Patent · US Expired

Motor with a stationary shaft with formed knurled grooves on shaft and/or housing

US6630758B2 · kind B2 · utility

38Cited by
35References
2Claims
0Family size

Assignee

Inventors

Key dates

Filing dateMay 9, 2001
Grant dateOct 7, 2003
Priority date
Expiry dateMay 17, 2021

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF16C2226/40
  • WIPO fieldMechanical elements
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A motor comprises a rotor, a stator, and a shaft wherein one of the stator and the rotor is provided with a housing, a rolling bearing is provided between the housing and the shaft and having an inner race and outer race, the inner race is fixed to the shaft through adhesion between the outer peripheral surface of the shaft and the inner peripheral surface of the inner race, the outer race is fixed to the housing through press-fitting, and the outer peripheral surface of the shaft is formed with knurled grooves, where the number (P) of the knurled grooves in the circumferential direction and the number (Z) of the rolling members in the rolling bearing are in the relations of P≢n Z and P≢nZ±1 where n is a positive integer.

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.