Abstract: A rotor includes a circular rotor core, a plurality of ? magnets, and ring-shaped Z magnets. The rotor core has a plurality of magnet holding sections formed radially with a rotating shaft as the center. The ? magnets are contained in and held by the magnet holding sections such that the same magnetic poles of adjacent magnets face each other in a circumferential direction of the rotor core. The rotor core is such that N-poles and S-poles are alternately formed in a circumferential direction of an outer circumferential surface of the rotor core. The Z magnets are such that N-poles and S-poles are alternately formed circularly on an opposed face of the auxiliary magnet facing an end face of the rotor core in a direction of the rotating shaft.

Abstract: Provided is a brushed motor in which noise in a high rotational speed range is effectively decreased. A bar-shaped flat attachment 28 of synthetic resin is inserted along an axial line L into an opening of a slot 16 formed in a core 14 of a rotor 7, and fixed with respect to the core 14 and/or windings 17 using adhesive agent. The flat attachment 28 has side surfaces 28b and an inner peripheral surface 28c. The side surfaces 28b are engaged from an inner peripheral side with inclined surfaces 15a of teeth 15 adjacent to each other across the opening of the slot 16. The inner peripheral surface 28c of the flat attachment 28 has two ridges 28d protruding therefrom which are abutted against the windings 17. The flat attachment 28 closes the opening of the slot 16 and shapes an outer peripheral surface 14a of the core 14 into a flat cross sectional shape suitable for suppression of wind noise.

Abstract: A gearbox includes: a gearbox main body made of resin that constitutes a part of a speed reducer to which a motor is mounted; and a terminal that conducts power supplied from an external source to the motor. The gearbox main body includes a through hole formed to correspond to a mold that is used to maintain a position of the terminal while the terminal is being integrated with the gearbox main body by insert molding. The through hole may function as a vent hole in the gearbox main body.

Abstract: A rotor includes: a rotor core; a plurality of magnets; and an adhesive that adhesively bonds the magnet to the rotor core. The magnets are housed in the magnet holders such that the same magnetic poles of adjacent magnets face each other in a circumferential direction of the rotor core. The adhesive includes: a first adhesive part that adhesively bonds two interior surfaces of the magnet holder facing the circumferential direction to the magnet and that reaches one of ends of the magnet in a direction of axis of the magnet; and a second adhesive part that adhesively bonds, on a side of one of end surfaces of the rotor core in a direction of axis of the rotor core, said end surface of the rotor core to an end surface of the magnet in an axial direction of the magnet and that is connected to the first adhesive part.

Abstract: A control device for controlling a motor is provided with: a first reception unit receiving a target value of a rotational speed of the motor; a second reception unit receiving speed information concerning the rotational speed of the motor; a control amount signal output unit determining the control amount based on the speed information and a target value and outputting the control amount signal; and a switch signal output unit outputting, based on the control amount for causing a decrease in the rotational speed due to the brake and indicated by the speed information to reach the target value, a switch signal for switching a torque generation direction of the motor.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method for linking a flexible member that is displaced in a predetermined direction and a fixed member linked with the flexible member. The method includes a flexible member supporting step of sandwiching and supporting the flexible member by a first section of a plate-like link member fixed and held to the fixed member and a second section of the link member opposing the first section; and a joining step of joining at least one of the first section and the second section with the flexible member in a contact area in which the first and the second sections contact the flexible member, at a position spaced apart by a predetermined distance from a vibration transmitted end portion to which vibrations of the flexible member are transmitted.

Abstract: A rotor having a core with a novel configuration, where the rotor is provided with a first component having a plurality of teeth radially disposed about a rotating axis, a coil wound on the plurality of teeth, and a tubular second component fixed to the first component so as to connect distal ends of the plurality of teeth. The first component and the second component constitute a core. The second component has a multilayer structure of a plurality of laminated steel sheets.

Abstract: A motor addresses the problem of a decrease in usability due to the use of a complex structure on a counterpart mechanism on which the motor is mounted, the complex structure being used to prevent rotation of the motor on the counterpart mechanism while centering the motor shaft. The motor includes: a rotor with a shaft; a housing covering an outer periphery of the rotor; and an end plate covering an end portion of the housing in an axial direction of the rotor. The end plate includes a protruding portion for enabling external contact protruding in a direction in which the shaft extends. The protruding portion has an outer peripheral surface having a non-circular shape in a cross section perpendicular to the direction in which the shaft extends, and has an opening through a face thereof opposing the shaft.

Abstract: The present invention is a structure of an electrical connection portion formed by thermal bonding of a terminal 53 of a current-carrying component 50 of a motor and a winding wire 30. The terminal 53 includes a lock portion 53a positioned on a base end side and a fusion portion 53b positioned on a distal end side. The winding wire 30 includes a binding portion 31 wound around the lock portion 53a and has a one end portion 36 coupled to a molten ball 55 generated at the fusion portion 53b; and a coupling wire portion 33 tightly stretched from a main winding wire portion 34 of the motor disposed in a wound state and continuous to the other end portion of the binding portion 31. The one end portion 36 of the binding portion 31 is in a state where tension pulling the coupling wire portion 33 to the main winding wire portion 34 side does not act.

Abstract: A motor includes a brush holder fitted into an opening portion of a cylindrical housing in which a rotor is housed, and a terminal fixed to the brush holder. The brush holder includes a holder section inserted into the opening portion of the housing, a connector section that is provided in a position protruding from an outer edge portion of the holder section in a radial direction and that is connected to an external terminal, and a linking section that links the holder section and the connector section. The terminal is fixed to the linking section.

