Electrical generator or motor structure inventions 04/08

20080093936 - Linear motor having dual coil configuration: A linear motor is provided that comprises a magnetic assembly, a movable element and a coil assembly that is operative to interact with the magnetic assembly to drive the movable element along a direction. The coil assembly further comprises a first coil section having a first motor force constant and... Agent: Ostrolenk Faber Gerb & Soffen

20080093938 - Motor cooling device: A motor cooling device has an impeller (2) pivotally supported by the rotary shaft (1a) of a motor (1), and a fan cover (4). The fan cover (4) covers the front region and outer peripheral region of the impeller (2) and has an air suction port (5) in the front... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080093939 - Quiet gear assembly: A gear assembly with a first gear having a first coupling portion and a vibration absorbing adaptor inserted into the first coupling portion of the first gear. The first coupling portion and the adaptor are interlocking The adaptor also includes a second coupling portion. A second gear is inserted into... Agent: Baker & Mckenzie LLP

20080093955 - Electricity generating wheel system: An system and apparatus for capturing electricity comprised of: a wheel and a fixed conducting rod, both in electrical contact with the wheel and at least one electrical component or system in which the wheel is rotatable about an axis. The wheel is comprised of: a rotatable hub; a rotatable... Agent: Absolute Technology Law Group LLC

20080093941 - Assembly for connecting the electrical stator windings of an electric motor: An assembly for connecting the stator windings of an electric motor to the respective power supply, comprising a first box-like connector provided with first internal passages for accommodating respective first electrical terminals, which is substantially L-shaped. The first connector has an engagement for engaging the stator assembly which is adapted... Agent: Modiano & Associati

20080093940 - Assembly for connecting the stator windings of an electric motor: An assembly for connecting the stator windings of an electric motor to the respective power supply. The connection assembly comprises a first box-like connector provided with first internal passages which are open at their ends and are designed to accommodate corresponding first electrical terminals. The first connector is provided with... Agent: Modiano & Associati

20080093942 - Step-by-step motor able to carry out up-and-down motion: A step-by-step motor able to carry out up-and-down motion includes a housing, a bearing, a connecting member, a magnet, a rod unit, a right-handed coil, a reverse coil and a bayonet socket combined together. After the electric wires of the bayonet are electrically connected, the right-handed coil and the reverse... Agent: Hsian-yi Huang

20080093937 - Electrical machine: An electrical machine, preferably a blower drive mechanism for a motor vehicle, having a shaft which is supported in at least two bearings with a specified axial play; a cylindrical bearing is secured in a bearing seat of an end shield and rests directly on the bearing seat. The cylindrical... Agent: Ronald E. Greigg Greigg & Greigg P.l.l.c.

20080093943 - Method for the production of a rotor winding for an electric machine, and electric machine having a corresponding rotor winding: The invention relates to a method for producing the rotor winding of an electric machine comprising at least four exciter poles in the stator and a commutator rotor with a number of pole teeth which deviates from the number of exciter poles as well as a number of individual tooth... Agent: Ronald E. Greigg Greigg & Greigg P.l.l.c.

20080093944 - Permanent-magnet reluctance electrical rotary machine: e

20080093945 - Arrangement for fastening permanent magnets to rapidly rotating rotors of electric machines: The invention is directed to an arrangement for fastening permanent magnets to rapidly rotating rotors of electric machines. It is the object of the invention to find a novel possibility for fastening permanent magnets to the rotor of rapidly rotating electric machines which allows the magnets to be fixed so... Agent: Gerald H. Kiel. Esq. Reed Smith LLP

20080093946 - Electric generator: An electric generator 10 of the present invention comprises a permanent magnet 14, a coil 30, a yoke 20, and attracted means 19 composed of a plurality of attracted pieces 18 which are arranged radially around the rotation axis 12 and are magnetized by the permanent magnet 14. The permanent... Agent: Milde & Hoffberg, LLP

20080093947 - Direct current motor: A stator has four or more magnetic poles. A commutator has a plurality of segments arranged in the circumferential direction and a short-circuit conductor for short-circuiting predetermined segments from among these segments. Each segment has an angular width WS, and there is a gap of an angular width WU between... Agent: Marsh, Fischmann & Breyfogle LLP

