Housings, Windows Or Covers Patents (Class 310/89)
  • Patent number: 9130420
    Abstract: Provided is a stator that can reduce iron loss and ensure a fastening force for stator core segments. The stator of a generally hollow cylindrical shape includes a plurality of stator core segments arranged adjacent to one another in a circumferential direction of the stator and each having an outer surface on the outer side in a radial direction of the stator, and the same number of curved members as the stator core segments, the curved members extending in the circumferential direction, and each having a projecting portion curved to project toward the outer surface, contacting the outer surface and pressing the outer surface inward in the radial direction of the stator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2015
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Endo, Masao Okumura
  • Patent number: 9130413
    Abstract: An electric motor has been developed that includes a housing to prevent particles from exiting one compartment of the motor, while enabling air flow through another compartment of the motor. The enclosed compartment includes a printed circuit board having a plurality of electronics components to prevent debris produced by a catastrophic failure of an electronic component from escaping the housing. Vents are provided in a separate portion of the housing to enable air to circulate about the primary components of the motor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2015
    Assignee: Nidec Motor Corporation
    Inventors: Jason A. Richter, Stephen J. Burton
  • Patent number: 9103353
    Abstract: In a radiator module for a motor vehicle, a detachable connection is required between a housing of an electric motor and a retaining structure, which connection allows economic and secure assembly and cannot be loosened or detached by alternating reaction forces at the electric motor. To achieve this, an arrangement is proposed of a retaining structure and detachably connected therewith a housing for an electric motor, in which the housing has a number of radiating protruding tabs on the base side which can be inserted by successive tilt and shift movements in corresponding recesses of the retaining structure. Furthermore various methods for assembly are proposed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2015
    Assignee: MAGNA Electronics Europe GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Paul McLennan, Robert Jones
  • Patent number: 9105596
    Abstract: A motor controller, including: a control box (1), the control box (1) including a bottom, the bottom including a plurality of first bosses (11); a control panel (2); a plurality of IGBT modules (3); and a heat dissipation boss (12), the heat dissipation boss (12) including an end surface. The control panel (2) is disposed and fixed on the first bosses (11) by screws. The IGBT modules (3) are disposed on the control panel (2). The heat dissipation boss (12) is disposed on the bottom of the control box (1) outside the control panel (2). The IGBT modules (3) are attached to and fixed on the end surface of the heat dissipation boss (12) by a locking device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2015
    Assignee: Zhongshan Broad-Ocean Motor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Wenqing Bian, Chongsheng Zeng
  • Patent number: 9103349
    Abstract: Provided is a driving motor that will meet the requests of making the length of a rotating axis of the driving motor to be shorter in the axial direction, and which will also have waterproof, vibration resistance, and soundproof characteristics. In this driving motor (3); a motor interior-space (35) is formed by a housing (21) that has a first and second opening and which is formed to be cylinder shaped, and a flange (22) that blocks the second opening of this housing (21); and a stator assembly (18), a rotor assembly (20), a lower-side end section of the rotating axis (12) that has been placed lower than the flange (22) up until now, and a control circuit-board (19) are all made to be contained in this motor interior-space (35).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2015
    Assignee: VALEO JAPAN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shinichi Oi, Hiroki Jitsukawa, Kazuyoshi Horiuchi, Naoto Hayashi
  • Patent number: 9088197
    Abstract: Systems for grounding components in a machine are disclosed. In one embodiment, a system includes: an inner component configured to be connected to a shaft; a ground component configured to be disposed substantially about the inner component, the ground component configured to complement the inner component and substantially define a cavity there between; and a conductive substance disposed within the cavity substantially between the inner component and the ground component, the conductive substance configured to electrically connect the inner component and the ground component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2015
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventor: Purushothaman Sasidharan Nair
  • Patent number: 9083209
