Circulation Patents (Class 310/58)
  • Patent number: 12374942
    Abstract: A stator includes a stator core and a stator winding. The stator core includes a plurality of stator teeth and a core oil passage extending in an axial direction. The stator winding is wound on the stator teeth, and a projection of the stator winding and a projection of the core oil passage in the axial direction of the stator are overlapped. The core oil passage includes a spiral first oil passage section, the stator core includes first and second laminations stacked with each other, the first and second laminations have first and second oil holes both passing through the respective laminations along the axial direction, respectively, the first and second oil holes are staggered in a peripheral direction and in partial communication with each other, and at least one first lamination is adjacent to at least one second lamination to define the first oil passage section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2025
    Assignee: XIAOMI EV TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Wenhui Luo
  • Patent number: 12376257
    Abstract: An information handling system with a cooling system may include a processor, a memory; a power management unit (PMU) operatively coupled to the processor; a cooling fan operatively coupled to the processor to draw air into and direct air out of a base chassis of the information handling system, the cooling fan including a fan housing; and a radio module operatively coupled to the fan housing to be cooled by conduction to the fan housing and operation of the fan via convective cooling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2025
    Assignee: DELL PRODUCTS LP
    Inventors: Qinghong He, Travis C. North, Pomin Shih
  • Patent number: 12373011
    Abstract: Autonomous driving computing systems in autonomous vehicles can include semiconductor chips with varying degrees of heat dissipation. The semiconductor chips are mounted on a printed circuit board, which together may be packaged in an enclosure assembly. The enclosure assembly may be mounted in the autonomous vehicle. Having a compact or low-profile enclosure assembly, and the harsh operating environment of the autonomous vehicle may pose a challenge for cooling the semiconductor chips and design of the enclosure assembly. Some cooling mechanisms can be difficult to manufacture, assemble, and/or service. An impeller-based intake subassembly can be combined with an air guidance plate that has a hollow structure that can direct air from the intake subassembly towards the printed circuit board through exhaust slots extending from the hollow structure, and air pathways to direct the air across the printed circuit board from the exhaust slots towards an impeller-based exhaust subassembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2025
    Assignee: GM CRUISE HOLDINGS LLC
    Inventor: Brittany Repac
  • Patent number: 12368349
    Abstract: A cooling motor includes a motor device having a motor casing, a motor assembly arranged in the motor casing, and a centrifugal fan, and a cooling device having first and second cooling components. The first cooling component includes a first cold plate jacket and a first heat circulation pipeline. The first cold plate jacket is sleeved on the motor assembly and thermally connected to a stator, and the first cold plate jacket includes first cold plates. The first thermal circulation pipeline filled with a first working fluid passes through the first cold plate jacket. The second cooling component includes a second cold plate jacket and a second heat circulation pipeline. The second cold plate jacket, sleeving the first cold plate jacket in an insulation manner, includes second cold plates and cooling fins. The second thermal circulation pipeline filled with a second working fluid passes through the second cold plate jacket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2025
    Assignee: TECO ELECTRIC & MACHINERY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kwun-Yao Ho, Szu-Hsien Liu, Yao-Ching Huang, Chia-Wei Liu
  • Patent number: 12362608
    Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure relate to an electric motor that includes a stator and a rotor. The stator includes a stator body having a plurality of stator coil slots and a plurality of stator coils disposed respectively within the plurality of stator coil slots, each stator coil slot arranged a radially inner side of the stator body facing the rotor. The stator also includes a substrate mechanically coupled to the stator body and configured to receive a fluid via a manifold and distribute the fluid through a cavity formed between the substrate and the stator body. Each stator coil slot includes an opening forming a channel that extends longitudinally across the stator body for distributing the fluid through the channel and thermally interact with the plurality of stator coils and the stator body. Accordingly, the temperature of the electric motor can be regulated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2024
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2025
    Assignee: Rivian IP Holdings, LLC
    Inventors: Dang Dinh Dang, Logan Noel Balliett, Shreyas Kapatral, Fan Wu, Iftekhar Hasan
  • Patent number: 12355329
