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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8179007 | Gimbal A gimbal arrangement comprises a socket (6) having a partially spherical inner surface with a first radius; a ball (2) located within the socket and having a partially spherical outer surface with a second radius smaller than the first radius; a first ... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8169114 | Large gap horizontal field magnetic levitator The invention is a magnetic levitation device that has a pair of permanent magnets or electromagnets, which are used to create a large constant magnetic field on a horizontal plane between two magnetic poles. An object is levitated between the two magnets and is kep... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8154164 | System and method for device suspension and wireless power transmission A system and method for device suspension and wireless power transmission are disclosed. According to one embodiment, an apparatus, comprises a suspended object having a wireless receiving circuit. A wireless transmission circuit is configured to transmit power to t... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8134264 | Large capacity hollow-type flywheel energy storage device Disclosed is a large capacity hollow-type flywheel energy storage device. The energy storage device includes a hollow shaft, a vacuum chamber receiving the hollow shaft, a flywheel having a predetermined weight and disposed at an inner edge of the vacuum chamber, an... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8115358 | Method and systems for operating magnetic bearings and bearingless drives A magnetic bearing arrangement for a rotary device includes circuitry for generating a multiphase excitation signal for energizing the phase windings of a magnetic bearing element. According to an embodiment of the present invention, circuitry for detecting the radi... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8115349 | Magnetic levitation system A magnetic levitation system includes a levitation-actuator movable element which generates a levitation force applied to a control object; and a levitation-actuator stator which receives a reactive force while the control object is being operated, the levitation-ac... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8110955 | Magnetic bearing device of a rotor shaft against a stator with rotor disc elements, which engage inside one another, and stator disc elements The magnetic bearing device contains soft-magnetic rotor disc elements, which radially engage inside one another, and soft-magnetic stator disc elements. These elements are, on their sides facing one another, provided with annular tooth-like projections that are opp... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8106556 | Emergency rolling bearing that is insensitive to axial load The emergency rolling bearing for a rotary machine having magnetic bearings includes at least first and second bearing members with radial clearance of value εr/2 that is of the order of half the mean radial air gap εr of the magnetic bearing... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8102088 | Generating electromagnetic forces with flux feedback control An electromagnetic actuator with flux feedback control includes two poles located on opposite sides of a soft-magnetic target. A bias flux is introduced that flows into both poles. Magnetic circuitry may be designed so that the total bias flux is independent or subs... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8081362 | Method and apparatus for stabilizing galvanometer scanner A galvanometer scanner includes a mechanical support unit engaged with a far end of an optical element. A near end of the optical element is connected to an output shaft of an electric rotary motor. The mechanical support unit maintains an alignment of an axis of ro... | 12/20/2011 |
| 8072105 | Axial bearing An axial bearing for a high speed open-end spinning rotor mounted without axial thrust in a support disc bearing arrangement has a static magnetic bearing component secured in a bearing housing with at least two axially polarized permanent magnet rings limited by po... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8072104 | Cooling of a magnetic bearing A rotary machine, which can be a turbine or a rotary compressor, is provided. The rotary machine includes a stationary housing and a rotating shaft supported in the housing by a magnetic bearing, whereby the magnetic bearing includes a laminated bearing journal with... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8058758 | Apparatus for magnetic bearing of rotor shaft with radial guidance and axial control Radial, soft magnetic rotor disk elements which engage in each other and soft magnetic stator disk elements form a magnetic bearing device. The elements are provided with teeth-like extensions which are arranged opposite to each other over an air gap on sides which ... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8030814 | Device to relieve thrust load in a rotor-bearing system using permanent magnets The present invention provides a device and a method to enhance thrust load capacity in a rotor-bearing system. The load-enhancing device comprises a stator and a rotor arranged in such as way as to achieve a magnetic thrust load capacity enhancement by employing at... | 10/04/2011 |
| 8018106 | Magnetic bearing device with simplified wiring A magnetic bearing device and a method of operation for such a device are provided. The device comprises a group (410) of electromagnetic actuators (411, 412, 413, 414). Each actuator is electrically connected to an amplifier unit (701). The act... | 09/13/2011 |
| 8004136 | Laying head with a vibration damping device A laying head for forming coils using continuous and substantially rectilinear rolled products such as rods or wire, having vibration damping means integrated in one of two rotor supports (3), preferably the one on the rolled product outlet side. Said means c... | 08/23/2011 |
| 8004137 | Electromechanical transformer A system and method for moving an object is disclosed. In one aspect, there is a device for moving an object. The device comprises a penetrating structure comprising an externally threaded surface. The device further comprises a receiving structure comprising an int... | 08/23/2011 |
| 7986066 | Jacketed axial magnetic bearing The invention relates to a jacketed axial magnetic bearing for a rotary machine having a rotor in contact with a gaseous atmosphere that is corrosive, acid, or carrying particles, the bearing comprising a rotor armature in the form of a disk secured to the rotor and... | 07/26/2011 |
