Abstract: A rotor of the invention includes a core made of laminated steel sheets and formed with a rotation-transmitting-member mounting end face (a wall surface of a through hole for shaft) extending over a lamination direction and a rotation transmitting member (a shaft) mounted to the rotation-transmitting-member mounting end face of the core. The core is formed with a welding end face (a wall surface of a through hole for welding) extending over the lamination direction and in a position adjacent to a rotation-transmitting-member mounting end face. A welded trace is formed in the welding end face, extending to the rotation transmitting member and over the lamination direction of the core. The invention can easily achieve size reduction and weight reduction of a rotary machine and manufacture a rotor in the reduced number of working processes.

Abstract: A motor for driving a movable body includes a cylinder portion that holds a field magnet, a coil holder disposed rotatably to the cylinder portion, a conducting coil wound on the coil holder and generates a rotational force between the same and the cylinder portion when a current flows in the conducting coil, a brake coil provided on the coil holder, where an electromotive force for generating magnetic field that suppresses relative rotation between the coil holder and the cylinder portion is induced between both ends of brake coil when a current flows in the conducting coil, and a switch interposed between the both ends of the brake coil.

Abstract: A commutator includes a support ring and a plurality of conducting segments arranged over a circumference of the support ring. Some of the conducting segments have an electrically insulating portion. The commutator is employed with a device that measures rotation of an electric motor rotor shaft. The commutator is fitted onto the electric motor rotor shaft. A commutator housing includes at least three brushes and comes into contact with the conducting segments of the commutator. At least one of the brushes contacts the electrically insulating portions of the commutator segments to provide an electrical measurement that enables the speed, the direction of rotation and the angular position of the electric motor rotor shaft to be determined.

Abstract: A permanent magnet D.C. electric motor includes a stator housing, permanent magnet structure, and an armature assembly. The armature assembly includes a shaft rotatably mounted in the stator housing, lamination structure, first and second coil windings associated with the lamination structure, a first commutator electrically connected with the first coil windings, and second commutator electrically connected with the second coil windings, each of the first and second commutators being generally cylindrical and having a plurality of commutator segments. Certain segments of the first commutator and certain segments of the second commutator are electrically connected. The motor also includes a brush card assembly including a high speed side having first brush structure associated with the first commutator, and a low speed side having a second brush structure associated with the second commutator, and switches for selectively connecting a D.C.

Abstract: The invention relates to the construction and a mode of operation of statorless electronically switched DC motors that have two freely turning rotors. The invention also relates to embodiments of the invention regarding the bearings, the circuit design and the mode of operation of machines such as fans and blowers.

Abstract: A commutator motor having excellent performance of preventing coils from being burnt at overload can operate from either AC or DC power sources. This commutator comprises an iron core having plural slots, a rotation shaft inserted in a center of the iron core, and a pair of first and second commutators mounted on the rotation shaft at opposite ends of the iron core. A first coil wire is connected to the first commutator, and is wound on bottoms of the slots to form an inner coil. A second coil wire having a smaller diameter than the first coil wire is connected to the second commutator, and is wound on the inner coil in the slots to form an outer coil.

Abstract: A cylindrical commutator is provided with a plurality of segments arranged at equal intervals around an axis, each of which is provided with a groove on an inner surface thereof and one or more anchors extending from edges of the groove. The grooves and the anchors are extended over substantially the total length of the segments and respectively have end steps and end edges at ends near the hooks, or the anchors can be formed in pair and the pair of anchors are connected with each other at the ends near the hooks.

Abstract: An improved flat or cylindrical mechanical electric commutator with neutral segments (4) between the current carrying segments which allow the current carrying carbon brushes (11, 12, 13, 14) in a brush holder (7) to pass from a negative current carrying segment to a positive current carrying segment or the opposite charge current in the base of the commutator without allowing the face or any part of the carbon brush to touch both the negative and positive segments in the base of the commutator at the same time, resulting in the switching of the electric current to an energized coil of an electric motor, electrical generator or electric apparatus or device, at predetermined intervals and times to suit the design requirements of the energized coil, electric motor of the stepper, brushless DC and switched design, electric generator or electric apparatus or device, while the commutator can accommodate single phase electrical circuits, double phase electrical circuits, three phase electrical circuits or any numbe

Abstract: An electrical direct current machine (10), which can be operated as a motor and as a generator and works according to the axial field principle. The machine has a rotor (26), which is rotatably mounted in a housing (12), has a plurality of electromagnets mounted at a distance from the axis of rotation, with in each case one coil winding (34) of a coil core (32) carrying one or more electrical conductors, the ends of the electrical conductors, forming the coil, being taken radially inward and being connected in an electrically conductive manner with, in each case, assigned contact elements having in each case one contact surface and, taken together, forming a commutator, on which contact elements sliding contacts (42) are pressed against a source or a consumer of direct current. At regular angular distances, pole faces of permanent magnets, with in each case opposite polarity in the circumferential direction, are provided consecutively on the insides of the housing end walls (14a; 14b).

Abstract: A motor comprising an axle adapted to rotate about an axis; a wound armature fixed to and concentric with the axis; two segmented wheel commutators adapted to conduct electricity across a set of tracks and fixed on opposite ends of the axle concentric with the axis, a motor casing surrounding and enclosing the armature; and a pair of permanent magnets attached opposite one another on the sides of the casing. A pair of bearings with a plurality of wire channels may be fixed to the axle and adapted to rotate with the axle in each casing end cap, each wire channel adapted to pass a wire electrically connected to a segment in one wheel commutator, running across the armature, and connected to a segment of the opposite wheel commutator. Each wheel may consist essentially of conductive segments separated by nonconductive epoxy, with a non-conductive bushing centered therein to receive the axle.

