Bearing Or Air-gap Adjustment Or Bearing Lubrication Patents (Class 310/90)
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Patent number: 12044271Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a stiffness enhancing mechanism for a magnetic suspension bearing, a magnetic suspension bearing including the stiffness enhancing mechanism, and a blood pump. The magnetic suspension bearing comprises a stator with stator teeth and a rotor disposed within the stator. The stiffness enhancing mechanism comprises: a rotor permanent magnet, a stator permanent magnet, and an axial driving body. The rotor permanent magnet and the rotor of the magnetic suspension bearing form a rotor assembly, which has an asymmetric structure with respect to the main plane (P) of the rotor. The stiffness enhancing mechanism is configured such that the stator permanent magnet generates a radial attractive force to the rotor permanent magnet, and the axial driving body generates an axial repulsive force to the rotor permanent magnet, wherein the magnitude of the axial repulsive force is variable with a change of an axial distance between the axial driving body and the rotor permanent magnet.Type: GrantFiled: January 20, 2020Date of Patent: July 23, 2024Assignee: Magassist, Inc.Inventors: Chiahao Hsu, Polin Hsu, Ifan Yen, Thomas George Logan
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Patent number: 12046961Abstract: A motor includes a shaft, at least two bearings supporting the shaft, a magnet supported by the shaft between the at least two bearings, a stator surrounding the magnet, and a magnetic member arranged between the magnet and at least one of the bearings in a longitudinal direction of the shaft. The magnetic member has a large outer diameter with respect to an outer diameter of the magnet.Type: GrantFiled: September 15, 2021Date of Patent: July 23, 2024Assignee: MINEBEA MITSUMI Inc.Inventor: Koji Kebukawa
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Patent number: 12040683Abstract: A drive motor for a suction device (400) or a machine tool in the form of a hand-held power tool (200, 300) or a semi-stationary machine tool. The drive motor (20, 120) has a stator (80) with an excitation coil assembly (86) and a rotor (40, 140) with a motor shaft (30, 130) which is rotatably mounted about a rotational axis (D) on the stator or relative to the stator (80) by means of a bearing assembly (24A) and which passes through a shaft through-opening (42, 142) of a laminated core (41, 141) held on the motor shaft (30, 130). The rotor (40, 140) has a magnet assembly (50) with at least one permanent magnet such that the rotor (40, 140) can be rotated about the rotational axis (D) by energizing the excitation coil assembly (86).Type: GrantFiled: April 30, 2020Date of Patent: July 16, 2024Assignee: FESTOOL GMBHInventors: Volker Barth, Patrick Schön
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Patent number: 12034356Abstract: An exemplary embodiment of the present invention provides a motor including: a rotor configured to rotate about a central axis; a stator disposed radially opposite the rotor with a clearance defined between the stator and the rotor; a housing accommodating the rotor and the stator; a bearing supporting the rotor in a rotatable manner; a bearing holder holding the bearing, the bearing holder being fixed to the housing; a rotation sensor configured to detect rotation of the rotor; and a sensor holder disposed in the bearing holder to hold the rotation sensor. According to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, the motor includes a position adjustment mechanism configured to adjust a circumferential position of the rotation sensor by integrally rotating the bearing holder and the sensor holder relative to the housing in a circumferential direction.Type: GrantFiled: November 22, 2019Date of Patent: July 9, 2024Assignee: NIDEC CORPORATIONInventors: Yusuke Makino, Riku Konishi, Tatsuki Shigeta
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Patent number: 12027941Abstract: Disclosed is a bearing assembly capable of preventing a lubricant from being thrown out. A bearing and a wire plate are fixedly mounted via a fixed portion and an inner ring which can prevent the lubricant from being thrown out during use, and the lubricant can be directly added to the bearing in use. The present disclosure is mounted on a motor via a first raised ring and a second raised ring, and the first raised ring and the second raised ring can prevent dust from entering the bearing. The present disclosure has simple structure and reasonable design. A wire frame for a bearing is provided. The bearing is mounted in a bearing mounting portion. With the inner ring, the sealability between the bearing and the wire plate is better, so as to prevent the lubricant in the bearing from being thrown out during the rotation of the bearing.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2022Date of Patent: July 2, 2024Assignee: DONGGUAN HANSHUO PLASTIC CO., LTD.Inventors: Guoguang Qiu, Ronghua Diao, Liuchun Xiang
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Patent number: 12027942Abstract: An electric motor assembly includes an outer housing, an impeller rotatably disposed in the outer housing, an inner housing that is disposed in the outer housing and defines an air flow path at an outside of the inner housing, a stator disposed in the inner housing, a rotor disposed in the inner housing, the rotor comprising a rotating shaft coupled to the impeller, a first bearing that is disposed in the inner housing and supports a first side of the rotating shaft, a second bearing that disposed in the inner housing and supports a second side of the rotating shaft, and a bracket that is disposed at the second bearing and that is in contact with an end of the stator. The bracket is coupled to the inner housing in an axial direction of the inner housing.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2020Date of Patent: July 2, 2024Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.Inventors: Jaeho Kim, Sunghyun Kim, Kyungho Ha
