Housings, Windows Or Covers Patents (Class 310/89)
  • Patent number: 8629583
    Abstract: The invention relates to an electrical device, especially an electric tool, which has a motor unit provided with a motor housing, and a receiving unit for receiving at least one drive element. According to the invention, the electrical device includes a motor sleeve for coupling the motor unit to the receiving unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2014
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Thomas Bernhardt, Holger Ruebsaamen, Andreas Schlegel
  • Patent number: 8615976
    Abstract: A clutch/brake assembly is provided which includes a coil plate non-rotatably captured between the upper housing and the lower housing and having affixed thereon a ring shaped coil, a clutch rotor rotatably secured to the shaft and having a groove configured to accommodate therein the ring shaped coil, and a clutch output assembly having a clutch/brake disc and a clutch output shaft. The clutch/brake disc and the clutch output shaft are attached to one another by a plurality of springs. The clutch/brake assembly may be mounted on a deck of a lawnmower to drive a blade.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2013
    Assignee: Hydro-Gear Limited Partnership
    Inventors: Raymond Hauser, Michael L. Bennett
  • Patent number: 8610323
    Abstract: A rotating machine comprises a stationary subassembly, a rotating subassembly, and a first circumferential track. The stationary subassembly includes a plurality of stator elements disposed proximate an inner circumference of a portion of the stationary subassembly, and a casing having a first portal. The rotating subassembly includes a plurality of rotor elements disposed proximate an outer circumference of a portion of the rotating subassembly. The rotating subassembly is aligned coaxially within the stationary subassembly and is rotatable relative to the stationary subassembly without the aid of support bearings. The first circumferential track is defined by a first rotor track portion on the rotating subassembly and a first stator track portion on the stationary subassembly, and is in communication with a first portal on the casing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2013
    Assignee: Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation
    Inventor: Richard A. Himmelmann
  • Patent number: 8604651
    Abstract: A cooling system for a sealed permanent magnet electric machine includes a fan element configured to urge an airflow across a plurality of permanent magnets of a rotor of the electric machine to remove thermal energy therefrom. A plurality of cooling channels are located in a housing of the electric machine and are configured to transfer thermal energy from a stator of the electric machine to a flow of liquid coolant through the plurality of cooling channels. A heat exchanger is located in thermal communication with the plurality of cooling channels to transfer thermal energy from the airflow to the liquid coolant. One or more coolant supply conduits are configured to divert a portion of the airflow from the heat exchanger to an ancillary component of the electric machine to allow for transfer of thermal energy from the ancillary component to the airflow.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2013
    Assignee: Hamilton Sundstrand Space Systems International, Inc.
    Inventor: Richard A. Himmelmann
  • Publication number: 20130320792
    Abstract: A motor-driven compressor is provided that includes a housing made of a metal material, a compression portion, an electric motor, a cover made of a metal material, a motor drive circuit accommodated in an accommodation space defined by the housing and the cover, an elastic sealing member located between the housing and the cover, and an extended portion provided in at least one of the housing and the cover. The compression portion and the electric motor are accommodated in the housing. The cover is attached to the housing. The motor driver circuit drives the electric motor. The extended portion extends in a direction toward an opposing one of the housing and the cover and is arranged inside the sealing member. The extended portion includes an outer peripheral surface. The sealing member is arranged to be in close contact with the outer peripheral surface of the extended portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2013
    Publication date: December 5, 2013
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI
    Inventor: Hiroshi FUKASAKU
  • Patent number: 8598755
    Abstract: A housing is provided with a partition wall portion that partitions an inner space of the housing into an electric motor accommodating space and a speed reducer accommodating space. The partition wall portion fixes a gear that constitutes a speed reducer. In addition, the partition wall portion has a housing boss portion, and an inner stator is fixed to the housing boss portion. Thus, heat generated by the inner stator is dissipated to the outside through the housing boss portion and the partition wall portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2013
    Assignee: JTEKT Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshinobu Katoh, Yosuke Nishimura, Atsushi Ando
  • Patent number: 8598753
