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Linear motor

US4678951A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateNov 28, 1984
Grant dateJul 7, 1987
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Expiry dateNov 28, 2004

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG11B5/5521
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A linear motor driving a carriage used in a magnetic memory. The motor includes a rotor portion having a hollow sleeve like member extending outwardly from the carriage at the side opposite to the magnetic head mounting portion of the carriage and a driving coil wound around the forward end of the hollow member; and a stator portion on the frame body of the magnetic memory and having a central yoke disposed within the hollow member along the direction of carriage movement, a U-shaped yoke surrounding the driving coil with the legs thereof being parallel to the central yoke, and a pair of permanent magnets mounted on the opposed faces of the legs of the U-shaped yoke. By means of this linear motor, the magnetic memory can be reduced in dimension.

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