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Granted Patent B2
US 10,923,981 · App. 16/316,634 · Granted Feb 16, 2021

Motor

Inventors: Yuhei Yamaguchi (Kyoto, JP); Ryusuke Sato (Kyoto, JP); Hisashi Fujihara (Kyoto, JP); Keigo Nakamura (Kyoto, JP)
Assignee: NIDEC CORPORATION
H02K3/522H02K3/28H02K3/38H02K3/50H02K5/1735H02K5/225H02K2203/09
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Patent No.
US 10,923,981
App. No.
16/316,634
Granted
Feb 16, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

A motor includes a rotor including a shaft centered on a vertically extending center axis, a stator radially opposite to the rotor and including coils, a bearing supporting the shaft, and a bus bar unit on an upper side in an axial direction of the stator. The bus bar unit includes bus bars including a terminal portion connected to a lead wire drawn out from the coil and a bus bar holder holding the bus bars. The terminal portion includes a slit which extends axially downward and into which the lead wire is fitted. The width of the slit is narrower than the diameter of the lead wire.

Claims (51)

1. A motor comprising:

a rotor including a shaft centered on a vertically extending center axis;

a stator disposed radially opposite to the rotor and including a plurality of coils;

a bearing supporting the shaft;

a bus bar unit disposed on an upper side in an axial direction of the stator; and

a housing surrounding and fixing the stator; wherein

the bus bar unit includes:

a plurality of bus bars including a terminal portion connected to a lead wire drawn out from the coil; and

a bus bar holder holding the plurality of bus bars;

the terminal portion includes a slit which extends axially downward and into which the lead wire is fitted;

a width of the slit is narrower than a diameter of the lead wire;

the bus bar holder includes a protrusion protruding radially outside;

the housing includes a recess portion recessed radially outward or a radially penetrating hole portion or notch portion; and

at least a portion of the protrusion is fitted into the recess portion, the hole portion, or the notch portion.

2. The motor according to claim 1 , wherein

the lead wire extending in a radial direction is fitted into the slit; and

a circumferential width of the slit is narrower than the diameter of the lead wire.

3. The motor according to claim 1 , wherein

the housing includes a flange extending radially outward; and

a lower surface of the protrusion is in contact with an upper surface of the flange.

4. The motor according to claim 1 , wherein

the stator includes an annular stator core; and

the bus bar holder is in contact with an upper surface of the stator core.

5. The motor according to claim 4 , wherein

the housing includes a flange extending radially outward; and

the flange includes:

an extending portion extending in an axial direction on an outer circumference; and

a claw portion protruding radially inward from the extending portion and being in contact with an upper surface of the protrusion.

6. The motor according to claim 5 , wherein

the flange includes a pair of the extending portions disposed at intervals in a circumferential direction;

the housing includes the notch portion; and

the notch portion is a gap between the pair of extending portions.

7. The motor according to claim 1 , wherein

the stator includes an insulator disposed between the coil and a tooth around which a conductive wire defining the coil is wound; and

the insulator includes a lead wire holding portion that holds the lead wire.

8. The motor according to claim 1 , further comprising an intermediate member positioned between the stator and the bus bar holder, wherein

the intermediate member includes a lead wire holding portion that holds the lead wire.

9. The motor according to claim 8 , wherein the stator includes:

a plurality of teeth around which a conductive wire defining the coil is wound, and which are arranged in a circumferential direction; and

an annular core back located radially outside of the plurality of teeth;

 the core back includes a groove portion recessed radially outward and axially extending on a circumferential surface;

 the intermediate member includes:

an annular portion provided with the lead wire holding portion on an upper surface thereof; and

a rib protruding radially inward from a circumferential surface of the annular portion and protruding downward from an axially lower end of the annular portion; and the rib is fitted into the groove portion.

10. The motor according to claim 8 , wherein the intermediate member includes a first overhanging portion protruding radially inward in a circumferential position where the lead wire holding portion is provided.

11. The motor according to claim 8 , wherein

the lead wire holding portion holds a plurality of the lead wires; and

the intermediate member includes a second overhanging portion protruding radially inward from the lead wire holding portion.

12. The motor according to claim 11 , wherein

the lead wire holding portion includes a wall portion separating the plurality of lead wires from each other; and

the second overhanging portion is located radially inside of the wall portion.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 10, 2019
From: YAMAGUCHI, YUHEI; SATO, RYUSUKE; FUJIHARA, HISASHI; NAKAMURA, KEIGO
To: NIDEC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 047951/0381 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 62379873 · Aug 26, 2016
Related Publication 20190296601A1 · Sep 26, 2019
Cited By (1)
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