Impedance Devices Patents (Class 310/72)
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Patent number: 12249897Abstract: The motor includes a shaft fixed to a front surface side of a motor bracket; a rotor rotatably supported on the shaft; a stator wound with coils for generating a magnetic field to rotate the rotor; a substrate, a front surface of which mounted with a driver circuit for controlling magnetic field generation by the coils; a conductive driver case forming an accommodation space accommodating the substrate between itself and the motor bracket; a terminal disposed on a front surface side of the substrate facing the motor bracket and connecting the driver circuit and the coils; a conductive fixing member penetrating the substrate from a rear surface side and fixing the terminal in contact with the substrate; and an insulating driver insulator disposed on a rear surface side of the substrate to surround the fixing member, and protruding to a position closer to the driver case than the fixing member.Type: GrantFiled: December 27, 2022Date of Patent: March 11, 2025Assignee: MITSUBA CorporationInventors: Satoshi Nagamoto, Keiichi Hosoi
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Patent number: 12237748Abstract: In an embodiment, a motor is disclosed, comprising: a housing; a cover disposed on top of the housing; a stator disposed inside the housing; a rotor disposed inside the stator; a shaft coupled to the rotor; and a connector disposed on top of the cover, wherein the connector comprises: a connector body; and a shield terminal disposed on the connector body so as to be partially exposed, wherein the cover is formed of a metal material, and wherein the shield terminal is inserted into a hole in the cover so as to come into contact therewith. Accordingly, by using the shield terminal including a curved surface and the hole formed in the cover, a gripping force of the motor can be improved.Type: GrantFiled: December 2, 2020Date of Patent: February 25, 2025Assignee: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.Inventor: Dae Ho Choi
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Patent number: 12178000Abstract: An electric compressor includes an inverter portion that includes a circuit board, a busbar fixed to the inverter housing and connecting an external power supply to the circuit board, a noise reduction circuit mounted on the circuit board, a first fastener fastening the circuit board to the inverter housing, and a second fastener fastening the busbar to the circuit board. The circuit board includes a first fastening hole through which the first fastener is inserted, a second fastening hole that is disposed adjacent to the first fastening hole and through which the second fastener is inserted, and a slit extending between the first fastening hole and the second fastening hole from a peripheral edge of the circuit board. The first fastener electrically connects the circuit board as a ground of the noise reduction circuit to the inverter housing.Type: GrantFiled: March 16, 2022Date of Patent: December 24, 2024Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKIInventors: Satoshi Okada, Katsuya Usami, Yoshifumi Tada, Yuta Wato
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Patent number: 12095315Abstract: A rotating machine assembly includes a rotating machine that has a cover that defines an outer surface of the rotating machine and a stator disposed within the cover. The stator is stationary with respect to the cover. The rotating machine also includes a shaft rotatably disposed at least partially within the cover so as to define a rotation axis. The shaft Includes a first end that is connectable to an aircraft engine and a second end that is opposite the first end. The rotating machine also includes a rotor attached to the shaft, the rotor being movable with respect to the stator and a power module including at least one MOSFET that periodically reverses an electrical current direction of the rotor. The power module includes the at least one MOSFET Is disposed within the cover.Type: GrantFiled: November 18, 2020Date of Patent: September 17, 2024Assignee: SAFRAN ELECTRICAL & POWERInventors: Steven McDaniel, RĂ©mi Goncalves, Sachin Aggarwal, Eric Kline, Rachid Boudyaf, Stefan Markus Teufel
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Patent number: 11621604Abstract: An integrated electromechanical and hydraulic system is disclosed which includes an electric machine, the electric machine includes a casing, a stator adapted to remain stationary within the casing, one or more electrically insulated windings coupled to the stator, a rotor separated from the stator and the one or more windings by a radial diamagnetic gap, electrical power couplings, and a first mechanical power couplings, and a hydraulic machine also disposed in the housing, the hydraulic machine having hydro-mechanical couplings as well as a second mechanical power couplings, wherein the second mechanical power couplings are coupled to the first mechanical power couplings.Type: GrantFiled: January 30, 2021Date of Patent: April 4, 2023Assignee: Purdue Research FoundationInventors: Andrea Vacca, Thomas Ransegnola, Federico Zappaterra, Scott David Sudhoff, Robert R Swanson, Enrique Busquets
