An image capture device and a handheld image stabilization device may each include a housing, a motor assembly, a microphone, a dampener, or any combination thereof. The housing may include a first port. The motor assembly may be attached to the housing. The motor assembly may include a plurality of motors. The microphone may be configured to detect audio waves via the first port, vibration noise of the plurality of motors via the housing, or both. The audio waves may include acoustic noise from the plurality of motors. The dampener may be coupled to the housing. The dampener may be configured to reduce the acoustic noise from the plurality of motors, the vibration noise from the plurality of motors, or both.

An electric drive system including: a rotary motor system including a hub assembly, a first rotating assembly, a second rotating assembly, and a third rotating assembly, wherein the hub assembly defines a rotational axis about which the first rotating assembly, the second rotating assembly, and the third rotating assembly are coaxially aligned and are capable of independent rotational movement independent of each other; a multi-bar linkage mechanism connected to each of the first and third rotating assemblies and connected to the hub assembly and constraining movement of the hub assembly so that the rotational axis of the hub assembly moves along a defined path that is in a transverse direction relative to the rotational axis and wherein the multi-bar linkage mechanism causes the rotational axis of the hub assembly to translate along the defined path in response to relative rotation of the first rotating assembly and the third rotating assembly with respect to each other.

A fluid dynamic bearing device includes a shaft disposed along a center axis, a sleeve cylindrically extending around the shaft, a thruster that closes a lower end of the sleeve, dynamic pressure grooves in the shaft or the sleeve, and a lubricating oil present therebetween. The shaft includes a shaft main body and a shaft flange extending radially outward from a lower end of the shaft main body. An inner peripheral surface of the sleeve includes a first inner peripheral surface that faces an outer peripheral surface of the shaft main body in the radial direction and a second inner peripheral surface that faces an outer peripheral surface of the shaft flange in the radial direction. The sleeve includes a sleeve inner lower surface and a circulation hole.

A motor for a disk drive includes a stationary unit, a bearing mechanism attached to the stationary unit, and a rotation unit supported on the stationary unit rotatably around a central axis via the bearing mechanism. The stationary unit includes a base portion that is a part of a housing defining an internal space sealed in the disk drive and includes a recess portion recessed from a side of the internal space toward an outside of the housing and not penetrated. The bearing mechanism includes a shaft extending in a direction of the central axis and a sleeve surrounding at least a portion of an outer circumferential surface of the shaft. A lower end portion of the shaft is press-fit and glued into the recess portion, and a lower surface of the base portion including a base step portion extending toward an axially upper side.

A turbine generator comprises an elongate member, a support structure, a turbine wheel and an electrical generator. The support structure comprises a shaft and support the elongate member for rotation about a rotation axis. The turbine wheel is attached to the elongate member. The electrical generator comprises a rotor and a stator, the rotor being attached to the elongate member and the stator being arranged around the elongate member. The elongate member is provided with a bore and the shaft extends through an end of the elongate member into the bore so as to support it for rotation about the rotation axis.

A linear stepper motor includes a stator, a rotor, a cover and a longitudinally displaceable actuating rod. The stator is formed as a fully overmoulded stator assembly. The stator assembly includes a stator overmould. The rotor is received in the stator and includes a spindle. The cover is coupled to the stator assembly on the drive side of the linear stepper motor. The actuating rod is guided by the stator assembly. The spindle is only supported by its tips between two bearing balls between a stator recess of the stator overmould and a cover recess in the cover. A device and a method for manufacturing the linear stepper motor are also provided.

An electrically driven pump is provided, which includes a rotor assembly. The rotor assembly includes an impeller, a rotor and a shaft sleeve assembly. The impeller is arranged on one end of a shaft sleeve, and the rotor is arranged on another end of the shaft sleeve away from the end on which the impeller is mounted. The rotor includes a rotor core, a permanent magnet and a shield. The permanent magnet is arranged around an outer peripheral surface of the rotor core and fits the outer peripheral surface of the rotor core. The shield is fixed to the shaft sleeve, and an accommodating portion configured to accommodate the rotor core and the permanent magnet is formed between the shield and the shaft sleeve. The electrically driven pump has a simple structure and is easy to manufacture.

A roller system has a frame, a plurality of rollers (supported by the frame) forming a roller plane, and an external rotor motor (motor) spaced from the roller plane. As an external rotor motor, the motor has a stator and an external rotor radially outward of the stator to substantially circumscribe the stator. To kinetically couple the motor with the rollers, the system also has a transmission coupling coupled with the external rotor and at least one of the rollers. The transmission coupling and external rotor are configured so that rotation of the external rotor causes the at least one roller to rotate in response to a torque received through the transmission coupling.

An axial air gap motor comprises: a frame; a stator that is arranged in an outer side of the frame in a radial direction; a first rotor that is spaced from one side of the stator in an axial direction, that has an air gap therebetween, and that is rotatably arranged in one side of the frame; and a second rotor that is spaced from the other side of the stator in the axial direction, that has an air gap therebetween, that is rotatably arranged in the other side of the frame, and that is connected with the first rotor in the axial direction.

A motor may include a coil assembly, a ring, one or more magnets, and a shaft. The coil assembly may include one or more coils arranged in a circular structure. The ring may surround an outer surface of the coil assembly. One or more magnets may be adhered to an inner surface of the ring. The one or more magnets may correspond with a respective coil of the one or more coils. The shaft may extend through a center portion of the circular structure. The shaft may provide a rotational axis for the motor. The shaft may be configured to generate a natural resonance that does not overlap with an operating frequency of the motor.