With Specific Motor Details Patents (Class 417/423.7)
  • Publication number: 20110142698
    Abstract: A heat-dissipating fan assembly is provided. The heat-dissipating fan includes a base, a axial tube, at least one coil mounted on the base, and an impeller module having an impeller, a plurality of vanes disposed on the circumferential surface of the impeller, a shaft, and a permanent magnet. The axial tube is mounted on the base, and made of a permeability material. The shaft and the permanent magnet are disposed on the same surface of the impeller. The shaft is inserted in conjunction with the axial tube. The at least one coil is used to electrically connect with a power to interact with the permanent magnet, which in turns rotates the impeller module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2009
    Publication date: June 16, 2011
    Applicant: PC-FAN TECHNOLOGY INC.
    Inventor: Clement CHANG
  • Publication number: 20110135519
    Abstract: Provided is an air blower for a fuel cell vehicle, and in particular, an air blower for a fuel cell vehicle having a cooling water passage formed in a motor case and an air flowing groove to increase cooling efficiency and reduce a shaft load to improve durability.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2010
    Publication date: June 9, 2011
    Applicant: HALLA CLIMATE CONTROL CORP.
    Inventors: Kyung Seok CHO, Soon Ho Choi, Hyun Sup Yang, Cha You Lim
  • Patent number: 7956509
    Abstract: A pump is driven by a compact electric motor in which a coil is disposed in a ring form around and along a stator core which has a plurality of claw magnetic poles that extend alternately from both ends of one member of the stator core toward the end of the other member thereof. A stator core can be made from a compressed powder core by molding with resin, with the molded portion able to serve as a partition separating pump and motor units.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2011
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Fumio Tajima, Masashi Kitamura, Yuji Enomoto, Yuji Nomoto, Kenya Takarai
  • Patent number: 7952241
    Abstract: A cooling fan includes a fan ring to be attached to an end surface of a rotor core near the outer circumference thereof, and a plurality of fins connected to the fan ring. The fan ring has positioning leg portions provided on an end surface thereof facing a thrust direction. The fan ring is positioned in relation to the rotor core through insertion of the positioning leg portions into core slots of the rotor core. The fan ring has wire accommodation recesses which are formed on the end surface of the fan ring facing the thrust direction and communicate with the core slots.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2011
    Assignee: Mabuchi Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masahiko Kato, Yusuke Miyajima
  • Patent number: 7950907
    Abstract: A fluid fuel pump and its electrically driven brushless motor are located at opposite ends of a common housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2011
    Assignee: Denso Corporation
    Inventors: Kiyoshi Nagata, Shinji Sumiya
  • Publication number: 20110116955
    Abstract: A fuel pump may include a motor section comprising a rotor and a stator. One of the rotor and the stator may have at least a pair of permanent magnet parts disposed along a first circumferential surface at an interval in a circumferential direction, and at least two magnetic material parts disposed between ends of adjacent permanent magnet parts. The other one of the rotor and the stator may have a first yoke disposed so as to face the permanent magnet parts, wherein a plurality of slots are formed on the first yoke at an interval in the circumferential direction. A surface facing the slots of the magnetic material parts may be shifted, in at least a partial range in the circumferential direction including a permanent magnet part side end where a polarity of a first circumferential surface side is a north pole, from the first circumferential surface in a direction along which a distance to the slots increases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2010
    Publication date: May 19, 2011
    Applicant: AISAN KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hiroaki Naito, Kazumichi Hanai
  • Publication number: 20110116952
    Abstract: An electric water pump apparatus may include a body having a stator chamber and a rotor chamber therein, a stator having a hollow cylindrical shape and being disposed in the stator chamber and generating a magnetic field, wherein the stator fluidly insulates the stator chamber and the rotor chamber, a rotor disposed in the rotor chamber and enclosed by the stator, wherein the rotor is rotated by the magnetic field, and a pump cover connected to the body and forming a volute chamber therein, wherein the volute chamber and the rotor chamber are fluidly-communicated through a connecting hole formed to the body and a coolant is supplied to the rotor chamber through the connection hole, wherein the stator includes a stator groove formed in an inner circumference therein and the stator groove is fluid-connected to the rotor chamber and the volute chamber through the connection hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2010
