Abstract: The invention relates to a generator for a wind turbine including a housing of substantially cuboidal form within which is mounted a stator. The stator has one or more multi-phase windings and a bus ring is provided for conveying electrical power from the windings to power take-off modules. One end of the power take-off modules is connected to the bus ring, and the other end of the modules has a plurality of power take-off interfaces for connection to power take-off cables. The distal ends of the power take-off modules are located in the corners of the cuboidal generator housing.

Abstract: A motorized pump system includes a switched reluctance motor with a motor rotor and a motor stator, and a pump surrounding the switched reluctance motor. The motor rotor is positioned radially inward or outward of the motor stator, and the pump includes a pump rotor integrated with the motor rotor. The pump rotor includes at least one impeller connected to the motor rotor.

Abstract: An electric motor system includes a rotary shaft having an axis line displaceable relative to a rotation center, a magnetic bearing for supporting the rotary shaft, a permanent magnet mounted on the rotary shaft and having a plurality of magnetic poles arranged in a circumferential direction around the axis line of the rotary shaft, three detection elements arranged in the circumferential direction around the rotation center for detecting a magnetic flux generated from the permanent magnet, and a coordinate detection section for determining coordinates of the axis line of the rotary shaft based on output values of two detection elements selected out of the three detection elements in accordance with a rotation angle of the rotary shaft.

Abstract: A drive system for a fluid displacement pump includes an electric motor, a drive coupled to the rotor at a first end of the electric motor, a fluid displacement member mechanically coupled to the drive, and a pump frame mechanically coupled to the electric motor. The electric motor includes a stator and a rotor disposed on an axis. The drive coupled to the rotor converts the rotational output to a linear, reciprocating input to the fluid displacement member. The rotor is disposed about the stator to rotate about the stator.

Abstract: A power tool including a brushless motor having a sensor circuit board has higher durability. The power tool includes a housing, a brushless motor including a rotor having a rotational shaft, a stator, and a sensor circuit board fixed to the stator and having a rotation detecting element that detects rotation of the rotor, and receiving the rotational shaft through the sensor circuit board, and a bearing held in the housing and supporting the rotational shaft. The bearing is located to overlap the rotation detecting element in an axial direction of the rotational shaft.

Abstract: A power tool including a brushless motor having a sensor circuit board has higher durability. The power tool includes a housing, a brushless motor including a rotor having a rotational shaft, a stator, and a sensor circuit board fixed to the stator and having a rotation detecting element that detects rotation of the rotor, and receiving the rotational shaft through the sensor circuit board, and a bearing held in the housing and supporting the rotational shaft. The bearing is located to overlap the rotation detecting element in an axial direction of the rotational shaft.

Abstract: A lamination pack for producing stators and/or rotors of electric motors and generators has laminations, stacked and fixedly connected to each other, between which electrically insulating layers are provided. The laminations are connected to each other outside of the electrically insulating layers by an electrically conducting connection.

Abstract: A blower device includes: a fan; a motor rotating the fan, and including: a stator; a coil; a housing supporting the stator; and a cover covering the stator and the coil; a case housing a printed circuit board electrically connected to the coil; a first elastic body; and a second elastic body.

Abstract: A motor includes a bearing housing and a stator. The stator includes a stator core, an insulator, and a conductor. The insulator is an insulating body covering at least a part of the stator core. The conductor is wound around the stator core via the insulator. The bearing housing includes a first inner peripheral surface and a first outer peripheral surface. The first inner peripheral surface holds a bearing. The first outer peripheral surface is in contact with the insulator directly or via an adhesive. A surface roughness of the first outer peripheral surface is greater than a surface roughness of the first inner peripheral surface. Therefore, a friction coefficient between the first outer peripheral surface and the insulator increases. Therefore, it is possible to suppress position deviation of the stator with respect to the bearing housing.