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Patent number: 11606008Abstract: An electromagnetic interference (EMI) filter 32 is provided which is suitable for a DC motor 10. The EMI filter 32 comprises an EMI suppression circuit 34 having first and second DC-motor-terminal inputs 36a, 36b, and an MW-band power choke 44 coupled to one of the first and second DC-motor-terminal inputs 36a, 36b to increase the motor inductance in the MW frequency band.Type: GrantFiled: July 16, 2021Date of Patent: March 14, 2023Assignee: JOHNSON ELECTRIC INTERNATIONAL AGInventor: Bo Hu
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Patent number: 11431234Abstract: A rotor assembly for a DC motor is provided which includes a rotor having a rotor shaft, a commutator mounted to the rotor shaft, and a varistor which is connected to the commutator via an electrically-conductive solderless fixing means, such as an electrically-conductive adhesive.Type: GrantFiled: March 21, 2018Date of Patent: August 30, 2022Assignee: JOHNSON ELECTRIC INTERNATIONAL AGInventors: Cheong Wing Yuen, Chi Yan Tam, Chi Hung Jacky Chan
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Patent number: 10797553Abstract: The rotor includes an annular permanent magnet, an annular first iron core situated on the inner diameter side of the magnet, an annular second iron core situated on the inner diameter side of the first iron core, an insulating member situated between the first iron core and the second iron core, and a shaft provided along a central axis of the second iron core, the first iron core is provided with a plurality of outer periphery side convex portions protruding from an inner periphery toward the inner diameter side, the second iron core is provided with a plurality of inner periphery side convex portions protruding from an outer periphery toward the outer diameter side, and the outer periphery side convex portions and the inner periphery side convex portions are disposed in positions not overlapping each other when viewed in the radial direction from the axis of the second iron core.Type: GrantFiled: September 21, 2017Date of Patent: October 6, 2020Assignee: FUJITSU GENERAL LIMITEDInventors: Tetsuya Tsuruta, Masanori Murakami, Shingo Suzuki
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Patent number: 10666118Abstract: Embodiments provide a printed circuit board including a copper foil layer to form a circuit pattern on a base layer, and an insulation layer laminated on the copper foil layer, and wherein the circuit pattern includes a solder pattern, to which an inverter switch element is soldered to supply drive power to a motor, a heat radiation pattern spaced apart from the solder pattern and to contact with one surface of the inverter switch element so as to absorb and radiate heat in the inverter switch element, a heat circulation pattern, through which the heat absorbed by the heat radiation pattern is circulated, and an element pattern formed on both sides of the heat circulation pattern to allow a thermistor element, a resistance value of which is varied according to the heat, to be soldered to the element pattern.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2015Date of Patent: May 26, 2020Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.Inventors: Jungdae Lee, Jongwon Kim, Kyunghoon Lee, Gilsu Lee
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Patent number: 10476334Abstract: A capacitor component including a first busbar, a first electrode and a second electrode separated by a dielectric film, wherein the first electrode, the second electrode and the dielectric film are arranged in a annular ring with the first busbar arranged around the outer circumference of the annular ring, wherein the first busbar is in electrical contact with the first electrode and the first busbar includes a gap in a circumferential portion of the first busbar.Type: GrantFiled: September 9, 2013Date of Patent: November 12, 2019Assignee: PROTEAN ELECTRIC LIMITEDInventor: Geoffrey Owen
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Patent number: 10224794Abstract: A resistance module for increasing a runup torque for a rotor of an electric machine with a rotor winding includes first and second connection points, a plurality of electrically-conductive layers electrically connected to the first and second connection points. Each of the layers surrounds an axis of the resistance module at least partially in a circumferential direction and has a layer start point and a layer end point. At least one of the layers is configured in an undulating shape in the circumferential direction, with undulations projecting radially outwards. A first insulating layer is disposed between neighboring ones of the layers. The layer end point of one of the layers is electrically connected at a tie point to the layer start point of a neighboring one of the layers. At least one fastening element is disposed between two neighboring undulations in the circumferential direction and radially outside of the layers.Type: GrantFiled: September 11, 2014Date of Patent: March 5, 2019Assignee: Siemens AktiengesellschaftInventor: Joachim Sting
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Patent number: 9985490Abstract: An electric motor or generator having a stator having two coil sets arranged to produce a magnetic field for generating a drive torque; two control devices; and a first capacitor arranged to be coupled to a power source for providing current to the two control devices, wherein the first control device is coupled to a first coil set and the first capacitor and the second control device is coupled to a second coil set and the first capacitor, wherein each control device is arranged to control current in the respective coil set to generate a magnetic field in the respective coil set.Type: GrantFiled: September 9, 2013Date of Patent: May 29, 2018Assignee: PROTEAN ELECTRIC LIMITEDInventor: Geoffrey Owen
