Connectors, Terminals Or Lead-ins Patents (Class 310/71)
  • Patent number: 12046972
    Abstract: A motor includes a rotor, a stator, and first and second bus bar disposed on one side in an axial direction of the stator. The stator includes a winding portion including conductor connection bodies in which conductors are connected in series and a stator core having slots through which the conductor connection body passes. The winding portion includes a coil end located on one side in the axial direction of the stator core. The conductor connection body includes first and second ends located at an outermost circumference in the radial direction of the coil end. The first bus bar is connected to the first end. The second bus bar is connected to the second end. The first bus bar is located on one side in the axial direction of the coil end. The second bus bar is located on the radial outside of the coil end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2024
    Assignee: NIDEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuki Ishikawa, Hironobu Kumagai
  • Patent number: 12039891
    Abstract: A system is disclosed for emulating multiple alternating current (AC) motor configurations in an elevator training environment, the system including a base having a plurality of lead connections and a receptacle, a motor portion having motor windings and a flywheel that stores energy. The plurality of lead connections and the receptacle are adapted to receive each of a plurality of faceplate and cartridge pairs, respectively, to configure the motor windings according to one of a plurality of configurations. The system emulates a plurality of configurations including 3-wire wye, a 3-wire delta, a 6-wire, a 9-wire wye, a 9-wire delta, a 12-wire, a 6-wire puzzle, a 12-wire puzzle, a 3-wire delta shorted, and a 6-wire shorted configuration. Each receptacle and the corresponding cartridge can define a 24-pin connection. The lead connections can include at least twelve lead connection points.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2024
    Assignee: NEIEP LLC
    Inventor: Lester E. White
  • Patent number: 12040663
    Abstract: A combined power system includes a rotary electric machine system and an internal combustion engine. The rotary electric machine system includes a rotating shaft. A first end part and a second end part of the rotating shaft are rotatably supported by a rotary electric machine housing via a first bearing and a second bearing, respectively. The internal combustion engine includes an output shaft. One end of the rotating shaft in an axial direction is connected to one end of the output shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2024
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Manabu Yazaki, Tatsuya Choji, Naoki Ito
  • Patent number: 12034337
    Abstract: In an armature, a busbar unit includes at least first-, second-, and third-phase busbars electrically connected to respective first-, second-, and third-phase armature windings. The first-phase busbar serves as a lowermost busbar in the axial direction, the second-phase busbar serves as an intermediate busbar stacked over the lowermost busbar in the axial direction, and the third-phase busbar serves as an uppermost busbar stacked over the intermediate busbar in the axial direction. A resin member of the busbar unit covers the lowermost busbar, intermediate busbar, and uppermost busbar stacked in the axial direction, so that the lowermost busbar, intermediate busbar, and uppermost busbar are integrated to constitute a busbar stack. A protrusion member is mounted to the intermediate busbar and protruding radially outward from the intermediate busbar. At least part of the protrusion member is located to be nonoverlapped with the uppermost busbar and the lowermost busbar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2024
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomoyuki Okamura, Kensuke Hirai, Tadahiro Kurasawa
  • Patent number: 12027917
    Abstract: An electric motor which is designed as an internal rotor, comprising a laminated stator core and a functional support which is arranged on a rear side that faces away from an output side of the laminated stator core. The functional support includes a plastic housing and connecting elements which are integrated in the plastic housing and protrude therefrom in the axial direction of the laminated stator core. The functional support is interlocking and/or integrally connected to the laminated stator core in the axial direction at a lateral outer surface of the laminated stator core by means of the connecting elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2024
    Assignee: Brose Fahrzeugteile SE & Co. Kommanditgesellschaft, Würzburg
    Inventors: Steffen Manger, Sven Anton Büchner, Benjamin Nelson, Florian Winter, Anna Feser, Steffen Reiher, Christof Goeke, Marcus Balsam
  • Patent number: 12027931
    Abstract: A resolver for an electric machine includes a resolver stator and a connection module. The resolver stator and the connection module are formed as a single piece. The connection module includes a first plugging portion, which has at least one first contact pin and at least one second contact pin, and a second plugging portion, which has at least one third contact pin. The first contact pin is electrically connected to the resolver stator, and the second contact pin is electrically connected to the third contact pin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2024
    Assignee: MAGNA Powertrain GmbH & Co KG
    Inventors: Miodrag Katana, Erguen Guener, Markus Mathis, Philip Fong
