IP Library Patent Application 16815035
Patent Application
App. No. 16/815,035

ROTATING ELECTRIC MACHINE AND MOTOR UNIT

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App. No.
16/815,035
Abstract

A rotating electric machine includes: a cylindrical stator core which includes a plurality of slots; a coil which includes a first coil end inserted into the slot and protruding toward one side of the stator core in an axial direction and a second coil end protruding toward the other side in the axial direction; a rotor which is disposed coaxially with the stator core; a shaft which is disposed coaxially with the rotor; and an end wall which is provided at an end side of the shaft and faces the first coil end in the axial direction. The end wall includes a refrigerant outlet which opens in the axial direction so that a refrigerant supplied from the outside is ejected toward the first coil end.

Claims (19)

1 . A rotating electric machine comprising:

a cylindrical stator core which includes a plurality of slots;

a coil which includes a first coil end inserted into the slot and protruding toward one side of the stator core in an axial direction and a second coil end protruding toward the other side in the axial direction;

a rotor which is disposed coaxially with the stator core;

a shaft which is disposed coaxially with the rotor; and

an end wall which is provided at an end side of the shaft and faces the first coil end in the axial direction,

wherein the end wall includes a refrigerant outlet which opens in the axial direction so that a refrigerant supplied from the outside is ejected toward the first coil end.

2 . The rotating electric machine according to claim 1 ,

wherein the first coil end protrudes in a convex bent shape toward one side of the stator core in the axial direction.

3 . A motor unit comprising:

two rotating electric machines according to claim 1 , the two rotating electric machines being a first rotating electric machine and a second rotating electric machine disposed coaxially with the first rotating electric machine;

a contact surface in which the end wall of the first rotating electric machine comes into contact with the end wall of the second rotating electric machine in the axial direction; and

a refrigerant supply path which is provided in the contact surface and is connected to the refrigerant outlet so that the refrigerant supplied from the outside circulates.

4 . The motor unit according to claim 3 ,

wherein the refrigerant supply path includes a groove which is formed in a surface of the end wall of at least one of the first rotating electric machine and the second rotating electric machine.

5 . The motor unit according to claim 4 ,

wherein the motor unit is disposed so that the shaft follows a horizontal direction,

wherein the refrigerant outlet is disposed in an upper portion of the motor unit, and

wherein the motor unit comprises a refrigerant storage section which has an accommodation space accommodating the first coil end and is able to store the refrigerant ejected from the refrigerant outlet at a lower portion of the motor unit.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Aug 18, 2021
From: HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD.
To: HITACHI ASTEMO, LTD.
Reel/Frame 057210/0001 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 20, 2020
From: YAZAKI, MANABU; NISHIDA, ATSUSHI; NIIMI, TERUHITO; YANO, TAKUJI; KITO, AKIRA; KAWADA, SACHIO; SAITO, YASUYUKI; HAMANO, HIROSHI; KOBAYASHI, YUJI
To: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.; HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD.
Reel/Frame 052438/0510 →