Stepping motor comprising a rotor (4) and two, one above the other and with respect to each other angularly offset, stators (2) which are comprised of coils (30) and stator plates (20), wherein the stator plates (20) respectively have a planer U-shaped form with two essentially parallel extending arms (22, 25), the end of arms (22, 25) each exhibits on the inside for the formation of a polar pair an arch shaped recess (23, 26) such that the rotor (4) extending therebetween, in top view, is encom...

A stepping motor has a rotor with a cylindrical permanent magnet and a stator with a pair of field poles surrounding the rotor magnet, each of the field poles including a major and a minor pole and tilted in a common direction such that the rotor always rotates in a single predetermined direction of rotation.

A rotary stepping motor having high torque and low rotor inertia wherein the rotor is of a disk type configuration having a plurality of uniformly spaced rotor poles and the stator has a plurality of stator pole pairs which are formed in separate groups, the spacing between the stator poles in each group being equal to the rotor pole spacings and the spacings between the stator pole groups being not equal to the rotor pole spacings. The stator may be formed of laminated stator elements to provid...

The present invention is a stepping motor used as a driving source for stepping movement of autmatic-machine members. Diodes are connected to the terminal side of a DC power source in a forward direction to prevent accumulated magnetic energy from returning to the power source. A high-voltage large current due to reduction of magnetic energy rushes into an exciting coil to be excited, the magnetic energy of the exciting coil quickly decreases, and a high-speed stepping operation is exeuted. More...

With this invention, realized is the maximum torque which should be generated given a value for the outer diameter dimension of a stator in a hybrid type stepping motor. In a hybrid type stepping motor 21 composed of a rotor with a plurality of teeth provided at equal pitches on a peripheral surface and a stator having a plurality of salient poles provided so as to oppose to the peripheral surface of the rotor through an air gap, the ratio of the inside diameter Di of the stator 22 to the outer ...

A stator yoke is configured for engaging with similarly configured stator yokes of a stepping motor. The stator yoke comprises a cylindrical ring made of a magnetic material and has a first annular edge and a second annular edge. A plurality of tooth poles are integrally formed with the cylindrical ring and are disposed in spaced-apart relation along the first annular edge. The plurality of tooth poles are engageable with a plurality of tooth poles of a similarly configured stator yoke of the st...

Disclosed is a stepping exerciser for exercising the muscles of the legs. The stepping exerciser comprises two parallel pedals respectively pivoted to two opposite supports on a base frame and supported on the two opposite ends of a rocker arm for stepping the legs up and down alternatively, which rocker arm being balanced on a support at its center and caused to move in seesaw fashion, springs respectively supported between the base frame and the free end of either pedal, and two elastic cords ...

A stepping motor for use in an electronic timepiece which has a permanent magnet rotor and a stator provided with a driving coil. The stator is comprised of stator pole pieces each having assymetric portions which provide primary and secondary magnetic paths, respectively, whereby two static equilibrium positions are provided. The rotor may be stable at either one of these static equilibrium positions by controlling the supply of two-phase pulses to the driving coil so that the rotor may be rota...

A stepping gear is rotatably mounted with freedom of axial movement and formed with an axially facing shoulder and with teeth and tooth spaces defined by said teeth. A rotatably mounted pawl roller has first and second peripheral rings. A spring urges said pawl roller against said stepping gear. The first peripheral ring is adapted to enter one of said tooth spaces to oppose a rotation of said stepping gear. The second peripheral ring radially overlaps said shoulder to limit the freedom of axial...

This invention relates to an improvement in a stepping motor, comprising a stator housing with electromagnets being annularly positioned therein, a flexible membrane rotatably mounted over said electromagnets on a bearing block shaft, said shaft being axially positioned within the stator housing, said membrane being a magnetically-conducting annular disc, adapted to act as a rotor, the improvement comprising race means whereby the membrane is prestressed on the side facing away from the electrom...