Miniature motor
US6794789B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 22, 2003 |
| Grant date | Sep 21, 2004 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 22, 2023 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH02K21/14
- WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
The micromotor serves to drive an impeller (12) rotating in a pump housing (14). The excitation winding of the micromotor is surrounded by an enveloping flux return structure (18) of ferromagnetic material divided into rings (35). The rings (35) are separated from each other by slots (25). The slots are produced by laser cutting of a continuous tube. The enveloping flux return structure has a small wall thickness of a few tenths of a millimeter. The rings (35) are mutually connected by bridges (26). The enveloping flux return structure (18) can be integrally formed with the pump housing (14) of the pump (11). The micromotor can be produced in a small format with a small diameter. It has a high flow rate at a correspondingly high rotational speed. The micromotor is particularly suitable for introducing blood pumps into the vascular system in a non-operative minimally invasive percutaneous manner.
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