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Patent number: 12018694Abstract: A bearing oil replenishing structure for fan includes a base of a fan and at least one oil reservoir member. The base includes a hollow shaft barrel upward extended from a central area thereof. The shaft barrel internally defines a bearing receiving hole for receiving a self-oiling bearing therein and is provided on its inner wall surface with at least one sidewall recess. The fan also includes an impeller having a shaft, which is pivotally fitted in the self-oiling bearing. The oil reservoir member is correspondingly fitted in the sidewall recess in the shaft barrel for absorbing extra lubricant oil thrown out of the self-oiling bearing due to a centrifugal force produced by the rotating shaft to therefore always store a proper amount of oil. The stored lubricant oil can be released to replenish the self-oiling bearing timely, enabling the latter to have extended service life.Type: GrantFiled: April 26, 2023Date of Patent: June 25, 2024Assignee: ASIA VITAL COMPONENTS CO., LTDInventors: Qiang Liang, Wen-Jun Zou, Fei Pang
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Patent number: 12015321Abstract: The hollow shaft motor according to the present invention comprises: a motor housing 11 having a cylindrical shape; a housing cover assembly 12 coupled to an upper portion of the motor housing 11; a rear cover 15 coupled to a lower portion of the motor housing 11; a stator assembly 20 located in the motor housing 11 and in a lower portion of the housing cover assembly 12; and a rotor assembly 30 located in the stator assembly 20 to rotate, wherein the housing cover assembly 12 comprises a housing cover 121, and the housing cover 121 is formed by insert injection molding while placing a press ring 122, a bus bar 123 and a sleeve 124 in a mold.Type: GrantFiled: June 10, 2020Date of Patent: June 18, 2024Assignees: BMC CO., LTD., HL Mando CorporationInventors: Ok Yun Kim, Kea Ho Lee, Haeng Chul Sin, Gwan Seon Jeong
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Patent number: 12015322Abstract: An electric motor having a frame, a rotor assembly, and a stator assembly. The rotor assembly has a magnet, a bearing assembly, an impeller, and a shaft. The bearing assembly has a first bearing, a second bearing, and a biasing element between the first and second bearings. The first bearing is mounted to the frame by an o-ring, and the second bearing is mounted to the frame by adhesive.Type: GrantFiled: February 19, 2019Date of Patent: June 18, 2024Assignee: Dyson Technology LimitedInventors: Nigel Youatt Dymond, Lin Ji, Kevin Garcia
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Patent number: 12000405Abstract: A ventilation fan includes a shaft, a rotor, a motor housing, a bearing housing, and an air bearing. The shaft has a shaft body that extends between a first shaft end and a second shaft end. The shaft body defines a first port and a bore. The rotor is disposed about the shaft. The motor housing is disposed about the shaft and is axially spaced apart from the rotor. The bearing housing is disposed about the shaft. The air bearing is disposed proximate the second shaft end and is disposed between the bearing arm and the second shaft end.Type: GrantFiled: February 3, 2023Date of Patent: June 4, 2024Assignee: HAMILTON SUNDSTRAND CORPORATIONInventors: Darryl A. Colson, Murtuza Lokhandwalla
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Patent number: 12000433Abstract: A magnetic suspension bearing device, a compressor and a method for adjusting catcher bearing gap. The magnetic suspension bearing device includes: a housing; a rotor in the housing; a magnetic bearing assembly between the housing and the rotor; a catcher bearing bracket mounted axially to an end of the housing, with a catcher bearing mounted at a radially inner side of the catcher bearing bracket; and a washer between the catcher bearing bracket and the end of the housing; wherein the washer includes a plurality of sub-washer portions, such that when the catcher bearing bracket is moved axially relative to the end of the housing to separate from the washer while still being supported by the end of the housing, the plurality of sub-washer portions can be radially removed and mounted.Type: GrantFiled: June 14, 2022Date of Patent: June 4, 2024Assignee: CARRIER CORPORATIONInventors: Jiedong Li, Chong Cao
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Patent number: 11996757Abstract: A lubricant supported electric motor includes a stator and a rotor and a drive hub. The rotor is moveable relative to the stator and a gap is defined between the rotor and the stator. A lubricant is disposed within the gap to support the rotor relative to the stator and provide a bearing mechanism. The drive hub is coupled to the rotor such that rotation of the rotor causes rotation of the drive hub. The drive hub may be connected to the rotor via a coupler member that is torsionally stiff and axially and radially compliant. The stator may be fixed relative to a connection structure that extends radially within the stator. The connection member may support the drive hub for rotation. Lubricant is supplied via a passageway extending through the connection member into a chamber that includes the gap.Type: GrantFiled: April 5, 2023Date of Patent: May 28, 2024Assignee: Neapco Intellectual Property Holdings, LLCInventors: Donald Remboski, Jacqueline Dedo
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Patent number: 11996736Abstract: An embodiment may provide a sensing device including a stator including a stator tooth and a rotor including a magnet, wherein the stator tooth includes a first stator tooth and a second stator tooth disposed inside the first stator tooth, the first stator tooth includes a plurality of first teeth, the second stator tooth includes a plurality of second teeth, the first tooth overlaps the second tooth in a radial direction from a center of the stator, the stator includes a stator holder and a stator body which is coupled to the stator holder and on which the first stator tooth and the second stator tooth are disposed, the stator body includes a protrusion, and the protrusion is in contact with a lower end of the first stator tooth or a lower end of the second stator tooth.Type: GrantFiled: August 22, 2019Date of Patent: May 28, 2024Assignee: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.Inventors: Myung Chul Woo, Sung Min Kim
