IP Library Granted Patent US 10,218,230
Granted Patent B2
US 10,218,230 · App. 15/185,492 · Granted Feb 26, 2019

Low-voltage direct current motor

Inventors: Ming Cen Lu (Shenzhen, CN); Chi Keung Law (Hong Kong, CN); Ngai Ming Leung (Hong Kong, CN)
Assignee: Johnson Electric International AG
H02K1/02H02K23/04H02K1/17H02K2213/03
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Patent No.
US 10,218,230
App. No.
15/185,492
Granted
Feb 26, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

A low-voltage direct current motor has a stator and a rotor rotatable relative to the stator. The rotor includes a rotary shaft, a rotor core fixed to the shaft, a commutator fixed to the shaft adjacent to the rotor core, and rotor windings wound about poles of the rotor core and electrically connected to the commutator. The stator includes a round housing, a permanent magnet mounted to an inner surface of the housing, and brushes disposed in sliding contact with the commutator. An input voltage of the motor is in the range of 7 to 36V, and a ratio of an outer diameter of the rotor core to an outer diameter of the housing is in the range of 67% to 75%.

Claims (24)

1. A brush roller for a vacuum cleaner, the brush roller being driven by a low-voltage direct current motor, the low-voltage direct current motor comprising:

a stator comprising a round housing, a permanent magnet mounted to an inner surface of the housing, and brushes; and

a rotor rotatable relative to the stator, the rotor comprising a shaft, a rotor core fixed to the shaft, a commutator fixed to the shaft adjacent to the rotor core, and rotor windings wound about poles of the rotor core and electrically connected to the commutator,

wherein the brushes of the stator are disposed in sliding contact with the commutator, an input voltage of the motor is in the range of 7 to 36V, and a ratio of an outer diameter of the rotor core to an outer diameter of the housing is in the range of 67% to 75%, wherein the permanent magnet is a ferrite magnet made of a material with a maximum energy product BHmax of 35.8±1.6 kj/m 3 , and wherein the outer diameter of the housing is 27.5 mm±0.3 mm, and the outer diameter of the rotor core is 19 mm±0.2 mm, and wherein when an axial length of the magnet is 21.0 mm±2.1 mm, 27.5 mm±0.3 mm, or 34 mm±0.3 mm, the motor is capable of achieving a rated power output of 20 W, 50 W, or 80 W, respectively.

2. The brush roller of claim 1 , wherein the ratio of the outer diameter of the rotor core to the outer diameter of the housing is in the range of 67.6% to 73.8%.

3. The brush roller of claim 1 , wherein the permanent magnet is a ferrite magnet made of a material with a residual magnetic flux density Br of 430±10 mT, a coercive force Hcb of 318.5±7.9 kA/m, and an intrinsic coercive force Hcj of 358.3±7.9 kA/m.

4. The brush roller of claim 1 , wherein the rotor core has five or ten poles, the stator has two permanent magnetic poles, and the commutator has five commutator segments.

5. The brush roller of claim 1 , wherein a wire diameter of the rotor windings of the motor is in the range of 0.1 mm to 0.5 mm.

6. The brush roller of claim 1 , wherein a wire diameter of the rotor windings of the motor is in the range of 0.3 mm to 0.35 mm.

7. The brush roller of claim 1 , wherein the permanent magnet comprises a number of individual permanent magnet pieces.

8. A brush roller for a vacuum cleaner, the brush roller being driven by a low-voltage direct current motor, the low-voltage direct current motor comprising:

a stator comprising a round housing, a permanent magnet mounted to an inner surface of the housing, and brushes; and

a rotor rotatable relative to the stator, the rotor comprising a shaft, a rotor core fixed to the shaft, a commutator fixed to the shaft adjacent to the rotor core, and rotor windings wound about poles of the rotor core and electrically connected to the commutator,

wherein the brushes of the stator are disposed in sliding contact with the commutator, an input voltage of the motor is in the range of 7 to 36V, and a ratio of an outer diameter of the rotor core to an outer diameter of the housing is in the range of 67% to 75%, wherein the permanent magnet is a ferrite magnet made of a material with a maximum energy product BHmax of 34.2±1.6 kj/m 3 , and wherein the outer diameter of the housing is 27.5 mm±0.3 mm, and the outer diameter of the rotor core is 19 mm±0.2 mm, when an axial length of the magnet is 21.0 mm±2.1 mm, 27.5 mm±0.3 mm, or 34 mm±0.3 mm, the motor is capable of achieving a rated power output of 20 W, 50 W, or 80 W, respectively.

9. The brush roller of claim 8 , wherein the ratio of the outer diameter of the rotor core to the outer diameter of the housing is in the range of 67.6% to 73.8%.

10. The brush roller of claim 8 , wherein the permanent magnet is a ferrite magnet made of a material with a residual magnetic flux density Br of 430±10 mT, a coercive force Hcb of 258.7±7.9 kA/m, and an intrinsic coercive force Hcj of 270.7±7.9 kA/m.

11. The brush roller of claim 8 , wherein the rotor core has five or ten poles, the stator has two permanent magnetic poles, and the commutator has five commutator segments.

12. The brush roller of claim 8 , wherein a wire diameter of the rotor windings of the motor is in the range of 0.1 mm to 0.5 mm.

13. The brush roller of claim 8 , wherein a wire diameter of the rotor windings of the motor is in the range of 0.3 mm to 0.35 mm.

14. The brush roller of claim 8 , wherein the permanent magnet comprises a number of individual permanent magnet pieces.

15. A brush roller for a vacuum cleaner, the brush roller being driven by a low-voltage direct current motor, the low-voltage direct current motor comprising:

a stator comprising a round housing, a permanent magnet mounted to an inner surface of the housing, and brushes; and

a rotor rotatable relative to the stator, the rotor comprising a shaft, a rotor core fixed to the shaft, a commutator fixed to the shaft adjacent to the rotor core, and rotor windings wound about poles of the rotor core and electrically connected to the commutator,

wherein the brushes of the stator are disposed in sliding contact with the commutator, an input voltage of the motor is in the range of 7 to 36V, and a ratio of an outer diameter of the rotor core to an outer diameter of the housing is in the range of 67% to 75%, and wherein the outer diameter of the housing is 27.5 mm±0.3 mm, and the outer diameter of the rotor core is 19 mm±0.2 mm, and wherein the rotor core has five or ten poles, the stator has two permanent magnetic poles, and the commutator has five commutator segments.

Assignments (2)
MERGER Recorded Dec 17, 2018
From: JOHNSON ELECTRIC S.A.
To: JOHNSON ELECTRIC INTERNATIONAL AG
Reel/Frame 047799/0428 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 17, 2016
From: LU, MING CEN; LAW, CHI KEUNG; LEUNG, NGAI MING
To: JOHNSON ELECTRIC S.A.
Reel/Frame 038946/0065 →
Priority Claims (2)
CN 2015 1 0345658 · Jun 19, 2015 · national
CN 2016 1 0244005 · Apr 19, 2016 · national
Continuity (1)
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