    Abstract: A pump assembly with a motor housing (4) and with a terminal box (6) which includes at least one peripheral section (10) situated on the outer periphery of the motor housing (4). A cover (12) is provided, which in each case at least partly covers the motor housing (4) and the peripheral section (10) of the terminal box (6) on an axial end-side. The cover (12) is designed in a heat-conducting manner and at an inner side thereof is in contact with at least one electronic complement (14).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2013
    Assignee: Grundfos Management a/s
    Inventor: Uffe Staehr
  • Patent number: 8587173
    Abstract: Provided is an intermediate member which is arranged between a motor housing (4) and a transmission case (2) and which has multiple motor housing supporting point positions (A) and transmission case supporting point positions (B). The intermediate member is coupled to the motor housing (4) at the motor housing supporting point positions (A). The transmission case supporting point positions (B) are each arranged in an angular region formed between a motor housing supporting line (C) and a motor housing supporting center line (D) which is the center between the motor housing supporting line (C) and another motor housing supporting line (C) adjacent thereto.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2013
    Assignee: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shinya Kurosawa, Kazuhiko Arai
  • Patent number: 8575793
    Abstract: A voice coil motor includes a mount, a movable unit and a number of rollers. The mount includes a through hole, a number of recesses opposing the through hole, and a number of magnetic blocks mounted in the through hole. The movable unit includes a barrel and a coil of wire surrounding the barrel. The movable unit is movably received in the through hole of the frame and surrounded by the magnetic blocks. The rollers are rotatably received in the respective recesses and come in contact with the barrel. The rollers hold the movable unit in position when no magnetic force needed to be applied on the movable unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2013
    Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Shun-Fan Chiang
  • Patent number: 8575800
    Abstract: An electric motor includes an upper housing, a lower housing including a flange for mounting the upper housing thereon and a cone-shaped portion extending away from the flange and the upper housing. The electric motor further includes a stator assembly formed of a first core having a first height and fitted into the upper housing, a rotor assembly rigidly joined to a shaft to rotate therewith within the stator assembly and formed of a second core having a second height, and a hub connected to a lower end of the shaft to rotate therewith in relation to the cone-shaped portion. The hub is configured to secure an operable implement to the electric motor. The second height is greater than the first height.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2013
    Assignee: Hydro-Gear Limited Partnership
    Inventors: Ivan E. Fox, Christopher K. Wyatt, Jim Hendershot
  • Patent number: 8564163
    Abstract: A mounting bracket for an electrical motor having two mounting interfaces at different distances from the bottom surface to be used in combination with two stator frames of different sizes. A method for obtaining equal shaft heights for electrical motors having stator frames of different sizes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2013
    Assignee: ABB AB
    Inventors: Ake Andersson, Gustav Borg
  • Patent number: 8564162
    Abstract: This electro-mechanical actuator is used to operate a curtain mounted to slide along an axis. It comprises a motor (24), a power supply unit (22) for powering the motor and a box (20), the motor (24) and the power supply unit (22) being received in a first housing (L1) that is internal to the box (20). The box (20) forms at least one second internal housing (L2, L?2), separated from the first internal housing by a wall (35, 43) of the box, and in which an electrical or electronic component (28, 50) of the actuator is received that is distinct from the motor (24) and from the power supply unit (22). A removable cover (33, 41) isolates the or each second housing (L2, L?2) from the outside of the box (20).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2013
    Assignee: Somfy SAS
    Inventors: Olivier Charleux, Scot Cochran, Jean-Michel Perache, Rich Scharf
  • Patent number: 8562313
    Abstract: A pump assembly with an electric motor includes a stator having an iron core (16) and windings arranged thereon and being arranged in a stator housing surrounding the electric motor to the outside. The stator housing (6) is formed as a cast component, into which the iron core (16) is cast, and the windings have been deposited on the iron core (16) after the casting of the iron core (16) into the stator housing (6).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2013
    Assignee: Grundfos Management a/s
    Inventors: Lars Kannegaard Andersen, Steen Mikkelsen, Brian Lundsted Poulsen
  • Patent number: 8558420
    Abstract: A power tool has a motor having a stator made by separately forming pole pieces and field coils. The field coils are placed over necks of the pole path pieces. An armature has an outside diameter of at least 0.625 the outside diameter of the stator is placed in the stator. The housing has a girth of 200 mm or less with the motor wound to provide a maximum watts out to housing girth ratio of at least 5 maximum watts outs to 1 mm of housing girth. The field coils may be formed so that they extend beyond pole tips of the pole pieces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2013
    Assignee: Black & Decker Inc.
