Supports Patents (Class 310/91)
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Patent number: 7863791Abstract: A motor mounting device includes a polymeric motor housing having a cylindrical housing section for receiving motor components including a rotor. The housing section incorporates a detent feature disposed along the interior surface, with the interior surface inclined to gradually converge in a distal direction. The housing further has a distal end section that includes a first bearing seat centered on the housing axis. A rotor retaining member has an annular outer surface terminating at an arcuate peripheral edge, and comprises a second bearing seat. The rotor retaining member is insertable distally into the cylindrical housing section, following insertion of a rotor, to engage the first and second bearing seats respectively with distal and proximal bearings on a rotor shaft, to secure the rotor for rotation relative to the housing. During such insertion, the retaining member outer surface and the interior surface of the cylindrical housing section interact to center the retaining member.Type: GrantFiled: October 27, 2008Date of Patent: January 4, 2011Assignee: The Bergquist Torrington CompanyInventor: Robert A. Hoyt
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Publication number: 20100327688Abstract: The invention relates to an axial flux electric machine having permanent magnets and comprising a rotor surrounding a stator. It is characterized in that the stator comprises: a “support” first portion; a set of active modules constituting the secondary portion of the magnetic circuit; and fastener means for fastening the modules to the support portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 28, 2009Publication date: December 30, 2010Applicant: DDISInventors: Jean Marc Canini, Bernard Claude Lhenry
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Patent number: 7859158Abstract: A connection structure and a connection method of connecting field coils and lead wires in a vehicle alternator. The connection structure includes a rotor assembly, a rear fan, and a rotor insulator. The rotor assembly includes a rotor shaft, a spool bobbin, and rotor segments. In the connection structure, a soldering or welding process is performed on twisted parts, which are formed by twisting field coils and lead wires around each other, the twisted parts are bent in the guide pockets of the rotor insulator, epoxy is applied to the outer surfaces of the twisted parts and the inner surfaces of guide pockets, and the rear fan is coupled to the front of the rotor insulator so that the inner surfaces of the protrusion hubs of the rear fan are in close contact with the guide pockets of the rotor insulator.Type: GrantFiled: July 25, 2008Date of Patent: December 28, 2010Assignee: Korea Delphi Automotive Systems CorporationInventors: Sang-Chul An, Il-Woo Ha, Jae Pio You
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Patent number: 7859150Abstract: A starter which may employed in starting an engine is provided. The starter includes an electromagnetic actuator and a pinion carrier. The pinion carrier includes a pinion and a holder. The holder retains a shift lever and transmits movement of the shift lever, as achieved by a magnetic attraction produced by the electromagnetic actuator, to the pinion, thereby shifting the pinion into engagement with a ring gear joined to, for example, an engine. The holder is made of material smaller in specific gravity than the pinion. Specifically, the holder is lower in mass or weight than the pinion, thereby permitting the magnetic attraction required to shift the pinion carrier through the shift lever to be decreased. This permits the electromagnetic actuator to be decreased in size.Type: GrantFiled: November 2, 2007Date of Patent: December 28, 2010Assignee: Denso CorporationInventors: Yamato Utsunomiya, Kazuhiro Andoh, Tadahiro Kurasawa
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Patent number: 7855483Abstract: A turbomachine such as an aircraft turbojet including an electrical generator/starter that can be mounted and dismounted by axial translation in an upstream enclosure of the turbomachine between the low-pressure compressor and the high-pressure compressor, and couple to electrical cables which extend inside the structural arms of the intermediate casing of the turbomachine.Type: GrantFiled: August 26, 2009Date of Patent: December 21, 2010Assignees: Snecma, Hispano-SuizaInventors: Philippe Pierre Vincent Bouiller, Anthony Lorand, Stephane Rousselin
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Patent number: 7847449Abstract: An electromotor for regulating a drive in a motor vehicle. The electromotor includes an armature spindle mounted in a pole housing that includes a shell. At least on one front side of the shell a bearing cover is coupled thereon to accommodate an armature spindle bearing. The electromotor also includes a radial molding formed on the pole housing that receives a guide track of a gear assembly housing via radial insertion to fasten the electromotor to the gear assembly housing without the use of additional fasteners.Type: GrantFiled: April 28, 2005Date of Patent: December 7, 2010Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Hans-Juergen Oberle, Franz Schwendemann, Dieter Scheer, Uwe Merkelbach
