Abstract: A component mounting head has a holding unit including, for example, a suction nozzle for holding a component such as a TCP, and a camera. The camera simultaneously detects the position of a target reference mark and the TCP. An angle adjusting mechanism adjusts an angle of the holding unit based on a holding angle error, and a head moving mechanism moves the component mounting head based on the position of the target reference mark and the TCP, thereby positioning the TCP to the target position.

Abstract: In a spindle motor 1, a motor frame 21 is molded from a resin. Therefore, even if an impact is applied to a motor apparatus in which this motor 1 is installed, the impact can be absorbed and hence moderated by the motor frame 21, and ball bearings held by the motor frame 21 can be prevented from being deformed. In addition, since lead terminals 4 for feeding an armature are insert molded in a bottom portion 213 of the motor frame 21, there is no need to use a connector that prevents the miniaturization of the motor or an FPC board which may cause a risk of a wiring pattern being disconnected.

Abstract: Through-holes 14 are formed in an armature core 11, and engaging portions 21 are formed in an commutator unit 15 at positions corresponding to the through-holes 14. Positioning pins 23 are inserted into the through-holes 14 and the engaging portion 21 to exactly position the armature core 11 to the commutator unit 15. The coil terminals are soldered to risers 18 in a state that the under side of the risers 18 are supported by the tips 35 of legs 36 standing erect on a support tool 34, inserted through the open slots 33.

Abstract: When winding an armature coil start S of a winding is entwined around a riser R1, the wire is wound via a riser R4 around a salient pole P1 adjacent to the riser R4 and an opposed salient pole P2 to the salient pole P1 in order, and leads from a riser R3 through an opposed riser R6 to an adjacent salient pole P3 and an opposed salient pole P4. Next, it is passed to a riser R5 and is wound around an opposed riser R2, an adjacent salient pole P5, and a salient pole P6, then ends with the riser R4. A varistor 18 is inserted and three electrodes 19 are soldered to the corresponding risers R2, R4, and R6.

Abstract: An automatic ice making machine 1 includes an ice tray 2 for making ice cubes, ice separating means 5 for separating ice cubes from the ice tray 2 by turning the ice tray 2, and an ice storage container for storing separated ice cubes. A stepping motor 13 is used for a drive source for the driver unit 5. The automatic ice making machine further includes detecting means for detecting a predetermined position of the ice tray 2; and control means for controlling a drive of the stepping motor 13. When the ice tray 2 is returned to the water supply position, the control means determines a predetermined position of the ice tray 2 by use of a signal from the detecting means, and determines other positions of the ice tray 2 by the utilization of the number of steps of the motor counted from the predetermined position.

Abstract: A contact carriage 2 is movably provided in an opening 12 formed in a frame 11 having a card path 8 into which an IC card 9 is inserted, and of the opposed side faces defining the opening 12, the side face 13b which confronts a carriage movement reference surface 17 used when the contact carriage 2 moves in the opening 12 includes a flat portion 14a and a arcuately protruded portion 15a.

Abstract: A polarization separating element 1 is produced by forming a polydiacetylene derivative film 11 on the surface 101 of a glass substrate 10 as an optically isotropic substrate, and selectively irradiating the polydiacetylene derivative film 11 with ultraviolet rays to form a grating 12 which has periodic grooves and two hues and exhibits partially polarizing properties. In a light pickup device containing the polarization separating element 1 having partially polarizing properties, part of the light reflected on an optical disk reaches a receptor without fail even if the optical disk has birefringence, whereby the recorded information can be reproduced with no problem.

Abstract: A motor rotor 10 is formed as follows: First, in a first forging step, a hum manufacturing primary block 6A is formed. Next, a second forging step B is effected to form the primary blank 6A into a secondary blank 6B. In this step, a forging die is used to secure an annular yoke 34 to the inner cylindrical surface 61a of a hub cylindrical portion 61 by punching, in such a manner that both whole edges of the annular yoke are sealingly closed thereby. In the second forging step B, by drawing the inner cylindrical surface 34a of the annular yoke, its circularity is improved. The annular yoke can be secured to the hub cylindrical portion with use of an adhesive agent. Moreover, the annular yoke can be fixed in such a manner that it is accurately coaxial with the hub cylindrical portion. In addition, the gap between the annular yoke and the hub cylindrical portion can be eliminated.

Abstract: In one face of an annular permanent magnet 20, notch recesses 30 and 31 are formed in diameter directions which are different in phase by 90.degree. and used as positioning recesses 30 and fixing recesses 31. The positioning recesses 30 are positioned with respect to a mounting jig 41 by keys 61 which are similar to a magnetizing head, and fixed in the portions of the fixing recesses 31 by plastic working which is performed on an end face 62 of a case 18 by incision and bend cutters 48. Therefore, both the magnetization and the mounting can be performed by using the same reference, i.e., the positioning recesses 30 of the permanent magnet 20, and hence the accuracy of the magnetized positions can be ensured.

Abstract: A spindle motor includes a shaft 6 which is rotatably supported; a rotor casing 7 which is turned together with the shaft 6; and a turn table 9 which is fixedly mounted on one end portion of the shaft 6 and is rotated with a disk 10 mounted thereon. An eccentric member 12 is loosely fitted on the part of the shaft 12 which is located between the rotor casing 7 and the turn table 9. The eccentric member 12 is turned with the rotation of the rotor casing 7. In place of the eccentric member, a ball may be arranged which is rolled around the shaft.

