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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 16, 2004
Filed:
Jul. 03, 2002
John S. Hsu, Oak Ridge, TN (US);
Gui-Jia Su, Knoxville, TN (US);
Donald J. Adams, Knoxville, TN (US);
James M. Nagashima, Cerritos, CA (US);
Constantin Stancu, Anaheim, CA (US);
Douglas S. Carlson, Hawthorne, CA (US);
Gregory S. Smith, Woodland Hills, CA (US);
UT-Battelle, LLC, Oak Ridge, TN (US);
Abstract
A method for making a motor and auxiliary devices with a unified stator body comprises providing a piece of material ( ) having an area larger than a cross section of the stator ( ), removing material from the piece of material ( ) to form a pattern for a cross section of a core ( ) for the stator, and removing material from the piece of material ( ) outside the cross section of the core of the stator ( ) to allow positioning of cores ( ) for supporting windings ( ) of least one additional electromagnetic device, such as a transformer ( ) in a dc-to-dc converter ( ) that provides a low. voltage dc output. An article of manufacture made according to the invention is also disclosed and apparatus made with the method and article of manufacture are also disclosed.