181 |
Static Vacuum Shafting Device for Integrated Rotary Transformer |
US14775574 |
2013-11-19 |
US20160020662A1 |
2016-01-21 |
Bo Zhang; Pinkuan Liu; Xiacbo Zhu; Yujie Li |
A static vacuum shafting device for an integrated rotary transformer includes: a driving component, a vacuum sealing cover, a position detection component, a shafting base, a vacuum insulation sleeve, three O-shaped seal rings, a first rolling bearing, a second rolling bearing, a bearing gap ring, a transmission shaft, a shafting flange, a walking rolling bearing, and two bearing glands. The driving component includes a motor stator, a rotary transformer stator, a motor and rotary transformer integrated rotor, a rotor flange plate and a stator-fixing pressing block which are coaxially assembled. The vacuum sealing cover includes a sealing cover upper flange, a sealing cover, and a sealing cover lower flange. The shafting device couples a motor shaft to a load rigidly, thereby achieving a “zero-transmission” method and a “zero-leakage” sealed transmission of a shafting, and is particularly suitable for a power transmission of a vacuum robot in a high-vacuum environment. |
182 |
High power electrical distribution system |
US13516984 |
2009-12-16 |
US09224535B2 |
2015-12-29 |
Daniel Dermark |
A high power electrical distribution system for distribution high power to at least one consumer arranged on a rotatable element. The distribution system includes at least one high frequency alternating current HFAC generator configured to generate HFAC. A rotary power transformer is connected to the at least one HFAC generator. The rotary power transformer includes a stationary part and a rotatable part and is configured to receive HFAC from the at least one HFAC generator and to couple HFAC electrical energy from the stationary part to the rotatable part. At least one high power distribution bus is located on the rotatable element and is configured to receive HFAC from the rotary power transformer and to distribute HFAC to the at least one consumer. |
183 |
DRIVE MECHANISM FOR ROTATABLY COUPLING A SYSTEM PART OR A MACHINE PART |
US14758691 |
2013-08-07 |
US20150364968A1 |
2015-12-17 |
Hubertus Frank; Volker Dietz |
The invention relates to a drive mechanism (1) for rotatably coupling a first system part or machine part, preferably an assembly (A), to a base, pedestal or frame or to another system part or machine part, for example for rotary positioning during the processing of large workpieces or during the moving of loads, which drive mechanism comprises two ring-shaped connecting elements (3, 4) each having at least one planar connecting surface (5, 6) and fastening means (7, 8) that are arranged distributed in a crown shape therein and effect connection to different system parts or machine parts or the like, said two connecting elements (3, 4) being arranged concentrically with each other and radially one inside the other with a gap-shaped interspace (9) in which are disposed one or more rows of rolling elements (14, 15, 16), each row whereof rolls between two respective raceways (17, 18) on the two connecting elements (3, 4), thus enabling same to rotate relative to each other, at least one connecting surface (5, 6) and at least one raceway (17, 18) being formed by machining or shaping a common base body. The invention is characterized in that at least one fully circumferentially extending row of magnets (40) is arranged inside the gap (9) on one connecting element (3, 4) and at least one fully circumferentially extending row of coils (38) is arranged directly opposite said magnets on the other connecting element (4, 3). According to the invention, at least one fully circumferentially extending row of magnets is arranged inside the gap on one connecting element and at least one fully circumferentially extending row of coils is arranged directly opposite said magnets on the other connecting element. |
184 |
Wound Field Synchronous Machine with Resonant Field Exciter |
US14276859 |
2014-05-13 |
US20150333679A1 |
2015-11-19 |
Gary William Box |
A brushless field exciter for wound synchronous machines that uses the resonance of the leakage inductance and a capacitor in a resonant field exciter to transfer energy to the rotating field winding. By resonating at frequencies greater than 50 kHz, this exciter reduces the overall size and weight of synchronous wound field motors at all power levels and extends the practical and economic power limits of synchronous wound field machines down to low integral and fractional HP applications, eliminating the permanent magnets now used in high efficiency motors and generators in that power range. |
185 |
ELECTROMECHANICAL ACTUATION AND/OR GENERATION SYSTEM INCLUDING AN ELECTRICAL INSULATION BETWEEN THE ELECTRICAL SOURCE AND THE LOAD |
US14435959 |
2013-10-14 |
US20150270059A1 |
2015-09-24 |
Cédric Duval |
An actuator or generator device includes an AC rotary electric machine having an electrical connection for transferring electrical energy to the terminals of the stator of the machine, the device including a transformer. |
