IP Library Granted Patent US 11,569,700
Granted Patent B2
US 11,569,700 · App. 17/082,541 · Granted Jan 31, 2023

Rotating electric machine

Inventors: Tatsuro Hino (Tokyo, JP); Kohei Egashira (Tokyo, JP); Shinya Matsunaga (Tokyo, JP); Yasuhiro Hayasaka (Tokyo, JP); Norihiro Murata (Tokyo, JP); Kazuya Hasegawa (Tokyo, JP); Katsuya Ito (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
H02K3/28H02K3/12
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Patent No.
US 11,569,700
App. No.
17/082,541
Granted
Jan 31, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

To obtain a rotating electric machine capable of downsizing the rotating electric machine in an axial direction and in a radial direction. A first inner-peripheral-side terminal includes a first conductor-exposed portion and a second inner-peripheral-side terminal includes a second conductor-exposed portion opposed to the first conductor-exposed portion. An opposing portion being a portion, at which the first conductor-exposed portion and the second conductor-exposed portion are opposed to each other, extends in a radial direction, and at least a part of the opposing portion of the first conductor-exposed portion and the second conductor-exposed portion is arranged on an inner side in the radial direction compared to the first outer-peripheral-side terminal and the second outer-peripheral-side terminal.

Claims (68)

1. A rotating electric machine, comprising:

an armature core having a plurality of slots arranged in a circumferential direction; and

a plurality of coils of distributed winding provided to the armature core,

wherein the plurality of the coils include:

a plurality of first coils each including:

a first outer-peripheral-side terminal projecting in an axial direction from an outside region of the slot in a radial direction; and

a first inner-peripheral-side terminal projecting in the axial direction from an inside region of the slot in the radial direction, which is spaced apart on one side in the circumferential direction with respect to the slot from which the first outer-peripheral-side terminal projects; and

a plurality of second coils each including:

a second outer-peripheral-side terminal projecting in the axial direction from an outside region of the slot in the radial direction; and

a second inner-peripheral-side terminal projecting in the axial direction from an inside region of the slot in the radial direction, which is spaced apart on one side in the circumferential direction with respect to the slot from which the second outer-peripheral-side terminal projects,

wherein the plurality of first coils and the plurality of second coils are alternately arranged in the circumferential direction so that the first outer-peripheral-side terminal and the second inner-peripheral-side terminal project from the same slot, and that the first inner-peripheral-side terminal and the second outer-peripheral-side terminal project from the same slot,

wherein the first inner-peripheral-side terminal includes a first conductor-exposed portion,

wherein the second inner-peripheral-side terminal includes a second conductor-exposed portion opposed to the first conductor-exposed portion,

wherein an opposing portion, which is a portion at which the first conductor-exposed portion and the second conductor-exposed portion are opposed to each other, extends in the radial direction, and

wherein at least a part of the opposing portion is arranged on an inner side in the radial direction compared to the first outer-peripheral-side terminal and the second outer-peripheral-side terminal.

2. The rotating electric machine according to claim 1 ,

wherein the first inner-peripheral-side terminal includes:

a first base portion projecting in the axial direction from the slot; and

a first radially bent portion, which is connected to a distal end portion of the first base portion, and has a distal end portion bent so as to be directed toward an outer side in the radial direction,

wherein the second inner-peripheral-side terminal includes:

a second base portion projecting in the axial direction from the slot; and

a second radially bent portion, which is connected to a distal end portion of the second base portion, and has a distal end portion bent so as to be directed toward an outer side in the radial direction,

wherein a portion, at which the first inner-peripheral-side terminal of one coil of a pair of coils having different phases and the second inner-peripheral-side terminal of another coil overlap each other as seen in the axial direction, is defined as a cross point, and

wherein the cross point is arranged on an outer side in the radial direction with respect to the first radially bent portion and the second radially bent portion.

3. The rotating electric machine according to claim 2 ,

wherein the first inner-peripheral-side terminal includes:

a first inner bent portion, which is connected to a distal end portion of the first radially bent portion, and is bent along a perpendicular plane with respect to the axial direction so that a distal end portion thereof is arranged on an inner side in the radial direction compared to an intermediate portion;

a first oblique portion, which is connected to a distal end portion of the first inner bent portion, and is arranged along a perpendicular plane with respect to the axial direction so that a distal end portion thereof is arranged on an inner side in the radial direction compared to a base end portion thereof; and

a first outer bent portion, which is connected to a distal end portion of the first oblique portion, is bent along a perpendicular plane with respect to the axial direction so that a distal end portion thereof is directed toward an outer side in the radial direction, and has a base end portion of the first conductor-exposed portion connected to the distal end portion,

wherein the second inner-peripheral-side terminal includes:

a second inner bent portion, which is connected to a distal end portion of the second radially bent portion, and is bent along a perpendicular plane with respect to the axial direction so that a distal end portion thereof is arranged on an inner side in the radial direction compared to an intermediate portion;

a second oblique portion, which is connected to a distal end portion of the second inner bent portion, and is arranged along a perpendicular plane with respect to the axial direction so that a distal end portion thereof is arranged on an inner side in the radial direction compared to a base end portion thereof; and

a second outer bent portion, which is connected to a distal end portion of the second oblique portion, is bent along a perpendicular plane with respect to the axial direction so that a distal end portion thereof is directed toward an outer side in the radial direction, and has a base end portion of the second conductor-exposed portion connected to the distal end portion.

