Electrical generator or motor structure inventions 03/08

20080073984 - Electric machine with fluid supply control system: An electric machine includes a fluid control system that is configured to regulate the flow rate of fluid to the electric machine. The machine includes a sensor that senses a parameter representative of cooling required by the machine. The sensor supplies a sensor signal to a control unit, which in... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20080073985 - Cooling device of an electrical machine: The invention relates to a cooling device (1,2) pertaining to an electrical machine (10), said cooling device (1,2) comprising at least one rod-shaped heat-conducting means (3,4) for heat-conductive connection to the electrical machine (10). The invention also relates to an electrical machine (10) comprising a housing (18) and/or a stator... Agent: Henry M Feiereisen, LLC

20080074009 - Fan system, electric motor, and claw-pole motor: A fan system having a three-phase claw-pole motor comprising a stator and a rotor, wherein the three-phase claw-pole motor provides with stator coils for three phases which are arranged on one plane.... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20080074010 - Fan with active magnetic bearing: A fan (100) has an electronically commutated drive motor (ECM 52) with a stator (50) connected to a bearing tube (54) and a rotor (22) on a shaft (34). The shaft (34) is journaled in the tube (54) using passive radial magnetic bearings (16, 18) to minimize friction and wear,... Agent: Ware Fressola Van Der Sluys & Adolphson, LLP

20080073988 - Brushless motor: A brushless motor includes at a substantially cylindrical portion of a bracket thereof a retaining mechanism which retains a resolver stator. The resolver stator whose axial movement and circumferential movement are minimized by the retaining mechanism will be affixed to the bracket.... Agent: Nidec Corporation C/o Keating & Bennett, LLP

20080073986 - Permanent magnet rotor type motor and method for manufacturing the same: Disclosed is a permanent type motor in which a permanent magnet is attached to or embedded in a rotor in a rotatable manner. More particularly, a permanent magnet rotor type motor, which can be easily manufactured while achieving an improvement in heat-emission performance, is disclosed. The permanent magnet rotor type... Agent: Mckenna Long & Aldridge LLP

20080073987 - Resolver and brushless motor: A connector portion of a resolver stator includes a connecting portion to which a lead wire is connected and a guiding groove which guides the lead wire in an axial direction. The lead wire connected to the connecting portion is retained by the guiding groove and guided in the axial... Agent: Nidec Corporation C/o Keating & Bennett, LLP

20080074011 - Spindle motor and spindle motor assembly, and image forming device having the same: A spindle motor and a spindle motor assembly, and an image forming device having the same. The spindle motor includes a shaft rotatably coupled to a stator, a rotor to rotate with the shaft, and a dynamic pressure generator to generate a dynamic pressure to make the rotor contact toward... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20080073989 - Global pointing actuator: A pointing actuator comprises a spherical base; a plurality of coils wound around an outside surface of the spherical base, wherein at least one coil is wound along latitudinal lines around at least a portion of the spherical base, and at least one coil is wound along longitudinal lines around... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20080073991 - Bearing assembly for cooling fan: A bearing assembly includes a bearing (10) having a bearing surface (16) defining a bearing hole (12) therein and a shaft (20) disposed in the bearing hole of the bearing. The bearing has an open end for the shaft insertion therethrough into the bearing hole along an axial direction of... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang Jeffrey T. Knapp

20080073993 - Magnetic bearing: Certain exemplary embodiments comprise a system, which can comprise a radial magnetic bearing static portion. The radial magnetic bearing static portion can comprise a plurality of electromagnets. The radial magnetic bearing static portion can comprise a plurality of pulse width modulated amplifiers, each of which can be adapted to provide... Agent: Michael N. Haynes

