Abstract: A positioning actuator includes a stator assembly and a rotor, a printed circuit provided with electronic components, as well as a reduction gear for driving a rotary member. It includes two complementary blocks, the first block being made up of a shell having thermal conductivity no lower than 1 W/m/K, the first block including the reduction gear and having a passage for the output shaft of the reducing gear as well as an open opposing surface; the second block being formed by overmoulding the stator assembly and having a rear bearing recess for the rotor, the second block having a joining surface which complements a joining surface of the first block. The actuator also includes the electronic circuit which is positioned in a space defined between the first and second blocks. The disclosure also relates to a method for manufacturing such an actuator.

Abstract: An electrically controlled valve for the circulation of hot fluids is made up of an electromagnetic actuator and a valve. The valve has an opening provided with a movable sealing member driven by a rotation shaft perpendicular to the axis of the opening, the electromagnetic actuator driving the rotation of the shaft, the output shaft of the actuator being substantially coaxial with the rotation shaft. The front end of the rotation shaft and the front end of the output shaft are not in direct contact. The coupling between the rotation shaft of the valve and the output shaft of the actuator is provided by a coupling member placed between the front end of the output shaft and the front end of the shaft. The coupling member transmitting rotation torque with a misalignment tolerance between the output shaft and the rotation shaft of the valve. The valve also having thermally insulation for mechanical connection between peripheral areas of the body of the actuator and the body of the valve.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to a motoreducer consisting of a casing including a brushless motor having at least two electrical phases, a rotor rotating on an axle, and composed of a stator assembly having at least two poles each bearing coils the winding axes of which are spaced apart by a mechanical angle smaller than 180° and extend radially, and a gear train. The gear train includes: a first axle placed in the angular space formed between the two poles, the first axle bearing a first assembly formed by a coupled pinion and toothed wheel, the toothed wheel being placed above the pinion and having a radius larger than the pinion, the toothed wheel meshing with an input pinion rotating on the axle of the rotor, the toothed wheel being placed above the poles bearing the coils, all the axles of the gear train being parallel to one another and parallel to the axle of the rotor. The gear train has at least one axle bearing two toothed wheels/pinion assemblies rotating on the axle.

Abstract: An electronic actuator is made up of a polyphase brushless motor comprising a rotor provided with permanent magnets and secured to an output shaft, and a stator supporting coils and providing the magnetic drive of the rotor, a first electrical connection assembly powering the coils, said stator being built into a stator module made up of a material which coats the wound stator as well as the first electrical connection assembly. The rotor is built into a rotor module made up of a flange coating a bearing that guides the shaft of the rotor. The stator module and the rotor module have elements for indexing and for attachment relative to one another.

Abstract: A mechatronic assembly drives a member intended to be linked to a DC electrical power source and to an ECU control unit. The ECU includes a computer for executing a feedback control algorithm delivering an item of direction and torque information. The assembly includes an actuator formed by a brushless polyphase electric motor having N phases, binary detection probes for detecting the position of the rotor of the motor, an electronic circuit comprising a power bridge for powering the N phases of the motor. It further includes an onboard electronic control circuit without a microcontroller, computer and memory of which the input receives the item of direction and torque information from the ECU and of which the output controls the power bridge directly modulating the current of the DC electrical power source applied to each of the phases of the motor, and the torque and direction information provided by the ECU is separate from the power signal delivered only by the power source.

Abstract: A hybrid electric machine includes N phases (N?1), each phase having first and second assemblies movable relative to one another and each having a set of teeth made up of a number of teeth that are equally distributed according to a plurality of periods, in which: a. the first assembly is made up of two magnetized parts, each including a magnet magnetically coupled with two toothed yokes, the magnet of one of the magnetized parts being polarized along the same axis but in the opposite direction to the polarization of the magnet of the second magnetized part; b. the second assembly including at least two toothed zones with pitches identical to the pitch of the toothed yokes; c. one of the assemblies has at least two sets of teeth in phase, and the other assembly has at least two sets of teeth which are out of phase by a half-period.

