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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 27, 2024
Filed:
Aug. 03, 2022
Applicant:
Minebea Mitsumi Inc., Nagano, JP;
Inventor:
Minoru Kuroda, Yonago, JP;
Assignee:
MINEBEA MITSUMI Inc., Nagano, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02K 23/04 (2006.01); H02K 1/17 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02K 23/04 (2013.01); H02K 1/17 (2013.01);
Abstract
A small DC motor includes a motor frame having a cylindrical portion, the cylindrical portion having a constant thickness and having a cross section in a shape that comprises four sides and connecting portions, each of the connecting portions connecting adjacent two of the four sides and being located inward from a corresponding corner in a quadrangle comprising the four sides; and a magnet having a circumferential surface on an inside thereof and having conformable contact with the motor frame on an outside thereof.