20080073982 - Magnetic guide apparatus, stage apparatus, exposure apparatus, and device manufacturing method: A magnetic guide apparatus includes a guide member that has a guide plane provided along a first direction, and a moving body that has a facing plane facing the guide plane to be spaced apart from the guide plane. Magnetic attractive force is permitted to operate between the guide plane... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20080073992 - Coreless motor: A coreless motor may include: a rotor having a magnet whose circumferential face is magnetized to multiple poles; a stator for rotatably supporting said rotor with a bearing interposed between said stator and said rotor; a coreless coil which is opposed to said circumferential face of said magnet with a... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20080073994 - Motor adapter with a torque arm: A motor adapter includes a frame having a first end adapted for mounting to a motor and a second end adapted for mounting to a rotatably driven machine. The frame includes an adjustable reaction point.... Agent: Quarles & Brady LLP

20080074007 - Monomorph type piezoelectric/electrostrictive device and method for manufacturing the same: A monomorph type piezoelectric/electrostrictive device includes a piezoelectric/electrostrictive body, which is composed of a non-lead based piezoelectric/electrostrictive crystalline body containing at least Nb, Ta, and one or more types of alkali metal element, which has a cubic crystal structure at a temperature higher than the phase transition point and at... Agent: Burr & Brown

20080067879 - Direct drive motor in washing machine: An object of the present invention is to provide a direct drive motor in a washing machine, in which a structure of a driving unit in a washing machine is improved to improve processability, and current flow down to the washing shaft is cut off even if insulation between the... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080067881 - Torque transmission assembly for superconducting rotating machines: A rotor assembly includes a superconducting winding assembly positioned within a cryogenic region of the rotor assembly. In operation, the superconducting winding assembly generates a magnetic flux linking a stator assembly. The rotor assembly also includes a torque transfer assembly that includes first and second tubes that are positioned in... Agent: Fish & Richardson PC

20080067882 - Motor: A motor that includes a stator and an oil passage that supplies oil to the stator is provided with a heat absorbing portion of a heat pipe in a position inside the oil passage and contacting or near the stator.... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080067899 - Bldc motor: A BLDC motor includes a rotor having a permanent magnet attached to an inner circumferential surface thereof, a stator that forms a magnetic field to rotate the rotor and a bracket provided in a lower portion of the rotor to support the stator, where the bracket includes a strength reinforcement... Agent: Song K. Jung Mckenna Long & Aldridge LLP

20080067883 - Generator and/or motor assembly: A generator and/or motor device that includes an inner stator having one or more inner coils, an outer stator shell having one or more outer coils, and a rotor assembly arranged radially between, and configured to rotate relative to, the inner stator and the outer stator shell. The rotor assembly... Agent: Peter D. Witt

20080067878 - Electromagnetic engine: An electromagnetic engine has inner and outer rotors having magnets of opposite polarity mounted thereon. Output is taken from the inner rotor, which is free to unidirectionally rotate. The outer rotor is caused to oscillate, the force of magnetic repulsion between the magnetic fields of the inner and outer rotors... Agent: Litman Law Offices, Ltd.

20080067880 - Multiphase step motor: The multiphase step motor is capable of reducing vibrations of a rotor and torque ripples in spite of switching current flowing through stator coils. Stator units are divided into 2n (n is an integer one or more) per one phase and coaxially layered, and the stator units of the same... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080067884 - Connection device for an electrical machine: The aim of the invention is to reduce the logistical and assembly expenses during the connection of electrical machines. To this end, a connection device is provided with a base body (7) that can be mounted in a terminal box socket (1) of the electrical machine. A plurality of contacts... Agent: Henry M Feiereisen, LLC

20080067885 - Permanent magnet machine: A permanent magnet machine comprises a stator having plurality of slots between a plurality of stator teeth, which are interconnected by a yoke, wherein concentrated windings are provided in the plurality of slots. A rotor is provided with a plurality of permanent magnets creating a plurality of magnetic poles. By... Agent: Venable LLP

20080067886 - Radial centering surface of a stator core: The present invention relates to a method and a device for manufacturing a radial centering surface on an outer circumference of an annular laminated core of a stator, the centering surface (19; 35) being created by cutting. The present invention also relates to a stator (1; 109; 140) with centering... Agent: Striker, Striker & Stenby