    Inventors: Hung T. Du, Earl M. Ortt, Brandon L. Verbrugge, Garrett P. McCormick, Michael A. Zemlock, Kevin M. Hogan, Jiaqi Zhang, Ren Hong Wang, Frank A. Mannarino, Spencer G. Maid, Shane Ashley Moll, James C. Benton
  • Patent number: 8552605
    Abstract: Engaging protrusions of a lower end housing are axially snap-fitted into through holes, respectively, of a yoke housing to couple therebetween. Each of spacers is circumferentially placed between and is press-fitted between corresponding adjacent two of permanent magnets fixed to an inner peripheral surface of the yoke housing. Each spacer axially contacts a corresponding contact part of the end housing. A lower ball bearing and an upper ball bearing are supported by the lower end housing and an upper end housing, respectively, to rotatably support a shaft. A wave washer is axially positioned between the lower ball bearing and the lower end housing to exert an urging force between the lower end housing and the upper end housing through the shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2013
    Assignee: ASMO Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshimichi Sahara, Masakatsu Uchida
  • Patent number: 8546984
    Abstract: A pump motor assembly operable to provide driving power to a fluid pump includes a rotor, a stator, a case housing the rotor and the stator, and a control assembly mounted to the case and operable to control motor operation. The control assembly includes an information display and a cover overlying the display, with a window section in general alignment with the display. The control assembly also includes a filler plate underlying the window section to prevent any air gap along an underside thereof, allowing the display to be visible while reducing the risk of condensation buildup. The control assembly further includes a low voltage housing with the display disposed in a first compartment defined thereby, and a high voltage housing with a high voltage component disposed in a second compartment defined thereby.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2013
    Assignee: Nidec Motor Corporation
    Inventors: Raymond D. Heilman, James P. Meagher, Jeffrey S. Sherman, James L. Skinner, John G. Schrader
  • Patent number: 8541917
    Abstract: A stator assembly structure of a rotary electrical machine for assembling a stator on a case includes the stator including a stator holder and a stator core, the stator holder including a flange portion that includes a plurality of positioning bores arranged at intervals and a fixing portion fixing the stator to the case, the case including a positioning pin having an outer diameter smaller than a diameter of each of the positioning bores and being engageable with each of the positioning bores, the case further including a fixing seat, and each of the positioning bores including at least three bending portions that extend from a peripheral edge of the positioning bore towards a radially inward side, each of the bending portions being formed to be bent at a portion in a length direction from the peripheral edge towards the radially inward side relative to the flange portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2013
    Assignee: Aisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Masafumi Sakuma, Tomohiro Sato
  • Publication number: 20130221781
    Abstract: Provided is a rotating electrical machine including: a cylinder-shaped housing that includes a plurality of flanges installed to a casing; a stator that includes a cylinder-shaped stator core fixed to the housing through shrinkage fit or press fit; and a rotor that is arranged inside the stator so as to be rotatable, in which, in the stator core, a plurality of steel sheets is stacked, and welding portions used for suppressing deformation of the steel sheets are arranged at positions in the stator core that correspond to the flanges of the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2011
    Publication date: August 29, 2013
    Applicant: Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenichi Nakayama, Tsuyoshi Goto, Hiromitsu Okamoto, Tomohiro Adachi, Mitsuaki Mirumachi, Kou Ajima
  • Publication number: 20130221780
    Abstract: In a permanent magnet pump motor comprising a stator and a rotor, a permanent magnet is used for the rotor; and the rotor has a shaft end portion to be mounted with a joint shaft for rotor insertion and bearing brackets for housing therein bearings for supporting the both ends of the rotor. The bearing brackets have cavities through which a rotor shaft and the joint shaft can pass.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2013
    Publication date: August 29, 2013
    Applicant: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventor: Hitachi, Ltd.