    Publication date: May 19, 2011
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Myunghwa Ind. Co., Ltd., Amotech Co., Ltd., Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Jeawoong Yi, Seung Yong Lee, Gyuhwan Kim, Yun Seok Kim, Yong Sun Park, Tae-Sung Oh, Kyung-Hwan Kim, Jong-Hoon Lee, Kwang-Ho Lee
  • Publication number: 20110116954
    Abstract: An electric water pump apparatus may include a body, a stator disposed in the body, a rotor in the stator, a pump cover having an inlet and an outlet, wherein a front surface of the body and the pump cover form a volute chamber, wherein a stator chamber is formed at an outer portion in the body in a radial direction and the stator is mounted in the stator chamber, and wherein a rotor chamber is formed at an inner portion in the body and the rotor is mounted in the rotor chamber, a shaft rotatably coupled to the front surface and fixed into the rotor, and an impeller fixed to a front portion of the shaft, wherein the shaft includes a first shaft connecting the impeller and a front end portion of the rotor and a second shaft connected to a rear end portion of the rotor along the central axis of the shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2010
    Publication date: May 19, 2011
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, MYUNGHWA IND. CO., LTD., AMOTECH CO., LTD., KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Soon Il HONG, Seung Yong Lee, Yong Sun Park, Gyuhwan Kim, Yun Seok Kim, Tae-Sung Oh, Kyung-Hwan Kim, Jong-Hoon Lee, Kwang-Ho Lee
  • Publication number: 20110116953
    Abstract: An electric water pump may include a stator generating a magnetic field, a rotor rotated by the magnetic field, a pump cover, a body having a volute chamber with the pump chamber, a stator chamber and a rotor chamber, the stator being mounted in the stator chamber and the rotor being mounted in the rotor chamber, a shaft fixed to the rotor, an impeller fixed to the shaft in the volute chamber, a driver case mounted at a rear end of the body and having a rear surface opened backward and formed of a driver chamber therein, and a driver mounted in the driver chamber and applying a control signal to the stator, wherein the case surface is provided with an insert portion protruded forward from an external circumference thereof and inserted in a rear end portion of the body, and a fixing groove in which the insert portion is inserted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2010
    Publication date: May 19, 2011
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, MYUNGHWA IND. CO., LTD., AMOTECH CO., LTD., KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jeawoong Yi, Seung Yong Lee, Gyuhwan Kim, Yun Seok Kim, Yong Sun Park, Tae-Sung Oh, Kyung-Hwan Kim, Jong-Hoon Lee, Kwang-Ho Lee
  • Publication number: 20110110806
    Abstract: An alternating current-to-direct current (AC-to-DC) power supply has a first stage providing a first DC voltage and a second stage providing a second DC voltage. The AC-to-DC power supply has a first efficiency at the first stage and a second efficiency at the second stage that is less than the first efficiency. The second DC voltage is also less than the first DC voltage. A blower is electrically connected to the first stage of the AC-to-DC power supply to receive the first DC voltage from the AC-to-DC power supply to power the blower. Electrical connection of the blower to the first stage of the AC-to-DC power supply instead of to the second stage of the AC-to-DC power supply wastes less power and is more efficient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2009
    Publication date: May 12, 2011
    Inventors: Randhir S. Malik, Jen-Ching Lin, Chu Te Chung, Cecil C. Dishman, Michael J. Steinmetz
  • Patent number: 7938633
    Abstract: An electric compressor includes an electric motor, a compression mechanism driven by the electric motor, and a housing for accommodating the electric motor and the compression mechanism. The housing is formed such that the stator is fitted thereto. The housing has a plurality of thick portions and a plurality of thin portions. The center of the thickness of each thick portion is located outside of the center of the thickness of each thin portion with respect to a radial direction of the housing. As a result, even if the housing is deformed, the fixation of the stator to the housing is reliably maintained. Further, the weight of the electric compressor is reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2011
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toyota Jidoshokki
    Inventors: Masao Iguchi, Kazuya Kimura, Akihiro Kawakami
  • Publication number: 20110103981
    Abstract: A heat dissipating fan includes a housing having an air inlet and air outlet between which an air passageway is formed. A fixed seat is provided in the air passageway and includes first positioning holes. A magnetically conductive first casing includes a first outer wall, an extended wall extending radially outward from an end of the first outer wall and having second positioning holes aligned with the first positioning holes, and a first support on the other end of the first outer wall. A second casing is coupled to an inner peripheral of the extended wall of the first casing. A motor mounted in the first and second casings includes a stator and a circuit board electrically connected to the stator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2009
