Abstract: A salient pole machine a rotor having a rotor rim. A plurality of salient poles having a pole winding and extending in the radial direction are attached to the rotor rim, with the rotor rim having an outermost radial surface between the pole-rim interfaces. A plurality of axial rib-like rim extensions project radially from the outermost radial surface of the rotor rim with a predetermined circumferential distance between neighboring rim extensions. A plurality of axial pole grooves in the salient pole match and receive the rim extensions. Fixing elements fix the rim extensions in the pole grooves and are inserted axially into facing interface holes defined in facing sidewalls of the pole grooves and the rib-like rim extensions. The fixing elements are radially inward of the pole windings and are accessible for axial sliding removal from the facing interface holes.

Abstract: An actuator device includes a support part, a first movable part, and a second movable part. The second movable part includes a pair of first connection portions positioned on both sides of the first movable part on a first axis and connected to a pair of first connecting parts, and a pair of second connection portions positioned on both sides of the first movable part on a second axis and connected to a pair of second connecting parts. An outer edge of each of the pair of the first connection portions includes a first linear portion that extends along a second axis direction. An outer edge of each of the pair of the second connection portions includes a second linear portion that extends along a first axis direction.

Abstract: A vibration motor includes a stationary part, and a movable element which has a magnet and can vibrate in one direction. The stationary part includes a coil which applies a driving force to the magnet due to energization, a housing which houses the movable element and the coil therein, a first lid part which closes an end portion of the housing on one side in the one direction, and a first bearing part. The first bearing part is disposed inside the housing on the other side in the one direction from the first lid part. The first bearing part includes a bearing inner circumferential surface disposed with a gap therebetween with respect to an outer circumferential surface of a portion of the movable element on one side in the one direction.

Abstract: A rotor assembly for an electric machine includes a rotor core that is fabricated from a plurality of laminations stacked along a rotational axis of the electric machine. The rotor core has a plurality of arcuately arranged, axially extending magnet-receiving slots. The rotor core includes a plurality of magnets received in respective ones of the magnet-receiving slots. Each of the laminations includes opposed deflectable magnet-retaining prongs that extend into a corresponding one of the magnet-receiving slots. The magnet-retaining prongs are deflected by and engage the magnets to exert a reactive force against the magnets and hold them in place. Each of the laminations also includes respective support posts axially adjacent the magnet-retaining prongs. The support posts extend alongside and thereby limit the deflection of the magnet-retaining prongs when engaged with the corresponding one of the magnets.

Abstract: A compressor includes a rotor configured to compress air and driven by a shaft. A motor is drives the shaft. The first and second journal bearings facilitate rotation of the shaft. The first journal bearing is upstream from the motor and the second journal bearing is downstream from the motor. The transfer tube is configured to provide cooling air from a bearing cooling air inlet to the first journal bearing. A method for cooling a compressor is also disclosed.

Abstract: A rotor core is provided for a step-skewing motor that includes rotor core segments mutually staggered by a preset angle. Each of the rotor core segments includes magnet slots along a circumferential direction, with a magnet provided in the magnet slot. An outer circular surface of each of the rotor core segments is provided thereon with a number of auxiliary grooves extending across the segment in an axial direction, and positions and/or cross-sectional shapes of the auxiliary grooves on the rotor core segments are not completely same so as to suppress torque ripple and vibration noise when the motor rotates.

Abstract: A linear vibration motor and an electronic device are provided. The linear vibration motor comprises: a magnetic conductive body; a vibrator comprising a permanent magnet; and a linear movement support, wherein the vibrator is mounted on the linear movement support to move along a linear movement path delimited by the linear movement support, wherein the magnetic conductive body is provided in a direction of the linear movement path near the vibrator for interacting with the permanent magnet, such that the vibrator tends towards a balanced position in the linear movement path in a non-activated state, wherein the magnetic conductive body is made of soft magnetic material, wherein the linear movement support comprises at least one guide shaft along which the vibrator can move axially, and wherein the magnetic conductive body is a magnetic conductive ring surrounding the vibrator.

