Abstract: An electric machine may include a substantially annular stator stack having a plurality of laminations which include mounting ears. A fraction of the laminations may be oriented such that the mounting ears are angularly offset from the others. The stator may be secured to a housing at both mounting ear locations thus improving structural rigidity and enhancing performance.

Abstract: An electric work machine with a product structure that effectively reduces noise caused by a brushless motor without changing the motor specifications. A hammer drill includes a brushless motor including a stator including an insulator, a cylindrical stator core, and a coil wound around the stator core via the insulator, and a rotor rotatable relative to the stator, a cylindrical member fixed along an entire outer circumference of the stator core and made of material with a Young's modulus higher than a Young's modulus of the insulator, and a housing accommodating the brushless motor and the cylindrical member.

Abstract: A multipart rotor shaft for an electric machine comprises a first shaft journal with a first end flange and a first axial passage bore, a second shaft journal with a second end flange. The rotor shaft also includes a hollow carrier for a laminated rotor core, a line element for conducting a cooling medium, and a separating element which divides a cavity between the carrier and the line element into a first partial cavity and a second partial cavity.

Abstract: An electric rotating machine according to an embodiment includes a stator, and a rotor that is rotatable about a rotational center. The stator includes a winding having an annular shape with the rotational center, a first core, and a second core. The first core surrounds a part of the winding, and has a pole face to which a magnetic flux is input in a first direction, and a pole face from which the magnetic flux is output in the first direction. The second core surrounds a part of the winding, and has a pole face to which a magnetic flux is input in a second direction, and a pole face from which the magnetic flux is output in the second direction. The rotor is positioned spaced from the first core and the second core, and is rotatable about the rotational center, relatively with respect to the stator.

Abstract: An electric motor includes a cylindrical rotor with a plurality of wires parallel to the cylindrical axis nested between two cylinders of magnets in a stator. The cylinders of magnets may be a solid magnet, a plurality of bar magnets, a plurality of coils generating magnetic fields or other magnets or generated magnetic fields. A nested electric motor includes a first electric motor additionally including a first shaft, which first electric motor nests within the hollow center of a second larger electric motor additionally including a second shaft. The first shaft is coaxial with the second shaft.

Abstract: An electric machine includes a plurality of conductive tracks defining an electric power circuit, to provide current for electronic power components, a printed circuit board which mounts the conductive tracks, an enclosure which defines a housing for the printed circuit board and has a dissipative wall, a heat-conductive filler interposed between the printed circuit board and the enclosure, an elastic device acting on the printed circuit board to press it against the dissipative wall, a conductive element held in position by at least one heat-sensitive joint and disposed to connect a first track and a second track to close the electric power circuit. The elastic device includes an elastic element pressed against the conductive element to apply a force on the heat-sensitive joint and the heat-sensitive joint is configured to break if subjected to a temperature higher than a predetermined threshold temperature to open the electric power circuit.

Abstract: An electric machine includes a stator and a rotor positioned in operational engagement with one another and defining a radial gap extending circumferentially between the stator and the rotor, the rotor including a plurality of rotor segments defining a plurality of segment gaps between adjacent pairs of the plurality of rotor segments, the rotor segments radially moveable relative to the stator, wherein movement of the plurality of rotor segments radially outward increases the radial gap between the stator and the rotor and the segment gaps between adjacent pairs of the plurality of rotor segments.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a motor including a base, a stator and a rotor. The stator is disposed on the base. The base includes a cylinder. There is a flange disposed on a side of the cylinder neighboring to the rotor. Fins are axially disposed on the flange, and the periphery of the flange has a breach. The breach is partially extended to the cylinder, and there is also a plurality of fins disposed in the breach. A plurality of air-guiding members are annularly disposed on the periphery of the rotor. The air-guiding members are connected to each other through a connecting rim. The fins on the flange and the air-guiding members of the rotor are both extended axially, thus the interference therebetween is avoided. When the motor rotates, the air-guiding members are able to drive the flow passing through the breach for achieving heat-dissipating effect.

Abstract: An electromechanical actuation motor includes a main housing, a series of stator windings, and a first circumferential row of fins. The series of stator windings is disposed inside of the main housing. The first circumferential row of fins is connected to and extends radially from an outer surface of the main housing. The main housing and the first circumferential row of fins are formed as a single piece of material via layer-by-layer additive manufacturing. Each fin of the first circumferential row of fins includes a first portion and a second portion. The first portion is integrally formed with and attached to the outer surface of the main housing at a first end of the first portion. The second portion is attached to and integrally formed with a second end of the first portion. The first portion intersects the second portion to form a T-shape.

Abstract: An outer-rotor brushless direct-current (BLDC) motor is provided including a stator core having an aperture extending therethrough, a stator mount including an elongated cylindrical member projecting into the aperture of the stator core, an outer rotor, and a rotor mount including an outer rim arranged to couple to the outer rotor and an inner body supporting an outer race of a motor bearing. A piloting pin is provided including a rear portion received within the hollow portion of the elongated cylindrical member of the stator mount and a front portion received within the inner race of the motor bearing.

