Electrical generator or motor structure inventions 06/07

20070145831 - Magnet assembly, linear actuator, planar motor and lithographic apparatus: This invention relates to a magnet assembly that includes a ferromagnetic member extending in a first direction, an array of magnetized poles of opposite polarity arranged adjacent to each other in the first direction and mounted on the ferromagnetic member, wherein a magnetized pole of the array of magnetized poles... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP

20070145832 - Actuator capable of reciprocal linear driving and rolling driving and power toothbrush using the same: A reciprocal linear driving unit and a rolling driving unit are adjacently provided on a common single shaft in axial direction thereof, so that the reciprocal linear driving in the axial direction and the rolling driving around the axis are performed by the single shaft, simultaneously. Permanent magnets constituting the... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20070145833 - Magnetoelectric devices and methods of using same: The operational frequency of existing magnetoelectric materials having metallic or ceramic magnetostrictive materials and ceramic piezoelectric materials may be limited to a few kilohertz due to the presence of eddy-current losses in the metallic magnetostrictive phase. Further, these materials may be difficult to machine and fabricate due to their brittleness.... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20070145834 - Permanent magnet type rotary machine: The permanent magnet type rotary machine is capable of reducing cogging torque caused by variation of amounts of magnetic flux in magnetic circuits. The permanent magnet type rotary machine comprises: a stator constituted by stator units, which are coaxially stacked and in each of which a coil is sandwiched between... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070145835 - Motor control apparatus and motor control method: To provide a motor control apparatus, including a rotational number detecting means for detecting the rotational number of a motor; a current detecting means for detecting a motor current; a voltage detecting means for detecting an impressed voltage to be supplied to a motor; a temperature estimating means for obtaining... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070145836 - Winding lead cooling for motor with heat-sensitive electronic components: A motor includes a stator including windings and leads extending from the windings. A rotor is in magnetic coupling relation with the stator and electronic components are electrically connected to the leads. An actively cooled shield separates the electronic components from the rotor and stator. The winding leads are thermally... Agent: Senniger Powers

20070145837 - Motor assembly with multifunctional components: Multifunctional components enable the construction of economical motor assemblies. A first embodiment of the present invention provides a hub, cup, spindle, and base assembly for a motor assembly having at least one journal bearing, at least one thrust bearing, and at least one fluid seal. A second embodiment of the... Agent: Seagate Technology C/o Mofo Sf

20070145839 - Brushless synchronous motor: A brushless synchronous motor includes a stator having a plurality of phase coils, a rotor disposed opposite the stator, a magnetic sensor for detecting a rotation angle of the rotor, a power supply circuit connected to the phase coils, a control circuit for controlling the power supply circuit so that... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20070145838 - Motor and method of manufacturing housing: A housing (11) including a bearing retainer is formed as one member. One pair of bearings is arranged in the bearing retainer and the shaft is rotatably supported by the pair of bearings. The region for retaining the bearing is reduced in the axis direction and thus the motor is... Agent: Judge & MurakamiIPAssociates

20070145841 - Flat type motorized vibrators with high vibration output: The present invention involves a type of flat, motor-driven vibrator that does not increase the outer physical dimensions of the vibrator while increasing the amount of vibration by changing the mass and balance of the eccentric rotor. The base structure of the eccentric rotor is made of high-density alloy. Two... Agent: Emil Chang Law Offices Of Emil Chang

20070145840 - Vibration motor: A vibration motor is disclosed. A vibration motor that includes a base and a case which form an internal space, a shaft rotatably inserted in the base and the case, a rotor inserted onto the shaft and configured to rotate, which includes multiple wound coils and a commutator connected to... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20070145842 - Fan and motor thereof: A fan structure includes a frame, a cover, a stator structure and a base. The cover and the frame are integrally formed as a single piece. The stator structure is disposed in the cover and the base is connected to the cover. Thus, the stator structure is located between the... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070145843 - Fly rotor motor: This invention, the Fly Rotor Motor, is an electric motor that turns a shaft and induces force on an object, or counter force, on an object that said invention is attached to or is in contact with. This invention achieves this by the use of a coil, or coils circumvented... Agent: Martin Olson

20070145844 - Torque converter and system using the same: A torque converter device includes a first body having a first radius and a first thickness, a first plurality of magnets mounted in the first body, the first plurality of magnets including a plurality of magnet pairs, each of the magnet pairs being axially disposed along a centerline of the... Agent: Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP

20070145845 - Magnetic propulsion motor: The present invention relates to a magnetic propulsion motor comprising a magnetic drive assembly comprising a drive magnet, a rotating hub, and a motion magnet attached to the rotating hub to rotate the motion magnet proximate to the magnetic drive assembly. A driving force is applied to the magnetic drive... Agent: Dorsey & Whitney LLP Intellectual Property Department

