公开(公告)号：US12294325B2

公开(公告)日：2025-05-06

申请号：US18331003

申请日：2023-06-07

Applicant: Regal Beloit America, Inc.

Inventor： Justin M. Magyar

IPC: H02P1/26 ,  H02M7/48 ,  H02P27/06

Abstract: An electric motor for a pump is provided. The electric motor includes a motor controller configured to convert alternating current (AC) power supplied to a variable frequency variable voltage power for driving the electric motor at a motor output according to a commanded motor output. The motor controller includes an inverter configured to generate the variable frequency variable voltage power according to the commanded motor output and a microcontroller coupled to the inverter. The microcontroller is configured to control the inverter to operate at a first switching frequency when the motor output is less than a threshold motor output and control the inverter to operate at a second switching frequency when the motor output is greater than the threshold motor output, wherein the second switching frequency is less than the first switching frequency.

公开(公告)号：US20250075708A1

公开(公告)日：2025-03-06

申请号：US18460331

申请日：2023-09-01

Applicant: Regal Beloit America, Inc.

Inventor： Chirag Sureshbhai Patel ,  Michael D. Smith ,  Steven A. Trimble ,  Surya Madugula ,  SaiGeetha Padiri ,  Jeffrey C. Hutson ,  Cameron Perini ,  Mitchell McDonald ,  Griffin Roach ,  Abhishek Sharma

IPC: F04D29/70 ,  F04D17/08 ,  F04D29/42 ,  F04D29/44

Abstract: An air transferring system is disclosed. The air transferring system includes an enclosure, a faceplate, and a blower assembly attached to the faceplate. The enclosure includes a base, a lid having an air exhaust, and a shroud. The shroud has an open shroud top, an open shroud bottom, and an opening in the shroud defined between a first shroud edge and a second shroud edge. Each of the shroud edges extends between the open shroud top and the shroud bottom. The faceplate includes a faceplate opening that extends between the first and second shroud edges. The blower assembly includes a blower exhaust proximate to all of the faceplate opening, an exhaust opening, and an impeller for drawing air through the air exhaust, faceplate opening, and blower exhaust and urging the air out the exhaust.

公开(公告)号：US12215701B2

公开(公告)日：2025-02-04

申请号：US15266729

申请日：2016-09-15

Applicant: Regal Beloit America, Inc. ,  Regal Beloit Australia Pty Ltd ,  Changzhou Regal-Beloit Sinya Motor Co., LTD

Inventor： Greg Heins ,  Lyell Douglas Embery ,  Matthew J. Turner ,  Rafal Pawel Rohoza ,  Bin Chen ,  Hani Chahine ,  Mark Thiele

IPC: H02P3/18 ,  F04D19/00 ,  F04D27/00 ,  H02P3/10

Abstract: A motor controller configured to be coupled to a motor that is coupled to a fan is described. The motor controller includes a processor coupled to a memory, and is configured to operate the motor in a first operating mode in which the motor rotates the fan in a first direction at a first speed. The motor controller is further configured to operate the motor in a restriction detection mode in which the motor rotates the fan in a second direction that is opposite the first direction, determine a torque associated with the motor while the motor is rotating the fan in the second direction, determine that the torque is not within a predefined threshold range in the memory, and determine that a restriction exists in a fluid flow path associated with the motor in response to determining that the torque is not within the predefined threshold range.

公开(公告)号：US12206289B2

公开(公告)日：2025-01-21

申请号：US17822627

申请日：2022-08-26

Applicant: REGAL BELOIT AMERICA, INC.

Inventor： Mark K. Thiele ,  Greg Heins ,  Jiang Guo Ping ,  Anthony Carl Maiorano

IPC: H02K1/2793 ,  H02K1/14 ,  H02K1/276

Abstract: A rotor assembly is disclosed, including a rotatable rotor shaft defining a central axis, the rotor shaft coupled to a rotor core, the rotor core including a plurality of rotor pole pieces circumferentially located about the central axis, each pair of adjacent pole pieces being separated by a space, said rotor core comprising a plurality of core magnets located in the spaces separating the adjacent pole pieces; at least one magnet retainer plate positioned adjacent the rotor core and connected to the rotatable rotor shaft, the at least one magnet retainer plate including a plurality of circumferentially spaced magnet slots and balancing slots located between adjacent magnet slots, the balancing slots configured to receive a balancing weight; and, compression springs located in the balancing slots, each compression spring located adjacent a respective core magnet when the at least one magnet retainer plate is located adjacent the rotor core.

公开(公告)号：US12166400B2

公开(公告)日：2024-12-10

申请号：US17646602

申请日：2021-12-30

Applicant: Regal Beloit Australia Pty Ltd ,  Regal Beloit America, Inc.

Inventor： Rafal Pawel Rohoza ,  Alexander Julian Baer ,  Greg Heins ,  Mark Thiele ,  Jeffrey William Crosson ,  Nathan August Bulman

IPC: H02K9/06 ,  H02K5/20 ,  H02K9/22 ,  H02K11/30

Abstract: An electric machine includes a housing having an air intake, an air outlet, and defining an air passage therein. The air passage includes a first channel extending from the air intake in a radial direction and a second channel extending in the radial direction to the outlet. The electric machine further includes a motor assembly positioned within the housing that includes a shaft that rotates about a rotational axis that is generally perpendicular to the radial direction. The electric machine further includes an electronics assembly within the housing interior and a heat sink positioned at least partially within the air passage and thermally connected to the electronics assembly. Operation of the motor assembly draws an ambient airflow into the air passage in the radial direction through the air intake, directs the airflow along the heat sink, and exhausts the airflow through the air outlet in the radial direction.