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Patent number: 11996754Abstract: A motor includes a rotor having a rotation shaft and a bearing mounted to the rotation shaft, a stator surrounding the rotor, a heat dissipation member provided on one side of the rotor in an axial direction of the rotation shaft, and a resin portion covering the stator and at least a part of the heat dissipation member. The heat dissipation member has a first concave portion surrounding the bearing from an outer side in a radial direction about the rotation shaft, and a second concave portion famed on an inner side of the first concave portion in the radial direction.Type: GrantFiled: July 20, 2020Date of Patent: May 28, 2024Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Ryogo Takahashi, Hiroki Aso
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Patent number: 11990818Abstract: An in-wheel motor for an electric vehicle is provided, including a motor body (1) including a wheel hub (11) on one side, and a sealing apparatus (2) mounted to the motor body (1) on the opposite side to the wheel hub (11), in which the sealing apparatus (2) includes a first support (510) fixedly coupled to a motor shaft (14) of the motor body (1), a second support (520) fixedly coupled to the motor shaft (14) and disposed outside the first support (520), a third support (530) covering an outer surface of the first support (510) and an outer circumferential surface of the second support (520), and rotated when the motor is operated, and a fourth support (540) coupled to an outer surface of the second support (520) and rotated when the motor is operated.Type: GrantFiled: April 22, 2022Date of Patent: May 21, 2024Assignee: MOTEK INCORPORATED CO., LTDInventors: Jae Woong Chung, Hye-Young Jeong, Mi-Rim Jung
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Patent number: 11984769Abstract: A rotary electric machine system of a combined power system includes a rotary electric machine, a rotary electric machine housing in which the rotary electric machine is accommodated, and a rotation parameter detector that detects a rotation parameter of a rotating shaft constituting the rotary electric machine. The rotating shaft includes a first end part and a second end part, a first bearing is provided between the first end part and the housing, and a second bearing is provided between the second end part and the housing. The first end part includes a protruding distal end that passes through the first bearing and protrudes to an exterior of the housing. The rotation parameter detector is disposed on the protruding distal end.Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 2022Date of Patent: May 14, 2024Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Manabu Yazaki, Tatsuya Choji, Naoki Ito
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Patent number: 11984785Abstract: An iron-core linear motor forcer (100) with integrated aerostatic bearing guidance is disclosed. The motor forcer (100) comprises (i) an iron-core (10) enclosed within an enclosure (13) having an upper surface (11) and a bottom surface (12), wherein the iron-core (10) is mounted with a plurality of coil windings (16), and a plurality of air supply channels (50) are provided substantially in vertical from the upper surface (11) to the bottom surface (12) of the enclosure (13), and each of the air supply channels (50) is terminated at the bottom surface (12) with one or more orifices (32); and (ii) a linear motor stator (20) having a stator surface (22). The iron-core linear motor forcer (100) is frictionless moving on the motor stator (20).Type: GrantFiled: July 13, 2020Date of Patent: May 14, 2024Assignee: AKRIBIS SYSTEMS PTE LTDInventors: Shien Yang Lee, Wei Jie Tan
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Patent number: 11984788Abstract: An electric motor includes a stator, a rotor having a rotating shaft, first and second bearings each having an outer ring, balls, and an inner ring, and spaced apart axially from each other, a preload washer including a shaft section having a preset fixed length in the axial direction, and an elastically-deformable portion extending from one end portion of the shaft section to be elastically deformable, the preload washer applying a preset intensity of preload to the inner ring of the first or second bearing, and a coupling member screwed into an end portion of the rotating shaft and elastically deforming the preload washer in the axial direction. This structure may result in preventing an excessive preload from being applied to the bearing and allowing a preset preload to be stably maintained when thrust is applied.Type: GrantFiled: October 8, 2021Date of Patent: May 14, 2024Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.Inventors: Sunghoon Kwak, Hyuk Nam, Sanghoon Park, Seoyoung Jeong, Namgi Kim, Minsoo La
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Patent number: 11978481Abstract: A motor includes a shaft, a base portion, a stator, and a rotor. The shaft extends along a central axis extending in an axial direction. The base portion extends in a radial direction on one axial direction side of the shaft. The stator is located in another axial direction with respect to the base portion and surrounds the shaft. The rotor is rotatable around the central axis. The rotor includes a rotor tube portion, a magnet, and a rotor flange portion. The rotor tube portion surrounds the stator. The magnet is opposed to the stator in the radial direction. The rotor flange portion extends in a radially outer direction from one axial end portion of the rotor tube portion. The rotor tube portion includes a yoke tube portion and a hub tube portion. The yoke tube portion is located on a radially inside surface of the hub tube portion.Type: GrantFiled: April 20, 2023Date of Patent: May 7, 2024Assignee: Nidec CorporationInventors: Naoyuki Kimura, Kazuhiro Sato, Tomoki Uchibori