20070145846 - Magnetic rotary device: Devices of the invention include a rotor with magnets and a stator with two magnet zones. The end zone of the stator toward which the rotor magnet first approaches has two preferred variants: it can be formed either of one magnet or of a high magnetic permeability material. The other... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070145847 - Dynamo electric machine with degauss alloy member: A dynamoelectric machine comprising a stator having a plurality of slots and teeth, armature windings wound around the teeth, and a rotor disposed inside the stator, wherein a degauss alloy member is disposed in the inner periphery of the stator and the magnetic compensator has its surface or inside thereof... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20070145848 - Rotating machine: A rotation machine is configured such that permanent magnets and pole shoes holding the permanent magnets at the outer diameter side of the permanent magnets are provided for a rotor, and an outer diameter size (Ra) in the axial end portion of the pole shoe is made smaller than an... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20070145849 - Electric motor rotor and method of manufacturing the same: A rotor of an electric motor, including a rotor core having a plurality of magnet-retaining apertures, a plurality of permanent magnets individually received and retained in the magnet-retaining apertures of the rotor core, and a resinous filler filling a gap defined between each magnet-retaining aperture and each permanent magnet and... Agent: Lowe Hauptman Berner, LLP

20070145850 - Permanent magnet machine and method with reluctance poles and non-identical pm poles for high density operation: A method and apparatus in which a stator (11) and a rotor (12) define a primary air gap (20) for receiving AC flux and at least one source (23, 40), and preferably two sources (23, 24, 40) of DC excitation are positioned for inducing DC flux at opposite ends of... Agent: Quarles & Brady

20070145851 - Permanent magnet synchronous motor and compressor using the same: A permanent magnet synchronous motor includes a rotor having cage windings and permanent magnets placed on an inner peripheral side of these cage winding bars, where the permanent magnets are placed and polarized so that a ratio θ/α between a circumferential pitch angle θ of magnetic flux distribution of the... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20070145852 - Stator of an electric motor: A stator for an electric motor consisting at least of a stator core (1) with grooves (2) and splines (3) and with a winding which, in turn, consists of a plurality of part-windings. The part-windings are fitted in the grooves (2) and each part-winding consists of a plurality of first... Agent: Davis & Bujold, P.l.l.c.

20070145853 - Electrical brush and method for making the same: An electrical brush includes an electrically conductive base and a plurality of carbon nanotubes. The electrically conductive base has a contact surface. The carbon nanotubes are formed on the contact surface of the base and are configured for contacting with a rotary member. The method includes the steps of: providing... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang Jeffrey T. Knapp

20070145854 - Motor: A claw-pole motor according to the present invention has the maximum occupancy ratio of a wound wire by using a rectangular electric wire for the annular coil of a claw-pole-type motor, winding the rectangular electric wire into an almost analogous shape with the cross section of a wound-wire space and... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20070145855 - Motor device utilizing magnetic force to drive a rotor: The present invention relates to a motor device utilizing magnetic force to drive a rotor. The motor device includes a main body, a rotor and a controlling unit. The main body has two openings and an internal chamber. The rotor is magnetic and swingably disposed in the chamber between the... Agent: Sinorica, LLC

20070145856 - High-intensity discharge lighting system and alternator power supply: A high intensity lighting system comprises a plurality of high intensity discharge lamps electrically connected to a polyphase alternator and a prime mover mechanically connected to the alternator. An inherent impedance characteristic of the alternator permits the lamps to be reliably started and energized without any separate ballast or comparable... Agent: Ernest D. Buff Ernest D. Buff And Associates, LLC.

20070145857 - Electronic device with audio and haptic capability: An actuator (102), suitable for use with an electronic device, is provided. The actuator includes a thin-film sensor (104) and a transducer (106). The transducer is bonded to the thin-film sensor. The thin-film sensor is capable of sensing an input, and the transducer is capable of providing a tactile output... Agent: Motorola Inc

20070145858 - Surface mounted resonator having cap means and method of forming the same using insulating ceramic substrate: A surface mounted resonator having a cap means and a method of forming the same using an insulating ceramic substrate are provided, which can simplify a process of fabricating the surface mounted resonator. The surface mounted resonator includes: a cap means having upper and lower cap means, wherein the lower... Agent: Plevy & Howard & Darcy P.C.

20070145859 - Ultrasonic motor: An ultrasonic motor is provided with a circular stator including a piezoelectric element and a comb teeth body with a multitude of comb teeth circumferentially aligned thereon, and a circular rotor supported by a rotating shaft and pressed against the comb teeth body, wherein the comb teeth respectively include, at... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20070145860 - Ultrasonic probe: An ultrasonic probe is provided which includes a piezoelectric vibrator having an earth electrode and a signal electrode on a rear surface, an acoustic matching layer disposed on a front surface side of the piezoelectric vibrator, a packing material disposed on the rear surface of the piezoelectric vibrator, and a... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070145861 - Human powered piezoelectric power generating device: An energy scavenging apparatus comprises a frame which can be human-carried or human-borne; plural cantilevered bimorph piezoelectric members connected to the frame to have an essentially parallel orientation, each cantilevered bimorph piezoelectric member comprising a proximal end connected to the frame and a distal end; and, a mass member connected... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20070145862 - Sensor for detecting analyte in liquid and device for detecting analyte in liquid using the same: A sensor for detecting an analyte in liquid includes a base substrate provided with openings and electrode lands on one surface thereof and SAW elements each provided with a sensing portion having at least one IDT electrode on one side. The SAW elements are mounted on the base substrate with... Agent: Murata Manufacturing Company, Ltd. C/o Keating & Bennett, LLP

20070145863 - Piezoelectric resonator element package, and piezoelectric resonator: A piezoelectric resonator element package has a base that holds a piezoelectric resonator element on which drive electrodes are formed, and a cap. Four electrode pads are formed in corners of an internal bottom surface of the base. Of the four electrode pads, the first electrode pad and second electrode... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.