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Patent number: 9887606Abstract: An electric machine with at least one electrical resistor (24) for dissipating shaft voltages occurring at the rotor shaft (2) of a rotor (1), in which the electrical resistor (24) is enclosed in a contact ring (13) mounted on the rotor shaft (2) between contact surfaces (17, 23, 25, 28, 29) applied to the contact ring (13) on the outside, and in which the resistor (24) is electrically connected via the contact surfaces (17, 23, 25, 28, 29) to the rotor shaft (2) on one side and to the excitation winding (14) of the rotor (1) on the other side.Type: GrantFiled: July 15, 2015Date of Patent: February 6, 2018Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Martin Henger, Bernd Schroeder
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Patent number: 9467026Abstract: An electromechanical actuator comprising an actuator member and an electric motor (2) adapted to drive the actuator member. The electric motor (2) comprises a rotor portion (4), a stator portion (5) comprising a yoke-forming body (9) and a set of coils received in slots (12) in the body (9), and at least one electrical module (17). The electrical module is adapted to generate an electrical power supply current (Ia) for the electric motor (2), which current flows in the set of coils. The electrical module (17) is carried by the body (9).Type: GrantFiled: July 11, 2014Date of Patent: October 11, 2016Assignee: MESSIER-BUGATTI-DOWTYInventors: Florent Nierlich, Etienne Annee, Raphael Pierra
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Patent number: 9442139Abstract: A Rogowski coil assembly (1) for measurement of high frequency electrical currents includes coil segments (3) disposed in series with retrospective impedance influence reduction coupling.Type: GrantFiled: February 14, 2013Date of Patent: September 13, 2016Assignee: ALSTOM TECHNOLOGY LTD.Inventors: Max Hobelsberger, Dominic Gerber
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Publication number: 20150123504Abstract: An interference suppression device (100) for an electric machine (1), wherein at least a subregion of a spring element (25), together with a region (38) of a section (17; 17a, 17b) which makes contact with a housing element (18), is arranged in a radial gap (40) between a component part (1) and the housing element (18).Type: ApplicationFiled: November 4, 2014Publication date: May 7, 2015Inventor: Tarek Mili
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Patent number: 8987955Abstract: A stator, a rotor, bearings, and conductive brackets are provided. The stator has a stator iron core having a winding wound thereon. The rotor has a rotating body that holds a permanent magnet in the circumferential direction so that the permanent magnet faces the stator, and a shaft that has the rotating body fastened thereto so as to penetrate through the center of the rotating body. Both of the bearing on the output shaft side and the bearing opposite the output shaft side journal the shaft. One of the brackets fixes the bearing on the output shaft side, and the other of the brackets fixes the bracket opposite the output shaft side. The brackets are electrically connected to each other, and a dielectric layer is formed between the shaft and the outer periphery of the rotating body.Type: GrantFiled: May 12, 2010Date of Patent: March 24, 2015Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hirofumi Mizukami, Akihiko Watanabe, Takehiko Hasegawa, Haruhiko Kado
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Patent number: 8957557Abstract: An electronic control unit (50, 70) including semiconductor modules (501 to 506) and capacitors (701 to 706) is disposed in the axial direction of a motor (30). The semiconductor modules (501 to 506) are placed longitudinally and brought into contact with a heat sink (601). The vertical line to each of surfaces of semiconductor chips included in the semiconductor modules (501 to 506) is perpendicular to the axial line of the motor (30). Accordingly, the capacitors (701 to 706) are disposed so that at least a part of the capacitors (701 to 706) overlap the semiconductor modules (501 to 506) and heat sink (601) in the axial direction of the motor (30).Type: GrantFiled: June 23, 2010Date of Patent: February 17, 2015Assignee: Denso CorporationInventors: Masashi Yamasaki, Hideki Kabune, Atsushi Furumoto
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Publication number: 20150028705Abstract: A motor includes a power supplying brush, a brush holder, a choke coil, and a power supplying terminal. The brush holder holds the power supplying brush. The choke coil includes a coil portion having a coil shape, an iron core, a first connecting portion, and a second connecting portion. The iron core is inserted into the coil portion. The iron core is longer than an axial length of the coil portion. The iron core has a projecting portion projecting from the coil portion in an axial direction of the coil portion. The first connecting portion extends from an axial first end of the coil portion. The second connecting portion extends from an axial second end of the coil portion. The power supplying terminal is assembled to the brush holder. The power supplying terminal connects with at least one of the first connecting portion and the second connecting portion. At least one of the power supplying terminal and the brush holder includes an iron core holding portion that holds the projecting portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 22, 2014Publication date: January 29, 2015Applicant: ASMO CO., LTD.Inventor: Kazuhiro Yamaguchi