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Patent number: 11979075Abstract: The invention relates to a housing (10) of an electric drive having a stator (29) and a rotor for an electric axle module of an electrically driven vehicle, comprising a cooling duct (56) through which a cooling medium flows. The cooling duct (56) is formed by a first duct geometry (16) on an inner side (13) of a sleeve-shaped extension (11) of the housing (10) and by a second duct geometry (24) configured on a casing (54) of a sleeve (28).Type: GrantFiled: July 28, 2020Date of Patent: May 7, 2024Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Wael Mohamed, Michael Wolfgang Goerdeler
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Patent number: 11979071Abstract: An electric drive for use in an electrohydraulic brake system, including a housing, a stator-rotor unit received by the housing for displacing a piston of a cylinder-piston arrangement to generate a brake pressure and a separate housing insert made of a plastic, which is joined to the housing and is electrically contacted with a stator of the stator-rotor unit. The housing insert encloses a contact arrangement of spaced-apart electrically conducting contact elements for the electrical supply of phases of a coil of the stator, wherein the contact elements are electrically insulated from one other by the plastic.Type: GrantFiled: October 10, 2019Date of Patent: May 7, 2024Assignee: VITESCO TECHNOLOGIES GMBHInventor: Jan Weimar
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Patent number: 11962217Abstract: An electric motor includes a stator assembly and a rotor assembly. The rotor assembly includes a rotor shaft that is rotatable relative to the stator assembly about a rotation axis. The motor also includes an endshield, a bearing assembly rotatably supporting the rotor shaft on the endshield, a shaft ground assembly electrically coupled to the rotor shaft, and a bearing lockplate. The bearing lockplate is fixedly coupled to the endshield. The shaft ground assembly is supported by the bearing lockplate on the endshield.Type: GrantFiled: May 3, 2021Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignee: Nidec Motor CorporationInventors: Steven R. Palmer, Chetan O. Modi, Chuck Roessler, John H. Hussey
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Patent number: 11962218Abstract: An electrical machine including a stator, a rotor and a bearing arrangement having a first bearing and a second bearing on opposite sides of the stator as well as a shielding arrangement comprising a first shielding unit and a second shielding unit. The rotor is rotatably supported around a rotation axis by means of bearings. The shielding units are electrically conductive and comprise a ring part in each case that extends originating from a radial inner end to a radial outer end away from the rotation axis. Preferably each shielding unit has a circumferential part on its radial outer end that extends in a continuous ring-shaped manner around rotation axis and is arranged in overlapping manner with the adjacent axial end of stator winding in axial direction. The circumferential parts are preferably completely closed, whereas the ring parts can comprise through holes.Type: GrantFiled: February 11, 2022Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignee: EBM-PAPST MULFINGEN GMBH & CO. KGInventors: Martin Buerkert, Rainer Mueller, Jochen Haefner, Sebastian Schroth
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Patent number: 11962208Abstract: Proposed is an air gap adjustment apparatus. The apparatus is for enabling an air gap between the inner surface of a stator and the outer surface of a rotor, which are installed in an inner space of a housing, to be uniform overall. A plurality of fastening holes are formed so as to surround a shaft through hole of an end plate constituting the housing. A fastener, which has passed through a bearing housing of a bearing, is fastened to each fastening hole so as to mount the bearing to the end plate. An adjusting member body of an adjusting member, which has passed through the bearing housing, is positioned in an adjusting member seating part which is formed at the entrance of each fastening hole. The adjusting member rotates about the adjusting member body so that a head part may adjust the position of the bearing.Type: GrantFiled: January 28, 2021Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignee: HYOSUNG HEAVY INDUSTRIES CORPORATIONInventors: Chul Jun Park, Sang Deok Kim, Seung Ki Kim, Yoon Zong Kim, Kyo Ho Lee, Kwang Jin Kim, Joo Seob Kim, Bit Na Oh
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Patent number: 11952133Abstract: A motor-integrated fan having an intake port and a blow-out port comprises a rotary part 12 that is rotatably supported by a shaft, and a motor 14 that rotates the rotary part 12. The motor 14 is an outer periphery drive motor that rotates the rotary part 12 by supplying motive power from a duct provided on the outer peripheral side of the shaft. The motor 14 includes: a permanent magnet 45 provided on a rotary support ring 33 connected to the outer peripheral side of blades 32 of the rotary part 12; and a coil 46 provided opposite the permanent magnet 45 in the axial direction of the axis of rotation. Among the plurality of blades 32, a first blade 32a and a second blade 32b are located at different positions in the axial direction.Type: GrantFiled: January 14, 2020Date of Patent: April 9, 2024Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventor: Naoaki Fujiwara
