IP Library Granted Patent US 11,894,750
Granted Patent B2
US 11,894,750 · App. 17/421,230 · Granted Feb 6, 2024

Motor

Inventors: Jongsu Kim (Seoul, KR); Jungwook Moon (Seoul, KR); Changhum Jo (Seoul, KR); Minjung Kim (Seoul, KR); Taehee Kwak (Seoul, KR)
Assignee: LG Magna e-Powertrain Co., Ltd.
H02K5/203H02K5/15H02K9/19H02K9/193
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Patent No.
US 11,894,750
App. No.
17/421,230
Granted
Feb 6, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention relates to a motor comprising: a motor housing; a stator which is provided in the motor housing and has a coil; a rotor installed in the stator to be rotatable about a rotary shaft; and a spray hole which is formed in the circumferential surface of the rotor by passing through the circumferential surface in a radial direction and which sprays a cooling fluid in the motor housing onto the coil according to the rotation of the rotor. Therefore, cooling by oil convection can be accelerated while minimizing resistance due to the oil.

Claims (28)

1. A motor comprising:

a motor housing;

a stator provided inside the motor housing and having a coil;

a rotor provided with a rotor core and a plurality of end plates mounted on both ends of the rotor core, respectively, the rotor mounted inside the stator to be rotatable centering on a rotary shaft; and

a plurality of end covers mounted to cover both end portions of the motor housing,

wherein each of the plurality of end plates comprises:

a rib extending in a ring shape from an outer circumferential surface;

a plurality of spray holes formed through a circumferential surface of the rib in a radial direction to spray a cooling fluid inside the motor housing onto the coil in response to rotation of the rotor; and

a cooling fluid accommodating portion disposed at an inner side of the rib in the radial direction to communicate with the spray holes, the cooling fluid accommodating portion formed concavely in a thickness direction of the end plate and opened toward the end cover, and

wherein an axial protrusion length of the rib protruding in an axial direction from the outer circumferential surface of the end plate is shorter than an axial thickness of the end plate.

2. The motor of claim 1 , wherein the cooling fluid is oil or air.

3. The motor of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of spray holes is formed through the rib in a thickness direction of the rib.

4. The motor of claim 1 , wherein the cooling fluid is oil, and

wherein the cooling fluid accommodating portion is formed such that a part of an outer end portion is covered by the rib and oil dropped down from an inner side of the coil is accommodated through another part of the outer end portion opened from the rib.

5. The motor of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of end covers is disposed on both ends of the motor housing, and

wherein the cooling fluid accommodating portion extends in a circumferential direction of the end plate.

6. The motor of claim 1 , wherein the cooling fluid is sprayed to an inner side of the coil from an outer circumferential surface of the rotor through the plurality of spray holes.

7. The motor of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of spray holes is formed in a circular shape or an elliptical shape.

8. The motor of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of spray holes is disposed at both end portions of a circumferential surface of the rotor to be spaced apart from one another in a circumferential direction.

9. The motor of claim 1 , wherein each of the plurality of spray holes extends in a circumferential direction to be longer than a width thereof.

10. The motor of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of spray holes extends long in an oblique direction.

11. The motor of claim 1 , further comprising:

an oil flow path formed inside the motor housing; and

an oil outlet formed in an upper portion of the motor housing in a thickness direction and having both ends communicating with the oil flow path and an inner space of the motor housing, respectively, such that oil is supplied to the coil.

12. The motor of claim 1 , wherein each of the plurality of end covers is provided with a bearing accommodating portion, and

wherein each of the plurality of end plates comprises:

a plurality of oil injection nozzles disposed inside the cooling fluid accommodating portion to spray oil transferred from an inner flow path formed in the rotor core to the bearing accommodating portion; and

oil headers extending in a circumferential direction from one surface of the end plate to connect the inner flow path and one end portion of each of the oil injection nozzles so as to distribute the oil into the plurality of oil injection nozzles.

Assignments (5)
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE ASSIGNEE'S COUNTRY OF RECORD PREVIOUSLY RECORDED ON REEL 056812 FRAME 0669. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE ASSIGNMENT. Recorded Nov 22, 2021
From: KIM, JONGSU; MOON, JUNGWOOK; JO, CHANGHUM; KIM, MINJUNG; KWAK, TAEHEE
To: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
Reel/Frame 058217/0426 →
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE ASSIGNEE'S COUNTRY OF RECORD PREVIOUSLY RECORDED ON REEL 057306 FRAME 0109. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE ASSIGNMENT. Recorded Nov 22, 2021
From: KIM, JONGSU; MOON, JUNGWOOK; JO, CHANGHUM; KIM, MINJUNG; KWAK, TAEHEE
To: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
Reel/Frame 058217/0482 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 30, 2021
From: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
To: LG MAGNA E-POWERTRAIN CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 057654/0676 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 27, 2021
From: KIM, JONGSU; MOON, JUNGWOOK; JO, CHANGHUM; KIM, MINJUNG; KWAK, TAEHEE
To: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
Reel/Frame 057306/0109 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 10, 2021
From: KIM, JONGSU; MOON, JUNGWOOK; JO, CHANGHUM; KIM, MINJUNG; KWAK, TAEHEE
To: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
Reel/Frame 056812/0669 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2019-0001819 · Jan 7, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
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