Non-brush D.C. motor with an improved stator

Claim 1

A brushless D.C. motor comprising a rotor, a shaft for the rotor, a circuit board, and a stator which comprises a base of plastic material having an outer round circumference and a pair of opposite circular sides with a pair of feet extending from each side and a central opening housing a metal cylinder, the metal cylinder having a central opening, a cylindrical bearing passing through the central opening of the metal cylinder and having a central shaft opening with the shaft of the rotor disposed for rotation therein and a pair of magnetic polar plates at each of the opposite circular sides of the base, each polar plate of each pair having an inner circular portion and two substantially diametrically oppositely positioned outer portions comprising oppositely directed leg-type extensions spaced from said central portion and each extension having a radially outer edge forming a part of the outer peripheral edge of the polar plate and an inner substantially straight edge spaced from the inner circular portion to form a gap therebetween, polar plate receiving slots in the outer surface of said circular sides extending at right angles relative to each other, at least one of said polar plates of each pair of polar plates being fitted in a respective one of said slots, the pairs of plates being arranged so that their polar axes are at right angles to each other, the circuit board being located on one of the circular sides of the base with one pair of said polar plates located between the one circular side and the circuit board, the stator being held together by the feet extending from both sides of the base and extending through holes in the polar plates and in the circuit board.