20070138875 - Concept e: The area to which this invention pertains is the creation of electric energy from the force of gravity. Through the use of electromagnetic generators and a gravity drive system consisting of two opposite rotating weights and an electric motor to create cheap, affordable, abundant, pollution free electricity. This is the... Agent: Moses Ewart Hall

20070138876 - Electrical machine: An electrical machine is described, having a stationary main element as stator and a rotating main element as rotor, of which one main element having a magnetic yoke and poles, of a predefined number of poles, projecting radially from the former, is made of SMC material and carries a pole... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20070138877 - Connecting device: A connecting device (1) is used to mechanically connect a motor housing (2) of a motor (5) to a transmission housing (3) of a transmission (7). The motor (5) acts on the transmission (7) via a motor shaft (6). The connecting device (1) has a connecting element (15, 26), which... Agent: Striker Striker & Stenby

20070138878 - System and method for direct liquid cooling of electric machines: A system is provided for cooling a stator coil of a rotating machine. In one embodiment, and by way of example only, the system includes a stator core, a radial core opening, and a sleeve. The stator core has an axially extending slot formed therein, an outer circumferential surface, and... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20070138879 - Vehicle-use alternator: The vehicle-use alternator includes a cooling fan rotating in one with a rotating shaft thereof to generate cooling air diffusing substantially in a radial direction of the rotating shaft, to thereby cool a stator thereof. A housing thereof rotatably supporting the rotating shaft and housing the rotor is provided with... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070138880 - Signal control for motor position determination: A controller estimates a motor position. The controller includes a driver and an injector. The driver generates a fundamental control signal. The injector generates a position carrier voltage that superimposed on the fundamental control signal. The injector alters the magnitude of the carrier voltage signal in response to the corresponding... Agent: Carlson, Gaskey & Olds, P.C.

20070138881 - Motor attached with torque transmission member: In fixing the rotor holder and the torque transmission member, a lower surface projection is arranged at the lower surface of the torque transmission member, and thermal deformation is performed with the lower surface projection inserted into the plate-like portion pass through hole formed in the rotor holder. The inner... Agent: Nidec Corporation C/o Keating & Bennett, LLP

20070138883 - Coupling mechanism of motor coil: A coupling mechanism for coupling a coil wounded around a stator of a motor assembly to a circuit pattern of a printed circuit board, includes a plurality of connecting pins for electrically connecting the coil to the circuit pattern of the printed circuit board. The coil is indirectly connected to... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20070138882 - Motor module: A feed cable to a motor is electrically connected to an internal conductor of a terminal block by a contact, by a mating structure of a male connector and a female connector. To the tip of varnish-treated motor winding, a flexible bus bar that is a flexible member is connected.... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070138884 - Brake mechanism for electric motor: An electrical motor includes a sleeve, a rotational assembly located in the sleeve, and a shaft rotatably mounted about an axis extending longitudinally through the sleeve. The motor also includes an endcap, and a brake mechanism located about the axis of the shaft, the brake mechanism including a spring and... Agent: Merchant & Gould PC

20070138885 - Windshield wiper device: A windshield wiper device for vehicles. The invention provides that the armature shaft (5) of the electromotive drive (2) be positioned so that it is not displaceable, and that the adjusting device (20) include an armature plate (21) for transferring the blocking element (16) from its blocked position to its... Agent: Michael Best & Friedrich, LLP

20070138886 - Converting rotational motion into radial motion: An apparatus for converting rotational motion into radial motion may include a motor, and arm assembly, and, optionally, a panel. The motor may include two coaxial rotors and a motion generator coupled to the rotors. The arm assembly may include first and second arm attached at their proximal ends to... Agent: Foley Hoag, LLP Patent Group, World Trade Center West

20070138887 - Electromechanical differential module for a wheeled vehicle and a wheeled vehicle equipped with such an electromechanical differential module: An electromechanical module for a four wheeled vehicle 15, wherein said electromechanical module comprises two electric motors 2 and 3 each adapted to be mechanically coupled to a corresponding one of the two wheels 4 and 5 disposed on a common axle of the vehicle. Moreover, said electromechanical module comprises... Agent: Paul A. Fattibene Fattibene & Fattibene

20070138888 - Electrical assemblies using molecular-scale electrically conductive and mechanically flexible beams and methods for application of same: Electromechanical systems utilizing suspended conducting nanometer-scale beams are provided and may be used in applications, such as, motors, generators, pumps, fans, compressors, propulsion systems, transmitters, receivers, heat engines, heat pumps, magnetic field sensors, kinetic energy storage devices and accelerometers. Such nanometer-scale beams may be provided as, for example, single molecules,... Agent: Fish & NeaveIPGroup Ropes & Gray LLP

20070138890 - Permanent magnet type dc motor assembly: A DC motor assembly includes a rotary shaft, a rotor core surrounding the rotary shaft while maintaining a specific gap from each other, a plurality of magnets arranged on an periphery surface of the rotor core, and a fixing member for fixedly engaging the magnets and the rotor core with... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20070138889 - Rotor of an electrical machine: A rotor (1) of an electrical machine (10), having at least one permanent magnet (3), which is embodied as a hollow cylinder (5) and which has axial contact faces (20) that cooperate with corresponding axial clamping faces (22) of at least one retaining element (4), with which element the permanent... Agent: Michael J. Striker