    Abstract: An electric rotating machine includes a casing having a through-hole and a drain member for draining water from the casing. The drain member has a mounting portion that includes hooks each having a proximal part and a distal part. The proximal part extends in the penetration direction of the through-hole. The distal part has a distal end that makes up an insertion end. The mounting portion is mounted to the through-hole by inserting the hooks into the through-hole from the insertion ends. The proximal parts of the hooks have flexibility so as to flex in a flexural direction perpendicular to the penetration direction during the insertion of the hooks into the through-hole. Each of the hooks also has a protrusion that protrudes from the outer surface of the proximal part toward the inner wall of the through-hole to restrict movement of the hook with respect to the through-hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2015
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventor: Akina Kuwada
  • Patent number: 9077210
    Abstract: A stator (1) and a method for manufacturing such a stator for an electric machine. Windings of the stator (1) protrude in the longitudinal direction beyond a cylindrical stator body (3) in the form of end windings (17, 19) on end faces (13, 15) of the stator body (3). In this case, a complementarily designed accommodating region (31) is provided on a housing (21), with the result that, when the housing (21) is assembled with the stator body (3), the windings of the end winding (17) can be pressed. As a result, good thermal contact can be effected between the end winding (17) and the housing (21), which is cooled via a cooling apparatus (25), for example.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2015
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventor: Markus Bahr
  • Patent number: 9077217
    Abstract: A motor comprising a motor housing, a stator located within the motor housing, a rotor supported for rotation within the motor housing upon a rotor shaft, the rotor shaft being supported for rotation by bearings, and a sealing sleeve, wherein the sealing sleeve is of closed ended form and encircles the rotor, the sealing sleeve being sealed adjacent its open end to the motor housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2015
    Assignee: GOODRICH CONTROL SYSTEMS
    Inventors: Gareth Edward Morris, James Andrew Turner
  • Patent number: 9052008
    Abstract: A drive apparatus which is compact in a height direction and a diametrical direction and with which a sufficient air breather function can be obtained, and a construction machine including the drive apparatus. The drive apparatus includes an electric motor and a speed reducer. An interior of a motor housing communicates with a speed reducer chamber such that a flow of air between the speed reducer chamber and the interior of the motor housing is permitted while limiting inflow of lubricating oil into the interior of the motor housing from the speed reducer chamber. An air breather passage and an air breather pipe for opening the interior of the motor housing to the atmosphere are provided in the motor housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2015
    Assignee: KOBELCO CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Kenichi Terauchi
  • Patent number: 9048708
    Abstract: An electronics drive module is connected to the flange of a drive motor assembly. The module includes: a metal frame including a peripheral wall; and a metal floor. A power supply PCBA is located adjacent the upper surface of the metal floor, and a switching chip assembly is located adjacent the lower surface of the floor. The base plate of the switching chip assembly conducts heat into the floor and conducts heat into the mounting flange. An environmental seal is located between the lower edge of the frame and the sealing surface of the mounting flange and extending coextensively with the lower edge of the peripheral wall such that a sealing zone is defined within the peripheral wall of the frame and the first and second thermal interfaces are located within the sealing zone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2015
    Assignee: Rockwell Automation Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Shawn D. Cloran, Zoran Vrankovic, Corey J. Risty
  • Patent number: 9048709
    Abstract: A motor heat dissipation structure with an inbuilt electronic board includes a motor casing made of an aluminum material. The electronic board is disposed in the motor casing. Electronic components provided on one side of the electronic board are attached to the inner wall of one end of the motor casing. A heat dissipation metallic member is provided on electronic components on the other side of the electronic board. The heat dissipation metallic member extends to the circumferential side of the motor casing and is attached to the motor casing. Thus, the heat generated from the electronic components is conducted to the outside through the motor casing to enhance heat dissipation efficiency of the electronic board so as to protect the electronic board, preventing the electronic board from being overheated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2015
    Assignee: AIDEA COMPANY
    Inventor: Da-Yi Chang
  • Patent number: 9041263
    Abstract: Provided is a vehicle AC generator which enables the common use of components and the use of the same molding die for molded bodies to enable a significant reduction in fabrication cost. The vehicle AC generator includes a molded body (45) having the same outer shape. On one surface side of the molded body, a capacitor body including a capacitor element built therein is electrically connected to an insert conductor, and a resistor (44) is electrically connected to the insert conductor only when a device main body is provided outside of the AC generator. On another surface side of the molded body, the device main body is electrically connected to the insert conductor only when the device main body is provided in the AC generator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2015
