor yoke; a stator including a bearing, a bearing holder and a base plate fixed to one end portion of the bearing holder; a shaft fixed to the rotor yoke and a damping member interposed between the bearing holder and the base plate. The bearing is fixed to the bearing holder. The rotor is supported through the shaft so as to be rotatable freely with respect to the stator. The bearing holder is fixed to the base plate with having a first area in which the bearing holder directly contacts with the base plate and a second area in which the damping member is interposed between the bearing holder and the base plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2008
    Publication date: October 16, 2008
    Applicant: Victor Company of Japan, Ltd.
    Inventor: Naoki Yamashita
  • Patent number: 7434240
    Abstract: Provided is a spindle motor comprising a stator and a shaft provided in the stator. A rotor is coupled with the shaft, and a turntable is connected with the shaft. The turntable has a ball container for receiving a plurality of ball, and the ball container has an inclined inner or outer wall. A ball cover is coupled with the ball container and having decelerating means. Herein, the decelerating means comprise an inclination or protrusions formed in the ball cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2008
    Assignee: LG Innotek Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jin Seung Yoo, Jae Hyun Park
  • Publication number: 20080238221
    Abstract: A soundproof type engine generator has a first external air inlet and a second external air inlet formed on a soundproof case K. A first cooling passage guides external air drawn in through the first external air inlet through a duct to a first fan, then from the first fan to a generator and discharges the air out of the soundproof case K. A second cooling passage guides external air drawn in through the second external air inlet to an engine using a second fan and then discharges the air out of the soundproof case The first fan is made up of a disk-like planar part, a plurality of first blades and a plurality of second blades, respectively provided radially on both head and tail sides of the planar part. External air drawn with the plurality of first blades through the first external air inlet is guided through the duct to the generator, and discharged out of the soundproof case. Air in the soundproof case is discharged with the plurality of second blades out of the soundproof case.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2007
    Publication date: October 2, 2008
    Applicant: Yamaha Motor Power Products Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Masanobu Yamamoto, Hidenori Takahashi
  • Publication number: 20080218009
    Abstract: A centerpiece rotatably supports a rotatable shaft therein. A stator core is placed radially outward of the centerpiece. A generally cylindrical vibration isolator is made of a resilient material and is radially placed between the centerpiece and the stator core.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 29, 2008
    Publication date: September 11, 2008
    Applicant: ASMO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Fumio Fukuno, Takeo Noda
  • Publication number: 20080218016
    Abstract: This invention discloses an electric motor apparatus including a frame, a stator and a rotor in the frame, an axle sleeve at the center of the stator and having an embedded groove extended inwardly and at a free end apart from the connecting position of the frame, a bearing sheathed into the axle sleeve, an axle at the center of the rotor and sheathed into the bearing, a latch at an internal side of the rotor and protruded outward for securing the stator and the rotor, and a ball embedded in the bearing and apart from the free end. By the embedded groove and latch, the stator and rotor are combined, and the axle is pressed against the ball. When the axle is rotated, the ball is driven to roll to reduce the friction, noises and wearing as well as enhancing the life expectancy and efficiency of the electric motor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2007
    Publication date: September 11, 2008
    Applicant: TEK-CHAIN TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Chun-Ju Lin
  • Publication number: 20080211329
    Abstract: The invention relates to an electric motor, particularly a spindle motor used for driving storage disks in hard disk drives, having a stationary bearing part (14), a shaft (16) rotatably supported in the stationary bearing part, a hub (18) connected to one end of the shaft and an electromagnetic drive system. The electric motor is characterized in that the hub (18) is at least partly made of a metal alloy having a high specific damping capacity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2008
    Publication date: September 4, 2008
    Inventor: Martin Bauer
  • Publication number: 20080203832
    Abstract: In a power generator provided with a stator frame having a stator iron core incorporating a stator coil therein in an inner portion thereof, and a rotor in which a rotor coil rotating so as to oppose to the stator frame and the stator iron core is incorporated, the power generator is provided with a noise insulation plate fixed to a noise insulation plate attaching seat welded to an outer surface of the stator frame by a bolt and a nut, an elastic body (a gasket) is provided in a contact portion between the noise insulation plate attaching seat and the noise insulation plate, and a vibration-proofing rubber washer is provided in a contact portion between the noise insulation plate and the nut.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2008
    Publication date: August 28, 2008
    Inventors: Tadaaki KAKIMOTO, Hiroyuki Mae, Keiji Fugane
  • Patent number: 7417345
    Abstract: A motor. The motor includes a stator, a rotor, a top magnetic structure, and a bottom magnetic structure. The stator is disposed in a frame. The rotor is also disposed in the frame, corresponding to the stator. The rotor comprises a shaft, extended axially from the rotor. The shaft does not contact the stator or the frame. The bottom magnetic structure is at the bottom of the frame. The top magnetic structure is on the top of the frame. The top and bottom magnetic structures are opposite to each other in an axial direction. Magnetic attraction generated between the first magnetic structure and the second magnetic structure attracts and positions the shaft therebetween such that the first magnetic structure, the second magnetic structure, and the shaft are coaxially aligned.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2008
    Assignee: Delta Electronics, Inc.
