Rotating electrical machine having means to secure plating to cover a flow passage
Provided is a rotating electrical machine including a housing in which a flow passage of cooling liquid can be easily formed and airtightness and productivity are high. A rotating electrical machine is configured to include a housing which is provided with a part of a flow passage of cooling liquid, a stator which is disposed on an inner circumferential side of the housing and includes a stator winding, and a rotor which is rotatably supported to an inner circumferential side of the stator with a gap between the stator and the rotor and the flow passage of the cooling liquid includes an annular groove having an open surface on at least one side of an axial direction of the housing and a plate provided to cover the open surface. Preferably, the housing and the plate are configured to be joined by welding or an adhesive material. In addition, roughening processing or chemical processing may be performed on parts of the housing and the plate and the housing and the plate may be configured to be joined by a resin.
1. A rotating electrical machine, comprising:
a housing which is provided with a part of a flow passage of cooling liquid;
a stator which is disposed on an inner circumferential side of the housing and includes a stator winding;
a rotor which is rotatably supported to an inner circumferential side of the stator with a gap between the stator and the rotor; and
a bracket fixed to the housing and for attachment to the outside, wherein
the flow passage of the cooling liquid includes a first portion perpendicular to a rotational axis of the rotor and a second portion parallel to the rotational axis of the rotor, the second portion including an annular groove having an open surface on at least one side of an axial direction of the housing and a plate provided to cover the open surface,
the housing and the plate are joined by welding or an adhesive material, and
the bracket and the plate are fixed to the housing without contacting each other, and
in the direction perpendicular to the rotational axis of the rotor, the annular groove is wider at the open surface than at an outer edge of the second portion of the flow passage.
2. The rotating electrical machine according to claim 1 , wherein
the annular groove has open surfaces on both ends of the axial direction of the housing and plates provided to cover both of the open surfaces.
3. A rotating electrical machine, comprising:
a housing which is provided with a part of a flow passage of cooling liquid;
a stator which is disposed on an inner circumferential side of the housing and includes a stator winding;
a rotor which is rotatably supported to an inner circumferential side of the stator with a gap between the stator and the rotor; and
a bracket fixed to the housing and for attachment to the outside, wherein
the flow passage of the cooling liquid includes a first portion perpendicular to a rotational axis of the rotor and a second portion parallel to the rotational axis of the rotor, the second portion including an annular groove having an open surface on at least one side of an axial direction of the housing and a plate provided to cover the open surface,
the housing and the plate are joined by a resin,
the bracket and the plate are fixed to the housing without contacting each other, and
in the direction perpendicular to the rotational axis of the rotor, the annular groove is wider at the open surface than at an outer edge of the second portion of the flow passage.
4. The rotating electrical machine according to claim 3 , wherein
the annular groove has open surfaces on both ends of the axial direction of the housing and plates provided to cover both of the open surfaces.
5. The rotating electrical machine according to claim 3 , wherein
a boundary portion of the housing and the plate is covered with the resin.
6. The rotating electrical machine according to claim 5 , wherein
a part of an end face of the axial direction of the plate is covered with the resin.
7. The rotating electrical machine according to claim 6 , wherein
at least one of roughening processing and chemical processing is performed on surfaces of the housing and the plate contacting the resin.
8. The rotating electrical machine according to claim 7 , wherein
the roughening processing is performed on the surfaces of the housing and the plate contacting the resin and the chemical processing is performed on the surfaces subjected to the roughening processing.