    Publication date: May 5, 2011
    Inventors: Alex Horng, Tso-Kuo Yin
  • Patent number: 7922467
    Abstract: To protect the bearings, lubricant and seals of a refrigerant compressor, the compressor includes one or more inductors for mitigating a high frequency common mode current that produces a high frequency shaft voltage. Each inductor is a ring of magnetic material encircling three insulated cables that convey three-phase power from an adjustable frequency drive to the compressor's motor. Without the inductors, the high frequency shaft voltage can become damagingly high due to the length of a cast iron housing that can be particularly long if the housing contains both a motor and several centrifugal impellers. The high frequency shaft voltage is just one component of a composite adverse shaft voltage. Another component, known as an operationally induced shaft voltage, can be reduced by a grounding contact, so instead of using just an inductor or just a contact, both can be used to provide a total solution to the problem.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2011
    Assignee: Trane International Inc
    Inventors: Robert M. Swanson, Joel S. Duga, David M. Foye
  • Publication number: 20110064564
    Abstract: An axial flow pump includes a perforated impeller through which fluid being pumped flows. The pump can carry a stator which can interact with magnetic elements rotatably carried with the impeller to produce rotation thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2010
    Publication date: March 17, 2011
    Applicant: Metropolitan Industries, Inc.
    Inventor: John R. Kochan, JR.
  • Patent number: 7905712
    Abstract: A centrifugal pump device includes a motor unit and a pump unit. The motor unit includes two elongated stator units, and a rotor disposed rotatably on a motor housing unit between the stator units. Each of the stator units extends in a direction perpendicular to and spaced apart from a rotating axis of the rotor. The pump unit includes a pump chamber, a plurality of impeller blades disposed in the pump chamber and anchored to the rotor, a pump housing unit attached fixedly and sealingly to the motor housing unit, a liquid passage in fluid communication with the pump chamber, an inlet passage in fluid communication with the liquid passage, and an outlet passage in fluid communication with the pump chamber and extending at least partially into a between-stator region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2011
    Assignee: Prolynn Technology Inc.
    Inventor: Kau-Chung Huang
  • Patent number: 7896626
    Abstract: An electric pump uses an inner-rotor type, brushless DC motor. A casing of the electric pump is formed by a pump casing and a main casing. A sensor-stator assembly is disposed in a space between a side wall portion of the main casing and a can and is sealed with resin. A first elastic seal member is disposed, in a fluid-tight manner, between the can and the main casing. A second elastic seal member is disposed, in a fluid-tight manner, between the pump casing and the main casing. In this condition, the pump casing and the main casing are fixed together.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2011
    Assignee: Minebea Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yukio Shibuya I, Satomi Uchiyama, Takanori Suzuki
  • Patent number: 7887289
    Abstract: The invention provides a blower system of a high performance, which is constructed to have stabilized characteristics, a high efficiency, a reduced thickness and a reduced noise. A blower system according to the invention includes an impeller, a motor for rotating the impeller and having a rotor and a stator, and a bell-mouth for supplying air to an intake port in the impeller, wherein the rotor is fixed to the impeller, and the stator is fixed to the bell-mouth. A gap between the impeller and the bell-mouth is composed of a gap between the rotor and the stator of the motor. Alternatively, the rotor is fixed to the impeller, and the stator is fixed to a fitting for mounting a housing of the blower system or the blower system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2011
    Assignee: Hitachi Industrial Equipment Systems Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Taichi Tokunaga, Hirotoshi Sato
  • Publication number: 20110033324
    Abstract: A counterweight cover for a compressor is provided and may include an annular body having a recess at least partially defined by an outer circumferential portion, an inner circumferential portion, and an upper portion connecting the outer circumferential portion and the inner circumferential portion. A suction baffle may be disposed on the annular body and may direct a flow of suction gas within the compressor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2010
    Publication date: February 10, 2011
    Inventors: James A. SCHAEFER, Stephen M. SEIBEL, Daniel L. MCSWEENEY, Robert J. COMPARIN
