Connectors, Terminals Or Lead-ins Patents (Class 310/71)
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Patent number: 12294257Abstract: There is provided a rotating electric machine stator manufacturing method for forming a resin film on coil film peeled-off portions of a rotating electric machine stator by liquid resin material, the method including: an immersion process of immersing the coil film peeled-off portions of the rotating electric machine stator in the liquid resin material; and a heat curing process of heat curing the liquid resin material after release of the immersing to form the resin film, wherein the liquid resin material has thixotropy; and the immersion process includes a process of causing the rotating electric machine stator to move in a direction other than a vertical direction at least once at least while the coil film peeled-off portions are immersed in the liquid resin material.Type: GrantFiled: March 7, 2023Date of Patent: May 6, 2025Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTDInventors: Takayuki Kogure, Kazuya Nagasawa, Kenji Miyanaga, Takafumi Hei, Satoshi Shikata, Hideki Tanaka
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Patent number: 12294252Abstract: A busbar unit is provided with a busbar, a temperature sensor and a covering member made of insulating resin for covering the busbar and the temperature sensor. The temperature sensor includes a thermistor element and a case for accommodating the thermistor element. The busbar includes a sensor holding portion for holding the temperature sensor. The sensor holding portion includes a first supporting portion having a first contact surface, a second supporting portion having a second contact surface facing the first contact surface and a coupling portion coupling one end parts of the first supporting portion and the second supporting portion. The sensor holding portion holds the temperature sensor by sandwiching the case by the first contact surface and the second contact surface. The covering member covers outsides of the sensor holding portion and the case.Type: GrantFiled: July 28, 2020Date of Patent: May 6, 2025Assignee: SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.Inventor: Yuji Ito
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Patent number: 12294263Abstract: A stator coil including a continuous three-phase coil group the linear portions in the linear portion groups of the respective phases being arranged side by side in order in the continuous three-phase coil group, wherein in each of first slots that are every other slots from among the slots, the linear portions of a same phase are accommodated in order and stacked in a radial direction of the stator core, and in each of second slots that are every other slots different from the first slots from among the slots, the linear portions of two phases that are same as two phases of the linear portions in the first slots on opposite sides of the second slot are accommodated in a number of layers stacked, the number being equal to a number of layers stacked in the first slots, and stacked in the radial direction of the stator core.Type: GrantFiled: October 27, 2022Date of Patent: May 6, 2025Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Kenichi Omagari, Masashi Inoue
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Patent number: 12294270Abstract: A device may include a coil unit assembly that includes a first, second, and third coil unit annularly arranged. Further, may include a busbar provided on an outer peripheral surface of the coil unit assembly, wherein when a direction in which an axis of the stator extends is defined as an axial direction, a direction which is orthogonal to the axial direction and in which outer peripheral surface and inner peripheral surface of the stator face each other is a radial direction, and a direction along an outer periphery of the stator when viewed from the axial direction is a circumferential direction, wherein the coil units each include a split core that includes a tooth that extends in the radial direction, an insulator mounted to overlap at least the tooth of the split core, and a coil that includes a winding wound around the tooth of the split core with the insulator interposed therebetween.Type: GrantFiled: November 25, 2022Date of Patent: May 6, 2025Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.Inventors: Hisato Amano, Mitsutoshi Natsumeda, Eiji Sakaguchi, Takashi Sakurada, Takahiro Sato, Masashi Uno
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Patent number: 12283860Abstract: A motor includes a rotor that includes a shaft along a central axis extending in a vertical direction, a stator that includes coils and opposes the rotor in a radial direction, a casing that supports the rotor and the stator, and a terminal attached to the casing and electrically connected to lead wires extending from the coils. The terminal includes a lead wire terminal portion that is in contact with the lead wire, an external terminal portion that is electrically connected to the lead wire terminal portion and extends toward an outside of the casing, and a holding portion that holds the lead wire terminal portion and the external terminal portion.Type: GrantFiled: September 1, 2022Date of Patent: April 22, 2025Assignee: NIDEC CORPORATIONInventors: Shota Inoue, Tomoyuki Kubota
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Patent number: 12283865Abstract: Notch bottom parts 152a, 152b are arranged side-by-side with terminal accommodation boxes 100a, 100b in a circumferential direction of an insulator 134, and a routing direction of a pair of coil ends 44a inside the terminal accommodation boxes 100a, 100b is directed to a direction intersecting with an insertion direction of flat-type male terminals T1, T2. Accordingly, at the time of inserting the flat-type male terminals T1, T2 into the terminal accommodation boxes 100a, 100b, an unreasonable force is suppressed from being applied to the pair of coil ends 44a, and, as a result, a defect such as disconnection of the pair of coil ends 44a can be prevented from occurring. In addition, it is possible to orderly route the pair of coil ends 44a on the insulator 43 via the notch bottom parts 152a, 152b, and, as a result, a short circuit with another coil 44 can be prevented.Type: GrantFiled: June 7, 2022Date of Patent: April 22, 2025Assignee: MITSUBA CorporationInventors: Masaki Inoue, Tetsuya Watanabe, Tomonori Saito
