The present disclosure provides for an electric motor that comprises a housing and a shaft disposed through the housing. The electric motor further comprises a rotor fitted on the shaft within the housing and a stator disposed within the housing and around the rotor. The electric motor further comprises a fan covering disposed on a first end of the housing and a first bearing cap disposed at the first end of the housing, wherein the first bearing cap is configured to house a first bearing, wherein the first bearing cap comprises a plurality of protrusions configured to operate as a heat sink for the electric motor. The electric motor further comprises a first fan disposed at an end of the shaft and within the fan covering, wherein the first fan is operable to generate a first airflow configured to flow over an external surface of the housing.

The present disclosure provides for an electric motor that comprises a housing and a shaft disposed through the housing. The electric motor further comprises a rotor fitted on the shaft within the housing and a stator disposed within the housing and around the rotor. The electric motor further comprises a fan covering disposed on a first end of the housing and a first bearing cap disposed at the first end of the housing, wherein the first bearing cap is configured to house a first bearing, wherein the first bearing cap comprises a plurality of protrusions configured to operate as a heat sink for the electric motor. The electric motor further comprises a first fan disposed at an end of the shaft and within the fan covering, wherein the first fan is operable to generate a first airflow configured to flow over an external surface of the housing.

A coil component includes: a core part including: a winding shaft; and a planar flange part provided at an axial-direction end of the winding shaft, and having a groove part provided on an exterior face thereof where a lead part led out from a conductor wound around the winding shaft into the groove part, wherein the flange part has a first recessed part provided on a first side face intersecting with the long axis of the groove part and communicated with the groove part, wherein the area of a cross section, taken in a direction parallel with the first side face, of the first recessed part, is greater than the area of a cross section, taken in a direction parallel with the first side face.

A coil component includes: a core part including: a winding shaft; and a planar flange part provided at an axial-direction end of the winding shaft, and having a groove part provided on an exterior face thereof where a lead part led out from a conductor wound around the winding shaft into the groove part, wherein the flange part has a first recessed part provided on a first side face intersecting with the long axis of the groove part and communicated with the groove part, wherein the area of a cross section, taken in a direction parallel with the first side face, of the first recessed part, is greater than the area of a cross section, taken in a direction parallel with the first side face.

The invention relates to a cover for protecting a regulator and a rectifier of a motor vehicle alternator, comprising at least two removable sections that are each compatible with at least two possible configurations for the connector of the regulator, and/or at least two removable sections that are each compatible with at least two possible configurations for the terminal of the rectifier, which cover can be used to protect more than one possible configuration of a motor vehicle alternator and reduces manufacturing time and costs.

Provided are an electronic drive device and an electronic steering device, in each of which: a mounting substrate has one surface as a first surface on which a first heat generating component is mounted and the other surface as a second surface on which a second heat generating component is mounted; a first heat dissipation member is arranged in contact with the second surface at a position corresponding to a mounted position of the first heat generating component such that heat generated by the first heat generating component is dissipated to a motor housing; and a second heat dissipation member is arranged in contact with the first surface at a position corresponding to a mounted position of the second heat generating component such that heat generated by the second heat generating component is dissipated to a cover.

Provided are an electronic drive device and an electronic steering device, in each of which: a mounting substrate has one surface as a first surface on which a first heat generating component is mounted and the other surface as a second surface on which a second heat generating component is mounted; a first heat dissipation member is arranged in contact with the second surface at a position corresponding to a mounted position of the first heat generating component such that heat generated by the first heat generating component is dissipated to a motor housing; and a second heat dissipation member is arranged in contact with the first surface at a position corresponding to a mounted position of the second heat generating component such that heat generated by the second heat generating component is dissipated to a cover.

A drive includes an electric motor disposed in a housing and driving a motor shaft, a Hall effect sensor adjacent to the motor, a power and control assembly, and a pinion gear driven by the motor shaft. A planetary gear reduction assembly is driven by the pinion gear, and an output axle has an axis of rotation that is offset from and parallel to the motor shaft axis of rotation. The reduction drive is substantially bilaterally symmetrical about a plane passing through the motor shaft axis of rotation and the output axle axis of rotation. The power and control assembly comprises a control board oriented perpendicular to a power board and includes a heat dissipation apparatus that applies multi-point, localized, indirect pressure to a plurality of field effect transistors mounted on the power board.

A drive includes an electric motor disposed in a housing and driving a motor shaft, a Hall effect sensor adjacent to the motor, a power and control assembly, and a pinion gear driven by the motor shaft. A planetary gear reduction assembly is driven by the pinion gear, and an output axle has an axis of rotation that is offset from and parallel to the motor shaft axis of rotation. The reduction drive is substantially bilaterally symmetrical about a plane passing through the motor shaft axis of rotation and the output axle axis of rotation. The power and control assembly comprises a control board oriented perpendicular to a power board and includes a heat dissipation apparatus that applies multi-point, localized, indirect pressure to a plurality of field effect transistors mounted on the power board.

A motor includes a stator, a rotor and a case. The rotor includes a first rotor core, a second rotor core, and a field magnet. Each of the first rotor core and the second rotor core includes a core base and a plurality of claw poles. The field magnet is located between the core bases. The case includes a cylindrical yoke housing and a lid. To balance magnetic flux from the first rotor core with magnetic flux from the second rotor core, the distance between the rotor and the stator is varied from the distance between the rotor and the yoke housing or the teeth of the stator are shaped to enable magnetic saturation.