Abstract: This motor includes a base and a circuit board arranged on a lower surface of the base. The base includes a first annular portion and a second annular portion. The first annular portion is arranged under a stator. The second annular portion is arranged under a flange portion of a hub. A conducting wire drawn out from the stator is arranged to pass through a through hole defined in the first annular portion, and is soldered to a land portion of the circuit board. The second annular portion is arranged to have an axial thickness smaller than that of the first annular portion. The land portion is arranged radially inward of the through hole. The above arrangement makes it easier to achieve a reduced axial dimension of the motor while ensuring a sufficient axial dimension of the hub, which is arranged axially above the second annular portion.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide an apparatus for determining a characteristic of a fluid. The apparatus may include a device configured to determine a hydrodynamic pressure of the fluid. The apparatus may further include a sensor configured to determine a hydrostatic pressure of the fluid or at least one component of the fluid. The apparatus may also include a common substrate on which the sensor and the device configured to determine a hydrodynamic pressure of the fluid may be commonly arranged, and an ASIC (Application Specific Integrated Circuit) which may be electrically coupled with at least one of the device or the sensor. The ASIC may be at least partially embedded in the common substrate.

Abstract: There is provided a motor including, a rotating portion and a stationary portion. The mounting plate includes a substantially cylindrical fixing cylindrical portion; an annular upper plate portion; an annular circumferential portion; and a mounting portion. A lower end of the fixing cylindrical portion is arranged at a level lower than that of a lower end of a bushing press-fit area. At least one of a lower end of a sleeve fixing area in which an outer circumferential surface of the sleeve and an inner circumferential surface of the bushing cylindrical portion are in contact with each other and a lower end of a radial gap which supports the shaft is arranged at a level higher than that of an upper end of the bushing press-fit area.

Abstract: A spindle motor includes a bearing assembly, a base plate, a stator, a rotation shaft, a rotor, an adhesive member arranged at a space formed by the bearing assembly and a burring unit and a strength reinforcement member including a body fixed to a bottom surface of the base plate.

Abstract: An electric motor or generator is provided. The motor or generator includes a rotor component rotatable about an axis, a stator, and a support assembly supporting the rotor component and the stator. The support assembly includes a shaft component rotatable about an axis and a bearing arrangement rotatably supporting the rotor component on the shaft component. The bearing arrangement includes a one-way bearing configured such that a first one of the components transmits torque to a second one of the components when the first component rotates in a first direction and the second component does not rotate in the first direction relative to the first component.

Abstract: A bearing holding structure includes a base and at least one bearing. The base includes a bearing cup, which is axially extended from a center of the base and defines a receiving space therein. The bearing is fitted in the receiving space of the bearing cup and has a shaft hole. At least one groove is provided on one or both of an inner surface of the bearing cup and an outer surface of the bearing; and the groove is communicable with the receiving space of the bearing cup. The groove is filled with a meltable filler, which is melted by laser welding to fixedly connect the bearing and the bearing cup to one another, such that the bearing is not brought by a rotary shaft to rotate and slide in the bearing cup, enabling the bearing and the bearing cup to have prolonged service life.

Abstract: A rotary electric machine includes: a stator around which a coil is wound; a frame which fixes the stator; a rotor which faces the stator via a slight air gap; a shaft which is fixed to the rotor and is rotatably and removably supported via a bearing; and a bracket which supports the bearing inside a bearing box. The rotary electric machine includes: an insulating member which is mounted inside the bearing box of the bracket; a metal holder which is mounted inside the insulating member with a predetermined clearance with respect to an outer ring of the bearing, and supports the bearing; and a pressing body which is mounted between the side surface of the metal holder and the side surface of the outer ring of the bearing.

Abstract: A fan includes a motor mechanism and a plurality of fan blades. The motor mechanism includes a base, a bearing, a rotor and a stator. The base has an axial tube. The bearing is disposed in the axial tube. The rotor has an axle. The axle is inserted into the bearing and has a recess structure. The stator is sleeved on the axial tube and includes an upper insulated frame. The upper insulated frame has a resilient cantilever structure. The resilient cantilever structure is extended into the recess structure. The fan blades protrude from a periphery of the rotor.

