Heat-exchange Structure Patents (Class 310/64)
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Patent number: 12088147Abstract: A rotating electric machine includes a field element and an armature. The field element includes a magnet portion that includes a plurality of magnets arranged in an array in a circumferential direction. In the magnet, an easy axis of magnetization is oriented in a circular arc shape such that, on a d-axis side closer to a d-axis that is a magnetic pole center, the orientation of the easy axis of magnetization is parallel to the d-axis compared to a q-axis side closer to a q-axis that is a magnetic pole boundary, and a circular-arc-shaped magnet magnetic path is formed along the easy axis of magnetization. The magnet is formed into a circular arc shape when viewed from an axial direction of the rotor, and is provided with a first reference surface that is a planar surface and a second reference surface that is parallel to the first reference surface.Type: GrantFiled: August 30, 2021Date of Patent: September 10, 2024Assignee: DENSO CORPORATIONInventor: Yuki Takahashi
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Patent number: 12081104Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: September 28, 2023Date of Patent: September 3, 2024Assignee: MILWAUKEE ELECTRIC TOOL CORPORATIONInventor: Andrew T. Beyerl
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Patent number: 12068643Abstract: A rotary electric machine rotor includes a rotor core and a core support member that supports the rotor core. The core support member includes a tubular portion formed in a tubular shape and a support portion supported so as to be rotatable with respect to a non-rotary member to support the tubular portion from the inner side in a radial direction. The core support member is formed such that a diameter of a fitting surface portion in a specific region, which includes an overlapping region which overlaps a connection region as viewed in the radial direction, is smaller than a diameter of the fitting surface portion in a general region which is a region other than the specific region.Type: GrantFiled: January 28, 2020Date of Patent: August 20, 2024Assignees: AISIN CORPORATION, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Takeru Morita, Shigeki Ideue, Yuta Watanabe, Kenji Dozono, Masashi Ikemura, Toshihiko Kamiya
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Patent number: 12049872Abstract: The present application relates to a cooling device, a motor, and a wind turbine set. The cooling device is integrated inside the motor and includes a housing extending along an axial direction of the motor, wherein the housing has a receiving cavity and an air inlet and an air outlet in communication with the receiving cavity, and the housing is in communication with an interior of the motor through the air inlet and in communication with the ventilation chambers at two axial ends of the motor through the air outlet; a heat exchanger located in the receiving cavity and provided close to the air outlet; and a circulation fan provided in the receiving cavity along the axial direction of the motor. The cooling device can realize a modular design of the cooling device, has a simple and compact structure, and occupies a small space.Type: GrantFiled: March 9, 2020Date of Patent: July 30, 2024Assignee: GOLDWIND SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventors: Dinghui Wang, Jing Xia, Wenshou Fan
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Patent number: 11984790Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a cooling system, an electric motor and a wind-power electric generator set. The cooling system is applied to an electric motor; the electric motor includes a stator support and a rotor support; the stator support is dynamically sealingly connected to the rotor support to form a ventilation chamber arranged at an end of the electric motor in an axial direction; the cooling system includes a flow-confluence chamber, arranged in a circumferential direction of the stator support; an accommodating chamber, arranged in the circumferential direction of the stator support; a heat exchanger, arranged in the accommodating chamber or in the flow-confluence chamber; a circulating fan, arranged in the circumferential direction of the stator support and located at a side of the stator support in the axial direction.Type: GrantFiled: March 9, 2020Date of Patent: May 14, 2024Assignee: XINJIANG GOLDWIND SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventors: Dinghui Wang, Jinmeng Li, Jing Xia
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Patent number: 11973396Abstract: An electric transmission for an electric lawnmower is disclosed. The electric transmission is adapted to operatively connect to a plurality of wheels for driving the electric lawnmower over a ground surface. The electric transmission includes an electric motor and a housing encasing the electric motor. The housing includes a cylindrical body defining a chamber for receiving the electric motor, an inlet conduit, and an outlet conduit. The inlet conduit is connected to the cylindrical body and extends outwardly from the cylindrical body to facilitate a flow of air inside the chamber. The outlet conduit is disposed spaced apart from the inlet conduit. Further, the outlet conduit is connected to the cylindrical body and extends outwardly from the cylindrical body to facilitate an exit of air from the chamber to an ambient.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2021Date of Patent: April 30, 2024Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventor: Tatsuya Yamazaki
