IP Library Granted Patent US 8,294,309
Granted Patent B2
US 8,294,309 · App. 12/781,386 · Granted Oct 23, 2012

Electrical rotating machine

Assignee: Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd.
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Patent No.
US 8,294,309
App. No.
12/781,386
Granted
Oct 23, 2012
Kind
B2
Abstract

A direction in which cooling air generated by a cooling fan flows to be discharged is perpendicular or nearly perpendicular to a direction in which diffusers are inclined. Thus, airflow resistance is increased by the diffusers, and the cooling air cannot be efficiently discharged from discharge ports provided circumferentially in an outer peripheral portion of a housing. Further, a stator coil cannot be sufficiently cooled. An electrical rotating machine includes: a rotor having a cooling fan on an end face of the rotor; a stator that is arranged opposite the rotor and has a stator coil with a rotation clearance provided between the stator and the rotor; a housing that holds the rotor and the stator; a plurality of intake ports that are provided in a side wall portion of the housing; a plurality of discharge ports that are provided circumferentially in an outer peripheral portion of the housing; and a plurality of diffusers that are provided circumferentially on an inner wall surface of a corner portion of the housing, the diffusers inclining toward the side opposite to a rotational direction of the rotor.

Claims (22)

1. An electrical rotating machine comprising:

a rotor having a cooling fan on an end face of the rotor;

a stator arranged opposite the rotor, the stator having a stator coil;

a housing holding the rotor and the stator;

a plurality of intake ports provided in a side wall portion of the housing;

a plurality of discharge ports provided circumferentially in an outer peripheral portion of the housing; and

a plurality of diffusers provided circumferentially on an inner wall surface of a corner portion of the housing,

wherein each of the diffusers is inclined such that its outer edge forms a leading edge relative to the rotational direction of the rotor, and

wherein the diffusers have ends extending to respective ribs that form the discharge ports.

2. The electrical rotating machine according to claim 1 , wherein

an outer radius of each of the intake ports is equal to or smaller than an inner radius of each of blades of the cooling fan, and

a radius of a bottom end of each of the discharge ports is equal to or larger than an outer radius of each of the blades of the cooling fan.

3. The electrical rotating machine according to claim 1 , wherein the diffusers are located, at equal intervals, on the radially outer side of blades of the cooling fan.

4. The electrical rotating machine according to claim 1 , wherein the diffusers are located, at different intervals, on the radially outer side of blades of the cooling fan.

5. An electrical rotating machine comprising:

a rotor having a cooling fan on an end face of the rotor;

a stator arranged opposite the rotor, the stator having a stator coil;

a housing holding the rotor and the stator;

a plurality of intake ports provided in a side wall portion of the housing;

a plurality of discharge ports provided circumferentially in an outer peripheral portion of the housing; and

a plurality of diffusers provided circumferentially on an inner wall surface of a corner portion of the housing, the diffusers inclining toward the side opposite to a rotational direction of the rotor,

wherein radially outer edges of the diffusers are located on the radially outer side of the bottom ends of the discharge ports.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 22, 2011
From: IZUMI, MITSUAKI; ISHIKAWA, TOSHIO; UMESAKI, YOSUKE
To: HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD.
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Priority Claims (1)
JP 2009-144859 · Jun 18, 2009 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20100320878A1 · Dec 23, 2010