Abstract: A rotor includes a magnet, a rotor core having an axially extending hole in which the magnet is accommodated, and a resin in the hole. The rotor core includes a first block and a second block that is arrayed in an axial direction together with the first block and is arranged such that a circumferential position of the hole is shifted with respect to the first block. Each of the first and second blocks has a resin groove that communicates with the hole included in each block, extends axially, and receives the resin. The resin groove of the first block and the resin groove of the second block are at least partially overlapped and connected in the axial direction, or are connected via the resin groove included in at least one other block disposed between the first and second blocks in the axial direction.

Abstract: A motor includes a rotor that includes a shaft along a central axis extending in a vertical direction, a stator that includes coils and opposes the rotor in a radial direction, a casing that supports the rotor and the stator, and a terminal attached to the casing and electrically connected to lead wires extending from the coils. The terminal includes a lead wire terminal portion that is in contact with the lead wire, an external terminal portion that is electrically connected to the lead wire terminal portion and extends toward an outside of the casing, and a holding portion that holds the lead wire terminal portion and the external terminal portion.

Abstract: A control device includes a reaction force controller to generate an input torque input to the control target and control a reaction force transmitted from a steering wheel to a steering person, an assist controller to generate a correction torque to correct the input torque based on an output of the control target and a nominal model, and a state feedback circuit to feed back a state compensation value to the input torque based on the output of the control target. The assist controller is configured or programmed such that the transfer function of the control target is constrained by the transfer function of the nominal model in the frequency band where the gain in the gain characteristic of the complementary sensitivity function with respect to the modeling error between the control target and the nominal model is approximately 1.

Abstract: A motor housing includes a bearing holder that holds a first bearing and accommodates a rotor and a stator. A second bearing is disposed inside a motor shaft at one axial end portion of the motor shaft and has lower electric resistance than the first bearing. The conductive member electrically connects the second bearing to a motor housing. The radially outer end portion of the second bearing is in contact with the inner peripheral surface of the motor shaft. The contact portion of the conductive member is in contact with the radially inner end portion of the second bearing. The fixed portion is fixed to the motor housing radially outward of the motor shaft. A bridge portion connects the contact portion and the fixed portion.

Abstract: A motor assembly includes a housing, a first substrate, a second substrate, and a cover. The housing includes a tubular portion that accommodates a motor whose axis of rotation extends in the vertical direction. The first substrate opposes the radial outer end surface of the tubular portion in the radial direction. The second substrate extends perpendicularly to the axial direction and is above the motor. The cover includes a first cover portion that covers the radial outer end surface of the first substrate, and a second cover portion that covers the upper surface of the second substrate. The outer edge of the first cover portion as viewed from the radial direction and the outer edge of the second cover portion as viewed from the axial direction come into contact with the housing via a seal.

Abstract: An impeller for a centrifugal fan rotatable about a central axis extending in an axial direction includes a hub portion expanding radially outward about the central axis, and wings on a radially outer side of the hub portion. A cross-sectional shape of the wing in a circumferential direction is a wing shape.

Abstract: A vibrating motor includes a stationary portion, a movable element having a magnet member and capable of vibrating in a first direction, and an elastic member. The stationary portion has a coil that applies a driving force to the magnet member when the coil is energized, and a case that accommodates the movable element and the coil therein. The movable element has a holder member that holds one end portion in the first direction of the magnet member. The elastic member is connected to the holder member. The case has a case notch. The case notch is notched toward the other side in the first direction from one end in the first direction of the case. The holder member has a holder notch that is notched toward one side in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction. The case notch and the holder notch overlap as viewed in the second direction.

Abstract: A motor includes a casing including a wall portion and a bottom portion on an outside of the wall portion in an axial direction. The bottom portion includes a bearing holding portion in a center region of the bottom portion, and a base portion between the wall portion and the bearing holding portion. The base portion includes a plate-shaped portion and a protrusion portion in the plate-shaped portion. The protrusion portion includes a first protrusion portion protruding from an outer surface on an outside of the plate-shaped portion in the axial direction toward an outside of the casing in the axial direction, and a second protrusion portion protruding from an inner surface of the plate-shaped portion in the axial direction toward an inside of the casing. The first protrusion portion and the second protrusion portion oppose each other.

Abstract: A motor includes a stator, a rotor, and a magnetic sensor. The stator includes an annular stator core. The stator core surrounds a central axis extending in an axial direction. The rotor is rotatable about the central axis. The rotor includes a first magnet, a second magnet, and a spacer. The first magnet is outward in a radial direction with respect to the stator core. The second magnet extends in one axial direction with respect to the first magnet and the stator core. The spacer is between the first magnet and the second magnet in the axial direction. The magnetic sensor detects a magnetic force of the second magnet. The spacer is made of a non-magnetic material.

Abstract: In a control device to control a motor in an electric power steering apparatus including the motor, processor executes, according to a program calculation of a target assist torque by performing proportional integral (PI) control based on a target steering wheel angle and a steering angle, and control of the motor based on the target assist torque. A gain of an integrator used for integral (I) control of the PI control is variable.

Abstract: In a rotor, magnetic poles having a pair of first magnets and second magnets are provided along a circumferential direction. The magnetic pole includes a pair of first flux barrier portions radially outside the first magnets, and a pair of second flux barrier portions between the pair of first flux barrier portions in the circumferential direction. The first flux barrier portion has a first end close to the adjacent second flux barrier portion. The second flux barrier portion has a second end close to the adjacent first flux barrier portion. A relative position of the first end in the circumferential direction with respect to a circumferential center of the magnetic pole is different between the adjacent magnetic poles. A relative position of the second end in the circumferential direction with respect to the circumferential center of the magnetic pole is different between the adjacent magnetic poles.

