IP Library Granted Patent US 11,404,922
Granted Patent B2
US 11,404,922 · App. 16/649,769 · Granted Aug 2, 2022

Rotary electric machine having torque transmitting portion and rotor core retaining portion

Inventors: Kazuyuki Iwamoto (Tokyo, JP); Motoaki Kimura (Tokyo, JP); Masaya Inoue (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
H02K1/18
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Patent No.
US 11,404,922
App. No.
16/649,769
Granted
Aug 2, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

According to the present invention, provided is a rotary electric machine, which is to be connected to at least one of a first torque input/output shaft and a second torque input/output shaft, and includes a stator and a rotor. The rotor of the rotary electric machine includes: a rotor core; a torque transmitting portion, which is connected to at least one of the first torque input/output shaft and the second torque input/output shaft, and is formed of a plate-shaped member; and a rotor core retaining portion, which is retained on the torque transmitting portion, is configured to retain the rotor core, and is formed of a plate-shaped member.

Claims (20)

1. A rotary electric machine comprising:

a stator; and

a rotor including:

a rotor core;

a torque transmitting portion, which is connected to at least one from among a first torque input/output shaft and a second torque input/output shaft, and is formed of a plate-shaped member; and

a rotor core retaining portion, which is retained on the torque transmitting portion, is configured to retain the rotor core, and is formed of a plate-shaped member,

wherein the torque transmitting portion includes a plate portion having a disk shape, and a cylinder portion that has a cylindrical shape and is fixed to the plate portion,

wherein the plate portion is connected to the first torque input/output shaft, and

wherein the cylinder portion retains the rotor core retaining portion.

2. The rotary electric machine according to claim 1 , wherein the rotor core retaining portion is retained on the torque transmitting portion through welding.

3. The rotary electric machine according to claim 1 , wherein the rotor core retaining portion is made of the same material as a material for the rotor core.

4. The rotary electric machine according to claim 1 , wherein a rotation sensor configured to measure a rotation angle is mounted to the rotor.

5. The rotary electric machine according to claim 1 , wherein the rotor core retaining portion protrudes toward the first torque input/output shaft side with respect to a region of the torque transmitting portion connected to the first torque input/output shaft.

6. The rotary electric machine according to claim 1 , wherein the torque transmitting portion is connected to the first torque input/output shaft and the second torque input/output shaft.

7. The rotary electric machine according to claim 1 , wherein the torque transmitting portion is sandwiched between and is coupled to the first torque input/output shaft and the second torque input/output shaft.

8. The rotary electric machine according to claim 7 ,

wherein the torque transmitting portion includes a first face and a second face,

wherein, on the first face, the torque transmitting portion is coupled to the first torque input/output shaft,

wherein, on the second face, the torque transmitting portion is coupled to the second torque input/output shaft, and

wherein the first face is parallel to the second face.

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 Mar 23, 2020
From: IWAMOTO, KAZUYUKI; KIMURA, MOTOAKI; INOUE, MASAYA
To: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 052195/0635 →