    Inventors: Lee-Long Chen, Shih-Ming Huang, Sean Chang, Wen-Shi Huang
  • Publication number: 20080197723
    Abstract: An electric motor includes a rotation shaft, a commutator fixed to the rotation shaft, an armature provided with armature coils electrically connected to the commutator, the armature rotatably housed in a motor housing, a brush slidably contacting with the commutator, a power feeding terminal including a positive electrode plate and a negative electrode plate, and supplying electric power supplied from a power source to the brush and an electric noise reduction device provided between the positive electrode plate and the negative electrode plate of the power feeding terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2008
    Publication date: August 21, 2008
    Applicant: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hayami ICHIHARA, Shinichiro HAZAMA
  • Publication number: 20080197722
    Abstract: An electric motor has a housing (2) with a stator (3) and a rotor (5) located therein, a rotor bearing (4) for rotatably supporting a rotor shaft (6) around a rotor axis (A), a commutator (7), and a brush holder (8) with carbon brushes (9) associated with the stator (3) and fixed against rotation relative thereto, with the commutator-side rotor bearing (4) being fixedly connected to the brush holder (8) which is supported in a floating manner relative to the housing (2).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2008
    Publication date: August 21, 2008
    Inventors: Helmut Burger, Jens Frenzel
  • Publication number: 20080185801
    Abstract: A generator housing includes a top portion, a plurality of side portions, and a base portion. The top, sides, and base portions are connected to form an enclosure, such that a generator can be housed inside the enclosure. The top and side portions include an air and exhaust flow structure that facilitates cooling of a generator maintained inside the housing, that provides a sound attenuation function, and that releases exhaust created by a generator. At least one of the side portions and the top portion may be opened and closed to provide access inside the housing. The base portion includes a structure that facilitates installation and transport.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2008
    Publication date: August 7, 2008
    Applicant: CUMMINS POWER GENERATION, INC.
    Inventors: Raymond William GRAVLIN, John Carl KLESK, Paige NELSON, Alanna HEBNER, Michael ZAMARRIPA
  • Publication number: 20080180911
    Abstract: Provided is a fan motor apparatus. The fan motor apparatus includes a rotor and a stator. The rotor includes a blade. The stator includes a rotor supporting mechanism, a supporting member, and a vibration insulation member. The rotor supporting mechanism rotatably supports the rotor. The supporting member supports the rotor supporting mechanism. The vibration insulation member is provided between the rotor supporting mechanism and the supporting member. The stator is capable of regulating relative movement of the rotor supporting mechanism and the supporting member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2008
    Publication date: July 31, 2008
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Sachiko Kaneko, Yuji Shishido, Takashi Mochida, Hideo Niikura, Atsushi Kikuchi, Makoto Chiyoda
  • Patent number: 7405500
    Abstract: A wire bonding apparatus 10 including an X table 18 guided to move in the X direction on an XY table base 14 and a driving motor 20 mounted on a motor base 16 with the movable element 22 of the driving motor 20 connected to the X table 18. The motor main body 24 is guided by a pair of motor guides 26 so as to be movable in the X direction via the laminated bodies 40. In each laminated body 40, viscoelastic flat rubber plates that have a spring element and a damping element, and flat rigid plates, are alternately disposed and laminated, so that the rigidity is large in the direction perpendicular to the laminated surfaces, and the rigidity is small in the direction parallel to the laminated surfaces, and the laminated bodies have a recovery force and a damping force due to the viscoelasticity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2008
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Shinkawa
    Inventor: Toru Maeda
  • Publication number: 20080174189
    Abstract: The present invention provides cancellation of the cogging torque of a permanent magnet electrical machine using two sets of magnetic elements, one set being mechanically coupled to the stator and the other set being mechanically coupled to the rotor of the machine. At least one of the two set comprises permanent magnets and the magnetic elements of the other set can be made of permanent magnets or non-magnetized ferromagnetic materials such as soft iron. When the arrangement of the elements of the two sets are properly designed, magnetic attraction and repulsion forces between the magnetic elements of the two sets as the machine operates produces an anti-cogging torque that substantially cancels out the cogging torque of the machine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2007
    Publication date: July 24, 2008