Abstract: Disclosed are a spindle motor and a method of manufacturing the same. A base plate is integrated with a bearing housing using an insert molding or insert injection method at the same time when the bearing housing is made of resin, thereby being capable of securing the verticality of a bearing and a pivot assembled with the bearing housing and the base plate, reducing the manufacturing cost, and improving the efficiency of a manufacturing process. The motor includes a rotor, a pivot configured to have one end connected to the rotor, a bearing configured to rotatably support the outer circumferential face of the pivot, and a bearing housing made of resin and configured to comprise a first concave groove for receiving the bearing and a second concave groove for supporting the other end of the pivot.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, an electric motor includes a stator, a rotor, bearings and a rotor shaft, in a frame, supporting surfaces on the rotor, and a plurality of threaded holes in the frame, which are configured to receive bolts for pressing the support surfaces from outside.

Abstract: A motor may include a rotor having a permanent magnet on an outer peripheral face of a rotation shaft and a fixed body having a stator, an opposite-to-output side radial bearing member, and an opposite-to-output side end plate. The opposite-to-output side radial bearing member may be formed with a bearing part, a flange part, and a recessed part recessed toward an output side. An end part on the output side of the bearing part may be located on the output side relative to the end part on the opposite-to-output side of the stator, and an end part on the opposite-to-output side of the rotation shaft protruded toward the opposite-to-output side from the shaft hole may be accommodated in an inside of the recessed part and is located on the output side relative to the end part on the opposite-to-output side of the fixed body in the axial line direction.

Abstract: There are provided a spindle motor and a hard disk drive including the same. The spindle motor includes: a shaft; a sleeve rotatably supporting the shaft by fluid dynamic pressure; a stator core installed on an outer surface of the sleeve; a base member fixed to the sleeve, wherein at least a portion of an inner edge of the base member in a radial direction is inserted into a fixing portion formed in a circumferential direction in an outer surface of the sleeve in the radial direction, and the sleeve includes a first sleeve supporting the shaft and a second sleeve provided outwardly of the sleeve and having the stator core installed on an outer surface thereof.

Abstract: There is provided a spindle motor including: a shaft including a body portion and an extending portion extending from an upper portion of the body portion in an outer radial direction; a sleeve rotatably supporting the shaft; a rotor rotating in conjunction with the shaft and having a stopper portion facing an outer circumferential surface of the sleeve; and a cover plate coupled to the sleeve, while maintaining a gap with lower portions of the shaft and the sleeve, wherein the cover plate includes an airtight portion disposed below the shaft and the sleeve, an inner wall portion extending from the airtight portion in an axial direction and coupled to an outer circumferential surface of the sleeve, an outer wall portion coupled to a base member, and an upper wall portion connecting an upper end of the inner wall portion and an upper end of the outer wall portion.

Abstract: A fan includes: a casing including a substantially cup-shaped base portion connected to an outer frame through a rib, the base portion having a top surface located on a upper side of an axial direction and a lower opening located on a lower side of the axial direction; a bearing housing hanging down from a center of the top surface of the base portion toward the lower opening; a stator housing portion formed by the base portion and the bearing housing; a stator having a circuit board disposed in the stator housing portion by being fitted to an outer peripheral surface of the bearing housing; bearings fitted to an inner peripheral surface of the bearing housing; an impeller rotating around a shaft as a central axis, shaft being rotatably supported by the bearings; and an insulating material filling the stator housing portion to cover the stator and the circuit board.

Abstract: There are provided a spindle motor and a hard disk drive including the same. The spindle motor includes a base member including a mounting part, and a hydrodynamic bearing assembly having a portion thereof fitted and fixed to the mounting part, wherein any one of the mounting part and the hydrodynamic bearing assembly includes a welding reinforcing protrusion protruding from a lowest portion thereof in an axial direction in a portion in which the mounting part and the hydrodynamic bearing assembly face each other, in a direction toward the other of the mounting part and the hydrodynamic bearing assembly, and overlapping the other thereof in the axial direction, and the mounting part and the hydrodynamic bearing assembly may be coupled to each other by lap welding in the axial direction through the welding reinforcing protrusion.