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Publication number: 20150008777Abstract: This invention relates to a synchronous electric machine including a stator and a rotor, wherein the stator includes a multi-pole stator winding set, the rotor includes a multi-pole cylindrical rotor design or salient pole design with at least two-phase rotor winding set on the cylindrical rotor having the same number of poles as the stator, and the stator windings provide excitation to the rotor by means of stator current imbalance or superimposition, by secondary windings to produce harmonic flux or by a three-phase winding with an external source of excitation. Furthermore, the invention relates to a method for operating a synchronous electric machine.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 18, 2013Publication date: January 8, 2015Inventors: Russell Herbert, Robert Melaia
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Publication number: 20140333164Abstract: A bearing includes at least an inner ring (12), an outer ring (11), and rolling bodies arranged between the inner and outer rings, one of the rings being designed to turn and the fixed, and one of the rings (11) including an inducing element (30) is designed to generate an inducing electromagnetic field, the other of the rings (12) including an electrical circuit (25) in which an induced current is generated when one of the rings turns in relation to the other of the rings, and when the inducing element (30) generates an inducing electromagnetic field, wherein the inducing element designed to generate an inducing electromagnetic field includes a module having a piezoelectric effect and/or a module having a thermoelectric effect (35).Type: ApplicationFiled: October 29, 2013Publication date: November 13, 2014Applicant: Aktiebolaget SKFInventor: Yoann Hebrard
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Patent number: 8882479Abstract: A common mode coil can be installed without having to increase the planar area for an inverter accommodating section so that high performance and size reduction and compactness of an inverter device can be achieved.Type: GrantFiled: November 13, 2008Date of Patent: November 11, 2014Assignee: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Masahiko Asai, Makoto Hattori, Hiroyuki Kamitani, Koji Nakano, Koji Toyama
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Publication number: 20140285042Abstract: A DC electric motor (10) comprises a rotor (30) rotably attached to a stator (20). The rotor (30) comprises an output shaft (31) and a rotor core (33), and a plurality of winding coils (35) wound on the rotor core (33) and electrically connected to a commutator (34) on the output shaft (31). An insulating sleeve (32) is disposed between the output shaft (31) and rotor core (33), forming a capacitor between the output shaft (31) and rotor core (33), thereby reducing the EMI caused by the fluctuating current in the winding coils (35).Type: ApplicationFiled: March 25, 2014Publication date: September 25, 2014Applicant: JOHNSON ELECTRIC S.A.Inventors: James Ching Sik LAU, Tongjie LI, Guowei SUN, Qingbin LUO, Hongwei ZHANG, Huiting ZHONG
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Publication number: 20140252896Abstract: An EMI filter is described. The filter includes an input, an output, first and second line-side X capacitors, and a line-side Y capacitor. The input includes first and second input terminals. The output includes first and second output terminals. A first conductive path is defined between the first input terminal and the first output terminal A second conductive path is defined between the second input terminal and the second output terminal The first line-side X capacitor is coupled between the first conductive path and the second conductive path, and the second line-side X capacitor is coupled between the first conductive path and the second conductive path in series with the first line-side X capacitor. The second line-side X capacitor is coupled to the first line-side X capacitor at a common point. A first end of the line-side Y capacitor is coupled to the common point.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 6, 2013Publication date: September 11, 2014Applicant: REGAL BELOIT AMERICA, INC.Inventor: Steven A. Nardin
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Patent number: 8829746Abstract: Each of a first and a second inverter circuit supplies a driving current to an electric motor in a different power supply line. A custom IC has a first pre-driver circuit for outputting control signals to the first inverter circuit and a second pre-driver circuit for outputting control signals to the second inverter circuit. A micro-computer for outputting operation signals to the first and second pre-driver circuits is mounted to a control board on a center line. A distance between the center line and the first inverter circuit and a distance between the center line and the second inverter circuit is equal to each other. First and second output terminals of the micro-computer as well as first and second input and output terminals of the custom IC are symmetric with respect to the center line.Type: GrantFiled: December 6, 2011Date of Patent: September 9, 2014Assignee: Denso CorporationInventor: Masashi Yamasaki