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Patent number: 11946482Abstract: A vacuum pump and a washer which can reduce vibration of a rotor and the rotor which can reduce the vibration are provided. When an inertia moment ratio which is a ratio between the inertia moment around a z-axis and the inertia moment around an x-axis or a y-axis is larger than 1, a natural frequency ?2 does not match a rotational frequency ?z but goes away from that. When the natural frequency ?2 matches the rotational frequency ?z, the rotor vibrates and thus, a fatigue failure occurs in a rotor blade. When the rotor is to be made larger in a radial direction of a rotating shaft, a value of the inertia moment ratio is set to a value larger than 1.Type: GrantFiled: July 3, 2020Date of Patent: April 2, 2024Assignee: Edwards Japan LimitedInventors: Katsuhisa Yokozuka, Yoshinobu Ohtachi, Yasushi Maejima, Tsutomu Takaada
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Patent number: 11945062Abstract: A levelling machine includes a pair of spaced apart rail assemblies, a gantry assembly and a face mill assembly. The spaced apart rail assemblies define an x axis. The gantry assembly is moveably attached to the pair of spaced apart rail assemblies whereby the gantry assembly defines a y axis. The gantry assembly is moveable in the x axis along the pair of spaced apart rail assemblies. The face mill assembly is moveably attached to the gantry assembly and is moveable in the y axis along the gantry assembly. The face mill assembly has a plurality of saw blades, the saw blades being generally in an x-y plane defined by the x axis and y axis. The saw blades have a plurality of teeth that extend downwardly generally in a z axis. The face mill assembly is moveable in the z axis.Type: GrantFiled: December 13, 2019Date of Patent: April 2, 2024Assignee: MARVEL INTEGRATION, LLCInventor: Travis Everett Vap
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Patent number: 11942836Abstract: A shaft grounding arrangement (X) includes a housing (GG), a shaft (W, GW2, DS1, DS2) supported in the housing (GG), a shaft grounding device (E) for establishing an electrically conductive contact (SK) between the shaft (W, GW2, DS1, DS2) and the housing (GG), and a covering element (C) fixedly connected to the shaft (W, GW2, DS1, DS2) for protecting the shaft grounding device (E) against environmental influences. The covering element (C) at least partially surrounds the shaft grounding device (E). The shaft grounding device (E) is fixedly connected to the housing (GG). The electrically conductive contact (SK) is formed by a sliding contact between contact elements (EK) of the shaft grounding device (E) and a surface of the covering element (C). A transmission (G) may include the shaft grounding arrangement (X) of this type, and an electric axle drive (EA) may include the transmission (G).Type: GrantFiled: October 5, 2021Date of Patent: March 26, 2024Assignee: ZF Friedrichshafen AGInventor: Michael Griesbach
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Patent number: 11933316Abstract: A blower includes a moving blade rotatable about a central axis, a motor to rotate the moving blade, a housing, and a substrate. The housing includes a holding portion below the moving blade to hold the motor, and a peripheral wall portion having a cylindrical shape extending upward from a radially outer end portion of the holding portion. The peripheral wall portion includes a peripheral wall recess recessed downward from an upper end of the peripheral wall portion and connecting a space radially inside and a space radially outside of the peripheral wall portion. The peripheral wall recess includes a first peripheral surface that opposes one circumferential direction opposite to a rotation direction of the moving blade, the first peripheral surface extending from an upper end of the peripheral wall recess toward a lower side of the peripheral wall portion.Type: GrantFiled: December 9, 2021Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Assignee: NIDEC CORPORATIONInventors: Yuta Tokuno, Hideki Aoi
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Patent number: 11936254Abstract: An electrical machine includes a non-rotating part, a rotating part, at least one bearing that includes a rotating ring and a non-rotating ring and supports the rotating part, a grounding brush fixed and secured to the non-rotating part, and having a free end extending towards the rotating ring of the bearing, and a conductive layer covering a portion of a surface of the rotating ring of the bearing such that the free end of the grounding brush is in contact with the conductive layer.Type: GrantFiled: April 4, 2022Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Assignee: AKTIEBOLAGET SKFInventors: Mathieu Hubert, Paul Feliciano, Thomas Perrotin, Anthony Simonin
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Patent number: 11923744Abstract: The present disclosure provides a brushless direct drive linear servo actuator, comprising: a stator, a mover and a housing, wherein the stator is a pair of armatures arranged in mirror symmetry at both sides of the mover, the housing integrally encapsulates the stator and forms a cavity for the mover at the mover, and the mover has an output end protruding out of the housing and is linearly movable along a direction of the output end. A displacement signal emitter is provided at a side of the mover, and a signal receiver is provided within a cover arranged outside the housing on said side for detecting a displacement signal emitted by the emitter of the mover. The actuator of the present disclosure is characterized by high reliability, high accuracy and low cost.Type: GrantFiled: June 25, 2020Date of Patent: March 5, 2024Assignee: FUGNA MECHATRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Haifeng Zhang, Chengjiong Ying