20080093948 - Rotary electric machine, crank-shaped continuously winding coil, distribution winding stator and forming method thereof: In a distribution winding stator using a coil for a rectangular conductor, a coil end is made smaller than before, and the reduction in the current density is aimed, so that a rotary electric machine of a small size and a high power output is obtained. A conductive wire of... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20080093949 - Rotary electric machine and related commutator: A rotary electric machine and a commutator for the rotary electric machine are disclosed wherein the commutator includes an insulating member carrying thereon a plurality of commutator segments each having a brush contact surface. Each commutator segment has an embedded portion formed with a tab tail, molded to the insulating... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20080093950 - Polyphase claw-pole machines with a segmented magnetic circuit: A polyphase claw-pole armature for an electrical machine is made with several identical segments regularly distributed along the direction of motion and spaced by a magnetic air gap. The number of segments is equal or a multiple of the number of winding phases. Each segment includes a magnetic circuit with... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080093951 - Electric machine with teeth and bridges: An electric machine includes a rotor, a first tooth portion, and a second tooth portion spaced apart from the first tooth portion and cooperating with the first tooth portion to at least partially define a rotor opening. At least a portion of the rotor is disposed within the rotor opening.... Agent: Michael Best & Friedrich LLP

20080093952 - Hypersonic transducer: This invention provides methods and apparatus for focusing a hypersonic beam to control both a direction and depth of audible information delivery. Signals that are delivered to each of a plurality of hypersonic transducer elements are adjusted in phase so that transmitted hypersonic signals are focused at a focal point... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20080093953 - Piezoelectric motor: A piezoelectric motor for generating an elliptic motion by adding a longitudinal vibration to a bending-direction vibration is provided. The piezoelectric motor includes a piezoelectric member which generates a first vibration mode and a second vibration mode simultaneously by an applied power and a frictional member of which a portion... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20080093954 - Elastomer actuator and a method of making an actuator: A tubular elastomer actuator with a shape in a cross-sectional view which shape exposes at most one single axis of symmetry of a specific length, e.g., an oval shape. The actuator could be made from a sheet made from a plurality of plate shaped elements which are laminated together and... Agent: Mccormick, Paulding & Huber LLP

20080088209 - Stepping motor: A stepping motor is provided. The stepping motor comprises a bracket, a lead screw having a first side rotatably supported by the bracket, and a housing. A second side of the lead screw is disposed in the housing such that the lead screw is rotatably supported thereto, and a portion... Agent: Saliwanchik Lloyd & Saliwanchik A Professional Association

20080088187 - Electric motor with reduced emi: An electric motor particularly suited for a hybrid electric automotive vehicle. The motor includes a stator housing and a rotor having a core and rotatably mounted to the housing by a bearing assembly. An electrical conductor separate from the bearing assembly provides a low impedance electrical conductive path for high... Agent: Gifford, Krass, Sprinkle,anderson & Citkowski, P.c

20080088191 - Vibration motor: A vibration motor is provided, comprising a case having an upper case and a lower case which are coupled to each other; a shaft installed in the case while being supported by the case; a rotor rotatably coupled with the shaft; a stator arranged around the shaft; a first substrate... Agent: Saliwanchik Lloyd & Saliwanchik A Professional Association

20080088192 - Water-repellent motor assembly for rotisserie and casing thereof: The present invention is to provide a water-repellent motor assembly for rotisserie and casing thereof, which comprises an inner shroud, a motor provided in the inner shroud and an outer shroud mounted around the inner shroud. A plurality of parallel bent, elongated projecting plates are projected out of an outer... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20080088188 - Sliding door comprising a magnetic drive system provided with a path measuring system: A magnetic drive system for a door leaf is disclosed. The drive system includes a carrying slide for carrying the door leaf; a row of magnets disposed in the driving direction and having a length L and a longitudinal direction, the magnets being arranged so that magnetizations of the magnets... Agent: Cohen, Pontani, Lieberman & Pavane

20080088189 - Submersible direct-current electric motor: The claimed invention relates to a submersible direct-current electric motor to be used, in particular, for driving a submersible pump in downhole oil production. The claimed motor includes a fixed armature winding; a housing which encloses the armature winding and rotates around it; magnetic field generation means which are fixed... Agent: Schlumberger Reservoir Completions