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Patent number: 7847444Abstract: An electric motor assembly in a vehicle powertrain is provided with a generally annular stator fit within an interior cavity of the powertrain defined by a housing. Roll pins are fit between the housing and the stator. The stator may have a plurality of first geometric features and the housing a plurality of second geometric features. The first geometric features are be configured to align with the second geometric features when the stator is fit within the cavity, with the roll pins fit between the housing and the stator at the aligned first and second geometric features. A method of assembling the electric motor assembly is also provided.Type: GrantFiled: December 1, 2008Date of Patent: December 7, 2010Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations, Inc.Inventors: Grantland I. Kingman, Alan G. Holmes
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Publication number: 20100295399Abstract: A motor frame structure including a hollow frame shell and an outer component received in the frame shell. The motor frame structure is characterized in that the frame shell has a tubular frame body in which the outer component is received. A locating section is integrally formed on the frame body for locating the outer component in the frame shell.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 5, 2009Publication date: November 25, 2010Inventors: Chih-Yu Wang, Ming-Hung Hsieh
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Publication number: 20100295422Abstract: A stacking alternator includes a supporting frame, at least one stationary armature device securely supported by the supporting frame and at least two rotating magnetic devices rotatably supported by the supporting frame two sides of the stationary armature device respectively, wherein the rotating magnetic devices are arranged to be driven to move with respective to the stationary armature device so as to produce a relative movement between the stationary armature device and the rotating magnetic devices for generating a predetermined amount of electrical current at the stationary armature device, wherein the stationary armature device and the rotating magnetic devices are alignedly and spacedly supported by the supporting frame to form a stacking structure of the stationary armature device and the rotating magnetic devices.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 19, 2009Publication date: November 25, 2010Inventor: Chester Sohn
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Patent number: 7839037Abstract: An electric motor for actuators in a motor vehicle has an armature shaft, which is supported in a pole housing that includes a jacket and a bearing cover on at least on one end face for accommodating a bearing for the armature shaft, and at least one radial recess is formed in the pole housing, which, once the pole housing has been fully assembled, is suitable for engagement by at least one radial fastening segment of a transmission interface in the pole housing, in order to attach the electric motor to the transmission interface.Type: GrantFiled: May 17, 2006Date of Patent: November 23, 2010Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Hans-Juergen Oberle, Dieter Scheer, Franz Schwendemann, Christof Bernauer
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Patent number: 7839039Abstract: A rotary shaft of a rotor including a magnet with a plurality of magnetic poles arranged at equal intervals on an outer circumference is supported at both ends by bearings. By externally fitting the inner ring of one bearing to the rotary shaft and holding it to be immovable in an axial direction and loosely fitting the outer ring of the bearing into the support hole and positioning it with belleville springs which are in contact resiliently with both sides, the rotary shaft and the rotor are supported so that they are movable in an axial direction within a movement amount of not greater than 2 mm according to a movement of the bearing caused against spring forces of the belleville springs.Type: GrantFiled: June 26, 2007Date of Patent: November 23, 2010Assignee: JTEKT CorporationInventors: Ken Matsubara, Tomofumi Takahashi, Tetsuo Horie, Minoru Kitabayashi
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Patent number: 7830053Abstract: A motor includes a stator core that forms a magnetic path and has a plurality of tooth parts along a circumferential direction; a tooth provided in each tooth part to wind a coil there around; and an extension part alternated with the tooth part along a circumferential direction of the stator core, convexly extending to an inner radial direction.Type: GrantFiled: March 5, 2010Date of Patent: November 9, 2010Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.Inventor: Ho Jae Lee
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Patent number: 7825555Abstract: A surface mount-type vibration motor and an installation structure for a surface mount-type vibration motor, where soldered portions are prevented from separating from a circuit board without requiring any design change in a vibration motor body. A section where a motor holding section of a motor holder and motor support sections of the motor holder are connected is bent in an arc shape having elasticity to form the motor holder, the motor holding section holding a vibration motor body to which an elastic holder is attached, the motor support sections being arranged along a circuit board. First contact sections and second contact sections are formed in the connection section such that distal ends of the first and second contact sections are of a band-like shape projecting toward the inside of the vibration motor body. The motor holder reduces a load applied to portions where the surface mount-type vibration motor is soldered to the circuit board and also improves bonding strength.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2004Date of Patent: November 2, 2010Assignee: Namiki Seimitsu Houseki Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Hidehiro Uchiumi, Kazuo Morita, Toshio Suzuki, Tomohide Aoyagi, Takeshi Kogawa, Mitsugu Kudo
