Supports Patents (Class 310/91)
  • Patent number: 12098748
    Abstract: A flywheel system includes a fixture including a bottom support, a rotor characterized by a gravitational load and configured to rotate above the bottom support about a rotation axis, and a bottom magnetic levitation bearing. The bottom magnetic levitation bearing includes (a) a ring of first magnets mechanically coupled with a bottom end of the rotor, (b) a ring of second magnets mechanically coupled to the bottom support, beneath the ring of first magnets, the second magnets repelling the first magnets to magnetically support at least a portion of the gravitational load above the bottom support, (c) a ring of third magnets mechanically coupled with the bottom end, and (d) a ring of fourth magnets mechanically coupled to the bottom support radially outwards from the ring of third magnets, the fourth magnets repelling the third magnets to at least reduce radial decentering of the rotor relative to the fixture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: WATTSUP POWER A/S
    Inventors: Martin Speiermann, Christian Bahl, Kaspar K. Nielsen, Rasmus Bjørk, Valère Combescot, Jacopo Granata
  • Patent number: 12046978
    Abstract: An electric generator protective cover has a protective cloth cover, a cover assembly, and a plurality of fixing feet. The cover assembly includes a central block located in the center of the top and four elastic supporting rods fixed to the central block. The protective cloth cover is jacked up through the central block and the four elastic supporting rods. One end of each fixing foot is connected to an elastic supporting rod, and the other end is mounted on an upper cross bar of an electric generator frame. The electric generator protective cover has the advantages that the protective cloth cover is arranged, which can isolate dirt such as rain, snow, mud, and sand.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2024
    Assignee: Ningbo Zhongyuan Machinery Tech. Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Haiquan Chen
  • Patent number: 12040684
    Abstract: An actuator for generating vibration, including a shaft; a middle supporter having a fitting portion fitted into an upper portion of the shaft and a support portion below the fitting portion to form a first space where a lower portion of the shaft is exposed; a circuit board having a driving coil and a hollow formed through the middle supporter; a housing having an inner space that accommodates the middle supporter and the circuit board so the circuit board is fixed thereto; a first yoke plate having a first magnet installed to face an upper surface of the driving coil and coupled to an upper portion of the middle supporter; a second yoke plate having a second magnet installed to face a lower surface of the driving coil and coupled to a lower portion of the middle supporter; and a weight installed to at least one of the yoke plates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2024
    Assignee: JAHWA electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hyo Jun Kim, Soon Koo Shim, Jong Soo Ryu, Hyun Gyu Sung, Jung Hoon Jang, Jun Ki Lee
  • Patent number: 12034354
    Abstract: A spring retention system for securing a motor in a desired position. The spring retention system includes a captive feature, which includes a plurality of recesses formed as a motor support spring having a circular opening, which are engaged with a motor bearing housing. The spring retention system reduces motor displacement in multiple directions when the motor is exposed to vibrations, which reduces the cantilever bending on the motor shaft and the motor housing, also improving motor pinion run out. The spring retention system also includes a formed opening feature, which allows for the spring retention system to fit with motor bearings having different sizes. The spring retention system also includes a plurality of spring leg retention features formed as part of the motor support spring, which support the motor bearing housing on an axis, and the module housing supports the motor support spring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2024
    Assignee: Vitesco Technologies USA, LLC
    Inventor: Wai-Tak Ho
  • Patent number: 12027919
    Abstract: A motor assembly is provided including a stator assembly and a rotor assembly rotatably disposed relative to the stator assembly. The rotor assembly includes a rotor core having magnet pockets formed therethrough along a longitudinal direction, permanent magnets received within the magnet pockets, and a spring structure disposed in contact with the end of the rotor core. The spring structure includes spring elements configured to apply biasing forces to the permanent magnets along the longitudinal direction of the magnet pockets. Optionally a magnet retention end cap is provided to secure the spring structure to the end of the rotor core.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2024
    Assignee: Black & Decker Inc.