20080067887 - Dust core and method of manufacturing the same: A stator core includes first and second annular dust core pieces. Each of the first and second annular dust core pieces has a plurality of arcuate dust core pieces each integrally having a yoke extending in an arc shape and a tooth projecting in a radial direction of the yoke.... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20080067888 - Brush device and fuel pump: The brush device is provided with a brush, a brush holder, and a biasing member. The brush holder has an insertion hole in which the brush is inserted. The biasing member biases the brush toward the sliding surface. The sliding surface is approximately perpendicular to the rotational axis of the... Agent: Dennison, Schultz & Macdonald

20080067889 - Multiple phase claw pole type motor: A claw pole type motor includes first and second claw poles opposed to each other and each including a radial yoke portion having an inner diameter side and an outer diameter side, a plurality of pole portions arranged on the inner diameter side, and axially extended, and an outer peripheral... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20080067890 - Sleete unit, method of manufacturing thereof, and motor using the sleeve unit: An adhesive is applied to an inner surface of a sleeve housing, and a sleeve is relatively moved toward the sleeve housing from inserted into the sleeve housing. The adhesive is cured while a predetermined distance is maintained between a first bearing surface of the sleeve and a lower surface... Agent: Volentine & Whitt PLLC

20080067891 - Acoustic wave device and filter: An acoustic wave device includes a piezoelectric substrate, a first dielectric film formed on the piezoelectric substrate, and electrodes that are provided on the first dielectric film and excite an acoustic wave, the electrodes including electrode fingers. At least a part of the first dielectric film is cut out between... Agent: Arent Fox LLP

20080067892 - Piezoelectric device and method for manufacturing the same: A piezoelectric device includes a piezoelectric resonator including a piezoelectric resonator element, a package for accommodating the piezoelectric resonator in a cavity thereinside, a lid for airtightly sealing the cavity inside the package, a package base included in the package, and an external terminal formed on a bottom surface of... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20080067893 - System and methodology for generating electricity using at least one heat engine and thermoacoustic element to apply cyclic pressure gradients to piezoelectric material: A system for generating electrical power supply signals includes at least one heat engine that undergoes heating/cooling cycles and corresponding temperature variations. A thermoacoustic element is thermally coupled to the chamber. The temperature variations of the heat engine induce thermoacoustic oscillations of the thermoacoustic element which form a pressure wave.... Agent: Gordon & Jacobson, P.C.

20080067894 - Ultrasonic rotary drive device: An ultrasonic rotary drive device includes an ultrasonic motor including an ultrasonic generating portion and a first rotary output portion, wherein the first rotary output portion is in contact with the ultrasonic generating portion to be rotatable relative to the ultrasonic generating portion and rotates by ultrasonic vibrations generated by... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20080067895 - Capacitive micromachined ultrasonic transducer and production method of same: A capacitive micromachined ultrasonic transducer (cMUT) is constituted by a plurality of transducer elements comprising plural transducer cells that are mutually connected in parallel and comprises: a silicon substrate; a bottom electrode placed on the top surface of the silicon substrate; an upper electrode placed opposite to the bottom electrode... Agent: Scully Scott Murphy & Presser, PC

20080067896 - Acoustic wave device, resonator and filter: An acoustic wave device includes a piezoelectric substrate, comb electrodes formed above the piezoelectric substrate, and a first dielectric film provided so as to cover the comb electrodes, the first dielectric film having empty spaces associated with fingers of the comb electrodes.... Agent: Arent Fox LLP

20080067898 - Piezoelectric element, and liquid jet head and ultrasonic motor using the piezoelectric element:

20080067897 - Production method of piezoelectric ceramic, production method of piezoelectric element, and piezoelectric element: A powder having a specific surface area of 1.8 to 11.0 m2/g was used as a powder to be sintered. Consequently, the powder has an improved sinterability, so that even by sintering at 1050° C. or lower, further at 1000° C. or lower, a piezoelectric ceramic having a high sintering... Agent: Pearne & Gordon LLP