20070138891 - Magnet retention and positioning sleeve for surface mounted rotor assemblies: A rotor assembly for a motor includes a rotor core having an outer surface and a plurality of magnets engaging the outer surface of the rotor core. Each magnet has an inner surface shaped to conform to the outer surface of the rotor core. An aluminum sleeve receives the magnets... Agent: Senniger Powers

20070138892 - Asymmetrical composite magnet structure for lobed rotor: An interior permanent magnet electric motor. A lobed rotor comprising composite slots and non-composite slots radially spaced from its longitudinal axis of rotation extending parallel to the axis. Ferrite magnets are positioned in both the composite and non-composite slots and neo magnets are positioned in the composite slots only.... Agent: Senniger Powers

20070138893 - Rotor assembly for use in line start permanent magnet synchronous motor: A rotor includes a rotor core which has a central portion and a circumferential portion, wherein a shaft hole is formed at the central portion, a plurality of conductor mounting holes are formed along the circumferential portion, a plurality of conductors are inserted into the conductor mounting holes, respectively, and... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20070138894 - Rotor assembly for use in line start permanent magnet synchronous motor: A rotor assembly includes a rotor core which has a central portion and a circumferential portion, wherein a shaft hole is formed at the central portion, and a plurality of conductors are arranged along the circumferential portion; a multiplicity of permanent magnets provided at a portion of the rotor core... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20070138895 - Maximum conductor motor and method of making same: A stator assembly is provided for a multi-phase motor. The stator assembly includes a stator with a plurality of teeth and a plurality of slots defined between the teeth. In addition, the stator assembly includes a plurality of windings representing respective phases of the multi-phase motor. The windings are wound... Agent: Mark D. Saralino (general) Renner, Otto, Boisselle & Sklar, LLP

20070138896 - Outer magnetic circuit bias magnetic bias reluctance machine with permanent magnets: This invention relates to electromechanical field, and particularly relates to improvement of a reluctance machine, and provides an outer magnetic circuit bias magnet reluctance machine with permanent magnet. The reluctance machine is made up of a housing for supporting the machine, a stator, a rotor and permanent magnets. The stator... Agent: Hamre, Schumann, Mueller & Larson, P.C.

20070138897 - Dc motor: A DC motor with an armature coil for generating rotational torque capable of improving motor efficiency and generated torque while achieving size and thickness reductions, comprising magnets 23A to 23D and armature coils 31A to 31C, 32A to 32C, wherein, for example, a magnet portion is used as a rotor... Agent: Steptoe & Johnson LLP

20070138898 - Synchronous motor with permanent-magnet rotor: A synchronous motor with permanent-magnet rotor, of the type comprising a stator with corresponding windings and a rotor arranged between pole shoes formed by the stator. The stator is constituted by two C-shaped ferromagnetic bodies whose ends form two pairs of pole shoes. Respective spools with windings are arranged along... Agent: Modiano & Associati

20070138899 - Detection of the amount of wear on a motor drive system: A method and a device, respectively, for detecting the amount of wear on the carbon brush drive system of an electrically commutated d.c. motor which is used, for example, in the form of a pump motor in a motor vehicle. The d.c. motor is driven by at least two carbon... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20070138900 - Claw pole motor stator: 2m sets (m being a natural number of 2 or more; and m=2 in embodiments) of teeth (31b to 34b) and 2m−1 slots (41, 42, 43) are disposed alternately in an axial direction; those of windings (36, 37, 38) accommodated in the slots (41, 42, 43), which are each accommodated... Agent: Arent Fox PLLC

20070138901 - Stepping motor and electronic apparatus: A stepping motor includes a rotor having a cylindrical permanent magnet, ring-shaped first and second yoke units that are arranged so as to be mutually stacked along an axis of the rotor, and a pair of lid members that enclose the first and second yoke units and support the rotor... Agent: Grossman, Tucker, Perreault & Pfleger, PLLC

20070138902 - Motor in which an electric leakage to a shaft is prevented: The present invention relates to motors each having a rotor with a metal rotor frame, a metal rotation shaft, and a rotation shaft supporting member connected between the rotor frame and the rotation shaft for transmission of a rotating power from the rotor to the rotation shaft, and, more particularly,... Agent: Ked & Associates, LLP

20070138903 - Rotor assembly of brushless motor: A rotor assembly of a brushless motor is provided herein, which contains an axle, a rotor encircling the axle coaxially, and a layered structure therebetween tightly joining the rotor and the axle together. The layered structure contains an inner cladding, a plastic member, and an outer cladding, arranged coaxially in... Agent: Leong C Lei

20070138904 - Flat-type single phase brushless dc motor: A flat-type single phase brushless direct current (BLDC) motor includes a rotor rotatably fixed to a shaft and having a permanent magnet attached to a lower side thereof; a stator plate installed below the rotor; a plurality of stator cores installed on the stator plate to face the permanent magnet,... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20070138906 - Methods of manufacturing piezoelectric actuator and liquid ejection head, piezoelectric actuator, liquid ejection head, and image forming apparatus: The method of manufacturing a piezoelectric actuator includes the steps of: forming a first metal oxide film which contains at least one element of aluminum, zirconium and silicon and has a film thickness of not less than 0.1 μm and not greater than 3.5 μm, on a first surface of... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070138905 - Piezoelectric composite material: A composition of matter having multiple layers of different conductors separated by thin layers of dielectric materials has a high piezoelectric coefficient when the conductors are metals having a significant difference in work function and the dielectric materials have a low elastic modulus when the metal layers are connected to... Agent: Edward S. Sherman, Esq.