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Patent number: 11942850Abstract: The invention specifies an electrical machine (1, 1a . . . 1c) which comprises a housing (8), a stator (5) which is arranged in the housing (8) and a rotor (3) which is rotatably mounted in the housing (8). At least one first coolant duct (9) of a first cooling circuit (15) and at least one second coolant duct (10, 10a, 10b) of a second cooling circuit (16) are arranged in the region of the stator (5) in the housing (8). In this case, the coolant ducts (9, 10, 10a, 10b) and the housing (8) form a heat exchanger between the first cooling circuit (15) and the second cooling circuit (16). In addition, the invention specifies a gear motor comprising the electrical machine (1, 1a . . . 1c), in which gear motor the transmission is hydraulically connected to the at least one second coolant duct (10, 10a, 10b) of the second cooling circuit (16). The invention also specifies a vehicle (27) which is driven by the said electrical machine (1, 1a . . . 1c) or by the said gear motor.Type: GrantFiled: November 22, 2021Date of Patent: March 26, 2024Assignee: Valeo Siemens eAutomotive Germany GmbHInventors: Bernd Haas, Burkhard Pollak
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Patent number: 11929644Abstract: The rotating electric machine (1) having a housing comprising first (14) and second (15) clamp members and an inner face, a stator comprising a stator body (41) clamped between the first and second clamp members and having an outer face extending opposite the inner face together defining an annular cooling chamber (21) surrounding the stator body, the stator body comprising a longitudinal stack of stator sheets (410), each stator pack of which comprises an annular core having an outer circumference and at least two radially centrifugal protuberances projecting from the outer circumference of the annular core, in the annular cooling chamber, and diametrically opposite one another, the stator sheets of the longitudinal stack being identical and two adjacent stator sheet of the longitudinal stack being angularly offset from each other such that the respective protuberances thereof do not extend opposite one another.Type: GrantFiled: February 25, 2020Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Assignee: NIDEC PSA EMOTORSInventors: Ioan Deac, Juan Wang, Hussain Nouri, Guillaume Tardy
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Patent number: 11901769Abstract: A stator includes a plurality of same laminations each defining a piloting tab on a perimeter thereof, and stacked to form a stator body and such that the piloting tabs define at least two axially extending serrated edge portions spaced apart from one another around a perimeter of the stator body or at least two sets of axially aligned housing contact pads spaced apart from one another around the perimeter.Type: GrantFiled: January 27, 2022Date of Patent: February 13, 2024Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLCInventors: Franco Leonardi, Brian Christian Orr, Joel Hetrick
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Patent number: 11843301Abstract: A linear motor including a stator assembly, an armature mechanically coupleable to a test specimen configured to be moved relative to the stator assembly by operation of the linear motor, and a suspension system configured facilitate movement of the armature relative to the stator assembly along an axis of movement without physically touching the armature during movement. Further disclosed is a multi-phase linear motor, a linear motor having an armature with an array of flat magnets, and a linear motor having a magnetic damping system.Type: GrantFiled: January 21, 2020Date of Patent: December 12, 2023Assignee: WATERS TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATIONInventors: Charles Groepper, Sudarshan Betigeri, David L. Dingmann, Kevin Alstrin, Nicholas Fruge
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Patent number: 11840290Abstract: In an electric power steering device in which a control unit and a motor are integrated, when the control unit is housed in a case, although a frame, by which the motor and the control unit are compartmentalized, is required, there have been problems in that the case is deformed by a pressure which influences the case when the frame is provided, and a position accuracy of a shaft center of a rotation shaft of the motor is worsened. Therefore, in order to reduce a deformation of the case, a step portion is provided at an inner wall surface of the case and the frame is contacted to the step portion, and moreover, a connecting portion is provided between an outer circumference portion of the frame and an inner circumference portion of the case, whereby a movement of the frame is restrained.Type: GrantFiled: April 4, 2017Date of Patent: December 12, 2023Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Yoshihiko Onishi, Toyoaki Udo