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventor: Kazunori Tanaka
  • Patent number: 9041266
    Abstract: Disclosed is a magnetic bearing structure including a permanent magnet, levitating a rotation body without a bias current, and easily magnetizing the permanent magnet. The magnetic bearing structure includes a ring-shaped permanent magnet provided on a side of a rotation shaft and magnetized in a direction parallel with a shaft direction of the rotation shaft, a coil installed on a side of the permanent magnet, and a conductor installed on an external side of the coil and used to form a magnetic field path. According to the configuration, when an additional bias current is not supplied to the coil installed in the magnetic bearing, a rotation body levitates according to the magnetic field caused by the permanent magnet, and a magnetized direction of the permanent magnet is in parallel with a shaft direction of the rotation shaft thereby allowing easy magnetization and increasing productivity of the magnetic bearing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2015
    Assignee: KOREA INSTITUTE OF MACHINERY & MATERIALS
    Inventors: Cheol Hoon Park, Sang-Kyu Choi, Sang Yong Ham, Dong-Won Yun
  • Patent number: 9035517
    Abstract: A bearing support plate for use in a generator has a radially enlarged flange with a first cylindrical portion extending from the flange in one direction which will provide a bearing support for an outer race of a ball bearing, and a radially inner cylindrical portion extending in an opposed direction that will be away from the ball bearing relative to the flange. The flange is generally cylindrical but has a truncated portion over a circumferential extent. The first cylindrical portion is formed with radially enlarged portions with intermediate radially thinner portions. The flange includes bolt holes circumferentially aligned with the radially thinner portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2015
    Assignee: Hamilliton Sundstrand Corporation
    Inventor: Gregory Alan Rittmeyer
  • Publication number: 20150130311
    Abstract: A plurality of core blocks that are arranged into an annular shape are inserted into and fixed to a cylindrical frame, and are disposed inside the frame, a bolt passage member that is produced as a solid body and that has a bolt passage aperture that passes through in a longitudinal direction is fixed by welding to an outer circumferential surface of the frame such that the longitudinal direction thereof is oriented in the axial direction of the frame, and a stator is held on the housing by fastening a bolt that is passed through the bolt passage aperture into a fixing portion that is formed on the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2014
    Publication date: May 14, 2015
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Tadashi MURAKAMI, Kouichi OJIMA, Shinji NISHIMURA
  • Publication number: 20150130312
    Abstract: A housing for a crankshaft starter generator is designed so as to be divisible and/or a crankshaft starter generator without a housing and with a stator is designed so as to be divisible.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2014
    Publication date: May 14, 2015
    Inventor: Marcus GOLKA
  • Publication number: 20150130301
    Abstract: An actuator includes an electric motor having a shaft, an output member coupled to the shaft, a casing having a wall, a mounting structure, and a tubular body sleeved around the shaft and coupling the mounting structure to the wall. The motor is mounted to the casing via the mounting structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2014
    Publication date: May 14, 2015
    Inventor: Christopher Joseph BILLMAN
  • Patent number: 9030065
    Abstract: The invention relates to an electronically commutated electric machine (1), comprising a stator housing (3) which receives a stator (4) in a stator chamber (13) and which delimits a rotor chamber (14) receiving a rotor. According to the invention, the stator housing (3) comprises a main housing (31) and a cover (9), wherein an elastic sealing element (8) is arranged between the main housing (31) and cover (9) and extends into the inside of the stator housing (3) with at least one radial region (30) and forms a tolerance compensating element (19) acting on the stator (4).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2015
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Bernd Hein, Jerome Thiery, Christoph Heier
  • Patent number: 9030066
    Abstract: A motor assembly includes an electric motor having a stator and a rotor. A housing is coupled to the electric motor. The housing includes a terminal housing portion defining a first aperture and a second aperture. A power input terminal is disposed within the terminal housing portion. The power input terminal receives power input connections from at least one of the first aperture and the second aperture. A motor controller is disposed within the housing, the motor controller in communication with the power input terminals and the stator. A human machine interface (HMI) is in communication with the motor controller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2015
    Assignee: Regal Beloit America, Inc.
