Magnetic bearing device

• US 20050067907A1
• Filed: 09/03/2003
• Published: 03/31/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 09/03/2002
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation (Seiko Group)
• Original Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation (Seiko Group)
• Inventors: Takeuchi, Kesatoshi
• Application Number:
  US10/496,896
• Publication Number:
  US 20050067907A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 310/90.500
• CPC Class Codes: F16C 2370/00 Apparatus relating to physics, e.g. instruments
• CPC Class Codes: F16C 2380/26 Dynamo-electric machines or combinations therewith, e.g. electro-motors and generators
• CPC Class Codes: F16C 32/0429 for both radial and axial load, e.g. conical magnets

Abstract

A magnetic bearing device comprises a rotary bearing (20) fixed to a rotary shaft (10) and a fixed bearing (30) that supports the rotary bearing (20) in non-contacting fashion. The rotary bearing (20) comprises a permanent magnet of convex cross-section formed with a convex portion towards the thrust direction of the rotary shaft (10). The fixed bearing (30) comprises a permanent magnet of concave cross-section formed with a concave portion capable of fitting the convex portion and formed in the concave portion with a through-hole (35) for insertion of the rotary shaft (10) therethrough. The rotary shaft (10) is supported in non-contacting fashion by the magnetic repulsive force that acts between the rotary bearing (20) and the fixed bearing (30) when the convex portion of the rotary bearing (20) is made to face the concave portion of the fixed bearing (30) so as to fit therein with a minute gap.

Claims

1. A magnetic bearing device comprising a rotary bearing fixed to a rotary shaft and a fixed bearing that supports said rotary bearing in non-contacting fashion, wherein

said rotary bearing comprises a permanent magnet of convex cross-section formed with a convex portion towards the thrust direction of said rotary shaft,

said fixed bearing comprises a permanent magnet of concave cross-section formed with a concave portion capable of fitting said convex portion and formed in said concave portion with a through-hole for insertion of said rotary shaft therethrough,

said rotary shaft is supported in non-contacting fashion by the magnetic repulsive force that acts between said rotary bearing and fixed bearing when the convex portion of said rotary bearing is made to face the concave portion of said fixed bearing so as to fit therein with a minute gap, and

the curve of the cross-section when the rotary bearing is sectioned in a plane parallel with the thrust direction of said rotary shaft is a parabola.

2. The magnetic bearing device according to claim 1, wherein the cross-sectional shape when said rotary bearing is sectioned in a plane parallel with the thrust direction of said rotary shaft is a curved shape such that, when the convex portion of said rotary bearing is made to face the concave portion of said fixed bearing so as to fit therein with a minute gap, the thrust direction component of the magnetic repulsive force in the vicinity of the apex of said convex portion is the main component, while, in the vicinity of the root of said convex portion, the radial direction component of the magnetic repulsive force is the main component.

3. The magnetic bearing device according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the cross-sectional shape when said rotary bearing is sectioned in a plane parallel with the thrust direction of said rotary shaft and the cross-sectional shape when said fixed bearing is sectioned in said plane are similar.

7. The magnetic bearing device according to claim 2 or 5, wherein said curved shape is a parabola.

8. The magnetic bearing device according to claim 2 or 5, wherein said cross-sectional shape is of U-shaped cross-section or of semicircular-cross-section.

9. The magnetic bearing device according to any of claims 1 to 8, wherein said rotary bearing and said fixed bearing are combined such that unlike poles face each other.

10. The magnetic bearing device according to any of claims 1 to 8, wherein said rotary bearing and said fixed bearing are combined such that like poles face each other.

4. A magnetic bearing device comprising a rotary bearing fixed to a rotary shaft and a fixed bearing that supports said rotary bearing in non-contacting fashion, wherein

said rotary bearing comprises a permanent magnet of concave cross-section formed with a concave portion towards the thrust direction of said rotary shaft,

said fixed bearing comprises a permanent magnet of convex cross-section formed with a convex portion capable of fitting said concave portion and formed in said convex portion with a through-hole for insertion of said rotary shaft therethrough,

said rotary shaft is supported in non-contacting fashion by the magnetic repulsive force that acts between said rotary bearing and fixed bearing when the concave portion of said rotary bearing is made to face the convex portion of said fixed bearing so as to fit therein with a minute gap, and

the curve of the cross-section when the rotary bearing is sectioned in a plane parallel with the thrust direction of said rotary shaft is a parabola.

5. The magnetic bearing device according to claim 4, wherein the cross-sectional shape when said rotary bearing is sectioned in a plane parallel with the thrust direction of said rotary shaft is a curved shape such that, when the concave portion of said rotary bearing is made to face the convex portion of said fixed bearing so as to fit therein with a minute gap, the thrust direction component of the magnetic repulsive force in the vicinity of the apex of said convex portion is the main component, while, in the vicinity of the root of said convex portion, the radial direction component of the magnetic repulsive force is the main component.

6. The magnetic bearing device according to claim 4 or 5, wherein the cross-sectional shape when said rotary bearing is sectioned in a plane parallel with the thrust direction of said rotary shaft and the cross-sectional shape when said fixed bearing is sectioned in said plane are similar.