Resin-filled permanent-magnet stepping motor

• US 4,841,190 A
• Filed: 04/27/1988
• Issued: 06/20/1989
• Est. Priority Date: 05/01/1987
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Minebea Company Limited (MinebeaMitsumi Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Minebea Company Limited (MinebeaMitsumi Inc.)
• Inventors: Yamawaki, Takayuki, Sakuma, Hiroshi, Matsushita, Kunitake, Torii, Michihiro, Yoshikura, Takashi, Ohnuki, Tohru, Sano, Hiroshi, Suzuki, Yuzuru
• Primary Examiner(s): Salce, Patrick R.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Rebsch, D. L.
• Application Number:
  US07/186,820
• Time in Patent Office: 419 Days
• Field of Search: 310/42, 310/43, 310/49 R, 310/71, 310/154, 310/162, 310/194, 310/257, 310/163, 310/164, 310/89
• US Class Current: 310/257
• CPC Class Codes: H02K 37/14 with magnets rotating within the armatures

Abstract

A permanent-magnet stepping motor includes a stator which has resinous protrusions at its one end. An end plate disposed on one side of the stator is molded integrally with the stator. A flange plate is fixed to the other side of the stator, using the protrusions. The stator includes four stator yokes and two annular coils that are disposed at given positions. These yokes and coils are coupled together by molding a resin.

Claims

1. A stepping motor comprising:

two stator units, which comprise a pair of stator yokes, each of said stator yokes having a number of magnetic pole teeth which protrude parallel to an axial direction, and form an annular space between one of said stator yokes and the magnetic pole teeth engaged with each other, and an annular coil comprising a bobbin with magnet wire wrapped therearound disposed in said annular space, said bobbin comprising an annular core having flanges on opposite sides thereof, said two stator units being disposed in a back-to-back relation;

a rotor consisting of a cylindrical magnet and a rotor shaft inserted in said cylindrical magnet, both ends thereof being extended from both ends of the magnet;

a plurality of pins mounted radially in said flanges and connected to at least one magnet wire;

a resin structure filled in the annular spaces and connecting integrally the stator yoke, the annular coil and the pins;

an end plate formed on a first side of the stator and molded integrally with the stator;

a plurality of resinous protrusions formed integrally with the resin structure on a second side of the stator yoke;

a flange plate provided with retaining holes, said protrusions passing through said retaining holes and being deformed to hold said flange plate on said second side of the stator yoke; and

two bearings mounted co-axially, one on the end plate and the other on the flange plate, said bearings rotatably supporting the rotor shaft.

2. The stepping motor of claim 1, wherein one of the two stator yokes of each stator unit is shaped in the form of a disk, while the other is shaped like a cup.

3. The stepping motor of claim 1 wherein the two stator yokes of each stator unit have aligning protrusions and notches, and wherein the protrusions are fitted in the notches.

4. The stepping motor of claim 1, wherein said flange plate has an aligning annular protrusion whose diameter agrees with an inside diameter of the stator.

5. The stepping motor of claim 1 wherein said flanges have passages for the resin.

6. The stepping motor of claim 1, wherein said end plate has a mount portion in which one of said bearings for supporting the rotor is mounted.