  • Patent number: 12021321
    Abstract: Connector assembly for electrically connecting an inverter busbar to an electrical connector of a drive unit comprising: a carrier, an intermediate busbar comprising a first terminal with a hole, and a first fastening element extending through the hole of the first terminal, wherein the intermediate busbar is mounted to the carrier and the intermediate busbar is connectable to the inverter busbar by the first fastening element, wherein the carrier comprises a positioning pin defining a longitudinal axis, said positioning pin being adapted to be accommodated in a receptacle of a housing of the drive unit such that the carrier is axially slidable in the direction of the longitudinal axis; and that the first fastening element is arranged within the hole of the first terminal with a radial clearance relative to the longitudinal axis of the positioning pin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2024
    Assignee: GKN Automotive Limited
    Inventors: Simon Broicher, Itziar Ureta, Mehul Parmar, Javier Munoz, Thomas Schepanowski, Aitor Tejado
  • Patent number: 12021430
    Abstract: An electric motor includes three busbars in contact at end surfaces thereof and including ring-segment-shaped base portions to provide electrical connection of the busbars. The base portion of a first busbar is in a first plane and the base portion of a second busbar is in a second plane. The base portion of the first busbar extends clockwise from the terminal of the first busbar and the base portion of the second busbar extends counterclockwise from the terminal of the second busbar. Terminals of the first and second busbars are spaced apart with the terminal of the third busbar between the first and third terminals. The third busbar includes a first region extending clockwise from its terminal and lying in the second plane and a second region extending counterclockwise from its terminal and lying in the first plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2024
    Assignee: NIDEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jürgen Schmid, Thomas Kübler
  • Patent number: 12021425
    Abstract: A lead frame for electrically coupling a plurality of inverter legs of an inverter to a set of coil windings of an electric motor or generator, the lead frame comprising a printed circuit board having a plurality of circuit board layers. Each circuit board layer includes an insulating substrate having an electrically conductive layer formed on the insulating substrate. First, second and third circuit board layers each include a respective electrically conductive layer arranged to be coupled to a corresponding coil winding of the first set of coil windings and a respective inverter leg. A fourth circuit board layer includes a respective electrically conductive layer arranged to be coupled to all of the third coil windings to form a neutral point therebetween.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2024
    Assignee: PROTEAN ELECTRIC LIMITED
    Inventors: Chris Tims, Neil Vanstone-Reed, Samuel Broadbridge
  • Patent number: 12021421
    Abstract: The electric machine includes a rotor and a stator, wherein the stator has stator coils, each with a coil core. The electric machine additionally includes an error-recovery device configured to change a magnetic flux coupling of coil cores with one another by a flux conducting element. The hybrid electric aircraft is a hybrid electric airplane, in particular, and the hybrid electric aircraft has such an electric machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2024
    Assignee: Rolls-Royce Deutschland Ltd & Co KG
    Inventors: Christian Loesch, Markus Sons, Jens Weidauer
  • Patent number: 12015307
    Abstract: Disclosed are a coil component and an electronic expansion valve with the coil component. The coil component includes an injection molded part, a stator housing, a stator pole plate and a circuit board. The stator housing, the stator pole plate and the circuit board are all provided in the injection molded part. The coil component further includes: a fixing part, the fixing part is provided in the injection molded part; a conductive part, the conductive part is provided on the fixing part, and the conductive part is configured to conductively connect at least one of the stator housing and the stator pole plate to the circuit board; and a sensor, the sensor is provided on the fixing part, and the sensor is connected to the circuit board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: ZHEJIANG DUNAN ARTIFICIAL ENVIRONMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Bofeng Yuan, Yuanyang Lin
  • Patent number: 12015317
    Abstract: A stator includes: a stator core including teeth; pins including a working portion extending in an axial direction in a slot between the teeth; and bus bars electrically connected to the pins. In each slot, the working portions are disposed over stages in a radial direction. The pins include the two working portions across the teeth, first and second pins each including a connection portion connecting the working portion in a circumferential direction, and a third pin connected to the bus bar. The working portion of the second pin is disposed on one of the outermost and innermost stages of the slot, and the working portion of the third pin is disposed on one or the other of the outermost and innermost stages of the slot. A number of teeth straddled by the second pin is larger by two than a number of teeth straddled by the first pin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: NIDEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hibiki Takada, Tomoya Ueda, Takahiro Hiwa
