An artificial muscle fiber includes an external fiber and an internal fiber. The external fiber includes a first linear array of actuators having protrusions directed in a first direction. The internal fiber includes a second linear array of actuators having protrusions directed in a second direction opposite to the first direction. The internal fiber further includes a channel attached to the second linear array of actuators.

A method for manufacturing an armature (1) includes: a coil disposing step involving using a thermally expandable resin (Q) that expands by application of heat, and disposing a coil (30) in a core (10) such that the thermally expandable resin (Q) before expansion is disposed between a slot-housed portion (31) and an inner surface of a slot (11); a resin disposing step involving, before or after the coil disposing step, using a thermally melting resin (P) that melts by application of heat, and disposing the thermally melting resin (P) before melting such that the thermally melting resin (P) comes into contact with coil end portions (32); and a heating step involving, after the coil disposing step and the resin disposing step, heating, expanding, and then curing the thermally expandable resin (Q), and heating, melting, and then curing the thermally melting resin (P).

Methods of assembling motor windings comprising wrapping windings around a central longitudinal axis in a cylindrical shape having a plurality of annularly spaced positions such that the windings form n and/or u shapes around the positions. As the windings encircle the longitudinal axis, they are wrapped in an outward spiral or inward spiral such that each pass of the windings is stacked on a previous pass.

A stator includes: a stator core that includes a plurality of slots; a stator coil that is formed by connecting a plurality of segment conductors to each other; and an insulating member that has insulating properties, in which the segment conductor includes a slot portion and an inclined portion, the slot portion is disposed inside the slot, the inclined portion is disposed outside the slot to be inclined from the slot portion, the insulating member is mounted on the stator core and includes a first insulating portion and a plurality of second insulating portions, the first insulating portion is disposed next to the slot portion, the second insulating portions extend from the first insulating portion in an axial direction and are provided along a radial direction of the stator core, and the second insulating portions insulate adjacent segment conductors in an coil end from each other.

Electrical machines, components thereof, and methods for manufacturing the same are provided. In one aspect, methods for additively manufacturing a rotor assembly for an electrical machine is provided. The method includes additively printing the rotor core and shaft of the same material composition. In another aspect, an electrical machine is provided. The electrical machine includes a stator assembly that includes a stator core having a plurality of poles with magnetic slot wedges positioned between adjacent poles to reduce tooth harmonics. The electrical machine also includes a rotor assembly having a rotor core that is formed as a solid core. In yet another aspect, a rotor assembly for an electrical machine is provided that includes slots that reduce eddy current losses in the rotor core during operation of the electrical machine.

The present invention is a method for producing a plurality of curved stator windings by shaping a plurality of stator coils for a switched reluctance machine (SRM). The present invention proposes apparatus and methods for utilizing a plurality of curved stator windings with two main embodiments: a symmetrical winding and an asymmetrical winding, whereby the plurality of curved stator windings are highly conforming to a curved stator shape. The plurality of curved stator windings provides higher efficiency and lower noise to the SRM. The plurality of curved stator windings conforms to the stator curved shape, maximizing the copper fill factor, thereby permitting maximum copper utilization in the machine.

A method of fabricating a dynamoelectric machine utilizing multi-turn coils includes manufacturing a multi-turn coil having turn and ground insulation and installation of the coil into the stator core of the machine. The loop regions of the coil have no ground insulation during installation and the ground insulation at the loop regions is completed after installation of the coil.

A stator includes a stator core having a plurality of slots in a circumferential direction about an axis and having an end surface in a direction of the axis, and a first coil and a second coil of different phases which are wound on the stator core in distributed winding. A winding factor is 1. Each of the first coil and the second coil has winding portions, the number of which corresponds to the number of poles. The winding portions include first and second winding portions adjacent to each other in the circumferential direction. The first and second winding portions are inserted into one slot of the plurality of slots and extend from the one slot to both sides in the circumferential direction on the end surface. The first and second coils are annularly disposed in different positions in a radial direction about the axis on the end surface.

A curvilinear track section of a linear motor system including: a straight track portion; a curvilinear track portion coupled to the straight track portion; at least one motor unit for driving a moving element along the straight track portion and the curvilinear track portion; wherein the curvilinear track portion has a clothoid transition region adjacent to the straight track portion. In some cases, the curvilinear track portion includes a first slot grouping formed in an exterior edge of the curvilinear track portion, wherein the first slot grouping is at a predetermined angle relative to the exterior edge; a second slot grouping formed in the exterior edge of the curvilinear track portion, wherein the second slot grouping is at a second predetermined angle; and motor units inserted into the first and second slot groupings.

The present invention discloses an axial flux magnet motor stator assembly, an assembling method, and a ceiling fan, wherein a coil winding assembly can be prefabricated, then assembled on a stator winding column without the need to reserve a large avoidance space between two adjacent stator winding columns, accordingly the gap between them can be minimized, for which each of them can have a maximum number of turns of the coil winding assembly to enhance the magnetic flux, further improve the output power and torque, provide an assembly efficiency and reduce the manufacturing cost. The terminals of each coil winding assembly are located in the bottom cover filling slot and fixed by an adhesive to ensure that the electrical connection is reliable and stable. Thus, a ceiling fan of the present invention using the above assembly has the characteristics of large output power and torque under the same size.