Abstract: Hobby servo blocks are provided. In certain circumstances, servo blocks may increase a servo's load-bearing capabilities by helping to isolate the lateral load from the servo spline and case. The extreme versatility of servo blocks allow users to create complex, extremely rigid, structures with ease using standard servos. The robust framework acts as a servo exoskeleton, greatly enhancing the mechanical loads the servo can withstand. Additionally, servo blocks may include a hub pattern that is repeated throughout the framework to allow endless attachment options.

Abstract: In one embodiment, an electric motor includes at least three bearings. The ball bearing utilized in the three bearings may be sized based on benchmark surface areas associated with the ball bearing utilized in a conventional electric motor having two bearings. Moreover, a technique may be implemented to reduce the diameter at a point on the shaft where a backup or second bearing makes contact with the shaft. When the motor begins to operate, for example, at a first time, the at least three bearings together handle a the load coming through the motor. When the front-most bearing degrades to a predetermined point or fails, for example, at a second time, the load transitions from the front most bearing to the second or backup bearing in the front plate.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, an electric motor includes a stator, a rotor, bearings and a rotor shaft, in a frame, supporting surfaces on the rotor, and a plurality of threaded holes in the frame, which are configured to receive bolts for pressing the support surfaces from outside.

Abstract: An electric machine may employ a distributed bearing, for example spaced radially outwardly of a longitudinal center of a rotor and stator assembly. The distributed bearing may take the form of a wire race bearing, which positions a rotor assembly relative to a stator assembly to maintain an air gap therebetween. The rotor assembly may be concentrically located within the stator assembly. Electrically insulative fasteners may couple a race assembly to the stator or rotor assembly. Compensation fastener assemblies may couple the wire race assembly to the rotor or stator assembly, to compensate for differential expansion for instance thermal differential expansion along a longitudinal axis of the electric machine. The electric machines may be arranged in series, for example with drive shafts arranged along a common axis, and may be coupled to the same source of motion (e.g., propeller of wind turbine, without or with a gear box).

Abstract: Disclosed therein is a fan motor including: a lower bracket having a lower protrusion which is located at the central portion and has a lower bearing insertion portion therein and a space which is formed around the lower protrusion; an upper bracket having an upper protrusion which is located at the central portion and has an upper bearing insertion portion therein; a rotor located between the lower protrusion and the upper protrusion and rotating together with a shaft; and a stator core surrounded by a lower insulator which is located above the lower protrusion and an upper insulator which is located below the upper protrusion.

Abstract: Apparatus and methods for providing a pre-determined axial thrust force profile for use in a rotating machine that includes a magnetically permeable rotor with first and second surfaces and a generally perpendicular shaft is disclosed. One or more bearings support the shaft and a coil induces flux in the rotor. First and second pole pieces disposed adjacent to the first and second surfaces define first and second gaps. A series magnetic circuit including the pole pieces, the gaps and the rotor carries flux generated by current flowing in the coil. Pole pieces and gaps provide substantially similar reluctance in both gaps. Magnetic saturation characteristics of a series magnetic circuit may provide a pre-determined axial force profile as a function of coil current. A first magnetic saturation characteristic may provide a maximum axial force at a first current magnitude. A second magnetic saturation characteristic may provide a lower axial force at a current greater than the first current.

Abstract: A motor for use in a disk drive apparatus includes a bearing, a rotary unit, a stator, a thin flat base member, and a cylindrical holder extending in an axial direction. The base member includes a first through-hole, a peripheral edge portion, and a thin portion. The thin portion is located radially outward of the peripheral edge portion. The thin portion has an axial thickness smaller than an axial thickness of the peripheral edge portion. The holder includes a first protrusion portion and a second protrusion portion. The first protrusion portion extends radially outward and is located axially above the peripheral edge portion. The second protrusion portion extends radially outward and is located axially below the peripheral edge portion. The bearing is located inside the holder. A stator core is located radially outside the holder and axially above the thin portion.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, an electric motor includes a stator, a rotor, bearings and a rotor shaft, in a frame, supporting surfaces on the rotor, and a plurality of threaded holes in the frame, which are configured to receive bolts for pressing the support surfaces from outside.

Abstract: There is provided a stator assembly for a motor including: a base for a motor fabricated with a steel sheet; a core installation part installed on the base for a motor; and a stator core fixed to the core installation part, wherein the core installation part includes a guide portion guiding an insertion of the stator core and a mounting portion on which the stator core is mounted.