  • Patent number: 12015311
    Abstract: In a drive system and a method for actuating a drive system having an electric motor and an electric device, which has an electronic circuit feeding the electric motor, the electric device includes a module, the electric device, e.g., the electronic circuit, being able to be connected to a processor, e.g., an actuation PC, for a data exchange, e.g., for actuating the drive system. The module is inserted into a depression, e.g., a recess, of the electric device, and the module including operable switches, e.g., DIP switches, and a memory for storing first parameters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: SEW-EURODRIVE GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventor: Ralph Mayer
  • Patent number: 11994203
    Abstract: A housing part and drive system for a vehicle, including a housing part, having a service access for the actuation of at least one screw that is arranged in the interior of a housing assigned to the housing part. The housing part has an insert is fitted into a provided opening and in which at least one receiving slot is provided, which at least one receiving slot is open at an inner end and advantageously projects over a screw head of one of the at least one screw and is closed at an outer end by a detachable sealing plug. The receiving slot is advantageously dimensioned so as to serve as a guide for a screwdriver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: ZF FRIEDRICHSHAFEN AG
    Inventor: Robert Nickel
  • Patent number: 11990810
    Abstract: A device has a housing and a rotor with an axis and a rotor disk with a magnet. A cooling plate is coupled to the housing. The cooling plate includes a channel connected to an inlet and an outlet to convey a liquid coolant. A stator is coaxial with the rotor and includes a printed circuit board with conductive layers laminated together with layers of an insulating material. Each conductive layer has coils that can carry electrical current when connected to an external voltage source. The stator is mechanically coupled to the housing, so the stator reacts to torque produced by the device. A ferromagnetic yoke is mechanically and thermally coupled to the stator and to the cooling plate to provide a path for magnetic flux produced by the magnet and a path to conduct heat generated by the stator from the stator to the cooling plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: INFINITUM ELECTRIC INC.
    Inventors: Bahareh Anvari, Paulo Guedes-Pinto, Randal A. Lee
  • Patent number: 11984780
    Abstract: A coil unit and a manufacturing method of the same are provided which simplify the connection structure at the end portion of a coil to reduce the size of a stator, and minimize the work environment (equipment and work regions) when mounting the coil on the stator, and make it possible to perform efficient mounting work. A terminals-welded coil unit includes a coil made of a first metal material, and a terminal made of a second metal material connected to an end portion of the coil. A welded portion between the end portion of the coil and the terminal is configured by pressure welding with end surfaces butted against each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: ASTER CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Takenobu Hongo
  • Patent number: 11973402
    Abstract: A drive device, in particular an electric-motor adjustment drive of a motor vehicle, comprising a drive housing having a brushless electric motor mounted therein, the electric motor having a stator having a stator winding and a rotor having a rotor shaft, the rotor shaft being coupled to a transmission mechanism. The drive housing has a transmission mechanism housing and a motor housing, which is connected to the transmission mechanism housing at a connection interface. A plug connection for receiving a mating plug connection is provided on the motor housing or on the transmission mechanism housing, the plug connection having a number of connection contacts. A number of phase connections of the stator winding is led into a joining and/or contacting position. The phase connections are led, for the electrical contacting thereof, to the connection contacts of the plug connection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: Brose Fahrzeugteile SE & Co. Kommanditgesellschaft, Bamberg
    Inventors: Roland Kalb, Gabriele Lange, Helmut Pfalzgraf, Wolfgang Strauß, Uwe Christian
  • Patent number: 11962214
    Abstract: In order to provide a transport device having a planar motor, which gives greater flexibility in the movement of the transport units, at least one multiple-action transport unit is provided on the transport device. On the multiple-action transport unit, at least first drive magnets for electromagnetic interaction with the drive coils of a first planar motor and at least second drive magnets for electromagnetic interaction with the drive coils of a second planar motor are provided. The multiple-action transport unit can be moved two-dimensionally on the transport plane of one of the planar motors, or can be moved simultaneously, unidimensionally on neighboring transport planes of the first and second planar motor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: B&R INDUSTRIAL AUTOMATION GMBH
    Inventor: Alois Holzleitner
  • Patent number: 11962210
