Jeffrey D Cameron

US Patent:

20220239204, Jul 28, 2022

Filed:

Jan 28, 2021

Appl. No.:

17/161121

Inventors:

- Dearborn MI, US
- Auburn Hills MI, US
Al Marrocco - Windsor, CA
Jeffrey Cameron - Lake Orion MI, US
Michael Mollan - Lake Orion MI, US

Assignee:

Ford Global Technologies, LLC - Dearborn MI
ABB Inc. - Auburn Hills MI

International Classification:

H02K 15/03
H02K 1/27
B25J 11/00
B25J 9/00

Abstract:

A rotor assembly system for a manufacturing cell includes a central robotic system comprising a multi-axial central robot and a conveyor platform and one or more multi-axial auxiliary robotic systems secured at one or more locations within the cell. The conveyor platform is operable to move the central robot within the cell. The central robotic system and the one or more auxiliary robotic systems are configured to perform a plurality of rotor manufacturing processes on at least one rotor component in coordination with one another, and the central robotic system is configured to transfer the at least one rotor component between one or more rotor manufacturing processes of the plurality of rotor manufacturing processes.

US Patent:

20220239206, Jul 28, 2022

Filed:

Jan 28, 2021

Appl. No.:

17/161175

Inventors:

- Dearborn MI, US
- Auburn Hills MI, US
Al Marrocco - Windsor, CA
Jeffrey Cameron - Lake Orion MI, US
Michael Mollan - Lake Orion MI, US

Assignee:

Ford Global Technologies, LLC - Dearborn MI
ABB Inc. - Auburn Hills MI

International Classification:

H02K 15/12

Abstract:

A method of securing magnetizable inserts within cores of an electric converter includes placing an assembly of rotor cores in a transfer molding press, the magnetizable inserts being disposed within cavities of the rotor cores and the cavities of the rotor cores being in fluid communication, placing a polymer preform proximate a central portion of the assembly of rotor cores, displacing the polymer preform such that the polymer preform changes state and flows radially and then axially through each of the cavities of the rotor cores, removing the assembly of rotor cores from the transfer molding press, and removing polymer waste from the assembly of rotor cores.