  • Patent number: 8520394
    Abstract: A circuit board unit of an ECU has an upper surface on which semiconductor elements are installed, a lower surface that is on the opposite side of the circuit board unit from the upper surface, and a cutout portion that is formed below the upper surface. A power module includes a conductive protruding piece and an electrically insulating main portion that holds the protruding piece. The conductive protruding piece is inserted in the cutout portion to support the circuit board unit, and is electrically connected to the semiconductor elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2013
    Assignee: JTEKT Corporation
    Inventor: Yasuyuki Wakita
  • Patent number: 8519586
    Abstract: To prevent electrolytic corrosion from occurring by reliably establishing an electrical conduction between a motor output shaft and brackets. A first bracket 51 attached to one end part and a second bracket 52 attached to the other end part are electrically connected to each other via a conductive member 8 embedded in a molding resin part 21 of a stator 2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2013
    Assignee: Fujitsu General Limited
    Inventors: Hidetaka Terakubo, Toshihiko Yamada, Takaoki Mori
  • Publication number: 20130214621
    Abstract: A motor may include a motor main body in which a rotor may be accommodated on an inner side of a motor case, and an antireflection layer which may be matted and provided with a light-absorbing property and which may cover at least a part of an outer face of the motor case.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2013
    Publication date: August 22, 2013
    Applicant: NIDEC SANKYO CORPORATION
    Inventor: Nidec Sankyo Coporation
  • Patent number: 8513846
    Abstract: The present invention enables firm fixation between a motor casing and a casing lid at low cost through employment of a simple structure without need to use adhesive. A casing lid made of resin is fixedly fitted to an opening portion of a motor casing made of metal. Grooves or depressions are provided at the bottoms of a plurality of fixation portions provided on the casing lid at constant intervals in the circumference direction thereof. Bend portions at the opening portion of the motor casing are caused to bite into the grooves or depressions of the casing lid fitted into the opening portion of the motor casing, whereby the motor casing and the casing lid are fixed together.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2013
    Assignee: Mabuchi Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hisashi Ogino, Mitsushi Kinoshita
  • Patent number: 8513847
    Abstract: An improvement for a turbine generator or pump having main bearings separated by a span of shaft and a thrust equalizing mechanism adjacent one of said main bearings, the improvement comprising a stationary length compensator interposed between the thrust equalizing mechanism and its adjacent main bearing to reduce the span between said main bearings. Preferably the length compensator is composed of material that shrinks less than the shaft of the generator, and the height of the length compensator, i.e., the compensating dimension, is selected according to desired thrust equalizing mechanism operating parameters over a temperature range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2013
    Assignee: Ebara International Corporation
    Inventor: Joel V. Madison
  • Publication number: 20130200737
    Abstract: The invention relates to an electric drive device (10; 110; 210; 310; 410) comprising an electric motor (20) with a stator (24) and a rotor (22) arranged to rotate a drive shaft (26), a housing (30; 130; 230; 330; 430) in which the electric motor (20) is housed, which housing has an essentially ring shaped cross section with an imaginary centre axle (X), wherein the electric motor (20) is eccentrically arranged in the housing (30; 130; 230; 330; 430) in such a way that the rotational centre of the drive shaft (26) of the electric motor (20) runs essentially parallel to and at a distance from the centre axle of the housing (30; 130; 230; 330; 430) so as to form a desired space (36) between the electric motor and said housing. The invention also relates to motor vehicle with an electric drive device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2011
    Publication date: August 8, 2013
    Applicant: BAE SYSTEMS HAGGLUNDS AKTIEBOLAG
    Inventors: Pontus Karlsson, Oskar Prinsback
  • Patent number: 8502436
    Abstract: An electro-dynamic machine including a rotor shaft extending along an axis and a bearing rotatably supporting the rotor shaft for rotation about the axis. An inner housing has an outer surface and defines a bearing bore. The bearing bore receives and supports the bearing. An outer housing surrounds the inner housing. A plurality of non-radial ribs extends from the outer housing to the inner housing. The non-radial ribs are coupled to the inner housing substantially tangential to the outer surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Assignee: Regal Beloit America, Inc.