    Abstract: A stator and a method for producing a stator are provided. For this purpose, a connection element is used which includes multiple busbars and a star bar. The connection element has multiple contact points for the busbars and multiple contact points of the star bar. The connection element surrounds the winding ends of the winding head. The winding ends are bent relative to the contact points of the connection element and contact the contact points electrically, by a bending ridge which is positioned on the connection element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventor: Valentin Lehner
  • Patent number: 11955854
    Abstract: In this stator armature, a first leg portion has a first surface side part that has a thickness in a radial direction smaller than a thickness of a first leg portion body portion in the radial direction, a second leg portion has a second surface side part that has a thickness in the radial direction smaller than a thickness of a second leg portion body portion in the radial direction, and in the radial direction, a thickness of a joint portion is equal to or more than a thickness of a part other than the joint portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: AISIN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kiyotaka Koga, Takahiro Kobuchi, Takashi Kato
  • Patent number: 11955869
    Abstract: A detection device of the present invention is provided with: a housing; a circuit substrate disposed in the housing; a sensor which is electrically connected to the circuit substrate and detects information of an object to be measured; a connector terminal which is formed integrally with the circuit substrate and electrically connected to an external terminal; and a tubular connector which is formed integrally with the housing, surrounds a periphery of the connector terminal, and is fitted in the external connector. Through this configuration, the reduction in the number of components, the reduction in cost and weight, the simplification of structure, and other effects can be achieved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: MIKUNI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ichiro Tsuji, Masaki Hiei
  • Patent number: 11955859
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a busbar unit for a motor, the busbar unit including: a first terminal; a second terminal provided to be spaced apart from the first terminal in a first direction; a third terminal stacked on the first terminal in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction; a fourth terminal stacked on the second terminal in the second direction; and a holder configured to support the first terminal, the second terminal, the third terminal, and the fourth terminal, thereby obtaining an advantageous effect of simplifying a structure and improving a degree of design freedom and spatial utilization.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: Hyundai Mobis Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yeong Woo Seo, Jong Bin Park, Jung Kyu Yim
  • Patent number: 11949315
    Abstract: A motor according to the present disclosure includes a stator that includes a stator core around which a stator winding is wound; a rotating body that holds a plurality of magnets in a circumferential direction facing the stator or holds a plurality of magnets in a spoke shape from a center; a rotor that includes the rotating body, and a shaft fastened to the rotating body such that the shaft penetrates a center of the rotating body; two bearings that support the rotating body; a first metal bracket that fixes one bearing of the two bearings; and a second metal bracket that fixes the other bearing of the two bearings, and a capacitive member that has a capacitance Csb1sb2 and is located between the first metal bracket and the second metal bracket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: WOLONG ELECTRIC GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tatsuo Maetani, Yoshinori Isomura, Feng Hu
  • Patent number: 11949294
    Abstract: An assembly comprises a resistor plate for a rotating rectifier assembly (RRA). A shaft bore is defined through the resistor plate for passage of a shaft of an electrical machine, and the resistor plate defines a main annular body around the shaft bore. A first protrusion extends radially outward from the main annular body, so that a first pin bore extends through the first protrusion. At least one contact band is seated in a the pin bore of the resistor plate for mounting a direct current (DC) pin to the resistor plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation
    Inventors: Kyle S. Sirbasku, Dhaval Patel, Andrew R. Wilkinson, Mary Christelle Ann Calacal, Yaser J. Isa, Edward C. Allen, Duane C. Johnson
  • Patent number: 11949306
    Abstract: Described herein are fractional-slot-winding motors and electric vehicles using such fractional-slot-winding motors. In some examples, a fractional-slot-winding motor comprises a stator, a bus-bar assembly, and a plurality of coil units. The stator comprises a plurality of stator slots (e.g., 63 slots) extending through the core and radially offset relative to each other. Each dual-leg coil unit extends through two different stator slots and is electrically coupled to two other coil units on the coil-interconnection side of the rotor. Each single-leg coil unit extends through one coil slot and is electrically coupled to one other coil unit on the coil-interconnection side. At least some single-leg coil units can be coupled to a bus-bar assembly. Furthermore, the ends of the coil unit can have radial offsets relative to protruding portions, e.g., closer to the motor primary axis at the coil-interconnection side and further away on the opposite side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: Harbinger Motors Inc.