Abstract: A movable magnet is configured by alternately magnetizing an even number of magnetic poles forming an South pole and an North pole; a number of magnetic poles of a core body is equal to a number of magnetic poles of the movable magnet; an even number of magnetic poles of the core body is respectively arranged to face the movable magnet with an air gap therebetween on the outer peripheral side of a shaft portion; and a drive unit is provided with a magnet position holding portion to face the movable magnet and magnetically attracts the movable magnet to a reference position. A drive unit is attached to one wall portion of the pair of wall portions of a base portion, and an angle sensor portion for detecting a rotation angle of the shaft portion is attached to the other wall portion of the pair of wall portions.

Abstract: An actuator includes a connection body connected with a support body and a movable body and having at least one of elasticity and viscoelasticity, and a magnetic drive mechanism structured to relatively move the movable body with respect to the support body. The connection body formed in a tube shape is disposed on both end sides in the vibration direction of the movable body. In a state that the movable body is located at a home position, the inner peripheral part connected with one of the movable body and the support body of each of the connection bodies is pulled to a center side in the vibration direction of the movable body with respect to its outer peripheral part connected with the other of the movable body and the support body and is shear-deformed.

Abstract: The present invention provides a vibration motor including: a housing having a receiving space; a vibrator received in the receiving space; coils configured to drive the vibrator to reciprocate; and two stop assemblies received in the receiving space and spaced apart from each other, the vibrator reciprocates between the two stop assemblies and includes first magnets spaced apart from each other and at least one second magnet arranged between the first magnets, every two adjacent first magnets of the first magnets have opposite magnetization directions, and a magnetization direction of the second magnets is perpendicular to a magnetization direction of the at least one first magnet. Compared with the related art, the vibration motor provided by the present invention has higher reliability.

Abstract: A rotary electrical machine is equipped with a rotor that is rotatably supported, and a stator having a stator core that is disposed coaxially with the rotor. The stator core is configured as a plurality of stacked steel plates, and has a yoke portion that is of annular shape, a plurality of teeth extending radially from the yoke portion, and slots between adjacent teeth. A stator winding is wound in the slots. The yoke portion has holes that extend in the stacking direction of the steel plates, at positions of radial-direction extension of the slots, and molded powder bodies formed from a magnetic powder are provided within the holes.

Abstract: A high-frequency rotating structure provided by the invention has an annular rotating element with a quincuncial outer periphery, a plurality of radially arranged accommodating grooves respectively disposed in an annular body of the rotating element, a plurality of hole-shaped magnetic barrier spaces respectively disposed in the annular body, and respectively communicated with one of two ends of each of the accommodating grooves, and a plurality of magnetic assemblies respectively embedded in each of the accommodating grooves. A shortest first distance A between a groove wall of each of the two ends of each of the accommodating grooves and an outer annular surface of the body, and a shortest second distance B between a hole wall of each of the magnetic barrier spaces and the outer annular surface of the body are defined by the following formula 1: ? = A B × 1 ? 0 ? 0 ? % , 1 ? 2 ? 2 ? % ? ? ? 9 ? 0 ? % .

Abstract: Disclosed by the present invention are a swing motor and an electronic device, the swing motor comprising a seat; at least two movable members, comprising a first movable member and a second movable member arranged to be spaced apart, wherein the first movable member and the second movable member bear opposite electromagnetic thrusts; elastic support members that correspond one-to-one to the movable members, comprising a first elastic support member and a second elastic support member, wherein the first movable member is mounted onto the seat by means of the first elastic support member, and the second movable member is mounted onto the seat by means of the second elastic support member; further comprised is a twisting elastic member, one end of the twisting elastic member being connected to the first movable member or the second movable member, and the other end being connected to an executing member.

