Suction Pump Or Fan Patents (Class 310/62)
  • Publication number: 20080303361
    Abstract: A positive-side heatsink and a negative-side heatsink that constitute a rectifier are disposed inside a case at a rear end of a rotor so as to be separated axially such that front surfaces of a positive-side base portion and a negative-side base portion face each other. The negative-side heatsink is disposed such that radiating fins that are disposed so as to project from a rear surface of the negative-side base portion are positioned radially outside a cooling fan so as to face a coil end of a stator coil.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2007
    Publication date: December 11, 2008
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shinichi ITO, Shinji NISHIMURA, Atsushi HIROKADO
  • Patent number: 7462964
    Abstract: A first minute gap (18) is formed between the front end of a ventilation fan (16) and a first bracket (8) and a second minute gap (21) is formed between the front end of a partition member (19) and a second bracket (11); a first aperture (9a) is provided in a location at the inner periphery further inward than the vanes (16b) on the bearing bracket (9); a current of cooling air is formed by introduction of external air by the ventilation fan from this aperture; this current of cooling air is again discharged to the outside through a ventilation passage (8a) of the first bracket and a ventilation passage (1a) on the outer peripheral side of the stator core (1); in addition, a second aperture (11b) is provided in the second bracket (11), a current of cooling air is formed by introduction of external air by the ventilation fan from the second aperture (11b); and this current of cooling air is again discharged to the outside through the ventilation passage (3a) of the rotor core (3), the ventilation passage of th
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2008
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Takashi Nagayama, Minoru Kitamura, Shigetomo Shiraishi
  • Publication number: 20080267545
    Abstract: A hydrodynamic bearing assembly includes a bearing (10) with at least an end thereof being opened and a shaft (38) rotatably disposed in the bearing. A bearing clearance is formed between an outer surface of the shaft and an inner surface of the bearing and is filled with lubricant. A plurality of lubricant pressure generating grooves (14) are axially set on at least one of the inner surface of the bearing and the outer surface of the shaft. Each of the lubricant pressure generating grooves includes two symmetrical branches (141, 142) and has a V-shaped cross section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2007
    Publication date: October 30, 2008
    Applicant: FOXCONN TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: WUN-CHANG SHIH, QIANG ZHANG, RUI-JUN HUANG
  • Patent number: 7442005
    Abstract: A heat dissipation fan includes a fan frame, a stator mounted to the frame, and a rotor rotatably disposed around the stator. The fan frame includes a bracket, a central tube for positioning the stator, and a supporting member. The supporting member is made of a material having a higher bending strength than a plastic material used to form the bracket and the central tube. The supporting member includes a main body connected to the central tube, a plurality of ribs extending radially outwardly from the main body, and a plurality of engaging units formed at free ends of the ribs, respectively. The engaging units are embedded in the bracket for integrally connecting the central tube to the bracket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2008
    Assignees: Fu Zhun Precision Industry (Shen Zhen) Co., Ltd., Foxconn Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chin-Wen Yeh, Chin-Long Ku, Zhi-Jian Peng
  • Patent number: 7443073
    Abstract: An electric fan includes a frame (10) having a central tube (12) extending therefrom, a bearing (30) received in the central tube, a stator (50) mounted around the central tube, and a rotor (70) being rotatably supported by the bearing. The frame defines an air inlet (19) and an air outlet (17) at two different sides thereof. The stator includes a stator core (52) having a central cylinder (520). A plurality of radial posts (522) extends from the central cylinder. A plurality of magnetic poles (524) is formed at free ends of the posts. A plurality of stator coils (54) is wound around the posts. Each magnetic pole includes a lower portion (700) adjacent to the air outlet and an upper portion (60) adjacent to the air inlet. The upper portions expand radially along a direction from the air inlet to the air outlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2008
    Assignee: Foxconn Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chao-Nien Tung, Chih-Hao Yang, Chuen-Shu Hou
  • Patent number: 7400070
    Abstract: A rotating electric machine for vehicles is capable of improving a cooling performance of switching elements forming an inverter module, and small-sizing the entire rotating electric machine. The rotating electric machine includes: a stator; a rotor, a cooling fan; a front bracket and a rear bracket; and a cover; and in which a pair of switching elements are disposed axially adjacent to each other between the rear bracket and the cover; a ventilation hole for sucking outside air is formed in a radially outer circumferential portion of the cover; and by rotation of the cooling fan, the outside air flows radially from the ventilation hole with respect to the switching elements and goes through a suction port and is discharged through a discharge port.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2008
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corp.