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Patent number: 8803383Abstract: Two power modules, in which switching elements for switching over currents supplied to coils of a motor are resin-molded, are provided to face each other sandwiching a plane including a rotation axis of a shaft. A first smoothing capacitor, second smoothing capacitors and a choke coil are located between the power modules. By consolidating large-sized electronic parts between the power modules, a control unit can be reduced in size and impedance of electric conductor connecting the electronic parts and the power modules can be reduced.Type: GrantFiled: May 19, 2011Date of Patent: August 12, 2014Assignee: Denso CorporationInventors: Syuhei Miyachi, Masashi Yamasaki, Tatsuya Abe
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Publication number: 20140183995Abstract: A vibration-proof structure for an electric circuit for use in an inverter-integrated electric compressor can reduce cost and weight of the compressor and can have excellent productivity. The vibration-proof structure for the electric circuit of the electric compressor for use in a vehicle air conditioner, the compressor integrally including a motor for driving a compression mechanism and an electric circuit which controls drive of the motor, the structure being characterized in that an assembly 26, which is obtained by mounting at least one electric component requiring a vibration-resistant reinforcement (a coil and a capacitor constituting a noise filter, and a smoothing capacitor) on a dedicated circuit board 24 and by embedding the electric component with resin 25, is assembled in a housing of the compressor. Thus, resin consumption can be greatly reduced, cost and weight of the compressor can be reduced, and productivity can be improved.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 2, 2012Publication date: July 3, 2014Applicant: Sanden CorporationInventors: Atsushi Saitou, Kei Kurosaki, Kazumi Osato, Toshimasa Shima, Masafumi Karakama, Jyun Mizuno, Naritsugu Nakajima
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Publication number: 20140183994Abstract: Disclosed herein are a housing core inductor and a motor assembly using the same. The housing core inductor includes: a housing core formed by stacking a plurality of plate bodies on a lower surface of a housing body of a housing of a motor assembly, each of the plurality of plate bodies including a central portion provided with a through-hole through which a shaft penetrates and a plurality of arms extended from the central portion in a radial direction to form a plurality of space parts; and a coil wound around the plurality of arms of the housing core.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 27, 2013Publication date: July 3, 2014Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Hyung Joon Kim, Dae Sung Kim, Kwang Hyun Lee, Han Kyung Bae, Hong Chul Shin
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Publication number: 20140159521Abstract: An apparatus includes multiple brushes (30, 30B, 30A, 30a, 30b) and a commutator (10) that has multiple commutator plates (12, 12A, 12B, 13B) to contact the multiple brushes for commutation in order to convert electrical energy into mechanical energy or vice versa. A brush may include an EMI suppression mechanism (30, 38A, 38B) to reduce random electromagnetic interferences or a filter circuitry (400B) to reduce the overall level of electromagnetic interferences. An EMI suppression mechanism may include a specially designed brush that leverages dielectric properties or mechanical properties of the brush to reduce electromagnetic interferences. An EMI suppression filter circuitry may include an all-capacitor filter circuitry that does not include beads or chokes.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 31, 2013Publication date: June 12, 2014Applicant: Johnson Electric S.A.Inventors: Tongjie LI, Qingbin LUO, Guowei SUN, Ying CHEN, Huiting ZHONG
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Patent number: 8749110Abstract: A permanent magnet motor has a stator and a rotor rotatably mounted to the stator. The stator has a housing with n side portions and n connecting portions distributed alternately, wherein n is a integer equal to or greater than 3. Adjacent side portions are interconnected by one of the connecting portions. The radial cross section of each side portion is a convex curved line which is curved outwardly relative to a straight line passing through the two ends of the convex curve line. Permanent magnets are fixed to an inner surface of the housing. An end cap fixed to one end of the housing, has a bottom and n side walls extending from the bottom. A flat mounting surface is formed at the outer surface of a first one of the side walls.Type: GrantFiled: December 9, 2010Date of Patent: June 10, 2014Assignee: Johnson Electric S.A.Inventors: Ben To Fan Wong, Hong Wei Zhang, Tian Jun Liao
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Publication number: 20140145531Abstract: Conducting emission suppression in a power circuit for an electric motor comprises a negative temperature co-efficient resistor and capacitor connecting one of the power lines to ground. The NTC resistor is self-stabilising so that changes in the load current are automatically compensated for.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 27, 2013Publication date: May 29, 2014Applicant: Control Techniques LimitedInventors: Arnaud Robelin, Jean-Marc Maurice Petillon, Antony John Webster