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Patent number: 11919131Abstract: A hydraulically actuated working device having a hydraulic cylinder, a hydraulic piston that can be displaced in the hydraulic cylinder, a drive unit part which has a motor and a pump, and a hydraulic line leading to the hydraulic cylinder. The drive unit part is designed in an electrically insulating manner, to provide an electrically insulating separating layer, which passes through the working device in a crossing manner for electrical separation from the working device part with respect to an end of the hydraulic piston facing the drive unit part. The hydraulic line is guided through the separating layer, thereby also forming a partial region of the hydraulic line made of an electrically insulating material.Type: GrantFiled: May 16, 2019Date of Patent: March 5, 2024Assignee: GUSTAV KLAUKE GMBHInventor: Egbert Frenken
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Patent number: 11916446Abstract: A rotor for an electric machine includes a rotor assembly having an outer surface and including a plurality of poles with permanent magnets. A solid layer is formed on the outer surface of the rotor assembly and has an outer surface with a first coefficient of friction that is lower than a second coefficient of friction of the outer surface of the rotor assembly. The rotor includes an outer sleeve. The rotor assembly is press-fit into the outer sleeve.Type: GrantFiled: November 29, 2021Date of Patent: February 27, 2024Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLCInventors: Anthony Michael Coppola, Alireza Fatemi, Derek Frei Lahr, Kestutis A. Sonta, Alan G. Holmes
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Patent number: 11904460Abstract: A robot linear-object unit includes: a first part including cables, which lead to motors, that are covered by a flexible sheath having a circular outer shape in cross section; a second part including the cables in a loose state at one end of the first part; a plurality of third parts each including one or more of the cables of the second part bundled together for a connector connected to corresponding one of the motors, the third parts being covered by flexible covering materials having circular outer shapes in cross section; and a casing that accommodates the second part and is fixed to a movable part. The casing is provided with a plurality of through holes that allow the first and the third parts to pass through the casing. Spaces between the through holes, the sheath, and the covering materials are fixed in a liquid-tight state by cable glands.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2020Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: FANUC CORPORATIONInventors: Naoki Fujioka, Yuuto Tochio
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Patent number: 11906024Abstract: A vehicle drive device includes: a rotating electrical machine that functions as a driving force source for wheels; an input member drivingly connected to rotating electrical machine; a pair of output members each drivingly connected to wheel; a differential gear mechanism that distributes rotation transmitted from rotating electrical machine to pair of output members; a transmission gear mechanism that drivingly connects input member and differential gear mechanism; a hydraulic pump that includes a pump rotor and chamber housing the pump rotor and that supplies oil to at least the rotating electrical machine; and a case. The case includes a partition portion that separates in an axial direction a first housing chamber housing rotating electrical machine and a second housing chamber housing transmission gear mechanism and differential gear mechanism). Pump chamber is formed in partition wall so as to be located between first and second housing chambers in the axial direction.Type: GrantFiled: September 24, 2021Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: AISIN CORPORATIONInventor: Ryohei Inoue
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Patent number: 11903161Abstract: Particular embodiments described herein provide for an electronic device that can be configured to include a fan where the fan blades are decoupled from the center shaft. The fan can include a center shaft, a motor coil support, motor coils coupled to the motor coil support, a rotator coupled to the center shaft, and fan blades coupled to the rotator, where rotation of the fan blades is decoupled from the center shaft by the rotator. A blade support can be coupled to the rotator, where the blade support couples the fan blades to the rotator and magnets can be coupled to the blade support. In an example, the rotator can include an inner, an outer race, and bearings.Type: GrantFiled: June 26, 2020Date of Patent: February 13, 2024Assignee: Intel CorporationInventors: Srinivas Rao Konakalla, Prakash Kurma Raju, Bijendra Singh, Juha Tapani Paavola, Prasanna Pichumani
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Patent number: 11897185Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a system for manufacturing a hybrid component including a first thermal supplier configured to heat a steel plate, a rolling roll for undercut configured to pressurize the steel plate heated by the first thermal supplier, and to form an undercut on one surface of the steel plate, a first molding roll configured to pressurize the steel plate formed with the undercut to mold the steel plate in a shape of a component to be manufactured, a composite material feeder configured to supply a composite material tape to be seated on one surface of the steel plate formed with the undercut through the first molding roll, and a composite material pressurization roll configured to pressurize the steel plate on which the composite material tape is seated.Type: GrantFiled: September 9, 2021Date of Patent: February 13, 2024Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATIONInventor: Youn-Il Jung