    Inventors: Yoshihito Asao, Yutaka Kitamura, Hiroaki Aso
  • Patent number: 7385322
    Abstract: A rotor of an outer rotor type motor is coupled to an outside of a stator, and is provided with a shaft coupler, for being connected with a shaft of a drum, fixed at its center portion by an injected material, and a plurality of radiation holes formed therein continuously in a radial direction. The rotor includes at least one cooling fin provided with a base member fixed to a bottom surface of the rotor and a curved member attached to the base member, wherein the cooling fin is combined with the bottom surface so as to be disposed adjacent to the radiation hole. Therefore, a contact area with air can be increased, and an air circulation through the radiation holes can be facilitated. Accordingly, deterioration of the efficiency of a washing machine is prevented despite long periods of operation, and any damage caused by overheating is prevented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2008
    Assignee: Daewoo Electronics Corporation
    Inventor: Jin Hyeong Park
  • Patent number: 7372180
    Abstract: An electric motor includes a stator (3) secured in the motor housing (2), a rotatable rotor (4), a fan impeller (5) arranged on the rotor (4), and an annular air duct (6) arranged between the fan impeller (5) and the rotor (4) and having a shroud (7) spaced from the impeller (5) by a slot having an axial width (X), a dimensionally stable, with respect to the shroud (7), housing stop (8), an axially, resiliently displaceable fixing element (9) forming a stator stop (10) facing in a same direction as the housing stop (8), and a locking element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2008
    Assignee: Hilti Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Helmut Burger, Hansjoerg Schwarz, Peter Schmiddunser, Ernst-Rudolf Luebkert
  • Publication number: 20080101739
    Abstract: The invention relates to a fluid dynamic bearing system having at least one stationary (10) and at least one moving bearing part (22) that are rotatable about a common rotational axis (16) with respect to one another and form a bearing gap (14) filled with a bearing fluid between associated bearing surfaces, wherein a sealing gap (38) adjoins one end of the bearing gap, the sealing gap being disposed between a sleeve surface (40) of the stationary bearing part (10) and an opposing sleeve surface (42) of the moving bearing part (22) and comprising a radial section and an axial section and being at least partially filled with bearing fluid, wherein in the region of the axial section of the sealing gap (38), the sleeve surface (40) of the stationary bearing part (10) forms an acute angle a with the rotational axis (16) and the sleeve surface (42) of the moving bearing part (12, 22) forms an acute angle ? with the rotational axis (16), wherein for the angles the condition ???>0° applies, and the difference B2
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2007
    Publication date: May 1, 2008
    Inventors: Matthias Wildpreth, Andreas Kull, Martin Hafen, Olaf Winterhalter, Thilo Rehm
  • Patent number: 7365471
    Abstract: An internal cooling fan assembly for use with a claw-pole segment of a rotor assembly is provided that maximizes air flow while providing a reduced sound signature. The fan assembly includes a base portion that contacts the claw-pole segment when the fan assembly is mounted to the claw-pole segment. The fan assembly also includes a number of blades extending from the base portion such that the blades project outward from a plane normal to the rotor. The plurality of blades have a geometry that aligns with roots of the claw-pole segment. In addition, a first blade of the number of blades is of a first configuration and a second blade of the number of blades is of a second configuration different from the first configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2008
    Assignee: Remy Inc.
