Concatenated motor assembly
View Patent ↗A concatenated motor assembly for providing rotational power that includes a continuous rotatable shaft cooperating with a first motor module assembly. The first motor module assembly communicates with a motor coupling unit, which in turn communicates with a second motor module. The second motor module and the motor coupling unit each cooperate with the rotatable shaft. The first and second motor modules are wound rotor electric motor. The first motor module assembly generates and provides an induced current to the motor coupling unit, which in turn provides power input to the second motor module assembly.
1. A concatenated motor assembly comprising:
a first stator inducing a current in an adjacent first wound rotor, wherein the first wound rotor cooperates with a continuous shaft, and the shaft further communicates with a second wound rotor, the first stator and the first rotor forming a portion of a first motor module assembly, the first motor module assembly further having a first elongated housing forming a first central bore supporting a first power connection while confining a first motor having a first bearing assembly contiguous to the first central bore supporting the continuous rotatable shaft, the continuous rotatable shaft attached to the first rotatable rotor encompassed by the first stator restrained within the first bore of the first elongated housing, the first motor module assembly generating the induced current while rotating the continuous rotatable shaft; and
a motor coupling unit responsive to the current induced in the first wound rotor providing power to a second stator that is adjacent the second wound rotor.
2. The concatenated motor assembly of claim 1 , in which the second stator and the second rotor form a portion of a second motor module assembly.
3. The concatenated motor assembly of claim 2 , wherein the second motor module assembly further comprises a second elongated housing forming a second central bore supporting a second power connection while confining a second motor having a second bearing assembly contiguous the second central bore supporting the continuous rotatable shaft, the continuous rotatable shaft attached to the second rotatable rotor encompassed by the second stator restrained within the second bore of the second elongated housing, the second motor module assembly electrically connected to the motor coupling unit consuming the provided power to further rotate the continuous shaft.
4. The concatenated motor assembly of claim 3 , in which rotatable inner slips cooperate with fixed outer slips to form a portion of the motor coupling unit.
5. The concatenated motor assembly of claim 4 , wherein the motor coupling unit further comprises an elongated housing supporting a slip connector and supporting the continuous rotatable shaft, the continuous rotatable shaft attached to the rotatable inner slips encompassed by the fixed outer slips restrained within the elongated housing, the slip connector connecting a power connection to the inner slips, the motor coupling unit coupled to the first motor module assembly providing power in response to the induced current.
6. The concatenated motor assembly of claim 5 , in which the first motor module comprises a number of first poles, the second motor module comprises a number of second poles and in which the number of first poles differs from the number of second poles.
7. The concatenated motor assembly of claim 6 , in which the first motor module comprises at least one motor.
8. The concatenated motor assembly of claim 7 , in which the second motor module comprises at least one motor.
9. The concatenated motor assembly of claim 8 , wherein the generated induced current is electrical power derived from rotation of the first motor module assembly, and wherein the derived electrical power is the provided power consumed by the second motor module assembly to further rotate the continuous shaft.
10. A concatenated motor assembly comprising:
a continuous rotatable shaft;
a first motor module assembly cooperating with the continuous rotatable shaft providing an induced current while rotating the continuous rotatable shaft;
a motor coupling unit cooperating with the continuous rotatable shaft while communicating with the first motor module assembly receiving the induced current and providing power; and
a second motor module assembly communicating with the motor coupling unit while cooperating with the continuous rotatable shaft using the provided power to further rotate the continuous shaft.
11. The concatenated motor assembly of claim 10 , in which the continuous rotatable shaft further cooperating with a pump assembly.
12. The concatenated motor assembly of claim 11 , in which the pump assembly comprises a pump communicating with a seal assembly.
13. The concatenated motor assembly of claim 12 , in which the seal assembly cooperates with the continuous rotatable shaft and communicates with the second motor module assembly.