Abstract:
In a motor, a rotor made of a permanent magnet which is equally divided in the circumferential direction to be alternately magnetized to different poles is formed into a cylindrical shape. The first coil, the rotor, and the second coil are sequentially arranged in the axial direction of the rotor. The first outer and inner magnetic poles excited by the first coil are set to oppose the outer and inner circumferential surfaces, respectively, of the rotor, and the second outer and inner magnetic poles excited by the second coil are set to oppose the outer and inner circumferential surfaces, respectively, of the rotor. The rotor is constituted by a rotor shaft, the permanent magnet, and an intermediate ring for holding the rotor shaft and the permanent magnet. The motor has good machinability.
Abstract:
A camera has a closable rear lid, and an information processing unit for performing at least one of (i) writing information to a recording medium provided in a film, and (ii) reading information from the recording medium. The camera includes a movable member movable between a first position and a second position. At the first position, the information processing unit is separated from the film. At the second position, the movable member urges the film against the information processing unit. A drive source applies a drive force to the movable member to move the movable member from the first position to the second position. A holding device applies a holding force to hold the movable member at the first position. In response to the closing of the rear lid of the camera, an allowing device to allow the movable member to be released to move to the second position.
Abstract:
A light amount adjustment device including a motor which can be reduced in size by reducing radial and axial dimensions and makes it possible to increase the motor output. The device has a stator of a motor drive mechanism formed integrally with a holding member fixed to a cam member with aperture blades and a rotary member for driving them sandwiched therebetween. A stator includes a support portion, and first and second magnetic pole portions. The first and second magnetic pole portions extend toward an outer periphery of the rotor and coils are inserted thereon from respective extending ends. The extending ends are disposed in a manner opposed to the outer periphery of the rotor. The two portions are disposed with an angle therebetween such that respective lines extending in the extending directions intersect with each other.
Abstract:
A drive apparatus includes a magnet rotor having a plurality of magnetic poles that are magnetized, a stator having a magnetic pole portion that opposes each pole of the magnet rotor, a coil configured to excite the magnetic pole portion, a position detector configured to detect a position of the magnet rotor, a first driver configured to switch an electrification state of the coil in accordance with a preset time interval, a second driver configured to switch an electrification state of the coil in accordance with an output of the position detector, and a controller configured to select the first driver when the output of the position detector is less than a first threshold, and to select the second driver when the output of the position detector is equal to or larger than the first threshold.
Abstract:
A drive apparatus includes a magnet rotor having a plurality of magnetic poles that are magnetized, a stator having a magnetic pole portion that opposes each pole of the magnet rotor, a coil configured to excite the magnetic pole portion, a position detector configured to detect a position of the magnet rotor, a first driver configured to switch an electrification state of the coil in accordance with a preset time interval, a second driver configured to switch an electrification state of the coil in accordance with an output of the position detector, and a controller configured to select the first driver when the output of the position detector is less than a first threshold, and to select the second driver when the output of the position detector is equal to or larger than the first threshold.
Abstract:
A stepping motor includes a magnet ring 1 whose outer peripheral surface is circumferentially divided to form radial protrusions and recesses and whose outer peripheral surface consists of a cylindrical permanent magnet magnetized to the same polarity, first and second cylindrical coils 2 and 3, a first outer magnetic pole portion 8 excited by the first coil, a second outer magnetic pole portion 9 excited by the second coil, and an output shaft 10 formed of a soft magnetic material and fixed to the inner peripheral portion of the magnet ring, the output shaft 10 being opposed to at least one of the first outer magnetic pole portion and the second outer magnetic pole portion in a predetermined axial range and equipped with an inner magnetic pole portion excited by at least one of the first coil and the second coil. Accordingly, a low-cost, high output, and high resolution stepping motor can be provided without hindering miniaturization.
Abstract:
A stepping motor includes a magnet having a magnetized portion, first and second coils, a first yoke having a first-magnetic-pole portion, a second yoke having a second-magnetic-pole portion, and a rotating yoke having a third-magnetic-pole portion fixed to the single surface of the magnet. The first coil is disposed outside of the outer-circumferential surface of the magnet, and the second coil is disposed inside of the inner-circumferential surface of the magnet so as to have the same concentricity as the magnet. The first and second magnetic-pole portions and the magnetized portion face each other across a certain gap. The cylindrical portion of the first yoke and the outermost-diameter portion of the rotating yoke face each other across a gap in the radial direction, and the cylindrical portion of the second yoke and the flat surface portion of the rotating yoke face each other across a gap in the shaft direction. Thus, an easy-to-assemble low-cost driving device having a thin shape in the shaft direction, and high output with small torque loss is provided.
Abstract:
A driving device which is capable of delivering higher power and can be reduced in size. A hollow-cylindrical magnet (1) is magnetized so as to have circumferentially alternately different poles. First and second coils (2 and 3) are arranged concentric with the magnet (1) on respective axially opposite sides thereof. Tooth-shaped first and second outer magnetic pole parts (8A, 8B, 8C, 8D, 9A, 9B, 9C, and 9D) are arranged in opposed relation to the magnet (1) to extend from respective opposite end faces of the magnet (1), for being magnetized by the first and second coils (2 and 3). A rotary shaft (10) fixed to an inner periphery of the magnet (1) is formed with an inner magnetic pole part (10A) disposed in opposed relation to the first and second outer magnetic pole parts (8A, 8B, 8C, 8D, 9A, 9B, 9C, and 9D), for being magnetized by the first and second coils (2 and 3). The first and second outer magnetic pole parts (8A, 8B, 8C, 8D, 9A, 9B, 9C, and 9D) are each formed into a spiral shape.
Abstract:
A motor device including a pair of motor units and a driven member meshed with rotary gears of the pair of motor units to drive the driven member, the motor units each including a rotary magnet that is cylindrical and magnetized so as to have different magnetic poles in turn along the circumferential direction, a rotary gear having a plurality of teeth, the rotary gear rotating about the rotation axis of the rotary magnet together with the rotary magnet, and a stator member having a plurality of outer magnetic poles that are arranged on the outer periphery of the rotary magnet and an inner magnetic pole that is arranged on the inner periphery of the rotary magnet and is opposed to the outer magnetic poles, the plural outer magnetic poles and the inner magnetic pole being excited by a coil.
Abstract:
An apparatus, which includes a carriage scanning mechanism, can be compactly made and its assembly costs can be reduced. In addition, the drive load can be minimized and a carriage can be precisely driven. The apparatus can be provided in a recording apparatus, an information recording/reproducing apparatus, an information recording apparatus, an information reproduction apparatus, an information reading apparatus and an information erasing apparatus. According to the present invention, each of these apparatuses comprises a carriage provided for performing scanning in a predetermined scanning area, a drive device provided for the carriage, and wire wound around an output unit of the drive device in the predetermined scanning area and extended under tension along a scanning direction of said carriage. The output unit, around which the wire is wound, moves along the wire upon being driven by the drive device to scan the carriage.