    Inventors: Alex Creviston, Michael McCord, Chris Bledsoe, David Maley
  • Patent number: 7358630
    Abstract: The ventilating device fixed on a rotor of a rotary electrical machine, comprises a first fan (62a) having a radial plate portion (64a), at least one second fan (62b) having a radial plate portion (64b), and means for fastening the two fans (62a, 62b), each fan (62a, 62b) having, at the outer peripheiy of its radial plate portion, first branches (78a) and second branches (78b) which extend radially outwards, at least some of the branches having a blade (68a, 68b), while at least one first branch (78a) and at least one second branch (78b) includes a first (78a) and a second (78b) mutual overlapping portion to define an overlap zone (Z), the said fastening means (80, 82) being at least partly arranged at the level of the overlap zone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2008
    Assignee: Valeo Equipements Electriques Moteur
    Inventors: Claudiu Vasilescu, Richard Tellier, Nam-Gook Kim
  • 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: 7342333
    Abstract: An outer rotor type multi-pole generator includes a stator mounted on a stationary support, and a rotor formed by fixedly attaching a magnet to the inner periphery of a bottomed cylindrical rotor yoke that is coaxially fixed to an end of a drive shaft rotatably supported by the support and that coaxially covers the stator. A plurality of radially extending vanes are integrally provided in a closed end of the rotor yoke, and a plurality of intake holes positioned between the vanes are formed in the closed end of the rotor yoke. It is thereby possible to reduce the number of components and improve the efficiency of assembly operations, and to set the overall axial length of the generator at a relatively small value while avoiding any reduction in the rigidity with which the rotor is supported.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2008
    Assignee: Sawafuji Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Jun Umezu
  • Patent number: 7332838
    Abstract: To connect a motor shaft to a fan, a connection rod is used that is symmetrical in shape with respect to a longitudinal axis of the connection rod. The connection rod includes a first part formed with a hole in coaxial with the longitudinal axis, and a second part formed at least partially with a threaded portion. The motor shaft is attached to the connection rod by inserting the motor shaft into the hole of the first part of the connection rod. The fan is attached to the connection rod by inserting the second part of the connection rod into the center hole of the hub portion and supports the fan with a pair of nuts, one at one side of the hub portion and another at another side of the hub portion wherein the nuts are moved toward each other with the hub portion interposed therebetween.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2008
    Assignee: Hitachi Koki Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yoshitaka Akiba
  • 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
  • Publication number: 20080012447
    Abstract: A dynamo electric machine for an aircraft gas turbine engine includes a housing supporting a stator of the dynamo electric machine, a rotor assembly rotatably mounted in the housing and including an elongate hollow rotor shaft, a main shaft for connection at one end to the associated gas turbine engine assembly, said main shaft extending coaxially within said hollow rotor shaft, and a sleeve-like member of electrically insulating material between said rotor shaft and said main shaft, said sleeve-like member providing an electrically insulating driving connection between said main shaft and said rotor shaft whereby said main shaft and said rotor shaft rotate together.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2005
    Publication date: January 17, 2008
    Inventors: John Gregory Snelick, Thomas Edward Morgan, Adam Brian Brugmann
  • Publication number: 20080007128
    Abstract: A brushless fan motor, in which cooling effect on a stator may be enhanced, is provided. A center through hole is formed in a center of a bottom wall portion of a first brushless fan motor. Vane portions are formed on an inner wall portion of the brushless fan motor and are formed into a shape which allows ambient air to be drawn in through the center through hole. Through holes are formed in an end plate portion of the first brushless fan motor in order to introduce the ambient air, which has been drawn in through the center through hole, inside a rotor cover.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2007
    Publication date: January 10, 2008
    Applicant: SANYO DENKI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Naoki Murakami, Hiromitsu Kuribayashi, Katsumichi Ishihara
  • Patent number: 7309935
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a fan wheel (11) for electrical machines, in particular for alternators of motor vehicles, with a fan disk (10) that, on its axially outwardly directed end face, has a number of fan blades (13, 18) distributed around the circumference in the shape of a circular ring, the fan blades extending away from the fan disk in the axial direction, so that cooling air beneath the fan blades can be drawn in axially and blown radially outwardly between air channels (20, 21) formed between them. One part (18) of each of the fan blades is joined in a fixed manner with the fan disk (10) via only its radially outward end section (18a), so that each inner end section (18b) is swiveled radially increasingly outwardly by a centrifugal force (22) occurring there as rotational speeds increase, to reduce the cooling air stream.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2007