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Patent number: 12274517Abstract: The embodiments disclosed herein relate to various robotic and/or in vivo medical devices having compact joint configurations and at least three degrees of freedom. Other embodiments relate to various medical device components, including forearms having grasper or cautery end effectors, that can be incorporated into certain robotic and/or in vivo medical devices.Type: GrantFiled: July 6, 2020Date of Patent: April 15, 2025Assignee: Board of Regents of the University of NebraskaInventors: Shane Farritor, Thomas Frederick, Lou Cubrich
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Patent number: 12278548Abstract: A smart motor having an electromechanical converter endowed with a rotating portion defining an axial direction and a radial direction, an electronic control unit, an electrical filter and a housing having a cooling device, the electromechanical converter, the electronic control unit and the filter being accommodated inside the housing, and the electronic control unit comprising an electrical converter configured to power the electromechanical converter. The housing is cylindrical and the electrical converter includes one or more electronic board(s) forming a hollow cylinder.Type: GrantFiled: December 2, 2019Date of Patent: April 15, 2025Assignee: SAFRAN ELECTRICAL & POWERInventors: Jérémy Cuenot, Olivier Berry, Julie Danchin, Laurent Cartailler, Jean-Michel Bernard Paul Chastagnier, José Soler, Philip Indge, Samuel Lewis
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Patent number: 12274526Abstract: A tether connector configured to form an electrical connection with a sensor connector through a sterile barrier disposed over the sensor connector. The tether connector can include a housing, an electrical lead extending from the housing, and a first piercing element in the housing orthogonally connected to the electrical lead, the first piercing element configured to pierce the sterile barrier to form the electrical connection with the sensor connector.Type: GrantFiled: April 17, 2023Date of Patent: April 15, 2025Assignee: Bard Access Systems, Inc.Inventors: Chase Thompson, Kent F. Beck, Jerry Zhao
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Patent number: 12272991Abstract: A motor stator assembly includes stator yoke, coil sets connected to the stator yoke, and a positioning plate removably connected to the stator yoke. Each coil set has a coil member with two terminal legs. The positioning plate has though openings. The terminal legs of each coil set extend through one of the through openings. The electrical conductor set has conductor layers and an insulating part encapsulating the conductor layers. Each conductor layer has conductor components each having connection holes exposed from the insulating part. One of the terminal legs of each coil set extends through one of the connection holes of one of the conductor components of one of the conductor layers.Type: GrantFiled: February 22, 2022Date of Patent: April 8, 2025Assignee: SINPRO ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Yu-Sheng Chou, Hung-Han Chiu
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Patent number: 12255503Abstract: A motor system includes a motor including a motor cover and a shaft of which a first end portion is exposed to an outside of the motor cover, a permanent magnet provided at the exposed first end portion of the shaft, and a rotation angle detector disposed at a periphery of the permanent magnet, and configured to detect a magnetic field change due to rotation of the permanent magnet during rotation of the shaft to detect a rotation angle of the motor.Type: GrantFiled: May 26, 2022Date of Patent: March 18, 2025Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia CorporationInventor: Jae Hoon Yoon
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Patent number: 12249877Abstract: A power pack of an EPS may include: a motor unit including a motor having a plurality of windings; a plurality of driving units each including an inverter configured to drive the motor by supplying power to any one of the plurality of windings; a plurality of control units each including a controller configured to control the inverter in order to control the operation of the motor; a plurality of power supply units configured to supply power to the motor; and a board unit coupled to the motor unit, and including a first circuit board and a second circuit board, which are electrically connected to each other, wherein the power pack includes a plurality of single ECUs, each of which is constituted by connecting any one of the control units, any one of the driving units and any one of the power supply units.Type: GrantFiled: March 16, 2021Date of Patent: March 11, 2025Assignee: HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD.Inventor: Joon Hyung Kim
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Patent number: 12244175Abstract: A motor includes a stator having stacking coil units with a nonmagnetic body arranged between, and a rotatable rotor. Each of the coil units includes a coil, and a stator core. The coil includes an annular winding. The stator core is arranged to surround at least part of the winding. The stator core includes projections formed on axial ends of the stator core, alternately arranged in a circumferential direction, and projecting radially toward the rotor from the axial ends. The coil includes the winding and two leads extending from the winding. At least one of a first and a second of the two leads extends between stator cores of two of the coil units. A magnet pole is arranged in one of inner and outer circumferential portions of the stator core, and the first and second leads are arranged in an other one of inner and outer circumferential portions.Type: GrantFiled: April 26, 2021Date of Patent: March 4, 2025Assignee: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Naohiro Kido, Yoshinari Asano, Tsukasa Asari, Hiroshi Hibino
