A direct drive drive actuator includes a base structure and a driven structure that is journally supported and translatable relative to the base structure. The driven structure is disposed in a fixed spacial relationship to the base structure. A plurality of first pole arrays is disposed on the driven structure. A plurality of second pole arrays, corresponding in number to the plurality of first pole arrays is disposed on the base structure. An electrical power source is provided. A controller is coupled to the power source and the first plurality of pole arrays and the second plurality of pole arrays, wherein the controller is configured to selectively electrically energized windings of the first plurality of pole arrays and the second plurality of pole arrays such that an electro-magnetic force is formed between poles of the first plurality of pole arrays and poles of the second plurality of pole arrays. The driven structure is translatable relative to the base structure responsive to the electro-magnetic force.

An electric motor comprises a stator presenting a first surface. A rotor is rotatable relative to the stator. The rotor presents a rotor raceway disposed in spaced relationship with the first surface of the stator. The first surface of the stator defines a plurality of slots in spaced relationship with one another to define a plurality of spaced teeth between the slots. At least one electrical conductor is disposed in each of the slots and configured to selectively create a moving magnetic field for acting upon the rotor for providing rotational movement of the rotor. A portion of the at least one electrical conductor extends substantially into radial alignment with, or past the first surface of the stator to at least partially define a stator raceway of the stator for engaging the rotor raceway of the rotor during relative radial movement between the rotor and the stator.

An axle assembly and a method of manufacture. The axle assembly may include a differential carrier and a bearing support wall. The differential carrier may be made of a first material. The bearing support wall may be mounted to the differential carrier and may be made of a second material. The second material may have a greater stiffness than the first material.

A motor includes a stator, a rotor, and a bearing. The stator includes a shaft that extends in a vertical direction. The rotor is rotatable around the shaft. The bearing supports the rotor in a rotatable manner. The rotor includes a magnet, a case, and a tooth groove. The magnet is radially outward of the stator and opposes the stator in a radial direction. The case covers a radially outer end of the magnet. The tooth groove is provided in a radially outer surface of the case.

A motion control apparatus in the form of a sealed rotary table (10) includes a first annular seal (54) located between a bearing cap (48) of a case and an inner diameter of a cylindrical flange (60), and a second annular seal (56) located between a seal ledge (22) of an annular wall (18) of the case and the outer diameter of the cylindrical flange (60). An enclosure (24), the annular wall (18) and a planar annular disc (16) are integrally formed as a single piece part of homogenous material. A drive station (12) includes a rotor (110) rotatably mounted inside an annular sleeve (118) by a bearing (140) inside an annular end cap (136) at an axial extent less than that of the annular sleeve (118). An encoder (150) is located within the annular end cap (136) and within the axial extent of the annular sleeve (118).

A lubricant supported electric motor includes a stator presenting an stator raceway, and a rotor movable relative to the stator and presenting a rotor raceway disposed in spaced relationship with the stator raceway to define a gap therebetween. A lubricant is disposed in the gap for supporting the rotor relative to the stator. The stator defines at least one hydrostatic support chamber disposed in radially recessed relationship relative to the stator raceway and in fluid communication with the gap. The stator also defines a passageway disposed in fluid communication with the at least one hydrostatic support chamber for providing lubricant to the at least one hydrostatic support chamber and the gap. A flow restriction mechanism is disposed in fluid communication with the passageway for controlling and balancing a supply and pressure of the lubricant in the hydrostatic support chamber.

A method for arranging an electric machine on a transmission, having the steps of providing a stator housing, inserting a hollow cylindrical stator into the stator housing such that the stator is rotationally fixed in the stator housing, and aligning the stator housing with the transmission. Additional steps include securing the stator housing on the transmission, inserting a rotor having a rotor hollow shaft into the stator, securing the rotor to a transmission input shaft, placing a bearing shield having a bearing pin on a receiving opening of the stator housing such that the bearing pin engages in a rotor cavity of the rotor hollow shaft and in a pivotally attached bearing device arranged in the rotor cavity such that the rotor is mounted so as to be rotatable about the rotor longitudinal axis.

There is provided a combustion engine and an electric generator. The combustion engine comprises an engine housing, a cylindrical member configured to rotate about an axis within a cavity of the engine housing, a piston, and an engagement section for engaging the piston. The piston is mounted to the engine housing and the engagement section is mounted to the cylindrical member, or the piston is mounted to the cylindrical member and the engagement section is mounted to the engine housing, such that the piston and the engagement section periodically rotate past one another as the cylindrical member is rotated within the engine housing. The piston engages the engagement section as they rotate past one another, the engagement forcing the piston to compress gases in a combustion chamber, which fire to drive the rotation of the cylindrical member. The electric generator may be driven by the combustion engine.

An electric motor includes a rotor, a rotor shaft on which a rotor core is seated, and magnets connected radially outwards to the rotor core which is mounted rotatably about an axis of rotation in a ball bearing. The ball bearing includes a bearing inner ring and a stator which surrounds the rotor on an outside. At least the rotor core is encapsulated and injection-molded to define the rotor. The projections define an axial support of the bearing inner ring and are injection-molded on an end surface of the rotor which is adjacent to the ball bearing.

A rotor bearing arrangement is provided for supporting a rotor shaft (14) of an electric motor having a longitudinal axis (L). The rotor bearing arrangement comprises a bearing saddle (18) for radially supporting a rotor shaft (14) of the electric motor in an operating state of the electric motor; and a biasing means for exerting a biasing force (F1) towards the bearing saddle (18) in an operating state of the electric motor The rotor bearing arrangement is characterised in that the bearing saddle (18) is shaped such that it forms a dedicated main first contact area (36a) and a dedicated main second contact area (36b) designed to contact the rotor shaft (14) of the electric motor in an operating state of the electric motor.