    Inventor: Edward L. Drye
  • Patent number: 9025336
    Abstract: A linked semiconductor module unit links a plurality of semiconductor modules by a first bus bar and a second bus bar, which are embedded in resin parts. The linked semiconductor module unit is disposed in a place other than on a printed circuit board. The semiconductor module linking structure is implemented readily by molding the bus bars together with semiconductor chips and lands to form the resin parts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2015
    Assignee: Denso Corporation
    Inventors: Hideki Minato, Hideki Kabune, Atsushi Furumoto
  • Patent number: 9018813
    Abstract: A linear actuator, especially for telescopic lifting columns (7) comprising a reversible electric motor (16) and a transmission (17) located in a box-shaped housing (14). A Linear movable activation element (18), preferably a spindle unit (19-21) connected to the transmission (17) is secured to the housing (14)). The activation element is intended for moving an adjustable element, e.g. a table top in the structure into which the actuator should be incorporated. The housing (14) is equipped with internal reinforcements (32) for strengthening said housing in its longitudinal direction and possibly also in its transverse direction. Thus a linear actuator with sufficient rigidity for use in sitting/standing tables without cross member is achieved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2015
    Assignee: Linak A/S
    Inventor: Michael Lindekilde Randløv
  • Patent number: 9018807
    Abstract: An inverter includes a plurality of switching elements that convert between DC and AC power. A base plate includes a surface on which the switching elements are placed. Heat dissipating fins are provided on the opposite side of the base plate. Power is input and output through AC power terminals to and from a rotary electric machine to drive a vehicle. The terminals are electrically connected to the switching elements. A capacitor smoothes the DC power. The inverter is fixed to a case of the rotary electric machine. A rotating shaft of the rotary electric machine extends in a width direction of the vehicle. The base plate is disposed adjacent to the AC terminals in the width direction. A plurality of AC phase-terminals is sequentially arrayed perpendicular to the rotating shaft. The capacitor is disposed adjacent to the heat dissipating fins on the rear side of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2015
    Assignee: Aisin AW Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kohei Ito, Tatsuya Kondo, Tomoyuki Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20150104301
    Abstract: motor housing for a cabin air compressor includes a central body portion having a center wall thickness and an internal cavity that is configured to receive an electric motor, a first end portion having a second internal cavity that is configured to receive a first end winding of the stator, and a second end portion having a third internal cavity configured to receive a second end winding of the stator. A ratio of a wall thickness of either of the first or the second end portions to the motor wall thickness is at least greater than 1.68 to 1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2013
    Publication date: April 16, 2015
    Applicant: Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation
    Inventors: Darryl A. Colson, Murtuza Lokhandwalla, Brent J. Merritt
  • Patent number: 9006942
    Abstract: A main stator sleeve for a generator includes a sheet of material that includes an arcuate notch one two opposed edges such that a butt joint therebetween defines a pin aperture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2015
    Assignee: Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation
    Inventors: Glenn C. Lemmers, Jr., Eric A. Brust, Andrew P. Grosskopf
  • Publication number: 20150097456
    Abstract: This cantilevered-shaft electric motor has no bearing on the load side, and since there also is no end bracket, which is present in ordinary electric motors, the internal stator and rotor are in an unprotected state in a bare state. The present invention provides a cantilevered-shaft electric motor that prevents damage to the stator and rotor during transport, causes handling properties during transport and during coupling to a load side to be favorable, and prevents contaminants from infiltrating. The cantilevered-shaft electric motor is provided with: a stator that is affixed at the inner diameter side of a housing; and a rotor that is rotatably borne disposed facing the inner peripheral side of the stator. The cantilevered-shaft electric motor has a structure such that the rotor is provided with a bearing at the reverse side from the load and the shaft at the load side is supported at an apparatus side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2012
    Publication date: April 9, 2015
    Inventors: Tsutomu Miyoshi, Kenji Yajima
  • Patent number: 9000637
    Abstract: It is configured in such a manner that a convex portion (15a) provided to an inner surface of a cover (15) protecting a rectifier device (13) and a voltage regulator (14) as components forming a vehicle AC alternator is fit in a concave portion (13a) provided to a component opposing the inner surface of the cover in close proximity and that the fitting configuration is provided to a point-symmetric position with respect to an external connection terminal (Tb or 12) of the components protruding from inside to outside of the cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2015
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Kazunori Tanaka, Kyoko Higashino
  • Patent number: 9000640
    Abstract: An electric motor configured to maximize active motive material within a given motor size by having one or more phase lead exit holes configured to prevent unwanted outside contaminants from entering the motor, phase leads each having an integral strain relief, and two or more Wye terminations that are not electrically connected to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2015
    Assignee: Zero Motorcycles, Inc.
