A linear motor system may include a plurality of track sections that may enable a mover to traverse a track formed by the plurality of track sections. The system may also include a plurality of connection modules, such that each connection module of the plurality of connection modules may physically couple two respective adjacent track sections of the plurality of track sections and communicatively couple the two respective adjacent track sections of the plurality of track section. Each connection module may also electrically couple the two respective adjacent track sections of the plurality of track section.

An electrical machine comprising: at least one stator, at least one module, the at least one module comprising at least one electromagnetic coil and at least one switch, the at least one module being attached to the at least one stator; at least one rotor with a plurality of magnets attached to the at least one rotor, an integrated electrical differential coupled to at least one of the rotors, the at least one integrated electrical differential permitting the at least one rotor to output at least two rotational outputs to corresponding shafts, wherein the at least two rotational outputs are able to move the shafts at different rotational velocities to one another. The electrical machine is configured to fit into a housing, and that can be retrofitted into a conventional vehicle by replacing the mechanical differential.

A cooling system simultaneously cools both a power module and a vehicle motor. A vehicle motor housing is provided in thermal communication with a plurality of manifolds. Each manifold defines a cooling fluid inlet, a cooling fluid outlet, and a distribution recess providing fluid communication. The distribution recess may be defined by a wall having an exterior major surface in thermal communication with the vehicle motor. A manifold fluid insert may be disposed within the distribution recess, defining a plurality of inlet branch channels and outlet branch channels. A power module may be coupled to the manifold and a heat sink feature. A flow of coolant fluid is provided from each cooling fluid inlet, through the inlet branch channels of the manifold fluid insert for impingement with the heat sink feature, returning through the outlet branch channels and to the cooling fluid outlet of the respective manifold.

Disclosed are a motor accommodation structural body, an automobile including the motor accommodation structural body, and a method for manufacturing the motor accommodation structural body. According to one aspect of the present disclosure, disclosed is a motor accommodation structural body for accommodating a motor for an automobile, the motor accommodation structural body including: a housing having an empty space formed therein; a guide unit which is provided on an outer surface of the housing, has a shape protruding outward, and extends along a longitudinal direction L of the housing; and a fixing bracket unit having a coupling portion which has one side coupled to the guide unit and the other side coupled to the automobile.

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.

Provided is a stator for an electrical machine including a plurality of segments, wherein in order to reduce torque harmonics and power harmonics due to the interposed circumferential gap between two circumferentially adjacent stator segments, at least one of the two end teeth of each stator segment includes a circumferential protrusion at the respective tooth radial end, the circumferential protrusion protruding from the respective side face towards the respective circumferential end.

The present application relates to a rotor, an assembly method and a replacement method for integrated magnetic pole modules of rotor, and a generator. The rotor includes: a rotor yoke having a mounting surface and an outer peripheral surface which are opposite to each other in a radial direction; multiple beads, which are distributed and spaced apart on the mounting surface along a circumferential direction of the rotor yoke, in which a radial distance between each bead and the mounting surface is adjustable; multiple integrated magnetic pole modules, each of which is detachably connected between two adjacent beads, and includes a carrier plate and multiple permanent magnets arranged on the carrier plate; and multiple fixing members, in which each of the beads is mounted to the mounting surface by the fixing members, and each of the fixing members has an operation portion that can protrude from the outer peripheral surface.

The present invention relates to a fault-tolerant modular permanent magnet assisted synchronous reluctance motor (PMaSynRM) and provides a modular winding connection method. The modular winding connection is to change the positions of inlet and outlet coils based on the slot electrical potential star vectogram. Then, each module has a separate set of winding and the left and right relative distribution will be adopted on the winding connection. The invention has the advantages of modularization in structure, high independence between the modules, effectively avoiding overlapping of magnetic lines between the modules, and improving fault tolerance and reliability of the motor. The invention has the advantages of modularization in structure, high independence between the modules, magnetic decoupling between the modules, and improvement of fault tolerance and reliability of the motor.

A method of generating electricity from geothermal energy utilizing an in situ closed loop heat exchanger deep within the earth using a recirculating heat transfer fluid to power an in situ modular turbine and generator system within a vertical, large bore, deep, tunnel shaft. The shaft length and diameter are dependent on the shaft temperature and sustaining heat flux. The method further includes methods of deep shaft boring and excavating, liner placement and sealing, shaft transport systems, shaft Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning, and operations and maintenance provisions. The method has few global location restrictions, maximizes thermal efficiency as to make power generation practical, has a small site surface footprint, does not interact with the environment, is sustainable, uses renewable energy, and is a zero release carbon and hazardous substance emitter.

An electric power system for a vehicle includes at least one electric machine, one or more power rectifiers, and a plurality of DC channels. The at least one electric machine includes a plurality of tooth-wound multi-phase windings that are substantially magnetically decoupled, and the at least one electric machine is mechanically balanced even if one of the plurality of windings is de-energized. The one or more power rectifiers are configured to produce rectified power from the power generated by the at least one electric machine. The plurality of DC channels are formed after the at least one power rectifier and are configured to provide DC power to one or more loads within a vehicle.