Abstract: An polyphase machine includes a stator having a plurality of parallel stator windings, a plurality of phase voltage terminals, each of the stator windings fastened to a corresponding phase voltage terminal, and at least one neutral terminal, each of the stator windings forming a common ground fastened to the neutral terminal. At least one of the stator windings is fastened to the corresponding phase voltage terminal or neutral terminal by a connection that does not involve a heat induced joining method. In an exemplary embodiment, the connection includes a lead wire protruding from the stator winding and terminated with a connector, such as a ring lug, fastened to the respective terminal with a mechanical fastener, such as a rivet or threaded rivet. A method for connecting stator windings in a polyphase machine is also provided.

Abstract: A control circuit board is held in a gear housing of a motor, and a connector housing is connected to the gear housing. The connector housing is formed separately from the gear housing and includes a plurality of connection terminals that are secured to the connector housing. The connection terminals of the connector housing are connected with electric circuit components of the control circuit board. The connection terminals are also connected with corresponding terminals of an external connector when the external connector is connected to the connector housing.

Abstract: In a vacuuming motor used by being attached to a peripheral edge of a motor attaching hole provided at a vacuum chamber, an end portion on a load side of a motor main body is attached with a reduction gear main body having an attaching flange fixed to the motor attaching hole to interpose an O-ring therebetween and the attaching flange is fixed with vacuum seals and constituted by a resin and brought into contact with an output shaft of the reduction gear main body for partitioning an inner space of the reduction gear main body and the motor main body and an inner space of the vacuum chamber.

Abstract: A drive unit for wiper assemblies includes a housing (2, 3; 91) surrounding a drive motor, which is associated with a gear (13, 30, 50, 60, 80, 90), whose drive shaft (5, 40, 65, 97) drive wiper components. On the housing (2, 3; 91), a connecting point (27) for a control and regulating electronics, as well as for connecting to an on-board system of a motor vehicle and a position detector (12), are provided. The drive shaft (5, 40) lies either coaxial to the drive shaft of a rotationally symmetrical motor and drive unit (1, 30, 50, 80) or the axis of symmetry (93) of the motor and gear unit (60, 90) lies in a mirror plane (78).

Abstract: A hydrodynamic bearing fitted with a seal portion capable of suppressing oil leakage efficiently is offered. Also, a rotor device and a motor using this bearing are offered. The seal portion is formed using a shaft-side tapering portion formed in a shaft and a sleeve-side tapering portion formed in an insertion hole in a sleeve. If the axis of rotation tilts when the shaft is at rest or during rotation, the interval between the outer surface of the shaft and the inner surface of the insertion hole decreases in the opening portion of the insertion hole. However, the two tapering portions secure a gap sufficient to hold oil within the hydrodynamic bearing if the interval decreases. Leakage of the oil from the opening portion of the insertion hole can be suppressed efficiently.

Abstract: A mechanical drive system operating by magnetic force, to be fitted on a pump, comprises a basic structure on which a drive shaft, which extends along a longitudinal axis, is supported rotatably. A driving element operatively connected to the drive shaft is provided with driving magnets arranged in a ring. A driven element provided with driven magnets arranged in a ring is also mounted on the basic structure. A bell is inserted between the driving element and the driven element and isolates the environment containing the driven element. The driving element and the driven element comprise respective cages each having seats for housing the respective driving magnets or driven magnets.

Abstract: In an axial-air-gap induction motor which has a disk-shaped stator and rotor placed coaxially around a rotating shaft with their surfaces opposing each other across a predetermined gap, the stator and rotor are each composed of a disk-shaped yoke and teeth fitted and secured in the yoke, making it easy to fasten the stator to the bracket, and the rotor to the rotating shaft, as well as to mount windings in the stator core and rotor core.

Abstract: An electrical machine comprises a magnetically permeable ring-shaped core centered on an axis of rotation and having two axially-opposite sides. Coils are wound toroidally about the core and disposed sequentially along the circumferential direction. Each coil includes two side legs extending radially alongside respectively sides of the core. Coil-free spaces exist between adjacent side legs. A bracket has first and second side flanges that are connected by a bridging structure and respectively abut the first and second sides of the coil.