    Inventors: Ryan John Biffard, Micah Benjamin Bayless
  • Patent number: 9000638
    Abstract: Provided is a vehicle AC generator which enables the common use of components and the use of the same molding die for molded bodies to enable a significant reduction in fabrication cost. The vehicle AC generator includes a molded body (45). On one surface side of the molded body, a capacitor body (43) including a capacitor element built therein is electrically connected to an insert conductor. On another surface side of the molded body, a resistor (44) is electrically connected to the insert conductor only when a device main body is provided outside of the AC generator, and the device main body is electrically connected to the insert conductor only when the device main body is provided in the AC generator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2015
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Kazunori Tanaka, Toshiyuki Oonishi, Kyoko Higashino
  • Publication number: 20150086398
    Abstract: A rotor unit for a brushless direct current motor (BLDC motor) comprises a main body integrally formed with a rotor shaft and an annular ring magnet mounted on the main body. The annular magnet comprises an anisotropic hard ferrite and is laterally magnetized. The rotary shaft and the main body of the rotor unit may be formed from one plastic material. The rotor unit is supported within the BLDC motor via self-lubricating bearing seats.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2014
    Publication date: March 26, 2015
    Inventors: Gernot Teufl, Andreas Pleschinger
  • Publication number: 20150076940
    Abstract: The rotary electric machine includes: a stator that includes: a stator core; and a stator coil; a ring member that accommodates the stator so as to hold the stator core in an internally fitted state; a housing case formed into a floored cylindrical shape with an opening at a first end portion, and that accommodates the ring member and the stator; and a cover mounted onto the first end portion of the housing case so as to cover the opening of the housing case, wherein a first end portion of each of the ring member and the housing case is fixed by fastening to the cover such that a fastening direction of each is oriented in an axial direction, and a second end portion of the ring member is fitted into and held by the housing case by means of an interfitting member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2012
    Publication date: March 19, 2015
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Naoki Ohashi, Masaya Inoue, Koichi Ojima, Kazuyuki Iwamoto
  • Patent number: 8975794
    Abstract: The starter includes a noise reduction filter having at least one 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 a motor lead wire of a motor through a connection fitting, the negative side lead plate being fixed and ground-connected to a frame of the motor. The connection fitting includes a connection arm connected to the positive side lead plate and a cylindrical joint section integrally formed with the connection arm, the joint section being fitted in a root section of the motor lead wire drawn outside the frame through a grommet attached to the frame to be electrically connected to the motor lead wire.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2015
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yoichi Shoji
  • Patent number: 8975795
    Abstract: Electric generator is disclosed having a stator and a rotor. The rotor being rotatable around a center axis and relatively to the stator and the stator includes a number of stator windings extending in freely exposed end windings. The stator and/or the rotor is provided with at least one barrier means which barrier means axially extends to such a manner that at least the end windings of the stator are at least partially covered.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2015
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Henrik Stiesdal
  • Patent number: 8975797
    Abstract: A disk-rotating motor includes a rotor section including a rotor magnet attached to a rotor frame and a shaft fixed to a center of the rotor frame, and a stator section including a shaft-bearing which bears the shaft, wherein the stator section includes the shaft-bearing, a shaft-bearing housing which holds the shaft-bearing, a thrust plate which bears the shaft in an axis direction, a stator core which is arranged to face the rotor magnet and provided with wire-winding, a core holder which holds the stator core, and a bracket which holds the shaft-bearing housing. The bracket has a projecting part which fixes the shaft-bearing at a central part thereof, an inner diameter part of the shaft-bearing is press-fitted to be tightened to the projecting part, and an outer diameter part of the shaft-bearing housing is adhered to be tightened to an inner diameter part of the core holder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2015
    Assignee: Minebea Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshiyuki Nishikata, Kumio Masuda
  • Publication number: 20150061295
    Abstract: Described is a wind turbine, a generator and a rotor housing for a generator with an external rotor, the rotor housing comprising a support structure, wherein the support structure is cylindrical shaped, a cone and a ring. The ring and the cone are attached together at an inner side of the cone in a horizontal plane, forming a front part of the rotor housing. The support structure is attached to the cone at a front end of the support structure, forming a side part of the rotor housing, and the support structure is formed out of segmented support structure parts. Also disclosed is the method for making the rotor housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2014
    Publication date: March 5, 2015
    Inventors: ANDERS SYLVESTER BJERG, THOMAS SOERENSEN, ASHKAN VAZIRI TEHRANI
  • Patent number: 8970076
    Abstract: A first cooling air passage is formed to let first cooling air generated by a cooling fan in from a radially outside of an inverter apparatus to cool a heat sink and out through exhaust holes provided on an outer peripheral side of a rear bracket by passing an inner periphery of the rear bracket. Also, a second cooling air passage is formed to let second cooling air generated by the cooling fan into a hollow portion of the inverter apparatus from an axially rear of a rotation shaft to cool a brush holder and a magnetic pole position detection sensor and out through the exhaust holes by passing the inner periphery of the rear bracket. Hence, cooling performance for the magnetic pole position detection sensor and the brush holder may be enhanced and an axial dimension may be reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Hitoshi Isoda, Yoshinobu Utsumi, Masahiko Fujita
  • Patent number: 8970078
    Abstract: An electric motor includes a stator, a rotor and an end cap. The stator includes a housing and magnets attached to an inner surface of the housing. The housing has an open end closed by the end cap. The rotor includes a shaft, an armature and a commutator fixed to the shaft. The end cap includes a cover case, a support plate integrally formed in the cover case, brushes, a bearing and a printed circuit board mounted in the cover case. The support plate divides the interior space of the cover case into a first cavity and a second cavity. The brushes are mounted in the first cavity, the bearing is mounted on the support plate, and the printed circuit board is mounted in the second cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignee: Johnson Electric S.A.