    Abstract: A rotary machine includes an electric motor including a rotor and a stator, a rotary shaft to be rotated by driving the electric motor, an impeller attached to the rotary shaft, an inverter that controls the electric motor, and a plurality of lead wires that exit from the stator and connected to the inverter. The stator includes an inner periphery facing the rotor, and an outer periphery opposite the inner periphery, and the inverter is located in a circumferential direction along the outer periphery of the stator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2025
    Inventors: Shun Nakayama, Koji Sakota, Yuji Sasaki
  • Patent number: 12337108
    Abstract: A noise-reducing air passage device and its components for use in ventilator systems, including a housing with at least one inlet, at least one outlet, an inner wall, and an outer wall. The space enclosed by the inner wall of the housing forms a gas passage including at least one chamber to provide a space for gas accumulation and flow. A blower, the core component to provide positive pressure gas to the device, is secured within one of the at least one chamber. The gas passage also includes a ventilation component to divide the gas and streamline turbulent airflow. The ventilation component is among the noise-reducing components, which also include a support component to provide support and damp vibrations for the blower and an inlet component provided at the inlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2024
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2025
    Assignee: WALLENBERG UNION LLC
    Inventor: David Luo
  • Patent number: 12334786
    Abstract: A disc rotor machine for a motor vehicle drive is disclosed that includes a disc-shaped stator. The stator has a plurality of core segments-, which are distributed in a circumferential direction and are rigidly connected to one another by means of at least one retaining ring, and a plurality of coil windings each extending around a core segment. The disc rotor machine also comprises a rotor which is mounted rotatably relative to the stator, the rotor having a first rotor disc arranged adjacent to the stator towards a first axial side and a second rotor disc arranged adjacent to the stator towards a second axial side opposite the first axial side, which rotor discs can be driven by a plurality of coils of the stator which are distributed in a circumferential direction and include the core segments and coil windings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2025
    Assignee: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Maximilian Bossecker, Holger Witt
  • Patent number: 12326156
    Abstract: The invention relates to a fluid pump (1), which comprises an impeller unit (2) with an impeller (4) and an electric motor (6) with a motor housing (10). The impeller unit (2) comprises an inlet side (2a) with a fluid inlet (5a) and an outlet side (2b) with a fluid outlet (5b), wherein a guide channel (26) fluidically connects the inlet side (2a) and the outlet side (2b) via the impeller (4). It is substantial for the invention that the guide channel (26) is additionally realised in regions by a cooling fluid jacket (27) formed in the motor housing (10).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2025
    Assignee: MAHLE INTERNATIONAL GMBH
    Inventors: Alok Awasare, Martin Gross
  • Patent number: 12320361
    Abstract: A centrifugal compressor includes a rotary shaft, an electric motor, an impeller, a thrust bearing, and a housing having a passage that includes a motor cooling passage and a bearing cooling passage. The housing includes an inner housing and an outer housing. The motor cooling passage is defined by the inner housing and the outer housing. The passage includes a branching passage through which cooling fluid is divided and flows into the motor cooling passage and the bearing cooling passage and a joining passage through which the cooling fluid flowing through the bearing cooling passage joins the cooling fluid flowing through the motor cooling passage. The motor cooling passage includes a guide wall that guides the cooling fluid flowing through the motor cooling passage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2025
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI
    Inventor: Takayuki Hirano
  • Patent number: 12323026
    Abstract: System comprising: a pressurized casing delimiting an enclosure for at least one machine; a cooling device including: a cooling jacket located inside the pressurized casing; at least one removable sealing element between the cooling jacket and one of a cooling medium inlet or outlet pipe located outside the pressurized casing, wherein the removable sealing element comprises inner and outer cylindrical pieces extending coaxially through the casing and a flange attached to the casing for maintaining the cylindrical pieces, the inner cylindrical piece allowing the cooling medium circulation between the cooling jacket and one of the cooling medium inlet or outlet pipe, the removable sealing element comprising a cooling medium sealing barrier including a sealing located between the inner cylindrical piece and the cooling jacket, and a gas sealing barrier including a sealing located between the outer cylindrical piece and the cooling jacket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2025
    Assignee: Nuovo Pignone Tecnologie—S.R.L.