Abstract: A mechatronic assembly for linearly driving a member includes a control unit and an actuator, the control unit including a control algorithm and a power bridge, the algorithm controlling the power bridge, the power bridge providing a bifilar electrical signal consisting of a torque signal and a direction signal, the actuator including an electric motor which does not have an N-phase multiphase brush, binary probes for detecting the position of the rotor of the motor, a device for transforming the rotational movement of the rotor into a linear movement of the control member, power switches capable of powering the N phases of the motor on the basis of the bifilar electrical signal, and the state of the power switches is controlled directly by a signal from the detection probes.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to a motoreducer consisting of a casing including a brushless motor having at least two electrical phases, a rotor rotating on an axle, and composed of a stator assembly having at least two poles each bearing coils the winding axes of which are spaced apart by a mechanical angle smaller than 180° and extend radially, and a gear train. The gear train includes: a first axle placed in the angular space formed between the two poles, the first axle bearing a first assembly formed by a coupled pinion and toothed wheel, the toothed wheel being placed above the pinion and having a radius larger than the pinion, the toothed wheel meshing with an input pinion rotating on the axle of the rotor, the toothed wheel being placed above the poles bearing the coils, all the axles of the gear train being parallel to one another and parallel to the axle of the rotor. The gear train has at least one axle bearing two toothed wheels/pinion assemblies rotating on the axle.

Abstract: An electrically controlled valve for the circulation of hot fluids is made up of an electromagnetic actuator and a valve. The valve has an opening provided with a movable sealing member driven by a rotation shaft perpendicular to the axis of the opening, the electromagnetic actuator driving the rotation of the shaft, the output shaft of the actuator being substantially coaxial with the rotation shaft. The front end of the rotation shaft and the front end of the output shaft are not in direct contact. The coupling between the rotation shaft of the valve and the output shaft of the actuator is provided by a coupling member placed between the front end of the output shaft and the front end of the shaft. The coupling member transmitting rotation torque with a misalignment tolerance between the output shaft and the rotation shaft of the valve. The valve also having thermally insulation for mechanical connection between peripheral areas of the body of the actuator and the body of the valve.

Abstract: A positioning actuator includes a stator assembly and a rotor, a printed circuit provided with electronic components, as well as a reduction gear for driving a rotary member. It includes two complementary blocks, the first block being made up of a shell having thermal conductivity no lower than 1 W/m/K, the first block including the reduction gear and having a passage for the output shaft of the reducing gear as well as an open opposing surface; the second block being formed by overmoulding the stator assembly and having a rear bearing recess for the rotor, the second block having a joining surface which complements a joining surface of the first block. The actuator also includes the electronic circuit which is positioned in a space defined between the first and second blocks. The disclosure also relates to a method for manufacturing such an actuator.

Abstract: A polyphase electric motor includes a stator having at least three coils and made up of 12.K radially extending teeth, and a rotor having 5.K pairs of magnetic poles, K being equal to 1 or 2. The rotor includes a core made of a ferromagnetic material and has an alternation of 5K magnetized poles, and 5K non-magnetized salient poles. The stator has teeth with rectangular or trapezoidal cross-sections converging towards the center of the motor.

Abstract: A mechatronic assembly drives a member intended to be linked to a DC electrical power source and to an ECU control unit. The ECU includes a computer for executing a feedback control algorithm delivering an item of direction and torque information. The assembly includes an actuator formed by a brushless polyphase electric motor having N phases, binary detection probes for detecting the position of the rotor of the motor, an electronic circuit comprising a power bridge for powering the N phases of the motor. It further includes an onboard electronic control circuit without a microcontroller, computer and memory of which the input receives the item of direction and torque information from the ECU and of which the output controls the power bridge directly modulating the current of the DC electrical power source applied to each of the phases of the motor, and the torque and direction information provided by the ECU is separate from the power signal delivered only by the power source.

