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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 15, 2019
Filed:
Apr. 06, 2016
Regal Beloit America, Inc., Beloit, WI (US);
Shailesh Prabhakar Waikar, Fort Wayne, IN (US);
Kamron Mark Wright, Fort Wayne, IN (US);
Ahmad Mohammad Ghannam, Toledo, OH (US);
Ryan Keith Stephens, Fort Wayne, IN (US);
Steven Albert Nardin, Fort Wayne, IN (US);
Xiaohui Ji, Fort Wayne, IN (US);
Peter Bruff Lytle, Fort Wayne, IN (US);
Regal Beloit America, Inc., Beloit, WA (US);
Abstract
An electric motor assembly includes an electric motor, a casing configured to house the motor, and an electrical enclosure coupled to the motor casing. The electrical enclosure houses a control board including a microcontroller and a memory device therein. The microcontroller is configured to control the electric motor based at least in part on motor configuration data stored in the memory device. The assembly also includes a near field communications (NFC) antenna positioned adjacent to an opening defined in the motor casing or the electronics enclosure, and is communicatively coupled to the memory device. The NFC antenna is configured to: receive a radio signal transmitted by an external programming device, the radio signal including updated motor configuration data; convert the radio signal to an electrical signal that includes the updated motor configuration data; and transmit the electrical signal to the memory device to store the updated motor configuration data.