Abstract: A motor assembly includes a motor, a controller on one side in an axial direction of the motor, and a motor cover between the motor and the controller in the axial direction. The controller includes a screw. The screw includes a head portion located on one side in the axial direction of the motor cover and a screw portion extending from the head portion to the one side in the axial direction. The motor cover opposes the head portion in the axial direction. A length of the screw in the axial direction is longer than a distance between the controller and the motor cover in the axial direction. The motor includes a pin extending to the one side in the axial direction. The motor cover includes a hole portion into which the pin is inserted. The screw is at a position shifted from the hole portion as viewed in the axial direction.

Abstract: A motor includes a rotor rotatable in a circumferential direction around a center axis extending vertically, a stator to rotate the rotor, a lead wire connected to the stator, and a housing covering the rotor and the stator from a radially outer side. The housing includes a first housing located on a first side in an axial direction, and a second housing located on a second side in the axial direction. The first housing includes a wiring convex portion protruding toward the second side in the axial direction. The second housing includes a wiring recess that is recessed toward the second side in the axial direction and penetrates in a radial direction. The wiring convex portion is located in the wiring recess. The wiring convex portion includes a tip surface opposing the second side. The wiring recess includes a bottom surface opposing the first side.

Abstract: A cooling device includes a first cooling section, a second cooling section, a first pump section, a second pump section, a branch section, a first flow path section, a second flow path section, a merging section, and a connection section. The branch section branches a refrigerant into two. The first flow path section connects the first cooling section and the first pump section, and one portion of the refrigerant passes through the first flow path section. The second flow path section connects the second cooling section and the second pump section, and another portion of the refrigerant passes through the second flow path section. The merging section merges the refrigerant having passed through each of the first flow path section and the second flow path section. The connection section connects the first and second flow path sections between the branch section and the merging section.

Abstract: A drive apparatus includes: a motor having a shaft; a bearing rotatably supporting the shaft; a housing for the motor and holding the bearing in a bearing holding portion; an insulating member between the bearing and the bearing holding portion; and an oil passage. The bearing holding portion includes a holding tubular portion holding the bearing from radially outside, and a holding bottom portion extending radially inward from an end on one side in the axial direction of the holding tubular portion. The insulating member includes an insulating tubular portion extending in the axial direction along the holding tubular portion, and an insulating bottom portion extending in the radial direction along the holding bottom portion. The holding tubular portion has a penetrating portion penetrating radially inside and outside. The oil passage includes a first channel inside the penetrating portion and a second channel connecting the first channel and the bearing.

Abstract: In a motor, a stator includes: a stator core having slots arranged in a circumferential direction; and conductor connection bodies with conductors connected in series and inserted into the slots. A conductor connection body includes: a first portion wave-wound toward one side in the circumferential direction from a first end to a second end; a second portion wave-wound toward the one side in the circumferential direction from a third end to a fourth end; and a folded portion connecting the first and second portions. The first and third ends protrude in an axial direction from different slots in the circumferential direction, and the second and fourth ends protrude in the axial direction from different slots in the circumferential direction. The conductors include a folded conductor that forms a folded portion connecting the second end of the first portion and the fourth end of the second portion.

Abstract: A motor control device includes a torque controller to operate based on a steering torque and to give an input to a control target that is a motor, and a model following controller to generate a first correction torque based on an output from the control target. A model following controller includes a high-pass filter to remove a low frequency component from a first correction torque, a friction compensation calculator that is coupled in parallel to the high-pass filter to apply friction compensation to the first correction torque to calculate an estimated value of a mechanical friction torque, and an adder to add the estimated value of the friction torque to the first correction torque from which the low frequency component is removed by the high-pass filter to generate a second correction torque and feed back the second correction torque to an input to the control target.

Abstract: A control device that controls a control target including at least a motor in a steering mechanism including an input shaft to which a steering wheel is connected, an output shaft connected to the input shaft via a torsion bar, and the motor connected to the output shaft. The control device includes a reaction force controller to generate an input torque input to the control target based on a torsion bar torque generated in the torsion bar and to control a reaction force transmitted from the steering wheel to the steering person, and an assist controller to generate a correction torque to correct the input torque based on an output of the control target and a nominal model. The assist controller is configured or programmed such that a transfer function of the control target is constrained by a transfer function of the nominal model in a frequency band.

Abstract: A motor includes a rotor, a stator, a bearing, a motor housing, a bearing holder, a bus bar assembly, and a circuit board. The bearing holder includes a holder protrusion protruding radially outward of the motor housing. A bus bar cover is attached to the lower surface of the holder protrusion. The bus bar cover covers the terminal through hole axially penetrating the holder protrusion. The bus bar cover includes a cover portion and a flange portion. The cover portion covers the lower end portions of the bus bar terminal and the circuit terminal, and is tubular with an open upper surface. The flange portion extends outward from the upper end peripheral edge portion of the cover portion and is fixed to the lower surface of the holder protrusion. The flange portion includes an annular flange projection protruding upward from the upper surface.

Abstract: A drive device includes a motor, an output part outputting torque to the outside, a gear part transmitting torque of the motor to the output part, and a housing having an internal space. The gear part includes at least one gear shaft extending in an axial direction, to which at least one gear is fixed, and a gear case accommodating the gear. The gear case includes a wall part facing an outer circumferential surface of the accommodated gear in a radial direction and extending in a circumferential direction and an opening adjacent to the wall part in the circumferential direction and penetrating in the radial direction. The opening faces the housing in the radial direction, and in a rotation direction of the gear, the wall part includes a front end disposed on a front side of the opening and adjacent to the opening. The front end contacts the housing.