    Inventors: Bruno Boucher, Eric Adams, Simon Cote, Daniel Massicotte
  • Publication number: 20080170935
    Abstract: When it is assumed that a thickness of a stator core is TSt as measured in parallel with an axial direction of a rotary shaft and a thickness of the fan housing is TFr as measured in parallel with the axial direction, a ratio of TSt/TFr is defined as 8% to 25%. With this arrangement, among frequency components included in vibration to be carried to the fan housing when a rotor is rotated, an over-all value of frequency components caused by cogging torque becomes smaller than an over-all value of frequency components caused by unbalance of the rotor. As a result, the vibration to be carried to the fan housing when a rotor is rotated may be restrained, in particular, when the rotor is rotated at a low speed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2008
    Publication date: July 17, 2008
    Applicant: SANYO DENKI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Toshiyuki Nakamura, Shigekazu Mitomo, Atsushi Yanagisawa
  • Patent number: 7391137
    Abstract: The invention relates to a circuit arrangement and a switching module, in which an attenuator is, for EMV suppression of a DC motor, connected to the lines of the DC motor. The attenuator comprises a ferrite, particularly a common mode ferrite.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2008
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Wolfgang Gottmann, Michael Kirchberger
  • Publication number: 20080143198
    Abstract: Taught herein is a motor, comprising a stator core (1), a shaft (2) nested around the stator core (1), and shock-absorbing connector, wherein the shock-absorbing connector is disposed between the stator core (1) and the shaft (2) so as to absorb and buffer unbalanced counterforces acting on the stator core (1) and to dampen the shocks experienced by the shaft (2) and reduce the overall noise generated by the motor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2007
    Publication date: June 19, 2008
    Applicant: ZHONGSHAN BROAD-OCEAN MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ronghua BI, Huaxin WU
  • Patent number: 7382068
    Abstract: A spindle motor includes a stator structure and a rotor structure coupled to the stator structure. The stator structure has a stator base, a magnetic conductive structure surrounding the stator base, and a first buffer structure provided in the gap defined by the stator base and the magnetic conductive structure and in contact with both the stator base and the magnetic conductive structure. Furthermore, a second buffer structure and a third buffer structure are respectively provided between the stator base and the casing and between the stator base and the base plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2008
    Assignee: Delta Electronics, Inc
    Inventors: Chin-Chu Hsu, Chia-Ching Weng, Tsung-Ju Yang
  • Publication number: 20080122303
    Abstract: A direct-current motor includes a stator having a magnetic field system, a rotor disposed around the stator, a commutator which rotates together with the rotor, and power supply brushes which are urged in the axial direction by urging members so as to come into contact with the sliding contact surfaces. The rotor includes an armature core around which armature coils are wound, and a rotary shaft which rotates together with the armature core. The commutator has segments extending radially. The segments have sliding contact surfaces orthogonal to an axial line of the rotary shaft. At least a part of each power supply brush comes into contact with the sliding contact surface at a position further radially outward than the armature coil.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2007
    Publication date: May 29, 2008
    Applicant: ASMO Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shinji Santo, Masayuki Kuwano
  • Publication number: 20080116756
    Abstract: A motor includes a bushing, a stator, a rotor and a magnetic body. The stator is telescoped to the bushing. The rotor has a shaft and a magnetic element. The shaft is disposed in the bushing, and the magnetic element is disposed corresponding to the stator structure. The magnetic body is disposed between the stator and the bushing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2007
    Publication date: May 22, 2008
    Inventors: Sean CHANG, Li-Ming Chen
  • Publication number: 20080100156
    Abstract: A method of compensating vibration of an electrical machine comprising a stator and a moving portion, said stator being subjected to magnetic forces generated by alternating electrical excitation and leading to deformation thereof. The method comprises exciting piezoelectric actuators secured at predetermined action locations on the outside surface of the stator, said piezoelectric actuators being arranged to produce controlled deformation in said stator to counter the deformation induced by the magnetic forces.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2005
    Publication date: May 1, 2008
    Applicants: CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE, ECOLE NORMALE SUPERIEURE DE CACHAN
    Inventors: Mohamed Khemis Gabsi, Xavier Mininger