20080061635 - Magnetic circuit and method and apparatus for the manufacture thereof: A magnetic circuit includes a cylindrical yoke member having an inner circumferential surface and a collar formed at one end thereof and turned back substantially at right angles, and a plurality of permanent magnet segments of a partially circular arc in cross section having respective outer surfaces attracted magnetically to... Agent: Kanesaka Berner And Partners LLP

20080061658 - Miniature motor: A miniature motor includes an actuator and a transmission assembly. The actuator includes a chamber, an electrically conductive aqueous layer, a dielectric oily layer and two electrodes. The aqueous and oily layers are accommodated in the chamber. The oily layer contacts with the aqueous layer thereby forming a contact interface... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang Jeffrey T. Knapp

20080061636 - Ac generator for a vehicle: In an AC generator for a vehicle, an end cover has two types of parts, one-type part is away from a rib part in a positive cooling fin, and the other-type part is close to the rib part. The rib part projects toward the end cover side. The one-type part... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20080061637 - Superconducting machine stator: A stator for an electrical machine includes a back iron including a substantially cylindrical annular structure having an inner surface and an axis. A plurality of supports are fabricated of non-magnetic material, each support extending parallel to the axis of the annular structure along the inner surface of the annular... Agent: Occhiuti Rohlicek & Tsao, LLP

20080061639 - Vehicle ac generator: The vehicle AC generator includes a frame including an end wall section and a peripheral wall section, a stator core, a stator coil having rear and front coil ends projecting axially rearward and frontward respectively from the stator core, a rotor supported by the frame, and a cooling fan having... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20080061659 - Alternating current generator with improved frame structure: In an alternating-current generator, an end wall of a frame is provided with a plurality of fin supports separately arranged on the outer surface of the end wall. The cooling fin is mounted on the plurality of fin supports. The end wall is provided with a plurality of reinforcements each... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20080061642 - Output terminal structure of alternator for vehicle: An alternator for a vehicle is provided which is equipped with a rectifier. The rectifier includes a positive-side radiator fin in which a positive rectifying device is installed. An output terminal through which dc voltage is outputted has a rectangular head and is fit in a through hole formed in... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20080061641 - Vehicle alternator with improved end cover structure: A vehicle alternator is disclosed having a stator, a rotor, a frame surrounding the stator and the rotor, a bowl-shaped end cover mounted on the frame and defining an electric component-part compartment, a brush unit held in sliding contact with slip rings of a rotary shaft, and a rectifier unit.... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20080061640 - Vehicle alternator with improved operation reliability: A vehicle alternator is disclosed having a stator, a rotor, a frame surrounding the stator and the rotor, a bowl-shaped end cover mounted on the frame and defining an electric component-part compartment, a brush unit held in sliding contact with slip rings of a rotary shaft, and a rectifier unit.... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20080061645 - Motor and electric pump: A motor includes a rotor having a permanent magnet fitted thereon, and a stator having an inner peripheral surface spaced a predetermined distance from an outer peripheral surface of the rotor in opposed relation thereto, and the stator is press-fitted in a motor case to be fixed thereto with its... Agent: Mcginn Intellectual Property Law Group, PLLC

20080061638 - Arrangement for conveying fluids: An arrangement for conveying fluids has a fluid pump (174) having a rotatably journaled pump wheel (172) that is joined to a first permanent magnet (186). It furthermore has an electronically commutated internal-rotor motor (152) having a stator (154) and a rotor (156), as well as a shaft (160) associated... Agent: Ware Fressola Van Der Sluys & Adolphson, LLP

20080061643 - Drive device: A drive device for a hatch of a motor vehicle, wherein a spindle drive is provided with a threaded spindle and a spindle nut mounted on the threaded spindle, by which drive the first fastening element and the housing tube can be driven axially relative to each other. The spindle... Agent: Cohen, Pontani, Lieberman & Pavane

20080061644 - Harmonic propulsion and harmonic controller: A device and method for propelling objects using periodic or harmonic vibrations is described. The device comprises a flexible substrate or surface and a source of vibrational energy that is applied to the substrate or surface. Specific embodiments include a device which can move along a flat surface, which can... Agent: Wolf, Block, Shorr And Solis-cohen LLP