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Horst Braun, Hans-Joachim Lutz
  • Publication number: 20070273221
    Abstract: A plurality of coils wound around a stator magnetic-pole core are connected together and connected to output wires by use of a bus bar. The bus bar having a generally cylindrical body portion is disposed at one axial end of the stator magnetic-pole core, around which the coils are wound such that clearances are formed within magnetic-pole core slots, with an axial clearance formed between the bus bar and the coils. The body portion has such a radial dimension that at least a portion of the clearances within the magnetic-pole core slots is left uncovered. Air holes are formed in the motor housing on opposite sides of the stator magnetic-pole core to thereby form cooling air passages extending through the magnetic-pole core slots.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2007
    Publication date: November 29, 2007
    Inventors: Nobuo KINOSHITA, Youichiro Matsuoka
  • Publication number: 20070273220
    Abstract: A controller-integrated motor includes a motor main body and a controller integrated with the motor main body to control the motor main body, the motor main body, including a stator core, a shaft which rotates to exert driving force on the motor main body, a frame which holds the stator core and the shaft, and an outer fan provided around the shaft so that the motor main body is recessed inward toward a rotational center of the shaft, the outer fan discharging cooling air stream to cool the motor main body, the controller being provided in proximity to an outer periphery of the frame, the motor main body being formed so that a cooling air stream from the outer fan flows in an axial direction of the shaft along an outer peripheral surface of the frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2007
    Publication date: November 29, 2007
    Inventors: Taihei KOYAMA, Shinichi Noda, Kenzo Tonoki, Shigetomo Shiraishi
  • Publication number: 20070267935
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a rotor assembly for an electric machine. The rotor assembly includes a shaft, at least one slip ring, a field coil, a first pole segment, and a wire retainer. The at least one slip ring is attached to the shaft. The field coil surrounds the shaft such that the field coil has one or more wire sections in electrical communication with the at least one slip ring. The first pole segment rotates with the shaft. And, the wire retainer is disposed between the field coil and the at least one slip ring such that the wire retainer includes at least one opening, disposed along an outer periphery of the pole segment, for routing the one or more wire sections.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2006
    Publication date: November 22, 2007
    Inventors: Michael T. York, LIoyd L. Ford
  • Patent number: 7291948
    Abstract: An alternator has a rotor having magnetic poles along a circumferential direction and a cooling fan fixed to an end surface of the rotor in an axial direction. The fan has wing portions disposed along the circumferential direction. One wing portion has a fan base extending on or over first and second magnetic poles, first and second fixing members, respectively, fixing first and second fixing portions of the base to the first and second poles, and a fan blade extending from the fan base toward the axial direction. The base or blade has a boundary portion at which a boundary line between the blade and base crosses over a side line of the second pole, and a first distance between the first fixing portion and the boundary portion is substantially equal to a second distance between the second fixing portion and the boundary portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2007
    Assignee: Denso Corporation
    Inventor: Hiroshi Ishida
  • Patent number: 7282823
    Abstract: An electric machine having a rotor with a ventilation port and a rotor coupling with at least one air disturber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2007
    Assignee: Emerson Electric Co.
    Inventor: Daniel E Hilton
  • Patent number: 7265463
    Abstract: A rotary electric apparatus, such as on-vehicle three-phase AC generator (i.e., alternator) comprises a main rotary unit, a semiconductor power converter, and an air cooling mechanism. The main rotary unit is provided with a rotor and an armature disposed as a stator around the armature. The armature has armature windings wound therearound. The semiconductor power converter is disposed together with the main rotary unit. The air cooling mechanism cools down the semiconductor power converter. This mechanism comprises a fan motor driven in response to an AC (alternating current) excitation by current coming from the armature windings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2007
    Assignee: Denso Corporation
    Inventors: Sin Kusase, Takuzou Mukai, Kazushige Okumoto
  • Patent number: 7256520
    Abstract: A power tool comprising an electric motor for driving a tool is disclosed. The electric motor comprises a shaft, an armature, and a brush collector. The stator is configured as a self-supporting unit comprising first and second supporting parts. One of the supporting parts may be configured as an air guide ring allowing air to be routed between a fan and the opposite end of the electric motor along the armature and the brushes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2007
    Assignee: C. & E. Fein GmbH
    Inventors: Sigmund Braun, Boris Rudolf
  • Patent number: 7252581