Abstract: A motor for a power tool adapted to be powered by either an AC power source or a DC power source. The motor 12 includes a permanent magnet field 30 having an armature 34 disposed within the field. The armature 34 includes a shaft 36 having a DC commutator 38 disposed at one end of the shaft. The DC commutator is coupled to a first armature winding. An AC commutator 42 is disposed coaxially over a portion of the DC commutator 38 and is coupled to a second armature winding 44. A first pair of brushes 46 are disposed on the DC commutator 38 for coupling power from a DC power source to the first armature winding 40. A second pair of brushes 48 couple rectified AC power to the second armature winding 44. A power module including an AC/DC selector switch 26 enables a user to select whether AC or DC power is to be used to power the tool.

Abstract: A filter system, in particular for filtering the lubricant of an internal combustion engine, having at least two filter elements (19, 25) which can be connected successively to the oil circuit and a changeover valve (21) which feeds the oil to be cleaned to one of the filter elements, with the valve (21) being operated by the pressure difference between the clean oil side and the raw oil side of a filter element (19, 25, 26).

Abstract: A combined armature and commutator assembly for an electric motor is disclosed wherein an armature core is formed of a plurality of laminate plate members defining a central opening and having armature windings wound around the armature core. A disc-shaped commutator is provided and adapted for contact by electrically conductive brushes of the motor for conducting electrical current to the armature windings. The commutator is positioned within the generally central opening of the armature and is attached to the armature core by an interference fit relation to rotatability support the armature core on a rotor shaft of the electric motor thereby transmitting all torque directly from the armature core to the commutator and thereby to the rotor shaft. The combined armature and commutator may be incorporated into a single speed or a multiple speed motor.

Abstract: A dc motor wherein a driving force thereof can be used effectively with a simple and compact mechanical construction and a motor controlling system which can control such a dc motor to be driven efficiently. The motor comprises at least two coils, and change-over means for changing electric connection of the coils to change over the motor, when power is selectively supplied to the coils, between a first mode in which the torque produced is relatively high and the rotational frequency is relatively low and a second mode in which the torque is relatively low and the rotational frequency is relatively high. The motor controlling system includes selecting means for automatically selecting one of the first and second modes to control the change-over means in response to a given condition of the motor.

Abstract: A single speed, two pole permanent magnet motor has compact brush card assembly mounted within the volume form by a plurality of ring shaped laminations forming the armature to allow the height of the motor to much less than a standard motor. In addition, there is shown a two speed, four pole permanent magnet motor having a height much less than a standard two speed motor. In each motor there are electrically connected to the supply lines a choke means and across each supply line is a capacitor for suppressing radio frequency interference.

Abstract: The electric motor contemplated by this invention includes an armature having two opposed faces mounted on a shaft. The armature is mounted on the shaft intermediate of the ends of the shaft. A pair of commutators are mounted on the shaft adjacent to each of the opposed armature faces. Each of the commutators includes a plurality of commutator bars, each of which has its circumferential width offset relative to the circumferential width of the commutator bars on the other commutator. Alternately or in combinatrion, with the commutator bar offset the brushes in operative engagement with each of the commutators are arranged with their circumferential width offset, relative to the circumferential width of the brushes in operative engagement with the opposite commutator. The electric motor can also be provided with a redundancy capability by a circuit arrangement in which one of the commutators is held as a backup in the event of a failure of the windings of the other commutator.

Abstract: A two-speed permanent magnet D.C. electric motor has a housing, permanent magnets carried by the housing, and an armature assembly installed in the housing. The armature assembly has a shaft rotatably mounted in the housing, first coil windings, a first commutator connected to the first coil windings, second coil windings and second commutator connected to the second coil windings. A first set of brushes is carried by the housing and engages the first commutator for applying a D.C. voltage to the first coil windings to cause rotation of the armature assembly at a first speed. A second set of brushes is carried by the housing and engages the second commutator for applying the same D.C. voltage to at least the second coil windings to cause rotation of the armature assembly at a second speed.

Abstract: An apparatus for and method of generating and linearly controlling periodic bipolar drive signals to drive an electromechanical device, such as a DC motor. The apparatus comprises side-by-side coaxial primary and secondary cylindrical commutators electrically connected together by a pair of diametrically opposed motor-driven brushes riding on the exterior surface of the commutators, each commutator having matched half-cylinder conductive sections separated by insulation at the common joints. The rotational position of the secondary commutator is adjustable relative to the primary commutator by a stepper motor mechanically coupled to it. A DC source is connected across the primary commutator and the electromechanical load is connected across the secondary commutator. Power of adjustable polarity duty cycle is commutated from the DC source to the load by the pair of rotating brushes.

Abstract: In a direct current machine having plural brushes arranged for sliding engagement over the surface of the commutator assembly along separate paths; wherein the commutator assembly comprises a multiple number of commutator bars with each bar having a current transfer surface divided into conducting and nonconducting sections, each section being located in one of the separate paths, and with the sections of adjacent commutator bars so arranged to provide a checkerboard pattern of conducting and nonconducting sections over the commutator assembly surface. The brushes are interconnected to the machine load through a predetermined circuit network which controls the short circuit current.