Patent ID: 7276825
Filing Date: 2007-10-02
Classification: H02K

Abstract:
1. A stepping motor comprising: a stator; and a casing that receives and holds the stator, wherein: the casing has a recess, into which the stator is securely press fitted through an inlet opening end of the recess in a press fitting direction; the recess has a chamfered portion and a press fitting portion, which are arranged one after another in this order in a direction away from the inlet opening end of the recess; the chamfered portion is arranged between the inlet opening end of the recess and a bottom of the recess in such a manner that a width of the recess is progressively increased along the chamfered portion from a bottom side of the recess toward an inlet opening end side of the recess; the chamfered portion has a plurality of slant surfaces, which are arranged one after another in the press fitting direction of the stator; angles of the plurality of slant surfaces with respect to the press fitting direction of the stator decrease from the inlet opening end side of the recess toward the bottom side of the recess; and the press fitting portion is arranged adjacent to the chamfered portion and extends toward the bottom of the recess in a direction parallel to the press fitting direction of the stator.