Brushless motor
US5663604A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 27, 1995 |
| Grant date | Sep 2, 1997 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 27, 2015 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S310/06
- WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A brushless motor for use as a fan motor or the like has a housing, a bearing tower provided inside the housing, a stator fixed on a circumference of the bearing tower, a rotor having a shaft rotatably supported by a bearing inside the bearing tower, a rotor magnet provided on the rotor and opposed to the stator, and a circuit base on which a drive control circuit for controlling the rotation of the rotor by controlling a current supplied to the stator is formed. The housing is provided with a supporting plate for supporting the bearing tower. This supporting plate is recessed in an axial direction relative to a bottom surface of the housing, and supports the bearing tower so that the bearing tower projects inwardly from the supporting power in the axial direction. The circuit base is mounted on a surface of the supporting plate opposite from the bearing tower. If this structure is adopted, the overall size of the motor can be reduced while the desired mounting area of the circuit base is maintained.
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