US 5,969,449 AGranted

Rotary machine of inner rotor type

AssigneeMinebea Co., Ltd.

InventorRikuro Obara

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Abstract

A miniature inner rotor type of rotary machine having a high durability and anti-vibration property, includes a double row bearing apparatus (2) and comprises a stepped shaft (10). The shaft has a larger diameter shaft portion (10a) around which an inner rolling contact recess (11a) is formed and a reduced diameter shaft portion (10b), a first outer race (12), first balls (13) interposed between the large diameter shaft portion and the first outer race, and a ball bearing (17) comprising an inner race (14) to be fitted over the reduced diameter shaft portion (10b), a second outer race (15), and second balls (16) to be interposed between the inner race (14) and the second outer race (15). The machine further comprises a housing (1) which includes a cylindrical central housing (5) having a stator (4) mounted on an inner side thereof, a lid part (6) having at a central portion thereof a cylindrical central boss (8), and a bottom part (7) having at a central portion thereof a cylindrical central boss (9), wherein each of the first and second races (12,15) are fitted into the respective bosses (8) and (9), a top end of the larger diameter shaft portion of said stepped shaft (10) extends through the central boss (8) of the lid (6) to protrude out the housing (1), and a rotor (3) is fixedly secured to the larger diameter shaft portion of said stepped shaft (10). The central boss (9) of bottom part (7) has a bottom portion with a reduced diameter (9a), and a compressed ring shape preload spring (18) is interposed between an upper surface of the reduced diameter portion (9a) and a lower end of the second outer race (15).

A rotary machine of inner rotor type, the rotary machine comprising:

a double row bearing apparatus (2) comprises a stepped shaft (10) having a larger diameter shaft portion (10a) around which an inner rolling contact recess (11a) is formed and a reduced diameter shaft portion (10b), a short cylindrical first outer race (12), an outer rolling contact recess (11b) formed on an interior surface of said first outer race (12), first balls (13) interposed between the inner and outer recesses, and a ball bearing (17) comprising an inner race (14) to be fitted over the reduced diameter shaft portion (10b) of the stepped shaft, a second outer race (15), and second balls (16) to be interposed between rolling contact recesses formed on opposing surfaces of the races (14) (15) of the ball bearing (17);
a housing (1) comprises a cylindrical central housing (5) having a stator (4) mounted on an inner side thereof, a lid part (6) having at a central portion thereof a cylindrical central boss (8) opened upwardly and downwardly, and a bottom part (7) having at a central portion thereof a cylindrical central boss (9) opened upwardly and downwardly, wherein said first outer race (12) provided around the larger diameter shaft portion (10a) and said second outer race (15) of the ball bearing (17) of the double row bearing apparatus (2) are fitted into the respective bosses (8)(9), a top end of the larger diameter shaft portion (10a) of said stepped shaft (10) extends through the central boss (8) of the lid (6) to protrude out of the housing (1), and a rotor (3) is fixedly secured to the larger diameter shaft portion (10a) of said stepped shaft (10);
a bottom portion of said central boss (9) of said bottom part (7) having a reduced diameter portion (9a) at an opening therein;
and
spring (18) interposed between an upper surface of said reduced diameter portion (9a) of said boss (9) and a lower end of said second outer race (15).

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