    Inventors: Ming Jin, Weifeng Qian, Changxing Lu, Tong Zheng, Fulong Liu, Yeli Gu
  • Patent number: 12017230
    Abstract: Grinding mechanisms for food waste disposers, and food waste disposers having grinding mechanisms are disclosed herein. The grinding mechanisms include a stationary grinding ring that includes a plurality of grater teeth, and a rotating shredder plate that includes at least one lug. The at least one lug may have at least a portion that is movable with respect to the top surface of the rotating shredder plate, or may be fin shaped.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2024
    Assignee: INSINKERATOR LLC
    Inventors: Matthew R. Sandoval, Clyde C. Verhoff, Charles A. Farago
  • Patent number: 12003138
    Abstract: A housing-free dynamoelectric rotary machine includes a stator having a material layer structure which includes a plurality of material layers arranged in a row along a rotation axis. The material layer structure includes a plurality of thickenings and a plurality of slots, with the slots arranged such that each of the slots is arranged between two respective ones of the thickenings. At least one of the slots is designed to receive a slot wedge, with a respective one of the thickenings being designed to fasten the slot wedge. An end element is arranged on an axial end of the stator and includes a connection box for supply with electrical energy. A connecting element connects the end element to the stator and is connected to the slot wedge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2024
    Assignee: Innomotics GmbH
    Inventors: Klaus Büttner, Reiner Grillenberger, Klaus Kirchner, Matthias Warmuth
  • Patent number: 12000403
    Abstract: A limit ring for use in a pump arrangement includes a cylindrical body positioned about a central longitudinal axis, a first end and an opposite second end. A central passage is defined through the cylindrical body and is centered about, and extends, along the longitudinal axis between the first end and the second end. The central passage has a circular cross section when viewed along the longitudinal axis. The limit ring further includes a number of channels defined in the cylindrical body radially outward from the central passage, each channel extending between the first end and the second end of the cylindrical body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2024
    Assignee: HAYWARD TYLER, INC.
    Inventors: Benjamin Gardiner Hardy, Patrick Aron DiRico, Drew James Van Norman
  • Patent number: 11988587
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a rotary assembly (1), in particular for a rheological measurement apparatus, comprising: a stator (3), a rotor (2) that can rotate with respect to the stator (3), the rotor (2) being axially retained by an axial retaining means (4) preventing the movement of the rotor (2) along the axis of rotation (A) thereof, the axial retaining means (4) comprising a flexible rod suitable for being attached to a frame (5) and which allows a radial movement of the rotor (2), a magnetic bearing comprising a rotor element (6) made of magnetic material mounted on the rotor (2) and a stator element (7) made of magnetic material mounted on the stator (3), at least one of the rotor and stator elements made of magnetic material being a spherical magnet, wherein the rotary assembly (1) has a stable position in which the rotor (2) is aligned with the axis of rotation (A) thereof, and the elements made of magnetic material are facing each other along the axis of rotation (A) of the rotor and are
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: RHEONOVA
    Inventors: Etienne Ghiringhelli, Jeremy Patarin, Didier Bleses
  • Patent number: 11870302
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for operating an electric motor including multiple rotor and stator sections. In one example, a system may include the multiple rotor sections configured to be mechanically coupled and decoupled from each other concurrently with multiple stator sections configured to be electrically coupled and decoupled from each other, within certain regimes of operation of the electric motor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: DANA AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS GROUP, LLC
    Inventors: Joachim Druant, Steven Vanhee
  • Patent number: 11870315
    Abstract: An electric pump includes an impeller, a rotor connected to the impeller, a housing housing the rotor, a plurality of divided iron cores surrounding an outer surface of the housing, a plurality of divided coil bobbins respectively attached to the plurality of the divided iron cores, a plurality of divided coils respectively wound around the plurality of the divided coil bobbins, and a bus bar unit including a plurality of bus bars.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: SHINANO KENSHI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takeshi Miyasaka, Takahisa Tezuka, Naomi Koyama, Takuya Nakano
  • Patent number: 11843282
    Abstract: A rotor for an electric motor includes: a rotating element extending along an axis; and a retaining body formed of metal and configured to hold the rotating element from an outer peripheral side, where the retaining body includes: a plurality of annular members annularly surrounding an outer peripheral surface of the rotating element and arranged at intervals in the axis direction; and a plurality of connecting members arranged in a circumferential direction between the annular members adjacent to each other so as to connect the annular members. As a result, a path of eddy current is limited and the eddy current can be reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Takeshi Ikemi, Shinichi Isobe
  • Patent number: 11815152
