61 |
Method for manufacturing rotor |
US14560328 |
2014-12-04 |
US09421609B2 |
2016-08-23 |
Tadashi Yamaoka; Yuji Hirata; Takashi Aoyama; Hiroshisa Sasaki |
In a setting step, a plurality of steel plates configuring a rotor core stacked in an axial direction of a rotor is set in a predetermined position in a mold that is capable of being opened and closed by relative movement in the axial direction. In a casting step, molten metal is fed into a molten metal introduction passage to form a conductive member of the rotor. The molten metal introduction passage has a ring-shaped gate that is opened so as to oppose one axial end surface of the steel plates set in the mold. In a cutoff step, the molten metal is cut off in the molten metal introduction passage so as to be separated into a gate side and a molten metal introduction opening side. In a mold-releasing step, the mold is opened such that a casting configuring the rotor is removed from the mold. |
62 |
MOTOR WITH BACKING RING DIECAST IN ROTOR CAN |
US14755184 |
2015-06-30 |
US20150381006A1 |
2015-12-31 |
Matthew D. Allen; Michael W. Major |
An electric fan includes a plurality of blades and an electric motor for rotating the blades. The electric motor includes a stator and a rotor rotatable relative to the stator about an axis. The rotor includes a backing ring and a diecast rotor can. The can includes a non-machined sidewall that is diecast integrally as part of the rotor can. The sidewall extends about the axis. The rotor can is diecast in an overlying relationship with at least part of the backing ring, with the sidewall and backing ring being securely interengaged so as to restrict relative shifting therebetween. |
63 |
METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING ROTOR |
US14560328 |
2014-12-04 |
US20150151358A1 |
2015-06-04 |
Tadashi YAMAOKA; Yuji HIRATA; Takashi AOYAMA; Hirohisa SASAKI |
In a setting step, a plurality of steel plates configuring a rotor core stacked in an axial direction of a rotor is set in a predetermined position in a mold that is capable of being opened and closed by relative movement in the axial direction. In a casting step, molten metal is fed into a molten metal introduction passage to form a conductive member of the rotor. The molten metal introduction passage has a ring-shaped gate that is opened so as to oppose one axial end surface of the steel plates set in the mold. In a cutoff step, the molten metal is cut off in the molten metal introduction passage so as to be separated into a gate side and a molten metal introduction opening side. In a mold-releasing step, the mold is opened such that a casting configuring the rotor is removed from the mold. |
64 |
Production of die cast rotors with copper bars for electric motors |
US13573858 |
2012-10-09 |
US09038703B2 |
2015-05-26 |
Michael W. Thieman; Richard J. Kamm |
A rotor core for an electric motor includes a stack of laminations having peripherally spaced openings receiving copper bars with opposite end portions projecting from the stack. The core is mounted on an arbor and is inserted into a mold on a vertical die cast press having a shot chamber. The mold has upper and lower mold members defining annular cavities receiving end portions of the bars. Molten copper or aluminum is poured into the shot chamber and forced upwardly by a shot piston through passages in the lower mold member and into the cavity around the lower end portions of the bars. The pressurized molten metal solidifies and shrinks around the bar end portions to form an endring for the rotor. The core, endring and arbor are inverted and confined in the mold, and the casting steps are repeated to form the opposite endring. |
65 |
Processes for producing components containing ceramic-based and metallic materials |
US12977364 |
2010-12-23 |
US08721290B2 |
2014-05-13 |
Toby George Darkins, Jr.; John Peter Heyward; Eric Alan Estill; Joshua Brian Jamison; James Herbert Deines; Mark Willard Marusko; James Thomas Hawkins |
Processes for producing a component containing a ceramic-based material and having detailed features formed from materials other than ceramic materials. Such a process entails producing the component to include a first subcomponent and at least a second subcomponent having at least one off-axis geometric feature that results in the second subcomponent having a more complex geometry than the first subcomponent. The first subcomponent is formed of a ceramic-based material, and the second subcomponent and its off-axis geometric feature are separately formed of a metallic material and attached to the first subcomponent to yield a robust mechanical attachment. The component may be, for example, a gas turbine airfoil component. |
66 |
HEAT-SINK BASE PROVIDED WITH HEAT-SINK FIN PORTIONS, METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME AND MOTOR PROVIDED WITH SAME |
US13940170 |
2013-07-11 |
US20140070644A1 |
2014-03-13 |
Chia- Ming Chuang |
The present invention relates to a heat-sink base provided with heat-sink fin portions, it manufacturing method and a motor provided with the heat-sink base. The base is produced by pouring cast metal into a mold cavity to replace a pattern having a predetermined sublimation temperature. The base includes a preformed heat-sink member comprising a plurality of heat-sink fin portions and at least one anchor portion embedded at least partially in the pattern, and a base body comprising an enclosed base portion and a holder portion for receiving and holding the at least one anchor portion. By virtue of the invented method, the heat-sink member having an extremely thin thickness can be mounted on the base body and the overall surface area of the heat-sink base is increased considerably. |
67 |
ELECTRIC MACHINE ROTOR BAR AND METHOD OF MAKING SAME |
US13555363 |
2012-07-23 |
US20120286618A1 |
2012-11-15 |
James P. Alexander; Robert Dean King; Ayman Mohamed Fawzi EL-Refaie |
A method, system, and apparatus including an electric machine having a plurality of rotor bars and a first coupling component configured to electrically couple the plurality of rotor bars together. Each rotor bar of the plurality of rotor bars includes a first metallic material having a first electrical resistivity and a second metallic material cast about the first material, where the second metallic material has a second electrical resistivity greater than the first electrical resistivity. The first metallic material has a first end and a second end opposite the first end and the first coupling component is coupled to the first end of the first metallic material. |
68 |
Motor water-cooling structure and manufacturing method thereof |
US13034701 |
2011-02-25 |
US20120216995A1 |
2012-08-30 |
Sung-Wei Lee |
A method for assembling a heat-dissipating module includes a step of mechanically pressing one time or multiple times a heat pipe into a trough of a metallic base, whereby at least one end of the heat pipe can be pressed into the trough of the metallic base and thus firmly combined with the metallic base. In this way, the time and the cost for assembly are reduced, and the yield is increased. |
69 |
CAGE ROTOR WITH STARTING BAR |
US13391147 |
2010-08-13 |
US20120187796A1 |
2012-07-26 |
Klaus Büttner; Klaus Kirchner; Michael Müller |
The invention relates to a cage rotor for an asynchronous machine (1) comprising starting bars for improving the starting behavior. The invention further relates to a method for producing such a cage rotor. In order to achieve as great an efficiency as possible, the cage rotor comprises a laminated rotor core (2) having grooves (3) and operating bars (5; 6; 7; 8; 15) disposed in the grooves (3) and contacting the laminated rotor core (2) directly on the inner groove base as seen in the radial direction of the cage rotor, wherein the operating bars (5; 6; 7; 8; 15) comprise partial cladding (9; 10; 11) enclosing an outer surface of the operating bars (5; 6; 7; 8; 15) as seen in the radial direction (12) of the cage rotor, wherein the material of the operating bars (5; 6; 7; 8; 15) comprises a greater specific conductivity than the material of the partial cladding (9; 10; 11). |
70 |
PROCESSES FOR PRODUCING COMPONENTS CONTAINING CERAMIC-BASED AND METALLIC MATERIALS |
US12977364 |
2010-12-23 |
US20120163979A1 |
2012-06-28 |
Toby George Darkins, JR.; John Peter Heyward; Eric Alan Estill; Joshua Brian Jamison; James Herbert Deines; Mark Willard Marusko; James Thomas Hawkins |
Processes for producing a component containing a ceramic-based material and having detailed features formed from materials other than ceramic materials. Such a process entails producing the component to include a first subcomponent and at least a second subcomponent having at least one off-axis geometric feature that results in the second subcomponent having a more complex geometry than the first subcomponent. The first subcomponent is formed of a ceramic-based material, and the second subcomponent and its off-axis geometric feature are separately formed of a metallic material and attached to the first subcomponent to yield a robust mechanical attachment. The component may be, for example, a gas turbine airfoil component. |
71 |
METHOD FOR PRODUCING BEVELED CAGE ROTOR AND BEVELED CAGE ROTOR |
US13388412 |
2010-07-27 |
US20120133236A1 |
2012-05-31 |
Klaus Büttner; Klaus Kirchner; Michael Müller |
The invention relates to a method for producing a beveled cage rotor (1) for an asynchronous machine (2) and to a cage rotor (1) that can be produced by means of such a method. In order to improve the efficiency of the asynchronous machine (2), the cage rotor (1) comprises a laminated rotor core (5) having grooves (4), short-circuit rings (6) made of a first material and case onto the end face of the laminated rotor core (5), and short-circuit bars (3; 11; 12) made of a second material having a higher specific electrical conductivity than the first material and disposed in the grooves (4), wherein the laminated rotor core (5) and the short-circuit bars (3; 11; 12) comprise a bevel and nearly completely fill in an inner groove region (7) as seen in the radial direction of the laminated rotor core (5). |
72 |
ONE-PIECE MANUFACTURING PROCESS |
US12917750 |
2010-11-02 |
US20110100580A1 |
2011-05-05 |
Kevin Pickrell; Mark J. Kuzdzal |
A method of making a turbomachine part, wherein the can include machining a blank into a base having blades extending therefrom, the blades defining a channel therebetween. The method can also include forming a bridge in the channel between the blades, and forming a cover on the tops of the blades and over the channel, such that the base, the blades, and the cover form a single substantially homogenous turbomachine part once the bridge is removed. |
73 |
Self-start synchronous motor with permanent magnets and at least one frictional agitation joint, method for manufacturing the same and compressor comprising the same |
US11439951 |
2006-05-25 |
US07531934B2 |
2009-05-12 |
Baiying Hang; Tomio Yoshikawa; Yasuro Ohishi; Akeshi Takahashi; Haruo Koharagi |
In a method of manufacturing a self-start synchronous motor for preventing deterioration of permanent magnets used in a rotor, and also for enhancing the efficiency of the self-start synchronous motor, the self-start synchronous motor comprising a stator having a stator core and windings wound around the stator core, and a rotor having an outer diameter slightly smaller than an inner diameter of the stator and arranged inside of the stator. The rotor is provided with a rotor core, a plurality of conductor bars embedded in the outer peripheral portion of the rotor core over an entire periphery thereof, end rings provided on opposite end sides of the conductor bars and constituting a squirrel cage conductor in cooperation with the conductor bars, and a plurality of permanent magnets embedded in the rotor core and arranged at a position inner than that of an inner peripheral surface of the conductor bars. Further, the conductor bars and the end rings are electrically and mechanically joined together through frictional agitation joint. |
74 |
DAMPED PART WITH INSERT |
US12174320 |
2008-07-16 |
US20090071779A1 |
2009-03-19 |
Brent D. Lowe; Mark T. Riefe; Omar S. Dessouki; Mohan Sundar; Kevin M. Thompson |
One embodiment of the invention may include a product including a body portion including a first face and a frictional damping insert overlying the first face of the body portion. The body portion may include a second face overlying the insert. The insert may have a throughhole and a portion of the body portion may extend from the first face through the throughhole and the insert to the second face of the body portion. |
75 |
Method for manufacturing squirrel cage rotor |
US11362966 |
2006-02-27 |
US07337526B2 |
2008-03-04 |
Edwin A. Sweo |
Ceramic adhesive is applied inside the slots of an electric machine squirrel cage rotor prior to casting or insertion of rotor conductors. This heat-resistant insulation provides superior electrical insulation that is also mechanically rugged, thus enabling casting of squirrel cage rotors by die or cost-effective consumable pattern casting. The consumable pattern cast copper rotors are electrically well insulated, thus minimizing rotor losses. The ceramic insulation in cast rotors enables longer conductors to be cast by thermally insulating the molten metal from the cooler laminations. The ceramic insulation in fabricated rotors withstands the high temperatures of end ring attachment. This method is applicable to both conventional induction machine rotors and brushless doubly-fed induction machine rotors and provides the degree of electrical isolation of the bars from the laminations needed to avoid excessive parasitic torques in doubly-fed machines, while ensuring adequate thermal conductivity to dissipate conductive bar heat to the laminations. |
76 |
Labyrinthine end disk rotor |
US11241019 |
2005-09-30 |
US20070075603A1 |
2007-04-05 |
Richard Whiddon |
A rotor configured to receive a cast internal conductive structure is disclosed. The rotor includes a rotor core having a plurality of rotor slots extending through the rotor core. The rotor also includes a plurality of slotted end members adjacent one another and axially aligned with the rotor core. One end member is radially positioned such that the slots of the end member are offset with respect to another end member. A rotating machine having such a rotor and a method of manufacture are also disclosed. |
77 |
Method of casting components with inserts for noise reduction |
US11475759 |
2006-06-27 |
US20070062664A1 |
2007-03-22 |
James Schroth; Michael Hanna; Richard Hammar; Omar Dessouki; Brent Lowe; Mark Riefe; Jeremy Short; Mark Verbrugge |
The invention provides a method for manufacturing a powertrain component enclosure member, including the steps of: (A) positioning at least one insert into a mold, wherein the insert is provided with a coating to prevent bonding between the insert and the casting material; and (B) casting a wall of the powertrain component enclosure member in the mold around the insert such that a major portion of the insert is substantially non-bonded with the casting material to provide a proper interfacial boundary with the casting material for damping. |
78 |
Self-start synchronous motor, method for manufacturing the same and compressor |
US11439951 |
2006-05-25 |
US20060267441A1 |
2006-11-30 |
Baiying Hang; Tomio Yoshikawa; Yasuro Ohishi; Akeshi Takahashi; Haruo Koharagi |
In a method of manufacturing a self-start synchronous motor for preventing deterioration of permanent magnets used in a rotor, and also for enhancing the efficiency of the self-start synchronous motor, the self-start synchronous motor comprising a stator having a stator core and windings wound around the stator core, and a rotor having an outer diameter slightly smaller than an inner diameter of the stator and arranged inside of the stator. The rotor is provided with a rotor core, a plurality of conductor bars embedded in the outer peripheral portion of the rotor core over an entire periphery thereof, end rings provided on opposite end sides of the conductor bars and constituting a squirrel cage conductor in cooperation with the conductor bars, and a plurality of permanent magnets embedded in the rotor core and arranged at a position inner than that of an inner peripheral surface of the conductor bars. Further, the conductor bars and the end rings are electrically and mechanically joined together through frictional agitation joint. |
79 |
Method for manufacturing squirrel cage rotor |
US11362966 |
2006-02-27 |
US20060150396A1 |
2006-07-13 |
Edwin Sweo |
Ceramic adhesive is applied inside the slots of an electric machine squirrel cage rotor prior to casting or insertion of rotor conductors. This heat-resistant insulation provides superior electrical insulation that is also mechanically rugged, thus enabling casting of squirrel cage rotors by die or cost-effective consumable pattern casting. The consumable pattern cast copper rotors are electrically well insulated, thus minimizing rotor losses. The ceramic insulation in cast rotors enables longer conductors to be cast by thermally insulating the molten metal from the cooler laminations. The ceramic insulation in fabricated rotors withstands the high temperatures of end ring attachment. This method is applicable to both conventional induction machine rotors and brushless doubly-fed induction machine rotors and provides the degree of electrical isolation of the bars from the laminations needed to avoid excessive parasitic torques in doubly-fed machines, while ensuring adequate thermal conductivity to dissipate conductive bar heat to the laminations. |
80 |
Bearing arrangement for a centrifugal casting machine |
US10498453 |
2002-12-09 |
US06997236B2 |
2006-02-14 |
Rivio Arturo Ramirez; Antonio Sardo |
A bearing arrangement for a centrifugation injection mold, comprising an upper mold portion (10) and a lower mold portion (20), which are respectively and rotatively mounted to an upper bearing (30) and to a lower bearing (40), the latter comprising: a first flat ring (41) affixed to a machine structure (E) and presenting a radial gap that is internal in relation to the lower mold portion (20); an annular cage (42) bearing spheres (44) seated on the first flat ring (41), said annular cage (42) presenting radial gaps that are external and internal in relation to the machine structure (E) and to the lower mold portion (20), respectively; and a second flat ring (45) inferiorly seated on the spheres (44) of the annular cage (42) and maintaining radial gaps that are external and internal in relation to the machine structure (E) and to the lower mold portion (20), respectively, axially bearing the latter. The lower mold portion (20) incorporates an annular conical seat (25) on which is seated, when the mold (M) is taken to the closed position, an annular conical guide (15) incorporated to the upper mold portion (10). |