  • Fan
    Publication number: 20110033323
    Abstract: A fan has a housing with a wire-guiding slot is presented. One of plural connecting members is taken as a line fixed portion having a linking end facing the wire-guiding slot, with the linking end connecting to a section of a peripheral wall of the housing and the said section axially aligned with the wire-guiding slot of the housing. A base is coupled to the housing. A power line has one end connected with the connection port and the other end extended beyond the housing via the wire-guiding slot. An impeller is rotatably mounted inside of the housing. Therefore, the line fixed portion can be close to the wire-guiding slot. Thus, the power line can be straight extended through the wire-guiding slot. A distance between the connection port and the wire-guiding slot is shortened to enhance assembling convenience of the power line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2009
    Publication date: February 10, 2011
    Inventor: Alex Horng
  • Publication number: 20110027112
    Abstract: The present invention provides a water pump capable of minimizing the runout of a shaft of an impeller even if a bearing supporting the shaft is provided only at one location. This water pump includes a pump cover, a motor case having a partition wall part, an impeller that is rotatably housed in a pump chamber, a shaft, a radial bearing, a rotor base formed with a shaft connecting part to which the shaft is press-fitted and fixed, an inner magnet that is fixed to an outer periphery of the rotor base, and a stator core mounted in the motor case. A substantially cylindrical bearing housing part is formed in partition wall part, the radial bearing is inserted and fixed to the bearing housing part, the radial bearing is disposed in the rotor base, and an axial direction overall length of the radial bearing is positioned within a substantial area of an axial direction overall length of the inner magnet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2010
    Publication date: February 3, 2011
    Applicant: Yamada Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ryuichi Negishi, Shigetoshi Miyata
  • Patent number: 7874818
    Abstract: An electric motor and fuel pump assembly with a housing having generally opposed ends with an electric motor within the housing having an armature with an axial commutator adjacent one end of the armature and one end of the housing. A fuel pump is positioned adjacent another end of the housing and the armature and is operably connected to the armature for being driven by the electric motor. A carrier within the housing has guides slidably receiving axially elongate brushes disposed generally parallel to the armature axis with ends contacting the commutator. Each brush is biased generally axially into contact with the commutator by a torsional spring with a coiled body having an axis generally transverse to the axis of the armature to decrease the overall axial length of the pump assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2011
    Assignee: TI Group Automotive Systems, L.L.C.
    Inventors: Wade A. Gottschalk, Peter P. Kuperus
  • Patent number: 7874816
    Abstract: An end cap assembly for an in-tank fuel pump is configured to close an open end of a pump housing and includes an end cap body and a companion clip. On the bottom side of the end cap body facing the pump housing is a pair of motor brush wells for holding a pair of DC motor brushes. A pair of blind bores are provided to receive corresponding RFI suppression circuits. A pair of pockets are located in between the wells and the bores to allow flexible shunt wires to connect the RFI suppression circuits with the brushes. The clip is adapted for insertion into the bottom of the end cap body wherein a pair of axially-extending legs are guided into and seal the pockets. The captured shunt wires are electrically isolated in the closed pockets and contact with fuel is minimized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2011
    Assignee: Delphi Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: John G. Fischer, Robert J. W. Ball
  • Patent number: 7874817
    Abstract: A fuel pump assembly includes a fuel pump, and an electric motor for rotatably driving the fuel pump and including a motor armature and a commutator positioned between the motor armature and the fuel pump.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2011
    Assignee: TI Group Automotive Systems, L.L.C.
    Inventors: Bryan J. Gettel, Peter P. Kuperus
  • Publication number: 20110010961
    Abstract: A drying device has been developed having a single electric motor configured to drive a drum and directly drive an air blower. The single electric motor is a non-line frequency electric motor. The drum is coupled to a support frame to enable rotation of the drum relative the support frame. The drum has an interior space for holding a load of articles, such as clothing. The motor includes a controller configured to increase gradually the angular velocity of the drum to provide a “soft start” for the dryer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2009
    Publication date: January 20, 2011
    Applicant: Emerson Electric Co.
