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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6320287 | Electric motor A combination of a rotor and a stator assembly, the stator assembly having a first part and a second part, the first and second parts being generally concentric, the rotor being rotatably mounted in the stator assembly, the combination further including a... | 11/20/2001 |
| 6320292 | Electric motor assembly An electric motor assembly includes a hollow cylindrical casing having a stator disposed inside and adjacent an inner periphery thereof. A rotor is positioned inside the stator and has an output shaft. A bracket made of a thermosetting resin is mounted in... | 11/20/2001 |
| 6320291 | Construction of motor A motor structure includes a base, at least one bearing, a shaft, a hollow coil assembly, and an elastic ring. The base has at least two fan-shaped sheets and a lower projection. The bearing is received between the fan-shaped sheets. The shaft is supporte... | 11/20/2001 |
| 6316855 | Spindle motor with a special contact arrangement The invention relates to a spindle motor with a contact arrangement which comprises a stationary base flange carrying a central spindle, a hub which is pivotably borne on the spindle by means of suitable bearings and on which at least one hand disk is arr... | 11/13/2001 |
| 6307291 | Hydraulic dynamic bearing and spindle motor and rotary assembly provided The present invention is a double sleeve type fluid dynamic pressure bearing, comprising a fixed shaft having respective ends to be fixed to a utilized apparatus; a rotary sleeve arranged to provide a first fine gap between an inner peripheral surface the... | 10/23/2001 |
| 6304016 | Alternator mounting bracket An mounting bracket 50 which attaches an alternator 18 to a vehicle engine 14 and which substantially reduces the amount of noise which is produced by the alternator 18 as the engine is idling.... | 10/16/2001 |
| 6300698 | Hermetic compressor and an electrical connector therefor A hermetic compressor and electrical connector therefor. A shell of the compressor defines an internal chamber and a motor positioned inside the shell within the chamber drives the compressor. The motor has a stator assembly including a winding. A hermeti... | 10/09/2001 |
| 6288466 | Electric drive unit An electric drive unit having an electric drive motor and a transmission. The electric drive motor has an armature shaft which extends, for example, to a worm shaft of the transmission. The shaft is embodied of one piece with the armature shaft. A first b... | 09/11/2001 |
| 6285103 | Permanent magnetic generator A permanent magnetic generator comprises a base 21 having fixedly a first magnetic body 23; a stator member 35 horizontally disposed above the base 21 through support members 27 and has a stator support 36; a drive-motor support 50 horizontally disposed a... | 09/04/2001 |
| 6285099 | Image forming apparatus In an image forming apparatus, revolver or rotary developing unit and a revolver motor include a revolver gear and a motor gear, respectively. While a reaction acts from the revolver gear on the motor gear, a bracket bears the side surface or surfaces of ... | 09/04/2001 |
| 6278209 | Decoupling device for an electric motor Decoupling devices for an electric motor in relation to a housing usually have decoupling bushes made of elastic material, which are disposed between a motor mount and the housing and extend along a bush longitudinal axis. The decoupling device includes a... | 08/21/2001 |
| 6274957 | Reduced size electromagnetic device An electromagnetic device of significantly reduced size is provided by the specific designs of the end shields of the device and by the specific designs of insulating end caps of the device that insulate the electrical component parts of the device from c... | 08/14/2001 |
| 6274956 | Base plate, particularly for electrical machines An end shield is provided, particularly for electrical machines, which because of its design in sectors can be used to vary the natural system frequencies of the electric machine and foundation.... | 08/14/2001 |
| 6271611 | Axial flow fan motor The motor housing 27 and the bearing box 19 are formed separately, the motor housing 27 is provided with the central projection 2 for coupling the bearing box 19 with the motor housing 27 and the removal preventing stepped portions 20, 28 are provided on ... | 08/07/2001 |
| 6268669 | Electric motor for power steering device An electric motor 10 for an electric power steering system, in which a board mounting portion 23 of aluminum for partitioning an electric motor body 10A and a circuit board 40 is formed all over the inner side of a motor case 20 and in which a bearing 25 ... | 07/31/2001 |
| 6268667 | Apparatus for producing linear motion Sealed telescoping tubes are electromagnetically and fluidly actuated to provide linear motion and withstand loading. One of the tubes may be connected to a pressure or vacuum source, and the other sealed to a fixture to provide variable volume load augme... | 07/31/2001 |
| 6265797 | Supporting structure for a motor rotor A supporting structure for a motor rotor includes a fixing member having an axle seat for engaging with an axle tube, which is tightly engaged with the stator bobbin. The axle tube includes a bearing mounted therein for pivotally holding the rotor shaft. ... | 07/24/2001 |
| 6252322 | Spindle motor A spindle motor comprises a base, a stator coil connected to the base, and a sleeve-and-bearing unit connected to a central portion of the base. The sleeve-and-bearing unit has a sleeve and a bearing section mounted in the sleeve having a linear expansion... | 06/26/2001 |
| 6252321 | Endshield assembly with alignable bearing for an electric motor An endshield assembly for an electric motor is described. The endshield assembly includes a metal endshield, a bearing assembly, and an injected molded metal center housing that couples the bearing assembly to the metal endshield. The bearing assembly inc... | 06/26/2001 |
| 6246140 | Pivotal structure for a motor rotor A pivotal structure for a motor rotor includes a housing with a stub thereon for engaging with a metal axle tube. The stub includes an inner ledge on which the metal axle tube rests. An expander has a stem inserted into an end of the metal axle tube. The ... | 06/12/2001 |
