Abstract: A vehicle body structure includes a roof side assembly connecting upper end portions of pillars of a vehicle body in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle body, the roof side assembly forming an A-pillar itself, a mounting bracket fixing the roof side assembly to a lower vehicle body, and an external garnish coupled to an outside of the roof side assembly, wherein the roof side assembly includes a pipe extending in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle body, the pipe including a closed cross-section, and a molding member injection-molded with the pipe inserted thereinto.

Abstract: Entry of a synchronous speed of a rotor can be facilitated by increasing a starting torque by adjusting a magnetization application time for magnetizing the rotor according to whether or not a starting capacitor is used. The present invention includes: a control unit that outputs a control signal for controlling an application time of a magnetizing current according to whether or not a starting capacitor is used; and a switch that supplies power to an exciting coil according to the control signal outputted from the control unit.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for controlling starting of a motor are disclosed. An exciting coil of a motor is excited by using a controller of an electronic refrigerator without having an extra excitation control circuit, to thereby simplify a component construction for controlling exciting of the motor and thus reduce complexity. The present invention includes: a main coil and an auxiliary coil (sub-coil); an exciting coil that generates an excitation current; a refrigerator control unit that outputs a control signal for controlling an application time of the excitation current when started; and a switch unit electrically connected with the exciting coil and supplying power to the exciting coil according to the control signal outputted from the refrigerator control unit.

Abstract: A door opening and closing device for a refrigerator includes plural doors for opening and closing a refrigerator main body; a hinge unit for connecting the corresponding door to the refrigerant main body so that the door can perform rotational motion or translational motion against the refrigerant main body; first interference units provided between the corresponding door and the refrigerant main body, and contacting from a state in which the door is closed to a state in which the door is opened to a designated angle for separating the doors; and second interference units provided between the corresponding door and the refrigerant main body, and contacting from the state in which the door is opened above the designated angle for separating the doors. The door opening and closing device reduces noise and impact generated by the opening and closing of the doors, allowing a user to open and close the doors more softly and smoothly.

Abstract: Disclosed is a brushless DC motor, a magnetizing method thereof and a washing machine having the same. The brushless DC motor, comprising: a stator, and a rotor having a plurality of magnetic poles with a same thickness, wherein each of the magnetic poles is magnetized such that a magnetic flux density of an air gap is high at a central portion of each of the magnetic poles, compared to the magnetic flux density at both ends of each of the magnetic poles. Accordingly, a manufacturing cost can be reduced, a manufacturing process can be facilitated, and vibration and noise can be reduced.

Abstract: A magnetizing motor having a permanent magnet body covering an outer circumferential surface of a rotor body, includes a speed detecting unit that detects a speed of the magnetizing motor; and a controlling unit that compares the speed detected by the speed detecting unit with a reference speed, and outputs a magnetizing control signal based on the result of the comparison.

Abstract: Entry of a synchronous speed of a rotor can be facilitated by increasing a starting torque by adjusting a magnetization application time for magnetizing the rotor according to whether or not a starting capacitor is used. The present invention includes: a control unit that outputs a control signal for controlling an application time of a magnetizing current according to whether or not a starting capacitor is used; and a switch that supplies power to an exciting coil according to the control signal outputted from the control unit.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for controlling starting of a motor are disclosed. An exciting coil of a motor is excited by using a controller of an electronic refrigerator without having an extra excitation control circuit, to thereby simplify a component construction for controlling exciting of the motor and thus reduce complexity. The present invention includes: a main coil and an auxiliary coil (sub-coil); an exciting coil that generates an excitation current; a refrigerator control unit that outputs a control signal for controlling an application time of the excitation current when started; and a switch unit electrically connected with the exciting coil and supplying power to the exciting coil according to the control signal outputted from the refrigerator control unit.

Abstract: A self-magnetized motor includes a stator adapted to rotate by electromagnetic interaction with a rotator, a plurality of slot teeth formed on and surrounding a through-hole of the stator, and an excitation pole adjacent at least one slot tooth having fewer projections than remaining ones of the slot teeth. The projections are formed on ends of the slot teeth facing the through-hole of the stator. According to one non-limiting embodiment, the excitation pole may be formed between two slot teeth having fewer projections.

