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A vacuum cleaner is provided having improved pressure loss characteristics. A fluid supply conduit in flow communication with an inlet to a cyclone is integrally formed as part of a cyclone bin. The present invention may be adapted for use with cyclonic separation devices of all types, including single- and multi-stage cyclonic separators.

A plurality of coils wound around a stator magnetic-pole core are connected together and connected to output wires by use of a bus bar. The bus bar having a generally cylindrical body portion is disposed at one axial end of the stator magnetic-pole core, around which the coils are wound such that clearances are formed within magnetic-pole core slots, with an axial clearance formed between the bus bar and the coils. The body portion has such a radial dimension that at least a portion of the clearances within the magnetic-pole core slots is left uncovered. Air holes are formed in the motor housing on opposite sides of the stator magnetic-pole core to thereby form cooling air passages extending through the magnetic-pole core slots.

A two mode power-split electric hybrid system and a method of control said hybrid system. The hybrid system is comprised of an engine, a transmission, an energy storage device and a control system for effecting said control method. Said transmission is a reconfigurable power split system, comprising a power-splitting device and an output power path selecting device. The power splitting device includes a compound planetary gear system and two electric machines which form a local series electric hybrid system. Said transmission regulates the output power state of said hybrid system by controlling power flow within said local series hybrid system. The hybrid system provides at least two operating mode, an output power split mode and a compound power split mode. Said control system includes multiple controllers and control modules. In accordance with the operating conditions of the hybrid system, said control system computes and sets system power requirement, allocates ob board power resources and sets engine operating speed and torque. In addition, said control system sets the operation mode of the transmission and controls the engine speed by adjusting operating torque of electric machines, based on the differential signal between reference engine speed and actual engine speed. Said control system is also capable of controlling engine torque through engine controller.

The present invention provides miniaturization of brushless motors and brush motors used in electric devices, a ring magnet which simultaneously achieves both high torque and a reduction in cogging torque, a ring magnet with yoke, and a brushless motor. The thin hybrid magnetized ring magnet of the present invention is structured of, in a ring magnet comprised of a plurality of magnetic poles, a radially magnetized main pole and an interface for which the interface of the adjoining main pole is polar anisotropic. When the thin hybrid magnetized ring magnet structured in this manner is applied to a brushless motor, in the case of radial magnetizing, the abrupt change in magnetic flux of the interface between the magnetic poles becomes smooth and cogging torque is greatly reduced due to polar anisotropic magnetization of the interface. At the same time, by polar anisotropically magnetizing the interface between the magnetic poles, magnetic flux is concentrated on the radially magnetized main pole, and in comparison to only radial magnetization, maximum surface magnetic flux improves and it is possible to attain high torque.

A method for filtering a dirty air stream in a vacuum cleaner to obtain a clean air stream comprises subjecting the dirty air stream to a first cyclonic separation stage to obtain a partially cleaned air stream and subjecting the partially cleaned air stream to an electronic filtration stage and optionally a second cyclonic separation stage to obtain the clean air stream. The electronic filtration stage is optionally removable with a cyclonic cleaning stage from the vacuum cleaner. The electronic filtration stage is optionally an electrostatic precipitator which utilizes air flow through the vacuum cleaner to generate the voltage used by the electrostatic precipitator.

Provided is a lightweight, compact power transmission device for a hybrid vehicle which permits a simplified construction of a speed changing unit that establishes a plurality of gear shift stages and a reduced size of a motor. The power transmission device is provided with a first speed changing unit which has a first input shaft 3 connected to a power shaft 6 of an internal combustion engine 1 and which establishes a plurality of gear shift stages, and a second speed changing unit which has a second input shaft 4 connected to a power shaft of a motor 2 and which establishes a plurality of gear shift stages which is different from that of the first speed changing unit. The power transmission device is provided with a connecting unit 13 which disconnectably connects the first input shaft 3 and the second input shaft 4.

A motor control apparatus provided with an inverter for successively commutating the current to a motor using a PWM signal; a PWM signal generating device for generating the PWM signal using a carrier signal; a rotational state quantity sensor for detecting a rotational state quantity; a phase difference detecting device for detecting the phase difference between the carrier signal and the rotational period based on the rotational state quantity; a frequency setting device for setting a frequency of the carrier signal to a value in accordance with a multiplier for one period in terms of electrical angle of the rotational period of the motor, when the rotational frequency is equal to or greater than a specified frequency and the phase difference is equal to or less than a specified value; and a synchronizing device for synchronizing a control period of the carrier signal to the rotational period.

