Abstract: A permanent magnet type rotating electric machine includes: a rotor including a rotor core having a polygonal shape and a plurality of permanent magnets; and a stator including a stator core and armature windings, in which, when the number of poles is M, the number of slots is N, M permanent magnets are sequentially numbered from first to M-th in a circumferential direction, and a positional shift amount in the circumferential direction from a corresponding one of equiangularly arranged reference positions, each being at the same radial distance from a center of a rotating shaft, for an i-th (i=1, 2, . . . , M) permanent magnet is hi, M unit vectors in total, each being in an angular direction of 2?N(i?1)/M (rad), are defined, and a sum of M vectors obtained by multiplying the unit vectors respectively by the positional shift amount hi is smaller than a maximum value of an absolute value of the positional shift amount hi.

Abstract: A permanent magnet rotating electric machine includes: a stator including: a stator core having teeth, and an armature winding wound around each of the teeth to configure the multiple phases; and a rotor including a rotor core, and permanent magnets provided in order around the rotor core. The rotor is arranged to be spaced apart from the stator with an air gap therebetween. Each of the permanent magnets has a curved surface opposed to the stator and is configured to satisfy the following relationship: 0.65 ? Rm × h ? ? 1 W ? ( h ? ? 1 + g ) ? 1.37 where Rm denotes a radius of curvature of the curved surface, h1 denotes a thickness of a central portion of the permanent magnet in the peripheral direction, W denotes a width of the permanent magnet in the peripheral direction, and g denotes an air gap length of the air gap.

Abstract: A motor drive device employed, for example, in an electric power steering apparatus for vehicle, achieves a reduction not only in size but also in vibration and noise at the same time. At least one of a motor drive control unit (30) and a motor (10) is provided with at least two screw holes (53) for fixation to a gear (speed reducer) of an electric power steering apparatus. Let L1 be a maximum value of a distance between center points of the screw holes (53) and L2 be a distance between an end face (D) of a stator iron core (12) in an axial direction on a farther side from the gear and an attachment surface (C) attached to a gear side, then a value of L1 is equal to or greater than a value of L2.

Abstract: There is provided a drive-device-integrated rotating electrical machine, in which a radially protruding portion (35,39) is provided radially on at least one of a housing (17) and a heat sink (29) which constitute a storing section (22) of the drive device (8); an opening portion (36) is formed on at least one of the radially protruding portion (35); a connector section (34) is attachably/detachably attached onto the opening portion (36); and a connector-connecting portion (46) for electrically connecting the connector section with the drive device is provided in the vicinity of the opening portion.

Abstract: A rotary electric machine according to the present invention is a rotary electric machine including: a heat sink mounted with a power circuit; a housing for containing incorporated components; and a frame for containing a rotor and a stator core; the heat sink, the housing, and the frame being coaxially and integrally configured. In the rotary electric machine, there are included a lead frame connected to a power circuit, and a connector portion connected to the lead frame and being for connecting to the outside; the heat sink is made of metal; and the housing is made of resin.

Abstract: Provided is a rotary electric machine, including: a stator; and a rotor provided on the stator so as to be rotatable about a rotation shaft, in which the rotor includes, at an outer circumference thereof, magnetic poles arranged so as to have different polarities alternately, the magnetic poles being formed of a rotor core in which electromagnetic steel plates are stacked, the magnetic poles being excited by permanent magnets which are housed in gaps disposed at an outer circumferential part of the rotor core, and in which the rotor core includes, at an inner circumferential part thereof, in the same stack plane: a short circuit magnetic path connecting magnetic pole pieces which form the magnetic poles; and a protruding portion held in contact with the permanent magnets, which is positioned between magnetic pole pieces which are not connected to the short circuit magnetic path.

Abstract: An electric power steering electric motor apparatus includes: an electric motor including: a motor housing; a stator; a rotor; and a power supplying portion that supplies electric power to the stator; and a controlling unit including a driving circuit that supplies electric power to the electric motor; a connecting portion; a controlling circuit; and a case that covers the driving circuit and the controlling circuit, the electric motor and the controlling unit being mounted coaxially onto a gear housing that reduces rotational speed of the electric motor so as to position the controlling unit on a side near the gear housing, and the connecting portion being connected to the power supplying portion inside the case through an opening portion formed on the case, and being positioned and held by an insulating member so as to be insulated from the case and the motor housing.

Abstract: A coil is configured so that: N conductor wires of wave windings each divided at at least two positions in a circumferential direction are provided in one of a plurality of slots; within a unit of the divided wave windings in which conduction is made, the N conductor wires are connected in one of series and parallel to each other at division positions located at substantially the same circumferential position of conductor-wire end portions; division units of the divided wave windings are connected in series to each other, and a total number of series turns of the series-connected division units of the each phase is a predetermined number of series turns, which does not exceed an upper limit value of a terminal voltage of the rotary electric machine; and the series-connected division units of the each phase have the same total number of series turns.

Abstract: Not less than two regions different in magnetic circuit design are provided in a rotational axis direction of the rotor (30), the regions being different by changing a cross-sectional shape in the rotational axis direction in a cross-section perpendicular to a rotational shaft (10) of the rotor (30) having the permanent magnets (1) and the rotor core (2); the supplemental grooves (5) are provided in axial partial regions of each of the teeth (7) of the stator core (3); and the region in which the supplemental groove (5) is provided is each partial region for each region facing a region same in magnetic circuit design of the rotor (30). This enables to reduce cogging torque generated by variations on the rotor side.