| 7977838 | Magnetic levitation motor and pump A magnetic levitation motor including a stator having magnetic bearing units and a motor unit, and a rotor provided to the stator. And the occurrence of an eddy current at a magnetic bearing is suppressed and the rotation loss of the rotor can be reduced, and also t... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7977839 | Magnetic bearing device and method An energy-saving magnetic bearing device with no bias current for making the relation between the excitation current and the magnetic force of the electromagnet linear is provided. In a magnetic bearing device for supporting a rotor 1 serving as the magnetic ... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7977837 | Rotary body used for energy storage apparatus, method of manufacturing rotary body, and energy storage apparatus A rotary body used in an energy storage device and capable of storing a large amount of external energy is provided in an energy storage device that stores external energy as the energy of the rotary motion of the rotary body for which the frictional resistance of t... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7969054 | Superconductivity utilizing support mechanism, and permanent magnet utilizing support mechanism A superconductivity utilizing support mechanism comprises a superconductive coil and a ferromagnetic body. One of the ferromagnetic body, so constituted as to slide in a direction of a center axis of the superconductive coil, and the superconductive coil, so constit... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7952247 | Electrical machine with magnetic bearing and safety bearing In case there is a malfunction of the magnetic bearing in an electrical machine, in which such magnetic bearings drive a rotary shaft in a stator (10), a safety bearing (14,14′) is provided. According to the present invention, the safety bearing (... | 05/31/2011 |
| 7948131 | Superconducting magnetic thrust bearing with integrated dynamotor In a superconducting magnetic thrust bearing with integrated dynamotor, a first fixed core is formed to have a U-shaped cross-section in a direction of the central axis of the cylindrical shape with an opening of the U-shape being directed perpendicularly to the cen... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7944104 | Magnetic bearing apparatus A magnetic bearing apparatus supports a rotating object using magnetic levitation by a magnetic force of electromagnets. The magnetic bearing apparatus includes a PWM driver configured to supply exciting currents to the electromagnets, a driver power source configur... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7944105 | Synchronous machine having magnetic bearings excited by the rotor A superconductive synchronous machine having superconductive magnetic bearings. A superconductor (6) on the stator side as a first bearing part is disposed opposite from a second bearing part (12) on the rotor side, the second being part being magnetic... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7932655 | Magnetic bearing device with an improved vacuum feedthrough A magnetic bearing device (1) with an improved vacuum-tight electrical feedthrough through its housing (10) is disclosed. The feedthrough (30) comprises a flat connection element (31) such as a rigid or flexible printed circuit board exte... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7932656 | Magnetic bearing device A magnetic bearing device includes a main shaft (13), a flange shaped thrust plate (13a) coaxially mounted on the main shaft so as to extend perpendicular to the main shaft and made of a ferromagnetic material, a rolling bearing unit for support... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7928620 | Device for safeguarding an uninterruptible power supply of a magnet bearing in the event of failure of an electrical supply voltage The invention relates to a device for safeguarding uninterrupted power supply of a magnetic bearing (5) in the event of a power supply voltage (U) failure. Said device comprises: a first frequency converter (2) which is supplied with power by the suppl... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7911100 | Dual-stage centering magnetic bearing The present invention relates to a magnetic centering structure, and more particularly a structure of a centering magnetic bearing intended notably for space applications. The solution proposed in the present patent is suited to the centerers used on gyroscopic whee... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7902706 | Rotational apparatus including a passive magnetic bearing A rotational apparatus with one or more passive magnetic bearing(s) is described. The rotational apparatus includes a rotor with a tapered magnetic ring and a stator with a tapered array of shorted conducting circuits. A repulsive force between the tapered magnetic ... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7898133 | System and method for device suspension and wireless power transmission A system and method for device suspension and wireless power transmission are disclosed. According to one embodiment, an apparatus, comprises a suspended object having a wireless receiving circuit. A wireless transmission circuit is configured to transmit power to t... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7884521 | Rotor shaft for a magnetic bearing device A rotor shaft (200) for a magnetic bearing device (1) is disclosed. The shaft comprises an inner portion on whose periphery a plurality of targets (240, 260, 280) separated by spacers (250, 270) are mounted. This is achieved exerting an a... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7876010 | Passive magnetic bearing configurations A journal bearing provides vertical and radial stability to a rotor of a passive magnetic bearing system when the rotor is not rotating and when it is rotating. In the passive magnetic bearing system, the rotor has a vertical axis of rotation. Without the journal be... | 01/25/2011 |
| 7859157 | Magnetic levitation system A magnetic levitation system for supporting an object against gravity by a supporting force includes a permanent-magnet dipole aligned in a vertical position and coupled to the object, a supporting-field generator and a stabilization system. The supporting-field gen... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7859156 | Hard magnetic object and method for adjusting the direction and position of a magnetic vector The invention relates to a hard magnetic object and a method for adjusting a magnetic vector of a hard magnetic object. Therefore, the invention has the object, to provide a hard magnetic object and a method for its manufacture, which hard magnetic object has, witho... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7851957 | Magnetic bearing assembly for rotatable support apparatus A magnetic bearing assembly for a rotatable support apparatus includes a first stationary section, a second section disposed on the first section and a shaft member secured to the base section and passing through the first section. The shaft member defines an axle f... | 12/14/2010 |
| 7847454 | Encapsulated stator assembly and process for making Rotor and stator assemblies that utilize magnetic bearings for supporting the rotor shaft during operation can be suitably used in corrosive environments, such as sour gas. The rotor and stator assemblies include NACE compliant magnetic bearing arrangements for sour... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7847453 | Bearingless step motor There is provided a bearingless step motor in which a rotating shaft can rotate while rising from a main body by a magnetic force without using a mechanical bearing. The bearingless step motor comprises a stator including stator cores having winding portions and a r... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7843098 | Method for operating an electromotive drive A method for operating an electromotive drive of a textile machine, comprising a contactlessly mounted rotor and catch bearings. The rotor rests on one catch bearing prior to initial operation, and is spaced therefrom by an air gap during stationary operation. A con... | 11/30/2010 |
