公开(公告)号：US12046966B2

公开(公告)日：2024-07-23

申请号：US17740690

申请日：2022-05-10

申请人： INFINITUM ELECTRIC, INC.

发明人： Rich Lee ,  Randal A. Lee ,  Paulo Guedes-Pinto

IPC分类号： H02K9/22 ,  H01F17/00 ,  H01F27/22 ,  H01F27/28 ,  H02K1/12 ,  H02K1/18 ,  H02K3/26 ,  H02K11/26 ,  H02K11/30 ,  H02K21/24 ,  H05K1/02 ,  H05K1/11 ,  H05K1/16

CPC分类号： H02K3/26 ,  H01F17/0013 ,  H01F27/22 ,  H01F27/2804 ,  H02K1/12 ,  H02K1/182 ,  H02K9/22 ,  H02K11/26 ,  H02K11/30 ,  H02K21/24 ,  H05K1/0201 ,  H05K1/0218 ,  H05K1/0298 ,  H05K1/115 ,  H05K1/165 ,  H01F2017/002 ,  H01F2017/0053 ,  H01F2027/2809 ,  H02K2203/03 ,  H02K2211/03 ,  H05K2201/093 ,  H05K2201/095 ,  H05K2201/10416

摘要： An axial field rotary energy device has a PCB stator panel assembly between rotors with an axis of rotation. Each rotor has a magnet. The PCB stator panel assembly includes PCB panels. Each PCB panel can have layers, and each layer can have conductive coils. The PCB stator panel assembly can have a thermally conductive layer that extends from an inner diameter portion to an outer diameter portion thereof.

公开(公告)号：US11929657B1

公开(公告)日：2024-03-12

申请号：US18373644

申请日：2023-09-27

申请人： INFINITUM ELECTRIC, INC.

发明人： Zachary Thomas Radkey-Pechacek ,  John Mitchell Wilson ,  George William Vogel, Jr. ,  Shriram Pushparaj Patil ,  Randal A. Lee ,  Paulo Guedes-Pinto

IPC分类号： H02K5/06 ,  H02K5/02 ,  H02K11/00 ,  H02K11/33

CPC分类号： H02K5/06 ,  H02K5/02 ,  H02K11/0094 ,  H02K11/33 ,  H02K2211/03

摘要： A system has an axial field rotary energy device with a housing, an axis and a rotor with a shaft, bearings, rotor disks and permanent magnets. A printed circuit board (PCB) stator is between the rotor disks to define an air gap on each side thereof. A variable frequency drive (VFD) assembly has a VFD housing and first pads coupled to inductors to facilitate heat removal from the inductors. A concave cradle is coupled to a ferromagnetic core and has a same contour as an outer surface of the ferromagnetic core. A second pad is coupled to a rectifier module. A third pad is coupled to switching devices and has pins to align the switching devices with the third pad. Standoffs are coupled to the VFD housing to support a first printed circuit board assembly (PCBA). A second PCBA is mounted to a shield plate above the first PCBA.

公开(公告)号：US20240072591A1

公开(公告)日：2024-02-29

申请号：US18272160

申请日：2022-01-19

申请人： INFINITUM ELECTRIC, INC. ,  UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARK

发明人： Raphael Kahat Mandel ,  Paulo Guedes-Pinto ,  Amir Shooshtari ,  Randal A. Lee

IPC分类号： H02K3/24 ,  H02K3/26 ,  H02K9/06

CPC分类号： H02K3/24 ,  H02K3/26 ,  H02K9/06 ,  H02K2203/03

摘要： An axial field rotary energy device can include a housing and a rotor rotatably coupled to the housing. The rotor can have an axis of rotation and magnets. A stator assembly can be coupled to the housing coaxial with and adjacent to the rotor. The stator assembly can include a printed circuit board (PCB) having electrically conductive coils and an internal air duct for cooling the stator assembly.

公开(公告)号：US20230019894A1

公开(公告)日：2023-01-19

申请号：US17948919

申请日：2022-09-20

申请人： INFINITUM ELECTRIC, INC.

发明人： Randal A. Lee ,  Paulo Guedes-Pinto

IPC分类号： H02K5/20 ,  H02K7/00 ,  H02K1/2798 ,  H02K9/19 ,  H02K3/26 ,  H02K21/24

摘要： A device has a housing and rotors rotatably coupled to the housing. Each rotor has a magnet on at least one side of the rotor. Printed circuit board (PCB) stators are located axially between the rotors and coupled to the housing. The PCB stators have layers, and each layer has coils. The number of rotors disks is equal to the number of stators plus one. The stators are interleaved with the rotors. A shaft is coupled to the rotors and the housing. The shaft has a hollow section coupled to a source of a liquid coolant through a rotary connector and to radial channels in the shaft that dispense a liquid coolant between the rotors and PCB stators. The shaft has flanges with different diameters configured to receive the rotors disks with respective matching bore diameters. In addition, the housing has a sump to collect the liquid coolant.

公开(公告)号：US11502583B1

公开(公告)日：2022-11-15

申请号：US17688451

申请日：2022-03-07

申请人： INFINITUM ELECTRIC, INC.

发明人： Rich Lee ,  Paulo Guedes-Pinto

IPC分类号： H02K11/30 ,  H02K1/2798 ,  H02K35/02 ,  H02K1/14

摘要： A motor includes a stator and a rotor having an axis of rotation and a magnet. The stator includes a PCB having PCB panels. Each PCB panel is assigned to one electrical phase. Each PCB panel has a pair of PCB layers. Each PCB layer includes coils, and each coil in each PCB layer of a PCB panel is circumferentially aligned with a corresponding coil in another PCB layer. One coil in one PCB layer is coupled to a corresponding coil in another PCB layer with a via. A number of turns in each coil is a multiple of a number of electrical phases configured for the PCB stator. In addition, the vias that connect two coils in a pair of PCB layers that belong to a same electrical phase do not intersect coils in PCB layers that belong to other electrical phases of the PCB stator.