公开(公告)号：US12140345B2

公开(公告)日：2024-11-12

申请号：US16272085

申请日：2019-02-11

Applicant: Regal Beloit America, Inc.

Inventor： Ludovic Andre Chretien ,  Norman C. Golm, Jr.

IPC: F25B49/02 ,  F04D27/00 ,  F25B1/10 ,  F25B27/00

Abstract: An HVAC system including a multi-capacity compressor, and a control system for the multi-capacity compressor are described herein. The control system includes an AC line voltage source, a variable-voltage variable-frequency drive, and a processor. The AC line voltage source is configured to operate the multi-capacity compressor. The variable-voltage variable-frequency drive is coupled to the AC line voltage source and is configured to operate the multi-capacity compressor at a variable speed. The processor is coupled to the AC line voltage source and the variable-voltage variable-frequency drive, and is configured to selectively couple the AC line voltage source and the variable-voltage variable-frequency drive to the multi-capacity compressor to operate the multi-capacity compressor. The processor is further configured to transmit a capacity control signal to the multi-capacity compressor. The capacity control signal is instructive to operate the multi-capacity compressor in one of a plurality of capacity settings.

公开(公告)号：US20240328702A1

公开(公告)日：2024-10-03

申请号：US18622320

申请日：2024-03-29

Applicant: Regal Beloit America, Inc.

Inventor： Paul Mullin ,  Derrin McCormick ,  Connor Silva ,  Joseph Douglas

IPC: F25D21/02 ,  F25D21/00

CPC classification number: F25D21/02 ,  F25D21/006

Abstract: A frost sensor, or a frost/ice/water sensor, and systems and methods of using the same, are provided herein. The frost sensor includes a body including a measurement circuit, and a capacitance sensor including two or more co-planar plates coupled to and extending laterally from the body. The measurement circuit is configured to measure a capacitance sensed by the capacitance sensor, the measurement representing a change of material between the plates over time. The frost sensor also includes at least one mounting component coupled to and extending laterally from the body. In some instances, the frost sensor is coupled to evaporator coils of a cooling system.

公开(公告)号：US12085072B2

公开(公告)日：2024-09-10

申请号：US17359029

申请日：2021-06-25

Applicant: Regal Beloit America, Inc.

Inventor： Justin Magyar ,  James Reed ,  Nathan Snell ,  Tony Zhang ,  Howard Richardson ,  Henry Huynh ,  Stephen T. English ,  Wenbing Li ,  Hongbo Tang

IPC: H02K7/14 ,  F04B17/03 ,  F04B49/20 ,  E04H4/12

CPC classification number: F04B49/20 ,  F04B17/03 ,  E04H4/1245 ,  F04B2207/702

Abstract: A motor controller for a pump motor is provided. The motor controller includes an input device and a memory configured to store a plurality of actuation sequences and a plurality of commands. Each actuation sequence is associated with a command. The motor controller further includes a processor coupled to the input device, the memory, and the pump motor. The processor is configured to detect at the input device, a first actuation sequence in response to the input device being actuated. The processor is further configured to perform a lookup in the memory to determine a first command corresponding to the first actuation sequence. The processor is further configured to operate the pump motor according to the first command.

公开(公告)号：US12009701B2

公开(公告)日：2024-06-11

申请号：US17711484

申请日：2022-04-01

Applicant: Regal Beloit America, Inc.

Inventor： Emma Murphy ,  Matthew Scott ,  Stephen English

IPC: H02K1/28 ,  H02K1/276 ,  H02K15/03

CPC classification number: H02K1/28 ,  H02K1/2773 ,  H02K15/03

Abstract: A rotor assembly for use in a radial flux electric motor assembly is provided. The rotor assembly includes a rotor core having a plurality of circumferentially spaced rotor poles and a plurality of magnets alternately spaced with the plurality of rotor poles. The plurality of rotor poles define a radial aperture between each pair of circumferentially adjacent rotor poles, and each radial aperture is configured to receive a magnet of the plurality of magnets therein. The rotor assembly further includes an end cap coupled to the rotor core and to the plurality of core magnets. The end cap includes a plurality of deformable members positioned between the rotor core and the plurality of magnets and configured to restrict movement of the plurality of magnets within the radial apertures. The deformable members are configured to deform upon insertion into a cavity defined between the rotor core and the plurality of magnets.

公开(公告)号：US11815279B2

公开(公告)日：2023-11-14

申请号：US16891924

申请日：2020-06-03

Applicant: Regal Beloit America, Inc.

Inventor： Ludovic Andre Chretien ,  Leonard Theodore McElhose ,  Mohamad Khalil Dahouk ,  Paul Steven Mullin

IPC: F24F11/77 ,  H02P3/06 ,  H02P1/02 ,  F25D29/00 ,  F25D17/06

CPC classification number: F24F11/77 ,  F25D17/06 ,  F25D29/00 ,  H02P1/029 ,  H02P3/06 ,  F25D2317/068 ,  F25D2700/02

Abstract: Described herein is an electric motor assembly for an environmental control system. The electric motor assembly includes a fan configured to rotate to circulate air within a controlled environment chamber of the environmental control system, and an electric motor coupled to the fan and configured to rotate the fan. The electric motor includes a motor controller configured to receive a braking control signal from a sensor associated with the controlled environment chamber. The braking control signal indicates an entrance to the controlled environment chamber is about to be opened. The motor controller is also configured to initiate braking the electric motor in response to receiving the braking control signal.