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Patent number: 11892071Abstract: A bearing unit includes: a thrust damper extendable in an axial direction of a shaft placed in a gearbox, the movement of which toward one side in the axial direction is regulated; a shaft receiver component held by the thrust damper on the other side of the thrust damper in the axial direction; a metal holder that holds the shaft receiver component in such a manner as to be detachable in the axial direction; and an oilless metal held by the metal holder and placed on the other side of the shaft receiver component, in which the thrust damper, the shaft receiver component, the metal holder, and the oilless metal are integrated all together before being incorporated into the gearbox.Type: GrantFiled: October 14, 2022Date of Patent: February 6, 2024Assignee: MABUCHI MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventor: Kazuyuki Yamamoto
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Patent number: 11892033Abstract: A motor according to the present application includes a rotating shaft, a bearing, a bearing holder configured to accommodate the bearing, a holder disposed at one end portion side of the bearing holder in a rotating shaft direction, and a lid disposed at another end portion side of the bearing holder in the rotating shaft direction. A labyrinth structure is formed of one end portion of the bearing holder and an inner peripheral portion of the holder, and/or a labyrinth structure is formed of the rotating shaft and the lid.Type: GrantFiled: February 21, 2022Date of Patent: February 6, 2024Assignee: MINEBEA MITSUMI Inc.Inventor: Seiya Fujimoto
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Patent number: 11894735Abstract: A manufacturing method of fan stator structure includes the steps of providing a fan stator; providing a plurality of coil lead wire holders at an end of the fan stator; and winding lead wires on the fan stator to form coils, and setting and connecting a front end and a back end of each of the lead wires to the coil lead wire holders. The above method eliminates the drawbacks of the conventional fan stator coil winding operation, such as requiring manual twisting and trimming of the lead wire front ends and back ends and leaking of tin solder occurred during welding of the lead wires to a circuit board.Type: GrantFiled: October 8, 2020Date of Patent: February 6, 2024Assignee: ASIA VITAL COMPONENTS (CHINA) CO., LTD.Inventors: Yeh-Chih Lu, Hsin-Hung Chen
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Patent number: 11879475Abstract: A fan includes a motor base, a bearing, an impeller, a stator and a magnetic element. The motor base has a bearing stand in a center portion thereof. The impeller includes a metallic case, plural blades and a rotating shaft. A top surface of a top wall of the metallic case continuous with curved surface that defines part of a central opening, and a depth of the central opening is equal to a thickness of the top wall. The blades are disposed around an outer periphery of said metallic case. The rotating shaft is inserted into the central opening and penetrated through the bearing stand, wherein no raised ring structure is formed in the top wall, and the rotating shaft and the metallic case are jointed together by a laser welding process. The magnetic element is disposed on an inner wall of the metallic case and aligned with the stator.Type: GrantFiled: April 14, 2021Date of Patent: January 23, 2024Assignee: DELTA ELECTRONICS, INC.Inventors: Chiu-Kung Chen, Chao-Wen Lu
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Patent number: 11873897Abstract: A drive apparatus includes a motor that has a motor shaft extending in an axial direction, a transmission mechanism that is connected on one side in the axial direction of the motor shaft, a lock mechanism that restricts driving of the transmission mechanism, a housing that houses the motor, the transmission mechanism, and the lock mechanism, an oil that is stored in the housing, and an oil passage that circulates the oil. The housing includes a motor room that houses the motor, a gear room that houses the transmission mechanism and the lock mechanism, and a partition that is provided between the motor room and the gear room. The oil passage includes a pump that pumps the oil in the oil passage, a first feed flow passage that feeds the oil to the motor, and a second feed flow passage that feeds the oil to the lock mechanism.Type: GrantFiled: August 3, 2021Date of Patent: January 16, 2024Assignee: NIDEC CORPORATIONInventors: Shuhei Nakamatsu, Shinsuke Mizukami, Tsubasa Tamura, Keisuke Aso
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Patent number: 11863043Abstract: A rotary electric machine includes a rotor having a hollow shaft, a housing, a current shunter fixed to the housing and in electrical contact with the shaft and the housing, and a nozzle member for feeding a fluid inside the shaft. The shaft has an open end portion on a first axial side. The housing includes a bottom wall on the first axial side from the open end portion, and a peripheral wall protruding from the bottom wall toward a second axial side and surrounding the open end portion. The nozzle member has a feeding tubular part at least partly inserted inside the shaft from the open end portion, and a flange portion protruding radially outward from the feeding tubular part. The current shunter is located radially inside the peripheral wall, and the flange portion is located between the current shunter and the bottom wall in an axial direction.Type: GrantFiled: March 4, 2022Date of Patent: January 2, 2024Assignee: NIDEC CORPORATIONInventors: Keisuke Nakata, Yuki Ishikawa
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Patent number: 11863030Abstract: A motor and a fan are provided. The motor has a stator assembly, two mutually independent rotor assemblies, and two mutually independent rotating shaft assemblies. The stator assembly has a stator core and two groups of mutually independent windings. The rotor assemblies are oppositely and coaxially arranged on two axial sides of the stator assembly and form an axial air gap with the stator assembly. The two rotor assemblies are configured to rotate independently. The two mutually independent rotating shaft assemblies are coaxially connected with the two rotor assemblies, respectively, and protrude in a direction of the same side away from the stator core along the axial direction of the motor.Type: GrantFiled: November 5, 2021Date of Patent: January 2, 2024Assignee: MIDEA WELLING MOTOR TECHNOLOGY (SHANGHAI) CO., LTD.Inventors: Ping Li, Yiming Hu, Guyu Wu, Di Wu, Liming Gong