20080088190 - Drive apparatus for electric vehicle: A drive apparatus for an electric vehicle includes a rotating electric device that drives vehicle wheels; a battery that supplies electric power to the rotating electric device; and a terminal block which is fitted to the rotating electric device, and which is connected to a power-supply cable through which electric... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20080088193 - Rotor for a permanent-magnet machine: The object of the invention is a rotor for a permanent-magnet machine including a rotor body structure. Magnetising means formed from permanent magnets are fastened to the rotor's body structure and are used to create two or more poles spaced at essentially equal distances in the circumferential direction of the... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20080088194 - Permanent-magnet rotor and a method for manufacturing a permanent-magnet rotor: The object of the invention is a rotor for a permanent-magnet machine with an outer circumference curved towards the stator of the machine and permanent magnets fitted into openings arranged in the pole piece. According to the invention, the pole piece includes several parallel permanent magnets, leaving a neck of... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20080088195 - Outside rotor electric machine: An electric machine including an outside rotor having a first member providing a magnetic path between adjacent ones of a circumferential array of magnets, and a second member surrounding and inducing a compression load in the first member.... Agent: Ogilvy Renault LLP (pwc)

20080088196 - Electric rotating machine: An electric rotating machine comprising a stator core having a plurality of slots that are equally spaced on the inner surface of the stator core in the peripheral direction, a rotor that rotates inside the stator core, and an armature winding that is applied to each of the slots, wherein... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20080088197 - Dynamoelectric machine: The stator core is configured into a cylindrical shape by abutting a laminated core that is obtained by bending and forming a rectangular parallelepiped lamination and integrating the stator core by welding. The lamination is configured by laminating a predetermined number of thin strip-shaped magnetic plates that are formed so... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080088198 - Triple-phase brushless motor for a ceiling fan: A triple-phase brushless motor for a ceiling fan includes a rotor and a stator made of compressed silicon steel sheets. The stator includes a central tubular shaft located at its center and bored with a sidewise hole at a preset position for plural wires to pass through, and plural wire... Agent: Bruce H. Troxell

20080088199 - Lundell type rotor of alternator for vehicle: A Lundell type rotor of an alternator has a rotor core disposed on an outer side of a field coil in a radial direction of the rotor, and a non-magnetic claw pole joint ring. The rotor core has claw poles disposed along a circumferential direction of the rotor at predetermined... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20080088200 - Poly-phasic multi-coil generator: A polyphasic multi-coil generator includes a driveshaft, at least first and second rotors rigidly mounted on the driveshaft so as to simultaneously synchronously rotate with rotation of the driveshaft, and at least one stator sandwiched between the first and second rotors. The stator has an aperture through which the driveshaft... Agent: Furr Law Firm

20080088201 - Sensor: A sensor includes a substrate, a medium on which a surface acoustic wave propagates, a reference electrode, an antenna, a transducer that includes a first electrode connected to the antenna and a second electrode connected to the reference electrode and arranged opposite to the first electrode, and that has a... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20080088202 - Generator for exciting piezoelectric transducer: A generator for exciting a piezoelectric transducer, includes at least one digital processor unit. The digital processor unit is configured to operate at least in an iterative operation stage including more than two successive iterations. Each iteration includes: exciting the transducer at a plurality of frequencies in a frequency band... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20080088203 - Ultrasonic driving device with current limiting protection: An ultrasonic driving device includes a protection module that receives a first drive signal from a signal generating module, detects an operating current of an output module, and provides the first drive signal to the output module when the detected operating current is smaller than a threshold current value. The... Agent: Ostrolenk Faber Gerb & Soffen

20080088204 - Ion introducer employing piezoelectric bimorph element: A piezoelectric bimorph element two piezoelectric elements to produce an electromotive force by imparting a stress to respective piezoelectric elements. The piezoelectric bimorph element is arranged in an oscillator such that the piezoelectric bimorph element is deformed in the electromotive force generating direction. An electrode having a predetermined area connected... Agent: Snider & Associates

20080088205 - Method and device for precisely resisting and moving high load: A precise and high load resistance moving method and device is provided, in which a piezoelectric element which generates a shear deformation and a wedge, or, a piezoelectric element which generates a shear deformation, a piezoelectric element which generates a vertical deformation, and a wedge are combined, and a moving... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080088206 - Resin substrate and ultrasonic sensor using the same: An ultrasonic sensor includes a resin substrate and an ultrasonic oscillator. The ultrasonic oscillator is provided approximately at the center of a component side of the resin substrate and generates and detects an ultrasonic wave. The resin substrate is made of, for example, a polycarbonate resin, i.e., the same material... Agent: Posz Law Group, PLC