20080061646 - Motor and disc drive with motor: A motor includes a sleeve, a sleeve holder, a rotor hub and an inner body. The sleeve has a flange portion on an outer circumference portion thereof. The sleeve holder holds the sleeve. The rotor hub has an annular wall portion. The inner body is fixed in an inside of... Agent: The Nath Law Group

20080061647 - Electronic motor: An electric motor for use in a borehole tool, comprising: a housing; a plurality of stator windings spaced along the inside of the housing; an output shaft located in the housing; a plurality of rotors disposed on the output shaft and aligned with the stators so as to define a... Agent: Schlumberger Oilfield Services

20080061648 - Magneto generator: A magneto generator can provide a flywheel with a high circularity while reducing man hours in processing the flywheel. A bowl-shaped flywheel has a cylindrical portion and a bottom. A plurality of permanent magnets are arranged on an inner peripheral wall surface of the cylindrical portion. A magnet cover is... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080061649 - Axial gap motor and method for manufacturing the same: Disclosed is an axial gap motor in which a stator and a rotor are arranged parallel to a rotating shaft. More particularly, an axial gap motor, which can be easily manufactured and achieve an improvement in efficiency, is disclosed. In the axial gap motor the stator includes a back yoke... Agent: Mckenna Long & Aldridge LLP

20080061650 - Permanent magnet for a motor, motor, and magnetizing method: The present invention relates to a cylindrical permanent magnet which is used in a micro DC brushless motor used in a compact hard disc etc. An Sm—Co based magnetic material is used as a magnetic material and the permanent magnet has domains magnetized in a radial direction and arranged at... Agent: Bruce L. Adams, Esq. Adams & Wilks

20080061651 - Bobbin for a dynamoelectric machine and method: Disclosed herein is an apparatus that relates to a bobbin of a dynamoelectric machine. The bobbin comprising, a central hub with radial surfaces on axial ends thereof receivable of end caps attachable to the radial surfaces. The central hub is receivable of a wire winding, and at least one radial... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20080061652 - Vehicle alternator with improved operation reliability: An alternator for a vehicle is disclosed as having front and rear frames supporting a stator having a stator winding, a rotor fixedly carried on a rotary shaft and rotatably disposed inside the stator while having a field winding, a bush unit accommodating brushes held in sliding contact with slip... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20080061653 - Motor including a teeth section and a yoke section which are formed of mutually independent configuration members: Included are a rotor, and a stator having a yoke section and a teeth section including multiple teeth. The teeth section and the yoke section are made of mutually independent configuration members, and connected to each other. At least one of the teeth section and the yoke section is formed... Agent: Mots Law, PLLC

20080061654 - Ultrasonic actuator and manufacturing method of vibration member thereof: An ultrasonic actuator including: a vibration member, which comprises a plurality of piezoelectric displacement sections each being expanded and contracted by electric signals, and a connection section to connect the plurality of piezoelectric displacement sections, wherein the vibration member is vibrated by resonance of the plurality of piezoelectric displacement sections;... Agent: Sidley Austin LLP

20080061655 - Methods and systems for positioning micro elements: A micro device may comprise a substrate, a first micro structure coupled to the substrate, a second micro structure coupled to the substrate, and port configured to receive an input. The first micro structure is configured to move into engagement with the second micro structure in response to the input.... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20080061656 - Biomimetic electro-active paper actuators: This invention relates to biomimetic electro-active paper actuators which are ultra lightweight, have a large deformation feature, are operated with low power consumption, are remotely driven by microwaves, and have suitable response speed, which are comprised of paper wherein micro fibrils of cellulose are arranged in a predetermined direction, electrodes... Agent: Marsh, Fischmann & Breyfogle LLP

20080061657 - Acoustic wave device and filter: An acoustic wave device includes a piezoelectric substrate, a first dielectric film provided on the piezoelectric substrate, electrodes that are provided on the first dielectric film and excite an acoustic wave, and a second dielectric film that is provided so as to cover the electrodes and is thicker than the... Agent: Arent Fox LLP

