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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7560847 | Two-stage eutectic metal brushes A two-stage eutectic metal brush assembly having a slip ring rigidly coupled to a shaft, the slip ring being electrically coupled to first voltage polarity. At least one brush is rigidly coupled to a second ring and slidingly engaged to the slip ring. Eutectic metal... | 07/14/2009 |
| 7339294 | Vehicular starting and charging rotary electric machine A vehicular starting and charging rotary electric machine includes a rotor, a stator, brackets, a brush, and a rotation detection sensor. The rotor has a field winding. The stator has a stator winding. The brackets supports the rotor and the stator. One end of the b... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7294166 | Metal-graphite brush A brush body 4 of a metal-graphite brush 2 is composed of a commutator side portion 6 which contains graphite, copper and a metal sulfide solid lubricant, and a lead side portion 8 which contains graphite and copper but does not contain a... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7288906 | Manually operated brushless direct current motor A manually operated brushless DC motor is disclosed herein, which is an educational electric motor and can overcome the shortcoming hard to visualize the movement of a motor due to the high-speed rotation of the motor. The manually operated brushless DC motor accord... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7287985 | Brush block for transmitting currents A brush block is provided for transmitting currents to a slip ring using at least one multi-wire slip element with a plurality of parallel connected multi-wire slip elements that are distributed one behind the other in the direction of slip following an imaginary cu... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7274125 | Current collector ring for a generator having balance resistors An electrical generator having a stator assembly and a rotor assembly is provided. The rotor assembly has a rotor member, a first collector ring, and first and second rotor coils. The first collector ring is disposed proximate an exterior surface of the rotor member... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7215045 | Roll-ring conductive wheel A roll-ring conductive wheel is used to conduct electricity between the inner and outer races of rotating or moving parts. The conductive wheel is a thin-walled metal cylinder with a plurality of spokes connecting the outer cylindrical wall to a central hub. The pre... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7180218 | Compression journal A compression journal for transfer of microwave signals across a rotating interface of a rotary joint comprises a silver impregnated graphite split ring stator which surrounds and is in contact with a coin silver sleeve of a shaft rotor when a rotor assembly is posi... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7169022 | Method and apparatus for creating a groove in a collector ring of an electrical device A method and apparatus for creating a groove in the surface of a collector ring for use in an electrical device. The method and apparatus can be used to create a new groove in the surface of a collector ring having none, or can be used to enhance or re-form an exist... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7142071 | Broadband high-frequency slip-ring system A velocity compensated contacting ring system includes a first dielectric material, a plurality of concentric spaced conductive rings and a first ground plane. The first dielectric material includes a first side and a second side. The plurality of concentric spaced ... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7138743 | Solid and liquid hybrid current transferring brush The moving slip ring surface of electrical machinery transfers electrical current by contact thereof with liquid metal directly or through the tips of a plurality of closely spaced brushes positioned along the bottom of a housing under pressure within which the liqu... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7135795 | Insert molded end bell for a submersible motor and method of manufacture thereof An end bell for a motor has a base plate, a bearing and a molded insert to couple the bearing to the base plate. The end bell with molded insert is durable, light weight and has good anti-corrosion properties. The bearing is held in relation to the base plate while ... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7131844 | Collector ring assembly A collector ring comprising a non-electrically conductive, non-rotatable slip ring base having a plurality of slip rings mounted thereon with the slip rings decreasing in diameter from the lower end of the base to the upper end of the base. Electrical wires are secu... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7067951 | Copper-graphite brush A copper-zinc alloy powder of which zinc content is from 10 to 50 wt % and of which mean particle diameter is from 15 μm or under is added to a Pb-less brush body comprising graphite, copper and a metal sulfide solid lubricant of a copper-graphite brush. ... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7045926 | Commutator for an electric motor A commutator for an electric motor includes a support ring, a plurality of metal segments arranged around a circumference of the support ring, and a plurality of capacitors arranged between the support ring and the metal segments. Each capacitor is connected between... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7021973 | Electric rotating machine An output terminal board of this invention is capable of improving easy and simple installation of an electric rotating machine and wiring output harnesses so as to avoid thermal influence from a stator. The electric rotating machine 2 for vehicle acting as a... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7019431 | Hydrodynamic slip ring A slip ring assembly for transferring electrical current to an electrical device is disclosed. The slip ring assembly has a housing that is attachable to the electrical device. Disposed within the housing is a rotatable slip ring and a flexible conductor. The flexib... | 03/28/2006 |
| 7003867 | Method for winding coils on rotor core A core includes a ring body and a plurality of teeth. The teeth extend radially outward form the outer circumference of the ring body. The core is formed by assembling a first core member and a second core member. Each core member has part of the teeth the number of... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6987344 | High power rotary transformer with bus duct assembly A rotary transformer has a bus duct assembly that extends through the hollow shaft of a rotary transformer from collector or slip rings positioned above a drive motor for the rotary transformer to end windings of the rotor positioned most remote from the drive motor... | 01/17/2006 |
| 6956445 | Broadband high-frequency slip ring system A contacting probe system includes at least one flat brush contact and a printed circuit board (PCB). The PCB includes a feedline for coupling the flat brush contact to an external interface. The flat brush contact is located on a first side of the PCB and the PCB i... | 10/18/2005 |