| 6236126 | Brushless motor A brushless motor comprises a parts protecting case; a drive shaft rotatable about its axis relative to the parts protecting case; a fixed housing for rotatably holding therein the drive shaft; a stator tightly held by the fixed housing; a shock absorbing... | 05/22/2001 |
| 6234267 | Earth anti-twist apparatus for reactive machines/ saves energy These apparatuses consist of devices and systems to conserve energy in action/reaction processes. Instead the excess current drawn when accelerating motors to move the earth will be omitted as a result of the starting operation. Generators, machinery, and... | 05/22/2001 |
| 6232690 | Electronically commutated DC A DC motor has a housing having an air gap and a stator coil is positioned in the air gap. First and second permanent magnet rotors are coaxially arranged to one another in the housing on opposite sides of the air gap. The first and second permanent magne... | 05/15/2001 |
| 6229637 | Rotary apparatus and deflection-scanning apparatus using the rotary apparatus A rotary apparatus includes a stator portion, a rotor portion rotatably supported by the stator portion and including a permanent magnet, a ring-shaped stator core arranged opposingly to the permanent magnet and including a plurality of electromagnetic co... | 05/08/2001 |
| 6229236 | Mounting bracket for motor capacitor A mounting bracket for a motor run capacitor includes a capacitor clasp which extends from a base to the motor run capacitor. The mounting bracket further includes a U-shaped member which attaches the bracket to a motor shell. The bracket also includes a ... | 05/08/2001 |
| 6225722 | Electric machine with a rotor that rotates around a stator A brushless direct current electric machine, comprising a stator with a hub and first stator pole teeth, which extend radially outward from this hub and have excitation coils, and with second stator pole teeth, which do not have excitation coils, interpos... | 05/01/2001 |
| 6225721 | Self-centering timing disk hub and method of mounting the same The invention relates to a self-centering timing disk hub with a timing disk support surface and a tubular hub sleeve, wherein the end of the hub sleeve can be pushed onto a motor shaft so as to provide in the hub sleeve a contact surface between the inne... | 05/01/2001 |
| 6225719 | Long electrical motor A long electrical motor mainly for submersible use having a high efficiency, being mechanically stable, capable of being assembled under low time consumption at low costs, and which is easy to maintain and repair. The long motor has a rotor divided into s... | 05/01/2001 |
| 6222293 | Starter A starter comprises a fixing member which has a cylindrical portion and rotation stoppers on the outer wall of the cylindrical portion and is fixed to a bracket so that its movement in a circumferential direction is limited by the rotation stoppers, a mat... | 04/24/2001 |
| 6222292 | Magnetic drive adapter A magnetic drive adapter for use with a plurality of outer drive magnet assemblies having various diameter drive hubs is disclosed. The magnetic drive adapter includes a hollow cylindrical portion having an external protrusion extending axially along the ... | 04/24/2001 |
| 6218752 | Motor mount assembly for an air conditioner A motor mount assembly comprises a base panel, and a motor mount including a U-shaped steel bracket. The bracket includes a center plate, and side plates having holes for a ventilation and connecting the motor thereto. The motor is mounted on the side pla... | 04/17/2001 |
| 6218751 | Bearing device Bearing device of magnet type for instruments and the like and non-contact support of one part relatively to another part by means of magnet fields wherein the one part is rotatable relatively to the other at least a part of a full turn. The novelty lies ... | 04/17/2001 |
| 6215214 | Shaft support assembly for direct drive motor An electric motor assembly capable of withstanding heavy side loading includes a motor housing having a shell with first and second end shields including bearing supports having bearings therein. The first end shield further includes a flange for connecti... | 04/10/2001 |
| 6215208 | Miniature motor unit A miniature motor unit comprising a motor mounting member attached to an output side end of an outer casing of a motor, and configured to combine and fix the outer casing with and to the motor mounting member by forming mounting holes having fixing claws ... | 04/10/2001 |
| 6211587 | Electric rotating machine For achieving small-sizing and high efficiency by improving heat radiation of coils, and further for simple-construction to be easily disassembled, thereby being environment-friendly from a view point of recycling, an electric rotating machine comprising:... | 04/03/2001 |
| 6209411 | Rotary bearing and drive mechanisms A rotary bearing has a pair (32,40) of bearing members, one of which has convex (34) and planar (36) surface portions, and the other of which has concave (42) and planar (44) surface portions. The convex and concave surface portions and the planar surface... | 04/03/2001 |
| 6211596 | Claw-pole machine A claw-pole machine has a stator and a rotor, and an exciter coil that is wound on a solid core in the rotor. The solid core extends in the radial direction into two claw magnet wheels that end in a plurality of claw-pole fingers, having a plurality of so... | 04/03/2001 |
| 6208052 | Cooling module for an electronically controlled engine A cooling module 10 of short axial length includes a fan 18 having a plurality of blades 16. A shroud structure 12 is spaced from and generally adjacent to the blades 16. A brushless electric motor 22 rotates the blades 16. The motor 22 includes a heat si... | 03/27/2001 |
| 6204583 | Centerpiece structure of brush-less motor and method of manufacturing brush-less motor A brush-less motor has a center piece, which has a flange portion fixed to a motor holder and a cylindrical portion fixed to a stator core at the outer periphery of the cylindrical portion. The cylindrical portion has a pair of bearings disposed inside th... | 03/20/2001 |
| 6204577 | Method and apparatus for space-saving installation of a starter-alternator An installation and support apparatus or assembly 18 is provided for use in combination with an electric machine 10, such as a starter-alternator, which is adapted to be operatively installed between the engine block 12 and the transmission assembly 16 of... | 03/20/2001 |