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Patent number: 12244197Abstract: A stator for an electric machine comprises a cylindrical core defining an inner cylindrical surface and an outer cylindrical surface with a plurality of slots formed between the inner cylindrical surface and the outer cylindrical surface. Windings are positioned on the cylindrical core. The leads of the windings include a plurality of inner leads associated with conductors in an inner layer of the slots and a plurality of outer leads associated with conductors in an outer layer of the slots. A bus bar assembly includes a plurality of inner bus bars and a plurality of outer bus bars, the plurality of inner bus bars connected to the plurality of inner leads, and the plurality of outer bus bars connected to the plurality of outer leads. The plurality of outer bus bars are positioned radially outward from the end turns of the windings and radially inward from the outer cylindrical surface.Type: GrantFiled: July 11, 2022Date of Patent: March 4, 2025Assignee: BorgWarner Inc.Inventors: Timothy Beatty, David Lee Durant, Ryan J. Jones, Kirk Neet
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Patent number: 12237731Abstract: An electric work machine in one aspect of the present disclosure includes a motor, a driver, and a temperature sensor. The motor includes a stator, and a rotor. The stator includes a cylindrical body, a tooth, and a coil. The cylindrical body includes a first inner circumferential surface. The tooth is disposed to stand on the first inner circumferential surface. The coil is wound around the tooth. The coil generates a magnetic force in response to receiving an electric power. The temperature sensor is installed in/on the tooth.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2019Date of Patent: February 25, 2025Assignee: MAKITA CORPORATIONInventors: Akira Niwa, Kei Kouda
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Patent number: 12237747Abstract: An electrical connector has a housing with a front surface, a rear surface, and side surfaces. A first wall extends between the front surface, the rear surface and the side surfaces. A second wall extends between the front surface, the rear surface and the side surfaces, the second wall having a radiused reference surface. An alignment projection extends from the radiused reference surface in a direction away from the first wall. Compression clips extend from the side surfaces. The compression clips have bases, beams and a latching projections, with the beams extending at angles relative to the side surfaces.Type: GrantFiled: July 6, 2021Date of Patent: February 25, 2025Assignees: TE CONNECTIVITY SERVICES GMBH, Emerson Electric Co.Inventors: Brian Keith Weaver, Jeffrey Hummel, Divya Shukla, William James Moyer, II, Heath McClung
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Patent number: 12231054Abstract: A motor integrated inverter apparatus includes a drive motor on which a decelerator is installed, and an inverter installed to be directly connected to the drive motor. The inverter includes an inverter cover installed on a side of the drive motor and having an installation space defined therein, a capacitor having the installation space defined in the inverter cover so that an end of the drive shaft is inserted into the installation space, a control board installed on a side of the capacitor, and a cooling part installed between the control board and the capacitor.Type: GrantFiled: July 11, 2022Date of Patent: February 18, 2025Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATIONInventor: Jaehoon Yoon
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Patent number: 12227151Abstract: An actuation device for a hydraulically operating brake system may include: a master cylinder in a housing and having at least one piston, to which a force can be applied by, e.g., a brake pedal; pressure supply device(s), at least one of which is a piston pump or double stroke piston pump having a piston and driven by an electromotive drive, the drive moving the piston directly or via a step-up gear; at least one valve assembly with magnetic valves; and at least one electronic control and regulating unit. The brake system has at least two hydraulic circuits, and a pressure change can be carried out in at least one wheel brake via the pressure supply device(s). A first housing or module, hydraulically connected to the housing, may contain the valve assembly and the at least one piston and pressure chamber of at least one of the pressure supply devices.Type: GrantFiled: March 21, 2019Date of Patent: February 18, 2025Assignee: IPGATE AGInventors: Thomas Leiber, Heinz Leiber
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Patent number: 12212202Abstract: The invention relates to a rotary electric machine, in particular for a motor vehicle, including: a stator (100) comprising a stator body (110) and an electrical coil, said electrical coil including a plurality of phase windings (120) forming a bundle (125) that protrudes from an axial end face of the stator body, each phase winding including an end forming a coil connection point (122); and at least one electrical connection member (150) positioned in continuation of the stator (100) and comprising at least one electrically conductive element (155) which is overmolded with an electrically insulating material (126) and extends radially out of the electrically insulating material to form at least two connection outputs (153, 154) to which the connection points are connected.Type: GrantFiled: July 24, 2019Date of Patent: January 28, 2025Assignee: Valeo Equipements Electriques MoteurInventors: Vincent Romagnolo, Christopher Riche, Ronald Malbranque
