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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7638915 | Modular magneto-mechanical device An electromechanical device has a rotor, a stator, and a module that at least partially houses the rotor. During normal operation of the electromechanical device, the stator is positioned external to and separate from the module. ... | 12/29/2009 |
| 7372195 | Electron beam source having an extraction electrode provided with a magnetic disk element An electron beam source for use in an electron gun. The electron beam source includes an emitter terminating in a tip. The emitter is configured to generate an electron beam. The electron beam source further includes a suppressor electrode laterally surrounding the ... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7365464 | Composite rotor and output shaft for galvanometer motor and method of manufacture thereof A rotor is disclosed for a galvanometer system. A rotor includes a permanent magnet core, a sleeve and at least one shaft unit. The sleeve encloses and attaches to at least a portion of the permanent magnet core. The sleeve is formed of a material having a density o... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7262535 | Rotor shaft for limited rotation motors and method of manufacture thereof A limited rotation motor system that includes a rotor is disclosed wherein the rotor includes a sleeve with a first open end and an a second end having an integral closed end element, and a permanent magnet that is received through the first open end of the sleeve. ... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7212325 | Mirror mounting structures and methods for scanners employing limited rotation motors A mirror mounting unit is disclosed for use in a limited rotation motor system. The mirror mounting unit includes a mirror, and a tapered base for coupling the mirror mounting unit to an output shaft of a limited rotation motor. In various embodiments, the tapered b... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7205695 | High speed rotor An electromagnetic machine is provided. The machine includes a stator extending along a longitudinal axis and having an inner surface defining a rotor receipt cavity. The rotor extends along and is rotatable about the longitudinal axis within the rotor receipt cavit... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7148598 | Spoke permanent magnet rotors for electrical machines and methods of manufacturing same A rotor assembly for an electric motor includes a spoke permanent magnet rotor and a shaft connected thereto. The spoke permanent magnet rotor has an axis of rotation, permanent magnet material, and ferro-magnetic material. The permanent magnet material extends outw... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7075204 | Threaded inner sleeve for generator magnet An inner sleeve, having threads on each end, is formed on a motor or generator rotor. A pair of stub shafts are threadably attached to the inner sleeve at each end and a magnet is placed in between. The stub shafts are turned on the inner sleeve to bring them togeth... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7057327 | Vehicular alternator A vehicular alternator is provided which can effectively utilize the magnetic flux of a permanent magnet disposed between claw-type magnetic poles and can improve an output of the alternator. The vehicular alternator comprises a rotor and a stator constituted by coi... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7053512 | Ventilation device with electromagnetic coupling Ventilation devices, in particular for electric motor drives regularly comprise a fan wheel (1), which is driven by a shaft via an electromagnetic induction coupling. In order to reduce the complexity of manufacture, a stack of magnetic sheets (2) is c... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7042118 | Permanent magnet rotor construction wherein relative movement between components is prevented A rotor construction may comprise a rotor with a centrally located permanent magnet section having aligned magnet segments and having a central hole throughout its length. A thin rod of magnetic steel is located in this central hole to support the permanent magnets ... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7041044 | Rotatable machine or centrifuge with driving motors in a simple casing The rotatable machine (1) of the invention comprises a chamber (2) and a shaft (3), wherein the shaft (3) is mounted in the chamber (2) such that, upon rotation of the shaft (3) and the chamber (2), the shaft (3 | 05/09/2006 |
| 6974522 | Method and apparatus for mounting a plurality of magnet segments on a back ring A method and apparatus for assembling permanent magnet segments and a back ring wherein a fixture holds segments in circumaxially spaced relationship, adhesive is applied to the segments, externally from pressure sensitive adhesive tape and the fixture then expands ... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6967420 | Electrical machine having a rotor specially adapted to high speeds An electrical rotating machine having a rotor comprising a shaft made from non-magnetic material, a plurality of pole pieces made from magnetic material and surrounding the shaft, with permanent magnets fixed in receivers by wedges cooperating with the pole pieces t... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6948597 | Eddy current deceleration device An eddy current deceleration device includes a rotor mounted on a rotary shaft; a first magnet ring arranged facing this rotor and including permanent magnets that are arranged at prescribed intervals in the circumferential direction and such that the poles thereof ... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6931713 | Methods of making low loss, high frequency composite magnetic material A high frequency, low loss, power, laminated magnetic material includes alternating magnetic plates of low hysteresis loss material and electrically insulating films. The multi-layer structure allows for independently and simultaneously controlling and reducing hyst... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6891295 | Flywheel magneto generator A flywheel magneto generator which comprises a rotor having a magnet attached to an outer circumferential side of a flywheel and a stator constructed by winding a generating coil around a core having a magnetic pole portion opposed to a magnetic pole of the rotor, w... | 05/10/2005 |
| 6864610 | Rotor, manufacturing method of the rotor and motor using the rotor In a rotor having plural permanent magnets secured on a rotary shaft for use in, e.g., an electric motor which is incorporated preferably into a rack-type electric power steering device, a cylindrical cover is fit on the rotary shaft to cover the external surfaces o... | 03/08/2005 |
| 6841912 | Permanent magnet rotor In a permanent magnet rotor, a power transmitting shaft is connected to an axial end of a solid cylindrical permanent magnet, and a reinforcement sleeve is fitted on the outer circumferential surface of the permanent magnet. Thus, the shaft is not required to be pas... | 01/11/2005 |
