Abstract: Electric motor coils are electrically connected to a power device in an inverter. A conductor for supplying a drive current to the motor coils includes a heat radiating area or other heat radiating member in the wiring path. Thus, the heat from the electric motor is radiated from the conductor in the wiring path. The power device and other components of the inverter can be prevented from being thermally damaged or degraded by the heat transmitted from the motor coils to the inverter through the conductor having higher heat conductivity.

Abstract: There is provided a flat type commutator which secures fixing of carbon (graphite) commutator pieces to both metal plate with terminals attached thereto for connecting winding and electrically insulating support, and which can be manufactured easily and at a low manufacturing cost.A flat type commutator with the brush slide-contact surface thereof being perpendicular to the axial direction of a rotor, wherein a plurality of commutator pieces 3 mutually isolated by slits 4 are directly fixed to an electrically insulating support 1, and a metal plate 5 for connecting said commutator pieces, each having terminals 6 for connecting windings is fixed on the outer peripheral surface of said each commutator piece 3 which is in parallel with the axial direction of the rotor.

Abstract: A dynamic pressure bearing spindle motor includes a housing; a sleeve fixed to the housing and having a projecting lip; a rotor hub rotatable with respect to the housing and having a stopper which is engageable with the projecting lip; a shaft fixed to the rotor hub and rotatably inserted into the sleeve; a thrust plate attached to the sleeve so as to be opposed to an end face of the shaft; and lubricating oil provided between the thrust plate and the end face of the shaft to form a thrust bearing and also provided between the shaft and the sleeve to form a radial dynamic pressure bearing.

Abstract: A magnetic disk drive motor includes a hub stand for driving a disk while carrying the disk thereon, a shaft fixed to the middle of the hub stand, a rotor case attached to an end of the shaft and having a drive magnet on an inner side of a circumferential wall thereof, a substantially cylindrical housing rotatably supporting the shaft through a bearing, and a base plate supporting a stator core, wherein an end of the bearing is in slidable contact with the hub stand; and at least a part of the one end surface of the bearing is cut away.

Abstract: An axial-gap rotary-electric machine which can rotate at a very high speed and can generate a large output and in which a gap is formed extending in the axial direction of the shaft. The rotary-electric machine comprises a rotor (12) and a stator (11). The rotor comprises a plurality of discs members (24-1, 24-2) made of fiber-reinforced plastic or nonmagnetic metal, and a plurality of groups (25) of permanent magnets embedded in said disc members (24-1, 24-2), forming a plurality of magnetic poles on said disc members (24-1, 24-2). Each of the groups (25) consists of a plurality of permanent magnets (25a). The stator (11) includes a casing (11A) and a first stator winding (16B). The casing (11A) comprises a frame (13), brackets (14-1, 14-2), back yokes (15-1, 15-2), and at least one second stator winding (16A-1, 16A-2) divided into a plurality of units in a radial direction.