Abstract: A vane-type compressor includes: a cylinder block; a rotor rotating within the cylinder block; vane slots provided on the rotor; vanes each provided slidably within each of the vane slots; coil springs provided within the vane slots for pushing the vanes; guide pins each provided along each of the coil springs and directly fixed on the vanes or the rotor; and guide holes each provided for each of the guide pins and formed on the rotor or the vane. The guide holes are formed on the vanes in case where the guide pins are directly fixed on the rotor. Alternatively, the guide holes are formed on the rotor in case where the guide pins are directly fixed on the vanes. The compressor prevents chattering of the vanes and also prevents a complex structure and cost rise.

Abstract: An electric compressor (201) includes: a compressor (203) configured to compress a refrigerant, the compressor (203) having a plurality of passage ports (207) delivering the refrigerant; an electric motor (205) configured to drive the compressor (203), the electric motor (205) having a plurality of stators (17) and an accommodation chamber (213) accommodating the plurality of stators (17); a partition wall (215) separating the compressor (203) and the an accommodation chamber (213) of the electric motor (205); and a plurality of refrigerant introducing/discharging passages (219) formed at the partition wall (215) wherein the respective refrigerant introducing/discharging passages (219) are located in a circumferential direction of the accommodation chamber (213), thereby the refrigerant being introduced into and discharged from stators (17) end in the electric motor (205) through the respective refrigerant introducing/discharging passages (219).

Abstract: The present invention relates to an electric compressor integrally including a compression mechanism and an electric motor, and an object thereof is to prevent the housing from being elongated in the axial direction and improve the sealability and the mountability of the compression mechanism. According to the present invention, a hermetic terminal (45) electrically connecting the electric motor (30) and a motor drive circuit (40) is attached within a swelled-space portion (50) swelled toward radial outside of a housing (11) so as to be continuous with a mounting bracket (17) of the housing (11). Accordingly, the distance between the compression mechanism and motor drive circuit can be shortened.

Abstract: An electric compressor (201) includes: a compressor (203) configured to compress a refrigerant, the compressor (203) having a plurality of passage ports (207) delivering the refrigerant; an electric motor (205) configured to drive the compressor (203), the electric motor (205) having a plurality of stators (17) and an accommodation chamber (213) accommodating the plurality of stators (17); a partition wall (215) separating the compressor (203) and the an accommodation chamber (213) of the electric motor (205); and a plurality of refrigerant introducing/discharging passages (219) formed at the partition wall (215) wherein the respective refrigerant introducing/discharging passages (219) are located in a circumferential direction of the accommodation chamber (213), thereby the refrigerant being introduced into and discharged from stators (17) end in the electric motor (205) through the respective refrigerant introducing/discharging passages (219).

Abstract: A vane-type compressor includes: a cylinder block; a rotor rotating within the cylinder block; vane slots provided on the rotor; vanes each provided slidably within each of the vane slots; coil springs provided within the vane slots for pushing the vanes; guide pins each provided along each of the coil springs and directly fixed on the vanes or the rotor; and guide holes each provided for each of the guide pins and formed on the rotor or the vane. The guide holes are formed on the vanes in case where the guide pins are directly fixed on the rotor. Alternatively, the guide holes are formed on the rotor in case where the guide pins are directly fixed on the vanes. The compressor prevents chattering of the vanes and also prevents a complex structure and cost rise.

Abstract: To provide an air-dynamic bearing apparatus having a radial dynamic bearing and thrust dynamic bearings by a small number of parts by using a material which is easy to fabricate and a polygon scanner motor using thereof, a rotor 26 made of a metal is supported by a small diameter portion 21A provided at a front end of a stator 21 made of a metal as a shaft portion by using an attaching hole 26A and a thrust plate 8 is fixed to an end portion of the small diameter portion 21A to thereby constitute bearing portions, low friction metal plating layers M1 through M3 are provided to respective bearing faces of the bearing portions, thereby, a radial dynamic bearing 51, a first thrust dynamic bearing 52 and a second thrust dynamic bearing 53 are formed.

Abstract: To provide an air-dynamic bearing apparatus having a radial dynamic bearing and thrust dynamic bearings by a small number of parts by using a material which is easy to fabricate and a polygon scanner motor using thereof, a rotor 26 made of a metal is supported by a small diameter portion 21A provided at a front end of a stator 21 made of a metal as a shaft portion by using an attaching hole 26A and a thrust plate 8 is fixed to an end portion of the small diameter portion 21A to thereby constitute bearing portions, low friction metal plating layers M1 through M3 are provided to respective bearing faces of the bearing portions, thereby, a radial dynamic bearing 51, a first thrust dynamic bearing 52 and a second thrust dynamic bearing 53 are formed.

Abstract: A spindle motor having a simplified construction with reduced axial and radial deflection while avoiding the half whirl phenomenon includes a motor frame, a rotating shaft supporting a rotor, a stator and stator coil, a permanent magnet opposing the stator, and a liquid dynamic pressure bearing. Magnetic centers of the permanent magnet and stator coil, in the axial direction of the rotating shaft, are substantially matched. The liquid dynamic pressure bearing comprises opposing surfaces of the rotating shaft and the housing. The rotating shaft has a disk-shaped thrust bearing portion disposed in a first portion of a cylindrical hole of the housing, and a radial bearing portion disposed in a second portion of the cylindrical hole. Lubricating oil fills a space between the cylindrical hole and the thrust bearing portion and radial bearing portion, and a presser ring is pressed and fixed into a third portion of the cylindrical hole to seal the bearing.

Abstract: A spindle motor comprises a rotational member supported by bearings for rotation about a rotational axis, a rotational body and a motor rotor mounted on the rotational member for rotation therewith, and a motor stator mounted around the motor rotor. The rotational body has an outer diameter determined so that a windage loss of the rotational body is proportional to the third power of a peripheral velocity of the rotational body and an air gap diameter of the bearings and the diameter of the motor stator are determined so that the air loss of each of the bearings and the motor rotor is proportional to the square of the peripheral velocity of each of the bearings and the motor rotor at a range of constant speed of rotation of the rotational member.

Abstract: A spindle motor comprises a permanent magnet having an outer diameter, an outer circumference, and a number of poles. A stator core is disposed around and spaced from the outer circumference of the permanent magnet rotor. The stator core has a yoke portion, a number of lengthwise extending and circumferentially spaced slots, and a tooth portion between each adjacent two of the slots. The slots are disposed in close proximity to the outer circumference of the permanent magnet rotor, and a width of each of the slots in a radial direction of the stator core is smaller than a width of the yoke portion and equal to or greater than 1/20 of the outer diameter of the permanent magnet rotor. A coil has two or less turns and is comprised of a conductor disposed in the slots of the stator core.