20080054732 - Electromagnetic micro actuator and method of manufacturing the same: A micro actuator and a method of manufacturing the micro actuator. A micro actuator includes a base frame, a first movable part, a second movable part, at least one pair of permanent magnets, a coil part, and a deformation suppression portion. The first movable part is rotatably connected to the... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080054735 - Fan and motor used thereto: Axially upper and lower end surfaces of the stator core 41 are substantially covered by the first insulator 421 and the second insulators 422, both of which are made of resin. A boss 4222 is arranged circumferentially between the two neighboring teeth 411. In the preferred embodiment of the present... Agent: Volentine & Whitt PLLC

20080054737 - Electric motor: A stator of an electric motor includes a stator core including an annular yoke. The stator core includes a plurality of teeth formed on, for example, an inner periphery of the yoke and has a coil wound on each of the teeth. Each of the teeth includes first and second... Agent: Rabin & Berdo, PC

20080054738 - High resistance magnet and motor using the same: A magnet comprising grains of a ferromagnetic material whose main component is iron and a fluorine compound layer or an oxy-fluorine compound layer of fluoride compound particles of alkali metals, alkaline earth metals and rare earth elements, present on the surface of the ferromagnetic material grains, wherein an amount of... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20080054764 - Stepping motor: A housing 25 of a stepping motor 1 consists of a pair of case sections 27 arranged in front and rear in the direction of an axial line L of a rotating shaft 3. The case sections 27 are formed of: an end plate 27a to which a bearing 31... Agent: Leydig Voit & Mayer, Ltd

20080054739 - Generator-starter arrangement for a gas-turbine engine: With a generator-starter arrangement for a gas-turbine engine to supply the aircraft with electric power and to start the engine, the rotor (18) of the generator or starter, respectively, is formed by one of the rotors (4) of the high-pressure compressor (1) of the engine, which is provided with magnets... Agent: Harbin King & Klima

20080054765 - Encoder: An encoder for recording measured values, which depend on the rotating angle between a shaft (12) and a housing (10) containing the shaft (12), exhibits a stator (20) which is secured to the housing (10), a rotor (30) which is secured to the shaft (12), and a scanner which records... Agent: The Nath Law Group

20080054766 - Alternator for vehicle: An alternator has a rectifier converting an alternating current to a direct current. The rectifier has a heat sink and rectifying elements. The sink has front and rear surfaces opposite to each other along a depth direction. The sink has holes each extending along the depth direction. Each element has... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20080054743 - Anti-disengagement connect system for a power tool: Embodiments are disclosed of an anti-disengagement assembly for minimizing disengagement of an electrical extension cord from a power tool of the type that includes a housing and a motor therein, the assembly including an electrical plug module configured to engage a receptacle of the extension cord, with the plug module... Agent: Greer, Burns & Crain, Ltd.

20080054742 - Axial air-gap rotor and axial air-gap coreless motor equipped with the same: An axial air-gap rotor includes wound air-core armature coils disposed on one side of a printed wiring board, and a cylindrical commutator disposed at the rotation center. The commutator includes commutator pieces separated from each other by positioning guides provided on the base, and each having a connection terminal integral... Agent: Jordan And Hamburg LLP

20080054767 - Direct drive: A direct drive without bearings for coupling to a shaft has a housing having a first end face composed of a connection flange with a central recess and a second end face composed of a removable cover diametrically opposed to the connecting flange, a rotor and a stator located coaxially... Agent: Striker, Striker & Stenby

20080054745 - Modular magneto-mechanical device: An electromechanical device has a rotor, a stator, and a module that at least partially houses the rotor. During normal operation of the electromechanical device, the stator is positioned external to and separate from the module.... Agent: Brouse Mcdowell Lpa

