US4504750A
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Linear motor
Assignee: Panasonic Holdings Corp
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Filing: 1983-04-20
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Granted: 1985-03-12
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Expires: 2003-04-20
Abstract
Abstract A linear motor comprising; a pair of iron cores with plural magnetic teeth groups in which phase is shifted 180 degrees in the direction of its movement, a movable element in which groups of magnetic teeth on the same iron core have the same phases, plural rows of magnetic teeth positioned crossing the direction of the movable element's movement at right angles and a fixed element in which mutual phase is shifted as much as n/m·P (m is the number of phases of the linear motor, n is an integer where m>n and P is the pitch of magnetic teeth).
Inventors
- 👤 Hiromi Onodera
- 👤 Noriaki Wakabayashi
- 👤 Kiichiro Yamada
- 👤 Yasushi Sugizaki
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-23 05:32
CPC Classifications
H; H02; H02K; H02K41/00; H02K41/02; H02K41/03; H02K41/031; H02K41/033; H02K2213/00; H02K2213/03
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 12
Claim 1
Independent Claim
317 words
A linear motor comprising: a stationary guiding member extending in a longitudinal direction and having a plurality of transversely spaced rows of teeth of magnetic material, said teeth being at a constant pitch P in said longitudinal direction; and a movable element in spaced opposed relation to said guiding member with a small gap between said movable element and said guiding member, and said movable element being movable along said guiding member; said movable member having: a pair of iron cores spaced from each other in said longitudinal direction; means connected between said iron cores for supplying bias magnetic flux to said pair of iron cores; and means electrically associated with said iron cores for energizing said pair of iron cores; each of said pair of iron cores having a plurality of field cores respectively facing corresponding rows of said plurality of transversely spaced rows of teeth on said guiding member, each of said field cores having teeth on the surface facing said guiding member spaced in said longitudinal direction at the same pitch P as that of said teeth in said rows on said guiding member, said teeth on each of said plurality of field cores on each of said pair of iron cores being aligned in a direction transverse to said guiding member with the teeth on the other field cores on the iron core, and the teeth on the field cores on one of the pair of iron cores being offset from the teeth on the field cores of the other of said pair of iron cores by a distance of 1/2P in said longitudinal direction; and said teeth in each of said plurality of rows of teeth on said guiding member being offset in the longitudinal direction a distance n/m·P from the teeth in adjacent rows, m being the number of phases of said linear motor and n being an integer, and m>n.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
317 words
A linear motor comprising: a stationary guiding member extending in a longitudinal direction and having a plurality of transversely spaced rows of teeth of magnetic material, said teeth being at a constant pitch P in said longitudinal direction; and a movable element in spaced opposed relation to said guiding member with a small gap between said movable element and said guiding member, and said movable element being movable along said guiding member; said movable member having: a pair of iron cores spaced from each other in said longitudinal direction; means connected between said iron cores for supplying bias magnetic flux to said pair of iron cores; and means electrically associated with said iron cores for energizing said pair of iron cores; each of said pair of iron cores having a plurality of field cores respectively facing corresponding rows of said plurality of transversely spaced rows of teeth on said guiding member, each of said field cores having teeth on the surface facing said guiding member spaced in said longitudinal direction at the same pitch P as that of said teeth in said rows on said guiding member, said teeth on each of said plurality of field cores on each of said pair of iron cores being aligned in a direction transverse to said guiding member with the teeth on the other field cores on the iron core, and the teeth on the field cores on one of the pair of iron cores being offset from the teeth on the field cores of the other of said pair of iron cores by a distance of 1/2P in said longitudinal direction; and said teeth in each of said plurality of rows of teeth on said guiding member being offset in the longitudinal direction a distance n/m·P from the teeth in adjacent rows, m being the number of phases of said linear motor and n being an integer, and m>n.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
49 words
The linear motor as claimed in claim 1 wherein said guiding member comprises a substrate made of a magnetic material and a laminate of magnetic material on the surface of said substrate facing said movable member and having a plurality of slits therein defining said plurality of teeth therebetween.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
34 words
The linear motor as claimed in claim 1, wherein the number of said field cores on each of said pair of iron cores in 2m-j, where j is an integer satisfying the formula m-2≧j≧0.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
68 words
The linear motor as claimed in claim 1, wherein some of said plurality of field cores on each of said pair of iron cores each has an area S 1 and the remainder of said plurality of field cores on each of said pair of iron cores each has an area S 2 , the relationship between S 1 and S 2 being S 2 =2S 1 .
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
30 words
The linear motor as claimed in claim 4, wherein said field cores having the area S 2 are located at the centers of each of said pair of iron cores.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
28 words
The linear motor as claimed in claim 1, wherein said means for supplying bias magnetic flux is a permanent magnet means connected between said pair of iron cores.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
18 words
The linear motor as claimed in claim 6, wherein said permanent magnet means is a single permanent magnet.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
37 words
The linear motor as claimed in claim 6, wherein said permanent magnet means is an assembly of a plurality of permanent magnets corresponding to said plurality of field cores on each of said pair of iron cores.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
37 words
The linear motor as claimed in claim 8, wherein said plurality of permanent magnets positioned toward the sides of said movable element are larger in size than those positioned toward the center portion of said movable element.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
30 words
The linear motor as claimed in claim 1, wherein said means for energizing said pair of iron cores comprises a plurality of coils wound around said pair of iron cores.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
73 words
The linear motor as claimed in claim 10, wherein each of said plurality of coils is wound around one of said plurality of field cores on one of said pair of iron cores and a corresponding one of said plurality of field cores on the other of said pair of iron cores which is adjacent to said one of said plurality of field cores on said one of said pair of iron cores.
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