An electric work machine with a product structure that effectively reduces noise caused by a brushless motor without changing the motor specifications. A hammer drill includes a brushless motor including a stator including an insulator, a cylindrical stator core, and a coil wound around the stator core via the insulator, and a rotor rotatable relative to the stator, a cylindrical member fixed along an entire outer circumference of the stator core and made of material with a Young's modulus higher than a Young's modulus of the insulator, and a housing accommodating the brushless motor and the cylindrical member.

A rotating heat pipe is used for temperature control of electric motors and generators and other rotating heat generating assemblies to ensure their proper operation. The heat pipe is integral with the shaft, and unlike conventional devices, incorporates a solid-liquid phase change material as the heat transfer/transport material. In addition, it comprises a scraped surface heat exchange mechanism at the heat dissipation region to allow for high cooling rates as required. This scraped surface mechanism is preferentially driven by a magnetic coupling to eliminate issues related to leaks of the heat transfer material.

A method for manufacturing a stator for an electric machine comprises manufacturing a slot cooling fin to extend into a slot defined between a first tooth, a second tooth, and a stator yoke, and disposing a coil in the slot, wherein the slot cooling fin extends into the first coil.

An electronic control unit is provided for an electric power steering system. The electric power steering system includes a housing and an electric motor. The electronic control unit is arranged inside the housing and is electrically connected to the electric motor. The electronic control unit includes a first power board having a first electric motor connector for electric connection with the electric motor, and a second power board having a second electric motor connector for electric connection with the electric motor. A connector plate of the electronic control unit is electrically connected by at least one plug connector to the first power board via at least one first power connector, and to the second power board via at least one second power connector. The at least one first power connector is shorter than the at least one second power connector. An electric power steering system is also provided.

A system includes a tool and an emergency response vehicle transitionable between a motive gear and a non-motive gear. The emergency response vehicle includes a mount for removably securing the tool to the emergency response vehicle. The system further includes a scanner coupled to the emergency response vehicle and operable to detect the tool when the tool is secured to the emergency response vehicle by the mount and a controller communicatively coupled to the scanner. The system is configured to determine that the emergency response vehicle has transitioned between a non-motive gear and a motive gear and in response to determining that the emergency response vehicle has transitioned between the non-motive gear and the motive gear, cause the scanner to scan the emergency response vehicle for the tool to determine whether the tool is secured to the emergency response vehicle.

A stator for a brushless DC (BLDC) motor includes a stator core having stator teeth extending radially inwardly towards a center bore, stator windings respectively wound around the stator teeth, and insulating inserts having substantially the same longitudinal length as the stator core. The insulating inserts are longitudinally received between adjacent stator windings at or near inner tips of the adjacent stator teeth to substantially seal the center bore of the stator assembly from the stator windings.

This rotary electric machine includes: an electric motor; a power supply unit including a heat-dissipation member, a power module, and a cover covering the heat-dissipation member and the power module; and a coolant path. A connection portion connecting the electric motor and the power supply unit is provided between the housing and the power supply unit. A cylindrical portion of the cover extends toward the one side in the axial direction and covers the connection portion from the radially outer side. The coolant path is provided at one or both of the heat-dissipation member and an area between the heat-dissipation member and the housing. The coolant path overlaps the power module as seen in the axial direction. The cylindrical portion of the cover has an opening through which a coolant passes, at a circumferential-direction position different from a circumferential-direction position on the radially outer side of the connection portion.

An electric power steering device includes a motor and a control unit that are arranged coaxially with each other in an axial direction of an output shaft and integrated with each other. The control unit includes power modules configured to supply current to the motor, a heat sink, a control board configured to output a control signal to the power modules, and a rotation sensor. The power modules, a column portion of the heat sink, and the control board are arranged in parallel to the axial direction of the output shaft. The rotation sensor is provided in a recess formed in a base portion of the heat sink at an opposite position to a sensor rotor mounted to an end portion of the output shaft on the control unit side.

A linear motor is disclosed, the linear motor comprising a longitudinal coil assembly comprising coil units arranged in a cascading manner and a magnet track spaced from the coil assembly, and adapted to move along a path which traces a periphery of the coil assembly. The linear motor further comprises sensors, each sensor being associated with a subset of the coil units, and adapted to send a first sensor signal in response to detecting the magnet track. The linear motor further comprises a control unit, wherein the control unit is configured to receive the first sensor signal, identify the sensor which sent the first sensor signal, and power up the subset of the coil units associated with the sensor.

A technique that improves cooling performance of a motor including an iron core formed of a powder magnetic core is provided. A motor 1 according to one embodiment of the present disclosure includes a stator iron core 211 formed of a powder magnetic core and an inserting member 24 disposed so as to face at least a portion of a wall surface of the stator iron core 211, the inserting member being configured to enable heat to be transferred in an axial direction. The motor 1 Includes a heat dissipation member 40 configured to enable the heat from the inserting member 24 to be transferred in the axial direction. The motor 1 includes a fixing member 30 that fixes the iron core 211 and the inserting member 24. Stress generated between the stator iron core 211 and the inserting member 24 is less than each of stress generated between the stator iron core 211 and the fixing member 30, and stress generated between the inserting member 24 and the fixing member 30. Each of the inserting member 24 and the stator iron core 211 is configured to enable the heat to be transferred.