    Inventors: Robert E. Wehrheim, Keith I. Hoemann, Gregory A. Peterson, L. Ranney Dohogne, Marshall J. Huggins, Gregory M. Levine
  • Publication number: 20110014074
    Abstract: An impeller and at least a portion of a cooperating peripheral volute may be integrated are integrally injection molded with, concentric outer rotor and inner stator assemblies, respectively, to achieve a low profile precision impeller mechanism based on an improved brushless D.C. motor with low length to diameter ratio and suitable for use in a variety of other applications. A rotating cap has an inner circumference which is molded about an outer ferromagnetic back ring that in turn supports a rotor magnet having a number of poles of alternating polarity and separated by a relatively small cylindrical air gap from a fixed stator assembly. The fixed stator assembly is integrally molded into a base housing having a bearing support that extends upwardly through the center of the stator assembly and that is rotatably coupled to a rotating shaft that extends downwardly from the center of the rotating cap.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2010
    Publication date: January 20, 2011
    Inventors: Leslie C. Hoffman, Barton J. Kenyon, David B. Sears
  • Publication number: 20110008195
    Abstract: An electric centrifugal pump for conveying a fluid, in particular for conveying fuel to an aircraft engine, is disclosed. The pump includes a housing in which a rotor shaft is rotationally mounted and an impeller for conveying the fuel which is arranged on the rotor shaft. A motor arrangement is provided for driving the rotor shaft in a rotary manner around a rotor axis. The impeller includes at least one rotor, and at least one stator is arranged in the housing in a plane-parallel manner adjacent to the rotor such that the rotor and the stator form the motor arrangement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2008
    Publication date: January 13, 2011
    Applicant: MTU Aero Engines GmbH
    Inventor: Hubert Herrmann
  • Publication number: 20110002800
    Abstract: A DC fan of inner rotor type includes a housing having a frame defining a compartment. A rotor is rotatably received in the compartment. The rotor includes a shaft having an outer periphery and a permanent magnet fixed to and around the outer periphery of the shaft. A stator is fixed in the compartment of the frame and surrounds the rotor. The stator includes a plurality of magnetic pole faces facing an outer periphery of the permanent magnet. An air gap is formed between each magnetic pole face and the permanent magnet. The stator further includes at least one coil. An impeller is coupled to an end of the shaft. A drive control unit is mounted in the compartment and electrically connected to the at least one coil of the stator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2009
    Publication date: January 6, 2011
    Inventor: Alex Horng
  • Patent number: 7862309
    Abstract: A thin fan structure is composed of a driving unit and a rotating unit. The driving unit has a base, a coil circuit board and a shaft, in which the coil circuit board is disposed at the base. The rotating unit has a bearing, a fan blade, an iron-containing metal sheet and a magnet, in which the bearing has an outer ring and an inner ring. The fan blade, the iron-containing metal sheet and the magnet are fixed at the outer ring of the bearing, the inner ring of the bearing is fixed at the shaft of the driving unit and the coil circuit board of the driving unit is able to drive the rotating unit turning around.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2011
    Assignee: Adda Corporation
    Inventors: Chao-Ching Chen, Mag Chen
  • Publication number: 20100322800
    Abstract: A cooling fan includes a base forming a central tube at a central portion thereof, a stator mounted around the central tube and a rotor rotatable relative to the stator. The central tube defines at least one engaging slot therein. The stator includes a stator core, an upper insulating frame attached to a top side of the stator core and a lower insulating frame attached to a bottom side of the stator core. The upper insulating frame forms a plurality of protrusion tabs extending inwardly from an inner circumferential surface of the upper insulating frame. The protrusion tabs extend into and engage in the at least one engaging slot to securely mount the stator core around the central tube.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2009
    Publication date: December 23, 2010
    Applicants: FU ZHUN PRECISION INDUSTRY (SHEN ZHEN) CO., LTD., FOXCONN TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: DUNG-CHANG YEH, XUE-LIAN SUO, YUNG-PING LIN
  • Publication number: 20100310391
    Abstract: A heat dissipation fan includes a first magnetic pole, and a second magnetic pole positioned in the first magnetic pole. A plurality of coils is positioned on the first magnetic pole. A plurality of fan blades is positioned on an inner surface of the second magnetic pole. When the current is applied, the magnetic field between the first and second magnetic poles generates a force on the first magnetic pole through the plurality of coils thereon. The first magnetic pole generates a counterforce on the second magnetic pole to rotate the plurality of fan blades.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2009
    Publication date: December 9, 2010
    Applicants: HONG FU JIN PRECISION INDUSTRY (ShenZhen) CO., LTD., HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: LIANG-LIANG CAO, LIANG-WEI JIANG