20080088207 - Actuator device, liquid-jet head, and method of manufacturing actuator device: A method of manufacturing an actuator device includes forming a Zr layer on one surface of a substrate, forming a ZrO2 layer by oxidizing the Zr layer, forming a lower electrode on top of the ZrO2 layer, forming a piezoelectric layer on top of the lower electrode, and forming an... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080088208 - Actuator system: An actuator using a piezoelectric element is stably operated at high speed. The actuator includes driving units provided to face a carrier stage and moving the carrier stage in an X-axis direction, piezoelectric elements provided to the driving units respectively and expanding and contracting in the X-axis direction, a carrier... Agent: Stanley P. Fisher Reed Smith LLP

20080084124 - Dynamoelectric machine brush holder assembly and method: Disclosed herein is an apparatus that relates to a dynamoelectric machine brush holder assembly. The apparatus comprising, a plurality of brushes, a plurality of brush holders each having a cavity receptive of one of the plurality of brushes and having two protrusions extending in opposite directions along a surface of... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20080084140 - Fan for air conditioner: Fan apparatus for an air conditioner including a fan (50), a shaft (68) coupled to the fan (50), a rotor (60) for transmission of driving force to the shaft (68) for rotating the fan (50), a stator (65) on an inside of the rotor (60) to form a BLDC motor... Agent: Ked & Associates, LLP

20080084139 - Motor having rotor position sensor: A motor includes a rotor having at least one magnet. A stator includes multiple teeth and a sensor adjacent the magnet, or adjacent an air gap that is defined between the rotor and the stator. The majority of the teeth are identical in shape, or at least substantially identical. However,... Agent: Senniger Powers LLP

20080084141 - Converter motor: In a converter motor, the converter unit and the electric motor together form a mechatronic unit. The converter unit is located behind the electric motor and is thermally coupled with the rear bearing shield. The converter unit includes a through hole, through which the rear end of the motor shaft... Agent: Striker, Striker & Stenby

20080084142 - Motor and storage disk drive using the same: In the base bracket of the motor, the bottom-inner surface of the base bracket includes a first bottom-inner area arranged over a circuit board attaching portion of a bottom-outer surface to which the circuit board is attached, and a second bottom-inner area arranged other than the first bottom-inner area in... Agent: Volentine & Whitt Pllc

20080084128 - Single track layer stator terminal assembly: Disclosed is a terminal assembly for a stator of a dynamoelectric machine. The terminal assembly includes a at least five electrically conductive tracks arrayed in a single layer, each track configured and positioned for electrical communication with corresponding leads extending from the stator providing electrical connection between at least one... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20080084129 - Starter: In a starter, a grommet attached to a yoke of a motor supports a motor terminal plate made of metal. The motor terminal plate is inserted in a penetration hole formed in the grommet. A pig-tail of a positive electrode brush is connected to one end of the M terminal... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, Plc

20080084130 - Actuator: An actuator comprises a drive input arranged to drive a shaft for rotation, a secondary drive train through which the drive input drives a first input to a comparator device, and a tie bar connected to the shaft whereby the shaft is connected to a second input to the comparator... Agent: Andrus, Sceales, Starke & Sawall, LLP

20080084122 - Moving apparatus, exposure apparatus, and device manufacturing method: A moving apparatus including a movable portion which is supported so as to move in a first direction, a first actuator having a movable element and a stator, the movable element being connected to the movable portion, a reference structure which has a guide surface parallel to the first direction... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080084121 - Tubular electrical generators: A tubular linear generator comprises an elongate translator (12), containing a series of permanent magnets (13, 14 . . . ) and one or more annular coils (not shown) contained within and affixed to a ferromagnetic sleeve (31). Relative movement between the translator and armature causes the generation of electricity... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, Pc

20080084123 - Motion induced electrical generator for charging and operating devices: A motion induced generator is mounted to a vehicle or conveyance to harness the oscillatory motion generated during travel of the vehicle or conveyance, and may be coupled to at least one device or system, such as an external rail car lighting system, a global positioning device, a diagnostic device,... Agent: Robert R. Waters, Esq. Waters Law Office, Pllc

20080084126 - Outer rotor type motor for drum type washing machine and method for fabricating the same: Direct coupling type motor for drum type washing machine having a stator which can reduce material required for fabrication, and a weight after fabrication, simplify a fabrication process, and can be mounted on a fixing side, such as a tub or a bearing housing securely, and a rotor which can... Agent: Mckenna Long & Aldridge LLP

20080084125 - Stepping motor: A stepping motor which is capable of obtaining desired driving torque without sacrificing magnetic properties of a magnet with respect to a stator, reducing inertia mass of a rotor by decreasing a use amount of a magnet material, and thereby, can enhance driving performance including control responsiveness is provided. In... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.l.p.

20080084127 - Brushless motor: To reduce the occurrence of vibration without any need for adding an electronic component, changing an existing layout space, and the like. In each of magnetic pole teeth 42 of yokes 41a to 41d, a ratio of a length of a side 44c, which is a tip portion, to a... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.l.p.

20080084131 - Stepping motor: A stepping motor is provided and includes: a rotor; a stator comprising a stator yoke having pole teeth; and a molded case comprising a case body and a mounting flange. The case body is resin-molded such that outer faces of the pole teeth of the stator yoke are exposed, and... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20080084132 - Dynamoelectric machine conductor and method: Disclosed herein relates to a dynamoelectric machine conductor. The conductor comprising, a bus including a central portion, a first connectable site of the central portion connectable with a first conductor and a first arm having a second electrically connectable site connectable with a second conductor. A first fused portion of... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20080084133 - Dynamoelectric machine brush and method: Disclosed herein relates to a dynamoelectric machine brush. The brush comprising, a first brush surface electrically engagable with a rotatable conductor of a dynamoelectric machine in response to the brush being urged toward the rotatable conductor, and a contoured brush surface on a side of the brush opposite the first... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20080084135 - Universal platform for surface acoustic wave (saw) based sensors: A universal platform for surface acoustic wave (SAW) based sensors uses a selective sensing film coating on a piezoelectric substrate depending upon the application and the measurand to be measured. A SAW substrate with one or more IDTs and associated microcontroller-based electronics with a power supply can be implemented in... Agent: Bryan Anderson Honeywell International Inc.

20080084134 - Surface acoustic wave device: A surface acoustic wave device is provided. The surface acoustic wave device includes a piezoelectric substrate and an IDT which is disposed on the piezoelectric substrate and made of Al or an alloy containing Al as a main component and using an SH wave as an excitation wave, wherein the... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, Plc

20080084136 - Bulk acoustic wave resonator: A bulk acoustic wave resonator includes a resonator region having electrodes and a piezoelectric layer among the electrodes. The piezoelectric layer has a groove that bounds at least part of an electroacoustically active region of the piezoelectric layer. A depth of the groove is at least 50% of a thickness... Agent: Fish & Richardson Pc

20080084137 - Electronic radial type ultrasonic transducer, ultrasonic endoscope and its production method: An electronic radial type ultrasonic transducer, in which electrode pads to be electrically connected to signal wires are formed on a printed circuit board, forms the electrode pads on the top surface of the printed circuit board in a radial pattern and also exposes the electrode pads relative to the... Agent: Scully Scott Murphy & Presser, Pc

20080084138 - Apparatus for piezoelectric generation of power to propel an automobile and method of making: A standard automotive tire is altered to include a piezoelectric layer coupled to a battery driven propulsion system. The weight of the automobile when moving creates a force that presses against the portion of the piezoelectric layer between the automobile and the road, thereby creating a voltage according to the... Agent: Joseph A. Micallef

20080079320 - Electromagnetic motor: An electromagnetic motor includes a permanent magnet connected to a piston component of the motor and defining a linear reciprocating displacement path; and two electromagnets connected to the cylinder housing that periodically and alternately interact with the permanent magnet. The electromagnets are electrically connected to a power source for their... Agent: Franz Bonsang, Patent Agent C/o Equinox Protection