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Publication number: 20140139060Abstract: A band attenuator/eliminator filter (F) for the electromagnetic emissions of a brushed DC motor. This filter comprises at least one gamma filter (G) with capacitive (C1)/reactive (L1) impedance which is intended to be connected between the motor positive power supply input (M+), the motor negative power supply input (M?) and the negative terminal (B?) of the battery. The capacitive impedance (C1) is intended to be connected between the motor negative power supply input (M?) and the motor positive power supply input (M+). A reactive impedance (L2) is provided and intended to be connected in series between the motor positive power supply input (M+) and the positive terminal of the battery (B+). Application to motor vehicle windshield wiper motors.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 21, 2012Publication date: May 22, 2014Applicant: Valeo Systèmes d'EssuyageInventor: Pierre Pilard
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Publication number: 20140049126Abstract: A rotatory device (1) for energy conversion between electrical energy and mechanical energy includes an end cap (20) to which electric conduction and commutation components (30) are attached. The end cap (20) is electrically insulating and has a flange mating to an electric conductive housing (10) of the rotatory device (1). An unpackaged capacitor (40) is positioned between the housing (10) and the flange (20) without occupying other space inside the housing (10) of rotatory device (1). The unpackaged capacitor (40) is electrically coupled to the electric conduction and commutation component and grounded to the housing (10) of the rotatory device (1).Type: ApplicationFiled: August 20, 2013Publication date: February 20, 2014Applicant: Johnson Electric S.A.Inventors: Maoxiong JIANG, Tongjie LI, Qingbin LUO, Xinpeng WEI, Huiting ZHONG
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Publication number: 20130307360Abstract: A motor assembly for a window lift mechanism has a motor and a gearbox. The motor includes a stator having a metal housing, and a rotor with a commutator, rotatably received in the housing. An end cap assembly is connected to the housing. The end cap assembly includes a plurality of brushes making sliding contact with the commutator, a plurality of connecting pieces for connecting an external power source, inductors connected between the brushes and the connecting pieces, and shielding layers cladding the inductors and electrically connected to the housing.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 29, 2013Publication date: November 21, 2013Applicant: Johnson Electric S.A.Inventor: Johnson Electric S.A.
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Patent number: 8587169Abstract: An electric motor endshield includes a plate and a capacitor-mounting assembly particularly suitable for secure attachment to a capacitor. The mounting assembly includes a lug presenting a capacitor-engaging projection spaced outwardly from the endshield plate. The capacitor-engaging projection presents an inner face in an opposed relationship to the endshield plate to define a capacitor-retaining space therebetween. A peripheral lip of the capacitor housing is received within the capacitor-retaining space, and the housing lip engages the capacitor-engaging projection. The mounting assembly provides secure attachment of the capacitor to the endshield, thereby preventing inadvertent detachment of the capacitor during operation of motor.Type: GrantFiled: June 10, 2011Date of Patent: November 19, 2013Assignee: Nidec Motor CorporationInventor: Craig E. Wallace
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Publication number: 20130293047Abstract: An object is to provide an integrated-inverter electric compressor with which it is possible to reduce electromagnetic radiation noise, it is also possible to reduce the amount of external current leakage, and, additionally, even the amount of external current flow from an earth wire, and, moreover, it is possible to reduce the size, weight, and cost of a noise-reduction circuit. In an integrated-inverter electric compressor (1) in which an inverter (5) that controls power to be applied to an electric motor (3) is integrally installed in a housing (2) that contains, inside thereof, a compression mechanism and the electric motor (3) that drives the compression mechanism, impedances (Z) having the same capacitance are individually inserted and connected between the housing (2), which is chassis-grounded and into which harmonic currents from the inverter (5) and the electric motor (3) flow, and PN lines (7) that supply power from a power source to the inverter (5).Type: ApplicationFiled: November 7, 2011Publication date: November 7, 2013Inventors: Keiji Nagasaka, Koji Nakano
