Abstract: A permanent field magnet for a linear motor is provided. The permanent field magnet includes a plurality of permanent magnets arranged along a moving path of a mover; a first member that includes a soft magnetic material and is disposed between and in contact with mutually adjacent ones of the plurality of permanent magnets; and a suppressing portion configured to suppress application of a magnetic field from an armature to each of the permanent magnets.

Abstract: A linear motor includes an armature and a field magnet that are disposed to face each other and configured to be subjected to relative movement. The armature includes a plurality of windings that are arranged along a direction of the relative movement. Each of the windings is wound around a first iron core. The field magnet includes a plurality of permanent magnets that are disposed to face both sides of the armature in a direction perpendicular to the direction of the relative movement, and are arranged along the direction of the relative movement. A ratio of a dimension of the first iron core to an arrangement pitch of the windings in the direction of the relative movement is in a range from 0.1 to 0.35.

Abstract: An armature includes a plurality of cores arranged in a straight line and discontinuous with each other, a plurality of coils wound around each of the cores, and a holding section configured to hold the cores. At least one of the cores include division cores separate from each other and arranged in an axial direction thereof. Each of the division cores has a flange at a contact surface thereof that is in contact with the holding section, and at least a portion of the contact surface protrudes toward the holding section to form the flange.

Abstract: A magnetic field apparatus includes a main magnet that generates a magnetic field with respect to an armature, a member made of a soft magnetic material and disposed adjacent to an end surface of the main magnet on a side opposing the armature, an auxiliary magnet that increases a magnetic flux of a magnetic pole of the main magnet on the side opposing the armature and disposed adjacent to the main magnet and the member in a relative moving direction between the magnetic field apparatus and the armature, and a restricting part that restricts the magnetic flux of the main magnet passing through an end surface of the member along a third direction that is perpendicular to both a first direction in which the main magnet and the armature oppose each other, and a second direction corresponding to the relative moving direction between the magnetic field apparatus and the armature.

Abstract: A magnetic field generator including: a yoke; and a plurality of main magnetic pole magnets and a plurality of secondary magnetic pole magnets, the main magnetic pole magnets and the secondary magnetic pole magnets comprising a rare earth sintered magnet, having magnetic pole orientations different from each other by substantially 90°, and being alternately arranged in a linear Halbach magnet array without gaps and fixed to the yoke, wherein near contact surfaces of the main magnetic pole magnets and the secondary magnetic pole magnets, a grain boundary diffusion layer is formed in which at least one of Dy or Tb being heavy rare earth elements or a compound of at least one of the Dy or the Tb is diffused into internal grain boundaries from the contact surfaces.

Abstract: A linear motor includes an armature that includes a coil and a core made of a soft magnetic material, and a field magnet that includes a permanent magnet generating a magnetic field for the armature. One of the armature or the field magnet is a mover and the other of the armature or the field magnet is a stator, and the stator includes a first section and a second section. The armature and the field magnet are arranged such that the mover is interposed between the first and second sections, and at least one of the armature or the field magnet is configured to have an asymmetrical property between first and second magnetic actions. The first magnetic action is caused by the permanent magnet between the mover and the first section, and the second magnetic action is caused by the permanent magnet between the mover and the second section.

Abstract: A magnetic field generator including: a yoke; and a plurality of main magnetic pole magnets and a plurality of secondary magnetic pole magnets, the main magnetic pole magnets and the secondary magnetic pole magnets comprising a rare earth sintered magnet, having magnetic pole orientations different from each other by substantially 90°, and being alternately arranged in a linear Halbach magnet array without gaps and fixed to the yoke, wherein near contact surfaces of the main magnetic pole magnets and the secondary magnetic pole magnets, a grain boundary diffusion layer is formed in which at least one of Dy or Tb being heavy rare earth elements or a compound of at least one of the Dy or the Tb is diffused into internal grain boundaries from the contact surfaces.

Abstract: An armature includes a plurality of cores arranged in a straight line and discontinuous with each other, a plurality of coils wound around each of the cores, and a holding section configured to hold the cores. At least one of the cores include division cores separate from each other and arranged in an axial direction thereof. Each of the division cores has a flange at a contact surface thereof that is in contact with the holding section, and at least a portion of the contact surface protrudes toward the holding section to form the flange.

Abstract: A linear motor includes an armature that includes a coil and a core made of a soft magnetic material, and a field magnet that includes a permanent magnet generating a magnetic field for the armature. One of the armature or the field magnet is a mover and the other of the armature or the field magnet is a stator, and the stator includes a first section and a second section. The armature and the field magnet are arranged such that the mover is interposed between the first and second sections, and at least one of the armature or the field magnet is configured to have an asymmetrical property between first and second magnetic actions. The first magnetic action is caused by the permanent magnet between the mover and the first section, and the second magnetic action is caused by the permanent magnet between the mover and the second section.

Abstract: An electronic device according to one aspect includes a blood flow data acquisition unit configured to acquire information related to blood flowing inside a living body as blood flow data based on Doppler shift, a power spectrum calculator configured to calculate a power spectrum of the blood flow data based on the blood flow data, and an outline index calculator configured to calculate an outline index from the power spectrum. An electronic device according to one aspect further includes an estimator configured to estimate viscosity of the blood based on the outline index, and the estimator is configured to display an estimation result of the viscosity of the blood on a display.