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Patent number: 7812494Abstract: The invention comprises an electrical machine with a stator (10) formed of plates, said stator (10) having an outer surface (11) and a first and second end (12) in the axial direction (2) and said stator being supported on the frame (1) of the electrical machine. The stator (10) is supported by necks of material (40a-d) on the outer surface (11) at both ends of the stator. The number of necks (40a-d) at both ends of the stator is even. The stator (10) has a vertical symmetry axis (7) perpendicular to the axial direction (2) and a horizontal symmetry axis (8) perpendicular to the axial direction (2), and the necks (21a-f, 31a-d, 40a-d) are located symmetrically in relation to at least one of the symmetry axes (7, 8).Type: GrantFiled: February 16, 2006Date of Patent: October 12, 2010Assignee: ABB OyInventors: Timo Holopainen, Janne Roivainen, Ingmar Waltzer, Juha Hellsten
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Publication number: 20100244593Abstract: The invention relates to a retaining device (100) for electrical components (103) of an excitation circuit arranged inside a rotor body (101) and to a rotor comprising said retaining device (100). The retaining device (100) extends on the interior of the rotor body (101) and is adapted to the rotor body (101) on its radially outer side in a form-fitting manner. On its radially inner side, the retaining device (100) comprises recesses or flattened sections (102) for receiving the electrical components (103) in a form-fit manner.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 1, 2008Publication date: September 30, 2010Applicant: Siemens AktiengesellschaftInventors: RALF Cordes, Walter Fischer, Jürgen Huber
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Publication number: 20100232993Abstract: A motor includes a coming-off preventing portion including an inner circumferential edge defining a through hole, inside which a substantially cylindrical bearing housing is inserted, and being arranged axially above an insulator. The inner circumferential edge has at least two different radial dimensions. A boss portion includes a columnar portion inserted inside the through hole, and a collar portion extending radially outward from a lower end of the columnar portion. The collar portion includes an outside surface having at least two different radial dimensions, and an upper surface arranged axially opposite a bottom portion of the inner circumferential edge. The radial dimensions of the inner circumferential edge and those of the collar portion are arranged to allow the collar portion to be axially inserted through the inner circumferential edge only when the inner circumferential edge and the collar portion are arranged in a predetermined circumferential orientation relative to each other.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 9, 2010Publication date: September 16, 2010Applicant: NIDEC CORPORATIONInventors: Yuji YABUUCHI, Jumpei KITAMURA, Atsushi MORITA, Hiroyoshi TESHIMA, Takuya TERAMOTO
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Patent number: 7791234Abstract: An electric motor includes a stator, a rotor positioned adjacent the stator and cooperating with the stator to generate a torque, and a bearing support assembly coupled to the rotor to at least partially support the rotor for rotation. An end frame includes a post positioned to engage and support the bearing support assembly. The end frame and the bearing support assembly cooperate to define a space therebetween. A mainframe is coupled to and cooperates with the end frame to substantially enclose the stator, and a set of electronics for controlling the motor is mounted in the space.Type: GrantFiled: January 25, 2008Date of Patent: September 7, 2010Assignee: A. O. Smith CorporationInventor: Alice Nolley
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Patent number: 7786629Abstract: When a bracket to which an electric motor for wipers has been attached is attached to a vehicle body via a rubber mount therebetween for antivibration, vibrations generated when the electric motor is actuated are prevented from being transmitted to the body while allowing a part not tightened with a nut to act as a free end. A part of the rubber mount being in contact with the body is formed as a truncated cone part tapered toward a front edge so that the front edge of the rubber mount being in contact with the vehicle body does not have a part not tightened with the nut. As a result, there is no part that is not tightened with the nut and that acts as a free end, and the function to prevent vibrations from being transmitted is further improved.Type: GrantFiled: March 2, 2006Date of Patent: August 31, 2010Assignee: Mitsuba CorporationInventors: Takayuki Fukuda, Masakazu Kamei