20080054746 - Motor having thrust system: An electric motor includes a stator, a rotor including a rotor shaft having a locating groove formed therein, a thrust system mounted on the rotor shaft, and a locator disposed in the groove for locating the thrust system in a predetermined position.... Agent: Senniger Powers

20080054731 - Linear electric generator having an improved magnet and coil structure, and method of manufacture: Linear electric generators include stationary windings and armature magnets arranged to reciprocate axially relative to the windings, or stationary magnet structures and movable windings arranged to reciprocate relative to the stationary magnet structures. The armature magnets or stationary magnet structures are in the form of multiple pole magnets made up... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20080054734 - Armature of rotary electric machine and method for producing same: The object of the invention is to provide an armature which is in good rotational balance, where the total number of the coils to be disposed in the slots of the rotary electric machine can be freely set when winding coils on the armature core. Coils are wound on an... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20080054733 - Slotless ac induction motor: The present invention is a rotating induction motor that is capable of providing higher peak torque than a conventional design, which achieves the shortcomings of the prior art by in regard to iron saturation by a slot-less design; removing the iron slot provides more space for the conductor. The motor... Agent: Borealis Technical Limited

20080054736 - Permenent magnet rotating machine: In a rotating machine comprising a rotor including a rotor core and a plurality of permanent magnet segments, and a stator including a stator core and windings, the permanent magnet segment is obtained by disposing a powder comprising an R2 oxide, R3 fluoride or R4 oxyfluoride on a sintered magnet... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20080054740 - Apparatus for driving drum of washing machine: A radial core type double rotor brushless direct-current motor is provided in which a double rotor structure is employed with inner and outer rotors which are doubly disposed and thus a stator core is completely divided. The motor includes a rotational shaft which is rotatably mounted on a housing of... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20080054741 - Magnetic bearing device, rotating mechanism, and model identification method of rotating machinery main unit: Problem of the present invention is to enable elimination or reduction of a signal wire in a dedicated cable for a magnetic bearing device for supplied an electric power from a control device to a magnetic bearing main unit via the dedicated cable. A magnetic bearing device 100 according to... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20080054744 - Electrical motor and method for connection of an electrical motor to a connector flange: The invention relates to an electrical motor (10), comprising a shaft (24), a housing (12) with a housing flange (14) and a bearing plate (16) with a bearing plate flange (18), whereby one end of the shaft (24) projects out of the bearing plate (16). The housing flange (14) and... Agent: Michael Best & Friedrich LLP

20080054747 - Electrical machine having a rotor bearing integrated in the stator: The invention relates to an electrical machine and a method for assembling an electrical machine. The electrical machine includes a stator (1), which is received in a housing. The housing is closed by a housing cap (12). The electrical machine further includes a rotor (7), which includes a shaft (5)... Agent: Striker, Striker & Stenby

20080054748 - Continuously controllable magnetodynamic gear: The invention relates to a continuously controllable gear comprising a driving rotor rotatably driven by a power source which is provided with magnets uniformly distributed on the periphery thereof and produces, during the rotation thereof, a magnetic multipolar field in an ambient space rotating therewith. Said driving rotor is surrounded... Agent: Browdy And Neimark, P.l.l.c. 624 Ninth Street, Nw

20080054749 - Stator for rotary electric machine: A leading end portion of a lead wire holder located in a direction opposite to a direction in which six lead wires extend is inserted toward concave surfaces through an insertion opening. After the leading end portion has entered toward the concave surfaces and gotten out therefrom, the leading end... Agent: Rankin, Hill & Clark LLP

20080054750 - Rotary electric machine and stator for rotary electric machines: In a rotary electric machine, at least one of first and second ends of each conductor segment is at least partially joined to at least one of the first and second ends of a corresponding another one of the conductor segments to provide the stator winding including a plurality of... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20080054751 - Motor: A motor includes a core having a plurality of laminations, which are stacked together and an end-plate provided at an end surface of the core and supporting the core, wherein the end-plate is formed by pressing a hollow material in one direction thereof in order to plastically deform the hollow... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20080054752 - Communicator motor and method of manufacturing the same: A commutator motor includes a field magnet having a field magnet core and a field magnet winding, and an armature having a rotary shaft, an armature core fixed to the rotary shaft, an armature winding wound on slots of the core, and a commutator. The commutator has commutator segments integer... Agent: Ratnerprestia