4. The rotating electric machine according to claim 2 , wherein a position of the first radially bent portion in the axial direction and a position of the second radially bent portion in the axial direction are different from each other.

5. The rotating electric machine according to claim 4 , wherein, for each of the plurality of first coils and the plurality of second coils, a position of the first radially bent portion in the axial direction and a position of the second radially bent portion in the axial direction are different from each other.

6. The rotating electric machine according to claim 2 , wherein the first radially bent portion and the second radially bent portion each are arranged closer to the armature core compared to a coil-end top portion in the axial direction.

7. A rotating electric machine, comprising:

an armature core having a plurality of slots arranged in a circumferential direction; and

a plurality of coils of distributed winding provided to the armature core,

wherein the plurality of the coils include:

a plurality of first coils each including:

a first outer-peripheral-side terminal projecting in an axial direction from an outside region of the slot in a radial direction; and

a first inner-peripheral-side terminal projecting in the axial direction from an inside region of the slot in the radial direction spaced apart on one side in the circumferential direction with respect to the slot from which the first outer-peripheral-side terminal projects;

a plurality of second coils each including:

a second outer-peripheral-side terminal projecting in the axial direction from an outside region of the slot in the radial direction; and

a second inner-peripheral-side terminal projecting in the axial direction from an inside region of the slot in the radial direction spaced apart on one side in the circumferential direction with respect to the slot from which the second outer-peripheral-side terminal projects, and

an additional wire provided over the first coil and the second coil,

wherein the plurality of first coils and the plurality of second coils are alternately arranged in the circumferential direction so that the first outer-peripheral-side terminal and the second inner-peripheral-side terminal project from the same slot and that the first inner-peripheral-side terminal and the second outer-peripheral-side terminal project from the same slot,

wherein the first inner-peripheral-side terminal includes a first conductor-exposed portion,

wherein the second inner-peripheral-side terminal includes a second conductor-exposed portion,

wherein the additional wire includes:

a first additional-wire conductor-exposed portion opposed to the first conductor-exposed portion; and

a second additional-wire conductor-exposed portion opposed to the second conductor-exposed portion,

wherein a first opposing portion being a portion, at which the first conductor-exposed portion and the first additional-wire conductor-exposed portion are opposed to each other, extends in the radial direction,

wherein a second opposing portion being a portion, at which the second conductor-exposed portion and the second additional-wire conductor-exposed portion are opposed to each other, extends in the radial direction, and

wherein at least a part of the first opposing portion and at least a part of the second opposing portion are arranged on an inner side in the radial direction compared to the first outer-peripheral-side terminal and the second outer-peripheral-side terminal.

8. The rotating electric machine according to claim 7 , wherein the additional wire is arranged closer to the armature core compared to a coil-end top portion in the axial direction.

9. The rotating electric machine according to claim 1 ,

wherein the plurality of first coils each include a plurality of first slot portions inserted into one slot,

wherein the plurality of second coils each include a plurality of second slot portions inserted into one slot,

wherein a base end portion of the first inner-peripheral-side terminal is connected to a first innermost slot portion being the first slot portion arranged on an innermost side in the radial direction among the plurality of first slot portions inserted into the one slot, and

wherein a base end portion of the second inner-peripheral-side terminal is connected to a second innermost slot portion being the second slot portion arranged on an innermost side in the radial direction among the plurality of the second slot portions inserted into the one slot.

10. The rotating electric machine according to claim 1 ,

wherein the plurality of first coils each include a plurality of first slot portions inserted into the one slot,

wherein the plurality of second coils each include a plurality of second slot portions inserted into the one slot,

wherein a base end portion of the first outer-peripheral-side terminal is connected to a first outermost slot portion being the first slot portion arranged on an outermost side in the radial direction among the plurality of first slot portions inserted into the one slot,

wherein a base end portion of the second outer-peripheral-side terminal is connected to a second outermost slot portion being the second slot portion arranged on an outermost side in the radial direction among the plurality of second slot portions inserted into the one slot, and

wherein the first outer-peripheral-side terminal and the second outer-peripheral-side terminal are each arranged so as to extend in the axial direction.

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 Oct 28, 2020
From: HINO, TATSURO; EGASHIRA, KOHEI; MATSUNAGA, SHINYA; HAYASAKA, YASUHIRO; MURATA, NORIHIRO; HASEGAWA, KAZUYA; ITO, KATSUYA
To: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 054197/0515 →