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Patent number: 7786639Abstract: A motor includes a bearing having first and second end faces spaced along a longitudinal axis thereof. A longitudinal hole extends from the first end face through the second end face and includes a recessed portion having first and second peripheral edges respectively contiguous to the first end face and an inner periphery of the longitudinal hole. A retaining member is mounted to the first end face. A radial spacing between an inner periphery of a through-hole of the retaining member and the inner periphery of the longitudinal hole of the bearing in a radial direction is not greater than an axial spacing from the first end face to the second peripheral edge. The retaining member further includes a plurality retaining plates. The recessed portion provides a space sufficient to allow deformation of the retaining plates when inserting a shaft through the through-hole into the longitudinal hole of the bearing.Type: GrantFiled: October 17, 2008Date of Patent: August 31, 2010Assignee: Sunonwealth Electric Machine Industry Co., Ltd.Inventor: Alex Horng
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Patent number: 7781928Abstract: A brushless motor according to the present invention is provided with: a tubular stator case; a stator core fitted into the stator case; and a rotor rotatably supported via a bearing inside the stator core, wherein: an inner flange portion which extends radially inward is formed at a peripheral edge of an opening of one end of the stator case; and a bracket is fixed to the inner flange portion while contacting therewith so as to close the opening.Type: GrantFiled: November 4, 2008Date of Patent: August 24, 2010Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Tohru Yumoto, Masaki Ishizeki, Hisashi Ishida, Susumu Miyazaki, Kazushi Hamaya, Yuichi Uebayashi
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Patent number: 7772738Abstract: An electric machine which has an arched stator and a cylindrical rotor fitted inside it and in which the flux flows in the radial direction between the stator and the rotor as in a permanent-magnet radial-flux synchronous electric machine, and in which the stator of the machine consists of stator segments (2), each of which has an independent stator core and winding, and the stator segments are arranged to be physically separate from each other so that the stator consists of stator segments arched according to the radius of the rotor and working electromagnetically independently like a linear machine, each stator segment having a stator core and a winding separate from the other stator segments, and that it comprises an overhead supporting frame structure separate from the stator cores and consisting of several longitudinal ribs (41) and parts (42) between them.Type: GrantFiled: July 7, 2005Date of Patent: August 10, 2010Assignee: The Switch Electrical Machines OyInventors: Jussi Huppunen, Panu Kurronen, Juha Pyrhönen
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Patent number: 7765683Abstract: A temporary interconnection element to be installed between the rotor and the stator of a bearingless electric machine, for example during its transport, storage or assembly is described herein. The interconnection element is so designed that the rotor may be secured to an external assembly, such as for example the shaft of an internal combustion engine, before the element is removed from its interconnection position.Type: GrantFiled: August 30, 2005Date of Patent: August 3, 2010Assignee: TM4 Inc.Inventors: Pierre Blouin, Éric Latulipe
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Patent number: 7764000Abstract: A shaft, a circular plate portion and a cylindrical portion are integrally formed with one another through cutting operations to provide a rotor hub of a motor. An inner region on the lower surface of the circular plate portion is formed continuously with the outer peripheral surface of the shaft, and a hub thrust portion is provided in the inner portion so as to axially face a sleeve thrust portion on a sleeve main body. A stepped portion on the lower surface of the circular plate portion is disposed on the outer side of thrust dynamic pressure grooves on the sleeve thrust portion. In this manner, the stepped portion is disposed in a region where a thrust bearing portion is not provided, so that the hub thrust portion can be formed at a low cost in manufacturing the rotor hub by cutting.Type: GrantFiled: December 12, 2007Date of Patent: July 27, 2010Assignee: Nidec CorporationInventor: Takehito Tamaoka
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Publication number: 20100180456Abstract: A motor drive apparatus for a surveying instrument and a control method for controlling a surveying instrument enables a fast rotation of an instrument axis with high angular resolution. The motor drive apparatus for a surveying instrument includes a first motor for rotating an instrument axis. The first motor includes a stator and a rotor having a rotation axis and a plurality of step positions relative to the stator. The motor drive apparatus also includes a mounting unit for mounting the first motor so as to be pivotable around the rotation axis and an adjusting unit for rotating the stator of the first motor around the rotation axis.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 22, 2009Publication date: July 22, 2010Applicant: Trimble Jena GmbHInventors: Steffen Laabs, Bernd Donath, Andreas Pruvost, Matthias Nowak, Mario Fischer
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Patent number: 7755240Abstract: A fan motor includes a frame (10) and a motor (30). The frame includes a supporting plate (13) and a central tube (16). A pair of arms (181) extends upwardly from the supporting plate and spaces from each other to form a gap (184) therebetween. Each arm has a barb (182) at a top end thereof. The motor includes a circuit board (31) and a stator (33). The stator defines an axial hole (338) for receiving the central tube therein. The circuit board defines a fixing hole (312) therein corresponding to the pair of arms. The pair of arms extend through the fixing hole with the barbs of the pair of arms abutting on the circuit board. A pin (191) is inserted into the gap between the pair of the arms.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2007Date of Patent: July 13, 2010Assignees: Fu Zhuri Precision Industry (Shen Zhen) Co., Ltd., Foxconn Technology Co., Ltd.Inventors: Zhi-Ya Yang, Ying-Min Huang, Wen-Gao Wang