    Inventors: Benjamin Defoy, Rémi Falcand, Christophe Puaut
  • Patent number: 12316205
    Abstract: An electric machine configured to generate and transfer drive torque to a driveline for propulsion of an electric vehicle includes a gearbox assembly, an electric motor having a rotor and a stator having end windings, and a thermal management system. The thermal management system includes a first end plate disposed at an axial end of the rotor. The first end plate has a central hub and an overhang. The overhang includes an outwardly extending radial rim and a lip. The radial rim includes an outer surface, an inner surface, and at least two passages defined therethrough. The first end plate facilitates cooling of the electric motor by directing fluid (i) off of the outer surface of the radial rim and onto an inner diameter of the end windings, and (ii) through the at least two passages and onto the inner diameter of the end windings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2025
    Assignee: FCA US LLC
    Inventors: Sachin Ganakota, Shreyas Kapatral, Steven L Hayslett, Brandon R Given, Dhafar Al-Ani
  • Patent number: 12301090
    Abstract: A hybrid module is provided that includes a water jacket and an oil reservoir. The water jacket can be configured to both directly provide a heat exchanger feature for a stator as well as the oil reservoir. Oil within the oil reservoir can be configured to be sprayed towards the stator at the same time that the water jacket is cooling the stator. This configuration provides an improved cooling effect for the stator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2025
    Assignee: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventor: Matthew Payne
  • Patent number: 12301063
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a main rotor for a generator is provided. The method includes printing at least part of a rotor shaft by a three-dimensional printing process. The step of printing at least part of the rotor shaft includes printing a plurality of closed outlets and a plurality of open outlets. A rotor core is printed by the three-dimensional printing process. The step of printing the rotor core includes printing a plurality of liquid coolant conduits that extend through the rotor core and fluidly connecting the plurality of liquid coolant conduits to the plurality of closed openings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2025
    Assignee: GE Aviation Systems LLC
    Inventors: Hao Huang, James Mahle, Xiaochuan Jia
  • Patent number: 12301056
    Abstract: A stator winding structure includes a stator core formed from a stack of a plurality of steel sheets, the stator core comprising a plurality of slots that are circularly arranged in multiple rows around an axis of rotation; a plurality of conductor bars positioned in the plurality of slots; a plurality of first barrier ribs electrically shielding between the plurality of conductor bars contiguous to each other in a radial direction; and a plurality of second barrier ribs electrically shielding between the plurality of conductor bars contiguous to each other in a circumferential direction; and a pair of end-turn members disposed at axial ends of the stator core and coupled to the conductor bars; wherein the plurality of conductor bars are arranged within the stator core by a casting process including die casting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2025
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION, IUCF-HYU (INDUSTRY-UNIVERSITY COOPERATION FOUNDATION HANYANG UNIVERSITY)
    Inventors: Jin Ho Choi, Jae Hyun Kim, Soo Hwan Park, Myung Seop Lim, Sung Woo Hwang
  • Patent number: 12283872
    Abstract: A motor having multiple cooling flow channels, includes a housing, a stator, and a rotor. The stator comprises a winding. The housing comprises a cooling liquid inlet, an arc-shaped flow channel, and a cooling liquid outlet; the arc-shaped flow channel is defined around the housing and connected to the stator core; the rotor comprises a rotor flow channel; both the rotor flow channel and the arc-shaped flow channel are communicated with the cooling liquid inlet and outlet; and the rotor flow channel and the arc-shaped flow channel respectively correspond to two ends of the winding. A cooling liquid enters the arc-shaped flow channel for cooling the housing and a stator core of the motor, and enters the rotor flow channel for cooling the rotor. The cooling liquid flows through the rotor flow channel and the arc-shaped flow channel for respectively cooling the ends of the winding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2025
    Assignees: South China University of Technology, KINETEK DE SHENG (SHUNDE) MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Zhao Luo, Zhenping Wan, Xuesong Hu, Rongsheng Xi, Peili Xie, Maoxing He
  • Patent number: 12283875
    Abstract: An electric drive unit that includes an electric motor having motor output shaft and a heat sink that is received therein. The heat sink is comprises of a plurality of discrete heat sink elements that are stacked together and inserted into the motor output shaft. The heat sink elements have central hubs that cooperate to form a coolant supply passage that extends centrally through the heat sink. Each of the heat sink elements defines a plurality of discrete coolant return passages that are relatively shorter in length than the central hubs so that a void annular space is formed between the coolant return passages of adjacent heat sink elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2025
    Assignee: AMERICAN AXLE & MANUFACTURING, INC.