    Inventors: Hong Wei Zhang, Biao Yu
  • Patent number: 8963381
    Abstract: In a one-piece resin component, a plurality of stackable resin portions is resin-molded integrally with a resin housing of a dynamoelectric machine and radially outwardly projects from the resin housing. Each the plurality of stackable resin portions is adapted to be stacked against a corresponding one of a plurality of stackable resin portions of another one-piece resin component that is generally identical to the one-piece resin component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2015
    Assignee: Asmo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroki Sugiura, Hiroaki Honma, Shinya Sugiura
  • Patent number: 8957553
    Abstract: A brushless motor includes a stator molded integrally with a resin having a fixing member including a stator iron core and a winding wound thereon, a rotor of a disk-like iron core holding a ferrite resin magnet in a circumferential direction, the rotor arranged to face the stator about a shaft, a bearing rotatably supporting the shaft, and conductive brackets fixing the bearing. The brackets are electrically connected to each other with a conducting pin in the stator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2015
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takehiko Hasegawa, Hirofumi Mizukami, Akihiko Watanabe, Haruhiko Kado
  • Patent number: 8957556
    Abstract: A drive device includes a motor, a control unit and a holder. The motor has a motor case, a stator, a winding wire, a rotor and a shaft. The control unit includes a semiconductor module, a receiving member, and a cover. The control unit is arranged on a side of the motor in an axis direction of the motor. The holder is arranged between the motor and the control unit, and has a wall portion extending toward the control unit and fitting with the control unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2015
    Assignees: Denso Corporation, Asmo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masashi Yamasaki, Hiroshi Imai
  • Patent number: 8957559
    Abstract: A housing for an actuator for receiving an electric motor and further functional units of the actuator, wherein a can is integrally molded to an inner face of the housing that is designed to receive the electric motor and wherein means of fastening are integrally molded to the can that are designed to position and fix the electric motor accommodated in the can.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2015
    Assignee: Minebea Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Helmut Schneider, Jürgen Schill
  • Publication number: 20150042192
    Abstract: A yoke housing includes a tubular case and a flange. The tubular case is formed from a metal sheet in a drawing process. The flange is formed at an end of the tubular case. The flange has a width in the lateral direction that is equal to the outer diameter of the tubular case. The flange has a base including beads and a thick portion. Each of the beads is formed by compressing the base. A portion of the base in which the beads are not formed defines a thick portion. The thick portion is located at a middle portion of the flange in the lateral direction. The beads are located on opposite sides of the thick portion in the lateral direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2014
    Publication date: February 12, 2015
    Applicant: Asmo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yousuke Kanbe, Tsuyoshi Matsuda
  • Patent number: 8952586
    Abstract: A component positioning structure for components received in a motor's shaft tube includes a base and a stator unit. The base has a shaft tube, and shaft tube has an opening end having a deformable portion. The stator unit is fitted to an outer circumferential wall of the shaft tube and has a pressing portion. The pressing portion abuts against the deformable portion and causes deformation of the deformable portion, allowing the deformable portion to reduce an inner diameter of the opening end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2015
    Assignee: Sunonwealth Electric Machine Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Alex Horng
  • Patent number: 8952580
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a linear vibration motor including: a stator part; a vibrator part received in the stator part to thereby linearly vibrate; an elastic member having one end fixedly coupled to the stator part and the other end fixedly coupled to the vibrator part, wherein the vibrator part includes a printed circuit board having one end fixedly coupled to the stator part and the other end fixedly coupled to the vibrator part to thereby linearly vibrate integrally with the vibrator part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2015
    Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd
    Inventor: Jin Hoon Kim
  • Publication number: 20150035399
