IP Library Granted Patent US 9,948,151
Granted Patent B2
US 9,948,151 · App. 14/479,580 · Granted Apr 17, 2018

Outer rotor type brushless motor

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Patent No.
US 9,948,151
App. No.
14/479,580
Granted
Apr 17, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

An outer rotor type brushless motor of the present invention comprises: a rotor portion having a rotor frame, a shaft, and a rotor magnet; a bearing housing; a stator portion facing the rotor magnet and having a stator core, a plurality of first salient pole portions extending toward the rotor magnet from the stator core, an insulation surrounding the first salient pole portion, and a winding around the first salient pole portion through the insulation; and a torque holding portion provided on an inner side of the outer circumference portion of the rotor frame and an outer circumference of the bearing housing, and having a plurality of second salient pole portions disposed coaxially with the stator core and extending toward the rotor magnet, where the first salient pole portions and the second salient pole portions are provided in different numbers.

Claims (22)

1. A motor, comprising:

a rotor frame;

a shaft;

first and second rotor magnets that are coupled with the rotor frame, formed separately, and spaced apart in an axial direction of the shaft;

a stator portion arranged inside the rotor magnets and having a stator core, a winding around the stator core, and a plurality of first salient pole portions;

a torque holding portion facing an inner face of the rotor magnets in a radial direction, being arranged between the rotor frame and the stator portion in the axial direction of the shaft, and having a plurality of second salient pole portions; and

a circuit board arranged, in the axial direction of the shaft, on a side of the stator portion opposite the rotor frame, wherein:

an electronic component is arranged at the circuit board,

in the radial direction, the first rotor magnet faces the first salient pole portions and the second rotor magnet faces the second salient pole portions,

the first salient pole portions differ in number from poles of the first rotor magnet,

the number of the second salient pole portions is an integral multiple of the number of poles of the second rotor magnet, and

the first salient pole portions differ in number from the second salient pole portions.

2. The motor according to claim 1 , comprising:

a bearing housing rotatably supporting the shaft, wherein:

the stator portion is provided at an outer circumference of the bearing housing,

insulation of the stator core surrounds each of the first salient pole portions, and

the winding is around the first salient pole portions and the insulation.

3. The motor according to claim 1 , comprising a winding around each of the second salient pole portions.

4. The motor according to claim 1 , wherein

each of the second salient pole portions has a bent tip portion.

5. The motor according to claim 1 , wherein

the stator portion and the torque holding portion are formed with different materials.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 5, 2020
From: MINEBEA CO., LTD.
To: MINEBEA MITSUMI INC.
Reel/Frame 051803/0293 →
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE ASSIGNEE'S ADDRESS PREVIOUSLY RECORDED AT REEL: 033688 FRAME: 0175. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE ASSIGNMENT. Recorded Sep 25, 2014
From: ANDO, AKIO; SATO, HIROTAKA; NISHIKATA, TOSHIYUKI
To: MINEBEA CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 033815/0751 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 8, 2014
From: ANDO, AKIO; SATO, HIROTAKA; NISHIKATA, TOSHIYUKI
To: MINEBEA CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 033688/0175 →