公开(公告)号：US11482908B1

公开(公告)日：2022-10-25

申请号：US17227888

申请日：2021-04-12

申请人： Infinitum Electric, Inc.

发明人： Paulo Guedes-Pinto ,  Randal A. Lee

IPC分类号： H02K9/19 ,  H02K9/193 ,  H02K5/20 ,  H02K7/00 ,  H02K3/26 ,  H02K21/24

摘要： An axial field rotary energy system has a housing and rotors with an axis of rotation that are rotatably coupled to the housing. Each rotor includes a magnet. A stator assembly is located axially between the rotors and coupled to the housing. The stator assembly has a printed circuit board (PCB). The PCB includes a plurality of layers, and each layer has coils. A shaft is coupled to the rotors and the housing. The shaft can dispense a liquid coolant between the rotors and stator assembly. The housing can include a sump to collect the liquid coolant.

公开(公告)号：US20210135549A1

公开(公告)日：2021-05-06

申请号：US17147690

申请日：2021-01-13

申请人： Infinitum Electric, Inc.

发明人： Randal A. Lee ,  Paulo Guedes-Pinto ,  Ben Schuler ,  Rich Lee

IPC分类号： H02K11/33 ,  H02K3/26 ,  H02K9/06 ,  H02K21/24

摘要： An axial field rotary energy device or system includes an axis, a PCB stator and rotors having respective permanent magnets. The rotors rotate about the axis relative to the PCB stator. A variable frequency drive (VFD) having VFD components are coupled to the axial field rotary energy device. An enclosure contains the axial field rotary energy device and the VFD, such that the axial field rotary device and the VFD are integrated together within the enclosure. In addition, a cooling system is integrated with the enclosure to cool the axial field rotary energy device and the VFD.

公开(公告)号：US20190214871A1

公开(公告)日：2019-07-11

申请号：US16176564

申请日：2018-10-31

申请人： Infinitum Electric Inc.

发明人： Bernhard L. Schuler ,  Rich Lee ,  Jorgen Rasmussen

IPC分类号： H02K3/26 ,  H02K3/28 ,  H02P31/00 ,  H02K21/24 ,  H02K3/47 ,  H02K1/27 ,  H02K1/18 ,  H02K35/02 ,  H02K3/12 ,  H02K15/03 ,  H02K16/00 ,  H02K1/32 ,  H02K9/12 ,  H02K1/12 ,  H02K3/52

摘要： An axial field rotary energy device can include a housing having coupling structures configured to mechanically couple the housing to a second housing of a second module. In addition, the housing can include electrical elements configured to electrically couple the housing to the second housing. A rotor can be rotatably mounted to the housing. The rotor can include an axis and a magnet. A stator can be mounted to the housing coaxially with the rotor. The stator can include a printed circuit board (PCB) having a PCB layer comprising a coil.

公开(公告)号：US20190068017A1

公开(公告)日：2019-02-28

申请号：US16171256

申请日：2018-10-25

申请人： Infinitum Electric Inc.

发明人： Bernhard L. Schuler ,  Rich Lee ,  Jorgen Rasmussen

IPC分类号： H02K3/26 ,  H02K3/28 ,  H02K1/12 ,  H02K1/32 ,  H02K1/27 ,  H02K1/18 ,  H02K3/47 ,  H02K3/52 ,  H02K9/12 ,  H02K15/03 ,  H02K16/00 ,  H02K21/24 ,  H02K35/02 ,  H02P31/00 ,  H02K3/12

摘要： An axial field rotary energy device can include a rotor having an axis of rotation and a magnet; a stator coaxial with the rotor, the stator can have a printed circuit board (PCB) having a plurality of PCB layers that are spaced apart in an axial direction, each PCB layer can include a coil having only two terminals for electrical connections, each coil is continuous and uninterrupted between its only two terminals, each coil consists of a single electrical phase, and one of the two terminals of each coil is electrically coupled to another coil with a via to define a coil pair; and each coil pair is electrically coupled to another coil pair with another via.

公开(公告)号：US20180198339A1

公开(公告)日：2018-07-12

申请号：US15864663

申请日：2018-01-08

申请人： Infinitum Electric Inc.

发明人： Bernhard L. Schuler ,  Rich Lee ,  Jorgen Rasmussen

IPC分类号： H02K3/26 ,  H02K1/18 ,  H02K1/27 ,  H02K1/32 ,  H02K3/28 ,  H02K9/12 ,  H02K16/00

CPC分类号： H02K3/26 ,  H02K1/12 ,  H02K1/182 ,  H02K1/2773 ,  H02K1/2793 ,  H02K1/32 ,  H02K3/12 ,  H02K3/28 ,  H02K3/47 ,  H02K3/521 ,  H02K9/12 ,  H02K15/03 ,  H02K16/00 ,  H02K21/24 ,  H02K35/02 ,  H02K2201/03 ,  H02K2203/03 ,  H02K2211/03 ,  H02P31/00

摘要： An axial field rotary energy device can include a housing having coupling structures configured to mechanically couple the housing to a second housing of a second module. In addition, the housing can include electrical elements configured to electrically couple the housing to the second housing. A rotor can be rotatably mounted to the housing. The rotor can include an axis and a magnet. A stator can be mounted to the housing coaxially with the rotor. The stator can include a printed circuit board (PCB) having a PCB layer comprising a coil.