Abstract: A spindle motor is provided, the motor comprising: a base plate, a PCB on the base plate, a bearing assembly arranged on the base plate, a stator coupled to a periphery of the bearing assembly, a rotor rotationally coupled to the bearing assembly, the rotor including a yoke and a magnet, and a rotation shaft rotationally coupled to the bearing assembly. The base plate includes a planar portion and a protruding portion arranged along with a periphery of the yoke, the protruding portion being apart from the yoke. The base plate is partially covered with the PCB in a region where the stator is arranged. And, a height from the planar portion to an upper surface of the protruding portion is smaller than a height from the planar portion to a lower surface of the periphery of the yoke.

Abstract: A base unit includes a base member including a first through-hole, a peripheral edge portion, and a thin portion, and a bushing including a bearing holding portion and first and second protrusion portions. The first and second protrusion portions respectively extend radially outward from an upper end portion and a lower end of the bearing holding portion. The first through-hole axially extends through the base member. The first through-hole is defined by an inner surface of the base member radially opposed to the bearing holding portion. The peripheral edge portion extends radially outward from the first through-hole. The thin portion is arranged radially outward of the peripheral edge portion. The thin portion has an axial thickness smaller than that of the peripheral edge portion. The bushing is arranged within the first through-hole. The peripheral edge portion is arranged between the first protrusion portion and the second protrusion portion.

Abstract: There is provided a motor including: a sleeve rotatably supporting a shaft via a lubricating fluid; a base plate having the sleeve fixed thereto; a stator coupled to the base plate and including a core having a coil wound therearound in order to generate rotational driving force; and a rotor fixed to the shaft to be rotatable with respect to the stator and including a magnet facing the core, wherein the base plate includes a fixing part having the sleeve fixed thereto, an extension part extended from one end of the fixing part in an outer diameter direction, a seating part extended from one end of the extension part upwardly and downwardly in an axial direction, and a body part extended from the seating part in the outer diameter direction.

Abstract: There are provided a spindle motor and a hard disk drive including the same, the spindle motor including a lower thrust member fixed to abase member; a shaft fixed to the lower thrust member; a sleeve disposed on the lower thrust member and rotatably installed with respect to the shaft; and a rotor hub coupled to the sleeve to rotate in conjunction therewith, wherein the lower thrust member has an insertion protrusion protruding upwardly in an axial direction and inserted into a fixing groove formed in a lower end of the shaft upwardly in the axial direction.

Abstract: A spindle motor is disclosed, wherein the spindle motor includes a bearing housing coupled to the base plate, a bearing disposed in the bearing housing, and a rotating shaft inserted into the bearing to rotatably support to the bearing, a portion of bearing protruded from a circumferential face of the bearing is press-fitted into an inner face of the bearing housing.

Abstract: A thin base member for use in a disk drive apparatus in which a bearing mechanism and an actuator are arranged includes a plurality of lower recess portions, a C-shaped smooth surface, and a fan-shaped recess portion. The C-shaped smooth surface is arranged in a region of an upper surface of the base member around the region where the bearing mechanism is arranged and the C-shaped smooth surface has a height constant or substantially constant in a circumferential direction. At least a portion of each of the lower recess portions is provided below the C-shaped smooth surface, in which the C-shaped smooth surface has a cross section positioned at the lower recess portions to protrude in a direction toward which the upper surface of the base member faces or in a direction toward which the lower surface of the base member faces.

Abstract: There is provided a motor including a sleeve rotatably supporting a shaft; a sleeve holder having the sleeve inserted thereinto and including fixing parts; and a base member including fixing counterparts corresponding to the fixing parts of the sleeve holder and fixedly coupled to the sleeve holder, wherein the sleeve holder and the base member have guide parts and guide counterparts respectively provided therein, the guide parts and guide counterparts having corresponding shapes and guiding the sleeve holder to a mounting position thereof.