    Inventors: Philip A. Wilson, Jr., Edward Drye
  • Patent number: 8502426
    Abstract: A single phase electromagnetic servo-actuator that includes a rotary actuator which moves a mobile member along a limited travel including a 2N ferromagnetic pole stator structure and at least one excitation coil, the stator structure being made of a material with high magnetic permeability and a rotor having ferromagnetic yoke and a thin magnetized portion of 2N pairs of axially magnetized poles, in alternate directions, and a rotor angular position sensor, the thin magnetized portion being a separate element from the ferromagnetic yoke.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Assignee: SONCEBOZ SA
    Inventors: Guillaume Loussert, Pierre Gandel
  • Patent number: 8492940
    Abstract: The invention relates to an apparatus for holding an electrical machine (1) such that it is decoupled from vibration, which electrical machine (1) has a pole housing (3) and a machine flange, between which at least one vibration-decoupling element (7) is arranged, which rests on at least one contact surface (11) of the pole housing (3) and/or motor flange (4) and has a shape similar to a sphere, at least in places. The invention provides for the shape of the contact surface (11) to be matched to the shape which is similar to a sphere.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2013
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventor: Andreas Schiel
  • Patent number: 8492944
    Abstract: Provided is a step motor including a rotor in which a lead screw is coupled with a magnet; a stator in which the rotor is rotatably inserted and which applies a magnetic field to the rotor; a thrust bearing which supports an end of the lead screw; a housing in which the stator is received, and a guide part opened at one side thereof is protruded, and the thrust bearing is inserted into the guide part; a plate spring which is provided at an opened portion of the guide part so as to apply elastic force to the thrust bearing and thus inhibit deviation of the lead screw and the thrust bearing; and a plate spring guide which is fixed to an outside of the guide part of the housing so that the plate spring is inserted therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2013
    Assignee: LG Innotek Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hyunsoo Yu
  • Publication number: 20130181550
    Abstract: A housing assembly for an electric motor having a rotor shaft rotatable about an axis includes a housing cover and a housing case. The housing cover defines a first bearing seat for rotatably supporting a first portion of the rotor shaft. The housing case defines a second bearing seat for rotatably supporting a second portion of the rotor shaft. At least one of the housing cover and the housing case includes a plurality of mounting lugs substantially circumferentially evenly spaced about the shaft axis for mounting the electric motor to a surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2013
    Publication date: July 18, 2013
    Applicant: Regal Beloit America, Inc.
    Inventor: Regal Beloit America, Inc.
  • Patent number: 8482173
    Abstract: An explosion proof motor including a stationary assembly and a rotatable assembly is described. The stationary assembly includes a stator that defines a stator bore. The rotatable assembly includes a rotor and a rotor shaft extending substantially axially through the stator bore. The explosion proof motor includes a frame configured to at least partially surround the stator. The frame defines an interior and an exterior of the motor. The explosion proof motor also includes at least one end shield positioned at an end of the frame and a bearing cap positioned proximate to the interior side of the end shield. The explosion proof motor also includes a flame path gap defined between the end shield and the bearing cap. The flame path gap includes at least one section that extends substantially parallel to the rotor shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2013
    Assignee: Regal Beloit America, Inc.