    Inventors: Samer Metry, Cory J. Padfield, Jeffrey J. Ronning, Paul Noble, Rita Arnold
  • Patent number: 12266985
    Abstract: A motor assembly can include a motor shaft, a stator assembly, and a rotor assembly, and can include a cooling jacket. The cooling jacket can include an inner wall facing radially inwardly towards the stator assembly and an opposite outer wall facing radially outwardly, a circumferential internal fluid passageway for allowing a cooling fluid to be pumped through an interior of the cooling jacket, the internal fluid passageway being disposed between the inner and outer walls and extending between an inlet and an outlet, a mounting pad receiving, at an opening in the outer wall, a heat generating component associated with the motor assembly, the opening being in fluid communication with the internal fluid passageway such that the cooling fluid can provide cooling to the heat generating component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2025
    Assignee: EATON INTELLIGENT POWER LIMITED
    Inventors: Mikhail Goykhman, Galen Chui, Armen Baronian
  • Patent number: 12261490
    Abstract: A varnish application system includes an electric motor, a clamp, and a varnish injector. The clamp includes a beam, a first end plate fixed to the beam and engageable to a first end of the electric motor, and a second end plate releasably connected the beam and engageable to a second end of the electric motor. The varnish injector is arranged to apply varnish to the electric motor when the clamp engages the electric motor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2025
    Assignee: Ford Motor Company
    Inventor: Xiaogang Zhang
  • Patent number: 12253095
    Abstract: A blower device including: a motor holder having an opening; a motor housed within the motor holder; a blower fan coupled to the motor; an electronic circuit adapted to control the motor. The motor holder includes an air inlet and an air channel configured to supply the electronic circuit and the motor with an airflow from the air inlet. The air channel includes a first deflector wall and a first liquid trap wall arranged in series between the air inlet and the electronic circuit. The first deflector wall and the first liquid trap wall extend in opposite directions and form a meandering path for the airflow.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2025
    Assignee: Valeo Systemes Thermiques
    Inventors: Jonathan Yestrepsky, Jonathan Atwater, Andrew Eggebroten
  • Patent number: 12247572
    Abstract: An electric machine for a work vehicle including a housing, a stator assembly positioned inside the housing, and a rotor assembly rotatably connected to the housing via a bearing. The rotor assembly is positioned to form an air gap between the stator assembly and the rotor assembly. A front air dam is positioned at a first end of the housing and adjacent to the air gap. The front air dam includes an external barrier, an internal barrier, an opening in the internal barrier, and a passageway in the internal barrier. A fan is attached to the rotor assembly and positioned within the housing. The fan generates a first air flow towards the air gap and a second air flow through the passageway.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2025
    Assignee: DEERE & COMPANY
    Inventor: Ronald D. Bremner
  • Patent number: 12249892
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a cooling jacket for cooling a permanent magnet synchronous electric motor, wherein the cooling jacket comprises bearing housing cooling portion and a stator cooling portion, wherein the stator cooling portion comprises stator coolant guiding channel having an enlarged middle section. The flow splitter having a shape that corresponds to the enlarged middle section is disposed at the middle of this enlarged section. The flow splitter has the same height as that of the partition wall, and the upper surface of the flow splitter is curved to form a seal with the inner surface of the stator outer housing. At the middle of the stator coolant guiding channel, there is provided a middle rib that extends in the spiral shape around the circumference of the stator cooling portion. The middle rib has a lower height than the height of the partition wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2025
    Assignee: VINFAST TRADING AND PRODUCTION JOINT STOCK COMPANY
    Inventors: Mohammad Naeem Khan, The Quynh Nguyen, Van Hoan Nguyen, Van Tho Nguyen
  • Patent number: 12249870
    Abstract: A motor includes a rotor, a stator core, a stator coil, and a shower pipe. An upper part of an outer circumferential surface of the stator core includes a circumferential groove that extends in a circumferential direction of the stator core. Axial grooves are located at positions that are spaced apart from each other in the circumferential direction, and extend in a direction that intersects the circumferential groove. The axial grooves each open in opposite end faces of the stator core in an axial direction of the rotary shaft. Each axial groove includes opposite ends in the axial direction. The opposite ends have a groove width that becomes narrower as the opposite ends become farther from the circumferential groove.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2025
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Hironobu Sakamoto
  • Patent number: 12249893
    Abstract: An electric machine assembly includes a housing defining an inner cavity, a rotatable shaft extending through the inner cavity, and at least one electrical component positioned within the cavity. The electric machine assembly also includes an internal fan coupled to the shaft and positioned within the inner cavity such that rotation of the fan provides a cooling airflow to the at least one electrical component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2025
    Assignee: Regal Beloit America, Inc.
