A centrifugal pump with a rotating impeller and a rotating diffuser. The diffuser may be rotated with a controlled speed to broaden the operational range of the pump. Such control may be done independently of the rotational speed of the impeller to tailor pump operation to a particular NPSH, efficiency, fluid flow or related requirement. In one preferred form, the impeller and diffuser are made to counter-rotate relative to one another, while the independent rotational speed of each may be provided by one or more motors, as well as a variable-speed transmission coupled to such motor or motors. Such a pump is optimized for specific speed operating ranges beneath those associated with axial flow pump configurations.

The disclosure relates to an assembly composed of two or more electric drives, each of which is provided with a housing that is preferably closed all around; a transceiver or radio transmitter inside the housing of each electric drive is configured for wireless data communication with a master controller; for this purpose, a properly mounted transmission opening is provided in each housing in order for data to be transmitted and received through the transmission opening.

Described is a hybrid permanent magnet and wire wound starter generator system. The system includes a polyphase stator that converts a rotating magnetic field to electrical energy. The system also includes a rotor including a plurality of permanent magnets and a wound rotor section. The plurality of permanent magnets and the wound rotor section each generate a portion of the rotating magnetic field. Further, the system includes a controller that controls a polarity of the wound rotor section by transitioning the wound rotor section between a magnetic flux enhancement mode and a magnetic flux weakening mode.

A motor assembly is described and includes a housing; a plurality of motors disposed within the housing; and a drive shaft comprising a plurality of interconnected drive shaft segments, wherein each one of the drive shaft segments is driven by a different one of the motors connected to the drive shaft segment via an integrated overrunning clutch.

A permanent-magnet synchronous motor or generator with at least one rotor (2) and at least one stator (3, 8). The motor includes two rotors (2), four stators (3, 8) and a cooling system (7, 7a). The cooling system includes three cooling circuits (7, 7a), i.e. two outer circuits (7) which are each accommodated in a longitudinal outer wall of a casing (8), adjacent to an outermost stator (3, 8), for cooling said outermost stator (3, 8), and an intermediate circuit (7a) located between the two innermost stators (3, 8) in the motor for simultaneously cooling said two stators (3, 8), the central shaft (5) being common to the two rotors (2) which are connected to the central shaft (5) by mechanical means.

A permanent-magnet synchronous motor or generator with at least one rotor (2) and at least one stator (3, 8). The motor includes two rotors (2), four stators (3, 8) and a cooling system (7, 7a). The cooling system includes three cooling circuits (7, 7a), i.e. two outer circuits (7) which are each accommodated in a longitudinal outer wall of a casing (8), adjacent to an outermost stator (3, 8), for cooling said outermost stator (3, 8), and an intermediate circuit (7a) located between the two innermost stators (3, 8) in the motor for simultaneously cooling said two stators (3, 8), the central shaft (5) being common to the two rotors (2) which are connected to the central shaft (5) by mechanical means.

A permanent magnet generator, includes a cylindrical rotor assembly having a set of circumferentially-spaced permanent magnets arranged at an outer radius of the rotor assembly, and spaced from one another by non-magnetic spacing element, and a stator assembly configured to coaxially receive the rotor assembly. The stator assembly includes a cylindrical stator core, a circumferentially spaced set of posts extending from the stator core and defining a set of stator slots between adjacent posts, and a set of conductive windings wound about the stator slots.

A motor assembly is described and includes a housing having a forward endplate and a rear endplate; a plurality of motors disposed within the housing; and a drive shaft driven by the plurality of motors and having a first end extending through the forward endplate of the housing and a second end extending through the rear endplate of the housing, wherein the first end of the drive shaft is configured to engage with a gearbox.

An electrical generator system is provided with a housing. A first rotor is on the housing for rotation relative to the housing in response to fluid flow through the first rotor. A second rotor is on the housing for rotation relative to the housing in response to fluid flow through the second rotor. A first armature is driven for rotation by the first rotor for rotation in a first rotary direction. A second armature is oriented coaxial with the first armature and driven for rotation by the second rotor for rotation in a second rotary direction that is opposite to the first rotary direction to generate electricity.

The disclosure relates to integrated modules for Synchronized Array of Vibration Actuators (FIG. 125A). The modules provide physical interface, power and communication interfaces. Each module may include vibration actuators (FIG. 123A) which can be precisely attached and aligned to the module housing, a microcontroller or other microprocessor, and one or more sensors for closed loop control of actuators (FIG. 126G). Interleaved pairs of ERMs having a center of mass in the same plane eliminate parasitic torque. A single module can produce a vibration force that rotates at a specific frequency and magnitude, which on its own could cancel out some types of periodic vibrations (FIG. 125B). Two modules paired together and counter-rotating with respect to each other can produce a directional vibration at a specific frequency and magnitude, which could prove even more useful for canceling out a vibration. Such modules are also employed to produce beating patterns (FIGS. 131-133). Both amplitude and frequency of the beating force are variable.