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Patent number: 12184142Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a 3-phase connector integrated stator and an electric compressor including the same. The 3-phase connector integrated stator includes: a stator including a plurality of teeth formed to extend from a cylindrical core, insulators coupled to the core and the teeth so as to surround outer sides of the core and the teeth, and coils wound on outer sides of the insulators at the respective teeth; a motor cover coupled to an upper insulator in a central axis direction of the stator and having a connector coupling part protruding upwardly from an upper plate; and a 3-phase connector inserted into and coupled to the connector coupling part of the motor cover and having connection pins connected to 3-phase coils of the stator. Therefore, the 3-phase connector may be easily assembled to the stator, and the connector pins may be easily assembled to the 3-phase connector.Type: GrantFiled: May 11, 2022Date of Patent: December 31, 2024Assignee: HANON SYSTEMSInventors: Chan Ho Baek, Sae Bom Kim, Gwang Hoon Song, Hyo Keun Jeon, Suk Jae Chung, Kyung Ah Hong
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Patent number: 12184129Abstract: A grounding apparatus for an electrical drive assembly configured for conducting an electrical charge and/or voltage from a rotor of an electric motor via a shaft as a first grounding partner to a second grounding partner. The grounding apparatus has: a supporting body device with a connecting section for electrical and mechanical connection to one of the grounding partners, and a supporting section; a contacting device having a contacting section for electrical connection to the other of the grounding partners, the contacting device having an attachment section and being connected to the supporting section of the supporting body device via the attachment section. The grounding apparatus bridges an annular gap between one grounding partner and the other, and the grounding apparatus has at least one opening which forms or helps to form an air passage in the annular gap in an axial direction.Type: GrantFiled: November 26, 2020Date of Patent: December 31, 2024Assignee: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KGInventors: Alexander Schamin, Sebastian Giehl
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Patent number: 12184141Abstract: A stator for a motor includes a hole formed at a center thereof by arranging a plurality of assemblies along a circumferential direction (C) of the stator. Each of the plurality of assemblies includes: a stator core; a bobbin; a coil; and a plurality of bus bars disposed on the bobbin. The plurality of bus bars include first to third bus bars. In the plurality of assemblies, both ends of the first bus bar in the circumferential direction (C) and both ends of the second bus bar in the circumferential direction (C) are spaced apart from each other in the circumferential direction (C) while being spaced apart from each other in a radial direction (R) or an axial direction (A) of the stator.Type: GrantFiled: October 20, 2021Date of Patent: December 31, 2024Assignee: HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD.Inventors: Jin Ho Jung, Seong Jun Hwang, Yeong Woo Seo
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Patent number: 12170471Abstract: A device for attaching a motor protector includes: an accommodating member; and a fixation member to which the accommodating member accommodating a motor protector is detachably attached. The fixation member includes a base portion and at least two arm portions. The two arm portions sandwich and hold the accommodating member once the accommodating member is pushed to inside of the two arm portions. The fixation member further includes assisting portions that extend from the base portion to a side of the accommodating member, are caused to pass through assisting portion insertion holes provided in the accommodating member and stick out inside the accommodating member and at positions where the assisting portions sandwich the accommodating member with the arm portions, and cause an elastic force to act on the accommodating member in a case where the accommodating member moves in a direction that is parallel to the base portion.Type: GrantFiled: November 12, 2021Date of Patent: December 17, 2024Assignee: UBUKATA INDUSTRIES CO., LTD.Inventors: Tomoki Tsukamoto, Takashi Adake, Tatsuya Ino
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Patent number: 12170465Abstract: An electronic module for controlling a motor includes a module housing including a bottom surface, walls, and an open face, a printed circuit board (PCB) arranged along a plane within the module housing; a plurality of power terminals; and a plurality of power switches mounted on the PCB to switchably connect a supply of electric power from a power source to the plurality of power terminals. The plurality of power terminals includes first portions projecting outside the module housing through one of the walls along a direction substantially parallel to the plane for coupling to a plurality of wires couplable to the motor, and second portions extending substantially perpendicularly to the plane and electrically contacting the PCB.Type: GrantFiled: January 28, 2022Date of Patent: December 17, 2024Assignee: Black & Decker Inc.Inventors: Madhur M. Purohit, Alastair G. Valentine, Joshua M. Lewis, Timothy A. Smith, Christopher W. Shook
