Patents Examined by Rashad H Johnson
  • Patent number: 11996739
    Abstract: A multi-pole rotor of a variable-flux memory motor (VFMM) includes: a plurality of poles. Each pole includes: a curved soft magnet, wherein an outer periphery of the curved soft magnet is toward the rotational axis of the rotor; a first non-magnetic and non-conductive material disposed on the outer periphery of the curved soft magnet; and a second non-magnetic and non-conductive material disposed on an inner periphery of the curved soft magnet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: Jacobi Motors LLC
    Inventors: Nicolaus Radford, Mohammadreza Barzegaranbaboli
  • Patent number: 11990813
    Abstract: A stator for an electrical machine has a stator core (16) with stator grooves (19). Stator windings (17) are received in the stator grooves (19) of the stator core (16). Groove insulators (20) are received in the stator grooves (19) of the stator core (16) such that the groove insulators (20) are arranged between the stator core (16) and the stator windings (17). The groove insulators (20) are made of plastic, namely a first plastic that provides the isolation function of the groove insulator (20) and a second plastic and/or a third plastic that provides a function of the respective groove insulator (20) differing from the isolating function.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: Dr. Ing. h. c. F. Porsche AG
    Inventors: Florian Braunbeck, Tobias Schmack
  • Patent number: 11990812
    Abstract: A routing structure of a conductive wire includes: a body portion; a guide portion fixed to the body portion and including a protruding portion protruding to an outside of the body portion; a conductive wire hooked on the protruding portion of the guide portion; and a first insulating portion disposed between the body portion and the guide portion and insulating the body portion and the guide portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: NIDEC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yoichi Sekii
  • Patent number: 11990810
    Abstract: A device has a housing and a rotor with an axis and a rotor disk with a magnet. A cooling plate is coupled to the housing. The cooling plate includes a channel connected to an inlet and an outlet to convey a liquid coolant. A stator is coaxial with the rotor and includes a printed circuit board with conductive layers laminated together with layers of an insulating material. Each conductive layer has coils that can carry electrical current when connected to an external voltage source. The stator is mechanically coupled to the housing, so the stator reacts to torque produced by the device. A ferromagnetic yoke is mechanically and thermally coupled to the stator and to the cooling plate to provide a path for magnetic flux produced by the magnet and a path to conduct heat generated by the stator from the stator to the cooling plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: INFINITUM ELECTRIC INC.
    Inventors: Bahareh Anvari, Paulo Guedes-Pinto, Randal A. Lee
  • Patent number: 11990809
    Abstract: A dynamoelectric machine includes: a winding; a stator core including a slot in which the winding is installed; a cover part that covers the stator core; and a crossing part that is a space formed between the cover part and the stator core, wherein, in the crossing part, an end portion of the winding in an axial direction is exposed, and a filling member is disposed between a side surface of the winding in a radial direction and an inner side surface of the cover part in the radial direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shinji Kato, Fumiya Nishii, Masaru Sora, Taku Ueda, Takashi Wakui
  • Patent number: 11984775
    Abstract: A method for producing a stator includes: providing a main body, the main body having: a cavity for accommodating a rotor, and a plurality of slots, extending axially through the main body, the plurality of slots accommodating electrical conductors of a winding, providing slot insulation so as to ensure that a slot interior of each slot of the plurality of slots is electrically insulated from the main body and is fluidtight; and forming a respective end plate on each of two ends of the main body, the end plates being attached in a fluidtight manner to the main body so as to ensure that no fluid can get between the end plate and the main body and reach the cavity of the main body. Each end plate has a radial part and an axial part, and the axial part has an insert.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: DR. ING. H.C. F. PORSCHE AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Tobias Engelhardt, Stefan Oechslen
  • Patent number: 11980915
    Abstract: Disclosed is an ultrasonic wave transmission structure which is provided on a path of ultrasonic waves to amplify incident ultrasonic waves. The ultrasonic wave transmission structure includes: multiple rings each provided with a body portion having a different radius from other body portions and spaced apart from another body portion adjacent thereto and a slit disposed between adjacent body portions; and a membrane disposed in the multiple rings, wherein the mass of the membrane is adjusted to vary a resonant frequency in multiple sub-membrane regions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignees: CENTER FOR ADVANCED META-MATERIALS, PUSAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY INDUSTRY-UNIVERSITY COOPERATION FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Jong Jin Park, Jun Hyuk Kwak, Kyung Jun Song, Hak Joo Lee
  • Patent number: 11973370