Abstract: The present invention provides an apparatus for sensing rotor location, the apparatus comprising: a central shaft; a magnet coupled to the central shaft; a sensor portion is disposed correspond to the magnet; wherein the sensor portion comprising a substrate, a first group including a first Hall sensor and a third Hall sensor disposed on the substrate, and a second group including a second Hall sensor and a fourth Hall sensor, the first Hall sensor and the third Hall sensor are arranged to overlap in a radial direction about the central shaft and the second Hall sensor and the fourth Hall sensor are arranged to overlap in a radial direction about the central shaft.

Abstract: Cable-actuated position sensors are described that employ multiple block and tackle arrangements to measure displacement of a draw wire or flexible cable. The disclosed sensors are relatively small and inexpensive. The disclosed sensors may also be used as part of a servo motor, or in conjunction with gear motors to provide positional information for operation of the gear motor.

Abstract: A motor assembly for compressing a fluid by causing a rotational shaft to reciprocate by providing a drive force to the rotational shaft, and a reciprocating compressor including a motor assembly are provided. The motor assembly may include a cylinder block in which a bore is formed and which is penetrated by the rotational shaft, a stator coupled to the cylinder block, a rotor installed at an outer circumferential surface of the stator so as to be rotated by the stator and which is coupled to the rotational shaft so as to rotate together with the rotational shaft, and at least one fastening member that fastens the stator and the cylinder block to each other such that the stator is supported by the cylinder block.

Abstract: An aircraft propulsion system comprises a vertical lift propulsor mounted within a wing of the aircraft. The vertical propulsor comprises an electric motor comprising a rotor mounted to a plurality of propulsor blades, the motor further comprising a stator. The rotor is provided radially outwardly of the stator.

Abstract: A power system for an aircraft engine provides rotational drive to propeller driven and turbofan jet engine powered aircraft by use of a propeller or fan drive motor. Electrical power is provided to the drive motor by a high efficiency electrical power generator with reduced electromagnetic drag or reverse torque. The electric generator utilizes a solid state rotor that does not rotate which allows for power generation without reverse torque or the usual energy required to rotate the rotor inside the stator of the generator. Only the magnetic poles of the disclosed rotor rotate to generate the power. The fan blades of the turbofan jet engine are driven by the electric drive motor in which the rotor is a part of the fan as well as the drive from the high pressure turbine.

Abstract: A thin displacement driving device includes a first movable plate, a second movable plate, an axial limiting unit, a first actuator and a second actuator. The axial limiting unit limits the moving direction of the first movable plate and the second movable late. The first actuator has a first shape memory alloy wire coupled to the first movable plate, and the second actuator has a second shape memory alloy wire coupled to the second movable plate. Movement of the first movable plate by the actuation of the first actuator will trigger movement of the second movable plate, and movement of the second movable plate by actuation of the second actuator will trigger movement of the first movable plate.

Abstract: A brushless DC motor, including a base, an insulation seat, a rotor assembly, a revolving shaft, a stator assembly, a control panel, a Hall circuit board, and an end cover. The revolving shaft is connected to the rotor assembly. The rotor assembly includes a housing and a plurality of magnetic tiles. The housing includes an inner wall and a cavity defined by the inner wall. The plurality of magnetic tiles is disposed on the inner wall. The stator assembly is disposed in the cavity. The base includes a cylindrical sleeve extending from a center of the base to the cavity of the rotor assembly. The stator assembly is connected to the cylindrical sleeve; two ends of the cylindrical sleeve are provided with a first bearing and a second bearing, respectively; and two ends of the revolving shaft are supported by the first bearing and the second bearing, respectively.

Abstract: A method is for calibrating a multiturn sensor for determining the position of a spindle of a clutch actuator, in which the multiturn sensor (5) is operatively connected to a magnetic field of a permanent magnet (12) in that the multiturn sensor (5) is combined with an actuator transmission (3) which comprises a spindle (9) bearing the permanent magnet (12).

Abstract: A lubrication system is disclosed. The lubrication system may include a mounting case, a tube internal to the mounting case that is configured to carry oil, and an electric motor. The electric motor may include a motor housing, a mounting flange extending radially from the motor housing, and an oil passageway in the mounting flange. The mounting flange may be mounted to the mounting case to provide a fluid connection between the oil passageway and the tube.

Abstract: An electric working machine and method for assembling the same that do not require specific jigs, so as to facilitate assembling work and reduce man-hours and production cost. A motor assembly is relatively inserted into a body casing, with a mounting base disposed behind a partitioning wall portion allowing a tubular fixture to project through an insertion hole toward the front of the partitioning wall portion, and a temporarily securing mechanism temporarily secures the motor assembly to retain the position of the motor assembly by automatically moving it in rotating and two orthogonal directions on a plane along the partitioning wall portion, so as to coaxially arrange the tubular fixture and insertion hole, and through-hole and screw hole of the mounting base for screwing the bolt. In such a temporarily secured state, the motor assembly is finally secured by screwing the bolt through the through-hole into the screw hole of the mounting base.