Heat-exchange Structure Patents (Class 310/64)
  • Patent number: 11670987
    Abstract: An electric machine for converting between electrical and rotary mechanical energy includes a rotor that is journalled to rotate about an axis of rotation, and an adjacent stator that magnetically exerts torque upon the rotor across a magnetic airgap in response to applied electric power to air core stator windings that are bonded in thermal contact to a slotless ferromagnetic stator backiron forming the stator surface facing the magnetic airgap, the rotor has a surface that is opposed to, and spaced apart from, the corresponding surface on the stator, the rotor surface and the stator surface define the airgap therebetween. The rotor has permanent magnets that generate magnetic flux across the magnetic airgap and through the air core stator windings. The air core windings are cooled by a physical loop having an evaporator, a remote located condenser and connected by two fluid flow lines filled with two phase fluid comprising liquid and gas both traveling in the same direction around the physical loop.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Inventors: Christopher W. Gabrys, Timothy S. Rodgers
  • Patent number: 11664705
    Abstract: A cooling structure for a rotary electric machine includes: a plurality of cooling holes provided such that the cooling holes penetrate from an outer peripheral surface of a stator core to respective slots; a refrigerant supply mechanism configured to supply liquid refrigerant to supply cooling holes among the cooling holes, the supply cooling holes being configured such that radially outer ends of the supply cooling holes are placed above radially inner ends of the supply cooling holes in the gravitational direction; and a refrigerant guide provided between a rotor and a stator and configured to catch the liquid refrigerant falling down from the radially inner ends of the supply cooling holes through their corresponding slots and to guide the liquid refrigerant to slots placed on the lower side in the gravitational direction among the slots.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Satoru Hashigami
  • Patent number: 11646617
    Abstract: A high-frequency rotating structure provided by the invention has an annular rotating element with a quincuncial outer periphery, a plurality of radially arranged accommodating grooves respectively disposed in an annular body of the rotating element, a plurality of hole-shaped magnetic barrier spaces respectively disposed in the annular body, and respectively communicated with one of two ends of each of the accommodating grooves, and a plurality of magnetic assemblies respectively embedded in each of the accommodating grooves. A shortest first distance A between a groove wall of each of the two ends of each of the accommodating grooves and an outer annular surface of the body, and a shortest second distance B between a hole wall of each of the magnetic barrier spaces and the outer annular surface of the body are defined by the following formula 1: ? = A B × 1 ? 0 ? 0 ? % , 1 ? 2 ? 2 ? % ? ? ? 9 ? 0 ? % .
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: HIWIN MIKROSYSTEM CORP.
    Inventors: Ruei-Bin Shiao, Cheng-Te Chi, Zhe-Wei Cheng, Ming-Chang Hsu
  • Patent number: 11634168
    Abstract: A motor includes a rotor including an axially extending shaft, a stator, a housing, a heat sink disposed axially above the stator, a board fixed axially above the heat sink, a connector disposed radially outside the housing, and a connector pin accommodated in the connector. The heat sink includes a main body, and a protrusion which is continuous with the main body, the protrusion extending radially outward of the housing. The connector, the protrusion, and the board overlap in this order when viewed from axially below. The connector pin is positioned radially outside the protrusion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: NIDEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takashi Hattori, Toshiya Okamoto, Takanobu Oyama
  • Patent number: 11628914
    Abstract: A gyroscopic boat roll stabilizer for a boat comprises a gimbal, having a gimbal axis, an enclosure mounted to the gimbal and configured to precess about a gimbal axis, a flywheel assembly rotatably mounted inside the enclosure for generating a torque that is applied to counter a rolling motion of the boat, and a braking system for controlling precession of the enclosure. The braking system is configured to enable precession in the first and second directions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: WAVETAMER LLC
    Inventor: Jeffrey Peterson
  • Patent number: 11621610
    Abstract: A cooling assembly for an electric machine is disclosed. The cooling assembly may include a generally cylindrical cooling jacket for receiving a shaft, a rotor and a stator. Further, the cooling jacket jacket may be disposed in an electric machine housing. Additionally, the cooling assembly may include at least two first passages in the cooling jacket for circulating a first coolant and at least one second passage in the cooling jacket for circulating a second coolant, the second passage being disposed between the at least two first passages. Further, the cooling assembly may include a third passage on an exterior of the machine housing, the third passage extending through the housing to fluidly connect the at least two first passages and bypass the second passage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Keith A. Leisinger, Joseph D. Tigue, Gregory T. Austin, Ranjit Singh