186 |
BRUSHLESS LINEAR ROTARY TRANSFORMER |
US14427637 |
2013-04-07 |
US20150241248A1 |
2015-08-27 |
Chengzhong Tan |
A brushless linear rotary transformer apparatus for determining angular position and velocity of a rotor includes a rotor, a stator, a primary coil winding, pairs of secondary coil windings, bearings, an excitation power supply, and a signal receiving and processing system. The primary coil winding is wrapped around a hollow cylinder body on one end of the stator. One end of the rotor shaft is arranged in the hollow cylinder body. Another ends of the rotor shaft and the stator are connected by a bearing. Pairs of secondary coil windings are embedded in the stator and on the inner side of the stator. An alternating magnetic field is produced by the excitation power supply through the primary coil winding, and the induced electromotive forces at the ends of the secondary coil windings are associated with the angular position of the rotor. The signal receiving and processing system samples and processes the signals from the secondary coil winding, and outputs the parameters concerning the angular position, the angular velocity, and the rotation number of the rotor. The brushless linear rotary transformer has the advantages of simple and reliable structure, which can be applied to measure the angular displacement and the angular velocity in multiple turns. |
187 |
Rotary Transformer and Associated Devices, Systems, and Methods for Rotational Intravascular Ultrasound |
US14695946 |
2015-04-24 |
US20150228406A1 |
2015-08-13 |
Paul Douglas Corl; David Miller |
Rotational intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) imaging devices, systems, and methods are provided. The present disclosure is particularly directed to rotary transformers incorporating flex circuits that are suitable for use in rotational IVUS systems. In one embodiment, a rotary transformer for a rotational IVUS device includes: a rotational component and a stationary component. At least one of the rotational and stationary components includes a core formed of a magnetically conductive material and a flex circuit coupled to the core. In some instances, the flex circuit is coupled to the core such that a coil portion of the flex circuit is received within a recess of the core and an extension of the flex circuit extending from the coil portion extends through an opening of the core. |
188 |
THREE-PHASE/TWO-PHASE ROTARY TRANSFORMER INCLUDING A SCOTT CONNECTION |
US14420800 |
2013-08-14 |
US20150206652A1 |
2015-07-23 |
Cedric Duval |
A three-phase/two-phase rotary transformer includes a first single-phase rotary transformer and a second single-phase rotary transformer the first transformer including a first body defining a first slot, a first coil in the first slot, a second body defining a second slot, and a second coil in the second slot the second transformer including a third body defining a third slot, a third coil in the third slot, a fourth body defining a fourth slot, and a fourth coil in the fourth slot, wherein one terminal of the first coil is connected to the midpoint of the third coil, said the first body the first coil the third body, and said the third coil forming a three-phase portion of the transformer the second body the second coil the fourth body, and said fourth coil forming a two-phase portion of the transformer. |
189 |
High frequency power distribution unit for a CT system |
US14036324 |
2013-09-25 |
US09084335B2 |
2015-07-14 |
Ezana T. Mekonnen; Jason Stuart Katcha |
A CT system includes an x-ray source, a high-voltage power supply (HVPS) coupled to the x-ray source, and a high-frequency power distribution unit (HFPDU) having an input bus that is coupleable to a three-phase source, and having an output bus. The HFPDU includes a three-phase rectifier coupled to the input bus and configured to output a DC current to an inverter, the inverter configured to convert the DC current to an AC current, and output the AC current to a primary winding of an isolation transformer, and the isolation transformer having a secondary output to an isolation transformer, that is coupled to a full bridge rectifier, to produce DC current to the output bus and to DC bus loads of the CT system. |
190 |
Instrumented component for wireless telemetry |
US13015782 |
2011-01-28 |
US09071888B2 |
2015-06-30 |
Ramesh Subramanian; Anand A. Kulkarni; David J. Mitchell; Bjoern Karlsson; Rod Waits; John R. Fraley |
A telemetry system for use in a combustion turbine engine (10) having a compressor (12), a combustor and a turbine (16) that includes a sensor (306) in connection with a turbine blade (301) or vane (22). A telemetry transmitter circuit (312) may be affixed to the turbine blade with an electrical connecting material (307) for routing electronic data signals from the sensor (306) to the telemetry transmitter circuit, the electronic data signals indicative of a condition of the turbine blade. A resonant energy transfer system for powering the telemetry transmitter circuit may include a rotating data antenna (314) affixed to the turbine blade or on a same substrate as that of the circuit. A stationary data antenna (320) may be affixed to a stationary component such as a stator (323) proximate and in spaced relation to the rotating data antenna for receiving electronic data signals from the rotating data antenna. |
191 |
Rotating power transformer |
US13788704 |
2013-03-07 |
US09064632B2 |
2015-06-23 |
Philippe Loiselle; Jurgen Scherber; Nils Krumme |
Rotating power transformer having stationary and rotating parts. At least one of these parts includes a plurality of transformer segments preferably made of plastic material. Rectangularly shaped soft magnetic cores are held within the transformer segments together with at least one winding located in the soft magnetic cores, thereby facilitating simple and efficient assembly of the rotating power transformer. |
192 |
THREE-PHASE/TWO-PHASE ROTARY TRANSFORMER |
US14400230 |
2013-05-03 |
US20150124509A1 |
2015-05-07 |
Cedric Duval |
A three-phase/two-phase rotary transformer including a three-phase portion and a two-phase portion that are movable in rotation relative to each other about an axis A. The three-phase portion includes a first body made of ferromagnetic material and three-phase coils, the two-phase portion including a second body made of ferromagnetic material and two-phase coils. The second body defines a first annular slot of axis A and a second annular slot of axis A, the two-phase coils including a first toroidal coil of axis A in the first slot, a second toroidal coil of axis A in the first slot, a third toroidal coil of axis A in the second slot, and a fourth toroidal coil of axis A in the second slot, the first coil and the fourth coil being connected in series, the second coil and the third coil being connected in series. |
193 |
THREE PHASE ROTARY TRANSFORMER WITH FREE LINKED FLUXES |
US14399709 |
2013-05-03 |
US20150116067A1 |
2015-04-30 |
Cedric Duval |
A rotary three-phase transformer with free linked fluxes including a first portion and a second portion that are movable in rotation relative to each other about an axis A. A first body defines a first annular slot of axis A, a second annular slot of axis A, a third annular slot of axis A, and a fourth annular slot of axis A. The coils of the first portion include a first toroidal coil of axis A in the first slot, a second toroidal coil of axis A in the second slot, a third toroidal coil of axis A in the second slot, a fourth toroidal coil of axis A in the third slot, a fifth toroidal coil of axis A in the third slot, and a sixth toroidal coil of axis A in the fourth slot. |
194 |
ROTATING TRANSFORMERS FOR ELECTRICAL MACHINES |
US14184281 |
2014-02-19 |
US20150115762A1 |
2015-04-30 |
Gregory I. Rozman; Jacek F. Gieras |
A rotary transformer for an electrical machine includes a rotary printed circuit board and a stator printed circuit board. The rotary printed circuit board is operatively connected to the stator printed circuit board for relative rotation with respect to the stator printed circuit board. A conductor is fixed to the one of the printed circuit boards and includes a spiral coil for transferring electrical energy between the rotary printed circuit board and stator printed circuit board. |
195 |
ELECTRICAL POWER SUPPLY SYSTEM COMPRISING AN ASYNCHRONOUS MACHINE, AND AN ENGINE FITTED WITH SUCH AN ELECTRICAL POWER SUPPLY SYSTEM |
US14402794 |
2013-05-14 |
US20150108760A1 |
2015-04-23 |
Eric De Wergifosse; Cedric Duval |
An electrical power supply including an asynchronous machine, an arrangement for driving a rotor of the asynchronous machine in rotation by a rotor of an engine, and an electrical connection for powering electrical equipment by the rotor of the asynchronous machine. The asynchronous machine is configured to receive AC electrical power via a stator of the asynchronous machine, and it presents, over a predetermined range of drive speeds of the rotor of the asynchronous machine under drive by the rotor of the engine, efficiency in transferring electrical power from the stator to the rotor that is privileged relative to the efficiency with which rotary mechanical power is converted into electrical power. |
196 |
Axial flux motor and generator assemblies |
US13133325 |
2009-12-16 |
US08922093B2 |
2014-12-30 |
Timothy Richard Crocker |
An axial flux motor assembly (10) comprises a stack of first and second discs (20a, 20b) arranged alternately such that there is a gap allowing rotation between each disc (20a, 20b). The first disc (20a) is mounted on a rotatable shaft (40), while the second disc (20b) is fixed in position. The first and second discs (20a, 20b) each comprise sectors (200) of magnetic material arranged on a face of the disc (20a, 20b), between each of which sectors (200) is a radially-extending conductor (202) of a conductive path (201) for conducting electric current. The sectors (200) of magnetic material on the first and second discs (20a, 20b) are arranged at a constant angular pitch, but the pitch of the sectors of magnetic material on the first disc may or may not be the same as those on the second disc. When electric current flows in the conductors (202), magnetic flux runs perpendicular to the faces of the discs (20a, 20b) in axially-extending flux paths (220), such that, considering the first disc(s) independently of the second disc(s), the magnetic flux in one axially-extending flux path (220) runs in an opposite direction to that in the immediately-adjacent flux paths (220) on each side of it, and is returned by flux return portions (30) of magnetic material provided at each end of the assembly (10). The total flux is the super-position of the flux of the first disc(s) and the second disc(s). The assembly (10) further comprises switching circuitry (50) for reversing the direction of current flowing in the conductive path (201) in one of the first disc (20a) or the second disc (20b) in correspondence to rotation thereof relative to the other of the first disc or the second disc in such a way as to effect continuous rotation of the first disc. |
197 |
APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR TRANSFERRING ELECTRICAL POWER TO A ROTATING SHAFT |
US14362681 |
2012-12-06 |
US20140352996A1 |
2014-12-04 |
Arne Austefjord |
Apparatus and method for transferring electrical power to a rotating shaft. An apparatus for transferring electrical power to a rotating shaft, the apparatus includes a first winding in a stationary part of the apparatus around the shaft, a second winding on the shaft adjacent to the first winding, a sensing device adapted to sense the rotational frequency of the shaft, and a variable frequency drive. The variable frequency drive is adapted to adjust an input current frequency to the first winding as a function of the rotational frequency of the shaft, whereby a desired output voltage and frequency in the second winding on the shaft is obtained. |
198 |
Rotary Connection for Electric Power Transmission |
US14131791 |
2012-08-15 |
US20140340185A1 |
2014-11-20 |
Pierce Verleur; Alexander Ghibu; Saeed Alipour |
A rotor is rotatable on an axis within a stator. The rotor and stator each have facing coupled magnetic fields formed by electric coils positioned to produce axial force and radial magnetic filed. Stacked laminations are positioned to extend along the length of the rotor axis and the planes of the laminations lie parallel to the axis. There are several lamination packs arranged around both the rotor and the stator so as to shape the inter-engaging magnetic fields for maximum coupling across the rotor/stator airgap with minimum eddy current losses in the laminations. In this way, electric power is transmitted across a rotating coupling without rubbing or other wear contact to provide a long life. |
199 |
POWER DELIVERY TO A MOVING UNIT |
US14348009 |
2011-09-30 |
US20140239715A1 |
2014-08-28 |
Hans J. Weedon; Stephen Quigley |
Power delivery of an image modality system for transferring power from a transmission unit (e.g., stationary unit) to a reception unit (e.g., a moving and/or rotating unit). A modulated electric signal comprising at least two modulated characteristics (e.g., such as amplitude and frequency) is configured to (e.g., concurrently) supply power to both high voltage and lower voltage components (216, 222) of the reception unit. An auxiliary component (316) is configured to utilize a first of the modulated characteristics (e.g., amplitude) to adjust/regulate a voltage applied to the lower voltage component (s), and a filter component (324) (e.g., such as a frequency selective circuit) is configured to utilize a second of the modulated characteristics (e.g., frequency) to adjust/regulate a voltage applied to the high voltage component (s). |
200 |
Instrumented component for wireless telemetry |
US13015765 |
2011-01-28 |
US08797179B2 |
2014-08-05 |
Ramesh Subramanian; Anand A. Kulkarni; David J. Mitchell; Bjoern Karlsson; Rod Waits; John R. Fraley |
A telemetry system for use in a combustion turbine engine (10) that includes a first sensor (306) in connection with a turbine blade (301) or vane (22). A first telemetry transmitter circuit (312) is affixed to the turbine blade and routes electronic data signals, indicative of a condition of the blade, from the sensor to a rotating data antenna (314) that is affixed to the turbine blade or is on a same substrate as that of the circuit. A stationary data antenna (333) may be affixed to a stationary component (323) proximate and in spaced relation to the rotating data antenna for receiving electronic data signals from the rotating data antenna. A second sensor (335) transmits electronic data signals indicative of the stationary component to a second telemetry circuit (332), which routes the signals to the stationary antenna. The stationary antenna transmits the electronic data signals to a receiver (338). |