IP Library Granted Patent US 10,693,351
Granted Patent B2
US 10,693,351 · App. 15/361,202 · Granted Jun 23, 2020

Motor driving assembly

Inventors: James Ching Sik Lau (Hong Kong, CN); Duncan Yiu Lung Wong (Hong Kong, CN); Chun Kit Cheung (Hong Kong, CN)
Assignee: JOHNSON ELECTRIC INTERNATIONAL AG
H02K13/006H02K11/21H02K7/1166H02K11/22H02K13/00
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Patent No.
US 10,693,351
App. No.
15/361,202
Granted
Jun 23, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

A motor driving assembly includes a motor. The motor includes an outer housing, and a rotor and a brush holder received in the outer housing. The rotor includes a rotary shaft extending out of the outer housing. A commutator is fixed on a shaft portion of the rotary shaft within the outer housing. Brushes for contacting the commutator are disposed on the brush holder. A visible identification mark fixed relative to the rotary shaft is disposed outside the outer housing of the motor, such that a relative position between the brushes and the commutator in a rotational direction of the rotary shaft is identifiable by reference to a position of the visible identification mark relative to the outer housing in the rotational direction of the rotary shaft. As such, the commutator can be prevented from stalling at a position where arcing noise may be easily generated.

Claims (12)

1. A motor driving assembly comprising a motor, the motor comprising:

an outer housing,

a rotor received in the outer housing, the rotor comprising a rotary shaft extending out of the outer housing, a commutator being fixed on a shaft portion of the rotary shaft within the outer housing; and

a brush holder received in the outer housing with brushes for contacting the commutator disposed on the brush holder, and

wherein a visible identification mark fixed relative to the rotary shaft is disposed outside the outer housing of the motor, such that a relative position between the brushes and the commutator in a rotational direction of the rotary shaft is identifiable by reference to a position of the visible identification mark relative to the outer housing in the rotational direction of the rotary shaft;

wherein the motor driving assembly further comprises a worm which is fixedly connected to the shaft portion of the rotary shaft outside the housing for rotation with the rotary shaft, the worm is configured to drivingly connect to a worm gear, and the visible identification mark is disposed on the worm.

2. The motor driving assembly of claim 1 , wherein the visible identification mark is disposed on the rotary shaft outside the outer housing.

3. The motor driving assembly of claim 2 , wherein the visible identification mark is an optical reflection mark, a color mark, or a plane disposed on an outer circumferential surface of the rotary shaft.

4. The motor driving assembly of claim 2 , wherein the visible identification mark is disposed on one end of the rotary shaft away from the outer housing.

5. The motor driving assembly of claim 1 , wherein a fixing block is fixed on the rotary shaft, the worm includes a thread portion and a fixing ring at one end of the thread portion, the fixing ring is attached around the fixing block and is directly fixed relative to the fixing block in the rotational direction of the rotary shaft, and the visible identification mark is disposed on the fixing ring.

6. The motor driving assembly of claim 5 , wherein the visible identification mark is an optical reflection mark, a color mark, or a plane disposed on an outer circumferential surface of the fixing ring.

7. The motor driving assembly of claim 1 , wherein the visible identification mark is disposed on one end of the worm away from the outer housing.

Assignments (2)
MERGER Recorded Jun 3, 2019
From: JOHNSON ELECTRIC S.A.
To: JOHNSON ELECTRIC INTERNATIONAL AG
Reel/Frame 049354/0089 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 5, 2016
From: LAU, JAMES CHING SIK; WONG, DUNCAN YIU LUNG; CHEUNG, CHUN KIT
To: JOHNSON ELECTRIC S.A.
Reel/Frame 040520/0757 →
Priority Claims (1)
CN 2015 1 0833066 · Nov 25, 2015 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20170149314A1 · May 25, 2017