  • Publication number: 20080100157
    Abstract: An axial gap coreless motor includes a stator including a stator yoke having a surface and being composed of a plurality of laminated layers of silicon steel sheets secured together, a wiring substrate having a surface and being disposed on the stator yoke surface, and a plurality of coreless coils annularly disposed on the wiring substrate surface; and a rotor including a rotor magnet having a plurality of circumferentially arranged magnetic poles, wherein the rotor is rotated relative to the stator such that the rotor magnet axially confronts the coreless coil over an air gap.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2007
    Publication date: May 1, 2008
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Minoru Awazu, Katsuya Seko
  • Publication number: 20080088187
    Abstract: An electric motor particularly suited for a hybrid electric automotive vehicle. The motor includes a stator housing and a rotor having a core and rotatably mounted to the housing by a bearing assembly. An electrical conductor separate from the bearing assembly provides a low impedance electrical conductive path for high frequency radio emissions from the rotor core and to the stator housing thus reducing the transmission of electrical magnetic interference from an output shaft of the rotor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2006
    Publication date: April 17, 2008
    Applicant: Hitachi, Ltd
    Inventors: Liang Shao, Makato Torigoe, George Saikalis
  • Publication number: 20080084140
    Abstract: Fan apparatus for an air conditioner including a fan (50), a shaft (68) coupled to the fan (50), a rotor (60) for transmission of driving force to the shaft (68) for rotating the fan (50), a stator (65) on an inside of the rotor (60) to form a BLDC motor together with the rotor (60), and a fan housing (40) for enclosing the fan (50), thereby reducing noise and enhancing fan (50) efficiency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2004
    Publication date: April 10, 2008
    Inventor: In Gyu Kim
  • Patent number: 7355312
    Abstract: Small brushless motor having high output and small torque ripple. The brushless motor includes induction voltage adjusting means. With this, induction voltage of each phase of the stator is adjusted into a flatly spread waveform having no abrupt variation where odd-numbered of order harmonic is superposed, thereby obtaining a small motor having high output capable of efficiently generating large torque with small ripple.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2008
    Assignee: Nidec Corporation
    Inventors: Nakaba Kataoka, Keita Nakanishi
  • Patent number: 7355306
    Abstract: A drive motor is supported and fixed onto a motor support plate composing a support member through vibration proof rubber which damps vibration, the frequency of which is not less than 1 kHz. Due to the foregoing, it becomes difficult for the vibration generated from the drive motor itself, to be transmitted to the support member so that the generation of resonance noise can be prevented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2008
    Assignees: DENSO Corporation, Shinano Kenshi Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yusuke Morishita, Akihiro Hayakawa, Yoshimitsu Inoue, Eiji Hirachi
  • Publication number: 20080073983
    Abstract: A resilient motor mounting system for use with electric motors including a resilient motor mount including at least two resilient vanes moveable between a collapsed position and an extended position, wherein each vane including a fixed end and a free end, wherein the fixed end rigidly attached to the motor, wherein each vane projecting radially away from the motor such that the free end for resiliently biased against a mounting surface thereby securely holding the motor in a desired stationary position. Each vane preferably defining a curved shape such that the radius of curvature is increased to urge the vane into the collapsed position and the radius of curvature is decreased as the vane is released into the extended position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2007
    Publication date: March 27, 2008
    Inventor: DEZI KRAJCIR
  • Patent number: 7342331
    Abstract: A rotor balancing system is provided that includes a rotor core, a plurality of core channels, a support wedge, a wedge channel, and balance masses. The rotor core includes an annular section, a first pole, and a second pole. The first and second poles each extend radially outwardly from the annular section and form an interpole region therebetween. The plurality of core channels are formed in the rotor core annular section and extend axially through the rotor core annular section. The support wedge is disposed in the interpole region. The wedge channel is formed in the support wedge and extends therethrough. One or more balance masses are selectively disposed in one or more of the core channels and the wedge channel, and each balance mass is disposed at a predetermined axial location to thereby correct rotor imbalance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2008
    Assignee: Honeywell International, Inc.