| 6809451 | Galvanometer motor with composite rotor assembly A limited rotation torque motor is disclosed that includes a rotor and a stator. The rotor includes a plurality of pairs of magnetic poles and the stator includes a plurality of pairs of stator coils. Each stator coils extends along a longitudinal length of the moto... | 10/26/2004 |
| 6803738 | Magnetic actuation and positioning Magnetic forces are used as a controlled actuation mechanism to move and position objects of interest. In one embodiment, a first spherical surface has at least one magnetic positioner attached. A second spherical surface is positioned to move relative to the first ... | 10/12/2004 |
| 6731033 | Motor-driven system with stator provided with inductors There is provided a motor-driven system which realizes an optimum driving mode for an electric automobile, a robot carrier car, a drum of a copying machine, etc., and a motor-driven system having a function as an optimum actuator for such driving. In a rotational el... | 05/04/2004 |
| 6707206 | Magnetic material fixing structure of motor rotor A magnetic material fixing structure of motor rotor including multiple overlapping silicon steel plates. An outer circumference of each silicon steel plate is recessed to form multiple receptacles at equal intervals. A magnetic material is disposed in each receptacl... | 03/16/2004 |
| 6661144 | Electromotive drive The aim is to improve the cooling of a self-ventilated electric motor (1). To this end, an electromagnetic speed limiting and governing device is provided between the motor shaft (3) and the fan wheel (2), the fan wheel, which is driven via an electromagn... | 12/09/2003 |
| 6653757 | Preparation of permanent magnet motor shaft A system for forming a precision shaft for a permanent magnet motor employs a working surface region of the precision shaft and a coaxially arranged rotor region. A cutting tool is used to make a first machining or cutting pass along the entire length of ... | 11/25/2003 |
| 6445100 | Permanent magnet dynamo electric machine In order to realize a permanent magnet dynamo electric machine which permits a high speed rotation, the permanent magnet dynamo electrIc machine including a stator 20 having a stator iron core 22 in which a stator winding 24 is wound, and a rotor 30 facin... | 09/03/2002 |
| 6392324 | Rotor of rotating machine and method for producing same A rotor of a rotating machine includes a body portion having a rotating shaft mounted therein substantially integrally, having a circular outer peripheral surface and opposite side surfaces, and formed of a nonmagnetic material; and permanent magnets and ... | 05/21/2002 |
| 6188157 | Parmanent magnet dynamo electric machine An electrically driven motor vehicle having mechanism including a permanent magnet dynamo electric machine which permits high speed of rotation. The permanent magnet dynamo electric machine includes a stator having a stator iron core in which a stator win... | 02/13/2001 |
| 5936324 | Moving magnet scanner A limited excursion permanent magnet motor in which the permanent magnet, captured between axially loaded bearings, is connected in a space-economizing construction to the output shaft of the motor by a torque-transmitting keyed construction.... | 08/10/1999 |
| 5761962 | Shaft rotation driving apparatus for machine tool A shaft rotation driving apparatus for a machine tool having a main spindle for rotating a tool or a workpiece, comprises: a magnetic anisotropic rotor formed integral with the main spindle itself or with a rotary sleeve itself fitted to the main spindle;... | 06/09/1998 |
| 5532532 | Hermetically sealed superconducting magnet motor A hermetically sealed superconducting magnet motor includes a rotor separated from a stator by either a radial gap, an axial gap, or a combined axial and radial gap. Dual conically shaped stators are used in one embodiment to levitate a disc-shaped rotor ... | 07/02/1996 |
| 5313127 | Moving magnet motor A motor includes a permanent magnet rotor having opposed magnetic poles supported for rotation about an axis. A stator surrounds the rotor and consists of conductors extending parallel and uniformly around the rotor axis, in order to provide a uniform cur... | 05/17/1994 |
| 5233252 | Motor having integral detent The motor provided includes a unique laminated stator core and a means for changing the continuity of the magnetic circuit. The stator core structure is split into two part-cylindrical elements which define spaces between their opposing ends. Flux gates f... | 08/03/1993 |
| 5121020 | Rotor for an electric motor The invention relates to a rotor (10) for an electric motor, in particular for a multi-phase or single-phase electric motor, comprising a permanent-magnetic ceramic rotor cylinder (1) made of an imperforate solid material and provided with moulded-on plas... | 06/09/1992 |
| 5105139 | Brushless D.C. limited rotation rotary positioner A device which rotates an armature through a sequence of angular positions cyclically, using control of the current in a second stator winding while maximum current is applied to a first stator winding. The magnetic poles associated with the two windings ... | 04/14/1992 |
| 5065063 | Rotating apparatus A rotating apparatus includes a stator, a rotor rotatable in the stator and made of nonmagnetic metal. An inner space with a pair of radially spaced openings is provided in the rotor and a permanent magnet is fitted in the inner space so as to be symmetri... | 11/12/1991 |
| 4942322 | Permanent magnet rotor with bonded sheath A rotor assembly comprises a high energy product permanent magnet contained within a sheath and metallurgically bonded thereto. The metallurgical bond imparts mechanical strength to the magnet, thereby preventing crack propagation therewithin during opera... | 07/17/1990 |
| 4741094 | Two pole permanent magnet rotor construction method A two pole permanent magnet rotor which utilizes a single cylindrical two pole permanent magnet mounted between two end pieces and surrounded by a retaining hoop. The cylindrical two pole permanent magnet, which is made of high energy product material, is... | 05/03/1988 |
| 4725749 | Stepping motor and frame plate assembly for a wristwatch movement A wristwatch movement has a Lavet stepping motor directly driving a center wheel attached to the minute hand. The frame plate of the movement is of non-magnetic plastic material with recesses locating the pole shoes of two stator members of the stepping m... | 02/16/1988 |
| 4667123 | Two pole permanent magnet rotor construction for toothless stator electrical machine A two pole permanent magnet rotor utilizes a single cylindrical two pole permanet magnet mounted between two end pieces and surrounded by a retaining hoop. The cylindrical two pole permanent magnet, which is made of high energy product material, is "strai... | 05/19/1987 |