20080079321 - Housing for electric motors: A housing (16) is provided for a permanent magnet electric motor. The housing includes a plastic frame (18) defining bearing support features at one end thereof. Permanent magnet structure (28) is associated with the frame so as to be exposed in an interior of the housing. Ferrous lamination material (32),... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20080079322 - Rotating electrical machine and alternating-current generator: A stator 6 includes a plurality of phases, i.e., of circumferentially divided stator magnetic poles 6a, 6b, 6c. The stator magnetic poles 6a, 6b, 6c are each composed of an arcuate stator core 13 having a plurality of axially extending claw poles 16b and a circumferentially elliptically wound stator winding... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20080079323 - Superconducting coil support structures: Support structures (100) for attaching superconducting conductors (106) to a rotor (50) of an electrical machine (10). The support structures (100) are mechanically configured to transfer loads exerted on the superconducting conductors (106) during both normal and transient operation of the rotor (50). The mechanical configuration and material of the... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20080079324 - Vehicular alternating current generator: A vehicular alternating current generator includes a rectifying device equipped with a battery terminal and mounted to a rear frame, an insulating member mounted around the battery terminal, and a cooling air discharge window formed in the rear frame for discharging cooling air generated by a cooling fan fixed to... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20080079335 - Brushless dc permanent magnet motor: A brushless DC motor operated by a microcontroller has a unique pole construction that enables it to reliably start and operate as a unipolar device so that a reduced number of electronic power switches can be used to reduce cost and complexity. The microcontroller calculated rotor position to eliminate the... Agent: Pearne & Gordon LLP

20080079319 - Linear motor device and machine tool having the same mounted thereon: The present invention provides a linear motor device that can reduce a variation in thrust caused by a variation in attractive force. The linear motor device includes a linear motor 1 and a control section 30 that controls the linear motor 1. The linear motor 1 includes a magnet member... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20080079325 - Brushless motor and fan unit: [Means to Solve Problems] A stator core 35 includes a core back 352 of a substantially annular shape. At a radially outer end portion of the core back 352 four teeth 351 are arranged radially. At the teeth 351, a coil 371 is formed by winding a magnet wire 37... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20080079326 - Brushless motor, and disk drive equipped with the same: In a brushless motor for use in a disk drive, a rotor is mounted onto a tube portion of a housing. A retaining claw is formed at an upper end of the tube portion. A turntable has a central concave portion which accommodates an upper portion of the tube portion... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20080079327 - Resolver, motor and power steering apparatus: A resolver of a variable reluctance type includes a resolver stator portion of a substantially annular shape centered about a central axis, and a resolver rotor portion which is attached to a shaft of a motor rotor portion arranged inwardly of the resolver stator portion. The resolver is operable to... Agent: Nidec Corporation C/o Keating & Bennett, LLP

20080079328 - Ac electric rotating machine with multiphase stator coils: A stator coil includes a belt-shaped winding band and a same-layer bridging portion. The winding band makes one or more rounds, while turning back in the axial direction a plurality of conductor wires which are aligned in parallel at a pitch of electric angle π (pi). The same-layer bridging portion... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20080079329 - Motor structure: The present invention relates to a motor structure, including a rotor, a motor seat, a cover body and a stator structure, wherein the stator structure has a flexible base and parts such as coils, a motor induction driving device and the like are disposed on the flexible base. As such,... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20080079330 - Rotor for vehicular alternating current generator: A rotor for a vehicular alternating current generator has a relief space portion formed between axial holes of a pair of pole cores and a shaft for receiving therein a plastically deformed portion produced when the shaft is press-fitted in the axial holes of the pole cores. The relief space... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20080079331 - Mass loaded dipole transduction apparatus: An electromechanical transducer, which provides dipole motion from its housing which is driven by a bender transducer attached to the housing at the outer edge and attached to an inertial mass at its center providing a lower resonance frequency, lower mechanical Q and enhanced motion and acoustical source level.... Agent: David M. Driscoll, Esq.

20080079332 - Acoustic transducer assembly array element having a plurality of acoustically coupled transducer assemblies: An acoustic transducer array element includes a plurality of individual or transducer assemblies or “drivers” which are combined in a closely spaced geometry to form the array element. The respective transducer assemblies within each array element are acoustically coupled with each other. The invention utilizes such mutual coupling between the... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20080079333 - Energy harvesting device manufactured by print forming processes: Embodiments of making an energy harvesting device are described. In one embodiment, a case and integrated piezoelectric cantilever to harvest vibration energy from an environment being sensed is produced via a print forming method injection molding method. The cantilever device consists of a piezoelectric material member, and a proof mass... Agent: Courtney Staniford & Gregory LLP

20080079334 - Quartz crystal resonator: A quartz crystal resonator includes a quartz crystal resonator element having a main surface including an X axis (electrical axis) and a Z′ axis of an inclination rotated at an angle (y) equal to or greater than 36.4 degrees and equal to or smaller than, 40.5 degrees from a Z... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC