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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7675209 | Electric motor cooling jacket A cooling jacket of an electric motor or generator includes a cylindrical inner sleeve, a cylindrical outer sleeve coaxially surrounding the inner sleeve and forming a circular space between the outer sleeve and the inner sleeve, and a passageway extending within th... | 03/09/2010 |
| 7638911 | Motor A motor includes a bracket that defines an exterior of the motor. A PCB is held within the bracket and has a circuit pattern and various elements mounted thereon. A stator is provided on the PCB and a rotor is provided within the stator. A shaft rotates together wit... | 12/29/2009 |
| 7629720 | Vehicle alternator with improved end cover structure A vehicle alternator is disclosed having a stator, a rotor, a frame surrounding the stator and the rotor, a bowl-shaped end cover mounted on the frame and defining an electric component-part compartment, a brush unit held in sliding contact with slip rings of a rota... | 12/08/2009 |
| 7619336 | Vehicle-use generator with reduced fan noise The vehicle-use generator driven by a vehicle engine at a rotating shaft thereof includes a rotor rotatably mounted to the rotating shaft, a stator fixedly located radially outward of the rotor, a cooling fan fixed to the rotor to rotate together with the rotating s... | 11/17/2009 |
| 7619337 | Brushless motor, brushless type fan motor and electric device comprising a brushless type fan motor In a fan motor, there are provided protruding portions provided integrally with a base member so as to face a magnet and protrude toward the magnet, and openings facing the magnet, in the base member made of magnetic material. As to the positional relation between t... | 11/17/2009 |
| 7619338 | Brushless AC generator for use in automotive vehicle A brushless AC generator is mounted on a vehicle such as a truck, a farming vehicle or a construction vehicle. The generator is composed of a housing, stator fixedly contained in the housing, a rotor, for supplying a magnetic field to the stator, rotatably supported... | 11/17/2009 |
| 7612475 | Ceiling fan motor A ceiling fan motor includes a housing having top and bottom casing parts, a stator disposed in the housing and having a stator axis, and a rotor unit including a mounting seat that has an inner tubular wall surrounding the stator, an outer tubular wall spaced apart... | 11/03/2009 |
| 7608954 | Electric motor A gap surface (225) on which a circuit board (5) for driving control is mounted is provided between a first inner surface (222) and a second inner surface (223), a tip end of a terminal pin (6) is projected in a part of the gap sur... | 10/27/2009 |
| 7608953 | Alternator provided with improved means for removing electrostatic chargers The invention relates to an alternator including at least one concentration peak (80) for the accumulation of electric charges (90) which is formed on the external face (19) of a ease bearing stator and extending in relief in a direction of the ... | 10/27/2009 |
| 7608955 | Motor A motor includes a first housing, a second housing, a rotor and a stator. The second housing is assembled with the first housing to form an accommodating space. The second housing has a flange adjacent to the connection between the first and second housings. The rot... | 10/27/2009 |
| 7592725 | Motor and manufacturing method therefor A motor includes a motor case having an opening part and a stator core disposed in an inside of the motor case. The motor case may include a bottom face part, sidewall parts extended on the opening part side from an outer periphery of the bottom face part, and cutou... | 09/22/2009 |
| 7576461 | Electric motor The electric motor is a fitment to a customer's unit and in particular to a customer's electronic throttle control unit. The motor comprises a can-like metal housing 10 having one or more outwardly extending flanges 21, 22 and an end cap 15 clos... | 08/18/2009 |
| 7576462 | Electromagnetic exciter An electromagnetic exciter includes a casing having a cylindrical side wall with first and second end openings. A suspension supports a magnetic circuit assembly vibratably in the cylindrical side wall. The suspension has a ring-shaped outer section integrally forme... | 08/18/2009 |
| 7554235 | Motor cover and electric motor equipped with the same A heat sink (35) is fixed by insert molding to a resin-made motor cover covering a case body fixed to a motor body. A flow-in portion (61) extending along a straight line and branch portions (62) to (66) formed so as to be branched to the... | 06/30/2009 |
| 7545064 | Vehicle alternator with increased shock resistance A vehicle alternator is disclosed as having a stator having a stator winding, a rotor carried on a rotary shaft and rotatably supported inside an inner periphery of the stator, an electric device involving a rectifier for converting an AC voltage, induced in the sta... | 06/09/2009 |
| 7531926 | Motor protector endshield mounting bracket A bracket for mounting a motor protector on an endshield of a motor comprises a tube sized and shaped for receiving the protector. The tube includes at least one integrally formed fastener for fastening the protector to the bracket. At least one integrally formed pr... | 05/12/2009 |
| 7531927 | Vehicle-use AC generator having rear cover formed to prevent intrusion of foreign matter into vicinity of slip rings The rear cover of a vehicle-use AC generator is integrally formed with a portion that is shaped to enclose at least a part of a circumferentially extending region around the slip rings of the generator. Hence the rear cover, alone or in combination with an appropria... | 05/12/2009 |
| 7492071 | Water-resistant electric motor A water-resistant electric motor includes a housing for receiving an electric motor armature therein and an end cap for closing an open end of the housing. The housing includes a drive shaft aperture within a cylindrical recess that receives a journal bearing and a ... | 02/17/2009 |
| 7492070 | Cooling fan A cooling fan includes: a casing having a surrounding wall that defines an accommodating space; a circuit board disposed in the accommodating space and including a substrate and a control circuit, the substrate having a center portion that has a peripheral edge, and... | 02/17/2009 |
| 7462969 | Electromagnetic actuator with external coils An electromagnetic actuator with a smaller size and an increased strength is provided. In the electromagnetic actuator, a first arm portion and a second arm portion that connect the magnetic poles of a stator extend to the outside of a rotor housing. A first coil an... | 12/09/2008 |
| 7459817 | Semi-enclosed AC motor A partially enclosed induction motor comprises a rotor assembly, a stator assembly, and a metal frame defining a housing having a generally cylindrical shape with bearing housings at each axial end. The interior of the frame is configured to closely embrace a lamina... | 12/02/2008 |