Abstract: In a brushless motor (1), a stator base board (10) has three grooves (14) which are cut radially of a mounting hole (103). A core holder (32) holding a stator core (31) has three protrusions (33) which extend downwardly in the direction of the axis of the motor (1). Each of the protrusions (33) has a first engaging portion (331) having a width which is substantially equal to a width of the grooves (14), and a second engaging portion (332) which is semi-circularly protruded from the outer cylindrical surface of the first engaging portion (331). When each of the protrusions (33) is fitted in the respective cut portions (14), two gaps (34) are formed between the outer surfaces of the second engaging portion (332) and the inner surfaces of the cut portions (14). Through the gaps (34), coil terminals (351) are extended from the upper surface (102) of the stator base board (10) to the lower surface, and are then soldered to lands (43) of the wiring pattern.

Abstract: A sintered oil-impregnated bearing 20 used in a bearing device 30 is made by molding a mixture of a composite fine particles (main material) and a solid lubricant previously added to the main material in a proportion of about one weight percent to about three weight percent, wherein the main material comprises composite fine particles composed of iron powders having surfaces coated with copper, and the solid lubricant comprises fine particles made of an inorganic compound such as molybdenum disulfide and having surfaces coated with copper, sintering the mold at a temperature in a range of 650.degree. C. to 700.degree. C. to form a sintered body 20b, and impregnating the sintered body 20b with lubricant oil. Since the sintered body 20b itself has lubricity, the sintered oil-impregnated bearing is free from abrasion or seizure even if oil is used up.

Abstract: After a coil 24 is wound through an open slot 26 which forms a sufficient space for the winding operation of an armature core 10, a magnetic member 34 is inserted and mounted into the open slot 26 and is then engaged with and fixed to the umbrella portions 20 of the armature core 10. A gap 36 formed in the central portion of the open slot 26 operates to narrow a gap between the magnetic poles of mutually adjoining salient poles 16, which reduces not only the generation of cogging phenomena and vibrations but also variations in quality between products, that is, the armature cores 10 produced.

Abstract: In the motor (1), when a drive coil (17) is wound around a salient pole (114), the opening width of an armature core (11) is kept sufficiently large to be able to wind the drive coil (17) properly and easily. After the drive coil (17) is wound, a magnetic flux collecting plate (50) including a peripheral-direction extension portion (51) and an axial-direction extension portion (52) is mounted onto the outer peripheral surface (118) of a bow-shaped portion (117) of the salient pole (114.) In this mounting operation, two pawl-shaped positioning engagement portions (55) respectively formed in the magnetic flux collecting plate (50) are fitted into grooves (119) which are respectively formed in the upper and lower end faces of the armature core (11).

Abstract: A lateral pressure mechanism 4 for a motor has a first ring 5 which is fixed to a stator-side member 2 so as to surround a rotary shaft 50; a second ring 6 which is disposed inside the first ring so as to surround the rotary shaft 50, and which is radially movable inside the first ring 5; and a wire spring 7 which is bridged between two engaging portions 11 and 13 of the first ring 5 so that an intermediate part abuts against the outer peripheral surface of the second ring.

Abstract: Odd- and even-numbered conductors of recording electrodes, for example, first or second recording electrodes, are divided in the direction in which the conductor at the time of winding are stacked up to form different layers so as to increase the distance between the conductors of the adjoining recording electrodes and reduce the floating electrostatic capacitance.

Abstract: An objective lens actuator including an objective lens holding body for holding an objective lens, and a sheetlike drive coil arranged on an outer circumferential surface of the objective lens holding body. The objective lens holding body is rotatable about a shaft and slidable along the shaft, and a vibration absorbing member is interposed between a portion of the objective lens holding body and the sheetlike drive coil, the portion being opposite to the objective lens with the shaft interposed therebetween.

Abstract: In the stage of winding a drive coil (17) on salient poles (114) in the assembling of a motor (1), the opening width of an armature core (11) is wide enough to allow easy and proper winding of the drive coil (17). After the winding of the drive coil (17), opening-width adjusting members (50A) are put within open slots (100), to thereby reduce the opening width of the armature core (11) at the flux gathering parts (54A) and (55A) of the opening-width adjusting member (50A). The opening-width adjusting member (50A) is positioned and fixed, by its elasticity, within each open slot.

Abstract: A disk driving device including a hub which rotatably supports a disk with the aid of bearings, a yoke which is fixedly secured to the hub so as to be turned together with the hub, a drive magnet unit which is fixedly mounted on the inner cylindrical surface of a cylindrical portion of the yoke, and a stator core confronted with the drive magnet unit. In the device, the yoke includes a bent portion and the hub includes a flange which protrudes below and outwardly from a disk mounting portion of the hub and which has an upper surface having an inner diameter substantially equal to an inner diameter of the bent portion of the yoke. The flange is located below a disk mounting portion, and the flange is fixedly held between the inner surface of the bent portion of the yoke and the upper end face of the drive magnet unit.

Abstract: An objective lens driving device includes drive coils mounted on one of a lens holder bearing an objective lens and a stationary member; magnets mounted on the other in such a manner that said drive coils are confronted with the magnets, and the lens holder is moved in a focusing direction and a tracking direction by application of current to the drive coils; and magnetic pieces arranged in magnetic circuits including the magnets, so that magnetic attraction forces acting on the magnetic pieces produce restoring forces two-dimensionally in the focusing direction and in the tracking direction to hold the objective lens at a neutral point. The magnetic pieces are so arranged that, at the neutral point, the drive coils are confronted straightly with the magnets.