Provided are a slim-type stator using a multilayer printed circuit board (PCB) capable of maximally generating torque in an opposite rotor and capable of increasing airflow, and a single-phase motor and a cooling fan using the same. The slim-type stator includes: a multilayer PCB; and a plurality of coil patterns formed on respective PCB layers of the multilayer PCB and connected via throughholes, wherein the multilayer PCB includes at least one protrusion corresponding to the plurality of coil patterns, and at least one recess disposed between the plurality of coil patterns.

The present invention provides a housing of a motor including a bearing pocket portion which is formed to protrude from an inner lower portion of the housing and in which an accommodation space of a bearing configured to support a shaft is formed and a shaft hole through which the shaft passes is formed in a bottom surface thereof, wherein the bearing pocket portion includes a stepped portion, the stepped portion protrudes upward along a circumference of the shaft hole, and an accommodation groove is formed between the stepped portion and an inner wall of the bearing pocket portion, thereby providing an advantageous effect of preventing foreign materials discharged from the housing of the motor, the wave washer, the bearing, and the like from exiting through the shaft hole.

A motor includes a support portion arranged to hold a stator and a bearing. The support portion includes a bearing holding portion arranged to extend upward along a central axis, and arranged to hold the bearing with a radially inner surface thereof; and a stator holding portion being tubular, arranged to project upward from an upper surface of the bearing holding portion, and arranged to hold a radially inner surface of the stator with a radially outer surface thereof. An axially lower portion of the stator holding portion includes a decreased thickness portion where the radial thickness of the stator holding portion is smaller than at another portion of the stator holding portion at another axial position.

A bearing apparatus includes a cylindrical sleeve, a shaft rotatably inserted in the sleeve, lubricating oil arranged in a gap defined between an inner circumferential surface of the sleeve and an outer circumferential surface of the shaft, a seal member arranged at an axially upper end portion of the sleeve projecting from the sleeve, and an annular member fixed to an outer circumferential surface of the axially upper end portion of the shaft to rotate together with the shaft. The annular member includes a projecting portion projecting axially downward. The seal member and an axially lower end portion of the projecting portion overlap each other when viewed in at least one of the axial direction or a radial direction.

Provided is a base unit for use in a disk drive apparatus including a motor arranged to be capable of rotating about a central axis extending in a vertical direction. The base unit includes a base member arranged to extend radially to support the motor, and including a predetermined adhesion region and an outside region outside of the adhesion region; and a connector electrically connected to a wire arranged on the base member. The connector is adhered to the base member through an adhesive at the adhesion region of the base member. A wettability of the adhesive on the adhesion region is higher than a wettability of the adhesive on the outside region of the base member.

A bearing assembly for a motor shaft of an electric motor having a stator. The stator is formed by a stator core having a plurality of stator laminations, which are stacked one on the other. The stator core has a first outer partial stator core, a second outer partial stator core, and a central partial stator core. The central partial stator core is arranged between the two outer partial stator cores. A continuous opening is arranged in each of the partial stator cores, in which openings bearings for supporting the motor shaft are arranged and the motor shaft is arranged. A diameter of the opening of the central partial stator core is smaller than a diameter of the opening of the outer partial stator cores such that a diameter transition from the central partial stator core to an outer partial stator core forms an axial stop for a bearing.

A motor includes a bearing housing, a stator, and a fixing member. The stator includes a stator core, an insulator, and a lead. The insulator is an insulating body that covers at least a portion of the stator core. The lead is wound around the stator core with the insulator interposed therebetween. The bearing housing includes a first bearing holding portion and a second bearing holding portion that hold two bearings; and an intermediate portion that is positioned between the first bearing holding portion and the second bearing holding portion in the vertical direction. The lower surface of the fixing member is in contact with the upper surface of the stator. The fixing member is fixed at a position opposite the intermediate portion in the radial direction. As a result, the displacement of the stator relative to the bearing housing is suppressed.

Provided is a stacking-type stator using a multilayer printed circuit board (PCB) in which torque generation can be maximized in an opposite rotor, and a single-phase motor and a cooling fan both using the same. The stacking-type stator includes: a multilayer printed circuit board (PCB) that is stacked and integrated with a penetration opening; and a coil pattern patterned on each layer of the multilayer PCB, wherein throughholes are formed to penetrate the multilayer PCB and connect the coil patterns, wherein the coil pattern comprises: inner and outer rotating direction pattern portions which are arranged in a circumferential direction at intervals along an inner circumference and an outer circumference concentrically with the penetration opening; and a radial pattern portion that interconnects the inner rotating direction pattern portion and the outer rotating direction pattern portion that are adjacent to each other and is disposed along the radial direction.

A power strut for a vehicle lift gate, has a driver sleeve, a lead screw sleeve, a lead screw and a spring mounted in the lead screw sleeve. A gear reduction mechanism and a motor assembly are mounted in the driver sleeve for driving the lead screw. The motor assembly has a magnet mounting bracket fixed to the driver sleeve and a rotor disposed in the magnet mounting bracket. An end cover and multiple permanent magnets are fixed to the magnet mounting bracket. Each of the magnets is positioned between a corresponding pair of adjacent connecting portions and contacts an inner surface of the driver sleeve, thereby the driver sleeve provides a magnetic path between the magnets.

Air cooling devices driven rotational power of electric motors to expand air to thereby produce and supply cooling air. An air cooling device includes a power transmission device for increasing a rotational driving force of an expander that is disposed between the expander housing and an electric motor and for separating the expander from the electric motor. The power transmission device generates rotational magnetic field by receiving rotational power from the electric motor or receiving rotational power from the electric motor and external electric power. The rotating magnetic field generates a rotational force by interacting with magnetic field, based on attraction and repulsion forces. The air cooling device increases rotation speed and force when it transmits the power. The air cooling device increases a flow rate, and expands air adiabatically, thereby supplying cold air with high air density.