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Brushless direct current motor system
Assignee: Papst Licensing GmbH and Co KG
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Filing: 1984-02-17
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Granted: 1985-11-19
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Expires: 2004-02-17
Abstract
Abstract The invention relates to a brushless direct current motor system and includes a switching circuit support mounted on stationary parts of the motor. The switching circuit support with electronic drive means is part of the stator and is disposed inside the rotatable housing. The axial extension of the rotatable housing functions as a drive boss whose diameter is independent of the diameter of the motor stator core and is step-wise smaller in diameter at its outer closed end than at its inner opened end.
Inventors
- 👤 Rolf Muller
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-27 21:18
CPC Classifications
G; G11; G11B; G11B19/00; G11B19/20; H; H02; H02K; H02K29/00; H02K29/06; H02K29/08
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 22
Claim 1
Independent Claim
180 words
A brushless direct current motor system, said system including an outer rotor type motor, comprising: a cup-shaped rotor housing having a shaft concentrically mounted therein extending internally thereof, the outer portion of said housing being formed as a drive boss to receive at least one load member for the direct driving thereof; a bearing system in said motor receiving said shaft so as to rotate said rotor housing; stator means concentrically mounting said bearing system within said motor, said rotor housing being mounted to rotate around the periphery of said stator means and separated by an air gap; and at least one stationary electronic circuit support means mounted inside the closed end of said cup-shaped rotor housing axially between the stator and said closed end and having a diameter not greater than that of the air gap, the outside of said rotor housing at its closed end being provided with a step-wise reduction in the outer diameter thereof, allowing the outside of this portion of the rotor housing to serve as a hub for mounting and driving the load member.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
180 words
A brushless direct current motor system, said system including an outer rotor type motor, comprising: a cup-shaped rotor housing having a shaft concentrically mounted therein extending internally thereof, the outer portion of said housing being formed as a drive boss to receive at least one load member for the direct driving thereof; a bearing system in said motor receiving said shaft so as to rotate said rotor housing; stator means concentrically mounting said bearing system within said motor, said rotor housing being mounted to rotate around the periphery of said stator means and separated by an air gap; and at least one stationary electronic circuit support means mounted inside the closed end of said cup-shaped rotor housing axially between the stator and said closed end and having a diameter not greater than that of the air gap, the outside of said rotor housing at its closed end being provided with a step-wise reduction in the outer diameter thereof, allowing the outside of this portion of the rotor housing to serve as a hub for mounting and driving the load member.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
36 words
A system according to claim 1 wherein said outer rotor housing is extended axially such that the outer diameter of said drive boss is independent of the diameter of the rotor housing rotatable around said stator.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
36 words
A system according to claim 2 wherein said load member is a magnetic disk and wherein said outer diameter of said drive boss complementary to the bore diameter of the magnetic disk to be carried thereon.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
33 words
A system according to claim 1 wherein said bearing system includes a pair of axially spaced apart bearing members concentrically mounting said shaft in said motor for rotation of said outer rotor housing.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
32 words
A system according to claim 1 wherein said bearing system includes a single axially extending sleeve bearing member concentrically mounting said shaft in said motor for rotation of said outer rotor housing.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
37 words
A system according to claim 1 wherein said stator means includes an iron core having at least one winding and a tube located concentrically within the core, said tube concentrically mounting said bearing system within said motor.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
37 words
A system according to claim 1 wherein said stationary switch and electronic circuit support includes output stage transistors connected thereto and further comprising cooling means conductively connected to the bodies of said transistors inside said rotor housing.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
19 words
A system according to claim 7 wherein a separate such cooling means is provided for each output stage transistor.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
24 words
A system according to claim 7 wherein said cooling means is firmly connected to said stationary switch and electronic circuit support by intermediate members.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
24 words
A system according to claim 8 wherein said cooling means is firmly connected to said stationary switch and electronic circuit support by intermediate members.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
35 words
A system according to claim 9 wherein said cooling means comprises a punched bent member of solderable material and wherein said intermediate members are also of solderable material and are soldered to said stationary support.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
19 words
A system according to claim 9 further comprising linking means connecting said cooling means also directly to said stator.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
14 words
A system according to claim 1 wherein said load member is a magnetic disk.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
14 words
A system according to claim 1 wherein said load member is a fan wheel.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
16 words
A system according to claim 1 wherein said load member is a plurality of fan blades.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
47 words
A system according to claim 14 wherein said fan wheel is a unitized assembly including a hub and radially extending fan blades mounted thereon uniformly around the periphery and wherein said hub is dimensioned to be press fit over the reduced diameter hub of said outer rotor.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
31 words
A system according to claim 16 wherein the diameter of the hub of said fan wheel is not greater than the diameter of the cup-shaped rotor housing at its open end.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
67 words
A system according to claim 17 wherein said system is part of an axial-flow fan and further comprising an outer fan housing of multi-corner profile, said housing having a central cylindrical portion surrounding the fan blade, said housing being broadened on the exhaust side of the cylindrical central portion by corner pockets into the regular multi-corner profile, said profile circumscribing the outer diameter of the fan wheel.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
22 words
A system according to claim 18 wherein said corner pockets are formed by inclined walls which extend from said central cylindrical portion.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
46 words
A system according to claim 19 wherein the inclined wall on the air inlet side is axially shorter than and at a different angle from the inclined wall on the outlet side of the central cylindrical portion, forming an asymmetrical cross section in the fan housing.
Claim 22
Dependent Claim
42 words
A system according to claim 19 wherein the inclined walls on both the inlet and outlet sides of the central cylindrical portion are of substantially the same angle and length to each other, forming a symmetrical cross section in the fan housing.
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