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Patent number: 11831226Abstract: In a first aspect of the invention there is provided a generator for a wind turbine defining a central generator axis. The generator includes a stator support frame and an environmental conditioning module removably attached to the stator support frame. The environmental conditioning module includes a heat exchanger and an air mover supported by a module housing. The environmental conditioning module further includes fluid interface connections associated with the heat exchanger, the fluid interface connections being releasably connectable to a fluid supply system associated with the heat exchanger, and electrical interface connections associated with the air blower, the electrical interface connections being releasably connectable to an electrical supply system associated with the air mover.Type: GrantFiled: January 8, 2020Date of Patent: November 28, 2023Assignee: Vestas Wind Systems A/SInventors: Peter Mongeau, Mustafa Gündüz
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Patent number: 11831203Abstract: The present invention relates to an improved structure of a core-bobbin assembly without using a support ring, an O-ring, and a gasket which support and cool the core-bobbin assembly of a motor for a vehicle, so that a weight decreases, and a heat transfer area increases. The present invention also relates to a motor cooling method using the same. In the present invention, an outer circumference sheath (210) is added to a bobbin to cover an entirety of a core outer circumferential portion (110) including a cooling surface press-inserted into and in contact with a housing, that is, a recessed outer circumferential surface (120) formed on the core outer circumferential portion (110).Type: GrantFiled: October 15, 2020Date of Patent: November 28, 2023Assignee: Hyundai Mobis Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hye Seong Yang, Yeong Woo Seo, Seong Jun Hwang, Jung Kyu Yim
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Patent number: 11821370Abstract: An engine system includes an engine duct and a tail cone arranged radially inwardly of the engine duct. The tail cone has an outer surface and an inner surface. A generator housing is arranged in the tail cone. The generator housing includes an outer surface portion spaced from the inner surface of the tail cone. A generator is mounted in the generator housing. An air duct extends from the generator, through the generator housing, through the tail cone, and through the engine duct. The air duct includes an opening exposed to an air stream passing over the engine duct.Type: GrantFiled: November 18, 2021Date of Patent: November 21, 2023Assignee: HAMILTON SUNDSTRAND CORPORATIONInventor: Debabrata Pal
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Patent number: 11817744Abstract: A stator for an electric machine of a motor vehicle includes a laminated core having an inner side with winding grooves and an outer side. Windings, which are arranged in the winding grooves, form winding heads on axially opposing front faces of the laminated core. A cooling jacket conducts cooling fluid and has a first metal sheet which forms an inner wall of the cooling jacket facing the laminated core, and a second metal sheet which forms an outer wall of the cooling jacket surrounding the inner wall. An axial height of the cooling jacket exceeds an axial height of the laminated core. The cooling jacket has a laminated-core cooling jacket region for encasing the laminated core and two axially opposing winding-head cooling jacket regions adjoining the laminated-core cooling jacket region for encasing the winding heads.Type: GrantFiled: October 23, 2019Date of Patent: November 14, 2023Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke AktiengesellschaftInventors: Felix Bolotnikov, Thomas Hoefler, Joachim Maerz, Jerome Ragot
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Patent number: 11817740Abstract: An electric motor includes a rotor, a stator assembly, and a plurality of heat dissipation members fixed to the stator assembly and to release heat of the stator assembly.Type: GrantFiled: January 20, 2017Date of Patent: November 14, 2023Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Hiroki Aso, Takaya Shimokawa, Ryogo Takahashi, Takanori Watanabe, Kazuma Nomoto
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Patent number: 11801923Abstract: A gyroscopic roll stabilizer comprises a gimbal having a support frame and enclosure configured to maintain a below-ambient pressure, a flywheel assembly including a flywheel and flywheel shaft, one or more bearings for rotatably mounting the flywheel inside the enclosure, a motor for rotating the flywheel, and bearing cooling system for cooling the bearings supporting the flywheel. The bearing cooling system enables heat generated by the bearings to be transferred through the flywheel shaft to a heat sink disposed within a cavity in the end of the flywheel shaft, or to a liquid coolant circulating within the cavity.Type: GrantFiled: August 3, 2022Date of Patent: October 31, 2023Assignee: WAVETAMER LLCInventors: Grady F. Smith, David Holden, Jeffrey Peterson
