Abstract: A brushless direct current motor with a stator and rotor uses permanent magnets facing the stator and which are held in place by springs that urge the magnets toward the periphery of a support structure for the rotor.

Abstract: A load adjustment device, by which the power of an internal combustion engine can be regulated, has a driver (4) which is coupled to an accelerator pedal (1) and cooperates via a regulating element with a setting member (9) which determines the output of the internal combustion engine. The setting member has a first regulating-element part (8a) and a second regulating-element part (8b) which can be disconnected from each other in order, in this way, to be able to control the setting member (9) independently of the driver (4) via an electric setting drive (14). Within the second regulating-element part (8b) there is contained, in accordance with the invention, a step-up device (torque converters 30a, 30b) for the setting-drive-side movement.

Abstract: A load adjustment device with which the power of an internal combustion engine can be controlled has a driver (4) which is coupled with an accelerator pedal (1). The driver cooperates via a control element with a setting member (throttle 9) which determines the power of the internal combustion engine. The control element has a first control-element part (8a) and second control-element part (8b) which can be decoupled from each other in order to be able to control the setting member (9) independently of the driver (4) via an electric setting drive (14). Within the second control-element part (8b) there is present, in accordance with the invention, a step-up transmission (torque converter 30a) for movement on the setting drive side, the torque converter being developed as a spiral.