Abstract: A method and apparatus for introducing a continuous bath of high dielectric liquids to the integral components of an electric motor. One such liquid for example, is methyl chloroform. Significant improvements in efficiency are achieved by the continuous injection or splashing of methyl chloroform or other liquids such as aliphatic hydrocarbons and mixtures thereof, which may include halogens, including chlorine and fluorine. A continuous flow of these fluids and various combinations thereof provide positive commutation between the moving parts of rotary machines such as the bearings, brushes and commutator surfaces in the operation of a DC motor.

Abstract: A stator of an AC generator according to the present invention has a stator core which is formed in a ring shape having tooth portions protecting inside said ring shape and forming slots. The width of the slot formed in a stator core is designed in such a manner that, with respect to the depth direction thereof, each inner half section of the slot is a tapered shape having a larger bottom width, and each outer half section of the opening-side of the slot has a constant width between parallel edges, so as to allow a stator coil to be inserted easily between the tooth portions.

Abstract: An enclosure is provided for a motor assembly having a stator, a rotor, a shaft extending from the rotor, a first end shield and a second end shield which rotatably support the shaft, and a voltage change switch. The enclosure encases the voltage change switch so that the voltage change switch is not normally accessible. The enclosure includes a housing which at least partly covers one of the endshields and a cover which covers the voltage change switch. The cover pivots with respect to the housing so that voltage change switch may be accessed and operated. The cover is held in place by a single screw to make accessibility, when needed, simple.

Abstract: A brushless polyphase DC motor is applied to a spindle motor for a disk device and has a stator generating a magnetic field in an excited state and a rotor obtaining turning force by the electromagnetic interaction with the stator. When an electrical charge current is intermittently and alternately supplied to the coil of the stator in opposite directions, for example, if electrical charge is stopped after current in the normal direction is supplied, a residual magnetic field density is generated in the stator during the stopping period. The residual magnetic flux density is employed for performing electrical charge in the reverse direction by supplying current in the reverse direction. In this case, a high torque is generated by increasing a change in the magnetic flux density.

Abstract: A miniature electric motor is provided including stator and rotor assemblies wherein the rotor assembly has a magnet and a shaft adapted to be coupled to a load to move the load and wherein the magnet is positioned about the stator assembly for rotating without the stator assembly. The stator assembly includes a stator having a plurality of branches made of a magnetic material angularly positioned with respect to each other and a plurality of coils wound about their respective branches. The shaft extends through the stator and also, preferably, through a brake which supplies pressure to the rotor assembly to thereby supply a braking force to the rotor assembly after the load has been rotated to a desired position.

Abstract: A spindle motor comprises a stationary member, a hub for rotation relative to the stationary member, bearings provided between the stationary member and the hub, and a labyrinth seal provided outside one of the bearings. In particular, the labyrinth seal includes a plurality of labyrinth units. Each labyrinth unit is consisted mainly of a first member mounted to the stationary member and a second member mounted to the hub.

Abstract: In a miniature electric motor a hollow cylindrical socket (2) is formed by deep drawing process on a roof plate of a frame (1), and in this socket (2) a bearing housing (4) is tightly fit projecting outwardly and inwardly from its roof plane, and at least one bearing metal (3) is further tightly fitted therein in a manner to project from both ends of the bearing housing (4).By utilizing the draw-worked socket (2) for tightly holding the bearing metal (3), the accuracy of axis or circularity of the bearing hole is assured.

Abstract: A rotary electric motor has a stator core (1) with salient poles (4, 3), some of them ferromagnetic and some of them permanent-magnetic, which are spaced-apart and which are all simultaneously magnetizable by means of a magnetizing winding (5A, 5B). The rotor core has either reluctance poles (7) with intervening pole gaps and constant pole pitch, or permanent-magnetic poles (10) with constant pole pitch and without intervening pole gaps, alternating poles being of opposite polarities. Each reluctance pole (7) or permanent-magnetic pole (10) has a width which over a portion of the pole corresponds to respectively one-half of or the full pole pitch and is smaller over the remaining portion so that each pole (7 or 10) has a part (7B or 10A) which projects in a direction common to all poles. The ferromagnetic and permanent-magnetic poles (3, 4) of the stator (1) have a width corresponding to the width of the narrower portion of the poles (7 or 10) of the rotor (2).