    Inventor: Jeffrey William Crosson
  • Patent number: 12244178
    Abstract: An axial flux electric motor includes a housing including an inner surface and a stator fixedly mounted in the housing. The stator includes a plurality of stator segments each supporting a winding, an inner support member defining a central passage, and an outer annular member constraining the plurality of stator segments. The outer annular member includes an outer surface portion abutting the inner surface of the housing. A thermal connection system is disposed between the outer surface portion of the outer annular member and the inner surface. The thermal connection system transfers heat from the stator into the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: John S. Agapiou, Jian Yao, Zhen Gao, SeungHwan Keum
  • Patent number: 12237727
    Abstract: An electric machine includes a rotor located at and rotatable about a central axis and a stator positioned proximate to the rotor and defining a radial machine gap between the rotor and the stator. A cold plate is positioned proximate to the rotor. The cold plate is rotationally stationary relative to the central axis and is spaced apart from the rotor to define a cold plate gap between the cold plate and the rotor. The cold plate includes one or more coolant pathways therein such that thermal energy from the rotor is transferred to a flow of coolant circulated through the one or more coolant pathways.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: RTX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Abbas A. Alahyari, Parag M. Kshirsagar, Beata I. Wawrzyniak
  • Patent number: 12237721
    Abstract: An electric machine includes a stator core having a plurality of stacked laminations that are arranged in sets that each define a circumferentially extending slot through a thickness of the set. The sets are circumferentially rotated relative to each other in sequence such that each slot only partially overlaps with one or more adjacent slots to form a continuous helical cooling path around the stator core. Windings are supported on the stator core.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Akash Pradeepkumar, Singar Rathnam
  • Patent number: 12237720
    Abstract: An electric machine including a stator core having an outer circumferential surface and an axial row of raised projections that extend radially outboard from the outer surface. The raised projections are axially spaced from each other to define circumferential channels therebetween. A housing defines a cavity that receives the stator core. The housing has an inner circumferential surface in contact with the raised projections and radially spaced from the outer surface of the core to define a void space in fluid communication with the channels. The void space and the channels cooperate to form a fluid circuit that overlays the outer circumferential surface such that the fluid is in direct contact with the stator core.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Dengfu Zhang, Brian Christian Orr, Alfredo R. Munoz, Franco Leonardi, Joel Hetrick
  • Patent number: 12228147
    Abstract: A quick connect mounting assembly for a ceiling fan. The quick connect mounting assembly includes two releasably attachable mounts that are easily interconnected to mechanically couple elements of a ceiling fan. The quick connect mounting assembly can be used to mount at least two elements of the ceiling fan, including a ceiling fan switch housing to a ceiling fan motor assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2024
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: Hunter Fan Company
    Inventors: Rickey Thomas Jones, James Caleb McMillen
  • Patent number: 12212189
    Abstract: There are provided: a rotor including a rotating shaft and a rotor core; a stator including a stator core and stator windings; bearings; a casing fixed to the stator core and connected to the bearings, which houses the rotor and the stator; and an electrostatic shield connected to the casing. The electrostatic shield has a plurality of opening holes by which a space in which the stator is disposed is communicated with a space in which the rotor is disposed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2025
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yutaro Kitagawa
  • Patent number: 12212182
    Abstract: A stator composed of package of plates rotated symmetrically, in multiples or divisors of 120° and also multiple of 3, contributing to the construction of an electromagnetically symmetric stator, preferably providing the symmetry between the phases of the three-phase motor, in a second plan, the technical effects of a reduction of scrap waste in the stamping process of these plates, and the increase of the heat exchange area for internal cooling for any type of electric motor using this stator. The stator (1) has a plurality of packages of plates (2), each of the packages of plates rotated symmetrically in relation to the subsequent package of plates in the longitudinal radial direction (L).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2025
    Assignee: WEG EQUIPAMENTOS ELETRICOS S.A.
