IP Library Granted Patent US 9,033,117
Granted Patent B2
US 9,033,117 · App. 12/948,510 · Granted May 19, 2015

Motor and electric parking brake system

Inventors: Hang Cheong Ma (Hong Kong, CN); Hing Shing Chung (Hong Kong, CN); Hai Ning Liao (Shenzhen, CN)
Assignee: Johnson Electric S.A.
B60T13/741H02K3/28H02K23/26H02K2201/06
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Patent No.
US 9,033,117
App. No.
12/948,510
Granted
May 19, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

A motor for actuating brake members of an electric parking (EPB) system, includes a stator and a rotor rotatably mounted to the stator. The rotor has a shaft, a commutator, a rotor core fixed to the shaft, and rotor windings wound about teeth of the rotor core and electrically connected to segments of the commutator. The rotor windings have a plurality of winding units and each of the winding units have at least two coils. The coils of each winding unit are wound about the same teeth and are connected to a same pair of segments.

Claims (23)

1. A motor for actuating brake members of an electric parking system, comprising a stator and a rotor rotatably mounted to the stator; the rotor comprising a shaft, a commutator and a rotor core fixed to the shaft, and rotor windings wound about teeth of the rotor core and electrically connected to segments of the commutator; wherein the rotor windings comprises a plurality of winding units, each of the winding units comprising at least two coils wound about the same teeth adjacent one another and connected in parallel between a first segment and a second segment of the commutator, and in each winding unit, each coil has a first end and a second end, the first ends of the at least two coils are mechanically connected to the first segment and the second ends of the at least two coils are mechanically connected to the second segment, such that there is one winding unit connected between the first segment and the second segment, wherein at least two coils of each winding unit comprises a first coil arranged in a radially inner layer and a second coil arranged in a radially outer layer; and each two adjacent winding units both wound on a common tooth such that the common tooth is shared by the two adjacent winding units, and the first coil of each winding unit is located closer to a rotating center of the rotor core than the second coil of an adjacent winding unit.

2. The motor of claim 1 , wherein the rotor windings are formed by one continuous wire.

3. The motor of claim 1 , wherein some the inner layer coils and some of the outer layer coils are formed by one continuous wire, and the remaining inner layer coils and the remaining outer layer coils are formed by another continuous wire.

4. The motor of claim 1 , wherein a part of the rotor windings are received in winding slots formed between adjacent teeth, and the winding slots are inclined with respect to an axial direction of the rotor.

5. The motor of claim 1 , wherein at least one dummy slot is formed in a circumferential surface of each tooth of the rotor core.

6. The motor of claim 1 , wherein the rotor core comprises five teeth, and each tooth comprises two dummy slots formed in a circumferential surface of the tooth.

7. An electric parking brake system, comprising:

an electronic control unit;

a motor controlled by the electronic control unit, the motor comprising a stator and a rotor rotatably mounted to the stator, the rotor comprising a shaft, a commutator fixed to the shaft, a rotor core fixed to the shaft and rotor windings wound about teeth of the rotor core and electrically connected to segments of the commutator;

a gearbox for reducing the output speed of the motor; and

brake members driven by the gearbox for locking wheels;

wherein the rotor windings comprises a plurality of winding units, each winding unit comprising at least two coils wound about the same teeth adjacent one another and connected in parallel between a first segment and a second segment of the commutator, and in each winding unit, each coil has a first end and a second end, the first ends of the at least two coils are mechanically connected to the first segment and the second ends of the at least two coils are mechanically connected to the second segment, such that there is only one winding unit connected between the first segment and the second segment, wherein at least two coils of each winding unit comprises a first coil arranged in a radially inner layer and a second coil arranged in a radially outer layer, and each of the first coils is located closer to a rotating center than each of the second coils.

8. The electric parking brake system of claim 7 , wherein the rotor windings are wound by one continuous wire.

9. The electric parking brake system of claim 7 , wherein a part of the inner layer coils and a part of the outer layer coils are wound by one continuous wire, and the other part of the inner layer coils and the other part of the outer layer coils are wound by another continuous wire.

10. The electric parking brake system of claim 7 , wherein a part of the rotor windings are received in winding slots formed between adjacent teeth, and the winding slots are inclined with respect to an axial direction of the rotor.

11. The electric parking brake system of claim 7 , wherein at least one dummy slot is formed in a circumferential surface of each tooth of the rotor core.

12. The electric parking brake system of claim 7 , wherein the rotor core comprises five teeth, and each tooth comprises two dummy slots formed in a circumferential surface of the tooth.

13. The electric parking brake system of claim 7 wherein, the output shaft of the gearbox moves in a linear direction.

14. A motor for actuating brake members of an electric parking system, comprising a stator and a rotor rotatably mounted to the stator; the rotor comprising a shaft, a commutator and a rotor core fixed to the shaft, and rotor windings wound about teeth of the rotor core and electrically connected to segments of the commutator,

wherein the rotor windings comprises a plurality of winding units, each of the winding units comprising a first coil and a second coil wound about the same teeth adjacent one another and connected in parallel to a pair of segments of the commutator; and

wherein the first coils of the winding units are arranged in a radially inner layer and overlap one another, and the second coils of the winding units are arranged in a radially outer layer and overlap one another.

15. The motor of claim 14 , wherein at least one dummy slot is formed in a circumferential surface of each tooth of the rotor core.

16. The motor of claim 15 , wherein the rotor core comprises five teeth, and each tooth comprises two dummy slots formed in a circumferential surface of the tooth.

Assignments (2)
MERGER Recorded Jul 7, 2019
From: JOHNSON ELECTRIC S.A.
To: JOHNSON ELECTRIC INTERNATIONAL AG
Reel/Frame 049682/0669 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 3, 2011
From: MA, HANG CHEONG; CHUNG, HING SHING; LIAO, HAI NING
To: JOHNSON ELECTRIC S.A.
Reel/Frame 025894/0604 →
Priority Claims (1)
CN 2009 1 0109741 · Nov 17, 2009 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20110147144A1 · Jun 23, 2011