  • Patent number: 11611248
    Abstract: A stator (1) for an electric machine (100) has stator laminations (3) stacked in an axial direction (A) to form a stator lamination stack (2). The stator laminations (3) have strip-shaped inserts (4) extending in a radial direction (R). The inserts (4) have a higher thermal conductivity than the rest of the stator lamination (3). The stator laminations (3) are rotated in relation to one another in an azimuthal direction (U) about an angle of rotation (D) in such a manner that the inserts (4) of directly adjacent stator laminations (3) are not arranged one above another in the axial direction (A). An electric machine (100), a motor vehicle (200) and a method for producing a stator (1) also are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: Dr. ing. h. c. F. Porsche AG
    Inventor: Stefan Goetz
  • Patent number: 11594928
    Abstract: A turbogenerator includes a stator core defining a first end and a second end, a plurality of stator bars disposed within the stator core, each stator bar including a coolant flow path, and a parallel ring having a first segment and a second segment separate from the first segment. The parallel ring is coupled to the first end of the stator core and is arranged to electrically connect the plurality of stator bars and to fluidly connect the coolant flow paths of the plurality of stator bars. A tang includes a main chamber, a first coolant opening, a second coolant opening, and a distribution channel that fluidly interconnects the main chamber, the first coolant opening, and the second coolant opening. A first lead tube has a first lead end connected to the first coolant opening and a second lead end connected to the first segment, and a second lead tube separate from the first lead tube has a first lead end connected to the second coolant opening and a second lead end connected to the second segment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: SIEMENS ENERGY, INC.
    Inventor: Nicholas Eberhardt
  • Patent number: 11575285
    Abstract: An electric machine includes a stator and a rotor. The stator defines a central orifice and has an inner diameter. The rotor has an outer diameter and is disposed within the stator. An airgap is defined between inner diameter and the outer diameter. The rotor defines a plurality of cavities. The rotor has magnets disposed within each of the cavities. The magnets define a plurality of pole arc angles. Each pole arc angle is centered about a D-axis. The rotor has an outer periphery. The outer periphery forms smooth spline curves positioned within each pole arc angle. The smooth spline curves deviate radially inward relative to the outer diameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Jacob Krizan, Adeeb Ahmed
  • Patent number: 11552511
    Abstract: A stator assembly, an electrical motor having the stator assembly, a wind power generator set and a method for cooling a stator assembly are provided. The stator assembly includes a stator support and a stator core mounted on the stator support, wherein the stator support includes a support enclosure plate, a first axial air flow channel is formed between the support enclosure plate of the stator support and a radial side surface of the stator core, and the first axial air flow channel is used for receiving a first cold air flow, so that the cold air flow can flow in the axial direction. The stator assembly can introduce a cold air flow from the other side, opposite an air gap, of a stator during the operation of an electrical motor, so that two radial sides of the stator can be cooled at the same time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: BEIJING GOLDWIND SCIENCE & CREATION WINDPOWER EQUIPMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Shengjun Ma
  • Patent number: 11545875
    Abstract: A motor is provided. The motor includes a cooling system configured to cool a stator having a core wound around by a coil, wherein the cooling system includes oil holders installed on a side under the stator in an inner space of a motor housing and provided to allow oil to be collected up to a level capable of allowing at least some of a lower end section of the stator to be immersed for cooling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Jae Hyeon Lee, Jeong Bin Yim, Jin Ho Kim, Tae Kil Kim, Dae Woong Han, Ji Wan Cha
  • Patent number: 11535097
    Abstract: An electric motor cooling system is provided that utilizes stator-integrated axial coolant channels and a coolant manifold centrally located within the stator to efficiently remove motor assembly heat. In order to increase the velocity of the coolant exiting the axial coolant channels, thereby improving end winding cooling uniformity, end laminations are integrated into the stator which restrict the flow of coolant from the axial coolant channels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: Atieva, Inc.
