Patent ID: 6304010
Filing Date: 2001-10-16
Classification: H02K

Abstract:
A hybrid-type stepping motor comprising a bearing mounted on a fixed shaft, a barrel rotor rotatably supported by the bearing, a plurality of rotor teeth provided on the outer circumference and inner circumference of the barrel rotor, first and second inner stator yokes arranged side by side in the direction of the fixed shaft with a magnet set therebetween and first and second outer stator yokes arranged side by side in the direction of the fixed shaft with the magnet set therebetween, a plurality of stator yoke teeth, first through fourth axially centered circular coil slots facing the barrel rotor and formed around the outer circumference of the first and second inner stator yokes and the inner circumference of the first and second outer stator yokes, and first through fourth coils wound in a solenoid fashion and seated in the respective coil slots, whereby the stator yokes alternate in polarity and the barrel rotor is interposed between the coils;wherein said magnet set comprises a first magnet interposed between the fixed shaft and the inner stator yokes and a second magnet interposed between the outer stator yokes and the outer wall of the fixed shaft, whereby the magnets face towards each other via the barrel rotor; andwherein the plurality of rotor teeth provided on the outer and inner circumference of the barrel rotor are of the same shape and pitch, such that the barrel rotor moves only in the rotary direction.