20070138907 - Surface acoustic wave element and surface acoustic wave device using the same: A surface acoustic wave element includes a piezoelectric substrate, an IDT composed of a pair of first and second comb-like electrodes, formed around a center of the piezoelectric substrate, and formed on a surface of the surface acoustic wave element, and a pair of first and second terminals electrically connected... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070138908 - Matching circuit for megasonic transducer device: A method and apparatus for matching impedance magnitude and impedance phase for an acoustic-wave transducer load and an RF power source. The acoustic-wave transducer load has a load impedance magnitude and phase. The RF power source has a source impedance magnitude and phase. In one embodiment of the invention, a... Agent: Applied Materials/blakely

20070138909 - Method and system for measuring physical parameters with a piezoelectric bimorph cantilever in a gaseous or liquid environment: A piezoelectric bimorph cantilever is used for determining physical parameters in a gaseous or liquid environment. The sensor works as a driven and damped oscillator. Contrary to common cantilever sensor systems, the piezoelectric film of the bimorph cantilever acts as both a sensor and an actuator. Using at least two... Agent: Mcdonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

20070138912 - Cavitation chamber with flexibly mounted reflector: A cavitation chamber separated into two volumes by a gas-tight and liquid-tight seal, the seal formed by the combination of a rigid acoustic reflector and a flexible member, is provided. The rigid reflector improves the cavitation characteristics of the chamber while the flexible member insures that the reflector can move... Agent: Patent Law Office Of David G. Beck

20070138913 - Lever-arm displacement-increasing device: In a lever-arm displacement-increasing device, two lever arms are joined at one end. The other end of one of the lever arms is connected to a fixed portion that supports the rear end of an actuator element, and the other end of the other lever arm is connected to a... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070138910 - Multidirectional piezoelectric motor configuration: A method of moving a body (23) comprising: coupling a plurality of piezoelectric motors (31, 32) to the body by pressing a coupling region (48) of each of the motors to a surface of the body; controlling at least one of the motors to apply a force parallel (53) to... Agent: Wolf, Block, Schorr & Solis-cohen LLP

20070138915 - Piezoelectric micro-device for blockage removal: A piezoelectric micro-disruptor capable of disrupting a blockage both mechanically and vibrationally is presented. The micro-disruptor includes a rotor, a stator disposed about and contacting the rotor, a cutting element, and a flexible guide wire. In one embodiment, the stator is composed of a flexible cylinder with at least two... Agent: Michael G. Crilly, Esquire

20070138911 - Tunable acoustic driver and cavitation chamber assembly: An acoustic driver assembly that is adjustably coupled to a cavitation chamber is provided. The cavitation chamber can be selected from any of a variety of cavitation chamber configurations including spherical, cylindrical, and rectangular chambers. The acoustic driver assembly includes a head mass, a tail mass, and at least one... Agent: Patent Law Office Of David G. Beck

20070138914 - Wiring structure of vibrator, and piezoelectric pump: The invention relates a wiring structure of a vibrator and a piezoelectric pump. On the basis of the recognition that it is difficult to obtain sufficient reliability of connecting parts with a conductive adhesive material only while attention is paid to using the conductive adhesive material instead of soldering, a... Agent: Hunton & Williams LLP Intellectual Property Department

20070138916 - Piezoelectric device: A piezoelectric device includes a piezoelectric resonator and an electronic element mounted horizontally on an upper surface of a substrate, and the electronic element being lower in height than the piezoelectric resonator. The entire upper surface side of the substrate is covered with resin in a manner that the upper... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070138917 - Ferroelastic ceramic-reinforced metal matrix composites: Composite materials comprising ferroelastic ceramic particulates dispersed in a metal matrix are capable of vibration damping. When the ferroelastic ceramic particulates are subjected to stress, such as the cyclic stress experienced during vibration of the material, internal stresses in the ceramic cause the material to deform via twinning, domain rotation... Agent: Pietragallo, Bosick & Gordon LLP

20070138918 - Piezoelectric ceramic and piezoelectric ceramic element: A piezoelectric ceramic containing a primary component having a composition represented by Ag1-x-yLixKy)NbO3 (in which 0.075≦x<0.4 and 0.03≦y<0.3) and at least one metal oxide of Fe, Co, Ni, Cu, Zn, and Bi in an amount of 0.01 to 10 parts by weight in the form of MO2 (in which M... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20070138919 - Piezoelectric transformer and the method for manufacturing the same: A small, thin, light piezoelectric transformer capable of large-capacity output is provided at low cost. In piezoelectric transformers adjacent to each other in the row direction, a lower electrode extends in the column direction in a supporting substrate, so as to connect a plurality of piezoelectric transformers arranged in the... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070132320 - Positioning apparatus and charged-particle-beam exposure apparatus: A positioning apparatus including a movable member for transmitting a driving force in a driving-axis direction to a stage, a first electromagnet for driving the movable member in the driving-axis direction by forming a magnetic path between the movable member and the first electromagnet and generating first magnetic flux, and... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20070132321 - Linear compressor: A linear compressor is provided. The linear compressor includes a stator, a mover, a compression instrument coupled to the mover and including a cylinder and a piston, and a nonmagnetic conductor which generates a reaction flux to disturb the flow of a leakage flux as an induced flux is generated... Agent: Ked & Associates, LLP