    Abstract: It is accordingly an object of the invention to provide a technique of cooling a power tool which further improves cooling effectiveness of the power tool. According to the invention, a power tool is provided that includes a driving motor, a tool bit, a power transmitting mechanism, a tool body and a cooling fan. The power tool further includes first and second cooling air passages. The first cooling air passage is disposed within the tool body and flows cooling air into the tool body by using the cooling fan. The second cooling air passage is provided within the tool body and takes outside air into the tool body by using the flow of the cooling air through the first cooling air passage. The cooling air within the first cooling air passage can be cooled by mixing outside air taken into the tool body via the second cooling air passage and therefore, the cooling air can further effectively cool components within the power tool. As a result, cooling effectiveness of the power tool can be improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2007
    Assignee: Makita Corporation
    Inventors: Fumitoshi Numata, Ryo Sunazuka
  • Patent number: 7244110
    Abstract: An electrically powered axial-flow fan has a hub to house the motor and support the fan blades. Small blades or vanes on the inside of the hub function as a radial-flow blower to draw cooling air through cooling ports on the electric motor housing. The vanes inside the hub cooperate with a flange surrounding the motor to form a low pressure chamber under the hub to improve cooling flow through the motor. This motor cooling air flow is then ejected into the exhaust stream of the axial-flow fan.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2007
    Assignee: Valeo Electrical Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Tao Hong, John R. Savage
  • Patent number: 7242120
    Abstract: An automotive alternator according to the present invention includes: a shaft having an end portion rotatably supported by a rear bearing housed inside a rear bearing housing portion of a rear bracket; a rectifier for converting an alternating current into a direct current; and a first centrifugal fan for cooling a rotor, a stator, and the rectifier by sucking in external air through a suction inlet in the bracket when the rotor rotates, the rectifier has a positive-side heat sink for cooling a plurality of positive-side diodes, the suction inlet is formed in a vicinity of the rear bearing housing portion, and a plurality of rear bearing cooling fins extending in a direction perpendicular to the shaft are formed on a side of the suction inlet near the rear bearing housing portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2007
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hiroya Ikuta, Toshiaki Kashihara
  • Patent number: 7217226
    Abstract: An electric motor assembly including an electric motor and a flywheel assembly. The electric motor includes a rotatable shaft, at least a portion of the shaft being tapered as the shaft extends from the electric motor to an outer end of the shaft, the outer end of the shaft being threaded to receive a securing member. The flywheel assembly, which optionally includes a pulley and/or fan, includes a bore extending through a center of the flywheel assembly, at least a portion of the bore being tapered as the bore extends from an inner periphery facing the electric motor to the outer periphery of the flywheel assembly. The shaft of the electric motor extends through the bore of the flywheel assembly such that the taper of the shaft and the bore center the flywheel-pulley assembly on the shaft and create a self-holding taper arrangement. A securing member can be secured onto the outer end of the shaft to fix the flywheel assembly axially. Methods of forming and use are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2007
    Assignee: McMillan Electric Company
    Inventors: Dewain L. Wasson, Vincent Hall
  • Patent number: 7211915
    Abstract: A motor assembly comprises a plurality of redundant bearings, a plurality of coaxial support elements, with at least one of the support elements rotatable about an axis of rotation, and an armature rotatably guided by the plurality of support elements to rotate about the axis of rotation. The bearings provide redundancy to continue armature rotation in the event one bearing fails.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2007
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Clint Edward Conrady, Ronald Paul Dean
  • Patent number: 7185743
    Abstract: A drive for an elevator installation which drives a car and a counterweight with a supporting and driving belt includes a drive shaft and at least one drive pulley driven in rotation by a motor. An air guide element is arranged in the region between the motor and the drive pulley and guides air from the region of the supporting and driving belt along the drive shaft and through the motor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2007
    Assignee: Inventio AG
    Inventor: Daniel Fischer
  • Patent number: 7182583
    Abstract: An electro-hydraulic power unit is disclosed that includes a housing filled with hydraulic fluid. A hydraulic power unit is disposed within the housing, the power unit having a mechanical power shaft. Additionally, an electric machine is disposed within the housing adjacent to the hydraulic power unit, the electric machine having a rotor secured to the mechanical power shaft of the hydraulic power unit. Hydraulic fluid within the housing passes over the electric machine, thus cooling the electric machine and providing for improved efficiency and performance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2007
    Assignee: Sauer-Danfoss Inc.
