IP Library Granted Patent US 7,696,658
Granted Patent B2
US 7,696,658 · App. 11/762,999 · Granted Apr 13, 2010

Magnet generator

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Patent No.
US 7,696,658
App. No.
11/762,999
Granted
Apr 13, 2010
Kind
B2
Abstract

A magnet generator including a bowl-shaped flywheel which is formed of a cylindrical portion and a bottom portion on one end side of the cylindrical portion, a plurality of magnets which are arranged on the inner peripheral surface of the cylindrical portion of the flywheel, and a power generation coil which generates power under an electromagnetic induction action with the magnets and which is disposed in opposition to the magnets within the flywheel, wherein the flywheel has a plurality of vent holes in its bottom portion, and the hole base part of each of the vent holes is formed in a droop or curved shape. Owing to the droop or curved shape, a cooling efficiency is enhanced, and a job for treating burrs and laps after cutting working can be relieved to enhance a productivity.

Claims (8)

1. A magnet generator comprising:

a bowl-shaped flywheel which is formed of a cylindrical portion and a bottom portion connected to the cylindrical portion,

a plurality of magnets which are arranged on an inner peripheral surface of the cylindrical portion of said flywheel, and a power generation coil which is disposed in opposition to said magnets within said flywheel to generate power under an electromagnetic induction action with said magnets,

wherein said flywheel has a plurality of vent holes in the bottom portion thereof, and at least one of said vent holes is provided with a curved hole base part in a hole base part on the outer side of the flywheel, wherein the cross-section of the hole base part is curved, and wherein an edge of the curved hole base part is angularly offset from a centerline of the vent hole in a rotation direction of said flywheel.

2. A magnet generator according to claim 1 , wherein the curved hole base part is formed in a substantially rounded shape.

3. A magnet generator according to claim 1 , further including a curved hole base part on the generator side of the flywheel, wherein one of the outer-side curved hole base part and the generator-side curved hole base part is made larger than that of the other.

4. A magnet generator according to claim 1 , wherein a cross-sectional area of the curved hole base part of the vent hole which exists on a side in a rotational direction (circumferential direction) of said flywheel is made larger than a cross-sectional area of the curved hole base part which exists on a side in a radial direction of said flywheel.

5. A magnet generator according to claim 1 , wherein the curved hole base part of each of the vent holes is formed by forging.

Assignments (1)
COMPANY SPLIT Recorded Sep 4, 2024
From: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
To: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC MOBILITY CORPORATION
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