    Abstract: Motor dampening provisions are described. Incorporation and use of the motor dampener(s) in a rotary type drain cleaning machine enables elimination of a clutch in the machine. Also described are clutch-free drive systems using the motor dampener(s). Also described are torque countering members that are used in conjunction with the motor dampener(s).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: Ridge Tool Company
    Inventors: Alex Michael Cole, Michael J. Rutkowski
  • Patent number: 11777361
    Abstract: A motor assembly for a sunroof system is provided with a motor cover to prevent water intrusion. The motor assembly includes a motor including a motor yoke, a connector electrically connected to the motor, a central portion including a pinion gear rotated by the motor, and a motor cover. The motor cover includes a motor yoke cover that covers the motor yoke, a central cover that covers the central portion, and a connector cover that covers the connector, the motor cover configured to prevent water in the central portion from entering the motor yoke and the connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: AISIN TECHNICAL CENTER OF AMERICA, INC.
    Inventors: Michael Mixon, Jacob Grimaldo, Joel Runyan
  • Patent number: 11742713
    Abstract: A method for fixing a first component in a second component. At least part of an internal side of the second component is overmolded for a plastic sleeve, and the first component is centered and fixed within the plastic sleeve of the second component by a press-fit. Secure fixing of the first component in the second component is achieved in this way. A unit is formed by a method of this type.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: VITESCO TECHNOLOGIES GMBH
    Inventors: Eusebio-Marius Albert, Mihai Drienovsky
  • Patent number: 11728700
    Abstract: A power tool includes a housing having a rear wall, a motor assembly coupled to the rear wall, and a plurality of mounting legs projecting from the rear wall toward the motor assembly. The motor assembly defines a motor axis, and includes a stator assembly defining a plurality of axially extending mounting apertures. Each mounting leg defines a threaded boss corresponding to a respective mounting aperture of the stator assembly, and each threaded boss is configured to receive a threaded fastener. The mounting legs are angularly spaced at unequal intervals about the motor axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: MILWAUKEE ELECTRIC TOOL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Andrew T. Beyerl, Derek J. Schwab, Samantha L. Billetdeaux, Kyle Greunke, Hans T. Banholzer, Carmen J. Castanos
  • Patent number: 11708789
    Abstract: A generator module includes a housing arranged for mounting to a rear face of an internal combustion engine, a generator stator fixed in the housing, a generator rotor arranged radially inside of the generator stator, and a bearing arranged to support a radial inside of the generator rotor on the housing. The generator rotor may include a rotor carrier and a plurality of stacked plates secured to the rotor carrier. The bearing may be at least partially radially aligned with the plurality of stacked plates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignee: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Matthew Payne, Markus Steinberger
  • Patent number: 11710997
    Abstract: A cooling-channel integrated motor housing includes a motor housing, a plurality of stator cores press-fitted into the motor housing, and a cooling pipe inserted into the motor housing and disposed in a circumferential direction of a circle along which the stator cores are arranged. The 1cooling pipe is disposed to overlap with the stator cores in a direction perpendicular to a direction in which a rotating shaft of a motor extends.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Sung Ik Bae, Jae Won Ha, Dong Jae Kim, Myung Kyu Jeong, Hee Ra Lee
  • Patent number: 11622080
    Abstract: Disclosed are an automatic surround photographing method and system for a target. The method includes: obtaining an angle parameter of a yaw-axis gimbal, and processing an image obtained by a camera to obtain a distance parameter; obtaining, by means of calculation, a control parameter of a rotation angle of a steering gear according to the angle parameter of the yaw-axis gimbal and the distance parameter; and controlling, according to the angle parameter of the yaw-axis gimbal, the rotation of a gimbal of a gimbal camera so as to control the rotation of the camera, and controlling, according to the control parameter of the rotation angle of the steering gear, a rotation angle of the steering gear in a photographing-moving apparatus for placement of the gimbal camera, such that the photographing-moving apparatus surrounds and tracks a target, and performs surround photographing of the target.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: REMO TECH Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yu Peng, Ming Zhang, Long Huang
  • Patent number: 11614141
    Abstract: The present invention relates to damping means of an electric motor of an airflow generating apparatus and an airflow generating apparatus having the damping device, the damping device having a first body, which defines a compartment for housing the electric motor (A); a second body for being arranged fixed to the apparatus, which defines a housing for housing the first body; and a damping element which is elastically deformable and has a longitudinal extension. The first body and the second body are separated from one another, the damping element being arranged such that it determines an attachment between the first body and the second body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: SOLER & PALAU RESEARCH, S.L.
