Knurl Between The Sleeve/hub And A Shaft Patents (Class 310/156.14)
  • Publication number: 20140035419
    Abstract: The rotor includes a rotor core in which the pore is shaped in the center and the magnet is arranged on the circumference of the pore, and a shaft, in which, by means of a knurling tool being partially shaped on the peripheral surface, the knurling tool shaping part with the knurling tool shaped and the non-knurling tool shaping part without the knurling tool shaped are arranged on the peripheral surface and closely inserted into the pore such that the knurling tool shaping part and the non-knurling tool shaping part are present inside the pore.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2013
    Publication date: February 6, 2014
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA YASKAWA DENKI
    Inventors: Takenori OKA, Kenichi AOKI, Kiyomi INOUE, Toshiyuki YAMAGISHI
  • Patent number: 8502491
    Abstract: A rotation direction control method of a cooling fan is disclosed. The rotation direction control method includes a detection step, a determination step and a driving step. The detection step receives a temperature control signal from a temperature detection unit by a rotation direction control unit when a predetermined dust-expelling time period begins. The determination step determines whether a detected temperature is higher than a predetermined value based on the temperature control signal by the rotation direction control unit. The driving step controls the rotation direction control unit to keep outputting a cooling signal so as to drive a motor of the cooling fan for a cooling operation when the determination of the determination step is positive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Assignee: Sunonwealth Electric Machine Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Alex Horng, Ching-Sheng Hung
  • Patent number: 8482177
    Abstract: Disclosed is a torque rotor and method for manufacturing the torque rotor having an effect of preventing inflow of plastic between a yoke and a magnet during a conventional plastic injection molding process for forming an assembling structure after assembling between the yoke and the magnet, thereby preventing degradation of a roundness of the magnet or damage of the magnet due to the difference in the temperature expansion coefficients, and preventing idle rotation of the yoke and the magnet relative to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2013
    Assignee: Mando Corporation
    Inventor: Chae-soo Kim
  • Patent number: 8058763
    Abstract: A permanent magnet rotor arrangement that is particularly suitable for low-speed large-diameter electrical generators includes a rotor 2 having a radially outer rim 4. A circumferential array of magnet carriers 12 is non-releasably affixed to the outer rim 4 of the rotor and have a radially outer surface. An inverted U-shaped pole piece retainer 18 made of non-magnetic material such as stainless steel is affixed to each magnet carrier 12 and is formed with an axially extending channel. At least one pole piece 16 made of a magnetic material such as steel is located adjacent to the radially outer surface of each magnet carrier 12 and in the channel formed in its associated pole piece retainer 18.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2011
    Assignee: Converteam UK Ltd
    Inventors: Paul Eaton Clark, Andrew James Bullock, Allan David Crane
  • Publication number: 20110273037
    Abstract: A brushless DC motor includes a rotor having a shaft and a column-shaped magnet in which a through hole is formed at a center of the magnet in the axial direction for allowing the shaft to be inserted and also allowing resin to be filled in a space between an inner wall surface of the through hole and an outer surface of the shaft, wherein the inner wall surface of the through hole of the magnet and the outer surface of the shaft are formed into shapes which can prevent relative rotation of the shaft with respect to the magnet via the resin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2011
    Publication date: November 10, 2011
    Applicant: MAKITA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenichi OTA, Ken IKUTA
  • Publication number: 20110221296
    Abstract: A buried-magnet internal rotor (1) for an electric rotating machine, the rotor comprising: a shaft (2), a plurality of polar parts (30) made of a magnetic material and surrounding the shaft, the polar parts delimiting housings (40) between them, and a plurality of permanent magnets (4) placed in the housings (40), wherein the shaft comprises a plurality of longitudinal splines (21) interacting with radial tenons of the polar parts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2009
    Publication date: September 15, 2011
    Applicants: SOCIETE DE TECHNOLOGIE MICHELIN, Michelin Recherche et Technioque S.A.