    Inventors: Emad Dlala, Jeremy Mayer, Barnaby James Gerard Lewis, Mohammed Mahmoudi
  • Patent number: 11489381
    Abstract: A rotor structure of an electric motor includes a rotor and a stator. The rotor is fixed to a motor shaft and rotates integrally with the motor shaft. The stator is fixed around the rotor. The rotor includes a cylindrical rotor core coaxially press-fitted and fixed to the motor shaft, a pair of ring-shaped end surface plates disposed facing two axial end surfaces of the rotor core, and permanent magnets respectively housed in slots penetrating an outer peripheral portion of the rotor core in an axial direction. A plurality of openings in which the permanent magnets are exposed are formed in a circumferential direction in an outer peripheral portion of one of the end surface plates, and a ring-shaped cover that covers the openings is detachably attached to an outer end surface of the outer peripheral portion of the end surface plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Andrii Pydin, Shigeru Koyama, Yasuhito Takei
  • Patent number: 11489409
    Abstract: A motor housing assembly for cooling a motor assembly is disclosed. The motor housing assembly includes a stator and a rotor. To reduce a weight and a manufacturing cost, the motor housing assembly includes an aluminum housing coupled to an outer circumferential surface of a motor assembly and configured to form a first space between the aluminum housing and the motor assembly, the first space including an oil flow channel and a plastic housing coupled to an outer circumferential surface of the aluminum housing and configured to form a second space between the plastic housing and the aluminum housing, the second space including a water flow channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: LG MAGNA E-POWERTRAIN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Deokkyu Lee, Jinho Yoon, Junggu Lee
  • Patent number: 11466629
    Abstract: An exhaust-gas flap device, especially for the exhaust-gas flow of an internal combustion engine, has a flap pipe and a flap plate that is supported, in the interior of the flap pipe, on a pivot shaft that is rotatable about a pivot axis. The exhaust-gas flap device further includes a pivoting drive for the pivot shaft with a drive element. A coupling unit couples the drive element to the pivot shaft for conjoint rotation about the pivot axis. Vibration-damping material is arranged in the region of the coupling unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: Purem GmbH
    Inventors: Markus Lory, Markus Birgler, Matthias Grün, Andreas Wacker, Annika Zeumer, Ralph Schenk, Miljenko Novosel
  • Patent number: 11440629
    Abstract: A gyroscopic boat roll stabilizer for a boat comprises a gimbal, having a gimbal axis, an enclosure mounted to the gimbal and configured to precess about a gimbal axis, a flywheel assembly rotatably mounted inside the enclosure for generating a torque that is applied to counter a rolling motion of the boat, and a braking system for controlling precession of the enclosure. The braking system is configured to enable precession in the first and second directions of up to at least 45 degrees.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: WAVETAMER LLC
    Inventor: Jeffrey Peterson
  • Patent number: 11431215
    Abstract: An embodiment relates to a rotor comprising: a main body; an upper terminal disposed on an upper surface of the main body; and a lower terminal disposed on a lower surface of the main body, wherein the upper terminal comprises a first upper terminal and a second upper terminal; the lower terminal comprises a first lower terminal; the main body comprises a first hole and a second hole that penetrate the main body, wherein one end of the first lower terminal is connected to the first upper terminal through the first hole and the other end is connected to the second upper terminal through the second hole by means of a bus bar, and to a motor comprising the same. As such, it is possible to enhance space utilization inside the motor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Byeong Jong Yoo
  • Patent number: 11418071
    Abstract: A rotating electrical machine includes a rotor, a stator core, coils, and insulating sheets. A discharge port that discharges coolant is provided on an outer circumferential face of the rotor. The stator core includes an annular or cylindrical yoke, and teeth disposed on an inner circumferential face of the yoke in a circumferential direction with spaces. The stator core is disposed encompassing an outer circumference of the rotor. A slot-wall-face channel is provided on a wall face of the stator core defining a slot, and configured to open as to the slot for the coolant to flow through. The coils are wound on the teeth. The insulating sheet is disposed in the slot and interposed between the stator core and the coil, and is configured with at least part of the slot-wall-face channel open as to the coil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kenta Tabuchi, Takashi Matsumoto
  • Patent number: 11404940
