A fluid machine includes a housing including a suction port through which fluid is drawn, an electric motor accommodated in the housing, and a drive device configured to drive the electric motor. The drive device includes a circuit board, a heat-generating component, and a metal member. The circuit board includes a pattern wire. The circuit board is opposed to an outer surface of the housing. The heat-generating component is located between the circuit board and the outer surface of the housing and spaced apart from the circuit board. The heat-generating component generates electromagnetic noise. The metal member is at least partially located between the circuit board and the heat-generating component. The metal member is configured to transmit heat from the heat-generating component to the housing and absorb or block the electromagnetic noise.

A device (1) to reduce harmful bearing voltages in an electrical machine (M) fed by a DC link voltage of a DC link. The electrical machine has a rotor (2) and a stator (3) with windings (W), and is insulated to ground. At least two bearings (4), with an outer bearing ring (4a) and an inner bearing ring (4i), are between the rotor (2) and the stator (3). A shielding arrangement (S) is between the windings (W) of the stator (2) and the respective outer bearing rings (4a). A stator electrical connecting arrangement (5) is connected to a potential that is stable with respect to the DC link.

An electric motor assembly (10), in particular for driving a vehicle, comprises an electric motor (12), a magnetic sensor (46) and a shield (14), the electric motor (12) being equipped with a stator (16), a rotor (18) and at least one magnet (28) which is connected to the rotor (18) for conjoint rotation therewith and generates a measuring magnetic field (M.sub.M). The magnetic sensor (46) is located in the measuring magnetic field (M.sub.M) and is connected to the shield (14), and the shield (14) has high magnetic permeability and is closed in the area of the magnetic sensor (46).

A rotary reciprocating drive actuator capable of increasing the size and amplitude of a movable object such as a mirror, and of stabilizing the drive performance is provided. The rotary reciprocating drive actuator includes a movable part including a rotating shaft, a fixed part supporting the rotating shaft, and a driving part that includes a coil and a core disposed on the fixed part and a magnet disposed on the rotating shaft, and rotates the rotating shaft about the axis thereof with respect to the fixed part by utilizing electromagnetic interaction. The fixed part includes first and second supports disposed so as to face each other with the magnet therebetween in the axial direction. The rotating shaft is rotatably attached to the first and second supports via first and second bearings. One of the first and second bearings is a rolling bearing, and the other is a slide bearing.

The present disclosure relates to a horizontal linear vibrating motor, and more particularly, to a horizontal linear vibrating motor which has a smaller size than existing liner motors so as to be mounted on a small-size wearable watch, smart band or the like, while providing a strong vibration.

Provided is an electric driving device including a plate member which is made of a material having electroconductivity, and is arranged between a cover and a control unit main body. An electroconductive member made of a material having electroconductivity is provided to the cover. The plate member includes a first mounting portion and a second mounting portion. The first mounting portion is mounted to a control unit main body, and a second mounting portion is formed at a position different from a position of the first mounting portion. The electroconductive member has a connection portion which projects from the cover. At least one of the second mounting portion or the connection portion is more deformable than the plate member except for the second mounting portion.

A permanent-excited electric motor/induction machine has a laminated core (1) made of stator laminations (11) and a yoke winding (2). The yoke winding (2) has an inner winding part (21) and an outer winding port 22. The inner winding part 21 is arranged radially inside the stator lamination (11) in at least one winding receptacle (3). The outer winding part (22) is arranged radially outside the stator lamination (11) on an outer surface (4) of the laminated core (1). A soft-magnetic shield (5) is formed on the entire circumference around the outer winding part (22). At least one nonmagnetic connecting element (6), that contacts the stator lamination (11) and the soft-magnetic shield ring (5), is arranged between the stator lamination (11) and the soft-magnetic shield (5).

The present invention relates to a method for increasing the efficiency of an energy transfer device (100) with which electrical energy is converted contactlessly into electrical energy with the aid of a magnetic field in order to electrically excite a rotor of an electrical machine, comprising the step of:

arranging an additional electrically conductive material layer (13) on at least one active part (12, 19, 35, 45) of the energy transfer device (100), wherein an active part of the energy transfer device (100) is a part of the energy transfer device (100) which is at least partially exposed to the magnetic field used for energy transfer, and wherein the electrical conductivity of the additional material layer (13) is greater than the electrical conductivity of the at least one active part (12, 19, 35, 45). Moreover, the invention relates to an energy transfer device (100) and to a use of an electrically conductive material.

An integrated magnetic shield and bearing holder useable with electric motors includes a shaft portion and a cover portion extending radially outward from the shaft portion. The shaft portion includes an inner wall defining a channel and a ledge extending radially inward from the inner wall. The cover portion includes a first layer, a second layer extending substantially parallel to the first layer, a magnetic shield extending between the first layer and the second layer, and an outer wall extending from the first layer and/or the second layer such that a space is defined between the outer wall and the shaft portion. The cover portion includes one or more retainers coupled to the magnetic shield to restrict movement of the magnetic shield relative to the first layer and/or the second layer.

An active magnetic bearing apparatus for supporting a rotor of a rotary machine comprises an axial magnetic bearing unit and a radial magnetic bearing unit mounted directly to one another. One of the axial magnetic bearing unit and the radial magnetic bearing unit is mounted to a support for attachment to a housing of the rotary machine.