    Inventors: Jackson George Diebel, Alex Tylee, James Dameron, Phillip John Weicker
  • Patent number: 11949304
    Abstract: A rotary electric machine includes a stator. The stator has a coil end provided by a plurality of joint portions. The coil end has a leader wire connected to a power terminal. The stator has a coil end provided by a plurality of turn portions. The coil end has a circumferential pair whose top portions are offset in a circumferential direction. The circumferential pair has a height HG21. The coil end has an axial pair whose top portions are offset in an axial direction. The axial pair has a height HG22. The housing has a facing surface facing the coil end. The coil end provides a height distribution which adapts an unevenness of the opposing surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masayoshi Yamamoto, Mai Goto, Shigenori Yoneda
  • Patent number: 11949313
    Abstract: A motor module has a bearing base, a stator, a rotor, a fixing base, and a circuit board. The bearing base, the stator, and the fixing base are sequentially and securely mounted to each other. The bearing base has a bearing base casing. The stator has a stator casing. The fixing base has a fixing base casing. Two end surfaces of the stator casing are respectively connected to an end surface of the bearing base casing and an end surface of the fixing base casing. The rotor is rotatably mounted in the stator, and is rotatably mounted through the bearing base. The circuit board is mounted in the fixing base and is electrically connected to the stator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: Worldwide Logistics Corporation
    Inventor: Kuo-Chieh Chuang
  • Patent number: 11949305
    Abstract: An electric machine having a plurality of AC power phases comprises a rotor, a stator defining a plurality of slots, and a plurality of pins inserted into the slots. The pins are each joined together with circumferentially adjacent pins arranged in an even number of paired parallel winding paths. Each of the paired winding paths include five pitch pins and seven pitch pins that are radially adjacent and insulated from each other. The five pitch pins are electrically connected and circumferentially followed by seven pitch pins in the winding paths in a repeating pattern throughout the paired winding paths from separate phase terminals to a neutral bridge terminal. Neutral terminals and lead terminals are connected to the conductive paths by various combinations of I-pins and half-crown pins.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventor: Adeeb Ahmed
  • Patent number: 11942847
    Abstract: A Stator includes: an iron core formed in an annular shape; winding wound around the iron core; an insulator (3) configured to insulate the iron core from the winding; a substrate (6); and a terminal pin (12) configured to connect the winding to the substrate (6). The substrate (6) includes a through hole configured to penetrate the substrate (6) and cause an iron-core facing face (6a) and a back face (6b) to communicate. The terminal pin (12) includes: with the terminal pin (12) penetrating the through hole, an upper connection part (5a) provided at a distance from the back face (b) in a direction opposite to the iron core and connected to the winding; and a lower connection part (5b) provided in the vicinity of the through hole, arranged independently of the upper connection part (5a), and connected to the substrate (6).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yasuhito Shiotani
  • Patent number: 11942740
    Abstract: A motor includes a frame having an outer diameter of 10 millimeters or less and an inner surface. The motor also includes an annular magnet attached to the inner surface of the frame, a bracket provided at the frame, and a columnar brush formed of carbon and having an outer peripheral surface. In addition, the motor includes a commutator contacting the outer peripheral surface of the brush, and an elastic member supporting the brush at the bracket. A part of the elastic member is disposed inside of the columnar brush.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: Minebea Mitsumi Inc.