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Patent number: 12166394Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an interconnection assembly for a stator of an electrical machine. The interconnection assembly comprises a shaped bus bar, which has a first region, which comprises a connection point of the interconnection assembly for an external connection, a second region, in which a connecting point for forming a connection of the bus bar to a stator winding is formed, and a central region, which connects the first region and the second region. The first region and the second region are arranged in parallel planes. The central region is oriented in such a way that an angle of a transition between the first region and the central region and an angle of a transition between the second region and the central region deviate from a right angle. The disclosure also relates to a stator having an interconnection assembly.Type: GrantFiled: March 3, 2020Date of Patent: December 10, 2024Assignee: ZF Friedrichshafen AGInventors: Ralf Wittstadt, Katja Willacker, Jochen Wittmann, Sebastian Baumgart, Norbert Lohaus, Tobias Schrenk, Roland Lindwurm, Christoph Wieder
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Patent number: 12160150Abstract: To provide a rotary electrical machine having a novel configuration adapted to provide axial downsizing of the rotary electrical machine when connecting an electrical connection conductor to a welded side terminal section of a coil end of a segment coil. The rotary electrical machine includes: a stator core 21 including slots radially extended in a radial fashion; a plurality of segment coils 34 radially stacked and accommodated in the slot 37; and a neutral point bus-bar 33 laid on a side of a welded coil end of the segment coil 34 and including a connection wiring section and a connection section for interconnecting the different segment coils. In a state where the segment coils 34 are mounted, at least a part of the connection wiring section is laid in a radial space RS radially defined by the segment coils 34.Type: GrantFiled: October 21, 2019Date of Patent: December 3, 2024Assignee: Hitachi Astemo, Ltd.Inventors: Seigo Misaki, Takayuki Koizumi, Shingo Kitajima, Hisaya Shimizu
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Patent number: 12160145Abstract: A drive unit for an electrically driven vehicle with an inverter module, an electric machine a stator which is controllable by the inverter module. The rotor of the electric machine rotationally drivingly communicates with at least one shaft of the drive unit, the shaft being rotatably supported in a respective associated housing by a bearing arrangement. The housing and the inverter module are grounded. Further, the drive unit has a grounded, low-impedance electrical connection between the shaft and the inverter module so that, when a potential difference occurs between the shaft and the inverter module, a short circuit is produced. Low-impedance potential equalizer is provided between the shaft and the associated housing. It is provided that the shaft is formed as a rotor shaft or as a transmission shaft, the bearing arrangement has two bearings spaced apart axially from one another, and the potential equalizer is formed axially between the two bearings.Type: GrantFiled: May 26, 2021Date of Patent: December 3, 2024Assignee: ZF FRIEDRICHSHAFEN AGInventors: Matthias Wesa, Andreas Jung
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Patent number: 12152460Abstract: Wellbore equipment that are used in a wellhead electrical connection that prevents inadvertent safety consequences of explosion or fire by providing a condulet with safety barriers.Type: GrantFiled: September 15, 2020Date of Patent: November 26, 2024Assignee: Tally USA, LLCInventors: Neil Rasik Mehta, Wayne S Hill
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Patent number: 12155284Abstract: The present invention may provide a motor including a shaft, a rotor coupled to the shaft, a stator disposed to correspond to the rotor, and a busbar disposed above the stator, wherein the stator includes a stator core and coils, the busbar includes a terminal connected to the coils, the terminal includes bodies and a plurality of connection ends which extend from the bodies and are in contact with end portions of the coils, a plurality of extension parts extending from the plurality of bodies are combined to constitute any one of the plurality of connection ends, and the plurality of extension parts are in contact with the same end portion of the coil.Type: GrantFiled: October 14, 2020Date of Patent: November 26, 2024Assignee: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.Inventor: Kyoung Min Park
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Patent number: 12155294Abstract: An electric work machine includes: a motor having a rotor disposed in an interior of a stator and being rotatable about a rotational axis; and an output shaft, on which a tool accessory is mountable and which is configured to be driven using motive power output from the motor. The stator includes: a stator core; a coil wound on a portion of the stator core; and a fusing terminal disposed more inward in a radial direction of the stator core than the coil and being connected to the coil.Type: GrantFiled: June 19, 2020Date of Patent: November 26, 2024Assignee: MAKITA CORPORATIONInventor: Akira Niwa
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Patent number: 12155279Abstract: A method for producing a stator includes the steps of: providing a stator, which has one or more windings and a winding head, the winding head having one or more cable ends; positioning a phase connection assembly by way of a retaining element on the winding head, the phase connection assembly having at least one cable element; connecting the at least one cable element to a corresponding cable end of the winding head; and removing the retaining element.Type: GrantFiled: June 24, 2019Date of Patent: November 26, 2024Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke AktiengesellschaftInventor: Jens Richter
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Patent number: 12149135Abstract: The present disclosure discloses an electric motor stator and an electric motor. The electric motor stator comprises: a stator core, the stator core being provided with a plurality of stator core slots, the plurality of stator core slots being formed on a radial inner surface of the stator core and being separated by a preset slot distance along a circumferential direction of the stator core; a stator winding, the stator winding being mounted on the stator core, the stator winding being provided with Q pole pair coils, wherein Q/a number of slots per pole per phase=P, P being an integer; wherein the stator winding being a three-phase winding, the number of slots per pole per phase being 3; the stator winding comprising: a first coil set and a third coil set successively sleeved from outside to inside.Type: GrantFiled: January 13, 2021Date of Patent: November 19, 2024Assignee: BorgWarner PowerDrive Systems (Tianjin) Co., Ltd.Inventors: Rongjian Bai, Yanhai Liu
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Patent number: 12146505Abstract: The invention relates to an impeller machine comprising an impeller housing (15) and a motor housing (19), wherein the motor housing (19) is arranged in an interior of the impeller housing (15). An aerostator (20) forms a connection between the impeller housing (15) and the motor housing (19). A cable (26, 30) extends between the impeller housing (15) and the motor housing (19). The aerostator (20) comprises an aerostator body (34) and an aerostator cover (35) which together span a contour in the form of a wing profile. The cable (26, 30) is guided in a cavity (32) which is arranged between the aerostator body (34) and the aerostator cover (35). The invention also relates to a method for mounting an impeller machine.Type: GrantFiled: October 5, 2021Date of Patent: November 19, 2024Assignee: MDGROUP Germany GmbHInventor: Daniel Schübeler
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Patent number: 12149136Abstract: A method and arrangement is disclosed herein for making a stator with 3D printed end turns. The stator includes a stator lamination stack with semi-closed slots. Straight I-pin wire segments are housed in the slots of the stator lam stack and form the in-slot segments of a stator winding arrangement. The end turns of the winding arrangement are provided by a conductive material that is 3D printed material at both axial ends of the straight I-pins. The end turns result in a winding arrangement with diamond coils that are inter-locked. The 3D printing of the end turns makes the winding arrangement possible, as the winding arrangement is configured such that it cannot be inserted into the lamination stack in a radial direction (i.e., via any slot openings at the inner diameter or outer diameter).Type: GrantFiled: April 8, 2022Date of Patent: November 19, 2024Assignee: BorgWarner Inc.Inventors: Gabriel Domingues, Joshua B. Lahrman, Matthew R. Conner, Kirk Neet, David A. Fulton
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Patent number: 12142991Abstract: A motor includes a rotor, a stator, a bearing, a motor housing, a bearing holder, and a bus bar. The rotor includes an axially extending shaft. The stator radially opposes the rotor. The bearing rotatably supports the shaft. The motor housing accommodates the stator and opens to one axial side. The bearing holder holds the bearing and covers the opening of the motor housing. The bus bar is connected to the conductive wire drawn out from the stator and is located on the bearing holder. The bearing holder includes a recess radially outside of the bearing and including an upper surface recessed to the other axial side. The bus bar includes a base portion and a connection portion. The base portion is located radially outside of the recess and extends in the circumferential direction.Type: GrantFiled: September 21, 2022Date of Patent: November 12, 2024Assignee: NYDEC CORPORATIONInventor: Shuji Iwasaki
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Patent number: 12142989Abstract: An electrical connector arrangement for a turbomachine includes a support structure and a terminal with a terminal post projecting from the support structure along an axis. The electrical connector arrangement includes a connection stack that is supported by the terminal and arranged along the axis of the terminal post. The connection stack includes a bus bar that is electrically connected to the terminal post and that extends from the terminal post and the support structure. The connection stack includes a first deformable seal member and a second deformable seal member. The first deformable seal member is deformed against the terminal post to define an inner radial seal within the connection stack. The second deformable seal member is deformed against the support structure to define an outer radial seal within the connection stack.Type: GrantFiled: April 28, 2022Date of Patent: November 12, 2024Assignee: GARRETT TRANSPORTATION I INCInventors: Milan Nejedly, Petr Koplik, Vit Houst
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Patent number: 12139208Abstract: An electric power steering device includes a motor housing of an electric motor. The motor housing includes an end face part opposite to an output part of a rotating shaft of the electric motor. An electronic control part is arranged at the end face part. A connector assembly is arranged on a side of the electronic control part opposite to a side of the electronic control part that faces the end face part. A metal cover for the electronic control part includes a bottom part and a lateral peripheral part. The bottom part includes: an exposure hole through which an external terminal forming part is exposed to outside; and an annular reinforcing projecting portion formed at an edge of the exposure hole. The lateral peripheral part is angled from the bottom part, and forms an opening through which the lateral peripheral part is fixed to the end face part.Type: GrantFiled: October 23, 2019Date of Patent: November 12, 2024Assignee: HITACHI ASTEMO, LTD.Inventor: Masao Fujimoto
