Abstract: An electric motor includes a stator portion, a rotor portion, and a bearing mechanism, wherein the rotor portion includes a rotor holder having a substantially cylindrical shape with a closed end, and a field magnet fixed to an inner circumference of the rotor holder; the stator portion includes a stator, a base portion to which the stator is fixed, and a magnetic member; and the magnetic member includes a cylindrical portion having a substantially cylindrical shape into which a lower end portion of an insulator of the stator is inserted, the lower end portion being a portion of an outer portion of the insulator and opposing the base portion, and a flat portion having a substantially annular shape which spreads outwardly in a radial direction from a lower edge of the cylindrical portion and opposes a lower edge of the field magnet.

Abstract: A weight adjustment portion is formed at an upper end of a hub to project radially inward. An approximately U-shaped balance clip is attached to the weight adjustment portion. A gap to be constantly ensured is formed axially between the weight adjustment portion and a rotor holder. For ensuring the gap, a plurality of seats are provided on the lower surface of the weight adjustment portion at regular circumferential intervals. The rotor holder is press-fitted to the hub until the rotor holder comes into contact with the seats. The upper surface of the weight adjustment portion is positioned lower than the uppermost portion of the hub, thereby preventing the balance clip projecting from the uppermost portion of the hub when the balance clip is attached to the weight adjustment portion.

Abstract: An electric motor includes a stator portion, a rotor portion, and a bearing mechanism, wherein the rotor portion includes a rotor holder having a substantially cylindrical shape with a closed end, and a field magnet fixed to an inner circumference of the rotor holder; the stator portion includes a stator, a base portion to which the stator is fixed, and a magnetic member; and the magnetic member includes a cylindrical portion having a substantially cylindrical shape into which a lower end portion of an insulator of the stator is inserted, the lower end portion being a portion of an outer portion of the insulator and opposing the base portion, and a flat portion having a substantially annular shape which spreads outwardly in a radial direction from a lower edge of the cylindrical portion and opposes a lower edge of the field magnet.

Abstract: A weight adjustment portion is formed at an upper end of a hub to project radially inward. An approximately U-shaped balance clip is attached to the weight adjustment portion. A gap to be constantly ensured is formed axially between the weight adjustment portion and a rotor holder. For ensuring the gap, a plurality of seats are provided on the lower surface of the weight adjustment portion at regular circumferential intervals. The rotor holder is press-fitted to the hub until the rotor holder comes into contact with the seats. The upper surface of the weight adjustment portion is positioned lower than the uppermost portion of the hub, thereby preventing the balance clip projecting from the uppermost portion of the hub when the balance clip is attached to the weight adjustment portion.

Abstract: Slim-profile centrifugal fan made up of a housing, a motor component, and a airflow-generating component. A disk portion, a cylindrical portion, a plurality of posts, and a plurality of blades compose the airflow-generating component. The plurality of posts project from, and are arranged at a predetermined circumferential spacing along, the outer circumferential surface of the cylindrical portion; and each of the plurality of blades is provided on a respective one of the posts. The posts are of sufficiently greater thickness than the blades. Accordingly, air spaces are formed in between the posts and the blades, yet the blades are retained firmly on the cylindrical portion by the posts.

Abstract: Slim-profile centrifugal fan made up of a housing, a motor component, and a airflow-generating component. A disk portion, a cylindrical portion, a plurality of posts, and a plurality of blades compose the airflow-generating component. The plurality of posts project from, and are arranged at a predetermined circumferential spacing along, the outer circumferential surface of the cylindrical portion; and each of the plurality of blades is provided on a respective one of the posts. The posts are of sufficiently greater thickness than the blades. Accordingly, air spaces are formed in between the posts and the blades, yet the blades are retained firmly on the cylindrical portion by the posts.