Stepping motor and timepiece

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9709958-B2
Application number	US-201414486639-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 15, 2014
Priority date	Sep 27, 2013
Publication date	Jul 18, 2017
Grant date	Jul 18, 2017

Abstract

Disclosed is a stepping motor including a rotor, a stator which includes a rotor accommodating hole, a pair of outer notches to determine positions of saturated magnetic fluxes and inner notches disposed on an inner periphery of the stator around the rotor accommodating hole, the inner notches determining stably stationary positions of the rotor, and a coil block configured by a coil wound around a coil core which is magnetically coupled to the stator, and the outer notches are disposed on an outer periphery of the stator on opposite sides of the rotor accommodating hole. And a line that connects narrowest portions between the outer notches and the rotor accommodating hole and extends through a center of the rotor accommodating hole shifts by a predetermined angle from a line that extends through the center of the rotor accommodating hole and is orthogonal to an extending direction of the stator.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A stepping motor, comprising:
a rotor;
a stator which comprises:
a rotor accommodating hole to accommodate the rotor;
a pair of outer notches to determine positions of saturated magnetic fluxes; and
inner notches disposed on an inner periphery of the stator around the rotor accommodating hole, the inner notches determining stably stationary positions of the rotor; and

a coil block configured by a coil wound around a coil core which is magnetically coupled to the stator,
wherein:
the outer notches are disposed on an outer periphery of the stator on opposite sides of the rotor accommodating hole,
a line that connects narrowest portions between the outer notches and the rotor accommodating hole and extends through a center of the rotor accommodating hole is shifted by a predetermined angle from a line that extends through the center of the rotor accommodating hole and is orthogonal to an extending direction of the stator,

the coil core comprises:
a linear portion around which a wire is wound to form the coil; and
coil-side couplers which are disposed at both ends of the linear portion and which extend to both sides along a direction orthogonal to an extending direction of the linear portion;

the coil core includes a thinner portion which has a smaller thickness than a thickness of the linear portion at at least a part of the coil-side couplers, and
the coil core is magnetically coupled to the stator via the thinner portion.

2. The stepping motor according to claim 1 , wherein:
the rotor accommodating hole is disposed at a center of the stator in the extending direction of the stator, and
the stator has an identical thickness at both sides in the extending direction of the stator.

3. The stepping motor according to claim 1 , wherein the coil core has notches at positions corresponding to the inner notches of the stator.

4. The stepping motor according to claim 1 , wherein:
the stator further comprises stator-side couplers,
the stator-side couplers adjoin the coil-side couplers so as to overlap, and
at least part of the stator-side couplers has a smaller thickness than a thickness of the rest of the stator-side couplers.

5. A timepiece, comprising:
a stepping motor which comprises:
a rotor;
a stator including:
a rotor accommodating hole to accommodate the rotor;
a pair of outer notches to determine positions of saturated magnetic fluxes; and
inner notches disposed on an inner periphery of the stator around the rotor accommodating hole, the inner notches determining stably stationary positions of the rotor; and

a coil block configured by a coil wound around a coil core which is magnetically coupled to the stator,

hands; and
a gear train mechanism which is coupled with the hands and which is driven by rotation of the stepping motor,
wherein:
in the stepping motor, the outer notches are disposed on an outer periphery of the stator on opposite sides of the rotor accommodating hole, and a line that connects narrowest portions between the outer notches and the rotor accommodating hole and extends through a center of the rotor accommodating hole is shifted by a predetermined angle from a line that extends through the center of the rotor accommodating hole and is orthogonal to an extending direction of the stator,

the coil core comprises:
a linear portion around which a wire is wound to form the coil; and
coil-side couplers which are disposed at both ends of the linear portion and which extend to both sides along a direction orthogonal to an extending direction of the linear portion;

the coil core includes a thinner portion which has a smaller thickness than a thickness of the linear portion at at least a part of the coil-side couplers, and
the coil core is magnetically coupled to the stator via the thinner portion.

6. The timepiece according to claim 5 , further comprising a base board provided under the stepping motor,
wherein the base board comprises a positioner corresponding to one of the outer notches and/or the inner notches of the stator of the stepping motor.

Assignees

• Casio Computer Co Ltd

Inventors

• Saito Yuta
• Hosobuchi Hiroyuki
• Yano Junro

Classifications

• H02K2213/03

  Machines characterised by numerical values, ranges, mathematical expressions or similar information · CPC title

• H02K21/185 Primary

  with the axis of the rotor perpendicular to the plane of the armature · CPC title

• H02K37/16

  having horseshoe armature cores · CPC title

• H02K37/14

  with magnets rotating within the armatures · CPC title

• G04C3/146 Primary

  incorporating two or more stepping motors or rotors · CPC title