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Patent number: 7750517Abstract: An apparatus is disclosed for enhancing the operational performance of a servo. The apparatus comprises an auxiliary shaft that is independent and displaced from the servo and an actuation sensor that is operably coupled to the auxiliary shaft. The auxiliary shaft is configured to be driven by a motor associated with the servo.Type: GrantFiled: February 10, 2009Date of Patent: July 6, 2010Assignee: BTR Robotics Limited Liability CompanyInventor: Brian Pettey
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Patent number: 7741738Abstract: A machine has an uncooled rotor body, which is mounted to rotate about a rotational axis, and has a superconducting rotor winding that is located in at least one cryostat and is cooled by a coolant. To facilitate the assembly of the winding and the cryostat, the exterior of the rotor body is provided with flattened sections, which accommodate at least one cryostat. At least one coil of the rotor winding is located in a retaining device that essentially only absorbs tensile stress. Said tensile stress absorption of the retaining device is thus carried out in the flattened sections of the rotor body. HTS material is preferably used for the rotor conductors.Type: GrantFiled: January 26, 2004Date of Patent: June 22, 2010Assignee: Siemens AktiengesellschaftInventor: Günter Ries
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Patent number: 7741742Abstract: A vehicular alternator is provided which can suppress the vibration of a circuit board. The vehicular alternator has a rectifier that includes a plurality of diodes forming a full-wave rectifier circuit, a pair of negative and positive terminal side heat sinks that hold the diodes, and a circuit board connecting the diodes and a stator coil to one another, wherein the negative and positive terminal side heat sinks and the circuit board are mounted on a casing at a plurality of mounting portions, which are superposed with one another in an axial direction of a shaft, by using mounting members. Between adjacent ones of the mounting portions, there are formed abutment portions in which the circuit board is superposed on and placed in abutment with the negative terminal side heat sink or the positive terminal side heat sink, and the abutment portions are fixed to each other by rivets.Type: GrantFiled: October 28, 2008Date of Patent: June 22, 2010Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Yoshiro Imazawa, Hiroya Ikuta, Shinichi Ito, Yoshihiro Shinosaka, Shinji Nishimura, Toshiyuki Oonishi
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Publication number: 20100148609Abstract: A spindle motor can include a rotor support piece, which may rotatably support a rotor that is inserted onto one end, and which may include a projecting part that protrudes from the other end and a mounting part that has a flat surface formed along the periphery of the projecting part; a base plate, in which an insertion hole may be formed for inserting the projecting part through, and on which multiple support protrusions may be formed along the periphery of the insertion hole for supporting the mounting part along a periphery of the insertion hole; and a buffer member, which may include a projecting-part hole for inserting the projecting part through and support-protrusion holes for inserting the support protrusions through, and which may be positioned between the rotor support piece and the base plate to absorb vibration. This arrangement can reduce the occurrence and transfer of vibrations.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 3, 2009Publication date: June 17, 2010Inventor: Viatcheslav SMIRNOV
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Publication number: 20100148596Abstract: An electric motor in which the cost of parts and the cost of processing are reduced by installing a fan cover, a capacitor installation box, and a foot plate on a molded stator without addition of installation parts. In the electric motor (200), the stator (100) is molded using a thermosetting resin. The stator (11) atter the molding has a foot plate installation section (13) to which the foot plate (19) is installed, and prepared holes for screws for fixing the foot plate (19) are exposed on the foot plate installation section (13).Type: ApplicationFiled: April 19, 2007Publication date: June 17, 2010Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATIONInventors: Hiroki Asou, Mamoru Kawakubo, Mineo Yamamoto, Hiroyuki Ishii, Tougo Yamazaki
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Patent number: 7737589Abstract: A motor includes a rotor portion including a shaft and a rotor magnet rotatable about a center axis, an armature arranged opposite to the rotor magnet to generate a torque therebetween, a circuit board arranged below the armature in an axial direction substantially parallel to the center axis and including a control circuit controlling rotation of the rotor portion, and a base portion including a bearing holder which supports the armature on its outer side surface and the shaft on its inner side surface via a bearing member. The armature is pressed against the bearing holder in the axial direction with an elastic member.Type: GrantFiled: March 3, 2008Date of Patent: June 15, 2010Assignee: Nidec Servo CorporationInventors: Osamu Sekiguchi, Taro Tanno, Yoshihiko Kato, Tetsuya Hioki, Asahi Higo