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Patent number: 11777369Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: April 13, 2021Date of Patent: October 3, 2023Assignee: Milwaukee Electric Tool CorporationInventor: Andrew T. Beyerl
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Patent number: 11770041Abstract: Various methods and systems are provided for an electric motor including a coolant jacket molded to a stator. In one embodiment, an electric motor comprises a stator, and a coolant jacket molded as a single, unitary piece in sealing engagement against an outer perimeter of the stator, with a first end of the coolant jacket forming a first integrated spray ring.Type: GrantFiled: December 30, 2020Date of Patent: September 26, 2023Assignee: Dana Heavy Vehicle Systems Group, LLCInventor: Darren J. Ziskovsky
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Patent number: 11764646Abstract: A fluid pump includes a pump casing, a motor connected to the pump casing, and an impeller driven by the motor. The motor includes a housing and a stator arranged in the casing. The housing is made of a non-magnetic material. The stator includes a stator iron core and a plurality of windings wound on the stator iron core. The motor further includes a sleeve having a cylindrical main body and a flange extending radially outwards from one end of the main body and fixed to the housing. An annular space is jointly bounded by the sleeve and the housing to accommodate the stator. A part of inner surface of the housing and a part of bottom surface of the flange facing the annular space are coated with a metal coating for electromagnetic wave shielding.Type: GrantFiled: September 17, 2021Date of Patent: September 19, 2023Assignee: JOHNSON ELECTRIC INTERNATIONAL AGInventors: Xiaoming Wang, Long Yu, Pinghua Tang, Yi Jing, Ruifeng Qin, Guoyuan Zou
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Patent number: 11764625Abstract: A segment sheet for a stator lamination stack of a generator of a wind turbine, wherein the segment sheet has the shape of a ring segment, having a first radial section, in which recesses are provided for receiving a stator winding, having a second radial section, which is arranged radially adjacent to the first section and which forms a segment of a magnetic yoke of the generator, and having a third radial section, which is arranged radially adjacent to the second section. The proposal is that the third radial section has at least two recesses arranged in an azimuthally spaced manner, which are designed for a positive connection to profiled strips arranged on a stator support ring.Type: GrantFiled: November 11, 2019Date of Patent: September 19, 2023Assignee: Wobben Properties GmbHInventor: Jochen Röer
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Patent number: 11670987Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: January 20, 2021Date of Patent: June 6, 2023Inventors: Christopher W. Gabrys, Timothy S. Rodgers
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Patent number: 11664705Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: August 9, 2021Date of Patent: May 30, 2023Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Satoru Hashigami
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Patent number: 11646617Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: August 30, 2021Date of Patent: May 9, 2023Assignee: HIWIN MIKROSYSTEM CORP.Inventors: Ruei-Bin Shiao, Cheng-Te Chi, Zhe-Wei Cheng, Ming-Chang Hsu
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Patent number: 11634168Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: June 28, 2018Date of Patent: April 25, 2023Assignee: NIDEC CORPORATIONInventors: Takashi Hattori, Toshiya Okamoto, Takanobu Oyama
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Patent number: 11628914Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: May 27, 2022Date of Patent: April 18, 2023Assignee: WAVETAMER LLCInventor: Jeffrey Peterson
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Patent number: 11621610Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: January 27, 2020Date of Patent: April 4, 2023Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.Inventors: Keith A. Leisinger, Joseph D. Tigue, Gregory T. Austin, Ranjit Singh
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Patent number: 11611248Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: July 30, 2020Date of Patent: March 21, 2023Assignee: Dr. ing. h. c. F. Porsche AGInventor: Stefan Goetz
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Patent number: 11594928Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: April 28, 2021Date of Patent: February 28, 2023Assignee: SIEMENS ENERGY, INC.Inventor: Nicholas Eberhardt
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Patent number: 11575285Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: December 9, 2020Date of Patent: February 7, 2023Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Jacob Krizan, Adeeb Ahmed
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Patent number: 11552511Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: September 3, 2019Date of Patent: January 10, 2023Assignee: BEIJING GOLDWIND SCIENCE & CREATION WINDPOWER EQUIPMENT CO., LTD.Inventor: Shengjun Ma
