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Single phase bipolar stepping motor having two rotation senses
Assignee: SSIH Management Services SA
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Filing: 1980-09-23
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Granted: 1983-05-10
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Expires: 2000-09-23
Abstract
Abstract The invention comprises a single phase bipolar stepping motor in which theotor may rotate in both senses. A stator is provided having two windings. When these are connected in series and fed with a first type of alternating polarity pulses, the rotor turns in a preferred sense. When the windings are connected in parallel and fed by a second type of alternating polarity pulses of opposite phase to the first type the rotor turns in the opposite sense. The motor is applied to advantage in time setting arrangements for analog display timepieces.
Inventors
- 👤 Mai Tu Xuan
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-30 18:05
CPC Classifications
H; H02; H02P; H02P8/00; H02P8/02; G; G04; G04C; G04C3/00; G04C3/14; H02K; H02K37/00; H02K37/10; H02K37/12; H02K37/14; H02K37/16
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 13
Claim 1
Independent Claim
144 words
A timepiece motor assembly including: a single-phase bipolar electromagnetic stepping motor including a rotor formed of a magnet having at least one pair of poles and a stator formed of a soft ferromagnetic material extending between said poles and two windings wrapped thereabout, said rotor being capable of rotation in both senses; a signal-feeding means coupled to said two windings for energizing said two windings with first and second types of electrical pulses for respectively causing rotation of said rotor in opposite senses, said signal-feeding means including switching means for interconnecting said windings in series one with the other to receive said first type of electrical pulses and thereby rotate said rotor in a first sense and for interconnecting said windings in parallel one with the other to receive said second type of electrical pulses and thereby rotate said rotor in an opposite sense.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
144 words
A timepiece motor assembly including: a single-phase bipolar electromagnetic stepping motor including a rotor formed of a magnet having at least one pair of poles and a stator formed of a soft ferromagnetic material extending between said poles and two windings wrapped thereabout, said rotor being capable of rotation in both senses; a signal-feeding means coupled to said two windings for energizing said two windings with first and second types of electrical pulses for respectively causing rotation of said rotor in opposite senses, said signal-feeding means including switching means for interconnecting said windings in series one with the other to receive said first type of electrical pulses and thereby rotate said rotor in a first sense and for interconnecting said windings in parallel one with the other to receive said second type of electrical pulses and thereby rotate said rotor in an opposite sense.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
32 words
A motor assembly as set forth in claim 1 wherein the rotor is arranged to drive time indicating hands for a time display when said windings receive pulses of said first type.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
24 words
A motor assembly as set forth in claim 1 wherein said soft ferromagnetic material includes a core on which said windings are placed side-by-side.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
22 words
A motor assembly as set forth in claim 1 wherein said windings are placed one over the other on said ferromagnetic material.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
22 words
A motor assembly as set forth in claim 1 wherein the stator includes two ferromagnetic-material cores each carrying one of said windings.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
23 words
A motor assembly as set forth in claim 1 wherein said first type of electrical pulses comprises a train of alternate polarity pulses.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
39 words
A motor assembly as set forth in claim 6 wherein said switching means is for interconnecting said windings to short circuit them in the interval separating the end of one pulse and the beginning of the next succeeding pulse.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
33 words
A motor assembly as set forth in claim 1 wherein said second type of electrical pulses comprises a train of alternate polarity pulses being of opposite phase to the first type of pulses.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
57 words
A motor assembly as set forth in claim 8 wherein said switching means is for interconnecting said windings to initially open-circuit them during a period separating the end of a pulse and a time t 1 , then to short-circuit them during a period separating said time t 1 and the beginning of the next succeeding pulse.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
22 words
A motor assembly as set forth in claim 6 wherein the duration of each pulse is between 4 ms and 12 ms.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
22 words
A motor assembly as set forth in claim 8 wherein the duration of each pulse is between 2 ms and 6 ms.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
21 words
A motor assembly as set forth in claim 9 wherein the time t 1 is between 5 ms and 18 ms.
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