20080054753 - Grain orientation control through hot pressing techniques: Systems and methods for electrical component, e.g., brush, manufacture are provided that control grain orientation. The systems and methods utilize hot pressing techniques to enhance the properties and functionalities of the electrical components/brushes. An intermediate work product characterized by a grain orientation is initially formed through a conventional pressing technique.... Agent: Mccarter & English , LLP Stamford Office

20080054754 - End plate for electric motor: An end plate for a motor is provided at an end portion of a layered core and supports the core from both axial directions. The end plate comprises a contact surface, the shape of which corresponds to the shape of a stepped portion provided at the end portion of the... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20080054755 - Thermoelectric generator: A thermoelectric generator includes a thermoelectric element that has a cooling part and a heating part and that generates electric power by utilizing a temperature difference between the cooling part and the heating part, and a heat source for heating the heating part is a micro flame. The thermoelectric generator... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080054756 - Bimorphic structures, sensor structures formed therewith, and methods therefor: A bimorphic structure responsive to changes in an environmental condition, sensor structures incorporating one or more of such bimorphic structures, and a method of forming such bimorphic structures. The sensor structure has an electrically-conductive first contact on a substrate, and a bimorph beam anchored to the substrate so that a... Agent: Hartman & Hartman, P.C.

20080054758 - Micro-oscillation element: A micro-oscillation element facilitates adjusting the natural frequency relevant to the oscillating motion of the oscillating portion. The micro-oscillation element includes, for example, an oscillating portion, a frame, and a link portion that connects the oscillating portion and the frame. The link portion defines the oscillation axial center of oscillating... Agent: Kratz, Quintos & Hanson, LLP

20080054757 - Tip-tilt actuator: A MEMS device that has desirable tip and tilt properties employs at least two electrostatic drives, each of which has its axis of rotation aligned with the center of a post attachment point, the post attachment point being coupled to a post that is further coupled to the plate that... Agent: Lucent Technologies Inc. Docket Administrator

20080054759 - Wafer-level encapsulation and sealing of electrostatic transducers: Disclosed are encapsulated microelectromechanical devices that are integrated with integrated circuit devices in the same substrate. Exemplary microelectromechanical apparatus comprises a substrate, one or more movable microelectromechanical elements formed in the substrate, and one or more stationary elements that are electrically operative elements of the apparatus and that form a... Agent: Kenneth W. Float

20080054760 - Vibration control apparatus and method: A vibration control apparatus capable of efficiently generating vibrations of different orders using the same electrodes. A plurality of electrodes polarized to have desired polarities are formed in a piezoelectric element, and are divided into a plurality of electrode groups each comprised of electrodes including two or more electrodes with... Agent: Rossi, Kimms & Mcdowell LLP.

20080054761 - Piezoelectric/electrostrictive device: A piezoelectric/electrostrictive device is provided, including a pair of mutually opposing thin plate sections and a fixation section for supporting the thin plate sections. A piezoelectric/electrostrictive element is arranged on each of the thin plate sections. The piezoelectric/electrostrictive device also includes movable sections defined by at least first end portions... Agent: Burr & Brown

20080054762 - Vibrating debris remover: Embodiments of the present invention relate to a device which may be permanently attached or removably attached to a material such as a vehicular glass window or airplane wing. This device may comprise of a converter sub-unit or vibrator and a coupler. These elements may be arranged to propagate mechanical... Agent: Hahn Loeser & Parks, LLP

20080054763 - Tuning fork crystal oscillation plate and method of manufacturing the same: A tuning fork crystal oscillation plate includes a tuning fork crystal oscillation piece, first and second grooves, first and second groove electrodes, first side surface electrodes, and second side surface electrodes. The first groove electrode is connected to the second side surface electrodes to constitute one terminal. The second groove... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman