Patents
US 9705388 B2: Rotor for a line start permanent magnet machine
- Granted
- 2017-07-11
- Filed
- 2011-12-19 application 13329814
- Type
- Utility · 18 claims
- Elsewhere
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Abstract
A rotor comprises laminations with a plurality of rotor bar slots with an asymmetric arrangement about the rotor. The laminations also have magnet slots equiangularly spaced about the rotor. The magnet slots extend near to the rotor outer diameter and have permanent magnets disposed in the magnet slots creating magnetic poles. The magnet slots may be formed longer than the permanent magnets disposed in the magnets slots and define one or more magnet slot apertures. The permanent magnets define a number of poles and a pole pitch. The rotor bar slots are spaced from adjacent magnet slots by a distance that is at least 4% of the pole pitch. Conductive material is disposed in the rotor bar slots, and in some embodiments, may be disposed in the magnet slot apertures.
Source: PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 (ipg170711.xml).
Assignees
| Assignee | Type | Place | Also on furp.org | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baldor Electric Company 43 patents | US company or organization | Camden, AR | BALDOR ELECTRIC CO SEC filer FUZZY low confidence: same name (legal endings aside), one of each nationally | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
Inventors
| Inventor | Place | Patents | Person page | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Melfi | Broadview Heights, OH | 1 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Rich Schiferl | Chagrin Falls, OH | 1 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Stephen D. Umans | Belmont, MA | 2 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
CPC categories
| Subclass | Category | First group | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| H02K | Dynamo-electric machines | H02K21/46 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
Cooperative Patent Classification, as currently assigned (one row per subclass).
Assignments and security interests
| Recorded | What | From | To | Reel/frame | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-28 | Assignment Assignment of assignor's interest | ABB MOTORS AND MECHANICAL, INC. signed 2026-06-08 | ABB SCHWEIZ AG BADEN | 76167/619 | PASDL, file of 2026-10-15 |
| 2026-08-05 | Name change Change of name | BALDOR ELECTRIC COMPANY signed 2018-02-26 | ABB MOTORS AND MECHANICAL INC. FORT SMITH, AR | 76152/651 | PASDL, file of 2026-10-15 |
| 2011-12-19 | Assignment Assignment of assignor's interest | MELFI, MIKE signed 2011-12-14 UMANS, STEPHEN signed 2011-12-14 SCHIFERL, RICH signed 2011-12-16 | BALDOR ELECTRIC COMPANY FORT SMITH, AR | 27409/652 | ECORSEXC, file of 2026-09-25 |
Documents recorded with the USPTO Assignment Recordation Branch that list this patent. A security interest is a lender’s claim on the patent as collateral; a release ends it.
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