Abstract: A motor includes a stator and a rotor rotated due to the interaction between the rotor and the stator. Since overhangs are protruded only from the circumference of a rotor core of the rotor facing the stator in the axial direction, manufacturing costs for improving performance and core loss of the stator are minimized. Additionally, since the rotor core is manufactured by iron powder metallurgy, the rotor core is conveniently designed.

Abstract: A stator of a motor having various shapes and capable of minimizing the manufacturing costs. At least teeth are manufactured by the iron powder metallurgy method. In order to obtain the overhang effect, the height of a tip of each tooth is lower than the height of a rotor and the height of a yoke is higher than the height of a tip of each tooth so as to minimize the core loss of the yoke. Since, in order to minimize the end coil, the height of a neck of each tooth is gradually higher as running from the sides to the central portion in the circumferential direction, costs for manufacturing a motor can be minimized and sufficient efficiency can be obtained.

Abstract: A motor includes a stator which generates a rotating magnetic field, and a rotor. The rotor includes a plurality of permanent magnets and a hysteresis band disposed on an outer periphery of the rotor.

Abstract: A magnetizing motor having a permanent magnet body covering an outer circumferential surface of a rotor body, includes a speed detecting unit that detects a speed of the magnetizing motor; and a controlling unit that compares the speed detected by the speed detecting unit with a reference speed, and outputs a magnetizing control signal based on the result of the comparison.

Abstract: Provided are a self magnetizing motor and a method for wining coils on a stator thereof, wherein an exciter pole and exciter coils are formed at a stator and an exciter magnetizable portion is disposed at an outer circumferential surface of a rotor, whereby the self magnetizing motor can be operated by an induced electromotive force generated by a main coil, a sub coil and a conductive bar of the rotor from its initial driving to a speed prior to a synchronous speed, and operated by a magnetomotive force generated by the exciter pole and the exciter magnetizable portion at the synchronous speed, thereby improving an efficiency of the motor, a power factor, and a synchronization characteristic.

Abstract: Provided are a self magnetizing motor and a method for winding coils on a stator thereof, wherein two exciter poles are positioned at an inner circumferential surface of the stator to face each other, and an exciter magnetizable portion is disposed at an outer circumferential surface of a rotor to thus be selectively magnetized by the exciter poles, whereby the self magnetizing motor can be operated by an induced electromotive force generated by a main coil, a sub coil and a conductive bar of a rotor from its initial driving to a speed prior to a synchronous speed, and operated by a magnetomotive force generated by the exciter poles and the exciter magnetizable portion at the synchronous speed, thereby improving an efficiency of the motor, a power factor, and a synchronization characteristic.

Abstract: Provided are a self magnetizing motor and a stator thereof, the self magnetizing motor comprising: a rotor; a stator including a cavity formed in a center portion thereof to install the rotor therein, a plurality of induction slots and a plurality of exciter slots positioned with a certain interval therebetween along an inner circumferential surface of the cavity, a teeth positioned between each induction slot, and an exciter pole positioned between each exciter slot, an end portion of the exciter pole being positioned to be relatively closer to a exciter magnetizing portion than an end portion of each teeth is positioned to be close to the exciter magnetizing portion, an winding penetrating each of the plurality of induction slots to be wound on each teeth; and an exciter coil penetrating each of the plurality of exciter slots to be wound on the exciter pole.

Abstract: A motor for a washing machine includes a stator core having one or more bolt thru holes. A stator assembly having the stator core is directly coupled to a bearing housing using the bolt thru holes.

Abstract: A motor includes a stator and a rotor rotated due to the interaction between the rotor and the stator. Since overhangs are protruded only from the circumference of a rotor core of the rotor facing the stator in the axial direction, manufacturing costs for improving performance and core loss of the stator are minimized. Additionally, since the rotor core is manufactured by iron powder metallurgy, the rotor core is conveniently designed.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method for manufacturing a stator of a brushless direct current electric motor which can cut down the unit cost of production and improve the B-H property and the core loss property, by forming a band-shaped back yoke by using a silicon steel plate sheet, helically stacking the back yoke, and inserting poles formed by a magnetic iron powder into the inner circumferential surface of the back yoke, and a stator of a brushless direct current electric motor manufactured by the method.