IRONLESS ELECTRIC MOTOR FOR MRI COMPATIBILITY

    公开(公告)号:US20210252213A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-08-19

    申请号:US17254921

    申请日:2019-06-26

    Abstract: An electric motor (20) usable in proximity to a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) device (4) includes a stator (30) comprising electrical windings (32), and a rotor (40, 50, 60) magnetically coupled with the stator. The electric motor does not include ferromagnetic material, and the electric motor does not include any permanent magnet. The rotor may include an outer rotor cylinder (50, 60) surrounding the stator, and may further include an inner rotor cylinder (40) disposed inside the stator and connected to rotate with the outer rotor cylinder. The rotor may comprise a cylindrical sheet rotor (40, 50). Alternatively, the rotor (60) may comprise one or more conductive loops (62A, 62B, 62C) each shaped such that the induced voltage in one loop portion (HL1) cancels the effect of the induced voltage in another loop portion (HL2), and a coupled split stator (301, 302). In another disclosed aspect, an infusion pump (10) includes the electric motor.

    FOREIGN OBJECT DETECTION IN A WIRELESS POWER TRANSFER SYSTEM

    公开(公告)号:US20200328616A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-10-15

    申请号:US16097656

    申请日:2017-05-02

    Abstract: A wireless power transfer system includes a power receiver (105) receiving a power transfer from a power transmitter (101) via a wireless inductive power transfer signal. The power transmitter (101) comprises a transmit power coil (103) generating the power transfer signal. A test signal coil (209) coupled to a test signal generator (211) generates a magnetic test signal. A plurality of spatially distributed detection coils (213) is coupled to measurement unit (215) generating a set of measurement values reflecting signals induced in the detection coils (213) by the magnetic test signal. A processor (217) determines a measurement spatial distribution of the measurement value where the spatial distribution reflects positions of the detection coils (213). A foreign object detector (219) detects a presence of a foreign object in response to a comparison of the measurement spatial distribution to a reference spatial distribution. The foreign object detector (219) is arranged to determine the reference spatial distribution in response to data received from the power receiving device (105).

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