Handwheel systems, including control consoles incorporating handwheels of the inventive subject matter, are described in this application. Handwheels described in this application can be used to control remotely located motors, especially those configured to control camera movements. To make it easier for camera operators to control remotely located motors using handwheels, those handwheels can be incorporated into a control console. Control consoles of the inventive subject matter can include several dials, toggle buttons, a display, and a variety of different inputs and outputs.

The present invention relates to a brushless motor, and more particularly, to a brushless motor capable of cogging torque and torque ripples of the motor by means of design structures such as a shape of an opposing surface of a pole shoe, a shape of an outer circumferential surface of a rotor, and shapes and arrangement of permanent magnets.

Provided is a swivel actuator including: a cylindrical housing with a hollow cylindrical portion protruding in a center thereof; a BLDC drive motor having a rotor rotatably installed around the hollow cylindrical portion; a cylindrical first worm gear integrally formed on an outer circumference of the rotor; first and second gear trains coupled to the first worm gear to reduce a rotation speed of the drive motor to generate a torque-increased rotational output; a rotary table rotatably coupled to the hollow cylindrical portion and a ring gear integrally formed inside a side surface portion; and first and second pinion gear units having lower end portions coupled to the other side of the first and second gear trains, respectively, and having an upper end portion coupled to the ring gear to transfer an torque-increased rotation output to the rotary table.

Handwheel systems, including control consoles incorporating handwheels of the inventive subject matter, are described in this application. Handwheels described in this application can be used to control remotely located motors, especially those configured to control camera movements. To make it easier for camera operators to control remotely located motors using handwheels, those handwheels can be incorporated into a control console. Control consoles of the inventive subject matter can include several dials, toggle buttons, a display, and a variety of different inputs and outputs.

An object is to provide a brushless motor capable of effectively shutting off and absorbing electromagnetic noise caused from a stator, while achieving cost reduction.

A brushless motor 10 includes: a shaft 12; a rotor 14; a stator 16; a first bearing 18; a second bearing 20; a bearing holder member 22; a center piece 24; and a circuit board 26. The bearing holder member 22 is made of metal and holds the first bearing 18. The center piece 24 is made of resin and holds the second bearing 20 and the stator 16. The center piece 24 is provided with a conductive part 120 (a plating layer 94 and a terminal member 102) that electrically connects the bearing holder member 22 and the second bearing 20 to a ground part 92 of the circuit board 26.

A direct current machine comprises a stator and a rotor, one of them having a plurality of magnets alternatively magnetized north and south and the other one of them having a plurality of coils formed by winding insulated wire around teeth in order to provide a three-phase winding, wherein slots are formed between said coils and the coils are grouped in coil groups of four coils each, and a current controlled inverter for driving said machine, wherein each coil group has the same winding pattern so that each first coil of a coil group, seen in a direction of rotation, is wound in the same winding direction and two, in the direction of rotation, consecutive coil groups of the same phase are connected such that current flows through one in the direction of rotation and through the other one in a direction opposite to the direction of rotation.

The present invention relates to a fluid circulator (1) comprising a pump body (2) comprising an impeller (21) for the movement of the fluid; a motor body (10) comprising an electric motor (7, 8, 9) for putting the impeller (21) into rotation around an axis (X-X); as well as an end portion (3) associated with the motor body (10) and containing at least one electronic board (12) for the control of the circulator (1). Advantageously, the end portion (3) is a monolithically cup-shaped lid (14) fitted onto the motor body (10) in substantial continuity therewith to enclose a housing compartment (6) of said electronic board (12) and some electronic power devices (25) are mounted onto the board (12) facing the bottom wall (35) of the cup-like lid (14); moreover, at least one portion (22) of said bottom wall (35) is lowered towards the electronic board (12) and externally provided with some cooling fins (27) extended in parallel to the axis (X-X) of the motor to constitute the heat sink (26); a layer (28) of a good heat conductive material being provided in contact between the electronic power devices (25) and the lowered surface (22).

A brushless direct-current (BLDC) motor is provided. The motor includes a stator including a stator core, stator teeth, and windings; a rotor shaft disposed within the stator and extending along a longitudinal axis; and a rotor. The rotor includes a rotor core having a cylindrical body, a permanent magnet ring mounted on an outer surface of the cylindrical body with no intermediate adhesive therebetween, and metal sleeve securely fitted outside the permanent magnet ring. The metal sleeve includes a flange extending radially inwardly that covers an axial end of the permanent magnet ring and is bonded to the rotor core to secure the permanent magnet ring to the rotor core.

A brushless direct-current (BLDC) motor is provided. The motor includes a stator including a stator core, stator teeth, and windings; a rotor shaft disposed within the stator and extending along a longitudinal axis; and a rotor. The rotor includes a rotor core having a cylindrical body, a permanent magnet ring mounted on an outer surface of the cylindrical body with no intermediate adhesive therebetween, and metal sleeve securely fitted outside the permanent magnet ring. The metal sleeve includes a flange extending radially inwardly that covers an axial end of the permanent magnet ring and is bonded to the rotor core to secure the permanent magnet ring to the rotor core.

A brushless DC dynamo includes a circular armature with N sets of first armature coils spaced with each other in sequence, N sets of second armature coils spaced with each other in sequence, a plurality of first wires and a plurality of second wires, and each first wire and each second wire respectively interconnecting between one set of the first armature coils and one set of the second armature coils; a control unit; a magnetic unit, disposed inside the circular armature unit, comprising a pair of magnetic poles, wherein the circular armature unit and the magnetic unit can rotate relatively to each other under control; and a position sensor for detecting the position of the magnetic unit, and outputting the information of magnetic unit's position to the control unit to trigger the control unit to output a control signal to control on or off of the first and second control switches.