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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7122934 | Rotating electric machine, motor-driven vehicle and resin insert-molding method A rotating electric machine comprises: a stator including a stator iron core having a plurality of slots and a stator winding incorporated in the plurality of slots; and a rotor rotatably disposed in the stator via a clearance; wherein a mold (i.e., a slot insulator... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7102249 | Generator for use in hydroelectric power station and method of using same One aspect of the present invention concerns a generator for a hydroelectric power station, having a stator and a rotatably mounted rotor, and first vanes which act on the rotor and which cause rotation of the rotor. In order for the generator to be of a smaller str... | 09/05/2006 |
| 6891292 | Series of motors A series of fabricated products for electrically rotatably driven machines, especially alternating current motors for attachment on drives, for alternating current motors having various pole configurations and operable in differing performance classes, voltage class... | 05/10/2005 |
| 6781271 | Smoothing apparatus with drive motor directly coupled to the smoothing roll A smoothing roll for an apparatus for smoothing plastic foils and plates is driven directly by a rotor coaxially received with a stator in an outer housing with the rotor supported by a bearing on the outer housing or on a part of the housing extending coaxially int... | 08/24/2004 |
| 6710492 | Concentrically arranged single stator dual rotor motor/generator The motor/generator according to this invention is provided with a first rotor (23), a second rotor (21) and a stator (22) provided with a plurality of stator coils (1-6). The first rotor (23) is provided with magnetic poles by a m... | 03/23/2004 |
| 6710482 | Generator A generator comprising a generator housing and a generator drive shaft including a power input shaft coupled to a drive member through a coupling arrangement, whereby in use the drive member is coupled to an output shaft of an associated engine. The coupling arrange... | 03/23/2004 |
| 6633143 | Reactionless rotary drive mechanism An articulating probe head includes motors 12 and 18 for driving respective output shafts 14 and 20 about respective orthogonal axes z and x to move a stylus 22 over the surface of a workpiece under the control of a controller 26. At least one of the moto... | 10/14/2003 |
| 6493924 | Method for enabling a high torque/high speed brushless DC motor A high torque/high speed brushless DC motor system for controlling both the speed and torque of the motor including a rotor and a stator, the stator of the motor including a first, second and third winding. The system further includes means for sensing th... | 12/17/2002 |
| 6297575 | Combined power driven device having a three-layered electromechanical structure with common structures A combined power driven device is made up of three layers, each of the three layers forming an electromechanical structure such as a stator or an armature. One of the three layers serves as a common magnetic structure for interaction with the electromecha... | 10/02/2001 |
| 6288463 | Generator A generating apparatus includes an AC generator (11) having a stator (38) arranged around a rotary shaft (32) and a rotor (35) secured to the rotary shaft (32) and provided with an annular portion surrounding the outer peripheral portion of the stator (38... | 09/11/2001 |
| 6107707 | Anti-resonance solutions for stepper motors An apparatus and method for the reduction of the effects of resonant mechanical waves that exert clockwise or counterclockwise forces that act upon the output shaft of a stepper motor such that the dynamic relationship between the stator and rotor in a st... | 08/22/2000 |
| 5936321 | Magnet coupling including permanent magnets disposed to define magnetic gap therebetween A position of a second permanent magnet with respect to a first permanent magnet is defined by assembling a driving side support member, a thrust bearing, a spacing member, a radial bearing, and a driven side support member. The first and second permanent... | 08/10/1999 |
| 5838085 | Versatile AC dynamo-electric machine The invention comprises a versatile AC dynamo-electric machine (10) comprising isolated dual stators (50 and 50B and 50C), each both concentrated windings (53C) energizable with single-phase AC, and main windings (53) and a single high inertia sleeve (75)... | 11/17/1998 |
| 5818144 | Linear type induction motor having inner and outer stators A linear motor having a plurality of stator pieces rather than a ring-shaped stator. Accordingly, production costs are reduced and controllability can be improved. By coupling directly two sets of rotors and stators with a pulsator and spinning tub, an ex... | 10/06/1998 |
| 5708314 | Multi-rotor A.C. electric drive device A multi-rotor A.C. electric drive device comprises a stator capable of producing a rotating or an alternating magnetic field and at least two rotors capable of producing an electromagenetic torque at asynchronous speed. The rotors are respectively called ... | 01/13/1998 |
| 5646466 | Actuating apparatus and actuator First and second stationary driving coils are disposed about drive shaft means on which magnetized rotor means are mounted so as to exert on the drive shaft means output torques 90 degrees out of phase with each other. Coupling means connect the drive sha... | 07/08/1997 |