    Inventors: Michael D. Gandrud, Torben Frederiksen, Hans Esders
  • Patent number: 7183677
    Abstract: A rotor and a stator are contained in a housing composed of front and rear frames, and a rectifier is mounted on the rear frame and covered with a rear cover having axial and radial openings. A minus heatsink plate having cooling fins extending in the axial direction is disposed to face the radial openings, forming radial air passages, and another air passage is formed between the minus heatsink plate and the rear frame. Cooling air introduced from the radial openings flows through the cooling fins and through the passage between the minus heatsink plate and the rear frame. Thus, efficiency for cooling the rectifier is enhanced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2007
    Assignee: Denso Corporation
    Inventors: Kouichi Ihata, Shigenobu Nakamura, Motoki Ito, Masatoshi Koumura
  • Patent number: 7174822
    Abstract: A food slicer comprises a fan-cooled electrically powered motor driving a slicer blade. The motor is mounted within an enclosure which comprises at least one air intake port and at least one exhaust port on opposite sides of one nominally air-tight first partitioning wall within the enclosure to confine the flow of cooling air from the air intake port through the enclosure, then into intimate contact with the electrical windings and components within the frame of the motor. The motor frame is sealed into a closely conforming contacting aperture in the first partitioning wall. The fan is mounted immediately adjacent to a non-contacting aperture in a second partitioning wall within the enclosure juxtaposed the exhaust port.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2007
    Assignee: Edgecraft Corporation
    Inventor: Daniel D. Friel, Sr.
  • Patent number: 7168923
    Abstract: The invention is a fan for an alternator adapted to be coupled in rotation to the alternator rotor, and being of the type comprising a wheel part and a plurality of fan blades (47, 48) extending from the latter, the fan being moulded in a plastics material on an insert (50) which is preferably of metal and which constitutes the wheel part of the fan and is arranged to provide fastening of the fan on the rotor, being configured so as to constitute a means for increasing the mechanical strenght of the fan; the insert (50, 65) includes at least a portion of a blade (48, 69) of the fan. The invention is useful in the manufacture of a high power cooling fan for a motor vehicle alternator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2007
    Assignee: Valeo Equipements Electriques Moteur
    Inventors: Claudiu Vasilescu, Sébastien Arrighi
  • Patent number: 7167364
    Abstract: A cooler for cooling of electronic components comprises at least two heatsinks thermally connected with each other by heat spreading means, and a double inlet centrifugal blower comprises a casing with two inlets and an outlet, a radial impeller with an axle and an electric drive. The cooler thermally connected with the electronic component. Each of the heatsinks comprises inflow and outflow openings, and thermally connected heat exchanging means and a base. The impeller comprises radial blades located from both sides of an impeller disk. The double inlet centrifugal blower is located between the heatsinks thus each of the outflow openings is coincided with the closest inlet, so cooling air flows through the inflow openings, the heat exchanging means, the outflow openings and the inlets of the blower in a series way.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2007
    Assignee: Rotys Inc.
    Inventors: Edward Lopatinsky, Lev Fedoseyev, Saveliy Rosenfeld, Daniel Schaefer
  • Patent number: 7157828
    Abstract: In a fuel pump, four permanent magnets are installed in a housing. An armature is installed inside the permanent magnets rotatably. Six magnetic pole coil portions of the armature are installed in a central core. Each magnetic pole coil portion has a coil core, a bobbin and a coil formed by winding a winding on the bobbin in a concentrated winding form. Each coil core has an outer region in opposition to the permanent magnet in a direction of revolution, and a board-shaped coil-winding portion extending from the outer region toward the central core. Each bobbin covers the coil core except for the outer surface of the outer region and a convex portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2007
    Assignee: Denso Corporation
    Inventors: Kiyonori Moroto, Motoya Ito, Eiji Iwanari
  • Patent number: 7148595
    Abstract: A vehicular alternator 1 is disclosed as having a stator 2 on which an armature winding 21 is wound, a rotor 3 rotatably disposed in the stator, cooling fans 32, 33 for creating cooling winds during rotation of the rotor, a front housing 41 and a rear housing 45 with which the stator and the rotor are supported and having side areas formed with cooling wind discharge windows 42, 46, and a waterproof cover 8 located over an outer peripheral sides of the housings 41, 45. The waterproof cover 8 has a plurality of ventilation apertures 81 formed at an inclined angle different from an inclined angle at which the cooling wind discharge windows are formed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2006
    Assignee: Denso Corporation
    Inventor: Hiroshi Ishida
  • Patent number: 7138735
    Abstract: The invention concerns a rotating electrical machine, comprising inside a housing, a fixedly mounted stator and a rotor rotatably mounted in the stator, the ventilating system including in particular at least one ventilator integral with the rotor and capable of generating a cooling air stream inside the housing, radial air intake orifices (20) arranged in the housing, and cooling air discharge ports (22) arranged in said housing in a ring opposite the periphery of the ventilator and mutually separated by fins (24) stiffening the housing in the port region. The system is characterized in that the angle of inclination of the fins (24) relative to the tangent perpendicular to the radial direction (R) ranges between 38° and 52°. The invention is for use for motor vehicle alternators.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2006