    Inventor: Albert Bach-Esteve Burch
  • Patent number: 11536359
    Abstract: An arrangement of at least one sensor track-scanning rotor position sensor (1, 1 A) of an electric machine (EM) in a hybrid transmission housing (2) that includes a torque converter (3) and a housing-affixed oil supply plate arrangement is provided. The rotor position sensor (1, 1 A) is attached on an oil-supply-plate side, and a sensor ring (8), as a sensor track, is attached on a converter side. A hybrid transmission housing (2) including the arrangement is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: ZF FRIEDRICHSHAFEN AG
    Inventors: Linus Eschenbeck, Thomas Riedisser, Carl Schilling, Andreas Geiger, Gerald Viernekes, Matthias Weidner, Monika Rößner, Christopher Allnoch
  • Patent number: 11509176
    Abstract: A rotating electrical machine is equipped with a rotor and a stator. The rotor includes a magnet unit and a rotor core retaining the magnet unit. The rotor core is made of a stack of annular core plates and an annular end plate mounted on an end of the stack of the core plates. The end plate has a deformable wave shape. The stack of the core plates and the end plate has formed therein through-holes extending through a length thereof. Bar-shaped fastening members, such as rivets, which have flanges on ends thereof are inserted into the through-holes with the flanges pressing the end plate to elastically deform the wave shape of the end plate, thereby tightly gripping the stack of the core plates in the lengthwise direction. This minimizes concentration of stress on the core plates to eliminate a risk of damage or breakage of the rotor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yuki Takahashi
  • Patent number: 11465266
    Abstract: A housing for an electric machine tool, in particular for a core drill, said housing in which a motor is accommodated, which has a motor shaft for driving a tool mount and to which cooling air is supplied through at least one air guide duct, which is delimited at one end by at least one air inlet and at the other end by at least one air outlet. A guide structure, providing air guidance for the cooling air and associated with a motor mount, in which the motor is at least partially accommodated, is disposed in the air guide duct downstream from the at least one air inlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: C. & E. Fein GmbH
    Inventors: Aryon Shondel, Achim Hess, Ralf Gosnik, Boris Richt, Sergej Denzel
  • Patent number: 11462969
    Abstract: A rotary apparatus includes a motor including a rotary shaft, a plurality of gears including an output gear, and a housing accommodating the motor and the plurality of gears. The housing is separable into a first housing and a second housing. The motor includes a first end portion and a second end portion located on an opposite side of the first end portion. The rotary shaft is derived from the first end portion. The second housing includes a first regulating portion regulating a position of a part of the motor on the first end portion. The first housing includes a projecting portion projecting toward the second housing side. The projecting portion urges the second end portion of the motor toward the first regulating portion side directly or via another member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: MINEBEA MITSUMI INC.
    Inventors: Koichiro Hirabayashi, Yukimasa Matsumura, Akiko Ikuta
  • Patent number: 11453288
    Abstract: This disclosure details electrified vehicle drive systems equipped with electric machine integrated axle assemblies. An exemplary electrified vehicle drive system includes a leaf spring assembly and an axle assembly mounted to the leaf spring assembly. The axle assembly may include a cradle and an electric machine mounted within the cradle. Shocks and stabilizer bar assemblies may extend between the cradle and a vehicle frame of the electrified vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Sahil Nagpal, Steven Michael Cyr, Robert Howard Saunders, Jr.
