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Granted Patent B2
US 12,341,399 · App. 17/595,517 · Granted Jun 24, 2025

Motor with a stepped rotating body

Inventors: Hitoshi Iwata (Nagano, JP); Naoki Ohsawa (Nagano, JP); Shoma Yamanishi (Nagano, JP); Toshiyuki Nishikata (Nagano, JP); Seiji Mitamura (Nagano, JP); Michihiro Shimizu (Nagano, JP); Yuta Amagi (Nagano, JP)
Assignee: MINEBEA MITSUMI Inc.
H02K5/1732H02K7/083H02K21/22H02K2207/03
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Patent No.
US 12,341,399
App. No.
17/595,517
Granted
Jun 24, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

To provide a motor capable of meeting a demand for size reduction. The motor includes an axial member, a tubular rotating body rotatable in relation to the axial member, a bearing supporting the rotating body with respect to the axial member, and a stator inside the rotating body. The rotating body preferably includes a tubular member formed of a single member, and a magnet.

Claims (49)

1. A motor comprising:

an axial member;

a tubular rotating body rotatable in relation to the axial member;

a first bearing supporting a first part of the rotating body with respect to the axial member; a second bearing supporting a second part of the rotating body with respect to the axial member;

a stator inside the rotating body; and

a magnet fixed at a third part of the rotating body; wherein

the stator is fixed at the axial member,

a radial dimension of the first bearing and a radial dimension of the second bearing are larger than a radial dimension of the magnet,

an outer surface of the rotating body includes

a first stepped part between an outer surface of the third part of the rotating body and an outer surface of the first part of the rotating body in an axial direction of the axial member, and

a second stepped part between the outer surface of the third part of the rotating body and an outer surface of the second part of the rotating body in the axial direction of the axial member, and

a radial dimension of the outer surface of the third part of the rotating body is smaller than a radial dimension of the outer surface of the first part of the rotating body and a radial dimension of the outer surface of the second part of the rotating body.

2. The motor according to claim 1 , wherein

the magnet and the stator are disposed between the first bearing and the second bearing in an axial direction of the axial member.

3. The motor according to claim 1 , wherein

the rotating body includes a first end part and a second end part in the axial direction of the axial member,

the first bearing is fixed to the first part of the rotating body at the first end part side, and

the second bearing is fixed to the second part of the rotating body at the second end part side.

4. A motor comprising:

an axial member;

a tubular rotating body rotatable in relation to the axial member;

a first bearing supporting a first part of the rotating body with respect to the axial member;

a second bearing supporting a second part of the rotating body with respect to the axial member;

a stator inside the rotating body; and

a magnet fixed at a third part of the rotating body, wherein

the stator is fixed at the axial member, and

a radial dimension of an inner surface of the first part of the rotating body and a radial dimension of an inner surface of the second part of the rotating body are larger than a radial dimension of an inner surface of the third part of the rotating body,

an outer surface of the rotating body includes

a first stepped part between an outer surface of the third part of the rotating body and an outer surface of the first part of the rotating body in an axial direction of the axial member, and

a second stepped part between the outer surface of the third part of the rotating body and an outer surface of the second part of the rotating body in the axial direction of the axial member, and

a radial dimension of the outer surface of the third part of the rotating body is smaller than a radial dimension of the outer surface of the first part of the rotating body and a radial dimension of the outer surface of the second part of the rotating body.

5. The motor according to claim 4 , wherein:

the magnet and the stator are disposed between the first bearing and the second bearing in an axial direction of the axial member.

6. The motor according to claim 4 , wherein

the rotating body includes a first end part and a second end part in the axial direction of the axial member;

the first bearing is fixed to the first part of the rotating body at the first end part side, and

the second bearing is fixed to the second part of the rotating body at the second end part side.

7. A rotating device comprising:

an attached member,

a motor fixed to the attached member,

the motor includes a first bearing, a second bearing, a tubular member surrounding the first bearing and the second bearing and a magnet, a stator core,

the tubular member of the motor includes a first part supported by the first bearing, a second part supported by the second bearing, and a third part between the first part and the second part,

the stator core and the magnet are arranged at a position of the third part of the tubular member in an axial direction of the tubular member,

an outer surface of the tubular member includes

a first stepped part between an outer surface of the third part of the tubular member and an outer surface of the first part of the tubular member in an axial direction of the tubular member, and

a second stepped part between the outer surface of the third part of the tubular member and an outer surface of the second part of the tubular member in the axial direction of the tubular member,

a radial dimension of the outer surface of the third part of the tubular member is smaller than a radial dimension of the outer surface of the first part of the tubular member and a radial dimension of the outer surface of the second part of the tubular member.

8. The motor according to claim 7 , wherein

a radial dimension of the magnet is smaller than a radial dimension of the first bearing and a radial dimension of the second bearing.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 21, 2022
From: IWATA, HITOSHI; OHSAWA, NAOKI; YAMANISHI, SHOMA; NISHIKATA, TOSHIYUKI; MITAMURA, SEIJI; SHIMIZU, MICHIHIRO; AMAGI, YUTA
To: MINEBEA MITSUMI INC.
Reel/Frame 058718/0627 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2019-103237 · May 31, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20220200392A1 · Jun 23, 2022
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