A control device of a hybrid vehicle, configured with an engine; a motor that rotates together with the engine at least during traveling by using a driving force of the engine, and a speed change mechanism that shifts rotation of the engine and the motor to transmit the shifted rotation to a driving wheel. A zero torque control unit controls output torque of the motor to zero torque when a rotational speed of the motor reaches a predetermined rotation speed or more by driving rotation of the engine, and a motor temperature detection unit that detects a temperature of the motor. A motor protection control units that reduces a rotational speed of the engine when the temperature of the motor reaches an upper threshold value or more while the motor is being rotated at the predetermined rotational speed or more by the driving rotation of the engine.

A small DC motor includes: a motor frame including a cylindrical portion, the cylindrical portion having a constant thickness and having a cross section in a shape that includes four sides and connecting portions, each of the connecting portions connecting adjacent two of the four sides and being located inward from a corresponding corner in a quadrangle including the four sides; field magnets; and an armature assembly, wherein the field magnets are provided so as to be spaced apart from each other, and the small DC motor includes an air gap between each of the four sides and a radially outermost surface of the armature assembly, the air gap being a minimum size needed to rotate the armature assembly.

Provided is a transmission for a hybrid vehicle which permits a compact, lightweight structure and yet allows the power of an internal combustion engine to be disconnected and which is capable of efficiently transmitting power without complicating the control. The transmission includes a speed changing unit which has a first input shaft 3 connected to a power shaft 6 of an internal combustion engine 1 and a second input shaft 4 connected to a power shaft of a motor 2 and which establishes a plurality of gear shift stages. A one-way clutch 7 is interposed between the power shaft 6 of the internal combustion engine 1 and the first input shaft 3. The one-way clutch 7 disengages the connection between the power shaft 6 of the internal combustion engine 1 and the first input shaft 3 when the rotational speed of the power shaft 6 of the internal combustion engine 1 is lower than the rotational speed of the first input shaft. 3.

A fuel pump mounted in the fuel tank for the motor cycle comprises a motor and a pump driven by the motor for increasing a pressure of the sucked fuel. The motor is a brushless motor and has a stator core, coils and a rotor. An electrical energization for the coils wound around the stator core is controlled in response to a rotating position of the rotor, thereby the rotor is rotated. The rotor has a shaft, a rotating core and a permanent magnet, and the rotor is rotatably mounted at the inner circumference of the stator core. The permanent magnet is mounted at the outer circumference of the rotating core and magnetically energized so as to form magnetic poles different alternatively in a rotating direction at the outer circumferential surface facing the stator core.

An apparatus for driving a motor of a dishwasher includes an AC power source, a rectification circuit for converting an AC power from the AC power source to a DC power, an inverter circuit for converting the DC power from the rectification circuit to an AC power, a motor driven by the inverter circuit to drive a wash pump and / or a drain pump, a current detector for detecting an output current of the inverter circuit, and a controller for performing a PWM (pulse width modulation) control of the inverter circuit based on an output signal of the current detector to thereby control the motor to rotate at a set rotation speed. A phase difference between an output voltage and the output current of the inverter circuit or a reactive current is controlled to have a predetermined value.

The subject invention includes a lift system including a first scissor-type lift assembly and a second scissor-type lift assembly spaced from the first scissor-type lift assembly. The first scissor-type lift assembly includes a first base and a first platform coupled to the first base for movement between elevated and lowered states. The first scissor-type lift assembly includes a first motor operatively mounted to the first base. The second scissor-type lift assembly includes a second base and a second platform coupled to the second base for movement between elevated and lowered states. The second scissor-type lift assembly includes a second motor operatively mounted to the second base. The first and second motors move the first and second platforms between the elevated and lowered states. The lift system includes a controller in communication with the first and second scissor-type lift assemblies to synchronize operation of the first and second motors.

Disclosed is a method of driving a servo motor with a built-in drive circuit in which a common rectifying circuit is provided on a distribution board to which a plurality of the servo motors with built-in drive circuits are connected, to thereby achieve a reduction in size of each servo motor. In this method, there is used a common distribution board for distributing power to be supplied to a plurality of servo motors with built-in drive circuits and for distributing a communication line, an external communication signal and external input power are supplied through the distribution board.

An induction motor includes: a stator in which a plurality of winding coils wound in a central direction of a stator core are arranged; an induction rotor rotatably inserted into the stator; and a synchronous rotor including a magnet and rotatably inserted into an air gap between the stator and the induction rotor, so that the induction motor reduces the size of the whole motor and has a structure of a compact size to thereby reduce installation space and manufacturing cost and increase output power and efficiency.

A motor includes a magnet formed into a hollow disc shape and having at least one flat surface circumferentially divided and alternately magnetized to opposite poles, a first coil having an inner peripheral surface opposing the outer peripheral surface of the magnet, a second coil having an outer peripheral surface opposing the inner peripheral surface of the magnet, first magnetic pole portions opposing one flat surface of the magnet, formed from a plurality of teeth extending in the radial direction of the magnet, and excited by the first coil, second magnetic pole portions formed on the opposite side to the first magnetic pole portions via the magnet at positions opposing the first magnetic pole portions, third magnetic pole portions opposing one flat surface of the magnet, formed from a plurality of teeth extending in the radial direction of the magnet, and excited by the second coil, and fourth magnetic pole portions formed on the opposite side to the third magnetic pole portions via the magnet at positions opposing the third magnetic pole portions.