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Patent number: 7728470Abstract: An electric motor, e.g., a fan motor for an air conditioning fan of a motor vehicle, includes a receiving housing serving as a motor housing, which has a receiving opening into which the electric motor at least partially extends, as well as including connection elements for supplying power to the electric motor, and attachment means for the electrical connection elements. The attachment for the electrical connection elements is provided on the electric motor.Type: GrantFiled: October 11, 2004Date of Patent: June 1, 2010Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Martin Saur, Bernhard Merschroth, Andreas Schiel
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Patent number: 7728476Abstract: An inner rotor brushless motor is miniaturized, flattened and made lighter without reducing motor performance. A rotor and a stator are enclosed inside a sealed case (i.e., a sealed space) assembled by covering an attachment base with a cup-shaped bracket. A motor substrate on which a motor driving circuit is formed is provided in a gap formed in an axial direction between (i) the rotor and the stator and (ii) a base portion inside a bracket opening of the bracket.Type: GrantFiled: December 4, 2008Date of Patent: June 1, 2010Assignee: Shinano Kenshi Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Tadashi Yano, Nobuchika Maruyama
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Publication number: 20100127503Abstract: This invention provides a nacelle of a wind energy converter and a corresponding mounting method of a nacelle of a wind energy converter and a generator for a wind energy converter. The nacelle includes a main frame; a generator including a stator and a rotor; a generator housing attached to the main frame and at least partially enclosing the stator and a rotor space; wherein the generator housing (20; 20?) has a first and second side face (S1, S2); wherein the first side face (S1) of the generator housing (20; 20?) exposes the rotor space (21); and a flange rotatably supported on the main frame and having a first end which is connected to the rotor; wherein the rotor extends into the rotor space (25) from the first side face (S1) without being supported in the generator housing.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 23, 2009Publication date: May 27, 2010Applicant: AMSC Windtec GmbhInventors: Martin Fischer, Anton Wolf, Michael Schwarz
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Patent number: 7723885Abstract: A hybrid drive unit for installation between an internal combustion engine and a vehicle transmission in a motor vehicle. The hybrid drive unit has an electric machine operable, alternatively, as a motor and a generator and having at least one stator and one rotor, the rotor having bearings on a transmission side and on an internal combustion engine side. One set of bearings is provided on the transmission side and, on the internal combustion engine side, the hybrid drive unit is supported on the crankshaft bearings of the internal combustion engine. A non-rotary connection can be established, for example, by means of a flexplate or a torsional vibration damper, between the rotor of the electric machine and the crankshaft of the internal combustion engine. Before the rotor is connected to the crankshaft, the rotor is supported on bearings on the transmission side.Type: GrantFiled: August 24, 2007Date of Patent: May 25, 2010Assignee: ZF Friedrichshafen AGInventors: Andreas Maenner, Matthias Reisch
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Publication number: 20100123373Abstract: A shell that mechanically supports the diode lead wires against movement both during assembly and subsequent operation of the rotor shaft. In addition, the present invention relates to a method for retaining diode lead wires in a power generator rotor by using the shell of the present invention.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 14, 2008Publication date: May 20, 2010Inventors: TOMMY SNIDER, David Minke, Benjamin Baltierra, Arturo Maceda
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Patent number: 7716817Abstract: A stator bar installation fixture and method for installing stator bars into specific stator core slots within a stator core of rotating electrical equipment. The stator bar installation fixture includes rotating mechanisms, rotatingly fixed at each end of the rotating electrical equipment, for supporting and controlling an angular positioning of a stator bar insertion mechanism relative to the stator core. The stator bar insertion mechanism supports a stator bar within the stator core, angularly locates a stator bar in alignment with the specific stator core slot, and inserts the stator bar into the specific stator core slot.Type: GrantFiled: July 27, 2007Date of Patent: May 18, 2010Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Waheed Tony Mall, James T. Henley, Craig A. Wroblewski, Mark Clough, Leonid Lombersky, John G. Rizzo