    Inventors: Mikio Umehara, Atsushi Omura, Kazuaki Sato
  • Patent number: 11942852
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to obtain good electrical connection with respect to an insertion-side terminal having a large variation in a position. An energizing terminal assembly according to the present invention includes: a first energizing terminal 59 which constitutes an accommodation-side terminal of a press-fit type connector and has a sandwiching portion 59D; and a second energizing terminal which constitutes an insertion-side terminal of the press-fit type connector and is inserted into the sandwiching portion 59D to be sandwiched by the sandwiching portion 59D, wherein the sandwiching portion 59D has a groove-shaped portion 59E whose width dimension W and depth dimension D1 decrease from an inlet side of the second energizing terminal in an insertion direction toward a deep side of the second energizing terminal in the insertion direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: Hitachi Astemo, Ltd.
    Inventors: Haruaki Motoda, Kiyotaka Kanno
  • Patent number: 11942848
    Abstract: A busbar assembly is disclosed that includes a carrier, and a plurality of conductors arranged within the carrier such that at least a portion of each of the plurality of conductors are exposed in a radial direction and define electrical contact sites. The carrier can be formed by molding the carrier about the plurality of conductors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Zachary Gnabah, Michael Conner, Jeremy Vanni
  • Patent number: 11939980
    Abstract: An electronic unit, in particular for an electric fluid pump of a motor vehicle, having a functional element for holding electronics, and a heat sink arranged on the functional element, wherein the functional element and the heat sink are sealed from one another in fluid-tight fashion by means of a cured sealing compound of a liquid seal, and wherein the functional element has at least one ventilation opening, which is open in the course of a curing process for the sealing compound, and which, after the curing process, is sealed in fluid-tight fashion by means of a closure element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: Brose Fahrzeugteile SE & Co. Kommanditgesellschaft, Würzburg
    Inventors: Nico Wießmann, Peter Sudermann, Stephan Roos, Christian Schumpa, Fabian Müller, Hans-Jürgen Geßner
  • Patent number: 11936265
    Abstract: A rotating electrical machine includes an annular coil connection body provided coaxially with a stator. The coil connection body has, in a groove provided on a holder, an overhang portion for restricting an axial-direction movement of a terminal, and a positioning projection for restricting a radial-direction movement of the terminal. The positioning projection positions the terminal such that a part of the terminal overlaps the overhang portion in the axial direction. In this structure, when the terminal moves in a direction from a terminal holding portion toward a groove opening, the terminal comes into contact with a side surface of the overhang portion, whereby lifting and coming-off of the terminal can be prevented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Takashi Yamamoto, Akira Kimishima, Toshihiro Matsunaga, Kengo Fujimoto
  • Patent number: 11936251
    Abstract: Assembly workability of an electric compressor to which an inverter circuit section and a filter circuit section are attached is improved. The inverter circuit section (3) includes an inverter control board (17), a sleeve assembly (18), and a power module (14). The inverter control board, the sleeve assembly, and the power module are integrated. The filter circuit section (4) includes a filter circuit board (66) and a support member (67). The filter circuit board (66) and the support member (67) are integrated. The inverter circuit section and the filter circuit section are structured to be capable of being stored each individually within an inverter storing section (8) from the same direction and detachably attached to the housing (2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: SANDEN AUTOMOTIVE COMPONENTS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mikio Kobayashi, Masataka Matsuda, Toru Yoshihara
  • Patent number: 11923750
    Abstract: An electric pump drive motor three-phase stator assembly (1) includes three sets of stator segments (Si,j), configured in a ring about a stator axis (R). Each set includes n?2 stator segments arranged in an n-fold rotational symmetry about the stator axis. Each stator segment includes a coil (3) having a first coil wire end and a second coil wire end. A plurality of 3n?3 connection wires (Wi,k) connect coils of a respective set of stator segments in series. A first and a second interposed stator segment are arranged in circumferential direction between the two connected coils of the respective set of stator segments. 3n?5 of the connection wires span across the first interposed stator segment at a distance (r1) to the stator axis and across the second interposed stator segment at a second distance (r2) to the stator axis (R). The second distance is larger than the first distance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: GRUNDFOS HOLDING A/S
    Inventors: Steen Mikkelsen, Keld Folsach Rasmussen
  • Patent number: 11916460
    Abstract: The present invention may provide a motor including a housing, a stator busbar, and a terminal part connected to the busbar, wherein the busbar includes a first terminal, the terminal part includes a terminal body and a second terminal connected to the first terminal, the terminal body includes a body disposed to be spaced apart from an upper end of the housing and legs which extend from the body and are in contact with the housing, a width of each of the legs in a circumferential direction is smaller than a width of the body in the circumferential direction, the first end portion is disposed between the rotor and an inner circumferential surface of the housing in a radial direction, and the second end portion is disposed between a lower surface of the body and the upper end of the housing in an axial direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Se Jong Kim
  • Patent number: 11916455