    Inventors: Alexandre Schmidt Ferreira, Robson Gomes Da Silva, Wellington Renan Holler
  • Patent number: 12212219
    Abstract: A rotary mechanical system includes an electric machine, such as an electric motor, and a housing at least partially housing one or more components of the electric machine. The housing defines an electrical cavity and a coolant cavity. The electrical cavity houses one or more electrical components, such as a stator, of the electric machine. The coolant cavity is configured to receive a liquid coolant, such as ethylene glycol and water, from a liquid coolant system. The housing is configured to seal a two-phase refrigerant within the electrical cavity to transfer heat from the one or more electrical components to a wall of the electrical cavity and from the wall of the electrical cavity to the liquid coolant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2025
    Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
    Inventors: Benjamin Tang, Ami Bhavsar, Michael Leighty
  • Patent number: 12199488
    Abstract: A linear transport system includes: a stator module including an iron core that includes a plurality of teeth and a coil wound around the iron core; a movable element that includes a plurality of identical magnets disposed on a side surface parallel to a moving direction, and is propelled by an electromagnetic force from the coil; and a motor drive control device that controls the movable element by supplying an independent current of single-phase AC individually to the coil included in the stator module. When Lm is a magnet pitch that is a pitch of the magnets disposed in the movable element, and Lt is a tooth pitch that is a pitch of the teeth, 1.3?Lm/Lt?1.4 is satisfied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuichiro Nakamura, Takumi Tomatsu, Zaini Ariff, Jun Hosono, Hiroshi Wakayama
  • Patent number: 12191726
    Abstract: A component (20; 18; 100) is described for cooling the windings of an electric motor (10) comprising: an outer ring (30), an inner ring (40) concentric to the outer ring, linear segments (50) extending radially from the inner ring towards the outer ring, wherein the rings (30, 40) and the segments (50) are internally hollow and joined together to form a continuous channel inside them capable of carrying a cooling fluid along a path that stats at a ring and passes to the other ring, preferably coming back to the starting ring, the rings (30, 40) and the segments (50) being arranged to delimit pass-through openings (36) able to accommodate and surround the motor windings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Assignee: TEXA DYNAMICS S.R.L.
    Inventors: Adriano Girotto, Massimiliano Giacometti
  • Patent number: 12188549
    Abstract: Provided is a unit including: a motor case configured to accommodate a motor, a gear case configured to accommodate a gear connected to the motor; and a cover having a portion sandwiched between the gear and the motor, in which the motor case communicates with the gear case via an opening of the cover, and the opening is positioned below a horizontal plane passing through an axis of the gear and orthogonal to a gravity direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Assignee: JATCO LTD
    Inventors: Masahiro Kosaka, Hiroki Uehara, Yoonseok Choi, Doohee Yoon
  • Patent number: 12184122
    Abstract: A generator comprising a series of spaced annular stators sandwiched between a series of rotors, the rotors each being separated by annular collars, the annular collars defining a central cavity; at least one cooling gas source for supplying gas to the central cavity; vents through the annular collars for providing a means of egress for the cooling gas from the central cavity radially outwards over the rotors and the annular stators and the front, rear and side walls of coils embedded in the annular stators.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: Time To Act Limited
    Inventor: Hugh-Peter Granville Kelly
  • Patent number: 12184145
    Abstract: A breathing device includes a ventilator, which is arranged on an end surface of the control unit provided with a connector on an opposite side of an output shaft of a rotating machine so as to protrude from an inside of the electric power steering device toward an outside of the electric power steering device, and is configured to provide a breathing action through ventilation between the inside and the outside. The ventilator protrudes in a horizontal direction or upward with respect to the horizontal direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Toyoaki Udo, Yoshihito Asao
  • Patent number: 12176794
    Abstract: An outer-rotor brushless direct-current motor is provided. The motor includes a motor can that supports the motor components and a fan mounted on a rotor shaft inside the motor can to generate an airflow through the motor can. The motor can includes exhaust openings formed around the fan to allow the airflow to be expelled radially away from the fan, and intake openings formed at a distance from the exhaust openings to allow an airstream to be received radially into the motor can.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignee: Black & Decker Inc.
