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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 22, 2019
Filed:
May. 16, 2017
Applicant:
Cts Corporation, Lisle, IL (US);
Inventors:
Yulanda King, Amherst, NY (US);
Scott Calkins, Elkhart, IN (US);
Assignee:
CTS Corporation, Lisle, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02K 11/30 (2016.01); H02P 8/22 (2006.01); H02K 11/215 (2016.01); H02K 1/18 (2006.01); H02K 1/27 (2006.01); H02K 37/12 (2006.01); H02K 21/24 (2006.01); H02P 8/42 (2006.01); H02K 11/33 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02P 8/22 (2013.01); H02K 1/182 (2013.01); H02K 1/2793 (2013.01); H02K 11/215 (2016.01); H02K 11/30 (2016.01); H02K 11/33 (2016.01); H02K 21/24 (2013.01); H02K 37/125 (2013.01); H02P 8/42 (2013.01); H02K 2213/03 (2013.01);
Abstract
An axial brushless DC motor comprising a stator including a plurality of coils, a rotor including a magnet with a plurality of pairs of magnetic poles and adapted for movement relative to the stator in one or more full steps, and a coil phase circuit adapted for moving the rotor relative to the stator a fractional step less than the one or more full steps and/or holding the rotor at the fractional or one or more full steps.