IP Library Granted Patent US 10,439,349
Granted Patent B2
US 10,439,349 · App. 15/544,800 · Granted Oct 8, 2019

Rotor for brush motor and on-vehicle brush motor

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Patent No.
US 10,439,349
App. No.
15/544,800
Granted
Oct 8, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

A rotor includes coils that are formed by winding wires around bobbins of a core, terminals which are arranged on the bobbins and to which end portions of the wires are hooked, and a commutator arranged at an end portion of the core on a side where the terminals are arranged. The terminals and commutator segments of the commutator are electrically connected via metal pieces extending from the commutator segments and via a wiring board.

Claims (28)

1. A rotor for a brush motor comprising:

a plurality of coils formed by winding wires around bobbins of a core;

a plurality of terminals provided on one of the bobbins, wherein an end portion of each wire is hooked to each of the plurality of terminals; and

a commutator arranged at an end portion of the core on a side where the terminals are provided,

wherein the terminals and commutator segments of the commutator are electrically connected via metal pieces extending from the commutator segments and a wiring board, and

wherein

each terminal includes a first terminal to which one end portion of one of the wires is hooked, and a second terminal to which the other end portion of the one of the wires is hooked, the second terminal being connected to the wiring board, and

the metal pieces include a first metal piece that is in contact with the first terminal, and a second metal piece that is connected to the wiring board.

2. The rotor for the brush motor according to claim 1 , wherein

the metal pieces further include a third metal piece that is connected to the wiring board,

the commutator segments include a plurality of first commutator segments each including the first metal piece and the second metal piece, and a plurality of second commutator segments each including the third metal piece,

each first commutator segment includes a plurality of the first metal pieces whose tip portion is in contact with one of the first terminals different from each other.

3. The rotor for the brush motor according to claim 2 , wherein

the first metal piece and the first terminal are made of pure copper, and

the tip portion of the first metal piece is welded to the first terminal.

4. The rotor for the brush motor according to claim 1 ,

wherein the metal pieces further include a third metal piece that is connected to the wiring board,

the rotor further comprising a resin molded portion provided on an outer periphery portion of an end portion of the commutator on a side where the core is arranged, wherein

the second terminal and the second metal piece and the third metal piece penetrate through the resin molded portion in such a way that a tip portion of the second terminal and a tip portion of the second metal piece project from a wiring board mounting surface of the resin molded portion, and

the wiring board is mounted on the wiring board mounting surface.

5. The rotor for the brush motor according to claim 4 , wherein the wiring board is an electronic circuit board.

6. The rotor for the brush motor according to claim 5 , wherein a snubber circuit is constituted with electronic components provided on the electronic circuit board.

7. The rotor for the brush motor according to claim 4 , wherein the core and the commutator are integrally formed by insert molding, and the resin molded portion is made of resin used in the insert molding.

8. The rotor for the brush motor according to claim 1 , further comprising a shaft penetrating through an internal space of the core and an internal space of the commutator,

wherein the core, the commutator, and the shaft are integrally formed by insert molding.

9. The rotor for the brush motor according to claim 8 , wherein the shaft has a hollow structure, and is provided with a female thread portion made of resin that is used in the insert molding on an inner peripheral portion of the shaft.

10. The rotor for the brush motor according to claim 1 , wherein the coils are concentrated winding type coils.

11. An on-vehicle brush motor including the rotor for the brush motor according to claim 1 .

Assignments (2)
COMPANY SPLIT Recorded Sep 4, 2024
From: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
To: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC MOBILITY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 068834/0585 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 20, 2017
From: IKITAKE, YOSHITAKA
To: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 043058/0353 →