    Abstract: A motor, a compressor and a refrigeration device are provided. The motor includes a stator and a rotor. The stator has a central hole and multiple stator slots arranged in an annular array centered on an axis of the central hole. The rotor is provided in the central hole. Multiple rotor slots are provided on the rotor, and are arranged in an annular array centered on the axis of the central hole and close to an edge of the rotor. A plane perpendicular to the axis of the central hole is a reference plane, a sum of projected areas of the stator slots on the reference plane is S1, a sum of projected areas of the rotor slots on the reference plane is S2, an outer periphery of the stator projected on the reference plane forms a projected pattern, and an area of the projected pattern is S3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: ANHUI MEIZHI PRECISION MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Dongliang Zhao, Zhengjun Sun, Xiaohua Qiu
  • Patent number: 11973387
    Abstract: An electric work machine (1) includes a motor (8) having a rotor (23) disposed within a stator core (31) and coils (34) disposed on the stator core; a power-transmission mechanism (10) driven by the rotor; and an output shaft (6), on which a tool accessory is mountable and which is operably driven by the power-transmission mechanism. The stator core includes an outer-side member (40) having projection parts (42) protruding radially inward from a circular-ring part (41) in a spaced apart manner in a circumferential direction of the stator core and respectively supporting the coils; and an inner-side member (43) disposed radially inward of the outer-side member and coupled to inner-end portions of the projection parts. A plurality of first insulators (32) and a plurality of second insulators (33) may be respectively disposed around the projection parts and interconnected in an alternating manner in the circumferential direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: MAKITA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Akira Naito
  • Patent number: 11967868
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing a helical metal body (1, 1?), in particular made of aluminum or an aluminum alloy. A blank is first produced in a primary shaping process, a metal forming process, or in a removal process, in particular a machining process, and one or more recesses (100, 101, 201, 202, 203) are then introduced into the blank using a removal process, said recesses defining a circumferential coil, the adjacent windings thereof being mutually spaced, in particular electrically insulated from one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.
    Inventors: Matthias Busse, Franz-Josef Wöstmann
  • Patent number: 11967872
    Abstract: An electric machine stator includes a stator core having annular stator laminations arranged in a stack with each lamination includes a plurality of stator teeth, adjacent teeth defining corresponding tooth slots on an inner periphery. Each stator tooth slot includes a winding area and an opening area leading to the inner periphery and including a first side and a second side. The first side and the second side each have an inner and outer tooth top, the inner and outer tooth top of the first side and the inner and outer tooth top of the second side are respectively symmetrical with respect to a center line of the opening area, and the first side and the second side are asymmetric with respect to the center line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Chuan Deng, Guohua Du, Yigang Yuan
  • Patent number: 11962189
    Abstract: A stator (1a, 1 b) for an electric machine. The stator (1a, 1b) is fixedly mounted relative to a rotational axis (Rot). The stator (1a, 1b) comprises a stator yoke (2) that extends in the axial (A) and radial (R) directions. Stator teeth (3), facing toward the rotational axis (Rot), are arranged in a ring shape on the stator yoke (2). The teeth are uniformly spaced apart from one another so that a stator groove (14) is formed therebetween. The stator (1a, 1b) is divided into a first stator section (5) and a second stator section (6). First and second outer walls (9, 10) are provided on the stator yoke (2) and serve to axially support the stator yoke (2). A cooling manifold disk (11) is integrated between the first stator section (5) and the second stator section (6). An electric machine with a stator of that type is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: ZF Friedrichshafen AG
    Inventors: Rayk Gersten, David Wörzler, Stefan Spühler, Martin Jelinewski, Johannes Glückler, Timo Hele, Kai Bornträger
  • Patent number: 11962226
    Abstract: A rotor carrier for a rotor of an electric machine and to a hybrid module with such a rotor carrier. The rotor carrier includes a tubular base body having elements on an outer circumferential surface facing the rotor for connection between base body and rotor, the base body is connected to a hub by a connection element. The connection element has an axial portion which extends along a part of the axial length of the base body and runs coaxial to the latter, in that receptacles for parts of a clutch are provided on an inner circumferential surface of the axial portion remote of the base body, and in that the connection element has a flange area adjoining the axial portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: ZF FRIEDRICHSHAFEN AG
    Inventors: Wolfgang Großpietsch, Angelika Ebert, Monika Rößner, Christoph Margraf, Thomas Bauer
  • Patent number: 11955856
