Suction Pump Or Fan Patents (Class 310/62)
  • Patent number: 9062591
    Abstract: Fan system (1) for a cooling system of an internal combustion engine, having an electric machine (2) and an impeller wheel (3), wherein the electric machine (2) comprises a pole housing (20), which is rotatably mounted by means of a bearing (21, 22), wherein the impeller wheel (3) is coupled to the pole housing (20) of the electric machine (2), wherein the impeller wheel (3) has a first engagement element (40), and the pole housing (20) has a second engagement element (50) which corresponds to the first engagement element (40), wherein the two engagement elements (40, 50) engage one in the other in such a way that they form a bearing seat (212) for the bearing (21) of the pole housing (20).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2015
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Harold Bitzer, Andreas Mueller, Michael Schermann
  • Publication number: 20150137633
    Abstract: A vehicle AC generator capable of enhancing a cooling effect by increasing an air volume of cooling air is obtained. The AC generator includes: a casing having a ventilation port on an outer periphery; a stator installed in the casing; a rotor supported in the stator in a rotatable manner; a fan installed oppositely to the ventilation port in the casing and rotated integrally with the rotor; and a protrusion formed on a surface of the casing opposing a tip end of the fan at a position adjacent to an outer periphery of the ventilation port of the casing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2014
    Publication date: May 21, 2015
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Masao AKIYOSHI, Kazuya HASEGAWA, Atsushi OHASHI, Kazunori TANAKA
  • Publication number: 20150137631
    Abstract: A drive module for a vehicle has a transmission (12) and an electric machine (11) that is coupled to an input shaft (16) of the transmission (12). An air-filled cavity (23) is formed between the electric machine (11) and the transmission (12). The electric machine (11) is an external-rotor motor with a rotor (24) that surrounds the stator (25). A fan impeller (31) rotates with the rotor (24) and draws air out of the air-filled cavity (23) in an axial direction, draws the air through windings (27) of the stator (25) for cooling, and subsequently conveys the air in the radial direction into a housing-side flow duct (34) in which heated air can be accumulated and via which the air can be returned toward the cavity (23). The heated air can be cooled in the region of the flow duct (34) and/or in the region of the cavity (23).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2014
    Publication date: May 21, 2015
    Inventors: Henrik Schrage, Sebastian Wachter
  • Patent number: 9025336
    Abstract: A linked semiconductor module unit links a plurality of semiconductor modules by a first bus bar and a second bus bar, which are embedded in resin parts. The linked semiconductor module unit is disposed in a place other than on a printed circuit board. The semiconductor module linking structure is implemented readily by molding the bus bars together with semiconductor chips and lands to form the resin parts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2015
    Assignee: Denso Corporation
    Inventors: Hideki Minato, Hideki Kabune, Atsushi Furumoto
  • Patent number: 9013077
    Abstract: To include a stator, a rotor that is arranged within the stator, a frame that encloses the stator and the rotor, a pair of bearings that respectively support a driving side and a driven side of a rotary shaft, and a fan that is mounted on the rotary shaft. A plurality of blades that extend in a radial direction of the rotor and are provided to stand at a substantially equal interval in a rotation direction of the rotor are formed in the fan. A cross section of each of the blades in a direction perpendicular to the rotor has an elliptical shape extending in the radial direction, and the cross section widens toward a side of the fan.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2015
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventor: Shinsaku Maeda
  • Patent number: 9013076
    Abstract: Certain embodiments provide systems and methods for cooling a drive end bearing. The system may include an alternator including a drive end bearing, a drive end fan and a front housing face. The drive end fan may include a shaft aperture and auxiliary air flow inlet apertures positioned circumferentially around the shaft aperture. The front housing face may include auxiliary fins coupled to the drive end bearing. The auxiliary fins may protrude from the front housing face. The auxiliary fins may be arrayed axially on the front housing face. In various embodiments, the drive end fan is rotated to draw air through the auxiliary air flow inlet apertures and adjacent to at least a portion of auxiliary fins of the front housing face. The at least a portion of the auxiliary fins transfers heat from the drive end bearing to the air.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2015
    Assignee: Prestolite Electric Inc.
