A two-dimensional motor and a servo valve are provided. The two-dimensional motor includes a stator and a rotator arranged coaxially. The stator is enclosed in the rotor. The stator and the rotor are spaced along a radial direction of the rotor. A size of the stator along an axial direction is greater than a size of the rotor along the axial direction. The rotor is, without bearing support, directly connected to an external mechanism. The rotor is swung at a predetermined angle, such that the external mechanism can drive the rotor to move along an axial direction of the rotor relative to the stator.

A torque delivering apparatus, including: polygonal cross-section stator body having a plurality of exterior side faces of even number extending between opposite axial end faces, the stator including cylindrical bore extending between the opposite axial ends and centred on central axis of the stator body; a rotor assembly having cylindrical cross-section sized for rotation within the cylindrical bore about the central axis with at least one permanent magnet and shaft coupled to the magnet for rotation; and a plurality of solenoid coils, each coil having plurality of windings and routed to have sections extending parallel along opposite ones of the plurality of exterior side faces; wherein each of the plurality of coils is configured to selectively receive current and generate magnetic field in the stator that is applied to the rotor magnet, the rotor being subject to magnetic torque within the cylindrical bore for rotating and aligning the magnetic field of the permanent magnet with the generated magnetic field.

A motor and a rotary assembly of the motor are provided. The motor includes a rotary assembly and a stationary assembly supporting the rotary assembly. The rotary assembly includes a rotary shaft, a retainer rotating along with the rotary shaft, and a rotor magnet retained by the retainer. A portion of the rotor magnet engages with a portion of the retainer via interference fit, and a gap is defined between another portion of the rotor magnet and another portion of the retainer.

A force application device for an aircraft control stick in provided. The device includes a mechanical joint, a force motor, a rheological brake, and a control device. The mechanical joint receives a lever of an aircraft pilot stick and is rotatably movable. The force motor includes a motor shaft extending along a third axis, the rotation of the motor shaft being linked to the rotation of the mechanical joint. The force motor exerts a resistive torque on the motor shaft. The rheological brake includes two facing parts, and has a volume delimited by the two facing parts, the volume being adapted to contain a rheological material. One of the parts is arranged on the motor shaft and rotatably movable about the third axis relative to the other of the parts. The control device applies an electromagnetic field within the volume so as to vary shear strength of the rheological material.

A force application device for an aircraft control stick in provided. The device includes a mechanical joint, a force motor, a rheological brake, and a control device. The mechanical joint receives a lever of an aircraft pilot stick and is rotatably movable. The force motor includes a motor shaft extending along a third axis, the rotation of the motor shaft being linked to the rotation of the mechanical joint. The force motor exerts a resistive torque on the motor shaft. The rheological brake includes two facing parts, and has a volume delimited by the two facing parts, the volume being adapted to contain a rheological material. One of the parts is arranged on the motor shaft and rotatably movable about the third axis relative to the other of the parts. The control device applies an electromagnetic field within the volume so as to vary shear strength of the rheological material.

The present invention provides a compact throttle valve device with good valve responsiveness and small unnecessary vibrations, an engine, and a vehicle. A slotless brushless motor-driven throttle valve device has a throttle body provided with a tubular portion in which an intake air passage is formed, a throttle valve disposed in the tubular portion, and a slotless brushless motor serving as a drive motor for performing opening/closing drive for the throttle valve. The throttle body housing has a hole portion into which a fixing member for fixing the throttle body to a member to be attached is inserted. The hole portion is formed in the vicinity of the outer circumferential portion of the tubular portion. The compact, narrow slotless brushless motor is disposed near the hole portion formed in the throttle body, and the throttle valve device is very compact.

The present invention provides a compact throttle valve device with good valve responsiveness and small unnecessary vibrations, an engine, and a vehicle. A slotless brushless motor-driven throttle valve device has a throttle body provided with a tubular portion in which an intake air passage is formed, a throttle valve disposed in the tubular portion, and a slotless brushless motor serving as a drive motor for performing opening/closing drive for the throttle valve. The throttle body housing has a hole portion into which a fixing member for fixing the throttle body to a member to be attached is inserted. The hole portion is formed in the vicinity of the outer circumferential portion of the tubular portion. The compact, narrow slotless brushless motor is disposed near the hole portion formed in the throttle body, and the throttle valve device is very compact.

A pop-up laminate structure includes rigid layers, at least one flexible layer, at least one optical component, and an actuator. At least one of the rigid layers defines gaps extending there through to form a plurality of rigid segments separated by the gaps in the rigid layer. The flexible layer is bonded to the rigid segments to form joints for folding. The optical component is mounted to a rigid layer and configured to generate, capture or alter a light beam. The actuator is mounted to at least one of the rigid layers and configured to displace at least one rigid segment that, in turn, displaces the optical component. At least some of the layers are bonded to adjacent layers only at selected locations forming islands of inter-layer bonds to allow expansion of the laminate into an expanded three-dimensional structure.

The invention relates to a drive (1; 101) of a machine (2) comprising a drive motor (3) for driving a rotatable shaft (5) of the machine (2) around a shaft axis of rotation (4), and comprising a clutch unit (10) in operative connection with the drive motor (3) and the shaft (5) for compensating for a relative movement (11) between the shaft (5) and the drive motor (3). The drive motor (3) has a rotor part (35) surrounding the shaft (5) on which a clutch rotation part (18A) of the clutch system (10) is mounted to be rotatable around the shaft axis of rotation (4), wherein the rotor part (35) is arranged at least partially engaging in the clutch rotation part (18A) in such a way that the clutch rotation part (18A) is mounted radially movably on the rotor part (35).

A motor vehicle lock having a positioning element, especially a control shaft, and a drive unit for moving the positioning element, wherein the drive unit has a rotor and a stator, the stator having a coil arrangement and at least two magnetically conducting poles associated with the coil arrangement for conducting the magnetic field created by the coil arrangement. It is proposed that the poles each time form, with the rotor, an axial air gap relative to the geometrical rotor axis, possibly in dependence on the rotor position, and a first segment of the coil arrangement with at least two coils and a second segment of the coil arrangement with at least two coils are arranged along the geometrical rotor axis on opposite sides of the rotor.