  • Publication number: 20100303654
    Abstract: The instant invention comprises a 12-volt water pumping system that is portable with a 12-volt DC impeller pump powered by a rechargeable 12-volt battery, which is recharged by either a 5-watt or 15-watt or larger solar panel. The 12-volt water pumping system is in a plastic case, which contains the battery, the pump, and the electronics. The pump is capable of pumping over 200 gallons per hour. A water pickup wand serves as the link between the water collection device and the solar rain pump. The plastic case serves to hold the mechanical and electrical operation switches.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2010
    Publication date: December 2, 2010
    Applicant: GARDEN GREEN ECOSOLUTIONS, LLC
    Inventors: Matthew Petersen, William Petersen
  • Patent number: 7823809
    Abstract: An electrostatic spraying device has a capability of confirming that the device is ready for making an electrostatic spraying of the liquid composition on a user's skin. The device includes a nozzle and a pump for dispensing the liquid composition out through the nozzle. An emitter electrode is disposed to electrostatically charge the liquid composition being dispensed for making the electrostatic spraying. The device is provided with a power switch and a selector for selection between a spraying mode and a dripping mode. In the dripping mode, the pump is alone actuated to dispense the liquid composition absent electrostatic charge. In the spraying mode, both of the pump and the emitter electrode are activated to make the electrostatic spraying. Thus, the user can be easy to drip the liquid composition by simply manipulating the selector prior to initiating the electrostatic spraying.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2010
    Assignees: Panasonic Electric Works Co., Ltd., The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Naoki Yamaguchi, Koji Asakawa, David Edward Wilson, Kazumi Toyama, Meei-Lih Lin
  • Publication number: 20100272592
    Abstract: The present invention discloses structure improvement of a canned motor pump, and more particular to a canned motor pump which is a plastic pump or a pump with plastic lining to transfer chemical liquids, wherein a support structure of a rotor system is improved to provide a high-rigidity cantilever stationary shaft to satisfy all kinds of requirements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2010
    Publication date: October 28, 2010
    Inventors: Huan-Jan Chien, Ching-Chang Wang, Chih-Kuan Shih
  • Publication number: 20100244754
    Abstract: A sensorless-brushless motor control device comprises an inverter, an inverter drive circuit that drives the inverter and a current control part that controls the inverter drive circuit according to a current command from a superior control part and includes a first order lag compensating part. The device is characterized by further comprising a control mode changeover judging part that judges changeover of a control gain of the current control part after startup of the sensorless-brushless motor in response to a motor revolution sensing signal from the inverter drive circuit and a control mode changeover part that changes over the control gain of the current control part in response to an output of the control mode changeover judging part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2010
    Publication date: September 30, 2010
    Applicant: Hitachi Car Engineering Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Katsuji Marumoto, Kiyoshi Yoshida, Heikichi Tanno, Junichi Noda, Masami Nagano
  • Publication number: 20100247354
    Abstract: A turbo type centrifugal pump is provided in which an angular oscillator is angularly oscillated so that fluid in a radial through hole receives centrifugal force. The angular oscillator is used in combination with a resonance oscillation motor that generates angular oscillation. The resonance oscillation motor is incorporated in the pump so that the pump structure and the drive mechanism are integrated. This reduces the size of the pump. Since the angular oscillation is a reciprocating rotation within an oscillation range less than 360°, a suction pipe can be connected to the radial through hole used in the angular oscillation. This eliminates the necessity for providing a shielding structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2009
    Publication date: September 30, 2010
    Applicant: IMAGINA HOLDINGS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takahito Imagawa, Atsunori Miyamura
  • Patent number: 7800262
    Abstract: A combined centrifugal fan and valve to exhaust air outside of a building when running and to prevent air from escaping when not running. The electrical motor design is to allow the rotating parts of the motor to slide along the motor shaft axis. The vertical position of the motor will allow the sliding capacity of the motor to utilize the weight of the fan, motor shaft and motor armature to hold the base plate of the fan tightly against the inlet opening when the motor is not running and lift the fan, motor shaft and motor armature when running by the magnetic forces of the motor windings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2010
    Inventor: John Leo Larson
  • Publication number: 20100232993
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2010
    Publication date: September 16, 2010
    Applicant: NIDEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuji YABUUCHI, Jumpei KITAMURA, Atsushi MORITA, Hiroyoshi TESHIMA, Takuya TERAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20100226802