    Abstract: A busbar unit electrically connected to a motor comprising a stator around which a coil is wound includes: a first terminal including a first body and a first terminal part protruding from an upper portion of the first body and electrically connected to the coil; a first holder configured to support the first terminal such that the first terminal part is exposed to an outside of the busbar unit; and a second holder disposed on an upper portion of the first holder and configured to press the coil against the first terminal part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yeong Woo Seo, Seong Jun Hwang, Ui Il Jeong, Yul Kyu Son
  • Patent number: 11909274
    Abstract: An electric driving device and an electric power steering device. An electric driving device includes a motor and an electronic control unit that controls rotation of the motor. The electronic control unit includes a first circuit board, a second circuit board, a second housing, a lid, and an inter-board connector. The second circuit board includes a control circuit that controls an electric current supplied to a transistor of the first circuit board. The second housing accommodates the second circuit board and has a first through hole passing therethrough in the axial direction. The lid covers the second housing. The inter-board connector connects the second circuit board disposed on the anti-load side of the second housing to the first circuit board disposed on the load side of the second housing. The inter-board connector is disposed in the first through hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: NSK LTD.
    Inventor: Masakazu Morimoto
  • Patent number: 11894741
    Abstract: A rotary electric machine system includes a rotary electric machine, a housing for housing the rotary electric machine, and a rotation parameter detector for detecting the rotation parameter of a rotating shaft constituting the rotary electric machine. The rotating shaft includes a first end portion and a second end portion, and a first bearing and a second bearing are provided between the housing and the first end portion, and between the housing and the second end portion, respectively. The first end portion includes a protruding tip that protrudes out of the housing through the first bearing. The rotation parameter detector is provided at the protruding tip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Manabu Yazaki, Tatsuya Choji, Naoki Ito
  • Patent number: 11888345
    Abstract: A connector portion includes a first system connector that holds a first system terminal and a second system connector that holds a second system terminal. An insertion/removal direction of the first system connector and the second system connector are the same as an axial direction of a motor. The first system connector and the second system connector are arranged close to each other such that the long length directions of the frontages of the connectors are aligned, and that the interval between the connectors is smaller than the width in the short length direction of both connectors. The connectors have protrusions that project in a direction orthogonal to the direction in which the connectors are arranged.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masashi Yamasaki, Yukio Horiba
  • Patent number: 11879438
    Abstract: Methods for replacing a Wye-ring of a wind turbine generator preferably, but not necessarily, in-situ are described along with a combination of three arcuate Wye-ring sections that when assembled comprise a Wye-ring. The method after gaining access to the Wye-ring typically comprises: removing all or most of the damaged Wye-ring; installing the replacement sections typically by welding or brazing them in place; insulating the new ring; installing new blocking; and adhesively securing the new blocking in place.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Inventor: Christopher Hodges
  • Patent number: 11876429
    Abstract: A vibration motor includes a stationary portion and a movable portion vibrable in an axis direction with respect to the stationary portion. The stationary portion includes a coil and a housing. The housing includes a first region expanding in a first direction orthogonal to the axis direction, and a second region disposed on one side in a second direction orthogonal to the axis direction and the first direction relative to the first region and expanding in the first direction. In a cross-section across the axis direction, a distance in the second direction between the second region and the first region is longest at a center in the first direction of the first region. In the cross-section, a shape formed by the first and second regions is asymmetric with respect to an axis extending parallel to the first direction through a center of the housing in the second direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: NIDEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Atsunori Hirata, Daisuke Adachi, Hiroaki Hirano, Tomohiro Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 11876414
    Abstract: An electric motor includes a rotor and a stator, the stator having multiple coils, each coil having two coil connections, the stator in particular having multiple stator segments, and each stator segment having precisely one coil, the coils being connected to one another with the aid of a wiring unit, the wiring unit having a carrier part for accommodating multiple wiring elements set apart from one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: SEW-EURODRIVE GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Markus Heer, Domenik Hettel
  • Patent number: 11863046
    Abstract: An electric drive unit having a multi-phase electric motor and an inverter with a plurality of power semiconductors, an inverter mount, and a plurality of busbars. The power semiconductors are mounted to the base of the inverter mount in an annular arrangement and with the terminals of the power semiconductors extending through the base. Each of the busbars has a first busbar portion, which includes a first body and a set of first fingers that are fixedly coupled to the first body, and a second busbar portion that includes a second body and a set of second fingers that are fixedly coupled to the second body. Associated fingers in the first and second sets of fingers of each bus bar are mechanically and electrically coupled to opposite sides of a corresponding one of the terminals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: American Axle & Manufacturing, Inc.