Abstract: A motor includes: an end bell mounted on an opening of a cylindrical rotor housing for housing a rotor and is provided with a power-feeding path to the rotor; and a choke coil connected in the middle of the power-feeding path. The choke coil overlaps at least a part of the rotor housing as viewed from outside the rotor housing in a radial direction and as viewed in a direction perpendicular to an axial direction, and is arranged such that a longitudinal direction thereof extends along a direction parallel to a rotating shaft of the motor.

Abstract: A motor includes a cylindrical rotor housing that contains a rotor, a brush holder mounted to an opening of the rotor housing, an end plate, having an electrically conductive part, which holds the brush holder in between the end plate and the rotor housing, and a grounding mechanism that realizes a ground connection to both a part of wiring led to a brush, provided in the brush holder, and the end plate. The grounding mechanism is provided in a region where the brush holder faces the end plate.

Abstract: A phase control circuit for a brushless motor includes a signal output unit that outputs M signals, whose phases differ from each other, in response to a change in the magnetic field resulting from the rotation of magnets placed in a rotor, and a control signal generator that generates two or more different kinds of group of phase control signals, based on at least the M signals, the group of phase control signals being used to control drive voltages, whose phases differ from each other, which are supplied to each phase of an N-phase coil (N being an integer greater than or equal to two). The control signal generator is configured such that a first phase control signal group and a second phase control signal group can be generated.

Abstract: A brushless motor includes: a rotor including a magnet; and a stator including at its center a space for placing the rotor. The rotor includes: a rotor core; and a plurality of magnets. The rotor core includes a plurality of magnet holders radially formed around a rotating shaft. The magnets are housed in the magnet holders such that the same magnetic poles of adjacent magnets face each other in a circumferential direction of the rotor core, and the stator includes a plurality of teeth formed toward the center to face the rotor. Given that a radius of curvature of an outer circumference of the rotor core is R, a width of an end of the teeth in a circumferential direction is W, and a maximum outer diameter of the rotor core is L, 0.9?R/W?4.2 and R<L/2 are met.

Abstract: Provided are a rotor, a manufacturing method of the rotor, and a DC motor including the rotor, the rotor including: a core around which a winding is wound, the core being rotatable integrally with a shaft; a commutator being fixed to the shaft and having a terminal to be connected to one end of the winding; and a conduction plate being externally fitted onto the shaft via an insulator part between the terminal of the commutator and the core, the conduction plate having a connection part to be connected to the other end of the winding, wherein an axial direction position of the connection part is set in an intermediate portion that is between a winding projection of the winding and the terminal.

Abstract: An armature includes a core having a plurality of teeth, which are radially formed with a rotation axis as the center, a plurality of coils where each coil is wound around each set of teeth containing at least two teeth. The plurality of coils have a plurality of inside coils placed on a rotation axis side of the teeth and a plurality of outside coils placed outside the inside coils. The plurality of inside coils are circularly arranged so that inside coils adjacent to each other are not wound around the same tooth. The plurality of outside coils are circularly arranged so that outside coils adjacent to each other are not wound around the same tooth. The outside coils are wound around a second set of combinations of teeth, which are different from a first set of combinations of teeth around which the inside coils are wound.

Abstract: A worm gear includes a worm formed with a through hole through which a shaft transmitting the rotation of a motor is inserted, and a worm wheel configured to mesh with the worm and transmit the rotation to an output shaft. Given that a normal pitch is denoted by E and a width of a recess in the direction of a worm axis by H, the worm is configured such that H/E?0.6 (1) is met.

Abstract: A gear box includes a gear box body of a reducer to which a motor is mounted. The gear box body includes a worm, wheel holding section where a worm wheel of the reducer is held, and a motor holding section, where a part of the motor is contained, the motor holding section having a motor mounting opening. The motor holding section is configured such that a bottom of the motor holding section is provided in a region between a line L1 and a line L2. Here, the line L1 passes through the center C of the worm wheel holding section and is perpendicular to the axis line X of a motor shaft. The line L2 is a tangent line passing through an outer edge portion located near a circular outer peripheral wall of the worm wheel holding section on a motor side and is perpendicular to the axis line X of the motor shaft.

Abstract: A rotor includes: a circular rotor core; and a plurality of ? magnets. The ? magnets are contained in a magnet holding sections such that the same magnetic pole of one magnet as that of another magnet adjacent to said one magnet faces the same magnet pole of the adjacent magnet in circumferential directions of the rotor core. Given that the number of magnetic poles of the rotor is denoted by P, the maximum outside diameter of the rotor core is denoted by Dr [mm], and the thickness of the plate-like magnet in a circumferential direction of the rotor core is denoted by Lm [mm], the following inequality (2) is satisfied: 0.665×10?4×P2?0.28×10?2×P+0.577×10?1<(Lm/Dr)<3.38×10?4×P2?1.86×10?2×P+3.36×10?1??(2).

Abstract: A worm wheel (50) is structured integrally with an output shaft (52). The worm wheel (50) includes the output shaft (52), a circular flange (50a) with the output shaft (52) placed as the center, and teeth (50b) formed on the periphery of the flange (50a) and in mesh with a worm. The flange (50a) is provided with a first recessed flange portion (50c) opposite to the side of the output shaft (52), and the bottom (54) of the first recessed flange portion (50c) has a ring-shaped first planar portion (54a).