Abstract: A downhole current generator generates power in a wellbore and includes a power section and an generator section. The power section has a sleeve slidably disposed within a housing which oscillates in response to the application of fluid pressure to the current generator. A piston is slidably attached to the sleeve and oscillates relative to the sleeve and the housing. The piston extends longitudinally into an generator section and has a plurality of magnets attached thereto which oscillate with the piston. Wire coil sections are fixed relative to the housing of the generator section and are positioned between the oscillating magnets such that a current is induced in the wire coil sections upon oscillation of the magnets.

Abstract: A magnetic bearing that uses a stator element comprised of four poles, one per quadrant. These poles are separated by slots, that are occupied by coils. The poles and coils are structured such that the flux generated by the coils traverses paths in which all flux passes through gaps in two orthogonal axes. In the preferred embodiment, the poles are each formed as a separate section. Coils are then placed on the poles and the poles assembled to form the stator assembly.

Abstract: A piezoelectric transformer includes at least a pair of monitor electrodes for monitoring unbalanced vibration of the piezoelectric element. The transformer also has a plurality of input electrodes for a transformer input signal and a pair of output electrodes for a transformer output signal. While driven by the input signal to produce the output signal, the piezoelectric transformer produces a pair of monitor signal components at the monitor electrodes to individually indicate vibration components produced in the piezoelectric transformer collectively as a state of unbalanced operation of the transformer.

Abstract: To reduce as much as possible the motor vibration due to the effect of harmonic components contained in the induced electromotive force waveform induced in the armature coil. In a motor structure, the pole tooth shapes of one pole tooth and the corresponding pole tooth thereto constituting one phase are made different from each other by changing their areas or amounts of skew, whereby the third harmonics caused by variations in the magnetic fluxes interlinking with these pole teeth are caused to cancel each other. Thus, the rotational vibration which has hitherto been a problem can be reduced and, further, the accuracy of the rotor movement can be improved without lowering the dynamic torque characteristic of the motor.

Abstract: A plurality of retention clips are employed in a DC motor for holding permanent magnets at spaced apart positions in the housing against its annular side wall. The DC motor is of the type having a housing formed by end walls secured to the annular side wall by attaching rods which extend between the end walls inside the annular side wall and are located radially outward of the armature. Each of the retention clips is formed by a thin spring member having two spaced apart clip ends for engaging adjacent ends of two permanent magnets with the spring member extending from one of the clip ends to the other of the clip ends to successively form a first outwardly extending partially open loop, an intermediate inwardly extending partially open loop, and a second outwardly extending partially open loop with the first and second partially open loops having entrances on an inner side of the spring member and the intermediate partially open loop having an entrance on an outer side opposite the inner side.

Abstract: A motor, encoder/resolver, and/or dynamic brake assembly in which the dynamic brake, when part of the assembly, is mounted on a rear cover plate of a modular housing for the auxiliary components. When a resolver or encoder is part of the assembly, the motor shaft extends only a short distance beyond the resolver/encoder housing module; far enough to be engaged by the armature of the dynamic brake if the brake is part of the assembly. In an assembly that does not use a dynamic brake, the same rear cover plate is used to close the encoder/resolver housing module.

Abstract: A linear motor including a stator having a drive field magnet extending in a uniform direction, a movable piece including an armature coil opposed to the field magnet, and a carrying member carrying a predetermined portion of the stator, wherein the stator is provided with predetermined magnetic poles for driving the movable piece only at a range in which a change in the magnetic field by the influence of the carrying member is prevented or suppressed.

Abstract: A flywheel energy conversion device provides highly efficient conversion between kinetic and electrical energy. The flywheel produces increased output by providing armature coils in an air gap formed about the flywheel (both radial and axial embodiments are described). In preferred embodiments, field coils of a magnetic circuit are energized with DC drive current that creates homopolar flux within a rotating solid rotor having teeth cut from a flat disk. The total reluctance of the magnetic circuit and total flux remain substantially constant as the rotor rotates. The flux may travel radially outward and exit the flat disk through the teeth passing across an armature air gap. Airgap armature coils are preferably utilized in which the changing flux density (due to the rotating teeth) induces an output voltage in the coils.

Abstract: A liquid cooled alternator comprising a casing, one end of which is closed by a rear bearing which carries a rectifier bridge for rectifying the alternating current produced by the alternator, the bearing having an internal cavity in which a coolant liquid flows. The bearing is formed with at least one chimney element which is open axially at both axial ends of the bearing. These chimney elements extend through the internal cavity of the bearing, so that an outer face of a side wall of the chimney element is in contact with the coolant liquid flowing in the cavity. At least one component of the rectifier bridge is mounted within at least one corresponding chimney element.

Abstract: A conduit for providing air flow from an air conditioning housing to a motor for driving a climate control system air blower is disclosed. The blower is located in the air conditioning housing. The air conditioning motor includes a motor housing inlet port for admitting the air flow to the interior of the motor. The conduit comprises a generally cylindrical hose member having a motor housing end and a blower housing end. The blower housing end of the conduit extends through the blower housing wall and into the blower housing and defines a generally cylindrical wall. The generally cylindrical wall includes an angled portion and a stop wall portion opposite the angled portion which cooperate to guide air through the conduit to the motor.

