Slotless brushless DC motor
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1. A slotless brushless DC motor comprising;
- a stator core enclosing a cylindrical space and having a cylindrical inner surface and end faces;
a permanent magnet rotor, having at least one magnetic pole pair, rotatively supported so as to rotate within the cylindrical space enclosed by the stator core;
an insulating cover fixed to the stator core so as to cover the cylindrical inner surface and the end faces of the stator core, and said insulating cover having protrusions formed in the inner cylindrical surface;
a plurality of single layer coils fixed to the inner surface of the insulating cover such that the position of the single layer coils is determined by the protrusions with respective adjacent single layer coils in contact with each other and said single layer coils having coil ends being bent and fixed to the insulating cover covering the end faces of the stator core.
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Abstract
A slotless, brushless DC motor having thin, flat coils fixed to the inner surface of a thin insulating cover attached to the cylindrical inner surface of the stator core of the motor. The coil ends are bent and fixed to the insulating cover over the end faces of the stator core. The structure provides a reduced air gap increasing the rotor efficiency and a reduced axial length of the motor. The coils are arranged such that adjacent coils sides are in contact with each other and may be connected in a Y-configuration or a Δ-configuration.
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1. A slotless brushless DC motor comprising;
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a stator core enclosing a cylindrical space and having a cylindrical inner surface and end faces; a permanent magnet rotor, having at least one magnetic pole pair, rotatively supported so as to rotate within the cylindrical space enclosed by the stator core; an insulating cover fixed to the stator core so as to cover the cylindrical inner surface and the end faces of the stator core, and said insulating cover having protrusions formed in the inner cylindrical surface; a plurality of single layer coils fixed to the inner surface of the insulating cover such that the position of the single layer coils is determined by the protrusions with respective adjacent single layer coils in contact with each other and said single layer coils having coil ends being bent and fixed to the insulating cover covering the end faces of the stator core. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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