Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 3
Claim 1
Independent Claim
379 words
A permanent magnet type stepping motor that is characterized in having a rotor made of a circular-plate permanent magnet with one side magnetized as N-pole and the other side as S-pole sandwiched between two rotor yokes made of magnetic circular plate and mounted in one unit on a rotor shaft by way of a hole penetrating through its center, a cover comprising a front portion including an outer diameter side cylindrical part, a cover circular plate part, and an inner diameter side cylindrical part installed at the central part of the aforesaid circular plate part all of which are composed in one unit and made of magnetic material and a rear cover of the same construction, the rotor shaft of the aforesaid rotor being held by the inner diameter sides of the respective inner diameter side cylindrical parts of the aforesaid front and rear covers such that the rotor rotates freely, a stator firmly held by binding bolts and nuts between the aforesaid front and rear covers arranged in a position where its inner surface opposes the outer periphery of the aforesaid rotor yokes across a small air gap, toothed wheel-like jags fabricated around the outer periphery of the aforesaid rotor yokes opposing the inner surface of the stator to facilitate the rotor to make a stepwise rotation by letting a stepwise DC current flow through the stator coils wound around the aforesaid stator, wherein with D 1 for the outer diameter and D 2 for the inner diameter respectively of the inner diameter side cylindrical parts of the aforesaid front cover and rear cover respectively, D 0 for the outer diameter of the rotor yokes, L for the respective length of the rotor yokes in the shaftwise direction, Gl for the dimension of the air gap between the outer periphery of the rotor yokes and the inner surface of the stator, Dl for the distance of space between the end surface of the inner diameter side cylindrical parts respectively of the front cover and the rear cover and the opposing end surface of the rotor yokes, and n for any optional number, by satisfying the following relationship Dl/Gl>n·(D.sub.1.sup.2 -D.sub.2.sup.2)/(4D.sub.0 ·L), the magnetic flux leaking outside the motor is controlled to less than 1/n of the effective magnetic flux.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
379 words
A permanent magnet type stepping motor that is characterized in having a rotor made of a circular-plate permanent magnet with one side magnetized as N-pole and the other side as S-pole sandwiched between two rotor yokes made of magnetic circular plate and mounted in one unit on a rotor shaft by way of a hole penetrating through its center, a cover comprising a front portion including an outer diameter side cylindrical part, a cover circular plate part, and an inner diameter side cylindrical part installed at the central part of the aforesaid circular plate part all of which are composed in one unit and made of magnetic material and a rear cover of the same construction, the rotor shaft of the aforesaid rotor being held by the inner diameter sides of the respective inner diameter side cylindrical parts of the aforesaid front and rear covers such that the rotor rotates freely, a stator firmly held by binding bolts and nuts between the aforesaid front and rear covers arranged in a position where its inner surface opposes the outer periphery of the aforesaid rotor yokes across a small air gap, toothed wheel-like jags fabricated around the outer periphery of the aforesaid rotor yokes opposing the inner surface of the stator to facilitate the rotor to make a stepwise rotation by letting a stepwise DC current flow through the stator coils wound around the aforesaid stator, wherein with D 1 for the outer diameter and D 2 for the inner diameter respectively of the inner diameter side cylindrical parts of the aforesaid front cover and rear cover respectively, D 0 for the outer diameter of the rotor yokes, L for the respective length of the rotor yokes in the shaftwise direction, Gl for the dimension of the air gap between the outer periphery of the rotor yokes and the inner surface of the stator, Dl for the distance of space between the end surface of the inner diameter side cylindrical parts respectively of the front cover and the rear cover and the opposing end surface of the rotor yokes, and n for any optional number, by satisfying the following relationship Dl/Gl>n·(D.sub.1.sup.2 -D.sub.2.sup.2)/(4D.sub.0 ·L), the magnetic flux leaking outside the motor is controlled to less than 1/n of the effective magnetic flux.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
42 words
In the permanent magnet type stepping electric motor of claim 1 a permanent magnet type stepping electric motor characterized in having its binding bolts and nuts made of magnetic materials which bind together in one unit the aforesaid front and rear covers.