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Patent number: 11545875Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: June 11, 2020Date of Patent: January 3, 2023Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors CorporationInventors: Jae Hyeon Lee, Jeong Bin Yim, Jin Ho Kim, Tae Kil Kim, Dae Woong Han, Ji Wan Cha
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Patent number: 11535097Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: May 11, 2020Date of Patent: December 27, 2022Assignee: Atieva, Inc.Inventors: Emad Dlala, Jeremy Mayer, Barnaby James Gerard Lewis, Mohammed Mahmoudi
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Patent number: 11489381Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: May 12, 2020Date of Patent: November 1, 2022Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Andrii Pydin, Shigeru Koyama, Yasuhito Takei
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Patent number: 11489409Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: June 15, 2020Date of Patent: November 1, 2022Assignee: LG MAGNA E-POWERTRAIN CO., LTD.Inventors: Deokkyu Lee, Jinho Yoon, Junggu Lee
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Patent number: 11466629Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: July 13, 2021Date of Patent: October 11, 2022Assignee: Purem GmbHInventors: Markus Lory, Markus Birgler, Matthias Grün, Andreas Wacker, Annika Zeumer, Ralph Schenk, Miljenko Novosel
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Patent number: 11440629Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: March 27, 2020Date of Patent: September 13, 2022Assignee: WAVETAMER LLCInventor: Jeffrey Peterson
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Patent number: 11431215Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: November 29, 2018Date of Patent: August 30, 2022Assignee: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.Inventor: Byeong Jong Yoo
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Patent number: 11418071Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: October 8, 2020Date of Patent: August 16, 2022Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Kenta Tabuchi, Takashi Matsumoto
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Patent number: 11404940Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: September 29, 2020Date of Patent: August 2, 2022Assignee: ZHONGSHAN BROAD-OCEAN MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Zhaoxiang Hu, Jianhui Li, Mingpan Pan, Chao Wang
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Patent number: 11394262Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: August 14, 2018Date of Patent: July 19, 2022Assignee: DYNAMIC E FLOW GMBHInventor: Nikolaus Schweinert
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Patent number: 11394272Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: September 24, 2021Date of Patent: July 19, 2022Assignee: MILWAUKEE ELECTRIC TOOL CORPORATIONInventor: Ryan B. Jipp
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Patent number: 11387712Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: September 13, 2019Date of Patent: July 12, 2022Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLCInventors: Derek F. Lahr, Farzad Samie, Alireza Fatemi
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Patent number: 11365784Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: September 29, 2020Date of Patent: June 21, 2022Assignee: SUMITOMO HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Mitsuhiro Tamura, Akira Yamamoto
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Patent number: 11362563Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: May 27, 2017Date of Patent: June 14, 2022Assignee: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFTInventor: Wei Zhang
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Patent number: 11316409Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: June 13, 2018Date of Patent: April 26, 2022Assignee: DENSO CORPORATIONInventors: Ryosuke Goto, Hideaki Ishii
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Patent number: 11309760Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: January 6, 2020Date of Patent: April 19, 2022Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Masashi Matsumoto, Hazuki Kawamura, Kohei Watanabe, Yuki Tanaka, Haruki Kusamaki
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Patent number: 11289957Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: January 4, 2019Date of Patent: March 29, 2022Assignee: XINJIANG GOLDWING SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventors: Jinhui Li, Junwei Liu, Wenhua Xu
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Patent number: 11277046Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: January 6, 2020Date of Patent: March 15, 2022Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Masashi Matsumoto, Hazuki Kawamura, Kohei Watanabe, Yuki Tanaka, Haruki Kusamaki
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Patent number: 11258338Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: November 2, 2018Date of Patent: February 22, 2022Assignee: AUDI AGInventor: Korbinian Weber