  • Patent number: 11421812
    Abstract: A thermally insulating fixture includes a support bracket, and a thermally insulating member mounted on the support bracket. The support bracket has a middle provided with a sheet plate. The sheet plate includes two hollow portions formed on two ends thereof. Each of the two hollow portions is provided with an abutment laminating the sheet plate. The sheet plate is provided with a through hole. The thermally insulating member covers an exterior of the support bracket. In practice, when the self-tapping screw extends through the through hole of the sheet plate and is screwed and tightened, a force is applied on the abutment. Thus, the abutment reinforces the strength of the support bracket to reduce deformation of the support bracket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Inventor: Wei-Chih Chen
  • Patent number: 11391193
    Abstract: A doser mounting bracket for coupling a doser to an exhaust gas aftertreatment system component having a sidewall and an exhaust gas aftertreatment system component opening includes a lower surface, an engagement wall, a central structure, an upper surface, and an attachment structure. The lower surface is configured to be held in a position opposing the sidewall. The engagement wall extends from the lower surface. The central structure has an opening that extends therethrough and includes a centering structure that extends from the lower surface and is configured to be received within the exhaust gas aftertreatment system component opening. The attachment structure extends from the upper surface and is configured to be coupled to the doser. The engagement wall is configured to separate the lower surface from the sidewall when the engagement wall interfaces with the sidewall such that a pocket is formed between the engagement wall, the centering structure, and the lower surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: Cummins Emission Solutions Inc.
    Inventors: Lakshmanan Arunachalam, Christopher A. Thompson, Pradnya Pranav Ballal, Elliot Dilger, Nathan Hansen, Taren DeHart, Mahendra Mittapalli, Aaron Riedel
  • Patent number: 11381140
    Abstract: A motor includes a sheet-like gasket for sealing the gap between a stator core and an encoder. The gasket has a structure including a metal plate and a sealing member covering the metal plate, and the gasket includes a first portion that is disposed at least between the end face on one end side of the stator core and the encoder and a second portion that has a structure including the sealing member with no metal plate and extends inward from the first portion to contact the projection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: FANUC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masao Fukuda, Nobuyuki Ootake
  • Patent number: 11381141
    Abstract: A motor includes a rotor rotatable about a center axis extending vertically, a stator radially opposing the rotor, a bracket holding the stator, a circuit board including an upper surface with a first wiring pattern and a lower surface with a second wiring pattern, and a first fixing portion having conductivity and fixing the circuit board to the stator. The stator includes a stator core having conductivity. The first fixing portion includes a board holding portion holding the circuit board, and a stator fixed portion fixed to a portion of the stator core. The board holding portion is in contact with the first wiring pattern and the second wiring pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: NIDEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mitsuhiro Takemoto, Sho Fukuhara, Shinji Takemoto
  • Patent number: 11371517
    Abstract: An electric motor assembly includes an electric motor, a fan assembly coupled to the electric motor and configured to rotate therewith about an axis. The fan assembly includes a hub including a cylindrical portion having an inlet end and an outlet end, the hub further including an inlet surface coupled to the inlet end. The fan assembly also includes a plurality of blades coupled to an outer periphery of the cylindrical portion, wherein the inlet surface is tapered to direct an inlet airflow toward the plurality of blades.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: REGAL BELOIT AMERICA, INC.