Electrically controlled and / or actuated landing gear mechanisms are presented that allow for adjustment of aircraft attitude on the ground as well as for retraction and extension of the landing gear in a single unit. Most preferably, the electric actuator is positioned within the diameter of the strut to thereby form a compact and load bearing structure.

A mechanical-hydraulic machine and an integrated hybrid drive with a regenerative force assist for eliminating pumps and intensifiers and reducing the energy consumption, operating costs, investment costs, weight and size of machines and improving their performance. The integrated hybrid drive is comprised of common mechanical and hydraulic components. The regenerative hydraulic force assist converts gravitational and deceleration forces of the machine into fluid pressure, stores the fluid pressure and applies the fluid pressure to clamping of dies or molds and / or performing machine operations. A closed loop control system controls the flow of fluid between the hydraulic drive and regenerative force assist.

In a motor, a stator with a three-phase winding set and a rotor are located in an operation region of a motor casing having a side wall. An inverter circuit constructed with power modules is located in a control region that is located on the opposite side of the operation region across the side wall in an axial direction of the motor. Each power module has a pair of transistors and a common terminal connected to the pair of transistors. A lead of a winding corresponding to one phase and a lead of a winding corresponding to another phase extend in the axial direction to cross over from the operation region to the control region and are connected together to the common terminal of a corresponding power module.

An electric power tool in one aspect of the present disclosure includes a housing; a motor; an output shaft; a rotation transmission; a motor controller; and a twisted-motion detector. The twisted-motion detector is disposed in the housing independently from the motor controller. The twisted-motion detector detects a twisted-motion of the housing in the circumferential direction of the output shaft and outputs a result of the detection to the motor controller.

Both the stator core and the rotor core of a switching pattern AC induction motor are fabricated by soft magnetic material laminations or ferrite material, etc., both of which have corresponding frequency characteristic. The rotor is a squirrel cage rotor. Switching pattern excitation is adopted in the stator pole, of which the excitation voltage is sine wave pulse width modulated or sine wave pulse amplitude modulated within the frequency range of voice and ultrasonic. Under the condition of the same power output, the present motor reduces its size and mass to a fraction of or tenth of that of an ordinary one. Meanwhile, it reduces the cost of manufacture. It realizes stepless speed regulating from zero to several thousand rpm while keeping well mechanical characteristic performance.

The imaging lens consists of, in order from the object side, a first lens group having a positive refractive power, a second lens group, and a third lens group. In the second lens group, a first focus lens group having a negative refractive power is disposed to be closest to the object side, and a second focus lens group having a positive refractive power is disposed to be closest to the image side. During focusing, only the first and second focus lens groups move by changing the mutual spacing therebetween. The first lens group has two positive lenses and one negative lens. The first focus lens group consists of two or less lenses including a negative lens. Predetermined conditional expressions are satisfied.

Stators 12 and 13 are disposed with required air gaps in an axial direction of a rotor 11 so as to face each other, a plurality of field bodies 15 or permanent magnets 33 are disposed in the rotor 11, and a plurality of armature coils 17 and 19 are disposed in the stators 12 and 13 around the axis. At least one of the field bodies 15 or permanent magnets 33 and the armature coils 17 and 19 are formed from a superconductive material such that their magnetic flux directions are directed to the axial direction.

A light amount adjustment device including a motor which can be reduced in size by reducing radial and axial dimensions and makes it possible to increase the motor output. The device has a stator of a motor drive mechanism formed integrally with a holding member fixed to a cam member with aperture blades and a rotary member for driving them sandwiched therebetween. A stator includes a support portion, and first and second magnetic pole portions. The first and second magnetic pole portions extend toward an outer periphery of the rotor and coils are inserted thereon from respective extending ends. The extending ends are disposed in a manner opposed to the outer periphery of the rotor. The two portions are disposed with an angle therebetween such that respective lines extending in the extending directions intersect with each other.

An outer stator of a reciprocating compressor comprises: a bobbin formed as a ring shape and provided with a winding coil therein; an outer stator frame coupled to an outer circumferential surface of the bobbin and formed of a magnetic body in which a flux flows; a plurality of first core blocks coupled to the outer stator frame and positioned radially at one side of the bobbin; and a plurality of second core blocks coupled to the outer stator frame, facing the first core blocks, and positioned at the other side of the bobbin. Accordingly, deformation which may occur during manufacturing can be prevented, and a size of a motor can be minimized.