IP Library Granted Patent US 7,554,236
Granted Patent B2
US 7,554,236 · App. 11/437,670 · Granted Jun 30, 2009

Motor

Assignee: Delta Electronics, Inc.
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Patent No.
US 7,554,236
App. No.
11/437,670
Granted
Jun 30, 2009
Kind
B2
Abstract

A motor includes a stator, a first bearing, a second bearing, a first buffer element, a second buffer element and a rotor. The rotor has a shaft passing though the first bearing, the second bearing, the first buffer element and the second buffer element in order. The first buffer element is disposed adjacent to the first bearing for buffering in one direction, and the second buffer element is disposed adjacent to the second bearing for buffering in another direction.

Claims (45)

1. A motor, comprising:

a stator having a hole;

a first bearing disposed inside the hole;

a second bearing disposed inside the hole;

a first buffering element for avoiding a damage caused by an external force, disposed inside the hole and bearing against an inner portion of the first bearing;

a second buffering element disposed inside the hole and adjacent to an outer portion of the second bearing;

a rotor having a shaft passing through the first bearing, the second bearing, the first buffering element, and the second buffering element; and

a sleeve mounted on the shaft and located between the first bearing and the second bearing,

wherein one end of the first buffering element is disposed adjacent to one end of the first bearing, and the other end of the first buffering element is disposed adjacent to one end of the shaft, and

wherein the first buffering element and the second buffering element have a two directional buffering function.

2. The motor of claim 1 , wherein the sleeve is a rigid sleeve or an elastic sleeve.

3. The motor of claim 2 , wherein the elastic sleeve is a spring, an elastic chip, a retractable sleeve, a sponge sleeve, and a rubber sleeve.

4. The motor of claim 1 , wherein the first buffering element or the second buffering element is a spring, an elastic chip, a retractable sleeve, a sponge sleeve, or a rubber sleeve.

5. The motor of claim 1 , wherein the first or the second bearing is a ball bearing, and the sleeve bears against between the inner portion of the first bearing and an inner portion of the second bearing for fixing the relative positions of the first bearing and the second bearing.

6. The motor of claim 5 , wherein the first bearing has an inner ring portion and an outer ring portion, and the first buffering element is disposed adjacent to one of the inner ring portion and the outer ring portion of the first bearing.

7. The motor of claim 5 , wherein the second bearing has an inner ring portion and an outer ring portion, and the second buffering element is disposed adjacent to one of the inner ring portion and the outer ring portion of the second bearing.

8. The motor of claim 1 , wherein the first buffering element and the second buffering element receive a pre-pressure, respectively.

9. The motor of claim 1 , wherein one end of the first bearing is disposed adjacent to one end of the first buffering element, and the other end of the first buffering element is disposed adjacent to the rotor.

10. The motor of claim 1 , wherein the stator further comprises a first shoulder portion formed on an inner wall of the hole.

11. The motor of claim 10 , wherein the first buffering element is disposed adjacent between the first bearing and the first shoulder portion.

12. The motor of claim 11 , wherein the stator further comprises a second shoulder portion formed on an inner wall of the hole.

13. The motor of claim 12 , wherein the second buffering element is disposed between the second shoulder portion and the second bearing.

14. The motor of claim 1 , further comprising a first positioning plate positioned on one end of the shaft.

15. The motor of claim 14 , wherein the second buffering element is disposed between the first positioning plate and the second bearing.

16. The motor of claim 1 , wherein the stator further comprises a coil and the rotor further comprises a magnet and an impeller, and the coil and the magnet are positioned opposite to each other.

17. The motor of claim 14 , further comprising a second positioning plate mounted on an inner wall of the hole and adjacent to the second bearing.

18. A motor, comprising:

a stator having a hole;

a first bearing disposed inside the hole;

a second bearing disposed inside the hole;

a first buffering element for avoiding a damage caused by an external force, disposed inside the hole and bearing against an inner portion of the first bearing;

a second buffering element disposed inside the hole and adjacent to the second bearing;

a rotor having a shaft passing through the first bearing, the second bearing, the first buffering element, and the second buffering; and

a sleeve mounted on the shaft and located between the first bearing and the second bearing and wherein the sleeve bears against between the inner portion of the first bearing and an inner portion of the second bearing for fixing the relative positions of the first bearing and the second bearing.

19. A motor comprising:

a stator having a hole, a first positioning portion, second positioning portion and a positioning plate, wherein the first positioning portion and the second positioning portion are two shoulder portion protruding from the inner wall of the hole;

a first bearing disposed inside the hole;

a second bearing disposed inside the hole;

a first buffering element disposed inside the hole and adjacent to the first bearing;

a second buffering element disposed inside the hole and adjacent to the second bearing, wherein the second buffering element and the second bearing are disposed between second positioning portion and the positioning plate;

a rotor having a shaft passing through the first buffering element, the first bearing, the second buffering element and the second bearing in order, wherein the first buffering element and the first bearing are disposed between one end of the shaft and the first positioning portion; and

a sleeve mounted on the shaft and located between the first bearing and the second bearing,

wherein when an external force is exerted along the shaft downward on the rotor, the first buffering element restrict the downward motion of the first bearing due to the limitation of the first positioning portion, and then the rotor pushes and compresses the first buffering element for generating an elastic restoring force so that the first buffering element has a buffering function, and

wherein when another external force is imposed upward along the shaft on the shaft, the external force pushes the second buffering element by the positioning plate, and then that second buffering element generates an elastic restoring force so that the second buffering element has a buffering function.

20. The motor of claim 1 , wherein in the external force is a hit or collision.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 22, 2006
From: LIN, YU CHIH; CHEN, HUNG-CHI; CHUANG, TE-TSAI; HUANG, WEN-SHI
To: DELTA ELECTRONICS, INC.
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Priority Claims (1)
TW 94117434 A · May 27, 2005 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20060267435A1 · Nov 30, 2006