Abstract: In an electric motor with a stationary and a movable active motor part, one of the two active motor parts comprising a motor winding and the other a motor magnet, an air gap being formed between said active motor parts. The motor winding (9) is built up on a synthetic resin carrier foil and is formed through local removal of copper material with which the synthetic resin foil (23) had previously been fully coated. The synthetic resin carrier foil (23) and the planar coils (28) adhering thereto are provided with an adhesive filler material (30) such that the adhesive filler material (30) fills up the gaps (26) formed between the individual conductor tracks through the removal of the copper material. The assembly thus stabilized is wound into an evenly rounded cylinder.

Abstract: The object of the present invention is to provide a vibration-proof miniature motor of high endurance including a compact enough double row bearing apparatus having a shaft of sufficient mechanical rigidity.

Abstract: An actuator, with two independent degrees of freedom, rotates a stage about an axis and moves the stage along the axis, the range of motion defining a cylinder or cylindrical section. The stage is mounted on a hollow cylindrical plunger fitting in an annular well. A bearing allows the plunger to move axially and rotationally, in the preferred embodiment the bearing is an air bearing. The plunger has an array of permanent magnets on its external cylindrical face opposite coils in the well. Equal numbers of oppositely-polarized permanent magnets are arranged in a regular cylindrical pattern at 50% packing density forming rings and columns of like-polarity magnets, the rings of one polarity alternating with rings of opposite polarity and the columns of one polarity alternating with columns of opposite polarity. A set of Z-axis coils (for axial movement) curve around the plunger and are shaped to allow a current in them to produce an axial force with respect to the rings of magnets. A set of .phi.

Abstract: A rotor adapted for use in a motor and a fan. The rotor has a cup-shaped rotor body made of synthetic resin materials. A shaft is coaxially coupled with a bottom of the rotor body so as to expose a part of one end of the shaft to outside of the rotor body. And the bottom of the rotor body includes an annular recess coaxially formed with the shaft on an outer surface of the rotor body, an annular projection is coaxially formed with the shaft so as to surround the exposed portion of the shaft on the outer surface of the bottom of the rotor body. The exposed portion of the shaft and the annular projection are accommodated in the annular recess.

Abstract: A coreless motor device having a rotor comprised of a cylindrical coil, a coil support, a rotary shaft inserted and stabilized in the center of the coil support, and a commutator installed either on the coil support or rotary shaft is disclosed. A cylindrical field magnet is positioned on the inside of the cylindrical coil, and one end of the cylindrical field magnet is affixed at a bottom of a cylindrical housing that surrounds the outer circumference of the cylindrical coil. The rotary shaft of the motor is supported by a thrust bearing at the end of the cylindrical field magnet opposite the end that is affixed at the bottom of the cylindrical housing, and it is also supported by a multiple number of radial bearings installed at intervals on the upper part of the cylindrical housing.

Abstract: The aim of the invention is to design a rotary electric machine, in particular a high-speed motor, whose cooling system ensures that the heat generated is eliminated without a non-uniform heat distribution building up in the motor. The motor has cooling ducts (5) in the stator (2), between the bundle of laminations (3) and the housing (4). Located on the housing (4) are connections (6) for the supply of the coolant and connections (7) for the discharge of the coolant. A two-phase mixture is used as the coolant for the housing. If the bundle of laminations (3) gives out heat uniformly in all directions, evaporation will take place continuously round the whole of the casing. The motor also has as second coolant circuit. Gaseous coolant is fed in through another set of connections (8) to cool the rotor. This gaseous coolant passes through ducts (9) in the bundle of laminations (3) and into the air gap (10) between the rotor (1) and the bundle of laminations (3).

Abstract: In many uses of electrical motors, the interaction of a tool being powered, e.g., a milling machine, and the workpiece being worked on by the motor induces mechanical vibrations which adversely affect the functioning of the tool as well as inducing wear producing vibrations in the motor rotor shaft. Damping of such vibrations is achieved by deliberately inducing internal unbalanced forces on the motor rotor shaft for counteracting the externally induced vibrations. Such internal unbalanced forces are produced by the use of additional currents in the main stator coils for generating additional, unbalanced force generating magnetic fields. A mathematical analysis of the process is provided.

Abstract: A motor housing is made of glass material and includes an inner middle peripheral portion having three or more curved and convex reinforcing swellings. The reinforcing swellings each includes a larger thickness than the other portions of the motor housing so as to increase the strength of the motor housing. The reinforcing swellings of the motor housing each includes one or more stepped holes for engaging with bolts and the heads of the bolts and for preventing the motor housing from being easily broken while drilling the stepped holes.

Abstract: A rotor of a motor includes a plurality of sets of permanent magnets 8a, 8b embedded in the rotor. Each includes a permanent magnet at an inner side and another permanent magnet at an outer side with a distance between them. Each permanent magnet 8a, 8b is formed like an arch projecting towards the center of the rotor. Magnetic flux flows easily through an interval between the permanent magnets at inner and outer sides, and the inductance in a q-axis is enlarged. Then, the reluctance torque is generated in addition to the magnet torque, and the motor has a high torque and a high output power.

Abstract: The rotor or the stator of the apparatus has inductor coils whose respective axes are parallel to the axis of rotation and distributed at regular intervals along a circle centred on the axis of rotation. Each coil is traversed by a cylindrical pole core, one end of which is provided with a pole shoe of larger cross-section. An armature disc travels past these pole shoes with interposition of a gap. In relation to the direction of travel of the armature disc, each pole shoe offers an area which is larger in front than to the rear of the radial plane passing through the axis of rotation and through the axis of the corresponding coil. Each pole shoe has a rear edge of convex general shape in a plane parallel to the armature disc.