Abstract: The invention relates to a rotor for an electric machine, especially a synchronous machine with transverse flux, especially a synchronous generator, especially a TFM rotor.

Abstract: A small motor in a casing has a motor shaft, which has a worm outside the casing. A worm wheel is rotatably mounted to a housing for a reduction mechanism and meshes with the worm. The motor shaft is supported by radial bearings in the housing, and is supported at the bottom by a thrust bearing thereby simplifying the structure. Furthermore, a rotary disc is fixed to the motor shaft to rotate together with the motor shaft. An angle of rotation of the motor shaft is detected by a rotation detector via the rotary disc and converted to a digital signal by an electronic circuit.

Abstract: A sequentially joined segment armature coil is provided which may be employed in an ac machine such as an ac motor or motor generator. The armature coil is equipped with three phase coils each of which is made up of a first and a second phase windings identical in number of turns. This structure permits the number of turns of the armature coil to be changed easily by changing a connection of the first and second phase winding between a series connection and a parallel connection or changing a connection of the phase coils between a star connection and a delta connection. The structure also enables terminal leads of the first and second phase windings of each of the phase coils to be collected and withdrawn outside the ac machine, thus facilitating ease of arrangement of the terminal leads.

Abstract: An object of the invention is to reduce a stress on an insulating coating on a conductor segment for a stator coil. The conductor segments are bent simultaneously by a head bending apparatus and leg bending apparatus, both provided with a respective disc guide member for guiding the inner most conductor segments along the circumferential direction. Particularly, the disc guide member 16b (for example, may have a permanent magneto built-in) is fixed at the lower surface of the stator core 1. The disc guide member 16b almost touches the inner circumferential surface of the larger segment 331. During bending the tip of the leg portions 33c on the bending jig 543, the disc guide member 16b prevents the leg portions 33c of the larger segments 331 from inclining toward the inner radius direction, thereby bending and extending the linear portions 33c along the circumferential direction.

Abstract: Provided is a multi-turn sequential segment joining stator coil capable of suppressing the differences in electromotive voltage between parallel circuits and of carrying a large current. Partial coils are accommodated in a plurality of continuous conductor accommodation positions of different slots. The partial coils accommodated in the same slot are separately connected in series to each other to produce parallel coils, and the produced parallel coils are connected in parallel with each other. This configuration enables the production of a sequential segment joining stator coil type electric rotating machine with a size-reduced head-side coil end.

Abstract: An improved generator rotor (30) and a method of repairing an existing generator rotor (12) are disclosed. Methods consistent with the present invention provide techniques for repairing existing stress-damaged rotors (12) to remove stress-induced cracks (29), without requiring new retaining rings (16), to significantly extend the useful life of a generator without the cost and complexity of conventional repair techniques. Improved generator rotors (30) consistent with the present invention provide a tooth-top design that is more resistant to stress-induced cracking than conventional designs, resulting in new generators with longer useful lives.

Abstract: A recording disk drive motor is disclosed which is employed in a recording disk drive that retains a removable recording disk that has a diameter of 30 mm or less, as well as a method of manufacturing a stator core used in the same. The core back of the stator core in the motor has an arc shaped inner circumferential surface therein that is offset from the center thereof. The stator core is produced from a laminated body having a stator core, a chuck frame that is integral with and surrounds the stator core, and connector arms that connect the stator core and the chuck frame and integral therewith. After the windings are wound around the stator teeth, the stator core is cut from each connecting arm and the stator core is removed from the chuck frame.

Abstract: A stator with radial winding invention comprises a single pole plate formed by punching a plate having excellent conductivity in magnetism and having an appropriate thickness. The pole plate includes a central tubular portion defining a central hole. A plurality of pole arms project from an outer periphery of the tubular portion and extend radially. Each pole arm terminates at an edge. At least one pole face projects from each edge and extends along a direction perpendicular to a plane on which the edge lies.