    Inventors: Robert D. Hall, Michael J. Hanchett, Andrew Cawse
  • Patent number: 8987952
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an open rotary electric machine having a rotor mounted to rotate relative to at least one stator and co-operating with the stator to define at least one airgap, the rotor being suitable for rotating at least one fan having at least two channels, said fan including a first channel generating a first cooling air stream passing through the stator, and a second channel generating a second cooling air stream passing through the rotor, the fan including a solid web separating the first and second air streams.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Assignee: Moteurs Leroy-Somer
    Inventor: Alexis Dutau
  • Publication number: 20150069866
    Abstract: A cooling device mounted in a flow path formed by an internal space of a cooling fluid duct being mounted on the periphery of a frame of a rotating electric machine is configured in such a manner that at least one of the end-face portions between a first end-face portion through which a cooling fluid flows into the cooling device and a second end-face portion from which the cooling fluid flows out thereof is placed tilting with respect to at least one of a first orthogonal surface perpendicular to an inflow direction of the cooling fluid and a second orthogonal surface perpendicular to an outflow direction of the cooling fluid, or with respect to a flow-path-width's direction perpendicular to a direction in which an axis line of a stator extends.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2012
    Publication date: March 12, 2015
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Kiyonori Koga, Masao Akiyoshi
  • Publication number: 20150061428
    Abstract: An axial gap-type power generator in an embodiment includes a rotor provided with a magnet and a stator provided with a coil, the rotor and the stator being arranged via a gap in an axial direction of a rotation shaft. Further, a blade is installed at the rotor and the blade generates a cooling wind by rotation of the rotor. Here, the blade is installed at the rotor so that the cooling wind flows through the gap between the rotor and the stator from an inside to an outside in a radial direction of the rotation shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2014
    Publication date: March 5, 2015
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Tomohiko JIMBO, Kei Matsuoka, Yasuo Kabata, Asako Inomata, Yoshihiro Taniyama
  • Patent number: 8946951
    Abstract: A fan (20) comprises a fan hub (22), fan blades (24) which are mounted on the fan hub (22), and a drive motor having an outer rotor (30), wherein the outer rotor (30) is arranged inside the fan hub (22). The outer rotor (30) is arranged in the fan hub (22) in such a way that the outer rotor (30) is supported in a radially outward direction on the radial outer wall (36) of the fan hub (22), by means of cooling fins (32) which are formed integrally with the fan hub (22).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2015
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Samir Mahfoudh, Sebastian Hansen, Asli Arslan-Huerst
  • Patent number: 8933600
    Abstract: A brushless DC motor structure including a motor body, a controller, and a fan radiator. The fan radiator is mounted between the motor body and the controller to disperse heat from the motor body and the controller. The brushless DC motor structure increases air flow on the surface of the motor body and the controller by the fan radiator and speeds up heat dispersion, and meanwhile effectively controls the operating temperature of the motor body and the controller. Thus, the brushless DC motor structure has an excellent heat dispersion capability, and the failure rate thereof has been largely reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2015
    Assignee: Zhongshan Broad-Ocean Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yonggang Liu, Songfa Tang
  • Patent number: 8933599
    Abstract: A cooling system of a AC generator for vehicles has a stator with a stator winding, a rotor that is arranged in an inner circumferential side of the stator, a rectifier that converts an alternating current voltage generated in the stator winding into direct current, and a rear cover that covers the rectifier. The rear cover has an intake duct connecting portion that projects outside and an air intake duct is attached to a tip portion of the intake duct connecting portion. A dividing wall that divides an internal space of the rear cover into a plurality of spaces along a direction extending from the rectifier backwardly relative to the direction of rotation is disposed in the intake duct connecting portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2015
    Assignee: Denso Corporation
    Inventor: Takafumi Tsuge
  • Publication number: 20150008771
    Abstract: A motor has a stator and a rotor rotating at the center of the stator, and the rotor includes a concave groove formed with a predetermined depth along the circumference of the rotor, and a plurality of blades formed at the concave groove to protrude therein and having a height not greater than the depth of the concave groove, wherein a flow channel is formed between the stator and the rotor along the length direction of the rotor so that air flows therein, and wherein when the rotor rotates, the plurality of blades guides an air flow to the flow channel so that the rotor is cooled.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2013
    Publication date: January 8, 2015
    Inventors: Yong Bok LEE, Chang Ho KIM, Bok Seong CHOE
  • Publication number: 20150000549
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a motor for a vehicle includes a casing accommodating a rotor and a stator iron core inside thereof, and supporting each of both axial ends of the rotor shaft via a bearing, an air inlet port formed in a portion of the casing outside the bearing in the radial direction, and a fan provided between the rotor iron core and the bearing and rotating with the rotor shaft, wherein a portion of the casing positioned outside impellers of the fan in the axial direction forms a first housing and a second housing constituting a discharge channel, and the first housing includes a guide wall extending toward the outside in the radial direction, and the second housing includes a thinned wall portion located inside the guide wall in the axial direction to constitute the discharge channel between the thin wall portion and the guide wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2014
    Publication date: January 1, 2015
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Takashi NAGAYAMA, Aki ONUMA
  • Publication number: 20140368067
    Abstract: A rotor is provided for a rotating electric machine. The rotor includes a magnetic pole core and a cooling fan. The cooling fan includes a base plate laser-welded to an axial end face of the magnetic pole core and a plurality of fan blades extending from the base plate. Further, in the rotor, a weld formed between the base plate of the cooling fan and the magnetic pole core has a pair of open ends.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2014
    Publication date: December 18, 2014
    Inventors: Hiroo KAIZU, Seiji KONDOH, Shigenobu NAKAMURA
  • Publication number: 20140368066
    Abstract: A motor cooling system is provided comprising an electric motor including a rotor having first and second axial ends, and a stator having first and second axial ends, a motor housing surrounding the motor including an air chamber extending around the motor and axially along the motor length, a motor enclosure enveloping the motor housing, and a cooling fan radially mounted to the motor enclosure and adapted to operatively cool said electric motor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2013
    Publication date: December 18, 2014
    Inventors: EVGENI GANEV, STEPHEN L. WHITE, LEROY ALLEN FIZER, NORMAN CLAMPITT
  • Patent number: 8912695
    Abstract: A totally enclosed fan cooled (TEFC) induction motor or other type of induction motor auxiliary cooling system has a buffet thermal shroud that is oriented in opposed spaced relationship over existing motor housing cooling fins. An airflow channel is defined between the motor cooling fins and the shroud, for direction and passage of a cooling airflow. Tabs are oriented in the airflow channel between opposed cooling fins where they are in thermal and fluid communication with the cooling air flow. In some embodiments the tabs are shroud fingers that project inwardly from the shroud. The tabs or shroud fingers create turbulence in the cooling air flow that increases convective heat transfer efficiency and contact time between the cooling air and motor cooling fins. Tabs or shroud fingers also absorb heat from the cooling air flow. Shroud fingers also transfer that absorbed heat conductively to the shroud.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2014
    Assignee: Siemens Industry, Inc.
    Inventor: Emam Hashish
  • Patent number: 8878413
    Abstract: An alternating-current generator, in particular a three-phase generator, for a motor vehicle, having a rotor including north and south poles, particularly having claw-pole fingers extending in the axial direction and alternating as north and south poles at the rotor's periphery, a stator having a magnetic core, especially laminated core, having slots and a stator winding disposed in the magnetic core's slots, the stator winding having winding overhangs that are coolable by an approximately radial air flow produced by at least one fan mounted at the rotor, the stator being situated opposite the rotor, and the stator and the rotor having defined positions relative to each other, the multiphase stator winding being made up of winding elements, at least one winding element having more than two sections inserted in slots, and at least one winding element having more than one reversal section which brings about a change in the radial position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 2, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2014
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Gert Wolf, Thomas Berger, Eberhard Rau, Alexander Shendi, Helmut Kreuzer, Christoph Schwarzkopf
  • Publication number: 20140312723
    Abstract: In an electric motor for a vehicle, a fan integrally rotatable with a rotor is located on one end in a direction of the axis of the rotor, a bracket for accommodating the fan is joined on one end in the direction of the axis of a stator frame for accommodating a stator, and the bracket is provided with an outside air inlet and a dust emission outlet. The bracket is provided with an expanded section which has an inner peripheral surface bulging on an outer peripheral side in a radial direction beyond a peripheral surface of the stator frame, and at least a part of the dust emission outlet opens to the inner peripheral surface of the expanded section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2012
    Publication date: October 23, 2014
    Applicant: TOYO ELECTRIC MFG. CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Toshihiro Yamaguchi, Tamotsu Ibaraki
  • Patent number: 8866353
    Abstract: A first inverter ventilation aperture is disposed so as to pass through a portion of a fin base that faces a bearing, a first rotor ventilation aperture is disposed so as to pass through a portion of a bottom surface portion that faces the bearing, and a first cooling airflow ventilation channel is formed in which a cooling airflow flows radially inward through radiating fins, then flows toward a first surface side of a mount portion through the first inverter ventilation aperture, flows axially through an interior portion of a stator core, and then flows out between the bottom surface portion and a base portion through the first rotor ventilation aperture, and subsequently flows radially outward between the bottom surface portion and the base portion due to rotational driving of a centrifugal fan.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2014
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Miyama, Moriyuki Hazeyama, Masaya Inoue, Yoshiko Obiraki, Tatsuya Kitamura
  • Patent number: 8860265
    Abstract: An electric motor apparatus having an improved cooling system comprising a first compartment housing an electric motor mounted on a rotating shaft, a second compartment housing an electric circuit adapted to connect said electric motor to a power supply source, and a cooling system adapted to dissipate the heat generated by said electric motor apparatus. The cooling system comprises a fan mounted on said rotating shaft in a position adjacent to said second compartment and on the opposite side with respect to said first compartment and at least one finned heat exchanger adapted to dissipate the heat generated by said electric circuit inside said second compartment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2014
    Assignee: ABB S.p.A.
    Inventors: Gianluigi Galli, Ivano Rovellini, Silvia Bono
  • Patent number: 8847446
    Abstract: A rotor arrangement for an electric machine comprises a rotor shaft and a rotor segment coupled to the rotor shaft. The rotor segment includes a main body and a collar integral with the main body. The collar includes an outer peripheral groove adjacent to the main body portion of the rotor segment. The rotor arrangement further includes a cooling fan that has a center opening defined by an inner perimeter. The center opening of the fan is configured to slidably engage the collar and is adjustable between an insertion diameter and a locking diameter. When the center opening is at the locking diameter, at least a portion of the inner perimeter of the fan extends into the outer peripheral groove in the collar such that the fan is retained on the rotor segment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2014
    Assignee: Remy Technologies LLC
    Inventor: David E. Maley
  • Patent number: 8820692
    Abstract: A motor casing includes a frame assembly and a motor base. The frame assembly includes a frame having an inner face defining an air channel, and a plurality of connection members disposed in the air channel. Each connection member has first and second ends. The first ends of the connection members are coupled to the inner face of the frame. The motor base includes a supporting member and a covering member. The supporting member has an inner surface defining a through-hole, and an outer surface coupled with the second ends of the connection members. An opening portion and a coupling portion are formed at two sides of the through-hole. The covering member is coupled to the opening portion of the supporting member and has first and second surfaces. The first surface faces the through-hole of the supporting member. The covering member includes at least one vent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2014
    Assignee: Sunonwealth Electric Machine Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Alex Horng, Chia-Chin Wu, Shou-Chien Chang, Hung-Jen Chuan
  • Patent number: 8816544
    Abstract: An electric power tool includes a housing, a brushless motor, an output shaft, and a motor driver circuit. The housing defines an axial direction. The brushless motor is accommodated in the housing and having a drive shaft. The output shaft extends in a direction generally perpendicular to the drive shaft. The motor driver circuit is accommodated in the housing for driving the brushless motor. The housing has a cylindrical shape and has a part functioning as a grip portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2014
    Assignee: Hitachi Koki Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hideyuki Tanimoto, Nobuhiro Takano, Nobuhito Hosokawa
  • Patent number: 8803396
    Abstract: The invention relates to a rotor assembly which is mounted such as to rotate around an axis of rotation (X-X?) and which comprises two magnet wheels with claws (10). The aforementioned magnet wheels are separated by an axial space and are disposed opposite one another. Moreover, each wheel (10) comprises an end shield (11) which is essentially perpendicular to the aforementioned axis (X-X?), and claws (12) extended axially from said end shield (11) towards the other wheel (10). The claws (12) of one wheel (10) are solidly connected to the end shield (11) by respective bases (121) which are separated from one another by peripheral spaces (13). The inventive assembly comprises at least one fan (30) which is positioned on an axial face of the end shield (11) of one of the wheels (10) opposite the other wheel (10), such that the fan (30) axially seals at least part of one of the peripheral spaces (13).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2014
    Assignee: Valeo Equipements Electriques Moteur
    Inventor: Claudiu Vasilescu
  • Publication number: 20140191597
    Abstract: A fully enclosed fan motor assembly includes a motor housing. A stator is located radially inward from the motor housing. A rotor is located radially inward from the stator, and the gap in between the rotor and stator defines a rotor stator gap. A shaft is located radially inward from the rotor. A fin portion extending radially outward from the shaft is used to dissipate heat from the rotor to air drawn through the rotor stator gap and over the fin portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2013
    Publication date: July 10, 2014
    Applicant: HAMILTON SUNDSTRAND CORPORATION
    Inventor: Debabrata Pal
  • Publication number: 20140183990
    Abstract: A method and an arrangement for cooling an electric machine, including an electric machine and at least one blower connected to an axle of the electric machine for blowing a cooling agent into the electric machine or for sucking it from the electric machine, wherein the at least one blower is a side channel blower.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2014
    Publication date: July 3, 2014
    Applicant: ABB Technology AG
    Inventor: Pekka KANNINEN
  • Patent number: 8760016
    Abstract: An electric machine includes a casing have a first end plate and a second end plate, the first end plate having an air inlet and the second end plate having an air outlet; an outer rotor positioned inside the casing; a stator positioned inside the outer rotor; a hub positioned inside the stator; a fan positioned within the casing, the fan drawing air from the air inlet and exhausting air out the air outlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2014
    Assignee: Exelis Inc.
    Inventors: Leon Klafter, David C. Wideman, David Butler
  • Patent number: 8760017
    Abstract: Electric machine, in particular an electric motor, which comprises a motor support, a stator, a rotor, a fan arranged at the face end of said motor and an electronics casing disposed adjacent to the motor support for electronic components to be arranged in wherein a face-end wall of the motor support which is assigned to the fan is provided with an axial opening such that an air stream discharged from the motor support is by means of said fan deflected toward the electronics casing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2014
    Assignee: Hanning Elektro-Werke GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Thomas Henke, Stefan Rosenau, Hans Teuber, Werner Hangmann
  • Patent number: 8753077
    Abstract: A slinger shield structure is provided and includes a first annular disc, having a body, opposing faces defining an aperture extending through the body and through-holes extending through the body, which are arrayed around the aperture, a second annular disc having a body and opposing faces defining an aperture extending through the body, a hub for connection with the first and second annular discs at the respective apertures and radial vanes suspended between the first and second annular discs at a distance from the hub to define radial channels between adjacent radial vanes and drainage channels between the radial vanes and the hub.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2014
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Sanjay Gupta, Subbiah Natarajan, Bansidhar Jagannath Phansalkar
  • Publication number: 20140159516
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a switched reluctance motor assembly, wherein a lower balancing part, which becomes a target to be cut for balancing, includes a lower balancing part body installed on a lower surface of a rotor part and an encoder protruding on a lower surface of the lower balancing part body. In the present invention, the encoder, which is a portion of a balancing part, becomes a target to be cut, thereby making it possible to more effectively perform balancing even with a smaller amount of cutting as compared with the prior art.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2013
    Publication date: June 12, 2014
    Inventors: Jin Su Seok, Jin Wook Baek, Hyun Taek Ahn, Young Bok Yoon
  • Patent number: 8734129
    Abstract: A motor pump unit for a high-pressure cleaning apparatus has an electric motor and a pump. The electric motor has a motor housing that is surrounded by a cooling housing with an annular space having an annular space inlet and an annular space outlet formed therebetween. The pump has a suction inlet connected to the annular space outlet and a pressure outlet. The liquid to be transported by the pump can be supplied to the annular space inlet. The cooling housing, on its inside, has at least one flow guide rib for guiding the liquid within the annular space. In order to ensure that no liquid can leak out of the annular space even in the long term, the at least one flow guide rib is spaced-apart from the motor housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2014
    Assignee: Alfred Kaercher GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Walter Schiffhauer, Dieter Plachke, Lanfranco Pol
  • Patent number: 8729751
    Abstract: A motor driven assembly comprises a motor shaft, a rotor, a passage, and a corrugated fin heat transfer structure. The motor shaft is mounted for rotation about a rotational axis. The rotor is located radially about the shaft. The passage extends through the rotor alongside the motor shaft. The corrugated fin heat transfer structure is disposed within the passage radially aligned with the rotor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2014
    Assignee: Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation
    Inventors: Robert Telakowski, Debabrata Pal
  • Patent number: 8723468
    Abstract: A motor having a first portion configured to turn in a forward direction, a second portion coaxially mirrors the first portion; and a central fan between the first and second portions, and forcing air through the portions. A thermoelectric cooler element, thermally coupled to the portion is configured to cool the motor. A motor controller is electrically coupled to the first and second portions, and operates a portion in response to a condition sensed by the motor controller. The condition sensed by the motor controller is a motor torque, a motor speed, a motor casing temperature, or a zoned motor casing temperature. A method includes detecting a motor operational command; selecting a motor operational state using motor portion responsive to the motor command; sensing a heating state of a motor portion; and providing a cooling state to the motor portion responsive to the heating state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2014
    Assignee: Aurora Office Equipment Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: John O'Rourke
  • Publication number: 20140111042
    Abstract: An embodiment of the invention relates to a housing unit for an electric machine, including at least one housing and at least one flow device for generating at least one first flow of a fluid, the flow device being arranged inside the at least one housing. According to an embodiment of the invention, the at least one flow device includes at least one fan, which has at least one opening and a Coanda surface, wherein the Coanda surface is arranged in the region of the opening, whereby the first flow of the fluid exits from the at least one opening in a predetermined direction and whereby at least one component, which can be arranged in the housing, can be subjected to incident blowing in a targeted manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2012
    Publication date: April 24, 2014
    Applicant: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventor: Rainer Hartig
  • Patent number: 8698362
    Abstract: The invention relates to an electric machine tool, particularly an angle grinder, having an electric motor that can be forcibly cooled by a cooling air flow. The electric motor includes an armature and a field iron package disposed concentrically to the armature which are disposed in a cooling air flow. The invention proposes that the armature and the field iron package be disposed in series in the cooling air flow.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2014
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Florian Esenwein, Peter Wassermann
  • Publication number: 20140084717
    Abstract: In a brushless motor, a rotor core is fixed to a shaft. Through holes are formed in the rotor core, and permanent magnets are inserted to be fixed in place in the through holes. A stator core is fixed to an outer circumferential surface of the rotor core such that the stator core faces the outer circumferential surface of the rotor core. Stator coils are provided on the stator core via insulators so as to configure magnetic flux generating portions. A cooling fan is provided in front of a stator which is configured by the stator core and the stator coils. Axial position of blades of the fan and axial positions of the rotor core and the permanent magnets partially overlap each other in their positions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2013
    Publication date: March 27, 2014
    Applicant: HITACHI KOKI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hayato Yamaguchi, Hideyuki Tanimoto
  • Publication number: 20140034766
    Abstract: A paper shredder motor cooling assembly having a paper shredder motor coupled to a fan shaft, an enclosure surrounding the paper shredder motor and having selected input and selected output vents to control airflow to the paper shredder motor, a fan coupled to the fan shaft, communicating with the selected input vents or the selected output vents; when the paper shredder motor is operating, the rotor shaft turns the fan to generate a differential air pressure between the selected input vents and the selected output vents, removing heat from the motor. A duty cycle of greater than 15 minutes is obtained. The fan can be coupled to the motor by speed increasing gearing, attached to the cutter blade assembly, such that the fan turns faster than the motor. The fan also can be attached to the motor shaft. An input fan and an output fan can be used.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2013
    Publication date: February 6, 2014
    Applicant: Aurora Office Equipment Co., Ltd Shanghai
    Inventors: Kiapin Li, Zhankai Yang, Yung Kang Tso, Bin Zhang
  • Publication number: 20140028125
    Abstract: To provide an outer rotor type motor configured so that the lead wires of the winding coils for the stators are routed simply. An outer rotor type motor is provided with stators arranged in the axial direction, a rotor supported so as to rotate around the stators, a drive shaft provided integrally with the rotor, winding coils respectively wound on the stators, and magnets affixed to the rotor so as to respectively correspond to the stators. The outer rotor type motor is configured so that the rotor and the drive shaft are rotated by the magnetic action between the winding coils and the magnets. A penetration portion extending in the axial direction is provided in at least one of the stators, and the lead wires of the winding coils are inserted through the penetration portion and led to the outside.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2013
    Publication date: January 30, 2014
    Applicant: NAMIKI SEIMITSU HOUSEKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Kazuo ARAI
  • Patent number: 8629590
    Abstract: A rotor of an electric motor has a carrier structure including a disc portion to which is centrally connected a shaft, and the periphery of which is joined to an essentially cylindrical annular skirt portion which in use extends coaxially around the stator. The disc portion has a plurality of slots between which there is defined a corresponding plurality of spokes. At least some of the spokes have, in a circumferential direction, a transverse cross-section shaped in a manner to induce, at least when the rotor rotates in one direction, an at least approximately axial air flow through corresponding slots.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2014
    Assignee: Gate S.R.L.
    Inventor: Luciano Marchitto
  • Patent number: 8630095
    Abstract: A linked semiconductor module unit links a plurality of semiconductor modules by a first bus bar and a second bus bar, which are embedded in resin parts. The linked semiconductor module unit is disposed in a place other than on a printed circuit board. The semiconductor module linking structure is implemented readily by molding the bus bars together with semiconductor chips and lands to form the resin parts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2014
    Assignee: Denso Corporation
    Inventors: Hideki Minato, Hideki Kabune, Atsushi Furumoto
  • Patent number: 8629588
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an apparatus for generating power by a direct current supply brush that rotates with a field pole generator, the apparatus comprising: a field pole generator which has a plurality of iron cores having a coil or wire wound around; a winding wire used for power generation, the winding wire being formed in such a manner as to wind around the field pole generator; a commutator which is disposed at one end of the field pole generator and has a plurality of commutator segments arranged in a circular shape; a rotating body which has a direct current supply brush adhered to the outer surface of the commutator; a motor for rotating the rotating body; a slip ring secured to a shaft of the motor; and a direct current supply unit for supplying direct current power to the slip ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2014
    Inventor: Jae-Soon Park
  • Publication number: 20130342051
    Abstract: An electric motor assembly. A stator includes a set of windings and has a first end, a second end, and an outer radial surface. A rotor includes a shaft having an axis. A first frame supports the shaft at a first axial position. A canopy substantially surrounds the first frame. The canopy includes a fluid inlet and a fluid discharge. A second frame supports the shaft at a second axial position and includes at least one fluid outlet. A chute is positioned downstream of the canopy fluid discharge. The chute directs fluid flow along the outer radial surface of the stator towards the fluid outlet. A fan is coupled to the shaft downstream of the fluid outlet for rotation with the shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2013
    Publication date: December 26, 2013
    Applicant: Regal Beloit America, Inc.
    Inventors: Ngan Fai Leung, Stephen Thomas English, Matthew William Critchley, Janice Fitzgerald, Frank Edward Staigl, III, Joseph Henry, Barbara Mary Shanks, John R. Belko
  • Patent number: 8598751
    Abstract: An air-cooled generator may be provided with a centrifugal blower configured for rotation on a shaft of the generator. The centrifugal blower may have an axially oriented outlet. An impeller of the blower may have blades with trailing edges oriented at an angle between 80° to about 90° relative to an axis of the shaft of the generator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2013
    Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
    Inventor: Frank Lin
  • Patent number: 8593022
    Abstract: An electric motor has a stator and a rotor rotatably mounted in the stator. The rotor has a shaft and a fan mounted on the shaft. A air guide structure with an axial extension portion is arranged at one end of the stator adjacent the fan. The gap between the axial extension portion and the fan in the axial and/or radial direction of the motor is narrow in order to reduce air swirl generated by air flowing from the outlet of the fan to the inlet of the fan through the gap. Preferably, the width of the gap is larger than 0.05 mm and smaller than 2.0 mm. The cooling efficiency of the fan is increased and the performance of the motor is improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2013
    Assignee: Johnson Electric S.A.
    Inventors: James Ching Sik Lau, Xiao Jun Yang, Chun Kei Yu
  • Patent number: 8587165
    Abstract: A cooled fan motor may include a tankhead, an elongate housing attached to the tankhead and, having at least one longitudinally extending groove, a shaft rotatably attached to the housing, a hub attached to the shaft, the hub having at least one opening therethrough and shaped to form a gap with the tankhead, a rotor attached to the hub, and a stator mounted on the housing such that the groove in the housing forms an air passage between the housing and the stator connecting the gap and the opening; whereby air external to the motor is able to enter through the gap, flow along the air passage and exit the motor through the opening in the hub, thereby cooling an interior of the motor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2013
    Assignee: Dayton-Phoenix Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph A. Zahora, Harley J. Weldy
  • Patent number: 8531065
    Abstract: An electric motor has a stator bushing in which components that generate heat are disposed. A rotor housing that has at least one air conveying element is rotatably connected to the stator bushing. The air conveying element has a top side that is facing the stator bushing and that is at least basically smooth. The air conveying element has an annular disk that is provided with the basically smooth top side. The air conveying element has flow guiding elements that are radially extending ribs provided on the bottom side of the annular disk.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2013
    Assignee: Ziehl-Abegg AG
    Inventors: Joachim Knorr, Thorsten Sturm
  • Patent number: 8519582
    Abstract: An electric motor assembly. A stator includes a set of windings and has a first end, a second end, and an outer radial surface. A rotor includes a shaft having an axis. A first frame supports the shaft at a first axial position. A canopy substantially surrounds the first frame. The canopy includes a fluid inlet and a fluid discharge. A second frame supports the shaft at a second axial position and includes at least one fluid outlet. A chute is positioned downstream of the canopy fluid discharge. The chute directs fluid flow along the outer radial surface of the stator towards the fluid outlet. A fan is coupled to the shaft downstream of the fluid outlet for rotation with the shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2013
    Assignee: Regal Beloit America, Inc.
    Inventors: Ngan Fai Leung, Stephen Thomas English, Matthew William Critchley, Janice Fitzgerald, Frank Edward Staigl, III, Joseph Henry, Barbara Mary Shanks, Stephanie Marie Belko
  • Patent number: 8508084
    Abstract: An electric motor for use with a power tool includes a motor housing having a first end and an open second end, a first bearing coupled to the first end of the motor housing, a plurality of magnets coupled to the motor housing, and an armature having a first end and a second end. The first end of the armature is rotatably supported by the first bearing. The second end of the armature protrudes from the open second end of the motor housing without being supported by the open second end of the motor housing. The electric motor also includes a second bearing coupled to the second end of the armature. The motor housing is supportable by a first portion of the power tool housing. The second bearing is supportable by a second portion of the power tool housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2013
    Assignee: Techtronic Power Tools Technology Limited
    Inventors: Roger G. Satterfield, Stephen C. Hembroff
  • Patent number: 8482169
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention provide an electric machine module and a method for cooling an electric machine. The electric machine module includes the electric machine including a stator with stator end turns, a through bolt, and a housing with at least two removably-coupled frame members. Each of the at least two removably-coupled frame members include an inner wall, an outer wall, a coolant cavity defined between the inner wall and the outer wall, and a bolt channel. The coolant cavity can be positioned substantially around at least one of the stator end turns radially. The bolt channel can be positioned through a portion of each of the at least two removably-coupled frame members and can be located radially inward from an outer substantially circular periphery of the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2013
    Assignee: Remy Technologies, LLC
    Inventor: Michael D. Bradfield