Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide a direct current motor wherein the number of coil-connecting wires that cross the outer surface of a coil end part is reduced. In a direct current motor that is provided with an armature that has a plurality of armature slots and has an armature coil that is wound so as to span two armature slots that are separated by a fixed number of armature slots, a lowermost layer of a coil end part is provided with at least four armature coils that are wound through other armature slots so as not to coincide with the wound armature coil, and a layer above the four armature coils that are wound on the bottommost layer is provided with at least four armature coils that are wound in the same manner as the four armature coils.

Abstract: A DC commutator motor includes a yoke, a field magnet, and an armature. A shaft is positioned on a central axis of the armature. A plurality of commutator segments is positioned in a circumferential direction of the shaft. A plurality of armature slots is formed on an outer periphery of an armature core. An upper coil is wound the number of turns Na through two armature slots, which are located apart from each other with the predetermined number of armature slots therebetween, at their opening sides. A lower coil is connected in parallel with the upper coil and wound the number of turns Nb through the two armature slots at their bottom sides. The number of turns Na is smaller than the number of turns Nb.

Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide a direct current motor wherein the number of coil-connecting wires that cross the outer surface of a coil end part is reduced. In a direct current motor that is provided with an armature that has a plurality of armature slots and has an armature coil that is wound so as to span two armature slots that are separated by a fixed number of armature slots, a lowermost layer of a coil end part is provided with at least four armature coils that are wound through other armature slots so as not to coincide with the wound armature coil, and a layer above the four armature coils that are wound on the bottommost layer is provided with at least four armature coils that are wound in the same manner as the four armature coils.

Abstract: DC commutator motor that prevents variation in characteristics of the motor and suppressing deterioration of performance, and reduces the number of assembly steps. A magnet is attached to an inner circumferential surface of a bottomed cylindrical bracket to form a field pole. In an armature, a commutator is fastened to an armature core which is formed by laminating a plurality of thin core sheets. Shaft is inserted into the integrated body of the armature core with the commutator. Armature coil is wound within slots provided in the armature core, and bearings are attached. The armature is assembled with the field pole. Polygonal protruding portion which is made of resin is provided in the commutator, the protruding portion fastened to inner circumferential surfaces of the slots of the armature core, and the shaft is then inserted.

Abstract: A DC commutator motor includes a yoke, a field magnet, and an armature. A shaft is positioned on a central axis of the armature. A plurality of commutator segments is positioned in a circumferential direction of the shaft. A plurality of armature slots is formed on an outer periphery of an armature core. An upper coil is wound the number of turns Na through two armature slots, which are located apart from each other with the predetermined number of armature slots therebetween, at their opening sides. A lower coil is connected in parallel with the upper coil and wound the number of turns Nb through the two armature slots at their bottom sides. The number of turns Na is smaller than the number of turns Nb.

Abstract: When a connection failure occurs in an FFC for electrically interconnecting the ground potentials of the printed boards, the failure is immediately detected. A plasma display device has a scan electrode driving circuit for dividing scan electrodes into a first scan electrode group and a second scan electrode group and driving them, scan electrode driving ICs for applying a scan pulse generated by the scan electrode driving circuit to the scan electrodes, a timing generating circuit for generating switch signal SI used for switching the scan electrode driving ICs in a predetermined order, and a first printed board and second printed board that have the scan electrode driving ICs. The ground potential of the first printed board is electrically connected to that of the second printed board via an FFC. Switch signal SI is input from the first printed board to the second printed board via the FFC.

Abstract: A permanent magnet rotating electric machine has a stator provided with a plurality of windings, and a rotor in which magnets are disposed in slots formed in a rotor core along an outer circumference thereof. The rotor core is fixed on a rotary shaft rotating inside the stator, and one magnetic pole is constituted by each group of three or more of the magnets. A total angle occupied by the group of magnets constituting one magnetic pole is in the range of 150 to 165 degrees in terms of an electrical angle.

Abstract: A plasma display device has a panel having a plurality of scan electrodes, and a drive circuit having a circuit board including a scan IC for applying scan pulses to the scan electrodes. The drive circuit divides a group of odd-numbered scan electrodes and a group of even-numbered scan electrodes individually. In the circuit board having the scan IC, a surface or layer to be mounted with a scan IC for applying scan pulses to the group of odd-numbered scan electrodes is different from a surface or layer to be mounted with a scan IC for applying scan pulses to the group of even-numbered scan electrodes.

Abstract: A permanent magnet rotating electric machine has a stator provided with a plurality of windings, and a rotor in which magnets are disposed in slots formed in a rotor core along an outer circumference thereof. The rotor core is fixed on a rotary shaft rotating inside the stator, and one magnetic pole is constituted by each group of three or more of the magnets. A total angle occupied by the group of magnets constituting one magnetic pole is in the range of 150 to 165 degrees in terms of an electrical angle.

Abstract: A permanent magnet rotating electric machine has a stator provided with a plurality of windings, and a rotor in which magnets are disposed in slots formed in a rotor core along an outer circumference thereof. The rotor core is fixed on a rotary shaft rotating inside the stator, and one magnetic pole is constituted by each group of three or more of the magnets. A total angle occupied by the group of magnets constituting one magnetic pole is in the range of 150 to 165 degrees in terms of an electrical angle.