Abstract: A commutator motor includes a stator and a rotor, and the stator includes a stator yoke and a field magnet. The field magnet is fixed onto the inner peripheral surface of the substantially cylindrical stator yoke. The stator yoke is configured by coaxially stacking a plurality of plate-like annular bodies, and the annular bodies are fixedly connected to each other by caulking at a caulking portion disposed on the annular body. In manufacture, the length of the stator yoke in the axial direction can be arbitrarily changed with the thickness of the annular body in the axial direction as a minimum unit. In case of manufacturing various stator yokes that are different in the axial length, the necessity of replacing a manufacturing machine is eliminated, thereby providing a commutator motor having the stator yoke which is low in the manufacturing costs.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a structure of a stacked stator core formed when rotary motors are manufactured and to a method of manufacturing the stacked stator core. It is possible to improve the workability in the winding process and the productivity of the stator and the rotary motor because the stacked stator core includes a plurality of stator cores 300, each of which is made up of a prescribed number of stacked sheet magnetic materials, a plurality of yoke members 301 forming each stator core, a bendable bent portion 304 provided between the yoke members, and an interconnecting portion 401 for connecting the plurality of stator cores 300 one another while providing a difference in level, by connecting the top end of one stator core with the bottom end of the other stator core.

Abstract: A technique is provided for manufacturing a stator of an electrical machine, such as a motor. The stator is formed by using thin end plates or laminations that are attached to each other by rods around a group of laminations. The end plates maintain pressure on the laminations. Within the laminations, slots extend thru the length of the stator. A slot liner is placed within each slot as an insulating layer between coils and the laminations. Furthermore, an insulating end piece or lamination is positioned within each end plate and adjacent to the laminations to provide support to the slot liners that extend beyond the laminations. The insulating end lamination supports the slot liners during the winding processes to prevent the slot liners from damage. In addition to providing support, the insulating end lamination is able to provide extra insulation between the coils, laminations, and the end plate.

Abstract: A technique is provided for manufacturing a stator of an electrical machine, such as a motor. The stator is formed by using thin end plates or laminations that are attached to each other by rods around a group of laminations. The rods are secured to the end plates by weldments. The end plates and rods maintain pressure on the laminations. Within the laminations, slots extend thru the length of the stator. A slot liner is placed within each slot as an insulating layer between coils and the laminations. Furthermore, an insulating end piece or lamination is positioned within each end plate and adjacent to the laminations to provide support to the slot liners that extend beyond the laminations. The insulating end lamination supports the slot liners during the winding processes to prevent the slot liners from damage. In addition to providing support, the insulating end lamination is able to provide extra insulation between the coils, laminations, and the end plate.

Abstract: A PM-type electric rotating machine comprises a rotation axis, a rotor that rotates together with the rotation axis and a stator that rotatably supports the rotation axis. The rotor has a closed-end-cup-shaped holder that is mounted at one end of the rotation axis and a permanent magnet fixed on an inner surface of a cylindrical portion of the holder. The stator has a housing bush that supports the rotation axis in an axis hole formed through the center of the housing bush, twelve stator cores that are radially mounted around the housing bush to face the outer tip ends thereof to the permanent magnet with an air gap, and coils that are wound around the stator cores via insulators. The inner base portions of the stator cores are connected to one another with pressure so as to form a ring-shaped yoke by mounting the stator cores around the housing bush.

Abstract: A choke 20 is provided for suppressing radio-frequency interference of a brush-type motor. The choke includes a single wire having a portion wound about a coil axis A to define a plurality of coils 24 including two outermost coils 26 and 28. An attaching structure 30 extends from one of the outermost coils and includes a loop structure 42. The loop structure is constructed and arranged to be inserted into a slot 58 in a brush card 48 and moved into hooked relation with a retaining member 60 of the brush card that is associated with the slot so as secure the choke to the brush card. At least a portion of the attaching structure is constructed and arranged to be in electrical connection with a brush 56 of a motor when the choke is secured to the brush card. An elongated end portion 44 of the choke extends directly from the other of the outermost coils.

Abstract: A spring device consists of a coil spring case formed of right, left, back and front side plates and a spring receiving plate, a coil spring having a liner spring property, and a spring urging member for urging the coil spring into the coil spring case. A distance between the right and left side plates of the spring case is set a little larger than an outer diameter of the coil spring. A distance between the back and front side pates of the spring case is set about 1.5 to 2 times larger than the outer diameter of the coil spring, and a length of the spring case is set smaller than a free length of the coil spring. The coil spring is deformed and a non-linear spring property is obtained when the coil spring is urged through the spring urging member.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a structure of a stacked stator core formed when rotary motors are manufactured and to a method of manufacturing the stacked stator core. It is possible to improve the workability in the winding process and the productivity of the stator and the rotary motor because the stacked stator core includes a plurality of stator cores 300, each of which is made up of a prescribed number of stacked sheet magnetic materials, a plurality of yoke members 301 forming each stator core, a bendable bent portion 304 provided between the yoke members, and an interconnecting portion 401 for connecting the plurality of stator cores 300 one another while providing a difference in level, by connecting the top end of one stator core with the bottom end of the other stator core.

Abstract: An integrated device has a spring having at least two split parts that are not in direct electrical contact with each other. The integrated device also has a substrate and a movable part, where both parts of the spring are configured between the substrate and the movable part to support the movable part on the substrate. The two or more split parts of the spring enable two or more independent voltages to be applied to the movable part. The split spring of the invention may be used in MEMS devices for optical switches in order to provide independent voltages to the movable part(s) in those devices.

Abstract: An acoustic resonator of one inventive aspect includes a substrate, at least one generally crystalline primer layer provided on the substrate either directly or on top of one or more intermediate layers, a generally smooth and generally crystalline electrode layer provided on the primer layer, and a piezoelectric layer provided on the electrode layer. The primer layer, or at least one of the primer layers, has a crystallographic structure belonging to a first crystal system, and the electrode layer has a crystallographic structure belonging to a second crystal system which is different to the first system. The atomic spacing of the primer layer or at least one of said primer layers and that of the electrode matches to within about 15%.

Abstract: Multiple thin film bulk acoustic resonators (10, 11) configured in series (10) and parallel (11) within a coplanar waveguide line structure provides a compact ladder filter. The resonators (10, 11) are formed over an opening (28) in a substrate (20) and connected to associated circuitry by one or more transmission lines formed on the substrate (20). The arrangement of the resonators (10, 11) between the ground and signal lines of a coplanar line structure provides a means of minimising the area of the filter. Embedding a ladder filter within the coplanar transmission line structure eliminates the need for wire bonds, thus simplifying fabrication. Embodiments for 2×2, and hither order filters are described.

Abstract: There is provided a micro piezoelectric actuator, an optical switching device including the micro piezoelectric actuator and a method for fabricating the same. The optical switching device includes a mirror, a first actuator for adjusting the tilt angle of the mirror on the X axis, a second actuator for adjusting the tilt angles of the mirror and the first actuator on the Y axis and a driving substrate for applying a driving signal to the first and second actuators. Each of the actuators has membranes, a piezoelectric device formed on each of the membranes and a connecting part having two elastic bodies coupled to the membranes and a connecting member coupled between the two elastic bodies. In this way, the optical switching device can tilt the mirror on the X axis independently from the tilting thereof on the Y axis.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for locking a tray to prevent a tray from being broken by an abnormal operation are provided. The tray-locking apparatus for a disc drive comprising a motor, a power supply unit, and a control unit. The motor is driven to move the tray into or out of the disc drive. The power supply unit supplies power supply to the motor. The control unit controls the power supply unit to cut off the power supply supplied to the motor, if a tray-locking command is input. The tray can be prevented from being opened and broken by carelessness of a user. Further, a current consumption of the disc drive is reducable by cutting off the power supply supplied to the loading motor.

Abstract: The storage cabinet including a housing structure, a center column assembly having a center column in which the center column assembly is mounted in the housing structure, and a reconfigurable shelf assembly having at least two partial shelves. The partial shelves may be mounted to the center column to form a coplanar shelf surface.

Abstract: The invention relates to a preferably large-format image display device that is constructed from a plurality of individual silent gas discharge lamps.

Abstract: At least one of a center electrode tip and a ground electrode tip is made of an iridium alloy. A discharge gap, formed between the center electrode tip and the ground electrode tip, is less than 1.1 mm. And, cross sections of the center electrode tip and the ground electrode tip are equal to or smaller than 0.95 mm2 in a spherical region where a distance from a midpoint of the discharge gap is within 0.6 mm.

Abstract: A light emitting device comprises a gate electrode, a channel comprising a molecule for electrically stimulated optical emission, wherein the molecule is disposed within an effective range of the gate electrode, a source coupled to a first end of the channel injecting electrons into the channel, and a drain coupled to a second end of the channel injecting holes into the channel.

