Abstract: A vibration generator is provided. The vibration generator comprising a case having a hollow inside and a lower plate. A first vibrator is disposed away from the lower plate of the case and supported by first elastic member fixed to the lower plate. A second vibrator is disposed away from the first vibrator and supported by second elastic member fixed to the first vibrator. The first vibrator and the second vibrator are operable to vibrate separately. When operated separately at least two different resonance frequencies are created and transmitted to the case.

Abstract: The invention relates to an electrical machine, in particular to a motor or a generator, comprising at least a stator (30a, 30b), a plurality of winding teeth (32a, b) arranged on the circumference of the at least one stator (30a, b) with windings and the winding teeth comprising clearances (34a, b) therebetween, wherein all windings of each stator are connected in series. The electrical machine further comprises a rotor (1) and a plurality of permanent magnets (5) and/or rotor windings arranged at the circumference of the rotor (1), wherein the poles of the permanent magnets and/or rotor winding directions are radially aligned and alternating. Preferably, two stators (30a, b) are provided, which have an angular offset (?) to each other. Further, a control circuit for an electrical machine comprising at least one phase winding is provided, the control circuit comprising four power switches per corresponding phase winding for the control of the electrical machine.

Abstract: A motor is disclosed. The motor in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention can include: a shaft; a bearing supporting the shaft to rotate; a thrust plate supporting a lower end of the shaft a boss joined to the shaft and having a ring-shaped groove on a side facing the bearing; and a rotor joined to the boss.

Abstract: A stator configured to rotate a rotor with a number of magnetic poles includes a yoke that includes a back portion and a first type and first quantity of integral teeth, and a second type and second quantity of insertable teeth coupled to the back portion. At least two coils are wound with a continuous electric wire. Each of the coils is placed around two different integral teeth to define a first winding section. At least two other coils are wound with a continuous electric wire. The other coils are placed around two different insertable teeth to define a second winding section.

Abstract: An electric rotation machine for windmill power generation equipped with a stator slot structure having distributed windings and a rotor pole structure having permanent magnets, wherein the number of slots per pole per phase (Nspp) is undividable by 3 times P (where P is the number of poles), and pole width rate Pw obtained by dividing pole piece width Tp by pole pitch Tr at the outermost diameters of the adjoining poles of the rotor is satisfied any of Pw?0.6, 0.67?Pw?0.71, and 0.78?Pw. The distortion factors of induced voltages in a permanent magnet type electrical rotation machine, particularly for windmill power generation, can be reduced.

Abstract: A securing structure for a stator includes the stator having a stator core, and a housing having an opening portion containing the stator core, and the housing includes a portion A where the clearance between the inner circumferential surface of the opening portion and the stator core is relatively smaller and the inner diameter of the opening portion is constant, and a portion B located adjacent to the portion A in the axial direction of the stator core where the clearance between the inner circumferential surface of the opening portion and the stator core is relatively larger.

Abstract: An electric motor includes a stator, a rotor including a rotor shaft having a locating groove formed therein, a thrust system mounted on the rotor shaft, and a locator disposed in the groove for locating the thrust system in a predetermined position.

Abstract: A rotor for an electric machine includes a rotor carrier having a cylindrical axial support portion which extends axially with respect to an axis of rotation of the rotor, a sheet pack which includes a plurality of lamellar sheets and is attached to the axial support portion at an attachment area, and a first weld in the sheet pack at a predetermined distance away from the attachment area to fasten a plurality of the lamellar sheets together.

Abstract: A small DC motor includes: a motor frame including a cylindrical portion, the cylindrical portion having a constant thickness and having a cross section in a shape that includes four sides and connecting portions, each of the connecting portions connecting adjacent two of the four sides and being located inward from a corresponding corner in a quadrangle including the four sides; field magnets; and an armature assembly, wherein the field magnets are provided so as to be spaced apart from each other, and the small DC motor includes an air gap between each of the four sides and a radially outermost surface of the armature assembly, the air gap being a minimum size needed to rotate the armature assembly.

Abstract: An electromagnetic machine has a moving component, a stationary component, and a support component coupling the moving and stationary components in physical and electromagnetic proximity. The stationary component is a wound coil of insulated, electrically conductive tape defining a side face which has a plurality of spaced apart channels in it. The coil carries an electric current so that its opposite faces are north and south electromagnet pole faces and these pole faces are interrupted with spaced apart channels. The moving component is made up of a plurality of permanent magnets arranged in north-to-south pole alignment sequence and spaced apart. Non-magnetic pole surfaces of the magnets are positioned in close mutual proximity to the coil pole face. Electromotive forces are produced by electromagnetic interaction between the coil channels and the permanent magnet pole faces.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a terminal assembly of an alternator for vehicles and the terminal assembly manufactured by the method. The terminal assembly manufacturing method of the present invention includes a first step of notching and piercing a blank plate, a second step of deep-drawing notched portions of the plate to form a plurality of assembly protrusions, each of which has a pierced cylindrical shape protruding from the plate, a third step of trimming and piercing the plate to give it a predetermined shape, and a fourth step of coining and bending the plate, thus forming the terminal assembly.