    Assignee: Valeo Equipements Electriques Moteur
    Inventor: Claudiu Vasilescu
  • Patent number: 7132772
    Abstract: The cooling air introducing port 24 is open to a lower portion of an axial direction end portion of the motor housing member 11, 12, the water-proof cover 25 for covering the cooling air introducing port 24 is attached to the outside of the axial direction end portion of the housing member 11, 12, and the air introducing passage 26 having a labyrinth structure is composed of the bent portion 25d provided in a lower end portion of the water-proof cover 25, the first wall face 21d provided in the annular portion 21b of the shroud and the second wall face 21e.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2006
    Assignees: DENSO Corporation, Asmo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Takeuchi, Shinichi Oda, Kenji Kumaki, Toshihiro Tanino, Shinya Suzuki
  • Patent number: 7129604
    Abstract: An air cooled type generator includes a housing, an engine, a cooling fan mounted in the engine, a generator body having a first side juxtaposed to the engine, and a cooling fan rotatably mounted on an opened second side of the generator body and including a plurality of blades each having an inner side formed with a first wing and an outer side formed with a second wing. Thus, the first wing and the second wing of each of the blades co-operate to carry the hot air away from the generator body rapidly, thereby enhancing the heat dissipation effect of the cooling fan. In addition, the generator only needs to provide two cooling fans to achieve the heat dissipation effect, so that the generator has a simplified construction and a smaller volume and is assembled easily and conveniently.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2006
    Inventor: Wen-Chang Wang
  • Patent number: 7122924
    Abstract: A rotor device capable of forcing heat dissipation includes a hub and an inner casing. The hub provides a closed end with at least a through hole radially disposed thereon and a projection extending therefrom along the circumference of the through hole. The inner casing is disposed in the hub. Fluid is forced by the projection to move outward or inward via the through hole so that temperature of the fluid in the hub and the inner casing can be lowered down.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2006
    Assignee: Asia Vital Component Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Ming-Che Lee
  • Patent number: 7122927
    Abstract: A stator having an armature winding and a rotor having a field winding are contained in an alternator housing. A cooling fan is connected to at least one axial end of the rotor, and a plurality of windows are formed in an axial end wall of the housing to face the cooling fan. A shroud surface facing the cooling fan is formed at a radial outside of each window. The opening of the window is so made that it gradually decreases along a rotational direction of the cooling fan, while the shroud surface area gradually increases along the same direction. In this manner, pressure changes in a space between the fan blades and the fan shroud are smoothened, and thereby noises generated by the cooling fan are effectively reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2006
    Assignee: Denso Corporation
    Inventor: Katsuhiko Sugitani
  • Patent number: 7101157
    Abstract: The present invention provides a high-pressure blower comprising a fan arrangement which includes a fan, and a fan housing for conveying working air. An electromotor drives the fan via a motor shaft to provide motor self-ventilation by generating a cooling air stream flowing through the motor due to a cooling wheel driven by the rotor. A wall section separates the interior space of the fan housing accommodating the fan airtight from the interior space of the blower accommodating the electromotor so that the cooling air stream flowing through the electromotor is separated and independent of the air flow of the working air conveyed to the fan.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2006
    Assignee: EBM-PAPST Mulfingen GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Bernhard Bamberger, Dieter Best, Birgit Brausch, Martin Buerkert, Erich Fiedler, Helmut Lipp, Friedrich Schaffert, Reinhard Stillger
  • Patent number: 7091634
    Abstract: Disclosed is eyewear that may have a half-jacket frame and a removable dust shield for preventing direct impingement of dust upon a wearer's eye. The eyewear may have a titanium frame and removable lenses free of any attachment structure. The frame may have a lens-retaining ridge with a thin cross section. A nosepad on the frame may carry a shield retainer for releasably affixing a shield to the frame. The nosepad and the half-jacket frame front may be cast together in one piece out of titanium or titanium alloy. An anti-slip nosepad cover may partially cover the nosepad and leave the shield retainer exposed. A removable shield may have a lower lens groove that circumferentially mates with an upper lens groove of an orbital of a half-jacket frame, thereby circumferentially completing the lens groove when the shield is in place. A rigid temple may carry a slip resistor for contacting the wearer's skin. The eyewear may have a vent to reduce fogging of the lenses and the shield may be air-permeable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2006
    Assignee: KBC America, Inc.
