Patent · US Expired

Driving apparatus, light-amount regulating apparatus, and lens driving apparatus

US6781772B2 · kind B2 · utility

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9Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateJul 1, 2003
Grant dateAug 24, 2004
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Expiry dateJul 1, 2023

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH02K26/00
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A driving apparatus includes a rotatable rotor with a ring shape, a first magnetic pole portion, a second magnetic pole portion, and a coil for magnetically exciting the first magnetic pole portion and the second magnetic pole portion. The rotor has magnet portions which are divided along a circumferential direction and differently magnetized. The coil is disposed radially of the rotor. The condition of −0.333X+0.7>Y is satisfied where Y is a ratio of a central angle of each first magnetic pole portion relative to a central angle of each magnetized pole in the magnet portion, and X is a ratio of an outer circumferential length of each magnetized pole in the magnet portion relative to a thickness of the magnet portion in a direction of the rotational axis.

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