    Inventors: Yuming Zhou, Fuchun Xie, Tong Zheng, Ming Jin, Fujun Jin, Weifeng Qian
  • Patent number: 12166442
    Abstract: An electric motor system (100), comprising: a motor unit (110) comprising: a first part (120); a second part (130) movable relative to the first part (120); a plurality of spaced activatable motor elements (140) provided on the first part (120), each activatable motor element (140) being operative when activated by application of an electric current thereto for creating relative movement between the first and second parts (120, 130); and a plurality of power electronics drive modules (150), each power electronics drive module (150) being operatively associated with a different subset of the plurality of activatable motor elements (140) and comprising a power converter (155) operative to convert direct current into a periodic current for powering the activatable motor elements (140); and a power supply arrangement (170) comprising: at least one direct current power source (180); and a plurality of n parallel direct current power supply lines (190), each of the parallel direct current power supply lines (190) b
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignee: DEREGALLERA HOLDINGS LTD
    Inventor: Martin Hugh Boughtwood
  • Patent number: 12160162
    Abstract: Heat sink for an electric motor, in particular for a wheel hub drive of a commercial vehicle, with a channel which connects a first connection of the heat sink and a second connection of the heat sink, wherein the channel winds around the heat sink in a spiral. With such a heat sink, a flow condition of coolant within the channel can be generated in which secondary vortices are formed, and the cooling capacity is significantly improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2024
    Assignee: ZIEHL-ABEGG AUTOMOTIVE GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Sebastian Martens, Natale Cosmo Bifano, Sascha Klett, Maximilian Munz
  • Patent number: 12160158
    Abstract: An electric motor assembly includes a stator, a rotor, a motor housing, a rotatable shaft, a radial fan, and an air scoop. The motor housing at least partly houses the stator and rotor and presents an exterior motor surface. The rotatable shaft is associated with the rotor for rotational movement therewith, with the rotatable shaft extending along a rotational axis. The radial fan is mounted on the rotatable shaft exteriorly of the motor housing and is rotatable with the shaft to direct airflow in a radially outward direction. The air scoop extends radially outwardly relative to the radial fan and axially to receive radial airflow from the radial fan and turn the airflow axially to flow along the exterior motor surface. The air scoop includes spaced apart axially extending airflow vanes to guide the airflow as the airflow is turned axially.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2024
    Assignee: Nidec Motor Corporation
    Inventors: Richard L. Eason, Michael L. Largent, Steven R. Palmer, Jeffrey Scott Sherman, Richard A. Belley
  • Patent number: 12155290
    Abstract: An electronically commutated rotating electric machine comprising a first housing part, housing the active core of the machine and a second housing part that houses the control drive, wherein the first and second housing parts are configured such that, after being connected to one another, a gap is formed between them; the parts having deflecting portions that are configured to direct an air flow into the gap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2024
    Assignee: Weg Equipamentos Elétricos S.A.