20070132322 - Stepper motor having solenoid coils around end portions of stator poles: A stepper motor includes a rotor having a ring-shaped body having a circumference along which a plurality of magnetic poles of alternates. A plurality of stator members is arranged along and spaced from the circumference of the rotor. Each stator member has two limbs circumferentially spaced from each other by... Agent: Lin & Associates Intellectual Property

20070132323 - Motor of washing machine: The present invention relates to an outer rotor type induction motor mounted on an underside of an outer tub of a washing machine, in which a rotor core and a rotor bushing are insert injection molded with a rotor frame as one body, for simplifying a rotor structure for easy... Agent: Mckenna Long & Aldridge LLP

20070132324 - Rotary electric machine including a brake engaging two opposite braking surfaces: The present invention relates to a rotary electric machine comprising: a stator; a rotor having an axis of rotation, and comprising a tubular end wall defining two opposite braking surfaces; and at least one electromagnetic brake configured for bear simultaneously in a braking configuration against the braking surfaces.... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070132325 - Magneto generator: In a magneto generator, second phase lead wires (10a, 10b) and third phase lead wires (11a, 11b) among individual one pair of first, second and third lead wires (9a, 9b; 10a, 10b; 11a, 11b) are covered with first protective tubes (12a, 12b), respectively. The second phase lead wires (10a, 10b)... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070132326 - Spindle motor: Disclosed herein is a spindle motor. The spindle motor includes a rotating shaft, a rotor cover which is secured to the rotating shaft and rotates the rotating shaft, a bearing for rotatably supporting the rotating shaft, a holder for holding the bearing, and a holding magnet which is directly mounted... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20070132328 - Actuator: A case (100), a rotor (200) that is freely rotatably supported in the case (100), and stators (110) for rotating the rotor by magnetic force are provided. The stator (110) contains a core (111) mounted at the outside of the case (100), and a magnetic coil (112) wound around the... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20070132329 - Rotor shaft of a spinning rotor: A rotor shaft of a spinning rotor has an annular magnet bearing component which is secured from the centrifugal force effective during the spinning process by means of a ring liner, for radially and axially supporting the rotor shaft, whereby the rotatable magnetic bearing component interacts with a stationary magnetic... Agent: Kennedy Covington Lobdell & Hickman, LLP

20070132327 - Turbomolecular vacuum pump: The turbomolecular vacuum pump with active magnetic bearings comprises an enclosure (110) defining a primary vacuum chamber (116), a rotor (120), an electric motor (107), an axial magnetic bearing (103), radial magnetic bearings (101, 102), an axial detector (106), and radial detectors (104, 105). Remote external electric circuits associated with... Agent: Weingarten, Schurgin, Gagnebin & Lebovici LLP

20070132330 - Fan assemblies employing lspm motors and lspm motors having improved synchronization: A fan assembly includes at least one fan blade for moving air and a line-start permanent magnet (LSPM) motor having a shaft. The fan blade is coupled to the shaft of the line-start permanent magnet motor such that rotation of the shaft causes rotation of the fan blade for moving... Agent: Harness, Dickey, & Pierce, P.l.c

20070132331 - Dc homopolar motor/generator: In accordance with the teachings described herein, a DC homopolar machine is provided. The DC homopolar machine may include a stator having a stator magnetic core and a permanent magnet, a rotor magnetic core supported within the stator to rotate relative to the stator, and non-magnetic material within a gap... Agent: Workman Nydegger (f/k/a Workman Nydegger & Seeley)

20070132332 - Self magnetizing motor and method for winding coils on stator thereof: Provided are a self magnetizing motor and a method for winding coils on a stator thereof, wherein two exciter poles are positioned at an inner circumferential surface of the stator to face each other, and an exciter magnetizable portion is disposed at an outer circumferential surface of a rotor to... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20070132333 - Self magnetizing motor and method for winding coils on stator thereof: Provided are a self magnetizing motor and a method for wining coils on a stator thereof, wherein an exciter pole and exciter coils are formed at a stator and an exciter magnetizable portion is disposed at an outer circumferential surface of a rotor, whereby the self magnetizing motor can be... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20070132334 - Systems and methods for providing electrical contact with a rotating element of a machine: In accordance with the teachings herein, systems and methods are described for providing electrical contact with a rotating element of a machine. In one example system, a nozzle may be used to emit a stream of a molten metal material, the nozzle being configured to transmit electric current from a... Agent: Workman Nydegger (f/k/a Workman Nydegger & Seeley)

20070132336 - Rotor assembly for an electric machine including a vibration damping member and method of manufacturing same: A rotor for an electric machine includes a shaft that is rotatable about an axis and defines a first diameter normal to the axis. A first core portion defines a first aperture having a first aperture diameter that is larger than the first diameter. The first core portion is positioned... Agent: Michael Best & Friedrich, LLP

20070132335 - Rotor assembly having a reduced back portion and a method of manufacturing same: A rotor for an electric machine having a number of poles includes a shaft that extends along a portion of an axis and defines an outer surface. A first core portion extends along a portion of the axis to define a first core length. The first core portion includes a... Agent: Michael Best & Friedrich, LLP