    Inventors: Edward M. Down, David E. Stout, Simon L. Waddell
  • Publication number: 20080055739
    Abstract: A device for vibration-free mounting of a drive motor on or in a stand of a surgical microscope is described. The drive motor is embodied as a stepper motor (1) and is joined to the stand via a receiving flange (2). An elastomeric mount (3) is arranged between the stepper motor (1) and the receiving flange (2) in order to damp pulses and/or vibrations that occur.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2007
    Publication date: March 6, 2008
    Applicant: LEICA MICROSYSTEMS (SCHWEIZ) AG
    Inventor: Andrzej Metelski
  • Patent number: 7339301
    Abstract: A stator structure comprising at least one first magnetic conductive plate and at least one second magnetic conductive plate, each magnetic conductive plate having a plurality of radial arms and pole tooth provided on ends of the radial arms, wherein the pole teeth of the first and second magnetic conductive plates have different shapes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2008
    Assignee: Delta Electronics, Inc.
    Inventors: Lee-long Chen, Shih-ming Huang, Wen-shi Huang
  • Publication number: 20080048509
    Abstract: A duct member is disposed around outer peripheries of an engine and an engine-driven generator to define a continuous cooling-air passage between the duct member and the outer peripheries. A cooling fan is disposed in the cooling-air passage to generate a flow of cooling air from one end of the cooling-air passage to the other end during operation of the engine. An intake box is connected to one end of the cooling-air passage and has an air-intake port. A muffler box is connected to the other end of the cooling-air passage, has an air-discharge port, and accommodates an exhaust muffler of the engine. A sound-insulating housing is connected between the intake box and the muffler box to surround the duct member in order to insulate sound emitted from the duct member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2007
    Publication date: February 28, 2008
    Inventors: Hiroko Murakami, Tadafumi Hirose, Taiyo Onodera
  • Publication number: 20080048507
    Abstract: In a wiper motor including a motor body and a reduction gear apparatus, an accommodating case is integrally provided on a brush holder provided to the motor body, and this accommodating case is disposed on an outer face of a gear case so as to project from a motor yoke. A noise-preventing element including a pair of choke coils and a bidirectional varistor is accommodated in the accommodating case, and the noise-preventing element is connected between a power-feeding terminal of a connector provided on the gear case and brushes. Noises acting on a power-feeding circuit are absorbed by the noise-preventing element and noises which have leaked to the outside via an opening portion of the motor yoke are absorbed by the noise-preventing element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2007
    Publication date: February 28, 2008
    Applicant: MITSUBA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Satoshi Kanda, Shuichi Hatori
  • Publication number: 20080042500
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a shock-absorbent structure of motor, which includes an upper case and a lower case assembled for accommodation of a rotor to rotate therein. A shaft seat is formed on the upper case and the lower case respectively; a bearing is disposed in the shaft seat, and a shock-absorbent member serving to absorb and dampening shock is disposed between the shaft seat and the bearing. Therefore, when a spindle of the rotor is pivotally disposed in two bearings and rotated therein, the shock-absorbent member can absorb, isolate and dampen the vibration amplitude generated by rotation of the rotor and by attrition between the spindle and the bearing, thereby preventing the vibration amplitude from impacting the system and thus maintaining the normal efficacy and the operational life duration thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2006
    Publication date: February 21, 2008
    Applicant: Sunonwealth Electric Machine Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Alex Horng, Shih Chang Huang
  • Patent number: 7332846
    Abstract: A damping device for damping speed irregularities of a rotating shaft includes an armature having at least one armature part made of a non-ferromagnetic, electrically conductive material. An exciter configured to permeate the armature part in at least some regions with a magnetic flux. The armature, together with the at least one armature part, is movably supported relative to the exciter, transversely to the direction of the magnetic flux. In one region permeated by the magnetic flux in a position of normal use, the armature part has at least one opening in which a ferromagnetic flux-guide member is located.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2008
    Assignee: LuK Lamellen Kupplungsbau Beteiligungs KG
    Inventor: Wolfgang Hill
  • Publication number: 20080024019
    Abstract: A motor includes a stator having a stator core wound by a coil and a vibration-absorbing member provided between the coil and the stator core.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2007
    Publication date: January 31, 2008
    Applicant: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masafumi Sakuma, Katsuhiro Tsuchiya, Tomohiro Fukushima, Akinori Hoshino, Tetsuya Morita
  • Patent number: 7320542
    Abstract: A blender includes a base frame, a cover for covering the base frame, a muffler housing, a motor, and a fan. The base frame includes a hollow column having a compartment for receiving the motor. Two separating plates extend downward from a bottom end of the base frame. The motor includes a lower drive shaft for driving the fan for driving ambient cool air into the compartment of the hollow column via the apertures, thereby directly cooling the motor. The separating plates prevent the hot air exiting the blender from entering the blender again.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2008
    Inventor: Chun-Yu Tai