    Inventors: James P. Downs, Paul J. Valente, Jeffrey J. Ronning, John C. Morgante, David Crecelius, Zugang Huang
  • Patent number: 11863036
    Abstract: In this armature, between the first segment conductor and the second segment conductor that are joined to each other in the joint portion, a first clearance portion is provided between the tip end portion of the first leg portion and the second leg portion body portion in the axial direction, and a second clearance portion is provided between the tip end portion of the second leg portion and the first leg portion body portion in the axial direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: AISIN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kiyotaka Koga, Takahiro Kobuchi, Takashi Kato
  • Patent number: 11855504
    Abstract: The present invention provides a motor comprising: a shaft; a rotor coupled to the shaft; a stator arranged on the outer side of the rotor; and a terminal arranged on the stator. The stator comprises: a stator core; an insulator coupled to the stator core; and a coil wound on the insulator, wherein the insulator comprises a body on which the coil is wound, and a connector connected to the body. The terminal comprises: an extension arranged in the circumferential direction of the insulator, a pin portion at an end of the extension, and a hook portion at the opposite end of the extension. The coil comprises one continuous wire. The body comprises a first body and a second body, the coil being wound on the first body, passing through the hook portion, and wound on the second body. The hook portion is electrically connected to a portion of the coil, wherein the portion passes through the hook portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: LG Innotek Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Tae Bum Kim
  • Patent number: 11843286
    Abstract: An embodiment relates to a motor comprising: a shaft; a rotor coupled to the shaft; and a stator disposed on the outside of the rotor, wherein the rotor includes a rotor core and a plurality of magnets disposed on the outer circumferential surface of the rotor core, wherein the rotor core includes a first region coupled to the shaft and a second region disposed on the outside of the first region, and wherein the upper or lower portion of the second region radially overlaps a bearing coupled to the shaft. Accordingly, the size of the motor can be reduced compared to the conventional art.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Seong Jin Kim
  • Patent number: 11837941
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a motor device including a bracket, a connection assembly, a sensor, a stator and a rotor. The bracket includes a first end, a second end, a communication aperture and a slot. The communication aperture passes through the first end and the second end. The slot is disposed at the first end. The connection assembly is disposed in the slot and includes a first connector and a second connector. The second connector is inserted into an accommodation opening of the first connector. The sensor is disposed at the first end and includes a first circuit board connected to the first connector through a first connection element. The stator is connected to the second end and includes a second circuit board connected to the second connector through the second connection element. An end portion of the rotor passes through the communication aperture and spatially corresponds to the sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: DELTA ELECTRONICS, INC.
    Inventor: Fu-Mei Hsu
  • Patent number: 11817762
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a motor including: a stator around which coils are wound; a terminal including a body disposed at one end of the stator, and terminal parts protruding from an inner peripheral surface of the body; a holder including a holder body configured to support the body, and a terminal holder part disposed on an inner peripheral surface of the holder body and configured to allow the terminal parts to be disposed thereon; and a support member configured to support the terminal holder part, thereby improving durability, stability, and reliability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hye Seong Yang, Hyun Ho Park, Yeong Woo Seo, Jung Kyu Yim, Yul Kyu Son, Seong Jun Hwang