    Inventor: Bertrand Vedy
  • Patent number: 7906883
    Abstract: A rotor includes a rotor frame having a plurality of ribs which are disposed at predetermined intervals in a circumferential direction and which extend in a radial direction, and a shaft portion and a rim portion which are provided at inside diameter sides and outside diameter sides of the plurality of ribs, respectively, main magnet portions which are disposed individually between the ribs which are adjacent to each other in the circumferential direction, and a plurality of sub-magnet portions which are disposed on at least one sides of the ribs in the rotational axis direction, and wherein a rigid portion is formed in an area where the sub-magnet portions are projected in the radial direction relative to an area where the rib is projected in the radial direction in a cross section of the rim portion taken along the rotational axis direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2011
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Shoei Abe
  • Publication number: 20100264758
    Abstract: An electric motor (20) has a stator (30) and a rotor (26). The latter is equipped with a cup-like rotor part (56) and with a ring magnet (60) adhesively bonded therein, which magnet has an outer circumference (61) on which are provided elevations (84) and depressions (86) that extend at least partly in the longitudinal direction of the ring magnet (60). The outer circumference (61) of the ring magnet (60), that faces toward the cup-like rotor part (56) after assembly, is formed with at least one opening or channel (68; 69, 88), extending in a circumferential direction, that is connected to at least a plurality of the flat depressions (86). Positive mechanical engagement between adhesive and ring magnet enhances durability, and discourages any tendency toward relative rotation between the magnet (60) and the cup-like rotor part (56).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2008
    Publication date: October 21, 2010
    Inventors: Rainer Strohm, Tobias Maier, Volker Hildebrand, Juergen Pfaff, Arno Karwath
  • Patent number: 7768166
    Abstract: An apparatus for converting between mechanical and electrical energy, particularly suited for use as a compact high power alternator for automotive use and “remove and replace” retrofitting of existing vehicles. The apparatus includes a rotor with permanent magnets, a stator with a winding, and a cooling system. Mechanisms to prevent the rotor magnets from clashing with the stator by minimizing rotor displacement, and absorbing unacceptable rotor displacement are disclosed. Various open and closed cooling systems are described. Cooling is facilitated by, for example, loosely wrapping the winding end turns, use of an asynchronous airflow source, and/or directing coolant through conduits extending through the stator into thermal contact with the windings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2010
    Assignee: Magnetic Applications, Inc.
    Inventors: Charles Y. Lafontaine, Harold C. Scott
  • Patent number: 7737601
    Abstract: A rotor assembly for mounting a rotor to a motor shaft having a rotor with a centrally positioned central bore, the diameter of which is slightly larger than a diameter of the motor shaft, a first stepped bore intersecting the central bore and being aligned along a first axis of the rotor, and a second stepped bore also intersecting the central bore and being aligned along a second axis of the rotor. A first cam fastener is disposed within the first stepped bore, and a second cam fastener is disposed within the second stepped bore. Upon rotating the first and second cam fasteners, they engage the motor shaft thereby securely clamping the rotor to the motor shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2010
    Assignee: Avtron Industrial Automation, Inc.
    Inventor: Kenneth M. Kramer
  • Patent number: 7737592
    Abstract: In a motor, an upper surface of a flange portion of a shaft is arranged axially below a bottom end surface of a rotor core. A spacer having an axial thickness slightly greater than that of the flange portion is arranged on a radially outer side of the flange portion. A bottom surface of the spacer makes contact with an end plate whose inner circumferential surface has a radius, centered about a central axis, smaller than a radius of the flange portion. The end plate is secured to the rotor core via a fixing member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2010
    Assignee: Nidec Corporation
    Inventors: Yusuke Makino, Yoshio Fujii
  • Publication number: 20100133938
    Abstract: A rotor includes a hub, a permanent magnet and a shaft. The hub has an inner surface and an outer surface, with an assembling hole being formed at the center of the inner surface. The permanent magnet is mounted on the inner surface of the hub. The shaft has two ends with one of which is a connecting end. The connecting end is fixed in the assembling hole of the hub. An extending member is arranged at the connecting end and extends radially from a radial surface of the shaft. The extending member is embedded in a wall of the hub. Consequently, a contact area between the hub and the shaft is radially to extended and increased to provide a reliable combination of the hub and the shaft, and the rotor can be applied to a motor with minimizing dimensions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 24, 2008
    Publication date: June 3, 2010
    Inventor: Alex Horng
  • Patent number: 7423357
    Abstract: An electric rotating machine which comprises: a magnet rotor which has a rotor yoke having a magnetic attachment surface extending in a peripheral direction, and multiple permanent magnets for constituting a magnetic field which are intermittently arranged in the peripheral direction of the rotor yoke and are attached on the magnetic attachment surface; and a stator in which armature coils are wound around an armature core having a magnetic pole portions opposed to magnetic poles of the magnet rotor, wherein a large number of grooves which extend in the peripheral direction of the rotor yoke are provided on the magnet attachment surface of the rotor yoke.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2008
    Assignee: Kokussan Denki Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masakatsu Takahashi, Hiroshi Kanazawa
  • Patent number: 7348704
    Abstract: A rotor of a motor includes a cylindrical magnet having at least one first coupling portion at an inner circumferential surface of the cylindrical magnet; and a rotor core coupled with the cylindrical magnet, the rotor core having at least one second coupling portion at an outer circumferential surface of the rotor core, the at least one second coupling portion being engaged with the corresponding at least one first coupling portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2008
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Young-Kwan Kim, Deok-Jin Kim, Byung-Taek Kim, Jin-Soo Park
  • Patent number: 6998748
    Abstract: A motor rotor includes a magnetic yoke and a rubber magnet located within the magnetic yoke. At least one pattern is formed on a surface of the rubber magnet, which faces the magnetic yoke. The manufacturing method of the motor rotor is to provide a rubber magnet having flat surfaces, and at least one pattern is formed on a surface of the rubber magnet. The rubber magnet is curved to correspond with the inner surface of the magnetic yoke by the way that the patterned surface of the rubber magnet faces outside. The rubber magnet is put inside the magnetic yoke.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2006
    Assignee: Delta Electronics, Inc.