    Inventors: Scott Wright, Christopher T. Ohrmundt, Wesley K. Anderson
  • Publication number: 20130162077
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a spindle motor including a shaft; a sleeve having a hollow cylindrical shape so as to rotatably support the shaft; and a cover closing an opened lower portion of the sleeve. This spindle motor is characterized in that the cover and a lower portion of the sleeve are arranged in parallel with each other and adhered to each other by a horizontal butt welding method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2012
    Publication date: June 27, 2013
    Applicant: Samsung Electro-Mechanics CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Samsung Electro-Mechanics CO., LTD.
  • Patent number: 8471420
    Abstract: A rotating electrical machine includes a stator including a coil, a case accommodating the stator and oil, an external connection terminal block arranged at an outer circumferential portion of the case and connecting the coil to an external device, a terminal box arranged at the outer circumferential portion and including a case connecting hole and an external connecting hole respectively in connection with an inner portion of the case and an external atmosphere, the terminal box accommodating the external connection terminal block, a coil wiring member connecting an end portion of the coil to the external connection terminal block by penetrating through the case connecting hole, an external device wiring member connecting the external connection terminal block to the external device by penetrating through the external connecting hole, and a case connecting hole sealing member fixed to the coil wiring member to seal the case connecting hole by fitting thereinto.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2013
    Assignee: Aisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Shigetaka Isogai, Masafumi Sakuma
  • Publication number: 20130154415
    Abstract: A motor for a cooling fan of a vehicle has a rotor including a driving shaft mounted so as to be rotatable in a stator and a bowl-shaped metal case, having a lateral skirt wall which extends around the stator, and having a bottom wall in which there is constructed a tubular fixing formation through which the shaft extends and which is fixed to the shaft. The tubular fixing formation of the rotor case has an internal diameter which is greater than the diameter of the driving shaft. The motor further has an intermediate insert including a tubular portion which is fixed to the shaft and on which there is fixed the tubular formation of the rotor case, and a transverse connecting portion which extends adjacent to the external surface of the bottom wall of the rotor case, and which is connected or connectable to the impeller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2012
    Publication date: June 20, 2013
    Applicant: JOHNSON ELECTRIC S.A.
    Inventor: Johnson Electric S.A.
  • Publication number: 20130154414
    Abstract: The different electrical components and cables arranged in the B flange of an electric motor can be installed only with difficulties and are complicated and time-consuming due to the restricted space conditions in the B flange. In order to improve this, it is proposed to recess the B flange's 3 front side 10 facing away from the electric motor 1 at least in sections with respect to an imaginary surface normal to the longitudinal axis of the electric motor 1 in the direction toward the motor housing 2, and to shape the B flange cover's 9 front face resting against the B flange 3 in a mirror-inverted manner to thereby improve the accessibility to the inside of the B flange 3.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2012
    Publication date: June 20, 2013
    Applicant: BERNECKER + RAINER INDUSTRIE-ELEKTRONIK GES.M.B.H.
