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US 4,900,961 AGranted
Thrust bearing arrangement for capstan motor
AssigneeKabushiki Kaisha Sankyo Seiki Seisakusho
InventorsShinichi Kudo, Yoshito Hirata
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Abstract
The shaft 1 of a capstan motor is vertically supported by a pair of relatively rotatable thrust rings 21, 22 disposed between an upper bearing 8 surrounding the shaft and the outwardly projecting flange of an E-ring 20 snapped into an annular groove 1a of the shaft.
Claims8
An electric motor thrust bearing mechanism, comprising:
- (a) a bearing holder (7);
- (b) a bearing (8) held by said bearing holder;
- (c) a vertically oriented shaft (1) rotatably supported by said bearing;
- (d) a rotor yoke (2) mounted on one end of said shaft;
- (e) a rotor magnet (4) mounted on said yoke and confronting a stator (5, 6);
- (f) a locking member (20) mounted on said shaft above said bearing;
- (g) a first, upper thrust pad (21) engaged with said locking member for rotation therewith;
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- (h) a second, lower thrust pad disposed between said first thrust pad and said bearing, and having an outer periphery disposed in an annular groove formed in an upper end of said bearing holder;
- (i) said first and second upper and lower thrust pads being relatively rotatable as said shaft rotates and preventing any downward movement thereof.
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An electric motor thrust bearing mechanism, comprising:
- (a) a bearing holder (7);
- (b) a bearing (8) held by said bearing holder;
- (c) a vertically oriented shaft (1) rotatably supported by said bearing;
- (d) a rotor yoke (2) mounted on one end of said shaft;
- (e) a rotor magnet (4) mounted on said yoke and confronting a stator (5, 6);
- (f) a locking member (20) mounted on said shaft above said bearing;
- (g) a first, upper thrust pad (21) engaged with said locking member for rotation therewith;
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- (h) a second, lower thrust pad (22) disposed between said first thrust pad and said bearing,
- (i) said first upper and second upper thrust pads being relatively rotatable as said shaft rotates and preventing any downward movement thereof, wherein said locking member is an E-ring fitted in an annular groove (1a) of said shaft, and further wherein the first and second thrust pads are configured as rings, and the first upper thrust pad has an upstanding projection seated in an opening of the E-ring.
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An electric motor thrust bearing mechanism, comprising:
- (a) a bearing holder (7);
- (b) a bearing (8) held by said bearing holder;
- (c) a vertically oriented shaft (1) rotatably supported by said bearing;
- (d) a rotor yoke (2) mounted on one end of said shaft;
- (e) a rotor magnet (4) mounted on said yoke and confronting a stator (5, 6);
- (f) a locking member (20) mounted on said shaft above said bearing;
- (g) a thrust pad (21), said thrust pad having an engagement portion for engaging said locking member for rotation therewith;
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- (h) said thrust pad preventing any downward movement of said shaft.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.