    Abstract: A brushless DC motor, including a base, an insulation seat, a rotor assembly, a revolving shaft, a stator assembly, a control panel, a Hall circuit board, and an end cover. The revolving shaft is connected to the rotor assembly. The rotor assembly includes a housing and a plurality of magnetic tiles. The housing includes an inner wall and a cavity defined by the inner wall. The plurality of magnetic tiles is disposed on the inner wall. The stator assembly is disposed in the cavity. The base includes a cylindrical sleeve extending from a center of the base to the cavity of the rotor assembly. The stator assembly is connected to the cylindrical sleeve; two ends of the cylindrical sleeve are provided with a first bearing and a second bearing, respectively; and two ends of the revolving shaft are supported by the first bearing and the second bearing, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: ZHONGSHAN BROAD-OCEAN MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Zhaoxiang Hu, Jianhui Li, Mingpan Pan, Chao Wang
  • Patent number: 11394262
    Abstract: The invention relates to a winding piece (1), in particular in the shape of a hairpin, which is provided to be inserted into the grooves (7) of an electrical machine, comprising two limbs (2) and a curved transition region (3), which connects the two limbs (2) to each other. According to the invention, the limbs (2) each have a first portion (4) having a profile, which is adjusted to the cross-section of the groove (7), and an end portion (5), which has a round profile, wherein the winding piece (1) is formed as a hollow conductor, which has a penetrating channel (9), through which a coolant can be led.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: DYNAMIC E FLOW GMBH
    Inventor: Nikolaus Schweinert
  • Patent number: 11394272
    Abstract: A stator comprises a main body with a slot defined therein. A winding is positioned within the slot and a wire is positioned within the slot. The wire is positioned between the winding and the main body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: MILWAUKEE ELECTRIC TOOL CORPORATION
    Inventor: Ryan B. Jipp
  • Patent number: 11387712
    Abstract: An electric motor includes a stator, a rotor, a rotor shaft and a pump. The rotor is disposed within the stator and separated from the stator by an airgap. The airgap inadvertently accumulates a fluid. The rotor shaft is connected to the rotor. The pump is configured to move the fluid out of the airgap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLC
    Inventors: Derek F. Lahr, Farzad Samie, Alireza Fatemi
  • Patent number: 11365784
    Abstract: An eccentric oscillation type speed reducer includes: an external gear which meshes with the internal gear; an eccentric body shaft which oscillates the external gear; and an input shaft bearing which supports the eccentric body shaft. The casing and the external gear are made of resin, and the input shaft bearing is made of metal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: SUMITOMO HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Mitsuhiro Tamura, Akira Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 11362563
    Abstract: A motor includes a cooling enclosure. The cooling enclosure includes a cover body, an inner fan, and an outer fan. A first cooling cavity, a second cooling cavity, and an isolating cavity between the first cooling cavity and the second cooling cavity are formed in the cover body. A plurality of first and second cooling pipes are respectively disposed in the first and second cooling cavity; both being in communication with the isolating cavity and the outside. The cover body includes a first surface and an opposite second surface. The inner fan is disposed on the first surface. Sides of the inner fan are respectively in communication with the first and second cooling cavities. The inner fan is configured to provide circulating power for internal circulating air. The outer fan is in communication with the isolating cavity. The cooling enclosure and the motor can realize relatively high cooling efficiency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventor: Wei Zhang
  • Patent number: 11316409
    Abstract: A motor includes a holder having an annular plate shape with a plate thickness in an axial direction of a rotor housing, and including a flange section disposed so the rotor housing rotates at an inner side of the flange section, a center piece including a plate-shaped section opposing the flange section, and a heat sink including a heat dissipation section projecting from the plate-shaped section toward the flange section. The flange section integrates with a flow rectification section including a cooling air flow rectification face extending along a cooling air flow path between the flange section and the plate-shaped section. The heat dissipation section is disposed in the cooling air flow path. The cooling air flow rectification face closely opposes the top of the heat dissipation section. A bulk reduction section is between the cooling air flow rectification face and the flange section opposite of the plate-shaped section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryosuke Goto, Hideaki Ishii
  • Patent number: 11309760