    Inventors: Jeevan Gnana Robinson, Neha Kumari, Yunpeng Yang
  • Patent number: 11333050
    Abstract: In an electric oil pump, a motor includes a main body including a coil, bus bars electrically connected to lead wires of the coil, and a shaft including a portion on one side in an axial direction protruding from an end of the main body on the one side in the axial direction and connected to a pump, a control board includes a power supply input portion and a power supply output portion and is disposed in a posture in which any one of a first surface and a second surface of the control board lies in the axial direction, the power supply input portion is at an end portion of the control board on the other side in the axial direction, and bus bar terminals are disposed on one side of the main body in the axial direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: NIDEC TOSOK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki Kobayashi, Shigehiro Kataoka
  • Patent number: 11025131
    Abstract: An adaptor for connecting a generator to a prime mover. The adaptor includes a first flange member for connection to the prime mover, a second flange member for connection to the generator, and a plurality of angled cross members between the first and second flange members. By providing a plurality of angled cross members between the first and second members, the adaptor may use less material for a given stiffness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: Cummins Generator Technologies Limited
    Inventors: Swapnil Shankarrao Barekar, Rahul Balu Mule
  • Patent number: 11009046
    Abstract: A blower device and a respirator including the blower device. The blower device comprises a case, a blower vibration source disposed within the case and a buffering assembly for associating the blower vibration source and the case, wherein the vibration absorption assembly comprises at least two of a locating buffering member associated with a top portion of the blower vibration source, a connection buffering member in which at least a part of the blower vibration source is received and a support buffering member associated with a bottom portion of the blower vibration source. The blower device is capable of effectively buffering vibration of the blower device, decreasing noise transmission and has a simple structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Assignee: BMC MEDICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Bowei Jing, Shumin Gao, Zhi Zhuang
  • Patent number: 10910907
    Abstract: A motor includes a shaft, a bearing that rotatably supports the shaft, and a hub fixed to the shaft. The shaft includes a first shaft portion extending in an axial direction, a second shaft portion projecting axially upward from an axially upper end surface of the first shaft portion and including a diameter smaller than that of the first shaft portion, and a screw hole recessed axially downward from the axially upper end surface. The hub includes a shaft fixing hole into and in which the second shaft portion is inserted and fixed. An outer surface of the second shaft portion includes a first region, and a second region axially above the first region, and including surface roughness smaller than that of the first region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: NIDEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroki Yamada, Atsushi Watashita, Keisuke Kawata
  • Patent number: 10826338
    Abstract: An axial flux machine is described. The machine has a stator comprising a stator housing enclosing a plurality of stator bars disposed circumferentially at intervals around an axis of the machine, and a rotor comprising a set of permanent magnets and mounted for rotation about the axis of the machine. The rotor is spaced apart from the stator along the axis of the machine to define a gap between the stator and rotor and in which magnetic flux in the machine is generally in an axial direction. The machine also comprises a hub assembly comprising a rotating hub and a mount separated by a bearing to permit the hub to rotate relative to the mount, the rotating hub comprising a hub flange and the mount comprising a mount flange, each of the flanges being spaced axially apart from one another. The machine further comprises a bulkhead for mounting the hub assembly and stator, wherein the bulkhead is mounted to the mount flange of the hub assembly and the stator housing is mounted to the bulkhead.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignee: Yasa Limited
    Inventors: Timothy Woolmer, Christopher Edward Miller
  • Patent number: 10710628
    Abstract: The motor unit includes a motor case containing a stator and a rotor fixed to an output shaft; the control unit includes a unit case containing constituent members of the control unit that controls the motor unit; the motor unit and the control unit are fixed to each other in such a way that an axle-direction end, at the unit case side, of the motor case is made to abut on an axle-direction end, at the motor unit side, of the unit case and then the both ends are bonded to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshihito Asao, Akihiko Mori
  • Patent number: 10673298
    Abstract: An electric motor includes: a rotor; a stator disposed on an outer peripheral side of the rotor; a front-side housing provided with an opening housing a part of the rotor; a rear-side housing clamping the stator between the rear-side housing and the front-side housing; a plurality of fastening members fastening the stator, the front-side housing, and the rear-side housing together; and an annular portion disposed on a surface, of the front-side housing, the surface facing the stator and having an annular shape that surrounds the opening, wherein respective heights of first sections of the annular portion that are in the vicinity of insertion holes of the fastening members are lower than respective heights of second sections, which are positioned at middle points between an adjacent pair of the first sections, among the first sections, the intermediate point is close to the adjacent pair of the first sections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: FANUC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Fumito Yukawa