| 7453179 | DC brushless motor for electrical power steering and the production method thereof The stator core of a motor comprises an annular back core, and a plurality of tees created separately from the back core and secured onto the inner periphery of the back core. A stator coil is wound on each of the tees by a distributed or concentrated winding method... | 11/18/2008 |
| 7443065 | Cooling fan A cooling fan includes: a casing having a base wall and a surrounding wall that extends transversely from the base wall, and that has an inner wall surface and a top opening; a stator mounted on the inner wall surface of the surrounding wall; a shaft protruding from... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7443074 | Apparatus for driving drum of washing machine A radial core type double rotor brushless direct-current motor is provided in which a double rotor structure is employed with inner and outer rotors which are doubly disposed and thus a stator core is completely divided. The motor includes a rotational shaft which i... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7436092 | Locking structure for an upper cover and an outer housing of a motor A locking structure for an upper cover and an outer housing of a motor, the motor comprises an outer housing, an upper cover and at least two locking members. The upper cover is mounted on one end of the outer housing, and the locking members are locked in the outer... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7432606 | Engine generator Mounts can be provided at the four corners of a bottom portion of an engine generator. Projections for mounting handles can be provided at a top portion of the engine generator in vertical alignment above the mounts. The bottom face of each mount can be formed with ... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7429810 | Electric rotary machine In the stator of a electric rotary machine in which heat conductive insulation resin is filled at the end portions of a stator coil, the material of a stator core, the stator coil, the heat conductive insulation resin and a frame is selected such that a linear therm... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7425784 | Alternator having driving pulley with end flanges An alternator for use in an automobile is driven by an internal combustion engine. The alternator includes a pulley that is coupled to a rotating shaft of the engine via a driving belt such as a poly-V belt. Plural pulley grooves to be engaged with the driving belt ... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7423405 | Electromagnetic rotating machine In order to obtain an electromagnetic rotating machine of lightweight and high energy efficiency, which produces big torque for rotating a large-diameter fan, a coil A and coil B as excitation coils are disposed on an inner peripheral surface of a fan casing so as t... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7420305 | Mounting frame for an electric motor and electric motor A mounting frame for an electric motor includes tabs projecting laterally from the mounting frame for mounting a stator of the electric motor to a mounting surface. Between the tabs, the mounting frame includes stop areas that define the position of the stator with ... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7420302 | Mid shield bearing support of an electric motor An electric motor includes a motor enclosure, a motor-bearing assembly, a motor control unit, a mid shield, and a bearing. The motor-bearing assembly is configured for placement within the motor enclosure and has a shaft extending therefrom. A portion of the motor c... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7417353 | On-vehicle alternator with brush/slip ring structure An alternator (AC generator) to be mounted on a vehicle comprises slip rings, brushes, a brush holder, a rear cover, and sealing members. The slip rings are fixed on a rotary shaft and rotatable together with the rotary shaft. The brushes are slidable on the slip ri... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7414339 | Vehicular rotating electrical machine apparatus [Problem] In a vehicular rotating electrical machine apparatus mounted in an electric vehicle or a hybrid electric vehicle, a rotating electrical machine apparatus in which a rotating electrical machine and an inverter unit to control the rotating electrical machine... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7414337 | Scrubber A tool having a housing into which a motor assembly and a battery assembly are inserted. A circuit board can be employed to electrically connecting the battery assembly to the motor assembly even if the battery assembly and the motor assembly are not disposed in an ... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7405505 | Rotary electric machine A rotary electric machine includes a frame; a stator whose stator-slot number Ns is 12; a rotor whose rotor-pole number Np is 8, the rotor being disposed inside the stator. The frame has a frame thickness T(θ) at mechanical angle θ, with respect to a reference lin... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7402923 | Electrically variable transmission A transmission includes a housing, an electric motor having a stator within the housing, and a member including a generally cylindrical portion that circumscribes at least part of the stator. The member cooperates with the housing to form an annular coolant flowpath... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7397155 | Motor, drive unit and actuating device A motor having: a rotor having a permanent magnet; and a stator having an air core coil, wherein a rotating magnetic field is formed between the permanent magnet and the air core coil by performing an energization control of the air core coil to rotate the rotor, a ... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7385327 | Motor actuator For easy and accurate assembly of a motor actuator with improvement of quality and productivity, a motor accommodating hole (2) continuously having a pressure insertion hole (2a) and an insertion hole (2b), and a coupler (4)... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7385326 | Motor plate A throttle body assembly including an end plate. The throttle body assembly includes a housing having an inner wall, and a motor located within the housing. The motor end plate is coupled to the motor and is in contact with the inner wall of the housing. The end pla... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7378770 | Electrical machine comprising brush holder that can be simply positioned and mounting method for electric machine An electrical machine including a brush holder disposed in a housing with the housing and/or housing cap having an elastic region which enables positioning of the brush holder relative to a commutator from outside the housing. An installation method for installing a... | 05/27/2008 |