    Abstract: A rotary electric machine includes a stator core having a plurality of teeth arranged in a row along a circumferential direction of the stator core, and a stator coil composed of a winding wire wound around the teeth. The stator coil includes coil end portions extending, outside the stator core in an axial direction thereof, along a substantially circumferential direction of the stator core, and straight portions extending along the axial direction, the straight portions being at least partially housed in a slot which is a void defined by two adjacent teeth of the plurality of teeth. In the rotary electric machine, a cooling groove is formed at least in the straight portion, the cooling groove functioning as a cooling channel through which a cooling fluid flows, and each straight portion includes only one cooling channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masashi Matsumoto, Hazuki Kawamura, Kohei Watanabe, Yuki Tanaka, Haruki Kusamaki
  • Patent number: 11289957
    Abstract: A generator and a wind turbine are provided. The generator includes an active cooling circuit and a passive cooling circuit, the active cooling circuit is in communication with a closed space, and the passive cooling circuit is in communication with the external environment. The active cooling circuit includes mutually communicating chambers located at two axial ends of the generator, an air gap between a rotor and a stator of the generator, and radial channels distributed along an axial direction of the generator. The active cooling circuit is provided with a cooling device in communication with the closed space, and the stator is fixed on a fixed shaft through a stator bracket. The passive cooling circuit includes a first axial channel running through the stator, a second axial channel running through the stator bracket, and an outer surface of the generator. A heat exchanger is further arranged inside the generator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: XINJIANG GOLDWING SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jinhui Li, Junwei Liu, Wenhua Xu
  • Patent number: 11277046
    Abstract: A rotary electric machine includes a stator core having a plurality of teeth arranged in a row along a circumferential direction of the stator core, and a stator coil composed of a winding wire wound around the teeth. The stator coil includes coil end portions extending, outside the stator core in an axial direction thereof, along a substantially circumferential direction of the stator core, and straight portions extending along the axial direction, the straight portions being at least partially housed in a slot which is a void defined by two adjacent teeth of the plurality of teeth. In the rotary electric machine, a cooling groove is formed at least in the straight portion, the cooling groove functioning as a cooling channel through which a cooling fluid flows, and each straight portion includes only one cooling channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masashi Matsumoto, Hazuki Kawamura, Kohei Watanabe, Yuki Tanaka, Haruki Kusamaki
  • Patent number: 11258338
    Abstract: An electric motor including a stator body with a stator laminated core and a stator slot, wherein the stator slot has a slot wall with a slot wall insulation for electrical insulation, as well as at least one electrical conductor which is received by the stator slot, the slot wall insulation having a tooth-shaped configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: AUDI AG
    Inventor: Korbinian Weber
  • Patent number: 11228221
    Abstract: A motor includes a stator with a stator core, an insulator, coils, and a terminal pin. The stator core includes an annular core back and teeth. The teeth extend radially outward from the core back and are arranged in the circumferential direction. The coil is defined by a conductive wire wound around a tooth via the insulator. The conductor is connected to the conductive wire and is connected to the circuit board. The insulator includes a cylindrical terminal holder located between adjacent ones of the teeth, extends in the axial direction, and accommodates the conductor. The core back includes a stator recess located between adjacent ones of the teeth and is recessed radially inward from the radially outer surface. The stator recess accommodates at least a portion of the terminal holder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2022
    Assignee: NIDEC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yuya Horii
  • Patent number: 11199192
    Abstract: Example implementations relate to a method and system for pumping fluid with a pump assembly to cool waste-heat producing system of an apparatus. The pump assembly includes a first housing, a rotor assembly, a stator assembly, a second housing, an outlet connection port coupled to the second housing, and a guide vane insert. The first housing includes a first bore and first inlet guide vanes (IGVs) coupled to inlet of the first bore. The rotor assembly including an impeller, is disposed in the first bore. The stator assembly including a coil, is mounted around a portion of the first housing. The second housing has a second bore fluidically coupled to the first bore, and first outlet guide vanes (OGVs) coupled at an entrance of the second bore. The guide vane insert including second OGVs, is disposed within the outlet connection port and fluidically coupled to outlet of the second bore.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP
    Inventors: John Franz, Tahir Cader, Ernesto Ferrer Medina
  • Patent number: 11172597