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Publication number: 20130264900Abstract: An opening of a yoke provided to an electric motor is closed by a brush holder of an electricity supply unit. A pair of electricity supply terminals connected to respective brushes is fixed on the brush holder by outsert molding. A brush-side fixing pillar is inserted into a caulking hole piercing through a pigtail connecting portion of each electricity supply terminal, an input-side fixing pillar is inserted into a fixing hole piercing through an input-side connecting portion, and then the brush-side fixing pillar and the input-side fixing pillar are thermally caulked, whereby each electricity supply terminal is fixed on the brush holder. Each input-side fixing pillar and the corresponding brush-side fixing pillar, provided on the brush holder, are spaced away from each other by a predetermined distance so that a first terminal, a second terminal and a choke coil connected therebetween is attachable in place of the electricity supply terminal.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 2, 2011Publication date: October 10, 2013Applicant: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Hayami Ichihara
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Patent number: 8536746Abstract: An electric-motor adjustment drive is provided for an adjustment element in a motor vehicle, in particular a window lifter, that has a drive module, which includes a pole pot that supports a motor shaft, and having an electronic module having a circuit board, which can be inserted into a housing of a brush holder, which housing is connected to the drive module. The circuit board is retained in an insertion plane perpendicular to the motor shaft by the housing of the brush holder in a form- and/or force-closed manner, wherein a number of contact elements for motor contacting and/or for interference suppression are arranged in the housing, which contact elements are contacted within the housing when the circuit board is inserted.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2011Date of Patent: September 17, 2013Assignees: Brose Fahrzeugteile GmbH & Co., KommanditgesellschaftInventors: Thorsten Kuhnen, Karl-Heinz Rosenthal, Matthias Markert, Uwe Christian
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MOTOR ASSEMBLY FOR HOUSING A CAPACITOR IN A MINIATURE BRUSHED DC MOTOR AND METHOD OF MAKING THE SAME
Publication number: 20130214626Abstract: A motor assembly for a direct current (DC) electric motor, including: a motor cover, a brush base, brush arms and a chip capacitor housed within a protective hollow space provided in the brush base. The brush arms are shaped to support or hold the capacitor within the hollow space and maintain a solderless electrical connection between the terminal ends of the capacitor and the brush arms. The capacitor filters electromagnetic noises in the motor input circuit.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 28, 2013Publication date: August 22, 2013Applicant: New Bright Industrial Co., Ltd.Inventor: New Bright Industrial Co., Ltd. -
MOTOR ASSEMBLY FOR HOUSING A CAPACITOR IN A MINIATURE BRUSHED DC MOTOR AND METHOD OF MAKING THE SAME
Publication number: 20130200736Abstract: A motor assembly for a direct current (DC) electric motor, including: a motor cover, a brush base, brush arms and a chip capacitor housed within a protective hollow space provided in the brush base. The brush arms are shaped to support or hold the capacitor within the hollow space and maintain a solderless electrical connection between the terminal ends of the capacitor and the brush arms. The capacitor filters electromagnetic noises in the motor input circuit.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 7, 2012Publication date: August 8, 2013Applicant: New Bright Industrial Co., Ltd.Inventor: Keung Lee -
Patent number: 8502427Abstract: A motor includes: a stator including a stator iron core on which a winding is wound; a rotor including a rotating body that holds a magnet in a circumferential direction to face the stator and a shaft that fastens the rotating body to penetrate a center of the rotating body; a bearing that supports the shaft; and two conductive brackets that fix the bearing. The two brackets are electrically connected to each other, and a capacitor serving as an impedance adjusting member that adjusts impedances between the stator iron core and the electrically connected two brackets is arranged.Type: GrantFiled: December 11, 2009Date of Patent: August 6, 2013Assignee: Panasonic CorporationInventors: Hirofumi Mizukami, Akihiko Watanabe, Takehiko Hasegawa, Haruhiko Kado
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Publication number: 20130154411Abstract: An electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) shielding printed circuit board (PCB) has at least a routing layer and a ground layer. The shielding PCB has an opening that receives a motor bushing and at least one opening that receives motor terminals.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 16, 2011Publication date: June 20, 2013Applicant: CONTINENTAL AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, INC.Inventors: Nicholas Lee Mawhinney, Andrew Malcolm Haig, Michael Zaitz
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Publication number: 20130134811Abstract: An electric D.C. motor, in particular for a cooling fan of a vehicle, has a brush holder. The brush holder has a carrier structure having a plurality of brush cages mounted therein. Brushes, radially displaceable within the brush cages are connected, respectively, to a positive supply terminal and a negative supply terminal. An electric supply connector and a filter for preventing the emission of electromagnetic interference, are associated with the brush holder. Components of the filter, including first and second inductors and at least one capacitor are housed inside the electric supply connector.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 24, 2012Publication date: May 30, 2013Applicant: JOHNSON ELECTRIC S.A.Inventor: Johnson Electric S.A.