20070132337 - Rotating electrical machine or alternator and method of manufacturing rotor core used in the same: A rotor core which has relatively high rigidity, can ensure sufficient magnetic performance, and can be produced at a cheaper cost with a relatively small-scale facility. A claw-equipped core and a yoke are manufactured separately. After fitting the yoke to a fitting portion formed in the claw-equipped core, a part... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20070132338 - Surface acoustic wave device: In a surface acoustic wave device, electrode films constituting at least one IDT are disposed on a piezoelectric substrate, and an SiO2 film is arranged on the piezoelectric substrate so as to cover the electrode films. The film-thickness of the electrode films is in the range of about 1% to... Agent: Murata Manufacturing Company, Ltd. C/o Keating & Bennett, LLP

20070132339 - Surface acoustic wave apparatus and manufacturing method therefor: In a manufacturing method for a SAW apparatus a first insulating layer is formed on the entire surface of a piezoelectric LiTaO3 substrate. By using a resist pattern used for forming an IDT electrode, the first insulating layer in which the IDT electrode is to be formed is removed. An... Agent: Murata Manufacturing Company, Ltd. C/o Keating & Bennett, LLP

20070132340 - Piezoelectric/electrostrictive device and method of driving piezoelectric/electrostrictive device: A piezoelectric/electrostrictive device has a rotor substantially in the form of a rectangular parallelepiped, the rotor having a pair of opposite surfaces, a first movable section fixed to a first end of one of the surfaces, a first piezoelectric/electrostrictive element for actuating the first movable section, a second movable section... Agent: Burr & Brown

20070132341 - Driving device: A driving device comprises: an electro-mechanical conversion element enabled to expand and contract in response to input of an electrical signal; a pair of clamping members that come closer to and move away from each other with expansion and contraction of the electromechanical conversion element; a moving member disposed between... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070132342 - Method for obtaining biometric data for an individual in a secure transaction: Provided are a method and system for a biometric sensing apparatus. An apparatus includes an input signal generator configured to produce an activation signal. Also includes is a piezoelectric ceramic sensor having a plurality of piezoelectric ceramic elements arrayed and spaced to (i) receive the activation signal (ii) detect one... Agent: Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.l.l.c.

20070132343 - Method and apparatus for a d33 mode piezoelectric actuator with a bending motion: The invention includes a D33 mode piezoelectric actuator region, including electrodes of differing length to produce a bending motion. The invention also includes a piezoelectric actuator containing a first piezoelectric actuator region coupled to a second piezoelectric actuator region, which may be separated by the ceramic material. Applying a first... Agent: Gregory Smith & Associates

20070126292 - Advanced hypersonic magnetic jet/electric turbine engine (ahmjet): With turbine segments controlled electrically in a shaftless design, the turbine of the present invention creates high propulsion efficiencies over a broader range of operating conditions through the integration of gas turbine, electric and magnetic power systems, advanced materials and alternative petroleum-based combustion cycles.... Agent: Burns & Levinson LLP

20070126293 - Decorative lighting device: A decorative lighting device includes a casing, a generator assembly including an armature spindle which rotates to induce relative rotation in an electrical winding-magnet system, a counter weight device, and at least one illuminating element. The casing is attachable to a rotary body to be rotated with the rotary body.... Agent: Leong C Lei

20070126294 - Motor: Disclosed related to provide a motor reliable as capable of controlling the backward rotation of the rotor R for certain. The motor according to the present invention comprises a stator 2; a rotor R rotated by the interaction with between the stator 2 for generating the rotary force of the... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20070126295 - Vibration motor having brushes with different osculatory tracks: A vibration motor includes a stator assembly, a rotor assembly, a shaft and a pair of brushes having different osculatory tracks. The stator assembly includes a magnet and a lower substrate. The rotor assembly has an eccentric weight, and includes a commutator positioned on the lower surface thereof and a... Agent: Lowe Hauptman Berner, LLP

20070126297 - Shaftless propeller: A shaftless propeller may be made to cooperate with a liquid, with a stator having a circular opening and a rotor mounted in the opening and having an annular rotor body with a multiplicity of inwardly projecting propeller blades, with the bearings between the rotor and stator having a tiltable... Agent: Abelman, Frayne & Schwab

20070126296 - Stator structure and manufacturing method thereof: A stator structure includes a first cover, a stator assembly and a filler. The first cover has an accommodation space for accommodating the stator assembly therein. The filler is applied between the first cover and the stator assembly to surround the stator assembly. A manufacturing method of the stator structure... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070126298 - Device for angularly positioning a starter cylindrical head with respect to the support thereof: The inventive device for angularly positioning a starter on a support (11) interfacing with a thermal combustion engine for a motor vehicle comprises indexing means, at least one projection (12) which is axially connected to the cylindrical head (10) and introducible into a complementary slot (13) arranged in the support... Agent: Osha Liang L.L.P.

20070126299 - Constrained layer metallic endcap for motor: An endcap 26 for a motor 28 includes a first layer 32 of metal material, a second layer 32′ of metal material, and a third layer 30 of thermal isolating material constrained between the first and second layers such that the third layer inhibits the transfer of thermal energy from... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20070126300 - Micromachined reluctance motor: A reluctance motor having a movable part that does not need a fixed mounting shaft in the motor's stationary part. In one embodiment, a motor of the invention has a stationary part that defines a cylindrical cavity into which a rotor is inserted, with an interior wall of the cavity... Agent: Mendelsohn & Associates, P.C.