    Abstract: A first supporting element, e.g. a PCB, may have opposed sides. A heat sink body is mounted on one side of the first supporting element, and having peripheral surface(s) for heat dissipating electrical device. A first circuit includes the heat dissipating electrical device(s) mounted and operates at a first voltage level. At least one circuit board assembly is mounted on the other side of the first supporting element, and extends from a first end to a second end. It has a first end connector at the first end, for connecting the first end of the circuit board assembly to the first circuit, and providing a signal interface between the first circuit operating at the first voltage level and a second circuit operating at a second voltage level different or equal to the first voltage level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: Algozen Corporation
    Inventor: Michael John Richards
  • Patent number: 11152844
    Abstract: An electric machine including a stator having a fully non-magnetic core and stator windings formed of a non-superconducting transposed conductor to reduce eddy current losses. It further includes a rotor having a fully non-magnetic core and superconducting windings or superconducting magnets which produce a magnetic field for interaction with the stator windings. A cryogenic cooling system is arranged to cool the stator windings to reduce conduction losses in the stator windings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: ROLLS-ROYCE plc
    Inventors: Paul R Miller, Stephen M Husband, Alexander C Smith, Charalampos Manolopoulos, Matteo Iacchetti
  • Patent number: 11133721
    Abstract: A pumping system deployable in a wellbore includes a primary driven component, a secondary driven component and a motor. The motor is filled with a motor lubricant and includes a stator, a primary rotor assembly configured for rotation within the stator and a primary shaft connected to the primary rotor assembly and to the primary driven component. The motor further includes an internal magnetic coupling assembly inside the stator. The internal magnetic coupling assembly includes a secondary rotor assembly and a secondary shaft. The secondary rotor assembly and the secondary shaft are isolated from the motor fluid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Assignee: Baker Hughes ESP, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Lee Marvel, Rene Jose Garcia
  • Patent number: 11101712
    Abstract: An electric motor, an end cap thereof and a manufacturing method of the end cap are provided. The end cap includes an insulating body and a filter circuit board mounted to the insulating body. The filter circuit board includes at least two power conductors for receiving an external power source, an insulating support frame integral with the at least two power conductors, and at least one filter element. One end of the at least one filter element is connected to a corresponding power conductor, and the other end of the at least one filter element is grounded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: JOHNSON ELECTRIC INTERNATIONAL AG
    Inventors: Yukwai Yeung, Chingsik Lau, Dawei Zhou, Siukin Tam, Tao Fu
  • Patent number: 11043881
    Abstract: A component-mounting device according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a component-mounting board, a connector component, a heat sink, and a first screw portion. The component-mounting board includes a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface. The connector component includes a plurality of terminal-fixing portions that fixes a terminal extending in one axis direction orthogonal to the first surface and a base portion that connects between the plurality of terminal-fixing portions and includes an opening portion, the connector component being provided on the first surface. The heat sink faces the second surface and includes a first screw seat that faces the base portion in the one axis direction with the component-mounting board interposed between the first screw seat and the base portion. The first screw portion is disposed inside the opening portion and is engaged with the first screw seat through the component-mounting board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2021
    Assignee: KYB CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yuu Eguchi
  • Patent number: 11035458
    Abstract: A deceleration device includes a reduction assembly that reduces speed, a motor attached to the reduction assembly, the motor being rotatable about a central axis line, and a heat insulator having a heat conduction coefficient of about 0.04 W/mK or less, the heat insulator being positioned between the motor and the reduction assembly. A surface temperature of an exposed portion of the motor is maintained at a low level, with a simple structure, that prevents burns to human skin in contact with the motor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: NIDEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ha Hai Vu, Chien Yu Chen
  • Patent number: 11025124
    Abstract: A motor includes a mounting bracket; a stator mounted to one of opposite sides of the mounting bracket; a rotor is rotatably supported on the stator; and a control unit the other of the opposite sides of the mounting bracket away from the stator. The control unit includes a plate-shaped heat dissipating member fixed to the mounting to the mounting bracket, and a circuit board attached to a side of the heat dissipating member away from the mounting bracket. A seal is formed between a periphery of the heat dissipating member and the mounting bracket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: JOHNSON ELECTRIC INTERNATIONAL AG