    Inventors: Elmar BOHATSCH, Johann EDER, Alois HOLZLEITNER, August HUBER, Bernd LUTZ, Roland SCHARINGER, Christian SCHNEIDER, Harald UNTERBERGER
  • Publication number: 20130140930
    Abstract: Electric rotating machine suppressing narrowing of a magnetic path caused by a skin effect in a housing to increase torque, including stator core having e.g. core back and teeth; stator windings wound around the teeth; stator including stator core and stator windings; housing composed of a magnetic body accommodating the stator; rotor disposed for rotation on an inner circumferential side of the stator. An air gap is provided between an inside wall of the housing and an outer circumferential surface of core back. The core back has projections on a radial back surface of a portion where the teeth are provided. The projections are each provided to be continuous in an axial direction and have tip portions in contact with inside wall of the housing. The air gap may be defined by the inside wall of the housing, the outer circumferential surface of the core back and the projections.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2011
    Publication date: June 6, 2013
    Inventors: Hidetoshi Koka, Satoshi Kikuchi, Yutaka Matsunobu, Shigeru Kakugawa, Kohji Maki, Shinji Sugimoto
  • Patent number: 8456049
    Abstract: A heat sink is provided on a motor. A power module is provided on the heat sink to switch current supply to motor coils. A control circuit substrate is arranged on the heat sink and connected electrically to the power module. A power circuit substrate is connected electrically to the power module and arranged at an opposite side of the control circuit substrate relative to the heat sink. A control circuit connector is electrically connected to the control circuit substrate. A power circuit connector is electrically connected to the power circuit substrate. The control circuit connector and the power circuit connector are arranged between the control circuit substrate and the power circuit substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2013
    Assignee: Denso Corporation
    Inventors: Naoki Matsuda, Masashi Yamasaki
  • Patent number: 8450896
    Abstract: An actuator that includes a housing and an electric motor arranged in the housing. The housing has an insertion opening with a cylindrical motor receiving compartment through which the electric motor is axially inserted. The electric motor axially rests on a bottom of the motor receiving compartment on a first side and axially projects from the insertion opening on an opposite side. The electric motor rests axially on a cover that is screwed to the housing for closing the insertion opening. The housing is at least partially threaded in an axial insertion section of the insertion opening. The cover has a threaded section complementary to the thread of the housing. The cover has a cup-shaped section with a cylindrical wall and a bottom on which the electric motor rests axially.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2013
    Assignee: Mahle International GmbH
    Inventor: Thomas Weber
  • Patent number: 8448289
    Abstract: The invention relates to a windscreen wiper drive arrangement (1) having a drive shaft (4), extending out of a gear mechanism housing (3), for a windscreen wiper, in which the drive shaft (4) is guided axially through a protective sleeve (15) which is sealed with respect to the drive shaft (4) by means of at least one inner sealing element (18) and with respect to a vehicle component (11) by means of at least one outer sealing element. The invention provides for the protective sleeve (15) to be secured to the gear mechanism housing in order to protect said protective sleeve against axial movement in the direction of the vehicle component (11) and/or against rotational movement relative to the gear mechanism housing (3) by frictional engagement and/or by means of at least one separate securing element (25).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2013
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Michael Reith, Gerard Albrecht, Verena Lipps, Roland Bohn, Mario Huesges, Guenther Friderichs, Paul Geubel
  • Patent number: 8446058
    Abstract: An electric motor includes a housing, and a stator arranged within the housing. The stator includes a plurality of terminal leads. A terminal box is mounted to the housing, and a terminal block assembly arranged within the terminal box. The terminal block assembly includes a terminal block portion having a first plurality of terminals and a terminal block section that is distinct from the terminal block portion. The terminal block section including a second plurality of terminals. The terminal block portion is configured and disposed to be spaced from the terminal block section in the terminal box. The plurality of terminal leads is electrically connected to corresponding ones of the first and second pluralities of terminals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2013
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Bhaskar Avula, Sanjay Dyavaiah Patil, Deepak Sarvade
  • Patent number: 8436502
    Abstract: A housing of an electric motor is fitted with an oil seal having the function of sealing an output shaft (rotary shaft) of the motor. The housing is provided with a hole for motor airtightness testing communicating with an internal space of the motor. A local or annular projection configured to close the hole for motor airtightness testing, thereby maintaining the airtightness of the internal space of the electric motor, is disposed on that surface of the oil seal which faces the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2013
    Assignee: FANUC Corporation
    Inventor: Makoto Funakubo
  • Publication number: 20130106217
    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: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2011
    Publication date: May 2, 2013
    Inventor: Edward L. Drye
  • Publication number: 20130106218
    Abstract: An electric machine including a casing and a terminal box attached to the casing. The terminal box includes two half-shells that are assembled one against the other, the half-shells being identical before they are made to form one or more cable ducts by the removal of one or more detachable portions provided for this purpose.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2011
    Publication date: May 2, 2013
    Applicant: MOTEURS LEROY-SOMER
    Inventor: Patrick Vohlgemuth
  • Publication number: 20130106219
    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: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2012
    Publication date: May 2, 2013
    Applicant: Minebea Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Minebea Co., Ltd.