    Inventors: Kenyon Yi, Kyung Min
  • Patent number: 7091635
    Abstract: A flywheel/motor assembly is disclosed that comprises a motor housing having a sidewall and an end wall extending substantially perpendicularly from the sidewall. The end wall enclose a motor assembly having a rotatable shaft extending therefrom. The motor housing has at least one air flow opening therethrough. A flywheel is coupled to the shaft, and includes a pulley side and a motor side opposite the pulley side, wherein the motor side is aligned substantially with the end wall and does not extend over the sidewall. A plurality of vanes are associated with the flywheel, wherein adjacent vanes form channels therebetween. A ring is coupled to the plurality of vanes and at least partially encloses the channels and forms exhaust ports away from the shaft. Rotation of the flywheel draws air through the motor housing's openings into the channels and out the exhaust ports. The pulley side may include balancing bores for receiving balancing material to balance the finished assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2006
    Assignee: Ametek, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael L Gilliland, David B Finkenbinder, Michael Coles
  • Patent number: 7071586
    Abstract: An electric rotating machine capable of lowering the temperature of a rotor disposed, wherein at least one of closed ventilation loops for cooling is formed, one of the loops constituting a ventilation passage communicating with an exhaust side through a heat source of the end of the generator to a cooler, thereby to supply cooling wind to the rotor after it passes through the cooler.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2006
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenichi Hattori, Kazumasa Ide, Akiyoshi Komura, Takashi Watanabe, Ryoichi Shiobara, Yasuomi Yagi, Kengo Iwashige, Keiji Kobashi
  • Patent number: 7071587
    Abstract: An integrated cooler for electronic devices comprises a heat exchange element, a heat transferring element and a blower with an electric drive. The heat exchange element comprises a base and heat exchanging means. The electronic device directly thermally connected with the base or the heat exchanging means by the heat transferring element. The blower comprises an inlet, an outlet and a drum type impeller comprises a disk with blades mounted on an axle fixed perpendicularly to the base. The heat exchanging means located at the inlet and/or at the outlet, thus ambient air flows through the inlet, the impeller and the outlet in a series way and in the directions perpendicular to the axle, so that the blower is a crossflow type blower. The electric drive comprises a rotor and a stator. The rotor made as the impeller having circumferential arrayed magnetic means. The stator comprises circumferential arrayed coils.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2006
    Assignee: ROTYS Inc.
    Inventors: Edward L. Lopatinsky, Dan K. Shaefer, Saveliy T. Rosenfeld, Lev A. Fedoseyev
  • Patent number: 7067947
    Abstract: A rotor and a stator are contained in a housing composed of front and rear frames, and a rectifier is mounted on the rear frame and covered with a rear cover having axial and radial openings. A minus heatsink plate having cooling fins extending in the axial direction is disposed to face the radial openings, forming radial air passages, and another air passage is formed between the minus heatsink plate and the rear frame. Cooling air introduced from the radial openings flows through the cooling fins and through the passage between the minus heatsink plate and the rear frame. Thus, efficiency for cooling the rectifier is enhanced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2006
    Assignee: Denso Corporation
    Inventors: Kouichi Ihata, Shigenobu Nakamura, Motoki Ito, Masatoshi Koumura
  • Patent number: 7061155
    Abstract: A rotor device capable of dissipating heat and resisting foreign objects includes a hub and a shield case. The hub has a closed wall and a hub wall connecting with the closed wall and the closed wall at least has a hub hole. The shield case is mounted in the hub and has an upper wall neighboring the closed wall and a circumferential wall connecting with the upper wall. The upper wall at least has a through hole offsetting the hub hole to allow the fluid passing through the hub hole and the through hole for performing heat dissipation and preventing the foreign objects from falling into the shield case via the hub hole and the through hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2006
    Assignee: Asia Vital Component Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Ming-Che Lee