    Inventors: Yue Li, Maoxiong Jiang, Yingsong Ye, Haijun Hua
  • Patent number: 11025134
    Abstract: A motor includes: a rotor core which rotates about an axis; a plurality of magnets which extend in an axial direction of the axis inside the rotor core and are disposed in a circumferential direction; a shaft body which is disposed coaxially with the rotor core and has a hollow portion through which a fluid is able to pass from a first side to a second side in the axial direction; and a plurality of heat radiation portions which are disposed along the magnet in the circumferential direction and have a planar portion disposed to be parallel to a side surface of the magnet facing a radial direction, wherein the heat radiation portion extends to be closer to the second side than a second side core end surface located on the second side in the axial direction of the rotor core.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Andrii Pydin
  • Patent number: 11011954
    Abstract: Provided is a motor driving unit (1) capable of achieving space saving of a motor room and cost reduction of a vehicle. The motor driving unit (1) includes a motor (10), an inverter (50) that controls driving of the motor (10), and a transaxle (30). The inverter (50) is disposed at a position facing the second gear (32) in the transaxle (30) in a Z-axis direction of the motor (10), and a flow channel of refrigerant arranged inside the inverter (50) is partitioned off from an internal space of the motor (10) by a single barrier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Assignee: NIDEC TOSOK CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yoshihisa Okuhata
  • Patent number: 11005329
    Abstract: An electric motor with a heat source is arranged on a shaft in a co-rotating manner, wherein a first and a second cooling fin arrangement interact in order to dissipate heat from the heat source to the outside.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Assignee: Lenze Drives GmbH
    Inventors: Andreas Tolksdorf, Karsten Huebner, Holger Hennig
  • Patent number: 11001332
    Abstract: A system and bicycle incorporating same mounts a heat-generating component such as a motor, motor controller, or battery pack, inside a frame tube using a thermally conductive and compliant elastomeric device comprising a base portion having a relatively smooth first side and regularly-repeating protrusions extending away from a second side, wherein the relatively smooth side of the elastomeric device is wrapped around the heat-generating component such that the regularly-repeating protrusions will be in an interference fit with the interior surface of the tubular frame when the heat-generating component is mounted in the frame tube, thereby conducting heat to the frame to exhaust to the environment, providing compliance that allows for dimensional variation of assembled parts, and muting noise and vibration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Inventor: Matthew Hendey
  • Patent number: 10978933
    Abstract: A power tool with a combined printed circuit board (PCB) having a doughnut shape and located coaxially with a motor shaft. The combined PCB is secured to a heat sink on one end of the motor and a metal end piece is positioned on an opposite end of the motor. The metal end cap and heat sink are secured to one another via fasteners to provide a rigid coupling. A tabbed end piece is provided between the heat sink and the motor stator and is also secured into place via the fasteners. The tabbed end piece includes wire support tabs that provide strain relief to motor coil leads. The wire support tabs extend axially from circumferential locations of the tabbed end piece and include channels to guide the motor coil leads to solder contact points on the combined PCB.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Assignee: MILWAUKEE ELECTRIC TOOL CORPORATION
    Inventor: Andrew T. Beyerl
  • Patent number: 10958129
    Abstract: A motor includes a rotor with a shaft that extends axially, a stator that surrounds a radial outer side of the rotor, a heat sink that is axially above the stator and provided with cavities that pass conductors therethrough and extend axially, and a substrate that is axially above the heat sink and includes an electronic component mounted thereon, wherein the heat sink includes a contact surface that contacts the substrate or electronic component directly or via a heat dissipating member and an exposed surface that does not come into contact with other members, wherein the exposed surface is located closer to an outer edge than the cavities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: NIDEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takahiro Kizu, Takashi Hattori, Toshiya Okamoto, Yuichi Nishikawa, Yoshiaki Yamashita
  • Patent number: 10938277
