Hinetics

Hinetics is a clean technology startup focused on the development of high specific power, high efficiency electric motors and generators for electrified aircraft[1] and offshore wind turbine[2] applications. Hinetics' product portfolio is composed of both permanent magnet electric machines as well as lower TRL superconducting electric machines. The company was spun-off from the Haran Research Group,[3] led by Professor Kiruba Haran, at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 2017[4] to commercialize a slotless motor topology developed under a NASA NRA award.[5]

Hinetics is primarily funded through SBIR/STTR small business grants from NASA, the USAF's AFWERX, and the NSF. They have received more than $3 million from these entities to date[6] through Phase I, Phase II, and Phase III grants. In August 2022, the company was awarded the largest contract in ARPA-E's OPEN 2021 solicitation,[7] totaling $5.7 million,[8] to develop a 10 MW superconducting electric motor for electric aircraft propulsion.[9]

In May 2025, Hinetics demonstrated the world's first fully-integrated, cryogen-free superconducting electric machine.[10] The sub-scale demonstrator, nicknamed "Baby Yoda", consisted of an industrial motor retrofitted with a superconducting rotor having only electrical interfaces.[11] The elimination of rotary transfer couplings, auxiliary cryogenic infrastructure, rotating seals, vacuum ports, and additional balance of plant presents a step change in the commercial viability of superconducting technology.[12]

References

  1. ^ Lee, Dongsu; Balachandran, Thanatheepan; Sirimanna, Samith; Salk, Noah; Yoon, Andy; Xiao, Peter; Macks, Johanesen; Yu, Yangxue; Lin, Shannon; Schuh, Jonathon; Powell, Paige; Haran, Kiruba S. (2022). "Detailed Design and Prototyping of a High Power Density Slotless PMSM". IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications. 59 (2): 1719–1727. doi:10.1109/TIA.2022.3230379. ISSN 1939-9367. S2CID 254916345.
  2. ^ Balachandran, Thanatheepan; Lee, Dongsu; Salk, Noah; Xiao, Jianqiao; Haran, Kiruba S. (June 2020). "Evaluation and Mitigation of AC Losses in a Fully Superconducting Machine for Wind Turbine Applications". IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity. 30 (4): 1–5. Bibcode:2020ITAS...30S7015B. doi:10.1109/TASC.2020.2987015. ISSN 1558-2515.
  3. ^ "The DOE just went on a cleantech spending spree". Emerging Tech Brew. Retrieved 2023-02-16.
  4. ^ "Hinetics LLC - Company Profile and News". Bloomberg.com. Retrieved 2023-02-16.
  5. ^ Gipson, Lillian (2016-05-17). "ROA-2014 NRA Awards". NASA. Retrieved 2023-02-09.
  6. ^ "HINETICS LLC | SBIR.gov". www.sbir.gov. Retrieved 2023-02-16.
  7. ^ "DOE Announces $175 Million for Novel Clean Energy Technology Projects". Energy.gov. 14 February 2022. Retrieved 2023-02-16.
  8. ^ "DOE ARPA-E awards $10M to U of I researchers to develop clean enegy technologies". EurekAlert!. Retrieved 2023-02-16.
  9. ^ "CX-026424: Hinetics, LLC-Cryogen-free Ultra-high Field Superconducting Electric Motor (CRUISE Motor)". Energy.gov. Retrieved 2023-02-16.
  10. ^ "Hinetics Runs First Cryogen-Free Superconducting Electric Motor | Aviation Week Network". aviationweek.com. Retrieved 2025-08-04.
  11. ^ Communications, Grainger Engineering Office of Marketing and. "Hinetics unveils fully integrated cryogen-free superconducting motor". grainger.illinois.edu. Retrieved 2025-08-04.
  12. ^ "Electric Aircraft Motor Gets Superconducting Upgrade - IEEE Spectrum". spectrum.ieee.org. Retrieved 2025-08-04.

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