Abstract: A plurality of drive modules positioned at spaced locations along a drive th of a driven member respectively include two magnetostrictive rod elements in alignment with each other, with adjacent ends thereof in engagement with a third magnetostrictive rod element extending transversely of the drive path to engage the driven member. Simultaneous elongation and contraction of the two rod elements during elongation of the third rod element in the drive modules imparts unidirectional motion to the driven member.

Abstract: A linear motor having a magnetic circuit and a moving coil, the magnetic circuit comprising a linear yoke provided at the center of the circuit and a pair of linear magnets, the linear yoke and the pair of linear magnets forming a pair of linear gaps with the linear yoke interposed therebetween, the magnetic circuit applying a magnetic field to the linear gaps, the movable coil mounted on the linear yoke of the magnetic circuit being moved along the linear yoke by an electromagnetic action to the magnetic circuit when the movable coil is powered, wherein the linear magnet has a larger magnetic force at opposite end portions in the longitudinal direction of the linear magnet than at an intermediate area, the magnetic reluctance of the magnetic circuit is made large to obtain a driving current of the movable coil corresponding to the magnetic reluctance when the moving coil moves at the intermediate area of the linear magnet, or the magnetic circuit is mounted on a plate made of material having the same magneti

Abstract: A motor casing is formed in such a way that an outer peripheral surface of an edge portion of an opening of a yoke to which a permanent magnet is fixed is attached on an inner peripheral surface in a tubular peripheral edge portion of an intermediate bracket on which a brush holder is provided. The motor casing obviates the necessity for making the motor casing exceptionally large even when a radially long brush or an axially long permanent magnet is used.

Abstract: The invention provides a spindle motor for magnetic disk devices capable of coping with small magnetic disks, in which the leaking magnetic flux in the motor section does not adversely affect the magnetic head. The spindle motor consists of a stator, a magnetic disk mounting hub axially supported on a frame of the stator, a bowl-like rotor yoke protruding from the base of the hub in the radial direction and covering the top and circumference of the stator, and a rotor magnet fitted over the inner circumference of the rotor yoke in a position opposite to the magnetic pole of the stator. A clearance space comprising is provided between a mounting seat of the magnetic disk and the top of the rotor yoke. The outer diameter of the hub base is also smaller than the information-recording region of the magnetic disk, and the rotor yoke is fitted as a magnetic body on the hub, which is made from the same material as the substrate of the magnetic disk.

Abstract: Micromechanical devices are formed on a substrate using a sacrificial layer deep X-ray lithography process to produce a rotating microrotor which is driven magnetically. The rotor typically has a diameter of a few hundred microns or less and is formed as a free structure which is assembled onto a hub formed on a substrate. Stator pole pieces are formed on the substrate of a ferromagnetic material surrounding the rotor, and are also preferably formed by a deep X-ray lithography process followed by electroplating of a ferromagnetic material such as nickel. The stator pole pieces are supplied with magnetic flux, such as from a current flowing through a conductor surrounding the magnetic pole pieces which is integrated with the pole pieces on the substrate. Separate electromagnets can also be utilized to provide the magnetic flux to the pole pieces to provide a rotating magnetic field in the region of the rotor to drive the rotor.

Abstract: This invention is for an object moving actuator composed of a stack of independently controllable layers which convert thermal exobaric pulses into mechanical motion. Each layer can be a lifter for moving the stack normal to the object to be moved or a tangenter for moving the stack tangentially to the object. Each layer has a plurality of chambers having a heat source and a thermal expansive material contained therein. The heat source is controlled by a controller to generate a heat pulse which expands the thermal expansive material thereby moving a rolling barrier to make the layer move normally or tangentially. Preferably two pair of actuator stacks work together to alternately engage and move the object. The first pair makes contact with the object by lifter motion and moves the object by tangenter motion while the second pair is lifted off the object and retraces to get into position to contact and translate the object.