    Abstract: A control module for an electric motor having a stator that includes a first surface, wherein cooling fluid flows within the stator for providing cooling to the first surface, the control module having a power device having switching elements; a control device for controlling operation of the switching elements; a housing with a first side for mounting to the first surface, wherein the first side includes an aperture allowing a portion of the power device to contact the first surface when the housing is mounted to the first surface for cooling the switching elements, wherein the control device is mounted in the housing on an opposite side of the power device to the first side of the housing and an elastomer is located over the power device and the control device for providing an electrical insulation barrier over the switching elements and electrical components on the control device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: PROTEAN ELECTRIC LIMITED
    Inventor: Geoffrey Owen
  • Patent number: 10916994
    Abstract: The present invention provides a motor structure including a heat dissipation module, a motor base, a circuit board, a rotor and a winding set. The heat dissipation module has a first side and a second side opposite to each other. The motor base is connected to the heat dissipation module. The first side and the second side are uncovered. The thermal conductivity of the heat dissipation module is greater than that of the motor base. The circuit board is disposed on the first side. The rotor is disposed on the second side. The winding set is disposed on the second side and electrically connected to the circuit board to drive the rotor to rotate. By integrating the motor base and the heat dissipation module into one piece, the assembly process is simplified, and the use of components is eliminated. It benefits to achieve the effects of waterproofing, dustproof and protection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2021
    Assignee: DELTA ELECTRONICS, INC.
    Inventors: Ching-Cheng Zou, Han-En Chien, Hung-Chi Chen, Meng-Yu Chen
  • Patent number: 10903706
    Abstract: A rotor of a rotary electric machine includes a rotor core, magnets, and a rotor shaft. The rotor shaft includes a refrigerant passage, a refrigerant supply part provided on one side of the refrigerant passage and configured to supply the refrigerant from the rotor shaft to the rotor core, a refrigerant discharge part provided on the other side of the refrigerant passage and configured to return the refrigerant from the rotor core to the rotor shaft, and a passage partition part configured to block flow of the refrigerant between the one side and the other side of the refrigerant passage. The rotor core includes a plurality of heat exchange chambers having a circumferential length larger than a radial length, and the heat exchange chamber communicates with the refrigerant supply part on one side of the refrigerant passage and communicates with the refrigerant discharge part on the other side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Shigeharu Wakui
  • Patent number: 10873229
    Abstract: In one possible embodiment, an aircraft electric motor cooling system is provided having an airflow path through a spinner which includes a first airflow path between an inner rotor and a stator, a second airflow path between an outer rotor the stator and a third airflow path along an outer surface of the outer rotor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2020
    Assignee: AeroVironment, Inc.
    Inventors: Lindsay Aspinwall Sheppard, Bart Dean Hibbs
  • Patent number: 10868450
    Abstract: A rotor of a rotary electric machine includes a rotor core having a slot in an outer circumferential portion thereof, a permanent magnet inserted in the slot, and a resin injected into the slot to fix the permanent magnet in the slot, wherein an injection fixing space into which the resin is injected to fix the permanent magnet in the slot, and a non-injection space into which the resin is not injected are provided in a space within the slot, the non-injection space is disposed at a position adjacent to an outer side of the rotor core in a radial direction with respect to the injection fixing space, and an edge of the non-injection space includes a surface of the resin injected into the injection fixing space, and a first region on an inner surface of the slot which continues to the surface of the resin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Keiichiro Kashiwabara, Atsushi Nishida, Manabu Yazaki
  • Patent number: 10862366
    Abstract: A rotating electric machine includes a rotating shaft, a rotor, a stator, a housing, control modules and fixing members. The housing, which is grounded, rotatably supports the rotating shaft and accommodates the rotor and the stator. The control modules are arranged around the rotating shaft and adjacent to one another. Each of the control modules includes switching elements, a supporting part that supports the switching elements, and at least one connection part having a ground terminal formed therein. The fixing members are provided to fix the connection parts of the control modules to the housing. Each adjacent pair of the connection parts respectively belonging to two different ones of the control modules are together fixed to the housing by a corresponding one of the fixing members; the ground terminals formed in the adjacent pair of the connection parts are together electrically connected to the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Naoki Hashimoto, Nobuo Isogai