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Publication number: 20100117472Abstract: A turbogenerator (10) has a rotor (11) having a cylindrical rotor body (13), which at each of the two ends merges into a shaft end (14), and in a middle section has the electromagnetically active region (23) of the rotor (11), in which the rotor (11) is assembled from a plurality of rotor parts which are interconnected and arranged in series on the rotor axis (19). With such a rotor, lower losses and temperatures in the end region of the rotor, and overall a higher limit rating or a broadened output range, become possible as a result of the fact that the rotor body (13) in the active region (23) is formed of an easily magnetizable material, especially a first steel, and in that the end sections of the rotor body (13) which are located outside the active region (23) and the shaft ends (14) are formed of a material with reduced magnetizability or of a non-magnetic material, especially a second steel.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 30, 2009Publication date: May 13, 2010Inventors: Markus Staubli, Reinhard Joho, Ralf Rotzinger
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Patent number: 7709983Abstract: In a vibration motor holding structure for retaining a vibration motor having eccentric weights at rotation shaft ends and holding the vibration motor on a circuit board, there is provided a metal holder having support legs provided along a part of the length of the vibration motor and protruding horizontally in the direction orthogonal to the longitudinal direction of the vibration motor on both sides thereof. Thus, the vibration motor can be prevented from falling over during the mounting process and be held on the circuit board at solder-applied positions.Type: GrantFiled: May 2, 2008Date of Patent: May 4, 2010Assignee: Minebea Motor Manufacturing CorporationInventors: Mikio Umehara, Kazuaki Sato, Daichi Kadowaki
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Patent number: 7709985Abstract: A motor having an improved mounting structure is composed of a rotor including a rotor yoke; a stator including a bearing, a bearing holder and a base plate fixed to one end portion of the bearing holder; a shaft fixed to the rotor yoke and a damping member interposed between the bearing holder and the base plate. The bearing is fixed to the bearing holder. The rotor is supported through the shaft so as to be rotatable freely with respect to the stator. The bearing holder is fixed to the base plate with having a first area in which the bearing holder directly contacts with the base plate and a second area in which the damping member is interposed between the bearing holder and the base plate.Type: GrantFiled: March 19, 2008Date of Patent: May 4, 2010Assignee: Victor Company of Japan, Ltd.Inventor: Naoki Yamashita
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Patent number: 7701098Abstract: A mounting structure for a motor includes a tube and a stator. The tube includes at least an axial positioning block and at least a radial mounting block. The stator defines an axis hole for receiving a portion of the tube therein, and at least a positioning groove in an inner surface thereof. One of the stator and the tube is rotated from an unlock position, where the at least an axial positioning block is located just above the at least a positioning groove, to a locked position, where a bottom surface of the at least an axial positioning block abuts a top surface of the stator and the at least a radial mounting block engages with the inner surface of the stator.Type: GrantFiled: April 2, 2007Date of Patent: April 20, 2010Assignees: Fu Zhun Precision Industry (Shen Zhen) Co., Ltd., Foxconn Techology Co., Ltd.Inventors: Zhi-Ya Yang, Ying-Sen Chen, Wen-Gao Wang, Shu-Ho Lin
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Publication number: 20100084934Abstract: An inner-rotor brushless motor includes a holding member configured to hold a stator core. The holding member includes a mounting surface disposed perpendicular to a shaft and brought into contact with a mating member in which the inner-rotor brushless motor is installed; bent portions integrated with the mounting surface, bent upward so as to be substantially perpendicular to the mounting surface, and configured to hold the outer circumferential surface of the stator core; and mounting flanges used for fastening the motor to the mating member. The mounting surface, the bent portions, and the mounting flanges are integrated with each other.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 29, 2009Publication date: April 8, 2010Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Takeshi Iwasa, Hiromasa Masuta
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Publication number: 20100084933Abstract: To provide an electric compressor in which the occurrence of shrink-fitting failures can be prevented when a stator is shrink-fitted in a motor case.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 21, 2007Publication date: April 8, 2010Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Masayuki Ishikawa, Takayuki Hagita, Takeshi Hirano, Takayuki Watanabe, Hisashi Murabayashi
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Patent number: 7687953Abstract: An engine cooling module includes a shroud structure 12 having a shroud hub 46 constructed and arranged to receive a portion of a motor 16. A DC electric motor 16 has first and second ends and a rotatable shaft 40. The second end of the motor is received by the shroud hub. A fan 70 is provided that has a fan hub 72. The fan is coupled with the shaft for rotation therewith. The shroud hub 46 defines a protective cover covering the second end of the motor, and the fan hub 70 defines a protective cover covering the first end of the motor. Thus, no motor housing is required.Type: GrantFiled: April 13, 2006Date of Patent: March 30, 2010Assignee: Brose Fahrzeugteile GmbH & Co. Kommanditgesellschaft, WürzburgInventors: Mehran K. Rahbar, Marek Horski