  • Patent number: 10622868
    Abstract: An electric machine is disclosed. The electric machine includes a stator core defining a cavity and having end-windings protruding from the cavity, and a rotor configured to rotate within the cavity and having end plates defining a plurality of holes for providing coolant. The electric machine also includes one or more layers of an oleophobic or hydrophobic coating disposed on portions of the end plate corresponding to the holes to increase coolant flow to the end-windings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2020
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Myung Ki Sung, Edward Chan-Jiun Jih, Michael W. Degner
  • Patent number: 10559995
    Abstract: A motor capable of suppressing droplets of water generated due to condensation from adhering to electrical components inside a rotary encoder is provided. A motor includes: a motor main body having a rotating shaft member; and a rotary encoder, wherein the rotary encoder has a cover member, and an inner surface of the cover member has a first top surface formed having an inclined portion that is inclined relative to a horizontal direction so as to guide a droplet of water when the rotating shaft member is disposed to extend in a vertical direction, and/or a second top surface formed having an inclined portion that is inclined relative to a horizontal direction so as to guide a droplet of water when the rotating shaft member is disposed to extend in a horizontal direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2020
    Assignee: FANUC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hirosato Yoshida, Nobuyuki Ootake
  • Patent number: 10369534
    Abstract: A convertible mixer assembly converts a hand mixer for use as a stand mixer with additional attachments. The assembly includes a motor positioned within a mixer housing. Mixer ports extend into the mixer housing. A handle coupled to the mixer housing allows handheld use. Beater attachments are removably coupable to the mixer housing and rotated by the motor. A connector extends from the mixer housing. A slot extends into an outer surface of a stand. The slot receives the connector such that the stand is configured for holding the mixer housing for use without the mixer housing is handheld.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2019
    Inventor: Tammie E. Davis
  • Patent number: 10357873
    Abstract: The invention relates to a floor plate, in particular for portable, handheld tools with a combustion engine, an essentially flat surface with an continuous outer edge and at least one first opening with a related edge and a second opening with a related edge, wherein the at least one edge of an opening exhibits an element that projects at an inclined angle, which serves as a baffle plate to divert sparks and particles, and further that at least the continuous edge of the floor plate and/or the edge of at least one opening are at least sectionally beaded or pulled up.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2019
    Assignee: MAKITA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Henning Schweinberger, Klaus Scholz
  • Patent number: 10312839
    Abstract: A motor assembly, comprising a brushless DC motor with control electronics which comprises at least two magnetic field sensors adapted to measure magnetic flux from magnetic poles on a rotor in the brushless DC motor. The magnetic field sensors are adapted to determine an angular position of the rotor, with the purpose of controlling the current to the brushless DC motor based on the determined angular position. The brushless DC motor is an external rotor motor comprising an internal stator, and an external rotor having a periphery and an inside, which exhibits a plurality of permanent magnets disposed at regular intervals along the inside to provide the magnetic poles. The magnetic field sensors are disposed at a distance from each other in the proximity of the periphery to measure the magnetic flux leaking radially through the external rotor from the permanent magnets on the inside.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2019
    Assignee: SIMPLEX MOTION AB
    Inventor: Johan Linder
  • Patent number: 10205368
    Abstract: An auxiliary fixing device for mounting a long screw of a direct current motor comprises a base and a vertically arranged support frame, the base is provided with a motor front end cover positioning plate, and a lower end of the support frame is fixed with a rear side of the base; the support frame is fixed with a lifting driving mechanism, and the lifting driving mechanism is fixed with a motor rear end cover compressing plate; the motor rear end cover compressing plate is provided with a number of long screw abdicating grooves corresponding to long screw through holes on the motor rear end cover; the base is provided with a front output shaft groove through which a motor front output shaft can pass, and the motor front end cover positioning plate is provided with a bearing chamber positioning groove which is matched with a motor front bearing chamber; and the motor rear compressing plate is provided with an outgoing line guide groove which is configured to accommodate a motor rear end cover outgoing line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2019
    Assignee: ZHEJIANG LINIX MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Zhubing Sun, Yaohui Ma
  • Patent number: 10193413
    Abstract: A mounting bracket for a water cooled type alternator is provided. The mounting bracket includes a body, a plurality of bolts attached to the body, a plurality of pivot arms including a first pivot arm attached to a first bolt in the plurality of bolts at first end of the first pivot arm, and a link arm coupled to the body at a second bolt in the plurality of bolts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2019
    Assignee: Bosch Automotive Service Solutions Inc.