    Abstract: A rotary electric machine includes: a stator; and a rotor that face the stator and that rotates together with a rotation shaft, the rotor including: a rotor core including rotor salient poles and a slot formed between adjacent rotor salient poles, and a rotor coil wound around each of the rotor salient poles via an insulating member through the slot. Further, the rotor coil includes: a slot coil portion; and a coil end portion protruding from an end surface of the rotor core in an axial direction, the insulating member includes: a slot insulating portion; and an end insulating portion, and the slot insulating portion and the end insulating portion are integrated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takeshi Kitayama, Hiroyuki Hattori
  • Patent number: 11955854
    Abstract: In this stator armature, a first leg portion has a first surface side part that has a thickness in a radial direction smaller than a thickness of a first leg portion body portion in the radial direction, a second leg portion has a second surface side part that has a thickness in the radial direction smaller than a thickness of a second leg portion body portion in the radial direction, and in the radial direction, a thickness of a joint portion is equal to or more than a thickness of a part other than the joint portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: AISIN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kiyotaka Koga, Takahiro Kobuchi, Takashi Kato
  • Patent number: 11955860
    Abstract: The present invention may provide a motor including a shaft, a rotor coupled to the shaft, a stator disposed outside the rotor, and a bus bar disposed on the stator, wherein the bus bar includes a terminal connected to a coil of the stator, the terminal includes a first terminal and a second terminal which are separated from each other in a circuit manner, the first terminal includes a first neutral terminal and a plurality of first phase terminals, the second terminal includes a second neutral terminal and a plurality of second phase terminals, first curvature centers of the plurality of first phase terminals are disposed to be different, second curvature centers of the plurality of second phase terminals are disposed to be different, a position of a curvature center of the first neutral terminal is the same as a position of a curvature center of the second neutral terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Woong Seon Ryu
  • Patent number: 11949286
    Abstract: An electric motor includes electric motor stator and a rotor rotatably inserted in the electric motor stator. The electric motor stator includes a stator iron core and an end cap. The end cap is formed, in an interior thereof, with a receiving space that receives the stator iron core therein. The stator iron core includes an annular stator yoke and a plurality of stator teeth extending radially from an internal circumferential surface of the stator yoke. The stator yoke has an external circumferential surface that is recessed to form positioning grooves. The end cap has an internal surface that is protruded to form positioning posts that are respectively insertable into and connectable with the positioning grooves. The positioning grooves respectively correspond to the stator teeth in a radial direction of the stator iron core.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: NINGBO GLOYEL ELECTRIC MOTOR CO. LTD.
    Inventors: Chuang Yu, Yongbin Li, Guixin Huang
  • Patent number: 11949304
    Abstract: A rotary electric machine includes a stator. The stator has a coil end provided by a plurality of joint portions. The coil end has a leader wire connected to a power terminal. The stator has a coil end provided by a plurality of turn portions. The coil end has a circumferential pair whose top portions are offset in a circumferential direction. The circumferential pair has a height HG21. The coil end has an axial pair whose top portions are offset in an axial direction. The axial pair has a height HG22. The housing has a facing surface facing the coil end. The coil end provides a height distribution which adapts an unevenness of the opposing surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masayoshi Yamamoto, Mai Goto, Shigenori Yoneda
  • Patent number: 11938979
    Abstract: An assembly may be provided that includes a controller configured to be coupled with at least one blower drive that operates a blower motor to cool resistive elements that dissipate electrical power as heat. The controller may be configured to determine whether the electrical power is no longer received by the resistive elements and operate the at least one blower drive to operate the blower motor to cool the resistive elements responsive to the electrical power no longer being received by the resistive elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: Transportation IP Holdings, LLC
    Inventors: Jeffrey John Wolff, Henry Todd Young, Kevin Michael Jones, Laura Cooper
  • Patent number: 11942834
    Abstract: A motor drive system includes a rectifier circuit, a controller, a modulator circuit and a direct current (DC) motor. The rectifier circuit is configured to convert an alternating current (AC) voltage to a DC voltage. The controller is configured to output a control signal. The modulator circuit includes a pulse generation module, a feedback determination module, a pulse modulation module and a driving module, and is configured to generate a modulated DC driving signal based on the DC voltage and the control signal generated by the rectifier circuit and the controller. The DC motor is configured to operate in accordance with the modulated DC driving signal generated by the modulator circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: ZENG HSING INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chin-Shu Yang, Chih-Huang Wu