US5095238A
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Brushless dc motor and rotor magnet
Assignee: Minebea Co Ltd
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Filing: 1990-04-03
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Granted: 1992-03-10
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Expires: 2010-04-03
Abstract
Abstract A brushless dc motor comprising a stator, and a rotor incorporating a hollow cylindrical permanent magnet. The rotor magnet has sectors magnetized radially in opposite directions to define poles of opposite polarity extending around the circumference of the magnet. The magnet is completely magnetized so as to leave no non-magnetized sectors between the poles of the magnet. The magnet has grooves in its surface facing the stator, the grooves extending in the longitudinal direction of the magnet. Each groove is offset from, or non-symmetrical with respect to, the center of the rotor pole in which it is located.
Inventors
- 👤 Yuzuru Suzuki
- 👤 Sakae Fujitani
- 👤 Hitoshi Takahashi
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-30 06:28
CPC Classifications
H; H02; H02K; H02K29/00; H02K29/06; H02K29/08; H02K1/00; H02K1/06; H02K1/22; H02K1/27; H02K1/2786
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 12
Claim 1
Independent Claim
114 words
A brushless dc motor comprising: a stator having magnetic poles carrying coils, and interpoles between the poles, a cylindrical magnet rotor rotatable with respect to the stator, the rotor being radially magnetized to define at least four poles around its periphery, the rotor being completely magnetized so as to leave no non-magnetized areas between the poles of the rotor, and the rotor having substantially axial grooves in its surface facing the stator, each groove being located closer to one end of one of the rotor poles than to the other end, said other end of that rotor pole being ungrooved, and each of the grooves extending circumferentially into two adjacent poles of the magnet.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
114 words
A brushless dc motor comprising: a stator having magnetic poles carrying coils, and interpoles between the poles, a cylindrical magnet rotor rotatable with respect to the stator, the rotor being radially magnetized to define at least four poles around its periphery, the rotor being completely magnetized so as to leave no non-magnetized areas between the poles of the rotor, and the rotor having substantially axial grooves in its surface facing the stator, each groove being located closer to one end of one of the rotor poles than to the other end, said other end of that rotor pole being ungrooved, and each of the grooves extending circumferentially into two adjacent poles of the magnet.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
31 words
A brushless dc motor as defined in claim 1 including a rotor position sensor, the sensor being a magnetoelectricity converter positioned adjacent to the surface of the rotor facing the stator.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
66 words
A brushless dc motor as defined in claim 1, wherein the shape of the grooves in the rotor magnet is represented by the following two formulas: 0.3×360 / P<2 Θ<360 / P D≧G where; 2Θ: width (degrees) of the groove P: number of magnetized poles D : depth at the center of the groove G : the smallest gap between the stator and the rotor magnet.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
33 words
A brushless dc motor as defined in claim 1 wherein the grooves extend in the axial direction of the rotor magnet, and the grooves extend circumferentially into two adjacent poles of the rotor.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
20 words
A brushless dc motor as defined in claim 1 wherein the rotor magnet is formed of two different magnetic materials.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
16 words
A brushless dc motor as defined in claim 1 wherein nonmagnetic reinforcement material fills the grooves.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
28 words
A brushless dc motor as defined in claim 1 wherein the rotor comprises a rotor body and a rotor magnet, the magnet being embedded within the rotor body.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
103 words
A hollow cylindrical rotor magnet, for a brushless dc motor, formed on a single piece of permanently magnetized material, the magnet having sectors magnetized radially in opposite directions to define at least four poles of opposite polarity extending around the circumference of the rotor, and the magnet having substantially axial grooves in its inner cylindrical surface extending along the length of the magnet, each groove being located closer to one end of one of the rotor poles than to the other end, said other end of that rotor pole being ungrooved, and each groove extending circumferentially into two adjacent poles of the magnet.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
103 words
A hollow cylindrical rotor magnet, for a brushless dc motor, formed on a single piece of permanently magnetized material, the magnet having sectors magnetized radially in opposite directions to define at least four poles of opposite polarity extending around the circumference of the rotor, and the magnet having substantially axial grooves in its inner cylindrical surface extending along the length of the magnet, each groove being located closer to one end of one of the rotor poles than to the other end, said other end of that rotor pole being ungrooved, and each groove extending circumferentially into two adjacent poles of the magnet.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
19 words
A magnet as defined in claim 8 wherein each groove extends circumferentially into two adjacent poles of the magnet.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
26 words
A magnet as defined in claim 8 wherein the magnet is completely magnetized so as to leave no non-magnetized sectors between the poles of the magnet.
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