    Abstract: To provide a rotating electrical machine for a vehicle having efficiently increased protection strength, a protective member mounted on a facing surface facing to a side member of a rotating electrical machine disposed on the inner side along the width direction of the vehicle than the side member, has a protective portion apart from the outer surface of a cover forming a facing surface of the rotating electrical machine in an area of the rotating electrical machine facing to the side member, and has a space ensured between the outer surface of the cover forming the facing surface of the rotating electrical machine and the protective portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2014
    Publication date: February 5, 2015
    Inventors: Yoshihiro SAKAGUCHI, Toshihiko ANDO, Akihisa KATO
  • Publication number: 20150035415
    Abstract: The invention is an automatic permanent magnet electrical machinery that does not need any other energy and can be used as an electromotor or a generator. It consists of a shell that installed with stator cores and a rotor as well as a control circuit. The shell consists of a top lid, a bottom lid and a shell body. The stator cores are made by soft magnetic material with the shape of c. The 3 coils are circled in the middle, top and bottom part of each stator core separately. The rotor is consists of a principal axis and many vanes. A vane of the rotor is consists of a rotor core and a magnet embedded in the rotor core and fixed with no magnetism plate. The principal axis and the rotor cores are integral whole. Rotor core is made by soft magnetism material. The circuit is consists of switches, coils, electrical appliance, a battery and a rectifying switching mode power supply.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2013
    Publication date: February 5, 2015
    Inventor: Minghua Zang
  • Publication number: 20150035400
    Abstract: The motor apparatus includes a motor and a housing to which the motor is fixed. The motor includes a yoke having a bottomed-cylindrical shape, a flange being protruded from the opening end of the yoke towards an anti-bottom end side of the yoke. The housing includes a yoke-mounted surface, to which the opening end of the yoke comes into contact and a flange-mounted surface, to which the flange comes into contact. Further, the motor apparatus includes a rigid coupling portion that rigidly couples the housing to the motor and prevents the housing and the motor from relatively moving in the axial direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2014
    Publication date: February 5, 2015
    Inventor: Fumitoshi KOYAMA
  • Patent number: 8946955
    Abstract: Control over an electric motor is especially critical in large drilling rigs and a means of accurately and quickly measuring the speed of the rotor of an electric motor and correlating that information with other real-time information has been hampered by the failure of the prior art to attach optical encoders to electric motors with precision. The present device attaches to arbor of a cap on the end of the rotor which provides a centralized and sealed shaft extending through a covering plate on the end of the motor and directly attaching to an optical encoder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2015
    Inventor: Watts C Cutter, III
  • Patent number: 8944784
    Abstract: A motor device includes a main body, an assembling body, a stator and a rotor. The main body includes a first bearing hole and a plurality of first connectors, and all distances between each of the first connectors and an axle of the first bearing hole are the same. The assembling body has a second bearing hole. The stator includes a passage and a plurality of second connectors, the second connectors are coupled to the first connectors respectively to have the stator assembled in the main body, and the passage and the first bearing hole are coaxial. The rotor is disposed inside the passage and two ends of the rotor are installed in the first bearing hole and the second bearing hole respectively. By having both the stator and the rotor positioned by the main body, a gap between the rotor and the stator can be maintained consistently.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2015
    Assignee: Industrial Technology Research Institute
    Inventors: Kun-Yi Liang, Shu-Er Huang, Yang-Guang Liu, Yueh-Ju Tang, Chi-Hsing Chen
  • Patent number: 8946948
    Abstract: A motor includes a cover made of a resin material. The cover includes a first annular portion arranged to extend in an annular shape above coils, a side wall portion arranged to extend downward from an outer circumferential portion of the first annular portion, and a second annular portion arranged to extend radially outward or radially inward from a lower end portion of the side wall portion along an upper surface of a circuit board. The side wall portion is arranged to extend in an axial direction while filling in gaps between teeth on a radially inner side of radially outer end surfaces of the teeth. The coils are covered by the cover to be protected from dust, water droplets, etc. The radially outer end surfaces of the teeth are exposed from the cover, and are thus arranged to be in radial proximity to a rotor magnet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2015
    Assignee: Nidec Corporation
    Inventors: Masaki Adachi, Yoshiaki Oguma, Yasuyuki Kaji