Abstract: A lamp assembly has one or more lamps (8, 9), particularly LED lamps, with terminals (11) attached to a circuit board (10) so as to be supported by the board. The lamp terminals (11) are connected via conductive pathways (12) to edge contacts (A1, A2, A3, B1, B2, B3) on the board which can be inserted into a lamp holder (1) so that the board (10) is supported by the lamp holder (1) and the edge contacts (A1-3, B1-3) conductively engage electrical contacts (5) in the lamp holder (1). The lamp terminals (11) are attached to positions (13) on the pathways (12) on opposite sides of the board (10) so that the lamp (8, 9) straddles the board, preferably symmetrically. Where there are two or more lamps (8, 9) these are connected to different combinations of pathways (12) and edge contacts (A1-3, B1-3) so that they can be operated independently.

Abstract: A shadow mask includes an aperture area having a plurality of apertures through which electron beams pass; a non-aperture area extending a from a circumference of the aperture area; and a skirt formed extending from an outer circumference of the non-aperture area at a predetermined angle, wherein the front surface of the aperture area is formed satisfying the following conditions,

Abstract: An electron gun for a monochrome cathode ray tube to be used in a projection display device includes a cathode for emitting thermal electrons, and first and second electrodes forming a triode portion together with the cathode. A third electrode is adjacent the second electrode. A fourth electrode is adjacent the third electrode to receive a focus voltage. A fifth electrode partially surrounds the fourth electrode while being adjacent the fourth electrode to receive an anode voltage together with the third electrode. The second electrode has a bottom portion with a stepped portion surrounding a hole for guiding the electron beams while being protruded toward the first electrode, and a sidewall portion extended from the periphery of the bottom portion toward the third electrode. The first and the second electrodes are structured to satisfy the following condition: 0.54≦T/G≦1.

Abstract: A display apparatus comprising an evacuated envelope having an interior surface and an exterior surface is disclosed. The envelope includes a faceplate having a luminescent screen on the interior surface thereof. An electron gun is disposed within a neck of the envelope for generating at least one electron beam that is directed toward the luminescent screen. A funnel connects the neck of the envelope with the faceplate. A deflection yoke is disposed around the envelope at the junction of the neck and the funnel. The yoke is attached to the envelope with an adhesive. A resistive primer coating is disposed on the envelope and forms a barrier between the yoke adhesive and the envelope. The resistive primer coating is formed from an aqueous formulation comprising a copolymer of chloroprene and methacrylic acid, a conductive filler material and at least one cross-linking agent.

Abstract: A two-piece second anode button for a cathode ray tube has: a first portion defined by a cup-shaped can having a seating area at its widest part and a second portion comprising and a planar annulus fixed in said seating area, said first portion comprising a nickel-iron alloy having a composition of about 47 wt. % nickel, about 6 wt. % chromium and the balance iron and said second portion comprising a ferritic stainless steel alloy having a chromium content of about 10 to about 28% by weight.

Abstract: A low mercury consumption electric lamp is provided having a a layer of a luminescent material comprising a phosphor derived from a mixture of a blue-halo calcium halophosphate phosphor having an average particle size within the range of about 6.6 to about 10 microns; a calcium-yellow calcium halophosphate phosphor having an average particle size within the range of about 9.0 to about 13 microns; and fines of a warm-white calcium halophosphate phosphor, preferably having an average particle size of about 4.62.

Abstract: A discharge lamp comprises an enclosure in which a discharging gas is sealed, and a pair of electron-emitting members sealed in the enclosure between which a voltage is applied and each of which has, at its surface, a plurality of conductive micro-tips and an electron-emitting film which supports the plurality of conductive micro-tips and is made of a material whose secondary emission efficiency is higher than that of the material for the conductive micro-tips with respect to the discharging gas.