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Publication number: 20130133910Abstract: An electric drive for a hand-held power tool. An electric supply line contains two or more stranded wires. An electric motor is electrically connected to the stranded wires. The stranded wires pass at least twice through the eye of a toroidal core. A partition divides the eye into several sectors. Precisely one of the stranded wires passes through each of the sectors. The stranded wires are arranged along the circumference of the eye so as to follow each other cyclically.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 21, 2012Publication date: May 30, 2013Applicant: Hilti AktiengesellschaftInventor: Hilti Aktiengesellschaft
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Patent number: 8421317Abstract: An electric motor has an end cap assembly comprising: a base and a cover. The base has a first chamber configured to receive a commutator, a second chamber configured to receive electronic components, and brush boxes having passages configured to receive brushes. The first chamber and the second chamber are respectively formed on opposite sides of the base. The passages of the brush boxes open into the first chamber to allow the brushes to slidably contact a commutator disposed therein. The cover is fixed to the base and covers the second chamber.Type: GrantFiled: October 26, 2010Date of Patent: April 16, 2013Assignee: Johnson Electric S.A.Inventors: Zhi Qiang Jiang, Bin Liu, Zhao Jing Lao
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Publication number: 20130088107Abstract: A suppression coil (C) has an annular coil core (10) of a magnetic material and at least one winding (20) which is wound around the coil core (10). The coil core (10) is thereby arranged in the inside of an annular, inherently stable housing (30). A pump assembly is provided with such a suppression coil.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 5, 2012Publication date: April 11, 2013Applicant: GRUNDFOS HOLDINGS A/SInventor: GRUNDFOS HOLDINGS A/S
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Publication number: 20130088108Abstract: An electric motor contains an electrically conductive motor housing which encloses a stator, a rotor, and a commutator ground by a brush system and which has an opening for a motor shaft on one side. The brush system includes a pot-type support housing which closes the opening of the motor housing, is made of electrically conductive plastic, and has a central shaft opening to allow the motor shaft to pass there-through.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 28, 2012Publication date: April 11, 2013Applicant: BROSE FAHRZEUGTEILE GMBH & CO. KOMMANDITGESELLSCHAFTInventor: Brose Fahrzeugteile GMBH & Co. Kommanditges
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Publication number: 20130082552Abstract: The starter includes an electromagnetic switch including an electrical contact interposed in a power supply line through a battery terminal and a motor terminal, a motor for generating torque by being supplied with electric power through the power supply line when the electrical contact is closed, and a noise reduction filter connected to the power supply line. The noise reduction filter includes a capacitor, a positive side lead plate connected to a first end of the capacitor and a negative side lead plate connected to a second end of the capacitor, the positive side lead plate being connected to the motor terminal through a lead wire, the negative side lead plate being fixed and connected to a frame of the motor. The frame of the motor is fitted with a lead wire fixing section made of insulating material for holding and fixing the lead wire.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 19, 2012Publication date: April 4, 2013Applicant: DENSO CORPORATIONInventor: Yoichi Shoji
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Publication number: 20130057096Abstract: A power transmission device for a vehicle is comprised of a motor including a rotor shaft and a stator having an electromagnetic coil; an inverter configured to generate an alternating current, the inverter being connected with the coil to controllably rotate the rotor shaft relative to the stator; a gear set including an input shaft coupled with and rotated by the rotor shaft, an output shaft and gears so meshed as to transmit torque of the input shaft to the output shaft; and a grounding path electrically connecting a part of the gear set with a body of the vehicle, the part being so disposed as to have the input shaft electrically interposed between the part and the rotor shaft.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 26, 2011Publication date: March 7, 2013Inventors: Tomohiro Okada, Naoaki Oikawa, Takahiro Saruwatari, Tatsuhiko Ikeda, Ken Nakayama, Kazuhiko Soeda, Akinori Inada
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Patent number: 8378538Abstract: The invention relates to a DC motor, particularly for a fan device of a motor vehicle, having a stator and a metal grounding plate arranged on the stator, for receiving at least one leadthrough capacitor of an interference suppressor device. The capacitor being arranged in a connection line of the motor. According to the invention, the leadthrough capacitor includes a metal housing with at least one contact section for contacting the stator and/or the metal grounding plate. Thus, a compact interference suppressor device, which can be produced in a cost-effective way and is easy to install, is achieved.Type: GrantFiled: March 20, 2008Date of Patent: February 19, 2013Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventor: Fernando Silva