Abstract: An inner rotor brushless motor is miniaturized, flattened and made lighter without reducing motor performance. A rotor and a stator are enclosed inside a sealed case (i.e., a sealed space) assembled by covering an attachment base with a cup-shaped bracket. A motor substrate on which a motor driving circuit is formed is provided in a gap formed in an axial direction between (i) the rotor and the stator and (ii) a base portion inside a bracket opening of the bracket.

Abstract: The device includes a rolling bearing unit supporting a radial load and a magnetic bearing unit supporting an axial load and/or a bearing preload; an electromagnet fitted to a spindle housing so as to confront, on a non-contact basis, a flange shaped thrust plate mounted on a main shaft; a motor rotor of a motor for driving the shaft, and a motor stator opposed to the rotor, the shaft being driven by magnetic or Lorentz forces developed between the rotor and the stator; and a sensor detecting an axial force acting on the bearing unit, and a controller controlling the electromagnet. In this device, the stiffness of a composite spring formed by the bearing unit and a support system for the bearing unit is chosen to be higher than the negative stiffness of a composite spring of a motor part comprised of the electromagnet and the motor.

Abstract: Protective bearing and cover assembly, for an internally ventilated rotating electrical machine, has centrally an axially orientated axis and comprises on the one hand at least one electronic component carried by the bearing and protected by the cover having at least one radial opening for the passage of air, at least one axial opening for the entry of air, a generally axially orientated skirt and a generally transversely orientated base part, in which is located the axial air inlet opening, which is offset axially in relation to the radial opening for the passage of air, and on the other at least one shaft for the cooling of the generally axially orientated electronic component; the radial opening for the passage of air constitutes the outlet of the cooling shaft whereas the skirt constitutes one of the internal and upper walls of the cooling shaft. The rotating electrical machine consists of an alternator or a starter-alternator or an alterno-starter comprising such an assembly.

Abstract: In a reluctance rotary electric machine, a movable part is arranged opposing part of an alignment of a plurality of stator poles to be movable in a predetermined direction. In the movable part, at least one pair of salient poles is configured to magnetically couple to the excited at least one first pair of the plurality of poles so as to form a first magnetic flux in loop thereamong. A segment magnetic-path portion is arranged to be magnetically separated from the at least one pair of salient poles. The segment magnetic-path portion works to magnetically couple therethrough between the at least one second pair of the plurality of stator poles so as to form a second magnetic flux in loop thereamong. The first magnetic flux and second magnetic flux create a reluctance force to move the movable part in the predetermined direction.

Abstract: A motor rotor is provided. The motor rotor includes a plurality of magnetic members circumferentially disposed on a peripheral wall surface of a turning axle of the motor rotor, and both end surfaces of the turning axle are coupled with fastening members respectively; each of the magnetic members has a first fastening portion formed at each of its two ends; and the fastening member is provided with a plurality of second fastening portions corresponding in position to the first fastening portions, such that each of the magnetic members are firmly fixed in position to the turning axle.

Abstract: A multi-phase electric motor comprises a stator comprising a plurality of wire coils surrounding a non-magnetizable core; a rotor with permanent magnets embedded therein, the rotor being disposed adjacent to the stator, the rotor being mounted on a rotatable drive shaft; a power source; a position sensor operably connected to the rotor; and a control circuit operably connected to the power source, the position sensor, and the wire coils, for controlling distribution of electrical energy to the wire coils. In this motor the control mechanism transfers electrical charge from a first coil to a second coil.

Abstract: A method, apparatus and system producing for electrodynamic machinery are disclosed. In one embodiment, an integrated stator-housing structure for constructing electrodynamic machines includes one or more field pole members. Each field pole member can have a first pole face and a second pole face. Also, the members each can have a field pole core being configured to produce a flux path in a direction from the first pole face to the second pole face. In one embodiment, the integrated stator-housing structure can also include a housing structure configured to support the one or more field pole members. The housing structure is configured to mate with one or more other housing structures to form an enclosure of an electrodynamic machine. In another embodiment, the housing structure is composed of potting compound formed with the one or more field pole members in, for example, a mold. In this case, the integrated stator-housing structure includes the potting compound and the field pole members.

Abstract: A stepping motor includes a housing a supporting shaft a rotor, and a stator. The housing includes a first wall and a second wall facing each other. The supporting shaft is inserted into a through hole of the rotor and is held by the first wall and the second wall. The rotor has a first end face and a second end face in an axial direction of the rotor. The first end face and the second end face are separated from the first wall and the second wall, respectively. A lubricant fills between the through hole and the supporting shaft, and an oil repellent agent is applied at a predetermined first area of the first wall around the supporting shaft and a predetermined second area of the second wall around the supporting shaft.

Abstract: In an electric rotary machine, a stator, a metallic supporting member configured to support the stator, and a rotor are provided, the rotor is relatively rotatably supported with respect to the stator, a magnetic path is formed via a gap portion between the stator and the rotor to give a torque to the rotor, and a space section is provided to interrupt the magnetic path at a position of the metallic supporting member near to a magnetic pole of the stator facing the gap portion.