Abstract: An FED and a method of manufacture are provided. The FED includes a cathode assembly containing an improved column line structure. The column line structure includes a conductive structure formed on a substrate. A resistive layer is formed on the conductive structure, and an insulator layer is formed partly over the resistive layer. The contact between the base of the emitter tips and the addressing column line is achieved through a lateral side that is not covered by the insulator layer. The insulator layer helps reduce the possibility of electrical shorting between the addressing column line and the row line structure of the cathode assembly. The insulator layer on top of the addressing column line will allow the use of a thinner subsequent dielectric layer. This thinner dielectric layer, which supports the grid, will provide a lower RC time constant and help achieve better video rate operation. The thinner dielectric layer also will result in smaller grid openings above the tips.

Abstract: When a pulsed voltage is applied to a drive electrode, an electric field is concentrated in the vicinity of a slit, producing a field emission phenomenon. The emitted electrons are applied to a fluorescent layer when a bias voltage is applied preferably to a common electrode or a collector electrode. The fluorescent layer is excited to emit light as indicated by the arrows. Light emission devices may be arranged in a two-dimensional array, providing a field emission display.

Abstract: An emission device includes a plurality of electron emitter structures of varied geometry that have a conducting layer deposited thereon. The conducting layer has openings located at tunneling sites for each of the electron emitter structures. The tunneling sites facilitate electron emissions from each of the varied geometry electron emitter structures upon voltage biasing of the conducting layer relative to the electron emitter structures.

Abstract: A light emitting apparatus comprising a light emitting device (101) disposed on a supporting body (105), and coating layers ((108, 109) that bind a fluorescent substance that absorbs light emitted by the light emitting device (101) and emits light of a different wavelength and secures the fluorescent substance onto the surface of the light emitting device (101). The coating layers (108, 109) are made of an inorganic material including an oxide and a hydroxide, each containing at least one element selected from the group consisting of Si, Al, Ga, Ti, Ge, P, B, Zr, Y, Sn, Pb and alkali earth metals. Also an adhesive layer (110) is made of the same inorganic material as that of the coating layers (108, 109).

Abstract: The invention provides a display unit which can improve reliability and reduce a frame area by forming a protective film in a uniform film thickness over an entire display area, and its manufacturing method. An end face of the protective film is formed along a vertical plane including a corresponding end face of a sealing substrate. The end face of the protective film is formed into an approximately vertical cross section in the position of the end face of the sealing substrate, and the entire display area is covered with the protective film in a uniform film thickness. It is preferable that a distance between a lower end of the end face and the vertical plane is set to 2 mm or less. It is preferable that the end face of the protective film is formed by anisotropic etching using the sealing substrate as a mask, after the protective film is formed over a whole face of a driving substrate.

Abstract: An organic electroluminescent device including an anode, an electroluminescent medium, and a metal alloy cathode comprising at least two metals, wherein all the metals of the alloy have their work function higher than 4.0 eV.

Abstract: In conventional organic EL display elements of this type, unevenness of brightness surely occurs at high temperatures. These conventional organic elements cannot be used in, for example, display devices to be mounted on vehicles, giving rise to the problem of inferior generalities. An organic EL display element 1 according to the present invention comprises a stress relaxation layer on a cathode after the cathode is formed, the stress relaxation layer being a film which exhibits tensile stress when the film stress of the cathode is compressive stress or exhibits compressive stress when the film stress of the cathode is tensile stress. This structure allows the organic EL display element to prevent the occurrence of unevenness of brightness caused by the film stress of the cathode to solve the problem and makes it possible to give generalities to organic EL display elements of this type.

Abstract: An organic electroluminescent display device includes an array substrate, an organic EL element formed on the array substrate and having a transparent anode, a hole transporting layer, a light emitting layer, and a cathode, an epoxy resin layer so formed as to cover the organic EL element and containing 1 wt % or less of water, and a moisture-resistant layer formed on the epoxy resin layer.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide an EL display device, which has a high operating performance and reliability.

Abstract: An OLED lamp includes a substrate; a non-pixellated OLED formed on the substrate, the OLED including a first electrode formed on the substrate and extending from a first edge of the substrate toward a second opposite edge of the substrate, an OLED light emitting structure formed on top of the first electrode, leaving exposed a portion of the first electrode near the first edge of the substrate, and a second electrode formed over the OLED light emitting structure and extending to the second edge of the substrate; and an encapsulating cover located over the non-pixellated OLED, leaving exposed portions of the first electrode and the second electrode for making electrical contact to the lamp.