20070126301 - Device for fixing permanent magnets inside the cylinder head of a field winding of an electrical engine: The invention relates to a device for fixing permanent magnets inside the cylinder head of a field winding of an electric engine. The inventive device comprises spring clips (12) which are disposed between the permanent magnets in order to ensure the angular positioning and the axial and radial support of... Agent: Osha Liang L.L.P.

20070126302 - Yoke of rotary electric machine and manufacturing method thereof: A yoke is produced by rolling up Zn—Al—Mg platinized steel plate of corrosion-resistance treatment where both ends thereof are tightly mated. On the outer peripheral surface of the yoke, plural linear grooves extending in the axis direction of the yoke are formed at a constant interval in the rolling step.... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070126303 - Apparatus and method for constructing electrodynamic machines: A method, apparatus and system producing for electrodynamic machinery are disclosed. In one embodiment, an integrated stator-housing structure for constructing electrodynamic machines includes one or more field pole members. Each field pole member can have a first pole face and a second pole face. Also, the members each can have... Agent: Cooley Godward Kronish LLP

20070126304 - Permanent magnet rotating machine: A rotary shaft 60 having an outside diameter larger than the bore diameter of a rotary shaft insert hole 59 of a rotor 50 is inserted into the rotary shaft insert hole 59. A magnet insert hole 51a1 is provided in a main magnetic pole [a] of the rotor 50.... Agent: Dennison, Schultz & Macdonald

20070126305 - Permanent magnet rotating machine: Permanent magnets 52a1, 52a2 are inserted into magnet insert holes 51a1, 51a4 formed in a main magnetic pole 50A of a rotor 50. An outer circumferential surface of the rotor includes a first outer circumferential surface portion 50a which intersects with a d-axis and second outer circumferential surface portions 50da,... Agent: Dennison, Schultz & Macdonald

20070126306 - Electrical motor: An electrical motor includes: a rotor; a stator including a stator core that is formed with a plurality of first slot units and a plurality of second slot units which are alternately disposed with the first slot units, each of the first slot units including at least two first slots,... Agent: Frommer Lawrence & Haug

20070126307 - 2/6 pole single-phase induction motor having shared windings: A multi-speed single-phase induction motor comprising a stator having a main winding selectively adapted for 2n-pole operation and 6n-pole operation, where n is an integer. The main winding includes a plurality of coil sets. The motor is configured to energize at least one of the coil sets during 2n-pole operation... Agent: Harness, Dickey, & Pierce, P.l.c

20070126309 - Motor, method for manufacturing the same, and washing machine using the same: A motor having a structure configured to reduce magnetic resistance between a rotor and a stator, a method for manufacturing the motor, and a washing machine using the motor are disclosed. The motor includes a rotor, and a stator co-operating with the rotor. The stator includes a main core and... Agent: Mckenna Long & Aldridge LLP

20070126308 - Rotary electric machine with reduced torque ripple: The present invention relates to a rotary electric machine comprising: a concentrated winding stator having teeth and coils placed on the teeth, the teeth having end faces that are convex towards the rotor; and a rotor comprising an armature defining a cylindrical surface and permanent magnets, the permanent magnets having... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070126310 - Universal motor and lamination for stator thereof: A lamination 10 for the stator of a universal motor has two poles 12 and a flux return path in the form of a ring 14 joining the two poles together. Each pole 12 has a pole face 16 defining there between a rotor space 20 for accommodating a rotor... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070126311 - Brush card for window lift motors: A brush card assembly 10 includes a brush card member 12, conductive contacts 14 provided on the brush card member, and brushes 16 mounted to be electrically in contact with the conductive contacts. The assembly 10 also includes brush box 18 associated with each of the brushes. Each brush box... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20070126312 - Dlc field emission with nano-diamond impregnated metals: Diamond-like carbon based energy conversion devices and methods of making and using the same which have improved conversion efficiencies and increased reliability are provided. In one aspect, such a device may include a cathode having a plurality of nano-diamond particles disposed in a metal matrix, where the plurality of nano-diamond... Agent: Thorpe North & Western, LLP.

20070126313 - Piezoelectric laminate, surface acoustic wave device, thin-film piezoelectric resonator, and piezoelectric actuator: A piezoelectric laminate including a base and a first piezoelectric layer formed above the base and including potassium sodium niobate. The first piezoelectric layer is shown by a compositional formula (KaNa1−a)xNbO3, “a” and “x” in the compositional formula being respectively 0.1<a<1 and 1≦x≦1.2.... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070126314 - Micro force measurement device, micro force measurement method, and micro surface shape measurement probe: There is disclosed a micro surface shape measurement probe including a probe shaft 4 having at a distant end thereof a probe member 2 for contacting an object 1 to be measured, a probe body 21 provided with support means for movably supporting the probe shaft 4 in a non-contact... Agent: Griffin & Szipl, PC

20070126315 - Multiplexer for a piezo ceramic identification device: Provided is a multiplexer for a biometric apparatus. The multiplexer includes a plurality of first conductors coupled to the first ends of piezo ceramic elements in corresponding rows and a plurality of first switches each of which is coupled to a respective one of the first conductors and a plurality... Agent: Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.l.l.c.

20070126316 - Electronic device: An electronic device includes an electronic component, a package base having the electronic component therein and a conductive cover bonded to the package base, wherein a signal transmission line is provided to electrically connect the cover to the electronic component so as to use the cover as a terminal for... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C