    Abstract: A fan motor includes a pair of fans axially mounted to both sides of a rotary shaft of the motor. The motor includes an inner rotor placed inside a stator wound with windings and an outer rotor placed outside the stator. The motor thus has a dual-rotor structure where the inner rotor and the outer rotor are held such that both the rotors can rotate on the rotary shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2010
    Publication date: September 9, 2010
    Applicant: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Kiyomi Kawamura, Hu Li, Yuichi Yoshikawa, Hiroshi Murakami, Yasushi Kato
  • Publication number: 20100226803
    Abstract: A pump is driven by a compact electric motor in which a coil is disposed in a ring form around and along a stator core which has a plurality of claw magnetic poles that extend alternately from both ends of one member of the stator core toward the end of the other member thereof. A stator core can be made from a compressed powder core by molding with resin, with the molded portion able to serve as a partition separating pump and motor units.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2010
    Publication date: September 9, 2010
    Applicant: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Fumio TAJIMA, Masashi Kitamura, Yuji Enomoto, Yuji Nomoto, Kenya Takarai
  • Publication number: 20100196180
    Abstract: A vacuum pump (10) has a pump rotor (16), an active magnetic bearing (20,21), a safety bearing (22,23) associated with the magnetic bearing (20,21), an electric drive motor (18) having a motor stator having a plurality of stator coils (191,192,193) for driving the pump rotor (16), a brake relay (42) having a plurality of changers each having a base contact (62,63,64), a brake contact (44,45,46) and an operational contact (47,48,49), and a short circuit point (60) by way of which all brake contacts (44,45,46) of the brake relay (42) are directly connected to each other. All stator coils (191,192,193) are connected to the base contacts (62,63,64) of the changer, and can be connected directly to each other by way of the brake contacts (44,45,46) of the brake relay (42) and by way of the short circuit point (60), and can be connected to an inverter module (32) by way of the operational contacts (47,48,49).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2008
    Publication date: August 5, 2010
    Applicant: OERLIKON LEYBOLD VACUUM GMBH
    Inventors: Ulrich Jung, Christian Harig
  • Publication number: 20100183460
    Abstract: A DC motor 12, has a stator housing 16 accommodating a permanent magnet stator and a rotor 15 rotatably mounted confronting the stator. The rotor 15 has a shaft 21, a rotor core 22 fitted to the shaft and having laminations forming salient poles or teeth 27. A commutator 23 is fitted to the shaft adjacent one end of the rotor core and windings 24 are wound about the teeth and terminated on segments of the commutator 23. The windings is formed by a number of coils with each coil being wound around a single tooth of the rotor and each tooth supporting a single coil. Brush gear comprising a plurality of brushes 26 in sliding contact with the commutator 23, transfers electrical power to the windings.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2010
    Publication date: July 22, 2010
    Inventors: Rui Feng QIN, Ling Yang, Bao Ting Liu, Chang Jin Zhou
  • Patent number: 7758323
    Abstract: A drain pump for home appliances that includes a motor with a turning shaft, an impeller connected to the turning shaft, and a hydraulic body in which the impeller is housed, the hydraulic body having an inlet conduit and an outlet conduit. The motor includes an actuator to block one of the conduits when the motor is not being powered, the motor itself performing the function of the anti-return valve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2010
    Assignee: BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeraete GmbH
    Inventor: Rodrigo Orue
  • Patent number: 7759889
    Abstract: A motor drive device of the present invention includes: an output circuit provided with a switch element connected to a motor; a PWM signal generating circuit for generating a PWM signal having a duty corresponding to a ratio between a power supply voltage applied to the motor and a predetermined control voltage; a control circuit for performing on/off control of the switch element according to the PWM signal; and a control voltage generating circuit for generating the control voltage such that the back electromotive voltage of the motor is maintained at a desired value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2010
    Assignee: Rohm Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Shigeru Hirata
  • Patent number: 7753662
    Abstract: A miniature liquid cooling device includes a casing (10) defining a first chamber (102), a second chamber (104) and a third chamber (106) communicating with the first chamber. The first and the third chambers cooperatively form a work channel for liquid. An impeller (21) is rotatably mounted in the first chamber to circulate the liquid. A filter (17) is mounted in the second chamber and defines a plurality of orifices (1704). When the impeller rotates, first the liquid firstly enters the second chamber via an inlet. (122), and then the liquid flows through the filter within the second chamber, whereby air bubbles in the liquid leave the liquid and escape from the filter via the orifices. The escaped air bubbles enter the second chamber. The deaerated liquid flows into the work channel and finally is driven to low out of the liquid cooling device via an outlet (124).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2010