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Patent number: 12142994Abstract: A hollow shaft motor includes: a motor housing 11 having a cylindrical shape; a housing cover assembly 12 coupled to an upper portion of the motor housing 11; a rear cover 15 coupled to a lower portion of the motor housing 11; a stator assembly 20 located in the motor housing 11 and in a lower portion of the housing cover assembly 12; and a rotor assembly 30 located in the stator assembly 20 to rotate.Type: GrantFiled: August 12, 2022Date of Patent: November 12, 2024Assignees: BMC CO., LTD., HL Mando CorporationInventors: Ok Yun Kim, Kea Ho Lee, Haeng Chul Sin, Gwan Seon Jeong
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Patent number: 12136860Abstract: The invention relates to an electric machine (1) having: a rotor (3); a stator (2); multiple winding pieces (5) which are in the form of hollow conductors, form different coils of a winding (4) of the electric machine (1) and are each part of a coolant circuit of the electric machine (1); and multiple external phase connections (L1-L3) which are electrically connected to the winding pieces (5). According to the invention, a hydraulic connection part (15) to which a number of the winding pieces (5) are hydraulically connected, and a seal (27) which has multiple passages (28), in each of which an end portion (8) of one of the winding pieces (5) is situated, are provided, the hydraulic connection part (15) and the seal (27) having opposing surfaces (29, 30) which rest against each other in order to ensure sealing of the individual connections of the winding pieces (5) to the hydraulic connection part (15).Type: GrantFiled: November 18, 2019Date of Patent: November 5, 2024Assignee: dynamic E flow GmbHInventors: Michael Naderer, Nikolaus Schweinert, Manuel Hartong
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Patent number: 12132371Abstract: In a stator, a stator winding is provided in a stator core and includes phase windings. A neutral-point bus bar is connected to a coil end portion of the stator winding in a radial direction thereof. The coil end portion includes first and second end portions that are joined together. The first tip end portion extends in a fixed direction in the circumferential direction. The second tip end portion extends in a direction opposite the fixed direction in the circumferential direction. The neutral-point bus bar includes a main body portion extending in the circumferential direction and connection portions extending in the radial direction from the main body portion. The connection portions are respectively connected to the phase windings in a state in which the connection portions do not protrude further towards a side opposite the stator core than the main body portion in the axial direction is.Type: GrantFiled: May 31, 2022Date of Patent: October 29, 2024Assignees: DENSO CORPORATION, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, AISIN CORPORATIONInventors: Ken Takeda, Takashi Matsumoto, Takahito Nozawa, Junichi Sugawara, Naoki Takahashi
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Patent number: 12132377Abstract: A package includes therein a power distribution member including a plurality of conductive wires which is sealed in a packaging bag. An oxygen concentration in the packaging bag is lower than that in the atmosphere.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2022Date of Patent: October 29, 2024Assignee: Proterial, Ltd.Inventors: Jun Umetsu, Noriyuki Takahashi
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Patent number: 12126235Abstract: A motor includes a rotor that includes a shaft located along a central axis, a stator that includes coils and opposes the rotor in a radial direction, and a lead wire support portion that is above the coil and supports lead wires extending from the coils. The lead wire support portion includes a guide portion through which the lead wires extend and which guides the lead wires to an upper side of the lead wire support portion in an axial direction. The guide portion includes a tubular insertion portion which opposes the coil and into which the lead wires are inserted and a tubular lead portion which is above the insertion portion and from which the lead wires inserted from the insertion portion are drawn out.Type: GrantFiled: March 9, 2021Date of Patent: October 22, 2024Assignee: NIDEC CORPORATIONInventors: Takashi Hattori, Yu Kuwamoto
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Patent number: 12126227Abstract: Devices, systems, and methods for repair and upgrade of the connection between a winding and a wye ring of a rotating electric machine. The system generally includes a flexible connector having an elongated curved central region. A first end of the flexible connector may be connected to the winding by brazing and a second end of the flexible connector may be connected to the wye ring as a brazed puzzle or dovetail joint. The system may further include a wye ring assembly specifically configured to provide attachment for the flexible connectors.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2022Date of Patent: October 22, 2024Assignee: Electromechanical Engineering Associates, Inc.Inventors: Corey Allen Palmer, Lauren Theresa Haley, Christopher J. Mascaro, Thomas J. Schildkamp, Jason Sinkhorn
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Patent number: 12126234Abstract: A stator assembly for a BLDC motor includes a stator core, at least one magnet wire wound on poles of the stator core, an end insulator mounted on an end surface of the stator core, a non-conductive mount member mounted on the outer circumferential surface of the stator core, and conductive terminals mounted on the non-conductive mount member. Each conductive terminal includes: a main portion mounted on the non-conductive mount, a tang portion extending from a first longitudinal end adjacent the end insulator and folded over the main portion, and a connection tab extending angularly from a second longitudinal end. A contact portion of the magnet wire is wrapped around the tang portion and fused to make an electric connection to the conductive terminal.Type: GrantFiled: September 24, 2021Date of Patent: October 22, 2024Assignee: Black & Decker Inc.Inventors: David J. Smith, Justin H. Ayers, David E. Gillespie, Eric E. Hatfield, Earl M. Ortt, Stephen Osborne, Brian Friedman, Jarrett A. Dunston
