IP Library Granted Patent US 10,903,713
Granted Patent B2
US 10,903,713 · App. 15/376,127 · Granted Jan 26, 2021

Inner-rotor motor

Inventors: Hiroaki Mochizuki (Matsue, JP); Minoru Kuroda (Sakaiminato, JP)
Assignee: MINEBEA MITSUMI INC.
H02K5/161H02K5/1672H02K7/083
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Patent No.
US 10,903,713
App. No.
15/376,127
Granted
Jan 26, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

An inner-rotor motor including: an armature assembly including a rotating shaft, an armature unit coupled to the rotating shaft and a pressing unit; a frame assembly including a frame housing the armature unit, a first bearing unit located on one side with respect to the armature unit in an axial direction, and a second bearing unit located on another side with respect to the armature unit in the axial direction; and an urging structure that urges the rotating shaft in a direction away from the second bearing unit and that presses the pressing unit toward the first bearing unit.

Claims (42)

1. A motor comprising:

an armature assembly including a rotating shaft and an armature unit;

a frame assembly including a frame housing the armature unit, a first bearing unit located on one side with respect to the armature unit in an axial direction and a second bearing unit located on another side with respect to the armature unit in the axial direction;

a pressing unit arranged at the armature assembly;

a commutator fixed at a part of the rotating shaft between the second bearing unit and the armature unit;

an urging structure that includes a coil spring, the coil spring being arranged in a recess portion of the commutator between the commutator and the second bearing unit, wherein the pressing unit is pressed, with the coil spring, toward the first bearing unit; and

a first sliding washer arranged between the second bearing unit and the commutator, and rotatable around the rotating shaft with respect to the second bearing unit.

2. The motor according to claim 1 , wherein

the coil spring is coupled to the commutator,

a pressing member is arranged displaceably in the axial direction between the coil spring and the second bearing unit, and

the coil spring presses, against the second bearing unit, the pressing member.

3. The motor according to claim 1 , wherein the pressing unit is pressed against the first bearing unit via a second sliding washer.

4. The motor according to claim 1 , wherein the coil spring rotates with the commutator.

5. The motor according to claim 1 , wherein a first washer is arranged between the coil spring and the first sliding washer,

the first sliding washer is arranged between the washer and the second bearing, and

the coil spring is arranged between the washer and the commutator.

6. The motor according to claim 5 , wherein:

a second washer is arranged between the armature assembly and the first bearing, and

a second sliding washer is arranged between the second washer and the first bearing, and is rotatable around the rotating shaft with respect to the first bearing unit.

7. A motor comprising:

an armature assembly including a rotating shaft and an armature unit;

a frame assembly including a frame housing the armature unit, a plate, a bracket attached to the plate, a first bearing unit located on one side with respect to the armature unit in an axial direction and a second bearing unit located on another side with respect to the armature unit in the axial direction;

a pressing unit arranged at the armature assembly;

a commutator fixed at a part of the rotating shaft between the second bearing unit and the armature unit;

a brush coupled to the bracket;

a first sliding washer arranged between the second bearing unit and the commutator, and rotatable around the rotating shaft with respect to the second bearing unit; and

an urging structure that includes a coil spring between the commutator and the second bearing unit, wherein:

the first bearing unit is held at the frame,

the second bearing unit is held at the plate, and

the pressing unit is pressed, with the coil spring, toward the first bearing unit.

8. The motor according to claim 7 , wherein

the coil spring is coupled to the commutator,

a pressing member is arranged displaceably in the axial direction between the coil spring and the second bearing unit, and

the coil spring presses, against the second bearing unit, the pressing member.

9. The motor according to claim 7 , wherein the pressing unit is pressed against the first bearing unit via a second sliding washer.

10. The motor according to claim 7 , wherein the coil spring rotates with the commutator.

11. The motor according to claim 7 , wherein a first washer is arranged between the coil spring and the first sliding washer,

the first sliding washer is arranged between the washer and the second bearing, and

the coil spring is arranged between the washer and the commutator.

12. The motor according to claim 11 , wherein:

a second washer is arranged between the armature assembly and the first bearing, and

a second sliding washer is arranged between the second washer and the first bearing, and is rotatable around the rotating shaft with respect to the first bearing unit.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Oct 10, 2017
From: MINEBEA CO., LTD.
To: MINEBEA MITSUMI INC.
Reel/Frame 044269/0543 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 12, 2016
From: MOCHIZUKI, HIROAKI; KURODA, MINORU
To: MINEBEA CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 040714/0097 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2015-254464 · Dec 25, 2015 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20170187260A1 · Jun 29, 2017