| 6948919 | Hermetic motor and gas booster A fuel booster operable to compress a combustible fuel, the fuel booster comprising a compressor housing a compress rotor, and a seal assembly coupled to the compressor housing. The seal assembly and the compressor housing cooperate to at least partially define a he... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6936768 | Plate and electric device A support hole, screw holes, and eleven orientating holes are formed in a plate. The orientating holes are each positioned asymmetric to any other thereof about a center of the plate. ... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6919661 | Alternator-starter for motor vehicle with mechanical static converter The reversible multiphase rotary machine includes a device (3) for supplying current to the windings (12-14) of the stator, which is produced in the form of a mechanical inverter (2) able to be coupled to the aforementioned shaft of the machine ... | 07/19/2005 |
| 6914362 | Construction and mode of operation of opposite statorless electronically switched motors The invention relates to the construction and a mode of operation of statorless electronically switched DC motors that have two freely turning rotors. The invention also relates to embodiments of the invention regarding the bearings, the circuit design and the mode ... | 07/05/2005 |
| 6903481 | Commutator for electric motors The commutator has a cylindrical collector (1), disposed on a motor armature shaft, and electrical-contact means (4, 5), which during one rotation of the collector (1) touch at least two each of a plurality of commutator laminations (3) t... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6903482 | Electrical current collector cleaning and cooling for high voltage rotating machines An electrical current collector system has an electrically conductive slip ring mounted to a rotatable shaft and a fixed conducting ring assembly forming a partially enclosed AC high voltage electrical current conductive ring channel in which slip ring contacting me... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6894419 | Current passing circuit board for rotary electric machine inserted in molded resin One current passing circuit board is constituted by one metal plate in which a continuous current passing pattern that is to be separated in a plurality of current passing patterns is formed, and molded resin in which the metal plate is inserted. The current passing... | 05/17/2005 |
| 6873078 | Homopolar machine with improved brush lifetime A homopolar machine which exhibits reduced wear and prolonged brush life. Current collectors or brushes are mounted so as to maintain substantially constant contact pressure and so that all of them are polarized negative. Brush holders are provided which facilitate ... | 03/29/2005 |
| 6856062 | Homopolar machine with shaft axial thrust compensation for reduced thrust bearing wear and noise A homopolar machine produces an axial counter force on the rotating shaft to compensate for the load on the shaft's thrust bearing to reduce wear and noise and prolong bearing life. The counter force is produced through magnetic interaction between the shaft and the... | 02/15/2005 |
| 6844639 | High current rotating exciter A very simple and reliable rotor (4) for a (brushless) exciter to be used to energise the field winding of a rotor of a generator, is proposed which can be used for high-speed rotation and for the generation of high currents for energising the field winding o... | 01/18/2005 |
| 6791230 | System and method for retaining wedges in a rotor A rotor with wedges and a method of retaining wedges in a rotor are disclosed. The rotor includes a shaft, first and second poles extending radially from the shaft, and first and second coils of windings respectively wrapped around the first and second poles. Each c... | 09/14/2004 |
| 6753634 | Bus duct assembly for high-power rotary current transformer system A rotary transformer system (20) comprises a rotatable shaft (28) having at least one and preferably plural electrically conductive slip rings (27) mounted thereon. The slip rings (27) of the phase planes are electrically connected to the... | 06/22/2004 |
| 6724121 | Flat mechanical electric commutators An improved flat or cylindrical mechanical electric commutator with neutral segments (4) between the current carrying segments which allow the current carrying carbon brushes (11, 12, 13, 14) in a brush holder (7) to pass from a negative current... | 04/20/2004 |
| 6674212 | Current-carrying member for a direct-current motor in a fuel pump, method for producing the same, and fuel pump A sulfidation-resistant current-carrying member, such as a commutator, suitable for a direct-current motor in a fuel pump is provided. The current-carrying member for a direct-current motor in a fuel pump includes a commutator composed of a carbon layer h... | 01/06/2004 |
| 6630765 | Coil lead and terminal securement caps for securing wires of a rotor An electric machine having a rotor carrying a field coil has a fan and slip ring assembly. The slip ring assembly is axially remote from the fan portion, the slip ring assembly being electrically connected to the field coil. The point of connection betwee... | 10/07/2003 |
| 6628033 | Reduction of induced magnetic forces on current collectors in homopolar machines having high magnetic fields A homopolar machine produces an axial counterforce on the rotating shaft to compensate for the load on the shaft's thrust bearing to reduce wear and noise and prolong bearing life. The counterforce is produced through magnetic interaction between the shaf... | 09/30/2003 |
| 6624546 | Radio-frequency interference suppressing choke with elongated portions for brush-type motors A choke 10, for suppressing radio-frequency interference of a brush-type motor, includes a single wire having a portion 15 wound about a coil axis A to define a plurality of coils 14 including two outermost coils 16 and 18. An attaching structure 20 exten... | 09/23/2003 |
| 6617744 | DC motor brush card assembly having attaching structures and multiple choke coils with elongated portions A choke 10, for suppressing radio-frequency interference of a brush-type motor, includes a single wire having a portion 15 wound about a coil axis A to define a plurality of coils 14 including two outermost coils 16 and 18. An attaching structure 20 exten... | 09/09/2003 |
| 6608422 | Alternator with an electric contact bearing assembly A contact assembly of an alternator including an interior chamber, which houses a first end of a rotor shaft having an axis of rotation, first and second bearing assemblies coaxially aligned with the rotor shaft and electrically isolated from one another;... | 08/19/2003 |
| 6489702 | Alternator An alternator adapted for use with a motor vehicle includes rotor assembly and a stator assembly, which may be like the rotor and state assemblies of brush-type alternators, and also a contact assembly that includes two relatively low-friction, electrical... | 12/03/2002 |