Abstract: When a connection failure occurs in an FFC for electrically interconnecting the ground potentials of the printed boards, the failure is immediately detected. A plasma display device has a scan electrode driving circuit for dividing scan electrodes into a first scan electrode group and a second scan electrode group and driving them, scan electrode driving ICs for applying a scan pulse generated by the scan electrode driving circuit to the scan electrodes, a timing generating circuit for generating switch signal SI used for switching the scan electrode driving ICs in a predetermined order, and a first printed board and second printed board that have the scan electrode driving ICs. The ground potential of the first printed board is electrically connected to that of the second printed board via an FFC. Switch signal SI is input from the first printed board to the second printed board via the FFC.

Abstract: A permanent magnet rotating electric machine has a stator provided with a plurality of windings, and a rotor in which magnets are disposed in slots formed in a rotor core along an outer circumference thereof. The rotor core is fixed on a rotary shaft rotating inside the stator, and one magnetic pole is constituted by each group of three or more of the magnets. A total angle occupied by the group of magnets constituting one magnetic pole is in the range of 150 to 165 degrees in terms of an electrical angle.

Abstract: An efficient and high-performance commutator motor in which both torque enhancement and iron loss reduction are achieved is provided by ensuring a sufficient area occupied by field windings wound on main poles and further suppressing the influence of armature counteractive magnetic flux and reducing pulsating torque. The commutator motor includes a stator and an armature. The stator includes a stator iron core having the main poles and slots and the field windings disposed in the slots. The armature includes an armature iron core having slots and teeth and armature windings wound in the slots. The stator and armature iron cores are formed of laminated steel sheets. The iron cores are formed by etching process. Multiple through holes are formed in the main poles opposed to the air gap positioned on the forward side in the direction of armature rotation by etching process.

Abstract: In the prior art in which permanent magnets are regularly arranged over the whole circumference of a rotor core, a satisfactory magnetic flux distribution is hard to obtain, and the cogging torque and the distortion factor of the induced electromotive force waveform are large, whereby characteristics of a rotating electric machine are poor. Also, because the permanent magnets are arranged over the whole circumference, a large number of permanent magnets are required and cost reduction is difficult. A permanent magnet rotating electric-machine of the invention comprises a stator provided with a plurality of windings, and a rotor in which magnets are disposed in slots formed in a rotor core along an outer circumference thereof, the rotor core being fixed on a rotary shaft rotating inside the stator, and in which one magnetic pole is constituted by each group of three or more of the magnets.

Abstract: In the prior art in which permanent magnets are regularly arranged over the whole circumference of a rotor core, a satisfactory magnetic flux distribution is hard to obtain, and the cogging torque and the distortion factor of the induced electromotive force waveform are large, whereby characteristics of a rotating electric machine are poor. Also, because the permanent magnets are arranged over the whole circumference, a large number of permanent magnets are required and cost reduction is difficult. A permanent magnet rotating electric-machine of the invention comprises a stator provided with a plurality of windings, and a rotor in which magnets are disposed in slots formed in a rotor core along an outer circumference thereof, the rotor core being fixed on a rotary shaft rotating inside the stator, and in which one magnetic pole is constituted by each group of three or more of the magnets.

Abstract: A very high speed permanent magnet type electric rotating machine, in which loss generated on a rotor is small to achieve high efficiency on an air generating source even when driven by an inverter operating at a fundamental frequency of at least several hundreds of Hz and in which a reactor is inserted between the inverter and a permanent magnet type synchronous motor, and content percentages of components of harmonic current supplied to the permanent magnet type synchronous motor are adjusted such that when a content percentage of a fundamental wave is 100%, a content percentage B of a seventh order component is at most 10% and a total content percentage is made equal to or less than a certain value so as to satisfy the relationship (A<C<B) where A is a content percentage of a fifth order component, B is a content percentage of a seventh order component thereof, and C is a content percentage of a ninth order component thereof, thereby enabling realizing a very high speed permanent magnet type electric

Abstract: Provided are a super-high speed permanent magnet type synchronous motor which causes less loss in a rotor even though it is driven by an inverter adapted to be operated with a fundamental frequency around 1 kHz, and an air compressor. The air compressor having a super-high speed permanent magnet type synchronous motor which is composed of a stator in which armature windings are wound in a plurality of slots formed in a stator core, and a rotor including a shaft made of a conductive magnetic material, a conductive permanent magnet laid around the outer periphery of the shaft, and a reinforcing member made of carbon fibers and laid around the outer periphery of the permanent magnet, wherein a laminated electromagnetic steel sheet is interposed between the shaft and the permanent magnet, and the laminated electromagnetic steel sheet has a high tensile strength higher than 70 kg/mm2.

Abstract: In an ultra-permanent-magnet-type electric rotating machine including a stator in which a winding of armatures is wound in each of a plurality of slots of a stator core, and a rotor having permanent magnets respectively inserted into permanent-magnet-inserting holes in a magnetic steel sheet ring provided at an outer periphery of a conductive and magnetic shaft, the thickness of the stator core is 0.1 to 0.2 mm, and the magnetic steel sheet ring is made of a high-tensile-strength magnetic steel sheet had tensile strength of 80 kg/mm2 or more.