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Patent number: 7687952Abstract: Disclosed herein is a rotor assembly for an electric machine including a stationary shaft, a first bearing, a second bearing, a first pole segment, a second pole segment, a first internal fan, and a second internal. The first bearing is positioned at a first end of the shaft. The second bearing is positioned at a second end of the shaft. The first pole segment is supported by the first bearing and is rotatable about the shaft. The second pole segment is supported by the second bearing and is rotatable about the shaft. The first internal fan is attached to the first pole segment. And, the second internal fan is attached to the second pole segment.Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 2006Date of Patent: March 30, 2010Assignee: Remy Technologies, L.L.C.Inventor: Michael T. York
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Patent number: 7687954Abstract: Disclosed herein is a brushless electric machine comprising, a housing, a stationary field coil, a shaft, a bearing, a pole segment, and a stator. The stator including a core having a plurality of core slots that extend between a first and a second end of the stator core. The stator also including a winding with a plurality of phases, each of the phases having at least one conductor having a plurality of substantially straight segments disposed in the core slots. The straight segments are alternately connected at the first and the second ends of the stator core by a plurality of end loop segments. A section of at least one of the conductors including three consecutive end loop segments and two straight segments, is formed from a single continuous conductor, and one of the core slots houses a plurality of the straight segments arranged in at least one radial row.Type: GrantFiled: August 29, 2006Date of Patent: March 30, 2010Assignee: Remy Technologies, L.L.C.Inventors: Kirk Neet, Michael T. York, Michael Bradfield
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Patent number: 7679244Abstract: A motor including a rotor having a rotor shaft and a permanent magnet fixed to an end part of the rotor shaft, a stator disposed around the rotor, a bearing for supporting the end part of the rotor shaft, a bearing holder which holds the bearing movably in an axial direction, and a pressurization member which is disposed on an outer side in the axial direction of the bearing holder for urging the bearing to the rotor shaft side. The permanent magnet is provided with a recessed part which is capable of accommodating the bearing and the bearing holder.Type: GrantFiled: March 13, 2007Date of Patent: March 16, 2010Assignee: Nidec Sankyo CorporationInventor: Ikuo Agematsu
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Patent number: 7679240Abstract: A vibration motor having an eccentric weight 20 includes a tubular metal holder frame 30 with a flat bottom part 31 and a wall surface 32, the flat bottom part 31 having an inner projection 31f with a bottom-up recess part W, the upper wall surface 32 being domed; a pair of external terminal pieces 14 and 15 attached to a plastic end cap 13, wherein the plastic end cap 13 has spacer projections 13b and 13c inserted between the motor case 11 and the flat bottom part 31.Type: GrantFiled: August 28, 2008Date of Patent: March 16, 2010Assignees: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd., Sanyo Seimitsu Co., Ltd.Inventor: Kenji Kono
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Patent number: 7675214Abstract: A low-profile motor includes a rotor yoke having a rotor magnet on its inner or outer surface and being rotationally supported on a motor base via a shaft, and a stator core constituted of a plurality of T-shaped winding parts each having an end opposed to the rotor magnet. On the motor base formed with a hole for supporting the rotor yoke via the shaft, the plurality of T-shaped winding parts are cut like tongues along the radial direction of the hole, and the T-shaped winding parts are each bent such that their ends are opposed to the rotor magnet. Thus, it is possible to readily form the T-shaped winding parts, eliminate the need for mounting the T-shaped winding parts, and reduce the number of parts and steps. This technique enables it to efficiently form an inexpensive low-profile motor for a magnetic disk unit and the like.Type: GrantFiled: December 26, 2003Date of Patent: March 9, 2010Assignee: Panasonic CorporationInventor: Akihito Shirai
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Publication number: 20100052449Abstract: A control device for an electrically operated power steering system includes: a power substrate comprising a plurality of switching elements, that converts DC electrical current to AC electrical current by switching operation of the plurality of switching elements; an output terminal for transmitting the AC electrical current to an electric motor that generates steering torque; a conductor for electrically connecting the power substrate to the output terminal; a metallic chassis that holds the power substrate and the conductor, and supports the output terminal; and a metallic cover that faces the output terminal, and that is connected to the metallic chassis.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 28, 2009Publication date: March 4, 2010Applicant: Hitachi , Ltd.Inventors: Manabu Hashimoto, Akira Mishima, Kentaro Ochi, Takuro Kanazawa