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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 15, 1980
Filed:
Jun. 24, 1977
Dan W Matthias, Downingtown, PA (US);
Richard D Thornton, Concord, MA (US);
Exxon Research & Engineering Co., Florham Park, NJ (US);
Abstract
A high performance stepper motor comprises a stator having a plurality of pole positions. Each of the pole positions includes a plurality of stator elements or teeth on opposite sides of a stator-to-stator air gap with nonmagnetic material located in the spaces between the extremities of the teeth. Energization means in the form of a plurality of windings adapted to be connected to a multiphased drive source are associated with the stator means at the various pole positions respectively. Motive means comprising a rotor or a slider includes a plurality of motive elements which comprise teeth or slugs. In order to further achieve low inertia and a high force-to-mass ratio of the passive means, the motive means comprises discontinuities in the magnetic material thereof including nonmagnetic material between the extremities of the motive elements so as to reduce flux leakage in the direction of movement of the passive means through the air gap while simultaneously reducing the mass of the motive means.
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