Abstract: A motor for an electric power steering device, includes: a housing side bearing which is placed on the output side of a shaft of a rotor placed in a frame, and is supported by a housing connected to the frame; and a frame side bearing which is placed on the opposite output side of the shaft of the rotor, and is composed of an outer ring and an inner ring supported by the frame.

Abstract: A motor for an electric power steering device with an integrated controller (1) includes a motor (2) and a controller (15) which controls driving of the motor (2) and has a metal case, the motor and the controller being formed integrally with each other. The motor (1) is attached to a speed reduction mechanism (23). The motor (2), the controller (15), and the speed reduction mechanism (23) are arranged in this order, in an axial direction, and in substantially coaxial relation with each other. The heat emitted from a driving substrate and the motor can be efficiently transmitted to the speed reduction mechanism.

Abstract: Provided is a rotation angle detecting device with high detection accuracy, which can be structured with a small number of teeth even if a shaft angle multiplier increases, thus enhancing winding workability and becoming suitable for mass production.

Abstract: A rotor of a rotating electrical machine is provided in which neither deterioration nor fluctuation in the cogging torque is caused and that causes neither physical enlargement nor cost increase. The rotor of a rotating electrical machine, provided with a plurality of magnetic poles 3 that are fixed on a rotor iron core 2 and arranged spaced apart from one another in the circumferential direction of the rotor iron core 2, is characterized by including a tube-shaped non-magnetic ring 4 mounted on the outer circumferential surfaces of the plurality of magnetic poles 3, and characterized in that the non-magnetic ring has a plurality of inner-diameter bulging portions 41 that abut on the corresponding outer circumferential surfaces of the plurality of magnetic poles.

Abstract: A rotor of a rotary electric machine according to the present invention includes: a rotor core arranged on the outer circumferential side of a rotor shaft; and a plurality of magnetic poles fixed to the rotor core and circumferentially arranged on the rotor core, the rotor including a non-magnetic ring attached by insertion to the outer circumference of the plurality of the magnetic poles and having a substantially polygonal shape in outer circumferential shape. The non-magnetic ring is configured such that the inner circumferential length L of the non-magnetic ring before assembly with respect to the length of an envelope L0 of tangent lines each between the outer circumferential surface of the magnetic pole and the outer circumferential surface of the adjacent magnetic pole is set to L?L0. An object is to obtain the rotor of the rotary electric machine capable of achieving reduction in size and cost.

Abstract: A compact, light permanent magnet motor with low torque pulsations is obtained by reducing a cogging torque resulting from variations at the end of a rotor, such as an error in attachment position and a variation in magnet characteristic of the permanent magnets. A permanent magnet rotating electrical machine includes a rotor having a rotor core and plural magnetic poles formed of permanent magnets provided to the rotor core, and a stator having plural teeth opposing the plural magnetic poles, a stator core provided with slots in which to store an armature winding wire wound around the teeth, and supplemental grooves provided to the teeth in portions opposing the rotor in an axial direction of the stator core.

Abstract: A floor support has: a first elastic member that is disposed on a floor slab, and is elastically deformable, and damps vibrations; a supporting member supported on the first elastic member, and extending in a direction opposite the floor slab; a flooring material supported on the supporting member, and disposed with a gap between the flooring material and the floor slab; a second elastic member that is supported by the first elastic member, the supporting member or the flooring material at a supporting surface inclined with respect to a horizontal direction, and is elastically deformable, and damps vibrations; and a mass body supported at the second elastic member, and displaced by elastic deformation of the second elastic member, and damping vibrations.

Abstract: An electric motor and a control unit are integrally formed and are placed coaxially with a shaft of a gear box for reducing a speed of rotation of the electric motor and also the control unit is placed between the gear box and the electric motor, and a power feeding part of the electric motor is bonded to a bonding part of the control unit inside a housing or a case through an opening part disposed in the housing and/or the case 24.

Abstract: Provided is a motor for an electric power steering apparatus, in which vibrations and noises are suppressed. The motor for an electric power steering apparatus includes: a motor section (1) for outputting an assist torque to a handle of a vehicle; and a controller (2) for controlling driving of the motor section (1). The motor section (1) includes: a rotor (14, 14A) having P poles; and a stator (15, 15A) provided so as to surround the rotor (14, 14A), the stator including: a stator core (23) provided with n slots formed thereon and housed in a frame (4); and three-phase stator windings (25) wound around the slots (22). The controller (2) is provided between a boss (18) and the motor section (1) so as to surround the output shaft (12).

Abstract: An apparatus is provided for obtaining a compact and inexpensive motor for controller integrated electric power steering apparatus capable of reducing a component for connection and the number of man-hours of assembly, and an electric power steering apparatus. A driving substrate having a power element is arranged in the side of a speed reduction mechanism of the inside of a case of a controller and a control substrate for controlling driving of the driving substrate is arranged in the side of a motor of the inside of the case and a resolver and a lead frame having connection wiring are arranged between a motor shaft direction of the control substrate and the driving substrate and an input-output terminal of the resolver is electrically connected to the control substrate. It is placed substantially coaxially in order of a motor, the controller and a speed reduction mechanism in the motor shaft direction.