Abstract: A slip ring assembly (36) adapted to mount on a rotor shaft (38) and to sealingly mount between respective seal surfaces (136,70) on a mold (134) and on a pole piece (24) during molding of a molded rotor assembly (20) is disclosed. The slip ring assembly (36) has a hub (94) supporting a pair of slip rings (102,104), a pair of terminals (96,98) and a mold shutoff ring (100) connected to the terminals (96,98). Seal surfaces (118,120) on the mold shutoff ring are adapted to sealingly mate with the respective seal surfaces on the pole piece (24) and on the mold (134) and to withstand large compressive loads being applied across the mold shutoff ring (100). The mold shutoff ring (100) prevents molten mold material from passing from the mold (134) to the slip rings (102,104) during molding of the molded rotor assembly (20).

Abstract: A molded rotor assembly (20) for a vehicle alternator and method for making the same are disclosed. The rotor assembly includes first and second pole pieces (24,26) aligned along a longitudinal axis (40), the pair of pole pieces (24,26) defining a region therebetween. A coil wire (46) is located in the region. The pole pieces (24,26) and a slip ring assembly (36) are mounted on a rotor shaft (38). The slip ring assembly (36) has a pair of slip rings (102,104) connected to a pair of terminals (96,98) which are attached to respective free ends of the coil wire (46) to form a pair of connections (126,128). A molded insert (22) is injection molded filling the region between the pole pieces (24,26) thereby encapsulating the connections (126,128) and the coil wire (96) and forming a smooth cylindrical periphery on the rotor assembly (20).

Abstract: Laminated stator and rotor components for a magnetic thrust bearing each include a plurality of generally radially directed laminations (10) whose roots lie along the axis of rotation of a shaft located by the bearing and whose distal portions are progressively twisted relative to the axis such that the width of any lamination (t, t') at any given radial distance from the root corresponds to at least the circumferential separation between adjacent laminations at that distance.

Abstract: A stator structure for an electric motor comprising stator windings formed with conductors coated with an insulation, such as polyetheretherketone (PEEK). At least one portion of such windings has an adhesion-resistant agent, such as a thin coat of mineral oil, applied thereto prior to the application thereto of an immobilization agent, such as a varnish. The adhesion-resistant agent prevents subsequent bending of the windings from damaging the underlying insulation thereon during the manufacture and operation of the electric motor. The prevention of such insulation damage reduces the likelihood of resulting premature motor failure.

Abstract: A linear motor provides stepwise, incremental advance of a moveable output member. First and second, spaced latches are movably coupled to the output member. A selectively energizable driver engages and moves the first latch into fixed engagement with the output member and continues to move the engaged first latch and output member a predetermined incremental advance distance. The second latch is biased to retain the output member in each successive incremental advance position while the first latch is being reset. In one embodiment, the driver is a motor having a rotatable output shaft with an eccentric cam mounted thereon. The eccentric cam engages the first latch to move the first latch into fixed engagement with the output member and to advance the fixedly engaged first latch and output member an incremental advance distance. A second latch is provided to hold the output member from movement in a direction opposite from the incremental advance direction.

Abstract: A wave spring is provided for securing a stator in a dynamoelectric machine. The wave spring is disposed on one end of the stator between a support chassis for the stator and the stator, and compressed thereon to secure the stator in a fixed position in the support chassis. The compressed wave spring provides sufficient force to prevent movement of the stator during operation in various environments. In a further aspect of the invention, the opposing surfaces between which the wave spring is compressed include recesses which receive portions of the wave spring. The recesses are offset, and are effective in further inhibiting rotation of the rotor inside the support chassis for the stator, and may also be used for positioning the stator therein.