US5223759A
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DC brushless motor with solid rotor having permanent magnet
Assignee: Seiko Epson Corp
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Filing: 1991-03-29
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Granted: 1993-06-29
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Expires: 2011-03-29
Abstract
Abstract A DC brushless motor which includes a hollow cylindrical stator (2) having a plurality of exciting coils (6) secured to an inside thereof; a solid cylindrical rotor (7) provided within the stator and having at least two permanent magnets (30) therein so as to form a magnetic circuit with the stator; a rotary shaft (8) secured concentrically with said rotor; and a pair of bearings (10, 12) secured to opposite ends of the stator for supporting the rotary shaft for rotation. The permanent magnet is placed between a pair of high permeability yoke portions or pole pieces each extending in a radial direction to form a magnetic circuit and made of a rare earth element-transition metal-boron alloy.
Inventors
- 👤 Tatsuya Shimoda
- 👤 Takeshi Seto
- 👤 Kenichi Endo
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-08 03:13
CPC Classifications
H; H02; H02K; H02K1/00; H02K1/06; H02K1/22; H02K1/27; H02K1/2706; H02K1/272; H02K1/274; H02K1/2746; F; F04; F04C; F04C29/00; F04C29/0042; F04C29/0085; H02K15/00; H02K15/02; H02K15/03; H02K29/00; H02K29/06; H02K29/08; H02P; H02P6/00; H02P6/24; H02K7/00; H02K7/04; Y; Y10; Y10T; Y10T29/00; Y10T29/49; Y10T29/49002; Y10T29/49009; Y10T29/49012
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 10
Claim 1
Independent Claim
91 words
A DC brushless motor comprising: a hollow cylindrical stator having a plurality of exciting coils secured to an inside of said stator; a solid cylindrical rotor provided within said stator and having a cylindrical yoke and an annular permanent magnet joined in solid phase with said yoke for forming a magnetic circuit with said stator; a rotary shaft secured concentrically with said rotor; a pair of bearings secured to said stator for supporting said rotary shaft at opposite ends for rotation; said permanent magnet being made of a rare earth-iron-boron alloy.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
91 words
A DC brushless motor comprising: a hollow cylindrical stator having a plurality of exciting coils secured to an inside of said stator; a solid cylindrical rotor provided within said stator and having a cylindrical yoke and an annular permanent magnet joined in solid phase with said yoke for forming a magnetic circuit with said stator; a rotary shaft secured concentrically with said rotor; a pair of bearings secured to said stator for supporting said rotary shaft at opposite ends for rotation; said permanent magnet being made of a rare earth-iron-boron alloy.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
28 words
The DC brushless motor of claim 1, wherein said permanent magnet is made from an anisotropic magnet which is made by hot working a praseodymium-iron-boron or neodymium-iron-boron alloy.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
52 words
The DC brushless motor of claim 1, wherein said permanent magnet is made by molding a magnet composition which consists of a magnet powder having a percent composition by atomic weight of Nd 14 Fe 76 Co 4 B 6 and particle diameters between one and 44 micrometers and an epoxy resin.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
113 words
A DC brushless motor comprising: a hollow cylindrical stator having a plurality of exciting coils secured to an inside thereof; a solid cylindrical rotor provided within said stator and having a pair of permanent magnets, each joined in solid phase with a pair of main yokes on opposite sides, and an auxiliary yoke with a shaft opening, said auxiliary yoke being joined with said main yoke to form a rotor unit; a rotary shaft fitted into said shaft opening in concentric with said rotor; a pair of bearings secured to opposite ends of said stator for supporting said rotary shaft for rotation; and said permanent magnet being made of a rare earth-iron-boron alloy.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
113 words
A DC brushless motor comprising: a hollow cylindrical stator having a plurality of exciting coils secured to an inside thereof; a solid cylindrical rotor provided within said stator and having a pair of permanent magnets, each joined in solid phase with a pair of main yokes on opposite sides, and an auxiliary yoke with a shaft opening, said auxiliary yoke being joined with said main yoke to form a rotor unit; a rotary shaft fitted into said shaft opening in concentric with said rotor; a pair of bearings secured to opposite ends of said stator for supporting said rotary shaft for rotation; and said permanent magnet being made of a rare earth-iron-boron alloy.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
28 words
The DC brushless motor of claim 4, wherein said permanent magnet is made from an anisotropic magnet which is made by hot working a praseodymium-iron-boron or neodymium-iron-boron alloy.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
52 words
The DC brushless motor of claim 4, wherein said permanent magnet is made by molding a magnet composition which consists of a magnet powder having a percent composition by atomic weight of Nd 14 Fe 76 Co 4 B 6 and particle diameters between one and 44 micrometers and an epoxy resin.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
38 words
The DC brushless motor of claim 1, wherein said yoke and said permanent magnet are joined in solid phase by putting an annular permanent magnet over a cylindrical soft magnetic body and extruding said permanent magnet-soft magnet body.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
27 words
The DC brushless motor of claim 4, wherein said main yokes and said permanent magnet between said main yokes are joined in solid phase by hot rolling.
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