IP Library Granted Patent US 8,729,769
Granted Patent B2
US 8,729,769 · App. 13/488,961 · Granted May 20, 2014

Electromechanical device, robot, movable body, and method of manufacturing electromechanical device

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Patent No.
US 8,729,769
App. No.
13/488,961
Granted
May 20, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

An electromechanical device includes: a center shaft; a rotor having a rotor magnet disposed around an outer periphery of the center shaft; and a stator disposed on an outer periphery of the rotor, wherein the center shaft is formed of a carbon-fiber-reinforced plastic, and when projection is performed in a radial direction from the center shaft toward the rotor magnet, an angle between a direction of carbon fiber in the carbon-fiber-reinforced plastic and a direction of the center shaft is 45°.

Claims (21)

1. An electromechanical device comprising:

a center shaft;

a rotor having a rotor magnet disposed around an outer periphery of the center shaft; and

a stator disposed on an outer periphery of the rotor,

wherein the center shaft is formed of a carbon-fiber-reinforced plastic, and

when projection is performed in a radial direction from the center shaft toward the rotor magnet, an angle between a direction of carbon fiber in the carbon-fiber-reinforced plastic and a direction of the center shaft is 45°.

2. The electromechanical device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the carbon-fiber-reinforced plastic of the center shaft is made by solidifying, with a resin into a cylindrical shape, woven fabric formed by plaiting flatly bundled carbon fiber bundles.

3. A robot comprising the electromechanical device according to claim 2 .

4. A movable body comprising the electromechanical according to claim 2 .

5. A robot comprising the electromechanical device according to claim 1 .

6. A movable body comprising the electromechanical according to claim 1 .

7. The movable body according to claim 6 , wherein the movable body is a vehicle.

8. A method of manufacturing an electromechanical device comprising:

forming a carbon fiber bundle using carbon fiber;

forming a woven fabric by plaiting the carbon fiber bundles;

winding the woven fabric into a cylindrical shape so that the angle between a direction of the carbon fiber of the woven fabric and a winding direction becomes 45°;

producing a center shaft by solidifying the woven fabric with a carbon-fiber-reinforced plastic;

disposing a permanent magnet around a periphery of the center shaft;

forming a rotor by molding the center shaft and the permanent magnet using a resin; and

assembling the rotor to a stator having an electromagnetic coil.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 14, 2016
From: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
To: GODO KAISHA IP BRIDGE 1
Reel/Frame 040030/0262 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 5, 2012
From: TAKEUCHI, KESATOSHI
To: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 028321/0031 →