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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7332843 | Motor A pump apparatus includes a motor unit and a pump unit. The motor unit includes a cylindrical yoke housing and a rotor accommodated in the yoke housing. A rotary shaft of the rotor is supported by a first bearing and a second bearing. In a direction from a bottom wa... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7332837 | Cooling and handling of reaction torque for an axial flux motor Methods and apparatus are provided for an axial electric motor. The apparatus comprises, a stator having coils thereon for producing a magnetic field, a rotor rotated by the magnetic field, an output shaft coupled to the rotor, and a ring incorporating a coolant cha... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7332840 | Fan motor with IC retention means A fan motor includes a printed circuit board (200), an IC (100) and an insulating frame (50) mounted on the printed circuit board. The insulating frame includes an annular main body (44) with a number of arms (11) extending radiall... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7329973 | Rotary electric machine The present invention provides a rotary electric machine, of which the occupied volume can be reduced and which allows a space in an electric apparatus equipped therewith to be utilized effectively. A slot insulator 15 is integrally formed with a holder mount... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7330006 | Power tool A power tool includes a brushless motor, a cooling fan, and a driving unit in a housing. The brushless motor is provided in the housing and having a rotary shaft. The cooling fan is attached to the rotary shaft in the housing, and rotatable together with the rotary ... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7327055 | Permanent magnet generator with an integral cooling system A cooling system for a sealed permanent magnet generator is disclosed that has a rotor shaft that is hollow. Permanent magnets mount on the exterior of the hollow rotor shaft. The rotor shaft has a pressed aluminum tube in various configuration on the inside bore wi... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7327056 | Marked hub for sensing motor speed A motor hub is disclosed. The motor hub comprises a housing for a motor. The housing is rotatable around an axis of rotation of the motor. The motor hub also has marks arranged on a surface of the housing, and spaces between the marks. The marks and spaces form a pa... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7322103 | Method of making a motor/generator cooling jacket A cooling jacket assembly is made for an electric motor or generator. A hollow cylindrical housing is cast with an outer peripheral surface and an annular axially facing end surface, a plurality of grooves formed in the outer peripheral surface and a radial lip at o... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7323796 | Motor-driven tool In a motor-driven tool, a carbon brush part 8 is arranged between a suction port 6 and a commutator 11 of the motor and includes a cylindrical side wall 8a. The cylindrical side wall 8a located on an outer periphery o... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7320655 | Bicycle derailleur with a misalignment inhibiting structure A bicycle derailleur comprises a first base member structured to be detachably mounted to a bicycle frame, wherein the first base member has a first abutment; a second base member structured to be mounted to the first base member, wherein the second base member has ... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7320185 | Drive device for a household appliance and method for mounting an electric motor A drive device for a household appliance, in which an electromotor is fixed by a fixing screw. An insulation layer of a material with a defined conductivity is located between the fixing screw and the electromotor. The fixing screw is tightened with a defined torque... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7320636 | Exhaust fan assembly having flexible coupling An exhaust assembly is provided for expelling contaminated air from a building. The assembly includes a plenum, a fan assembly attached to the plenum, and a windband mounted on top of the fan assembly. The fan assembly is constructed of cylindrical outer and inner w... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7318394 | Mount for connecting automotive fan motor to housing The motor of an automotive cooling fan system is attached to a housing by either bayonet mount, screw mount, or axial-snap features on both motor and housing, as well as a cradle structure on the housing. ... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7316528 | Ergonomic router assembly An ergonomically designed router assembly includes a base assembly coupled with a motor casing including a grip assembly which provides an overall narrower profile to the router assembly. The grip assembly may relieves stress on the muscles and allows the operator t... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7312550 | Architecture for electric machine In one aspect, an alternator is described which includes a current control apparatus including a stator winding and a control winding, wherein current control in the control winding regulates the stator winding. In another aspect, a gas turbine engine includes a mul... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7309931 | Electric motor with cooling coil The invention relates to a motor part of a linear motor, i.e. the primary part or secondary part of an asynchronous or synchronous linear motor. According to the invention, it is proposed to configure a cooling coil (K), which has a meandering flat structure, from p... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7309938 | Rotary power converter A rotary power converter apparatus for coupling power between a prime driver and plural generators. The apparatus includes a frame having a first and second bearing aligned along an axis of rotation and a rotor assembly supported thereby. The rotor assembly includes... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7303134 | Lottery game tickets and methods for making same In one embodiment there is described a reader capable of processing image data representing a substrate. The reader can include a multiple pixel image sensor and a lens focusing image onto the multiple pixel image sensor. In one embodiment the image data representin... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7301253 | Vehicle electric fan motor with universal mount A vehicle fan motor for an electric fan assembly includes a motor housing, a motor assembly enclosed in the motor housing, and a universal mounting arrangement radially and outwardly extended from the motor housing for securely mounting the motor housing to the elec... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7298062 | Motor, control circuit member and manufacturing method of motor A brush holder is installed to a motor main body and has a connector arrangement, which is directly connectable with an external connector to receive electric power. The brush holder holds a plurality of power supply brushes. A control circuit member is installed in... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7294944 | Brushless motor A compact, highly accurate and inexpensive brushless motor is disclosed. A bearing is fixed to the inner periphery of a cylindrical portion of a housing, and a shaft is rotatably inserted through the bearing to cover the housing. A yoke arranged at the forward end o... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7293495 | Motor-pump unit The invention relates to a motor-pump unit for a motor vehicle brake system, comprising a motor and a pump which is provided with a shaft that is driven by said motor, with the shaft end being rotatably mounted by means of at least one bearing in an accommodating me... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7294945 | Gate or door drive housing The invention relates to a gate or door drive housing with a basic carrier body for preference in the shape of a bowl or shell, to which various different drive components can be secured, and a cover hood which can be connected to the basic carrier body. According t... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7291951 | Actuator including intermediate wall An actuator has a housing that accommodates a motor, an output shaft for rotating a lamp unit that radiates light, a drive mechanism portion formed from a transmission gear system for transmitting rotation from the motor to the output shaft, and a control circuit po... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7290989 | Compressor protection and diagnostic system A compressor assembly includes a shell, a compressor housed within the shell, and a motor drivingly connected to the compressor. In addition, a sensor assembly is provided for monitoring operating parameters of the compressor assembly. Processing circuitry, in commu... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7288917 | Transmitter for radio-controlled toy A mobile toy is described. The mobile toy includes a wheel assembly having a hubcap for removably engaging a wheel of the wheel assembly. The mobile toy may also include a transmitter having a charging pad for charging of a radio-controlled embodiment of the toy. Th... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7288865 | Bicycle generator hub A bicycle generator hub is mounted to the front fork of a bicycle and includes a hub shaft, a hub shell, bearings, a generator mechanism and first and second magnetic flux recirculation members. The hub shaft is non-rotatably mounted to the front fork. The hub shell... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7288923 | Voltage-limited electric machine An electric alternator having a rotor, stator and at least one winding in the stator adapted to conduct a current, the machine also having and first and second magnetic circuits around different portions of the winding which may be configured relative to one another... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7281887 | Router plunge depth adjustment mechanism A mechanism and method for providing base end plunge router depth adjustment, such as when a router is utilized with a router table. The apparatus and method of the present invention permits accurate and efficient depth adjustment when utilizing a router with a rout... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7282823 | Self-cooling electric machine An electric machine having a rotor with a ventilation port and a rotor coupling with at least one air disturber. ... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7281313 | Electric machines and methods related to assembling electric machines A method of assembling an electric machine generally includes heating a housing to thermally expand the housing. The housing is allowed to cool and thermally contract against an end shield and a rotor assembly such that interference fits are formed between the housi... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7281908 | Electrically powered blower with improved heat dissipation An electrically powered blower configured to be capable of fully cooling its motor and of efficiently cooling a power element in a drive circuit without involving such need as of increasing the size of a fin of a separate heat radiator, contributing to miniaturizati... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7281438 | Torque measuring apparatus A torque measuring apparatus is described that comprises a chassis, a reversible electrical motor having a motor housing and a rotatable output shaft projecting from one end of said motor housing, motor mounting means mounting said motor housing for rotation relativ... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7276825 | Stepping motor A stator is press fitted into a recess of a casing. The recess has a chamfered portion. The chamfered portion is arranged between an inlet opening end of the recess and a bottom of the recess in such a manner that a width of the recess is progressively increased alo... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7275282 | Motor vehicle door lock A motor vehicle door lock having a casing (1), a drive (2) and a fixing device (5) for the drive (2). The fixing device (5) has a receiving element (6) for the drive (2) and the drive is fixed in the receiving element... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7275458 | Tilt steering assembly A tilt steering assembly includes a support shaft extended along a tilt central axis. The support shaft is conductively assembled to a steering column and is unitarily rotated with the steering column during tilt adjustment. A resilient conductive member is interpos... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7273357 | Control device for electric compressor A control device includes a shot-pulse control unit that provides, at a time of starting a synchronous motor, a predetermined current to each phase of a stator of the motor for a short time; a detecting unit that detects a current flowing through each phase when the... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7274625 | Display device An oscillator circuit includes (2n+1) inverters connected in series when n is a natural number, an integrator circuit having an input terminal connected to an output terminal of a (2n+1)-th inverter and an output terminal connected to an input terminal of a first in... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7270577 | Connector module and motor utilizing the same A connector module and motor utilizing the same. The connector module electrically connects the motor and an external device and includes a printed wiring board and a plurality of pins. The printed wiring board comprises at least one circuit line, each of circuit li... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7271511 | Autofocus actuator An autofocus actuator includes a cover which is provided with elastic tabs in addition to protrusions to which a stopper attached to a holder with a lens unit abuts when the holder is excessively displaced by, for example, a fall of an electronic equipment provided ... | 09/18/2007 |