  • Patent number: 8427020
    Abstract: A blower assembly comprises a blower housing having a stator assembly integrally formed therewith. The stator assembly includes a stator bore having a rotor magnet rotatable therewithin such that the motor assembly is configured as a brushless D.C. motor. An impeller is mounted on a motor shaft of the motor assembly and has a plurality of vanes extending upwardly therefrom. Each one of the vanes has a vane height which is optimized to minimize the formation of fluid eddy losses during compression of air by the impeller. A bearing assembly rotatably coupling the rotor magnet to the stator assembly is sized and configured to maintain an air gap of approximately 0.0002 inches between the vanes and a housing interior surface of the blower housing during rotation of the impeller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2013
    Assignee: CareFusion 212, LLC
    Inventors: Leslie Hoffman, Raymond Lathrop
  • Patent number: 8419386
    Abstract: A DC motor includes a rotor, a cup-shaped stator, and a drive control unit. The cup-shaped stator includes a cylindrical winding portion surrounding the rotor. The cylindrical winding portion includes an inner periphery formed by at least one conductive wire and facing an outer periphery of a permanent magnet of the rotor with an air gap formed between the cylindrical winding portion and the rotor. A drive control unit is electrically connected to the cylindrical winding portion and a power source. The DC motor can be mounted in a compartment of a housing, and an impeller can be coupled to the shaft, forming a DC fan. The DC motor and the DC fan possess high control sensitivity and high control precision while having simplified structures to allow easy assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2013
    Assignee: Sunonwealth Electric Machine Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Alex Horng
  • Patent number: 8421288
    Abstract: A motor with a body, including: a housing, a stator, and a rotor; and a controller, including a control box, and a control circuit board. The body is disposed at the top of the motor. The controller is disposed at the bottom of the motor. The control circuit board is disposed in the control box. The control box extends from a side of the housing and forms a platform. A control cable and a power line enter the control box via the platform, and are connected to the control circuit board. The control cable and the power line are sealed via a sealing screw joint and a nut.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2013
    Assignee: Zhongshan Broad-Ocean Motor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Songfa Tang, Yong Zhao
  • Patent number: 8421290
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an improved assembly of driving device for brushless motor of air-conditioner, which is a design providing a unitary and simple assembly of driving device of brushless motor, including a brushless motor body and a support rack. The support rack is made in the form of a U-shape having opposite ends forming end plates that extend high upwards. Besides providing a recess for positioning, assembling, and fixing the motor body, the U-shaped support rack forms a space that exactly accommodates the driving device therein, whereby the structure of the motor is reduced in volume and the purposes of use of simplified structure and practical convenience are realized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2013
    Assignee: Headline Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chin-Hui Lin, Jin Lee
  • Patent number: 8421317
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2013
    Assignee: Johnson Electric S.A.
    Inventors: Zhi Qiang Jiang, Bin Liu, Zhao Jing Lao
  • Patent number: 8415846
    Abstract: A stator unit for an electric motor, in particular an external rotor motor, includes a stator with a stator laminate stack and stator windings and a stator bushing and a stator flange which is formed at one end. A housing flange of a housing for accommodating a motor controller or the like is fastened on the stator flange, and with motor connection contacts, which run from the stator through through-openings in the housing flange, and with fastening means, which run through fastening holes in the housing flange and are fastened in the stator. A sealing disk is arranged between the stator and the housing flange. The sealing disk has sealing regions made from elastic plastic, which are arranged and designed in such a way that direct and/or indirect sealing of the through-openings and/or the fastening holes is provided against the ingress of moisture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2013
    Assignee: EBM-Papst Mulfingen GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Dieter Best, Matthias Maschke