    Inventors: Roger Schipmann Eger, Ramon Gomes Da Silva, Rubens Fernando Missio
  • Patent number: 12155289
    Abstract: A housing for an electric machine includes a substantially cup-shaped outer housing having a first base portion and a first tubular portion adjoining the base portion. An inner housing, which has a substantially cup-shaped form, is arranged in the outer housing and has a second base portion and a second tubular portion adjoining the base portion. A cover is connected or connectable to the outer housing and/or the inner housing. At least one cooling channel is formed between the first tubular portion and the second tubular portion. A pocket is formed in the first base portion and forms a first cavity together with the second base portion, and a second cavity is formed in the cover. The first cavity is fluidically connected to the cooling channel via a first bore and the second cavity is fluidically connected to the cooling channel via a second bore.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2024
    Assignee: MAGNA Powertrain GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Lukas Legl, Andreas Penz, Alexander Dietrich, Gerhard Eibler
  • Patent number: 12136858
    Abstract: An axial flux machine having a stator which is located between a first rotor disk and a second rotor disk. The base part of the stator is a central support flange which defines a first lateral face and a second lateral face. The central support flange has a plurality of flow openings. A first, left stator cover is mounted, with a formed collection channel, on the first lateral face of the support flange, and a second, right stator cover is mounted, with a formed distribution channel, on the second lateral face of the support flange.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2024
    Assignee: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Maximilian Bossecker, Holger Witt
  • Patent number: 12132352
    Abstract: A stator cooling structure in which the stator cooling structure includes a supporting member that has a cylindrical shape along an axial direction of a rotating electric machine, that supports a stator core of the rotating electric machine, and that forms a cooling water passage and oil passage, and the stator core, the cooling water passage, and the oil passage are disposed adjacent to each other in this order from an inner radial side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Assignee: AISIN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Satoshi Murakami, Masahiro Nagaya
  • Patent number: 12129747
    Abstract: A downhole electric submersible pump (ESP) assembly. The downhole ESP assembly comprises a hybrid permanent magnet motor (PMM) comprising a first drive shaft, a stator, and a rotor comprising a first permanent magnet element, a second permanent magnet element, and an induction squirrel cage, wherein the rotor is mechanically coupled to the first drive shaft and disposed within the stator; a seal section having a second drive shaft coupled to the first drive shaft; and a pump assembly having a third drive shaft coupled to the second drive shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Hassan Mansir, Jeffrey Frey, Robert Charles De Long, Dezhi Zheng
  • Patent number: 12129864
    Abstract: An impeller is provided, including a metal housing, a shaft, and a plastic member. The metal housing has a shaft mounting hole. The inner surface of the shaft mounting hole includes three or more contact points, and the contact points are closer to the shaft than other portions of the inner surface of the shaft mounting hole. The shaft passes through the shaft mounting hole and is affixed by the contact points. The metal housing divides the shaft into an upper section, a middle section, and a lower section. The plastic member passes through the shaft mounting hole and is in contact with the middle section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Assignee: DELTA ELECTRONICS, INC.
    Inventors: Wei-I Ling, Chao-Fu Yang, Chih-Chung Chen, Kuo-Tung Hsu
  • Patent number: 12130094
    Abstract: A water jacket includes a housing configured to be disposed on or adjacent to an outer periphery of a heat generating portion, and a coolant channel provided inside the housing. The coolant channel includes a plurality of main tubular channel portions that extend linearly and are configured to be arranged along and in proximity to the outer periphery of the heat generating portion, an inflow-side manifold portion that collectively connects upstream end portions of the main tubular channel portions and is configured to allow inflow of coolant, and an outflow-side manifold portion that collectively connects downstream end portions of the main tubular channel portions and is configured to allow outflow of the coolant. Each of the main tubular channel portions includes therein a vortex generation part that is disposed in proximity to the upstream end portion and configured to generate a vortex flow.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD
    Inventors: Hirosumi Todaka, Yasunari Kimura, Takaaki Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 12132373
    Abstract: An EC motor with an encapsulated electronic controller. The electronic controller is encapsulated by creating a silicone mold to include sufficiently detailed voids so that certain parts of the electronic controller adjacent the voids are encapsulated and other parts adjacent where the mold has no voids are left unencapsulated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Assignee: East West Manufacturing, LLC
    Inventor: Stephen Andrew Semidey
  • Patent number: 12126233
    Abstract: The invention relates to an electric machine (1) having a rotor (3), a stator (2) and several rigid winding pieces (5) formed as hollow conductors, which form various coils of a winding (4) of the electric machine (1) and are each part of a cooling circuit of the electric machine (1). According to the invention, the winding pieces (5) each have at least one lateral tap (34) in the region of their end sections (8), via which tap a coolant can be fed into the winding pieces (5) or removed from the winding pieces (5).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2024
    Assignee: dynamic E flow GmbH
    Inventors: Michael Naderer, Nikolaus Schweinert, Manuel Hartong