| 5614779 | Electronic watch The oscillating mass is integral with a toothed wheel which is engaged with pinions at the periphery of a plate. Many rotors at the periphery of the plate are located between sections of a peripheral, annular stator. The sections of the stator comprise co... | 03/25/1997 |
| 5455473 | Field weakening for a doubly salient motor with stator permanent magnets A device for field weakening in a doubly-salient variable reluctance motor having permanent magnets in the stator. The field weakening increases the constant power range of the motor and is accomplished by controlled movement of steel insets toward and aw... | 10/03/1995 |
| 5453651 | Drive unit with an electric motor for operating a plurality of adjusting devices A drive unit with an electric motor (2) for operating a plurality of adjusting devices and axially displaceable coupling elements, in particular for two adjusting devices for a vehicle seat. An electric motor (2) has a motor shaft (20) consisting of a hol... | 09/26/1995 |
| 5028828 | Dual drive mechanism with a redundant feature A drive mechanism is redundantly equipped with two electric motors so that the second motor can take over the drive function if the first motor should fail, for example for moving equipment in or on a spacecraft. Both electric motors are connected to a co... | 07/02/1991 |
| 4992776 | Antipilferage tags and their use A housing contains a pick-up coil for detecting an external magnetic field; a power supply; a tone generator; and an electric circuit powered by said power supply and arranged to activate said tone generator in response to an output from said magnetic fie... | 02/12/1991 |
| 4965477 | Integrated drive generator with permanent magnet generator on second shaft An integrated drive generator (40) for generating constant frequency alternating current which is driven by a drive shaft (12) at variable rotational speeds includes an alternating current generator (23) having a rotor (37) mounted on a first shaft (42), ... | 10/23/1990 |
| 4733099 | Magnetic propulsion power plant A magnetically driven generator/motor for producing singly or simultaneously mechanical and electrical energy outputs, having a housing including circular frame members with electromagnet drivers about corresponding driven magnets attached to at least one... | 03/22/1988 |
| 4625160 | Variable speed constant frequency generating system A variable speed constant frequency generating system for generating constant frequency electrical output power from a variable speed source of motive power includes an exciter for generating excitation current, a main generator for developing the output ... | 11/25/1986 |
| 4518170 | Vehicular steering apparatus employing an eccentric actuator An actuator (10) for effecting relative pivotal movement between two structures (12, 14) includes a bent beam member (18) having a first portion (20) rotatably secured to one structure and a second portion (22) supported for rotation and eccentric revolut... | 05/21/1985 |
| 4504753 | Biaxial electrical compact drive, in particular a positioning drive Electrical compact drive, including first and second independently drivable drive shafts, the second drive shaft being in the form of a hollow shaft and the first drive shaft being disposed within the second drive shaft, a first drive motor driving the fi... | 03/12/1985 |
| 4423359 | Electric motor An electric motor for a magnetic tape recorder comprises an electrically insulating disk-shaped stator with a plurality of flatwise coils, a rotary shaft rotatably extending through the stator, and a first disk-shaped rotor of soft iron with a multi-pole ... | 12/27/1983 |
| 4286761 | Eccentric actuator An actuator (10) for effecting relative pivotal movement between two structures (12, 14) includes a bent beam member (18) having a first portion (20) rotatably secured to one structure and a second portion (22) supported for rotation and eccentric revolut... | 09/01/1981 |
| 4130172 | Electric vehicle An electric motor vehicle drive system including a differential electric motor unit for the vehicle including a stator motor element mounted within a supporting frame and a rotor motor element rotatably mounted within the stator. The stator is connected t... | 12/19/1978 |
| 4056746 | Counterrotation electric motor An electric motor including a rotary armature and an annular field mounted for rotation around said armature and geared to said armature by way of planetary gearing fixed to the housing whereby the opposing torques of the field and the armature are summed... | 11/01/1977 |
| 4021690 | Wheel borne counter rotating disc alternator A motor vehicle alternator consisting of a stator assembly secured in a wheel which is journalled on an axle of the associated vehicle. Also rotatably arranged in the wheel concentrically within and in operative relation with the stator assembly is a fiel... | 05/03/1977 |
| 3974396 | Electric generator arrangement An electric generator arrangement has at least two wind or water wheels rotatably mounted on a common stationary shaft and coupled such that they rotate in opposite directions with a given ratio or a progressively variable ratio. The wheels carry the two ... | 08/10/1976 |