Abstract: An electronic actuator is made up of a polyphase brushless motor comprising a rotor provided with permanent magnets and secured to an output shaft, and a stator supporting coils and providing the magnetic drive of the rotor, a first electrical connection assembly powering the coils, said stator being built into a stator module made up of a material which coats the wound stator as well as the first electrical connection assembly. The rotor is built into a rotor module made up of a flange coating a bearing that guides the shaft of the rotor. The stator module and the rotor module have elements for indexing and for attachment relative to one another.

Abstract: A mechatronic assembly for driving a member, includes a control unit and an actuator, the control unit having a servo control algorithm and a power bridge, the algorithm controlling the power bridge, the power bridge outputting a bifilar electric signal consisting of a power signal and a direction signal, the actuator including a polyphase brushless electric motor having n-phases, binary sensors for detecting the position of the rotor of the motor, power switches being capable of powering the n-phases of the motor using the bifilar electric signal, and a state of the power switches being controlled directly by a signal from the detection sensors.

Abstract: A hybrid electric machine includes N phases (N?1), each phase having first and second assemblies movable relative to one another and each having a set of teeth made up of a number of teeth that are equally distributed according to a plurality of periods, in which: a. the first assembly is made up of two magnetised parts, each including a magnet magnetically coupled with two toothed yokes, the magnet of one of the magnetised parts being polarised along the same axis but in the opposite direction to the polarisation of the magnet of the second magnetised part; b. the second assembly including at least two toothed zones with pitches identical to the pitch of the toothed yokes; c. one of the assemblies has at least two sets of teeth in phase, and the other assembly has at least two sets of teeth which are out of phase by a half-period.

Abstract: A mechatronic assembly for linearly driving a member includes a control unit and an actuator, the control unit including a control algorithm and a power bridge, the algorithm controlling the power bridge, the power bridge providing a bifilar electrical signal consisting of a torque signal and a direction signal, the actuator including an electric motor which does not have an N-phase multiphase brush, binary probes for detecting the position of the rotor of the motor, a device for transforming the rotational movement of the rotor into a linear movement of the control member, power switches capable of powering the N phases of the motor on the basis of the bifilar electrical signal, and the state of the power switches is controlled directly by a signal from the detection probes.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to a three-phase electric motor that uses high magnetic energy permanent magnets and that has a low detent torque. The motor consists of a rotor with N pairs of poles and of a stator portion with teeth extending radially from an annular gear. The teeth have windings and the ends thereof comprise an arc of circle, the middle of which is located on a radius R1 and two sides defining an alpha angle, the vertex of which is located on a radius R2. The ratio R2/R1 is substantially equal to (1+/?0.26/N), and the alpha angle is between 110 and 135°.

Abstract: An angular position sensor includes a moving element consisting of at least one essentially cylindrical permanent magnet turning about it axis, at least two magnetosensitive elements and at least one processing circuit furnishing a signal dependent on the absolute position of the moving element The magnetosensitive elements are located essentially at the same point and in that they measure the tangential component of the magnetic field and the radial and/or axial component of the magnetic field for furnishing 2 sinusoidal signals that are essentially 90° out of phase.

Abstract: An electromagnetic actuator including a fixed stator having two poles. The stator includes one or two excitation coils. The actuator further includes a mobile part provided with thin permanent magnets magnetized along an air gap direction. The mobile member includes at least two independent elements which are each mobile along directions parallel to the air gap plane intersection and the fixed stator median plane, in opposite directions. Each of the mobile parts has three thin magnets alternately magnetized, which are either integral or not with a yoke made of soft material. The thin magnets of the mobile elements are magnetized along a direction opposite to the corresponding thin magnets of the second mobile element or of the adjacent element, the yokes defining with a fixed stator part a yoke.