STATOR FOR BRUSHLESS MOTOR OR GENERATOR
A stator assembly for use with a brushless geared motor assembly, including: a stack of several steel laminations, each of the steel laminations include several teeth extending inwardly from a yoke portion of each of the steel laminations, wherein an inner shape and an outer shape of each yoke portion have the same polygon shape for both the inner shape and outer shape of the yoke portion.
1 . A stator assembly for use with a brushless geared motor assembly, comprising:
a stack of several steel laminations, each of the steel laminations include several teeth extending inwardly from a yoke portion of each of the steel laminations, wherein an inner shape and an outer shape of each yoke portion have the same polygon shape for both the inner shape and outer shape of the yoke portion.
2 . The stator assembly as in claim 1 , wherein the teeth and their corresponding yoke portion are all formed from a single unitary piece comprising a steel lamination.
3 . The stator assembly as in claim 1 , wherein the teeth and their corresponding yoke portion are separately formed and secured to each other to form the steel lamination.
4 . The stator assembly as in claim 1 , wherein the number of edges of the polygon shape is equal to the number of teeth of the stator.
5 . The stator assembly as in claim 1 , wherein the teeth have and the yoke portion have a constant thickness.
6 . The stator assembly as in claim 1 , wherein each of the steel laminations has a hexagon shape.
7 . The stator assembly as in claim 1 , further comprising a first end cap part and a second end cap part, wherein the first end cap part covers partly a first end of the stator assembly and the second end part covers partly a second opposite end of the stator assembly.
8 . The stator assembly as in claim 7 , wherein the first end cap part is secured to the second end cap part by a plurality of fasteners.
9 . The stator assembly as in claim 7 , wherein the first end cap part and the second end cap part each have two or more open areas where the stack of several steel laminations are viewable.
10 . The stator assembly as in claim 9 , wherein the first end cap part and the second end cap part are formed from plastic.
11 . The stator assembly as in claim 7 , wherein the first end cap part and the second end cap part are formed from plastic.
12 . The stator assembly as in claim 10 , wherein the teeth and their corresponding yoke portion are separately formed and secured to each other to form the steel lamination.
13 . The stator assembly as in claim 10 , wherein the number of edges of the polygon shape is equal to the number of teeth of the stator.
14 . The stator assembly as in claim 10 , wherein the teeth have and the yoke portion have a constant thickness.
15 . The stator assembly as in claim 10 , wherein each of the steel laminations has a hexagon shape.
16 . A brushless gear motor assembly including the stator assembly of claim 1 .
17 . The brushless gear motor assembly as in claim 16 , wherein the brushless gear motor assembly includes a rotor assembly, a gearbox and an electronic control board.
18 . The brushless gear motor assembly as in claim 16 , further comprising a first end cap part and a second end cap part, wherein the first end cap part covers partly a first end of the stator assembly and the second end part covers partly a second opposite end of the stator assembly.
19 . The brushless gear motor assembly as in claim 18 , wherein the first end cap part is secured to the second end cap part by a plurality of fasteners.
20 . The brushless gear motor assembly as in claim 18 , wherein the first end cap part and the second end cap part each have two or more open areas where the stack of several steel laminations are viewable and the first end cap part and the second end cap part are formed from plastic.