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Patent number: 11863027Abstract: A rotating electrical machine and a method of manufacturing a rotating electrical machine. The machine including a machine frame, a rotor, a shaft attached to the rotor and bearings supporting the shaft and the rotor in the machine frame. The rotating electrical machine includes further an electrically conducting member having a hole, the electrically conducting member being attached to the frame such that the shaft extends through the hole.Type: GrantFiled: October 6, 2021Date of Patent: January 2, 2024Assignee: ABB Schweiz AGInventor: Kari Tikkanen
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Patent number: 11855508Abstract: Provided is a waterproof motor for preventing external liquid from entering a housing thereof. The waterproof motor includes a housing, a motor shaft, a bearing, a motor packing, and a motor shaft O-ring provided between the motor packing and the bearing, wherein the motor shaft O-ring has a through hole formed in the center of a body part so that the motor shaft is inserted thereinto, projection parts are formed on the inner wall surface of the through hole toward the center of the through hole so as to be elastically deformed while outer surfaces of the projection parts come into contact with the outer surface of the motor shaft, and a storage groove is formed between the projection parts and stores lubricating oil such as grease.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2023Date of Patent: December 26, 2023Assignee: DUKSHIN CORP., LTD.Inventor: Chanil Park
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Patent number: 11846318Abstract: A system for controlling shaft displacement within a support structure, the system having a rotatable shaft, at least one bearing supporting the shaft, the at least one bearing having an inner race rotatable along with the shaft and an outer race circumferentially surrounding the inner race, an electromagnet assembly positioned about the shaft along a longitudinal axis thereof, and a controller that detects a radial motion of the shaft and determines a corrective force to reduce the radial motion of, or a parameter related to, the shaft, the controller commanding the electromagnet assembly to generate the corrective force to act on the shaft, the electromagnet assembly having a plurality of phases spaced circumferentially about the shaft, the controller commanding different phases of the electromagnet assembly to generate the corrective force so that a vector of the corrective force rotates about the longitudinal axis of the shaft.Type: GrantFiled: February 6, 2020Date of Patent: December 19, 2023Assignee: LORD CorporationInventors: Mark R. Jolly, Victor M. Zaccardo, Paul R. Black, Daniel E. Kakaley, Russell E. Altieri
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Patent number: 11845170Abstract: A power tool has a motor, a rotary shaft and a housing. The rotary shaft has a first end portion on a first direction side and a second end portion on a second direction side in an axial direction of the rotary shaft. The housing is configured to store a lubricant on the first direction side of the first end portion of the rotary shaft. The rotary shaft has a first hole and a second hole. The first hole extends in the axial direction and that has a first opening in the first end portion of the rotary shaft. The second hole extends in a direction crossing an axis of the rotary shaft, that communicates with the first hole. The second hole has a second opening in an outer peripheral surface of the rotary shaft. A spiral part is provided within the first hole.Type: GrantFiled: August 22, 2022Date of Patent: December 19, 2023Assignee: MAKITA CORPORATIONInventors: Yoshitaka Machida, Taro Hisano
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Patent number: 11843304Abstract: An electric assembly includes: a box assembly, a motor, and a transmission. A mounting plate is disposed in the box assembly and divides a space within the box assembly into a motor holding cavity and a transmission holding cavity arranged along an axial direction of a motor shaft. The mounting plate has a shaft via-hole making the motor holding cavity and the transmission holding cavity be in communication. The motor is disposed in the motor holding cavity. The transmission is disposed in the transmission holding cavity. The motor is power-coupled to the transmission. At least one of a surface of the mounting plate facing the motor and a surface of the mounting plate facing the transmission is provided with ribs including strip-shaped ribs extending along a radial direction of the motor. Heights of the strip-shaped ribs decrease from a center portion of the mounting plate to a periphery portion of the mounting plate.Type: GrantFiled: February 15, 2023Date of Patent: December 12, 2023Assignee: BYD COMPANY LIMITEDInventors: Guangquan Chen, Daqi Chen, Longfei Wei, Xin Wen
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Patent number: 11841024Abstract: Described herein are appliances such as a vacuum cleaners having an air flow passage and a fan assembly provided in the air flow passage. The fan assembly includes (a) a first motor comprising a first rotor, a first stator, and a first rotatable output shaft drivingly connected to the first rotor; and (b) a second motor comprising a second rotor, a second stator, and a second rotatable output shaft drivingly connected to the second rotor. The first rotatable output shaft is driving connected to the second stator; and a fan blade drivingly connected to the second rotatable output shaft. Also described herein are methods of energizing a fan assembly of a portable appliance.Type: GrantFiled: February 17, 2021Date of Patent: December 12, 2023Assignee: Omachron Intellectual Property Inc.Inventor: Wayne Ernest Conrad