IP Library Granted Patent US 8,550,788
Granted Patent B2
US 8,550,788 · App. 12/711,311 · Granted Oct 8, 2013

Impeller device and manufacturing method for rotary impeller

Inventors: Shota Oda (Nagano, JP); Tetsuhiko Hara (Nagano, JP); Hideaki Ito (Nagano, JP)
Assignee: Nidec Sankyo Corporation
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Patent No.
US 8,550,788
App. No.
12/711,311
Granted
Oct 8, 2013
Kind
B2
Abstract

An impeller device may include a magnetic detecting element and a magnetic body, which is paired with the magnetic detecting element, for detecting a rotational position of a rotary impeller. The rotary impeller is formed with a bottomed recessed part having an opening into which one of the magnetic detecting element or the magnetic body is inserted, and the opening of the recessed part is sealed with resin injected by insert molding so that the one of the magnetic detecting element and the magnetic body is buried in the rotary impeller. The magnetic detecting element and the magnetic body are capable of facing to each other through a bottom face of the bottomed recessed part.

Claims (34)

1. An impeller device comprising:

a magnetic detecting element for detecting a rotational position of a rotary impeller;

a magnet which is paired with the magnetic detecting element for detecting the rotational position of the rotary impeller; and

an impeller shaft for rotatably supporting the rotary impeller;

wherein the rotary impeller is rotatably supported in an inside of a fluid space formed in a case body;

wherein the case body includes a case main body which is formed with the fluid space and a cover body which is attached to the case main body for sealing the fluid space;

wherein the magnetic detecting element is held by the cover body;

wherein the rotary impeller is formed with a bottomed recessed part which is recessed toward a side of the magnetic detecting element so as to have an opening through which the magnet is inserted from an opposite side to the magnetic detecting element, and the opening of the recessed part is sealed with resin injected by insert molding so that the magnet is buried and sealed in the bottomed recessed part of the rotary impeller;

wherein the impeller shaft is supported by the case main body and the cover body;

wherein the rotary impeller is formed with blade parts on an outer wall in a radial direction of the rotary impeller and the outer wall is extended to a cover body side with respect to the blade parts; and

wherein the cover body is provided with a circular ring shaped recessed part around the impeller shaft so that the outer wall and the bottomed recessed part of the rotary impeller are disposed in the circular ring shaped recessed part and, so that the magnet buried in the bottomed recessed part of the rotary impeller is disposed in the circular ring shaped recessed part of the cover body.

2. The impeller device according to claim 1 , wherein

the case body is provided with an inflow port and an outflow port which are in communication with the fluid space, and

the rotary impeller is rotated by a fluid pressure of fluid which is entered from the inflow port.

3. The impeller device according to claim 1 , wherein

the blade part and the recessed part are overlapped with each other in a rotation axis direction of the rotary impeller.

4. The impeller device according to claim 1 , wherein

a length of the magnet in a rotation axis direction of the rotary impeller is set to be smaller than a depth of the recessed part in the rotation axis direction, and

a recessed part which is formed in a state that the magnet is abutted with the bottom face of the recessed part is sealed with the resin.

5. The impeller device according to claim 4 , wherein

the rotary impeller is formed with blade parts on an outer wall in a radial direction of the rotary impeller,

the recessed part is formed on an inner side of the blade parts in the radial direction, and

the blade parts and the recessed part are overlapped with each other in the rotation axis direction of the rotary impeller.

6. A manufacturing method for an rotary impeller in which a magnet which is paired with a magnetic detecting element for detecting a rotational position of the rotary impeller that is buried in an inside of the rotary impeller, the manufacturing method comprising:

previously providing a case main body which is formed with fluid space and a cover body which is attached to the case main body for sealing the fluid space, and the rotary impeller is rotatably supported in an inside of the fluid space formed by the case main body and the cover body;

previously forming a bottomed recessed part in the rotary impeller which is recessed toward a side of the magnetic detecting element,

previously forming the rotary impeller with blade parts on an outer wall in a radial direction of the rotary impeller and the outer wall is extended to a cover body side with respect to the blade parts;

previously forming the cover body with a circular ring shaped recessed part so that the outer wall and the bottomed recessed part of the rotary impeller are disposed in the circular ring shaped recessed part so that the magnet buried in the bottomed recessed part of the rotary impeller is disposed in the circular ring shaped recessed part;

inserting the magnet into the bottomed recessed part,

after that, injecting resin into the bottomed recessed part to seal an opening of the bottomed recessed part by insert molding, and

thereby burying the magnet in the bottomed recessed part so that the magnet faces the magnetic detecting element through a bottom face of the bottomed recessed part without interposing injected resin between the magnet and the bottom face of the bottomed recessed part.

7. The manufacturing method for an rotary impeller according to claim 6 , wherein

the case body is provided with an inflow port and an outflow port which are in communication with the fluid space, and

the rotary impeller is rotated by a fluid pressure of fluid which is entered from the inflow port.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 1, 2010
From: ODA, SHOTA; HARA, TETSUHIKO; ITO, HIDEAKI
To: NIDEC SANKYO CORPORATION
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Priority Claims (1)
JP 2009-042136 · Feb 25, 2009 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20100215478A1 · Aug 26, 2010