Brushless motor, stator, stator manufacturing method and brushless motor manufacturing method
A brushless motor comprising: a rotor; a stator core disposed at a radial direction outside of the rotor, and a stator case. The stator core includes an outer ring shaped section, teeth sections projecting out from the outer ring shaped section toward a radial direction inside, and an inner ring shaped section extending from end portions of the teeth sections. Protruding portions are formed at the outer ring shaped section so as to project toward a radial direction outside and so as to be disposed at even intervals around a circumferential direction of the outer ring shaped section. The stator case is integrated together with the stator core by a plurality of plastic deformation portions formed at an outer peripheral portion of the stator case at locations facing towards the protruding portions, and the plastic deformation portions are disposed at even intervals along a circumferential direction of the stator case.
1. A stator manufacturing method comprising:
a core array process in which core configuration sections are arrayed in a ring shape, each of the core configuration sections including a yoke configuration section and a teeth section, the yoke configuration sections configuring a ring shaped yoke and is segmented on a circumferential direction of the yoke, and the teeth projecting out from the yoke configuration section toward a radial direction inside of the yoke;
a metal core setting process in which a metal core with outer diameter corresponding to an internal diameter of the ring shape-arrayed core configuration sections is inserted into an inner peripheral portion of the ring shape-arrayed core configuration sections; and
a crimping process that integrates a stator case and the core configuration sections together by disposing the stator case, formed in a circular cylinder shape with an internal diameter that exceeds an outer diameter of the ring shape-arrayed core configuration sections, along an outer peripheral portion of the ring shape-arrayed core configuration sections, and forming a plastic deformation portion along a circumferential direction on an outer peripheral face of the stator case.
2. The stator manufacturing method of claim 1 , further comprising:
a case measurement process that measures distortion of the stator case; and
a metal core selection process that selects the metal core corresponding to distortion of the stator case measured in the case measurement process; and wherein
in the crimping process, distortion correction and crimping processes are performed to integrate the stator case and the core configuration sections together whilst correcting distortion of the stator case.
3. The stator manufacturing method of claim 1 , wherein:
in the metal core setting process, an outer peripheral face of the metal core and an inner peripheral face of the core configuration sections are brought into contact with each other by expanding a diameter of the metal core.
4. The stator manufacturing method of claim 1 , wherein:
in the metal core setting process, an outer peripheral face of the core configuration sections and an inner peripheral face of the stator case are brought into contact with each other by further expanding the diameter of the metal core; and
in the crimping process, a plurality of the plastic deformation portions are formed on the outer peripheral face of the stator case with the outer peripheral face of the core configuration sections and the inner peripheral face of the stator case in a contacting state.
5. The stator manufacturing method of claim 1 , wherein the diameter of the metal core is compressed when a pressing force exceeding a specific value is input to the outer peripheral face of the stator case to form the plastic deformation portion.