Abstract: Inner rings of bearings arranged at both ends of a rotor shaft are fixed to the rotor shaft, and outer rings of both of the bearings are arranged at bearing holding parts movably in an axial direction of the rotor. A preload imparting member is attached to one of the bearings, the preload imparting member being configured to bias the rotor shaft in one direction and to apply a biasing force to make a housing and a flange, which constitute a chassis, come close to each other.

Abstract: There is provided a spindle motor including: a stator rotatably supporting a rotor; and a stator core fixed to the stator and having a front end disposed to face a driving magnet included in the rotor and a coil wound therearound, wherein the stator includes a base member, an insertion groove being formed in the base member, and having a lower portion of the coil inserted therein.

Abstract: A bearing change in an electrical motor and in particular a generator having permanent magnetic excitation should be able to be carried out safely. To this end, the invention relates to an electrical motor having a shaft (2) on which a rotor is mounted and a bearing unit (5) by means of which the shaft (2) is rotatably mounted. In addition, the electrical motor has a rotor support shield (1) to which the bearing unit (5) is fastened. Furthermore, the rotor support shield (1) is sized so as to be capable of supporting the shaft (2) when the bearing unit (5) is removed and seals a grease chamber (8) of the bearing unit (5) opposite the shaft (2). With the rotor support shield, a permanent magnet-equipped rotor can in particular be prevented from coming into contact with the stator when the bearing is removed.

Abstract: A spindle motor arranged to rotate a disk about a center axis extending in an up-down direction includes a rotary unit including a rotor magnet and a stationary unit including a stator opposed to the rotor magnet and a base plate. The base plate includes a flat plate-shaped member positioned around the center axis and made of a first kind of metallic material and a base body axially overlapping with the plate-shaped member and made of a second kind of metallic material. The first kind of metallic material is larger in Young's modulus than the second kind of metallic material. The base body includes a cylindrical or substantially cylindrical bearing attachment portion axially extending about the center axis and a bottom plate portion radially extending from a lower portion of the bearing attachment portion. The plate-shaped member is positioned below the bottom plate portion to contact the bottom plate portion.

Abstract: A spindle motor is disclosed, wherein the spindle motor includes a bearing housing coupled to the base plate, a bearing disposed in the bearing housing, and a rotating shaft inserted into the bearing to rotatably support to the bearing, a portion of bearing protruded from a circumferential face of the bearing is press-fitted into an inner face of the bearing housing.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a brushless DC motor that ensures stable driving of a shaft that rotates in a hollow of a bearing by using a bearing with a flat bottom surface and a tapered top. A contact height between an inner peripheral surface of the bearing and an outer peripheral surface of the shaft is larger than a contact height between an outer peripheral surface of the bearing and an inner peripheral surface of a bearing holder.

Abstract: A brushless motor includes a plate-shaped armature and a magnet facing either one of a top surface and a bottom surface of the armature. An inner peripheral surface of a base member and an outer peripheral surface of a bearing mechanism contact with each other or face each other in a diametrical direction with an adhesive therebetween in a first fixing part. Further, a rotor yoke and a hub protrusion contact with each other or face each other in a diametrical direction with an adhesive therebetween in a second fixing part. Then, a press-fitting or adhesion is carried out in the other of the first and the second fixing part.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, an electric motor includes a stator, a rotor, bearings and a rotor shaft, in a frame, supporting surfaces on the rotor, and a plurality of threaded holes in the frame, which are configured to receive bolts for pressing the support surfaces from outside.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a spindle motor, including: a shaft forming the center of rotation of a rotor; a sleeve receiving the shaft therein and rotatably supporting the shaft; a base coupled to an outer side surface of the sleeve so as to support the sleeve; and a conductive adhesive applied to a coupled surface between the sleeve and the base. According to the present invention, the conductive adhesive is used at the time of adhering between the sleeve and the base of the spindle motor, thereby making it possible to discharge excessive electric charges generated at the time of driving the spindle motor to the outside through the base.

Abstract: There is provided a spindle motor including: a sleeve having a protrusion extending in a radial direction; a hub having a main wall part enclosing the sleeve; and a regulating member disposed between the main wall part and the sleeve, wherein the main wall part is provided with an adhesive injection hole so that an adhesive is injected between the regulating member and the main wall part.