Abstract: The invention provides a vibration motor having a housing assembly, an elastic connector, a pole plate, a plurality of magnets and a plurality of coils. The coils and the magnets are matched to drive the pole plate to move in at least two directions within the housing assembly. The coils are arranged on the outer side of the pole plate and fixed on the housing assembly so as to be suitable for a small-size vibration motor, then limitation of coil sizes is effectively avoided. Arrangement of the coils is facilitated, and process flows of the vibration motor during specific assembly can be optimized.

Abstract: One of the objects of the present invention is to provide a linear vibration motor which improves damping performance and reduces assembly costs. Accordingly, the present invention provides a linear vibration motor having a housing body with an inner cavity; a weight accommodated in the housing body; a stator located in the housing body; and an elastic member suspending the weight in the housing body. The elastic member includes a first elastic member having a first fixed part fixedly connected to one side of the weight and a first elastic bracket extending from the first fixed part, and a second elastic member fixedly connected to an opposite side of the weight a first damping glue locating between the first elastic member and the weight, and locating at one end of the first elastic bracket close to the first fixed part.

Abstract: Provided is an energy harvester and an engine monitoring system. An engine monitoring system using an energy harvester includes at least one or more self-power generation wireless sensor nodes for generating electric energy using the energy harvester and monitoring an engine; and a management server that receives and manages sensing information received from the self-power generation wireless sensor nodes.

Abstract: An elastic-locking winding carrier for a preformed coil assembly of a stator of an electric motor, includes a winding portion adapted to receive a winding having a wound electrical conductor to produce a coil. The winding portion includes upper and lower portions, first and second openings arranged on the winding portion, and first and second flexible members located inside respective first and second openings and extending thereacross. The first and second flexible members are arranged such that either of the first and second flexible members cooperates with a tooth of the stator as a function of the magnitude of the gap between the tooth and the lower portion of the winding portion when the preformed coil assembly is mounted on the tooth to fix the preformed coil assembly to the tooth.

Abstract: An electromechanical generator for converting mechanical vibrational energy into electrical energy, the electromechanical generator comprising: a central mast, an electrically conductive coil assembly fixedly mounted to the mast, a mount for the coil assembly, a magnetic core assembly movably mounted to the mast for vibrational motion along an axis, wherein the magnetic core assembly comprises: an outer core, comprising a one-piece tubular body, which encloses the electrically conductive coil assembly side, first and second end cores magnetically coupled to the outer core at respective first and second ends of the outer core, the first and second end cores extending radially inwardly and enclosing respective first and second opposite edges of the coil assembly, and first and second magnets spaced along the axis, contacting and being magnetically coupled to the respective first and second end cores, and defining therebetween a gap in the magnetic core assembly through which the mount extends.

Abstract: A vibration generator includes a housing; a vibrator; an elastic member that connects the housing and the vibrator; and a driver that causes the vibrator to vibrate. The elastic member includes a housing connection portion that is connected to the housing, a vibrator support portion that supports the vibrator, and a spring portion that connects the housing connection portion and the vibrator support portion. The housing connection portion and the vibrator support portion are in the same plane. The spring portion is formed so as to be approximately perpendicular to the housing connection portion and the vibrator support portion.

Abstract: Electromechanical generator for converting mechanical vibrational energy into electrical energy, comprising: a central mast, an electrically conductive coil assembly mounted to the mast, a mount for the coil assembly, a magnetic core assembly movably mounted to the mast for vibrational motion along an axis, a biasing device mounted between the mast and the core assembly and comprising a pair of first and second plate springs, each having an inner edge respectively fitted to first and second opposite ends of the mast and an outer edge fitted to the magnetic core assembly, each of the plate springs comprising a spring member comprising an inner portion substantially orthogonal to the axis and including the respective inner edge, and a cylindrical outer portion substantially parallel to the axis and including the respective outer edge, the spring member being a folded sheet spring and the inner and outer portions are connected by a fold.