    Assignees: Fu Zhun Precision Industry (Shen Zhen) Co., Ltd., Foxconn Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Cheng-Tien Lai, Zhi-Yong Zhou, Qiao-Li Ding
  • Patent number: 7755312
    Abstract: A motor drive device comprising an H-bridge circuit having four switching elements connected in an H bridge form to a motor coil L, a control circuit for on-off controlling each switching element, and a PWM signal generating circuit for generating a PWM signal having a duty according to a ration between a power supply voltage Vcc and a control voltage Vref, wherein the control circuit is so constituted as to select a switching element to be turned on according to an operation mode control signal FIN, RIN and control its on-duty according to the PWM signal. This constitution can variably control easily and over a wide range a drive voltage applied to one end of the motor coil L according to an externally input control voltage Vref.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2010
    Assignee: Rohm Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Shigeru Hirata
  • Publication number: 20100172095
    Abstract: Some embodiments of an apparatus and system are described for a crossflow blower. An apparatus may comprise an enclosure having a first side and a second side where a portion of the first side is recessed in a direction of the second side. The enclosure may also comprise a first internal height between the first side and the second side and a second internal height between the recessed portion of the first side and the second side. The enclosure may also comprise a motor and a crossflow blower arranged to generate a flow of air between the first side and the second side in a direction substantially perpendicular to an axis of rotation of the crossflow blower. Other embodiments are described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2009
    Publication date: July 8, 2010
    Inventors: Mark MacDonald, Jessica Gullbrand, Michael Izenson, Walter Swift, Eric Baugh
  • Publication number: 20100172775
    Abstract: A maglev motor and a pump using the maglev motor can be provided with strong magnetic bearing force generated by a simple structure, rotation losses of a rotor reduced with the generation of an eddy current suppressed, and a configuration of magnetic bearing can downsize by using a thin rotor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2008
    Publication date: July 8, 2010
    Applicant: IWAKI CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hiroyuki Onuma
  • Publication number: 20100166579
    Abstract: The present invention provides a brushless motor for a fluid pump that allows implementing a fluid pump that overcomes problems of durability and reduction of energy efficiency due to DC motors in the related art and provides excellent operational characteristics, by ensuring a space allowing fluid to flow between a stator and a rotor, and ensuring and maintaining excellent driving characteristics of a motor, and a fluid pump using the brushless motor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2009
    Publication date: July 1, 2010
    Applicant: DONGHEE INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jongsang NOH, Jonggeun CHA, Jongman LEE
  • Publication number: 20100158723
    Abstract: An electrically commutated DC motor (1) for a liquid pump (2) with a pump housing (3) with a suction connector (4) and a pressure connector (5) for connection to a hydraulic circuit, an essentially disk-like pump rotor (6) mounted to rotate in the pump housing, consisting of an impeller (7) with several pump vanes and a permanent magnet (8), a partition (11) separating a pump space (9) from a dry space (10), in which the partition is arranged in an axial gap (12) between the pump rotor (6) and several axially aligned wound stator poles (14) of the DC motor. The present invention configures a DC motor, so that it can be installed simply and reliably, is designed particularly robust and therefore has a very long operating lifetime.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2009
    Publication date: June 24, 2010
    Inventors: Olai Ihle, Georg Bernreuther, Klaus Weiske
  • Publication number: 20100158714
    Abstract: A rotary pump (1), which can be operated by an electronically commutated DC motor (56) with an axial gap, with a dry space (54), in which a wound stator (55) is accommodated, and a fluid-fillable pump space (13), in which a permanent magnetic pump impeller (5) is accommodated to rotate, the pump impeller (5) being separated by a split plate (18) from stator (55), which is connected to a return ring (27), to which several poles (15) are connected, and a circuit board (17), and is in heat-conducting contact with it, and includes a heat conducting element (10) from a good heat conducting light metal. The heat conducting element (10) consists essentially of a disk (40) aligned at right angles to the motor shaft or an annular disk with a coaxial tube (39) extending in the direction of the pump impeller in one piece with it, open or closed toward the motor shaft, and that the circuit board (17) is connected to the heat-conducting element (15) on the side facing away from the pump impeller (5).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2009
    Publication date: June 24, 2010
    Inventors: Michael John Werson, Colin Richard French