    Inventors: Dung-chang Yeh, Yung-ping Lin
  • Publication number: 20040095032
    Abstract: In a rotor having plural permanent magnets secured on a rotary shaft for use in, e.g., an electric motor which is incorporated preferably into a rack-type electric power steering device, a cylindrical cover is fit on the rotary shaft to cover the external surfaces of the plural permanent magnets, and one or both axial end portions of the cylindrical cover are plastically deformed thereby to secure the cylindrical cover onto the rotary shaft. Thus, the cylindrical cover is firmly secured to the rotary shaft and, even when one or more permanent magnets are separated from the rotary shaft or broken, prevents the separated permanent magnets or the broken fragments from scattering within a housing of the motor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2003
    Publication date: May 20, 2004
    Applicant: TOYODA KOKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Atsushi Hase, Akira Hiramitsu, Yasuo Kinoshita, Yasuharu Terada, Yuji Sekitomi
  • Patent number: 6737781
    Abstract: A rotor for an electric rotary machine having signal generating inductor magnetic poles provided on a periphery thereof comprising a cup-like rotor yoke having a peripheral wall and a bottom wall and an inductor forming member mounted on the peripheral wall of the cup-like yoke and including a ring-like portion fitted onto the peripheral wall of the rotor yoke and having the inductor magnetic poles formed thereon and securely mounted on the rotor yoke by forcing protrusions formed on the peripheral wall of the rotor yoke against the both axial ends of the ring-like portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2004
    Assignee: Kokusan Denki Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takahiro Osada, Yoshimasa Serizawa
  • Patent number: 6674204
    Abstract: A magnet-positioning device for a rotor in accordance with the present invention mainly comprises a rotor hub, a metal casing, and an annular magnet. The rotor hub includes an annular wall and an engaging portion formed thereon. The engaging portion is adapted to engage with the metal casing, which is integrally adhered with the annular magnet. The metal casing includes a first end edge and a second end edge, and an outer diameter formed by the second end edge is slightly greater than an inner diameter formed by the engaging portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2004
    Assignee: Sunonwealth Electric Machine Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Alex Horng, Yin-Rong Hong
  • Publication number: 20020047428
    Abstract: A system for forming a precision shaft for a permanent magnet motor employs a working surface region of the precision shaft and a coaxially arranged rotor region. A cutting tool is used to make a first machining or cutting pass along the entire length of the working and rotor regions. Subsequent passes of the cutting tool are limited to the working region of the motor shaft to form a threaded ball screw shaft portion. The rotor region, however, remains with but a continuous shallow groove that is surrounded by a helical shaft portion having the original diameter of the precision shaft. Thus, preparation of the shaft to effect bonding of the magnetic rotor does not affect the shaft diameter. The depth of the shallow groove in the rotor region is approximately between 0.001″ and 0.004″, and preferably 0.003″. The permanent magnet rotor is bonded to the rotor surface region of the precision shaft by an A+B heat cured type of epoxy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2001
    Publication date: April 25, 2002
    Inventor: Theodore R. Schlenker
  • Patent number: 6340856
    Abstract: In an electric motor, in particular a commutator motor, with a magnet body (24) disposed on a rotor shaft (12) in manner fixed against relative rotation for scanning the revolution and/or rpm, which magnet body has a carrier ring (26), seated with a press fit on the rotor shaft (12), and a multi-pole ring magnet (27) received by the carrier ring, in order to produce the carrier ring of metal for the sake of greater axial force transmission to the rotor shaft (12), the carrier ring (26) is embodied with a first annular portion for the press fit and with a second annular portion (262), adjacent to it in the axial direction, that has an inside diameter for receiving the ring magnet (27) that is greater than the outside diameter of the rotor shaft (12). As a result, the stresses caused by the press fit are not transmitted to the ring magnet (27), which is fragile (FIG. 1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2000
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2002
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventor: Herbert Schiller