Kent Alan Sheeran, 583419 Hudson Rd, Festus, MO 63028

6856055, Feb 15, 2005

Jul 11, 2002

10/193391

Paul G. Michaels - St. Louis MO, US
Kent A. Sheeran - Festus MO, US
Craig E. Wallace - Brighton IL, US
Daniel E. Hilton - St. Louis MO, US

Emerson Electric Co. - St. Louis MO

H02K011/00

310 71, 310254

An interconnecting ring and wire guide for an electric machine includes an annular radial ring having a radially inner edge and a radially outer edge. An axial ring projects axially from the radially inner edge of the annular radial ring. A guide positioner positions the annular radial ring and the axial ring relative to the electric machine. Wire dividers are located on a radially outer surface of the radial ring. The wire dividers include a plurality of circumferential projections that are formed on the radially outer surface of the radial ring. A plurality of wire guides are located adjacent to a radially outer edge of the annular radial ring. Indicia on an outer surface of the annular radial ring identifies at least one of a mounting position for the interconnecting ring and wire guide and a wiring schematic for phases wiring of the electric machine.

6941638, Sep 13, 2005

Jul 11, 2002

10/193515

Gary E. Horst - Manchester MO, US
Dennis M. Hurst - Florissant MO, US
Kent A. Sheeran - Festus MO, US

Emerson Electric Co. - St. Louis MO

H02K015/00
H02K015/14
H02K015/16

29596, 29597, 29598, 29609, 29735, 29854, 29857, 310 71, 31015601, 31015643

A method of connecting phases of a segmented stator electric machine includes providing a stator core. An end cap assembly is attached to the stator core. Winding wire is wound around the end cap assembly and the stator core to form a stator segment assembly. A plurality of the stator segment assemblies are assembled into a stator including first, second and third phases. A phase wire stitching machine is used to connect opposite ends of the winding wire of each of the stator segment assemblies to form the first, second and third phases of the stator. The phase wires can be attached to the stator segment assemblies using terminals, IDCs, hook terminals, and/or directly to the winding wire.

7111380, Sep 26, 2006

Apr 30, 2003

10/427450

Kent A. Sheeran - Festus MO, US
Payman Rassoolkhani - Maryland Heights MO, US
Paul G. Michaels - St. Louis MO, US

Emerson Electric Co. - St. Louis MO

H02K 15/00
H02K 15/14
H02K 15/16

29596, 29592, 29609, 29732, 29744, 310 71, 310194, 310216, 310218

A stator assembly that may be rounded into an annular form is disclosed that includes a plurality of stator segments where each stator segment defines a yoke portion and a stator tooth and a containment structure configured to position the stator segments relative to one another such that the stator segments do not physically touch one another and such that no magnetic circuit between adjacent stator segments is formed. Also disclosed is a method for forming a segmented stator, involving the steps of positioning a plurality of stator segment in a containment structure such that no magnetic circuit between adjacent stator segments is formed, forming a winding coil about at least some of the stator segments; and deforming the containment structure to form an annular stator and to establish a magnetic circuit between adjacent stator segments.

7342334, Mar 11, 2008

Oct 29, 2004

10/977252

Daniel E Hilton - St. Louis MO, US
Kent A Sheeran - Festus MO, US
Gary E Horst - Manchester MO, US

Emerson Electric Co. - St. Louis MO

H02K 3/50
H02K 15/12
H02K 3/34

310 71, 310 45, 310254, 310194

A stator for an electric machine includes stator teeth with powder coat insulation covering a portion of each tooth. An end cap with a routing element is positioned on one side of the stator. Wire extends around and contacts the powder coat insulation on the stator teeth and is routed via the routing element.

7345397, Mar 18, 2008

Sep 25, 2006

11/534705

Kent A. Sheeran - Festus MO, US
Payman Rassoolkhani - Maryland Heights MO, US
Paul G. Michaels - St. Louis MO, US

Emerson Electric Co. - St. Louis MO

H02K 1/06

310217, 310218

A stator segment for a stator assembly includes a stack of substantially identical laminations and a containment structure receiving a portion of the stacked laminations. The containment structure includes a flexible hinge element. The containment structure can include a first containment structure member having a first pocket for receiving a portion of the stack of substantially identical laminations and a second containment structure member having a second pocket for receiving a different portion of the stack of substantially identical laminations than the first pocket. In some embodiments, the stack of substantially identical laminations includes two ends and a middle portion extending between the ends. The containment structure can include a first containment structure member for capping one end of the stack of substantially identical laminations and a second containment structure member for capping the other end of the stack of substantially identical laminations.

7471025, Dec 30, 2008

Feb 12, 2008

12/029998

Kent A. Sheeran - Festus MO, US
Payman Rassoolkhani - Maryland Heights MO, US
Paul G. Michaels - St. Louis MO, US

Emerson Electric Co. - St. Louis MO

H02K 1/06

310217, 310218

A stator assembly has discrete stacks of laminations. A plurality of nonmagnetic containment structures define pockets. The stacks are at least partially received in the pockets and coupled to one another by the containment structure. The containment structures are moveable between a first configuration in which the stacks are separate from one another and a second configuration in which yokes of adjacent stacks are in physical contact with one another. In a method of making a stator assembly, a plurality of stator segments are positioned so each is received in one of a plurality of pockets in a containment structure. Coils are wound around each stator segment while the containment structure prevents the stator segment from having direct physical contact with another stator segment. The containment structure is reconfigured to bring the wound stator segments into contact with one another, thereby forming a closed magnetic circuit.

8508083, Aug 13, 2013

Jul 27, 2010

12/844525

Kent A. Sheeran - Festus MO, US
Charles J. Roessler - St. Louis MO, US
Ralph D. Furmanek - Ballwin MO, US
John H. Hussey - St. Louis MO, US

Nidec Motor Corporation - St. Louis MO

H02K 5/00

310 45

An electrical motor has been developed having an epoxy, which encapsulates a stator winding to protect the stator winding from the humid and damp atmosphere associated with a cooling tower. The electrical motor includes a stator core, a stator winding configured about the stator core, and an epoxy encapsulating at least an end portion of the stator winding, the epoxy enabling the stator winding to be isolated from an atmosphere surrounding a fan within in a cooling tower operated by the electrical motor in which the stator core and the stator winding are positioned.

2001000, Jul 5, 2001

Feb 22, 2001

09/790465

Kent Sheeran - Festus MO, US
Payman Rassoolkhani - Maryland Heights MO, US

Emerson Electric Co.

H02K005/04

310/071000, 310/089000

A shroud is provided for a dynamoelectric device such as an electric motor comprising a rotor and a wire wound stator, where the shroud fully contains the end turns of the stator wire windings, provides terminal connections for winding leads, and includes a circuitry compartment to house a temperature and current protective device.