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Variable angle stepper motor

US4973866A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateSep 26, 1989
Grant dateNov 27, 1990
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Expiry dateSep 26, 2009

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH02K37/10
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A stepper motor having a permanent magnet rotor rotatably mounted within the annuli of a stator winding and a bias magnet. When the stator winding is not energized, the rotor assumes a home position established by the bias magnet. When the stator winding is energized, the rotor is rotated away from the home position by an angular displacement determined by the winding current.

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