    Inventor: Chad Samp
  • Patent number: 10174768
    Abstract: A centrifugal blower assembly includes a housing defining an interior space and an impeller configured to channel an airflow within the interior space. The blower assembly also includes a motor coupled to the impeller and configured to rotate the impeller about an axis. The motor includes a motor shell and a motor mounting assembly coupled to the motor. The motor mounting assembly includes an end shield coupled to the motor and a plurality of mounting arms coupled to the end shield. At least a portion of at least one mounting arm extends axially along the motor such that a continuous radial gap is defined between the at least one mounting arm and the motor shell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2019
    Assignee: Regal Beloit America, Inc.
    Inventors: Kerry B. Shelton, Rafal Pawel Rohoza, Joseph Carnes, Carter Delaney
  • Patent number: 10047826
    Abstract: Electric motors are disclosed. The motors are preferably for use in an automated vehicle, although any one or more of a variety of motor uses are suitable. The motors include lift, turntable, and locomotion motors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: Nidec Motor Corporation
    Inventors: William D. Moore, Philip S. Johnson, Joshua M. Biro
  • Patent number: 10014758
    Abstract: A method of assembling an integrated drive generator includes the steps of providing a bore in a center housing portion, pressing a bearing liner into the bore, with a portion of the bearing liner extending proud of a surface of the center plate, and machining the surface around and adjacent to the bearing liner to provide a machined surface parallel to the surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignee: Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation
    Inventors: Henry R. Vanderzyden, Jonathan C. Dell
  • Patent number: 9752538
    Abstract: A drive arrangement for an aggregate of an internal combustion engine includes a drive element, a housing, and an intermediate element. The housing comprises a static receiving part comprising a stop, and a cover fastened on the static receiving part. The cover is configured to bear axially against the stop. The intermediate element is arranged, in a preloaded state, between the drive element and the housing, radially between the cover and the drive element, and, in an elastically deformed state, axially between the drive element and the cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2017
    Assignee: PIERBURG GMBH
    Inventors: Osman Sari, Norbert Simons, Robert Sabic, Manfred Bohnen
  • Patent number: 9611861
    Abstract: A washing machine having a centrifugal fan which may increase a discharge flow rate. The washing machine includes a centrifugal fan adapted to cool a motor, wherein the centrifugal fan comprises a circular plate connected to a shaft of the motor, and a plurality of blades radially arranged around a center of the circular plate, each of the blade includes an inlet portion extending to form an inlet for external air passing therethrough, and a guide bent and inclined from the inlet portion, and an outlet portion bent from the guide to form an outlet for the external air.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2017
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hyun Joo Kim, Eung Ryeol Seo, Hoon Wee, Jin Ki Lee, You Eok Jeon, Kwang Kyu Han
  • Patent number: 9598783
    Abstract: An aluminum smelter comprising: (i) a series of electrolytic cells, designed for the production of aluminum, forming one or more rows, (ii) a supply station designed to supply the series of electrolytic cells with an electrolysis current, the said electricity supply station comprising two poles, (iii) a main electrical circuit through which the electrolysis current flows, having two extremities each connected to one of the poles of the supply station, (iv) at least one secondary electrical circuit comprising an electrical conductor made of superconducting material through which a current flows, running along the row or rows of electrolytic cells, characterized in that the electrical conductor made of superconducting material in the secondary electrical circuit runs along the row or rows of electrolytic cells at least twice in such a way as to make several turns in series.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignee: Rio Tinto Alcan International Limited
    Inventors: Christian Duval, Steeve Renaudier, Benoit Bardet, Olivier Martin, Stéphane Wan Tang Kuan