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Patent number: 12119724Abstract: The invention relates to a stator (IO) in an electric machine (I) with a laminated core (II) formed in an annular fashion about a central axis (A), on which core stator coils (16) with coil ends (16a, b) are arranged by means of formers (12a, 12b). The stator (IO) comprises wiring device (20), on which a plurality of mutually isolated connecting conductors (22-26) with coil connection areas (22a-26a) are present for connecting the stator coils (16). The wiring device (20) is joined on the stator in an axial joining direction to the stator coils (16) and is secured by axial connection means (30a, b) to the formers (12a), thus forming a plurality of axial connections (32a, b). According to the invention, to increase the stiffness of the stator (IO), radial supporting means (40, 41) are additionally formed on the wiring device (20) to interact with the formers (12a), said means being designed to be functionally independent of the axial connection means (30a, b).Type: GrantFiled: November 25, 2020Date of Patent: October 15, 2024Assignee: ZF FRIEDRICHSHAFEN AGInventors: Tobias Schrenk, Christoph Wieder, Katja Willacker, Roland Lindwurm, Jochen Wittmann
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Patent number: 12119722Abstract: A drive motor for a suction tool (400) or a machine tool in the form of a hand-held power tool (200, 300) or a semi-stationary machine tool. The drive motor (20, 120) has a stator (80) with an excitation coil assembly (86) and a rotor (40, 140) with a motor shaft (30, 130) which is rotatably mounted on the stator or relative to the stator (80) about a rotational axis (D) by means of a bearing assembly (24A), and the drive motor (20, 120) has a connection device (100) for electrically connecting the drive motor to an energizing device (206, 306) for energizing the excitation coil assembly (86). The connection device (100) has a main part (103) for securing to the stator (80) and a receiving arm (108) which protrudes from the main part (103), a conductor receiving area (107) being formed between the main part and the receiving arm for at least one electric coil conductor (88) of an excitation coil (87) of the excitation coil assembly (86).Type: GrantFiled: April 30, 2020Date of Patent: October 15, 2024Assignee: Festool GmbHInventors: Bernd Walter, Florian Goos, Volker Barth
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Patent number: 12119715Abstract: A motor assembly includes a housing, a first substrate, a plate-shaped second substrate, and a connector portion. The housing includes a tubular portion that accommodates a motor with an axis of rotation that extends in the vertical direction. The first substrate extends in a direction perpendicular to the axial direction. The second substrate extends in a direction intersecting the first substrate. The connector portion electrically connects the first substrate and the second substrate. The connector portion overlaps with the housing as viewed from the axial direction.Type: GrantFiled: September 14, 2020Date of Patent: October 15, 2024Assignee: NIDEC CORPORATIONInventors: Toshiya Okamoto, Yoshiaki Yamashita, Takashi Hattori
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Patent number: 12119723Abstract: A bus bar guide is provided to fix bus bars that connect a plurality of coils disposed in a motor. The bus bar includes a conductor that has a plate shape and has a first surface and a second surface continuous with the first surface. The bus bar guide is configured by annularly arranging a plurality of bus bar guide pieces each including an insulator. Each of the plurality of bus bar guide pieces is provided with a groove that holds the first surface of the bus bar and positions the bus bar.Type: GrantFiled: October 20, 2020Date of Patent: October 15, 2024Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Yuya Maeda, Yasuaki Matsushita, Hirokazu Yamauchi
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Patent number: 12113425Abstract: The disclosure relates to an electric motor having a base motor module and an electronic module. The electronic module is electrically and mechanically connected to the base motor module and comprises a printed circuit board and an electronics housing. The electronics housing forms two supporting surfaces, with which the printed circuit board can be brought into contact.Type: GrantFiled: July 24, 2020Date of Patent: October 8, 2024Assignee: Schaeffler Technologies AG &Co.KGInventor: Sandro Lauer
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Patent number: 12113408Abstract: Devices, systems, and methods for repair and upgrade of the connection between a winding and a wye ring of a rotating electric machine. The system generally includes an attachment lug and a flexible lead having a curved central region formed of several layers of laminated copper. A first end of the flexible lead may be connected to the winding by the attachment lug and a second end of the flexible lead may be connected to the wye ring. The system may further include a wye ring assembly specifically configured to provide attachment for the connection elements.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2022Date of Patent: October 8, 2024Assignee: ELECTROMECHANICAL ENGINEERING ASSOCIATES, INC.Inventors: Corey Allen Palmer, Lauren Theresa Haley, Christopher J. Mascaro, Thomas J. Schildkamp, Jason Sinkhorn