IP Library Granted Patent US 11,374,468
Granted Patent B2
US 11,374,468 · App. 16/763,413 · Granted Jun 28, 2022

Rotating electric machine

Inventors: Shinjirou Watari (Hitachinaka, JP); Shinji Yamazaki (Hitachinaka, JP); Tomohiro Fukuda (Hitachinaka, JP); Mohdbasir Zulaika (Hitachinaka, JP)
Assignee: HITACHI ASTEMO, LTD.
H02K11/25H02K3/522H02K11/00H02K2203/06
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Patent No.
US 11,374,468
App. No.
16/763,413
Granted
Jun 28, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

Workability during attachment of a sensor element to a rotating electric machine is improved. A semiconductor element functioning as a sensor element for detecting temperatures of concentrated winding coils is inserted between two concentrated winding coils adjacent to each other in a plurality of the concentrated winding coils. One end of a lead wire is connected to the semiconductor element, while the other end of the lead wire is drawn out of a stator. The lead wire has a plurality of bent portions. A hook regulates an extending direction of the lead wire drawn out of the stator such that a bent state of the bent portions of the lead wire is maintained.

Claims (29)

1. A rotating electric machine comprising:

a rotor;

a stator that includes a plurality of coils connected via a cover member;

a sensor element that detects temperatures of the coils;

a lead wire connected to the sensor element; and

a guide mechanism attached to an outer circumferential edge of the cover member that regulates an extension direction of the lead wire,

wherein the sensor element is inserted between two adjacent coils of the plurality of coils,

one end of the lead wire is connected to the sensor element,

the other end of the lead wire is drawn out of the stator,

the lead wire has a plurality of bent portions, and

the guide mechanism regulates the extension direction of the lead wire drawn out of the stator such that a bent state of the bent portions of the lead wire is maintained.

2. The rotating electric machine according to claim 1 , wherein

the lead wire includes

a first extending portion that extends in an axial direction of the stator from the one end,

a first bent portion that is bent in a direction toward an outer circumferential side of the stator from the first extending portion,

a second extending portion that extends in a radial direction of the stator from the first bent portion,

a second bent portion that is bent in the axial direction from the second extending portion, and

a third extending portion that extends in the axial direction from the second bent portion, and is drawn out of the stator, and

the guide mechanism regulates the extension direction at the third extending portion of the lead wire such that a bent state of the second bent portion of the lead wire is maintained.

3. The rotating electric machine according to claim 2 , wherein

the cover member provided on one axial end side of the stator,

the first extending portion is disposed between the two coils, and

the second extending portion is disposed between the coils and the cover member.

4. The rotating electric machine according to claim 1 , wherein the guide mechanism regulates the extension direction of the lead wire by holding the lead wire in a movable state.

5. The rotating electric machine according to claim 1 , wherein the lead wire has elasticity.

6. The rotating electric machine according to claim 1 , wherein the sensor element is pressed in an insertion direction via the lead wire.

7. The rotating electric machine according to claim 6 ,

wherein the lead wire is pressed by the cover member in an insertion direction of the sensor element.

8. The rotating electric machine according to claim 1 , wherein the sensor element is in contact with the two coils.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Nov 22, 2021
From: HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD.
To: HITACHI ASTEMO, LTD.
Reel/Frame 058598/0321 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 12, 2020
From: WATARI, SHINJIROU; YAMAZAKI, SHINJI; FUKUDA, TOMOHIRO; MOHDBASIR, ZULAIKA
To: HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD.
Reel/Frame 052640/0151 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2017-220462 · Nov 15, 2017 · national
Continuity (1)
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