Electrical rotating device with segmented partition wall
An electrical rotating device includes a hollow cylindrical stator provided with a stator core and a stator coil, a rotor provided rotatably inside the stator, a case that houses the stator and the rotor, and a hollow cylindrical partition wall that is made of electrically conductive metal and partitions an interior space of the case into an inner space with respect to the stator and an accommodation space in which a coil end of the stator coil laterally protruding in an axial direction of a rotary shaft of the rotor from an end of the stator core is accommodated and liquid coolant is circulated. At least a portion of the partition wall close to the stator core is divided into plural small sections by forming plural slits.
1 . An electrical rotating device comprising:
a hollow cylindrical stator provided with a stator core and a stator coil;
a rotor provided rotatably inside the stator;
a case that houses the stator and the rotor; and
a hollow cylindrical partition wall that is made of electrically conductive metal and partitions an interior space of the case into an inner space with respect to the stator and an accommodation space in which a coil end of the stator coil is accommodated and liquid coolant is circulated,
wherein at least a portion of the partition wall close to the stator core is divided into a plurality of segmented sections by forming a plurality of slits or contact surfaces, each of the plurality of slits being formed by adjacent ones of the segmented sections, or each pair of the plurality of the contact surfaces being an edge face of one of adjacent ones of the segmented sections and an edge face of another of the adjacent ones of the segmented sections.
2 . The electrical rotating device according to claim 1 , wherein
the plurality of slits extending in an axial direction of a rotary shaft of the rotor is formed from an end edge of the partition wall closer to the stator core to segment the plurality of segmented sections in a circumferential direction of the partition wall.
3 . The electrical rotating device according to claim 1 , wherein
the portion of the partition wall close to the stator core is configured of a plurality of annular members that are aligned in an axial direction of a rotary shaft of the rotor and made in contact with each other to segment the plurality of segmented sections in the axial direction.
4 . The electrical rotating device according to claim 1 , wherein
the plurality of slits extending in a circumferential direction of the partition wall is formed at least at the portion of the partition wall close to the stator core to segment the plurality of segmented sections in an axial direction of a rotary shaft of the rotor.
5 . The electrical rotating device according to claim 2 , further comprising
a seal member that has an annular shape and covers all the segmented sections from at least one of outer and inner circumferential surfaces of the partition wall,
wherein the seal member has a circumferential edge that is sandwiched between an end edge of the partition wall close to the stator core and an end face of the stator core.
6 . The electrical rotating device according to claim 3 , further comprising
a seal member that has an annular shape and covers all the segmented sections from at least one of outer and inner circumferential surfaces of the partition wall,
wherein the seal member has a circumferential edge that is sandwiched between an end edge of the partition wall close to the stator core and an end face of the stator core.
7 . The electrical rotating device according to claim 4 , further comprising
a seal member that has an annular shape and covers all the segmented sections from at least one of outer and inner circumferential surfaces of the partition wall,
wherein the seal member has a circumferential edge that is sandwiched between an end edge of the partition wall close to the stator core and an end face of the stator core.