IP Library Granted Patent US 11,764,656
Granted Patent B2
US 11,764,656 · App. 17/757,561 · Granted Sep 19, 2023

Rotor support, rotor, motor, and wind turbine

Inventors: Yanhui Li (Beijing, CN); Liang Peng (Beijing, CN)
Assignee: XINJIANG GOLDWIND SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
H02K21/026F03D1/0691F03D9/25H02K7/183F05D2220/76
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Patent No.
US 11,764,656
App. No.
17/757,561
Granted
Sep 19, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

A rotor support, a rotor, a motor, and a wind turbine are provided. The rotor support includes a magnetic yoke and a reinforcement portion provided on a first side surface of the magnetic yoke; a second side surface of the magnetic yoke is configured to operably dispose a magnet of a rotor; the reinforcement portion covers each magnetic circuit area, which can generate a partial magnetic circuit, of the first side surface; the sum of the radial thicknesses of the reinforcement portion and the magnetic yoke overlapped is greater than a preset thickness, and the radial thickness of the magnetic yoke is less than the preset thickness.

Claims (59)

1. A rotor support, comprising:

a magnetic yoke having a first side face and a second side face on an opposite side of the first side face, wherein a plurality of magnets of a rotor are arranged on the second side face and each pair of adjacent magnets define a portion of the magnetic yoke between the pair of adjacent magnets as one of a plurality of magnetic circuit areas of the magnetic yoke; and

a reinforcing portion arranged on the first side face of the magnetic yoke;

wherein:

the reinforcing portion covers all of the plurality of magnetic circuit areas, and

a sum of radial thicknesses of the reinforcing portion and the magnetic yoke is greater than a preset thickness, and a radial thickness of the magnetic yoke is smaller than the preset thickness.

2. The rotor support according to claim 1 , wherein:

the reinforcing portion comprises a plurality of blocks,

the plurality of blocks are distributed at intervals along a circumferential direction of the magnetic yoke, and

each of the plurality of blocks covers at least one of the plurality of magnetic circuit areas.

3. The rotor support according to claim 2 , wherein each of the plurality of blocks is parallel to an axial direction of the magnetic yoke, and a length of each of the plurality of blocks is smaller than an axial length of the magnetic yoke.

4. The rotor support according to claim 1 , wherein:

the reinforcing portion is annular-shaped,

the reinforcing portion is arranged on the first side face in a surrounding manner, and

an axial dimension of the reinforcing portion is smaller than an axial dimension of the magnetic yoke.

5. The rotor support according to claim 1 , wherein:

the reinforcing portion is integrally formed with the magnetic yoke, or

the reinforcing portion and the magnetic yoke are connected by at least one of welding, riveting, bonding, or bolting.

6. A rotor, comprising:

a plurality of magnets; and

a rotor support, comprising:

a magnetic yoke having a first side face and a second side face on an opposite side of the first side face, wherein the plurality of magnets are arranged on the second side face and each pair of adjacent magnets define a portion of the magnetic yoke between the pair of adjacent magnets as one of a plurality of magnetic circuit areas of the magnetic yoke; and

a reinforcing portion arranged on the first side face of the magnetic yoke;

wherein:

the reinforcing portion covers all of the plurality of magnetic circuit areas; and

the plurality of magnets are distributed at intervals along a circumferential direction of the magnetic yoke.

7. The rotor according to claim 6 , wherein an end of the reinforcing portion extends beyond ends of the plurality of magnets in an axial direction of the magnetic yoke.

8. An electric machine, being a motor or a generator, comprising:

a stator; and

a rotor, comprising:

a plurality of magnets; and

a rotor support, comprising:

a magnetic yoke having a first side face and a second side face on an opposite side of the first side face, wherein the plurality of magnets are arranged on the second side face and each pair of adjacent magnets define a portion of the magnetic yoke between the pair of adjacent ma nets as one of a plurality of magnetic circuit areas of the magnetic yoke; and

a reinforcing portion arranged on the first side face of the magnetic yoke;

wherein:

the reinforcing portion covers all of the plurality of magnetic circuit areas; and

the plurality of magnets are distributed at intervals along a circumferential direction of the magnetic yoke; and

wherein the stator and the rotor are coaxially arranged.

9. The electric machine according to claim 8 , wherein the stator comprises a stator core, and an end of the reinforcing portion extends beyond an end of the stator core along an axial direction of the magnetic yoke.

10. A wind turbine, comprising the electric machine according to claim 8 , wherein the electric machine is a generator.

11. The electric machine according to claim 8 , wherein:

the reinforcing portion comprises a plurality of blocks;

the plurality of blocks are distributed at intervals along a circumferential direction of the magnetic yoke; and

each of the plurality of blocks covers at least one of the plurality of magnetic circuit areas.

12. The electric machine according to claim 11 , wherein each of the plurality of blocks is parallel to an axial direction of the magnetic yoke, and a length of each of the plurality of blocks is smaller than an axial length of the magnetic yoke.

13. The electric machine according to claim 8 , wherein:

the reinforcing portion is annular-shaped;

the reinforcing portion is arranged on the first side face in a surrounding manner; and

an axial dimension of the reinforcing portion is smaller than an axial dimension of the magnetic yoke.

14. The electric machine according to claim 8 , wherein an end of the reinforcing portion extends beyond ends of the plurality of magnets in an axial direction of the magnetic yoke.

15. The rotor according to claim 6 , wherein:

the reinforcing portion comprises a plurality of blocks;

the plurality of blocks are distributed at intervals along a circumferential direction of the magnetic yoke; and

each of the plurality of blocks covers at least one of the plurality of magnetic circuit areas.

16. The rotor according to claim 15 , wherein each of the plurality of blocks is parallel to an axial direction of the magnetic yoke, and a length of each of the plurality of blocks is smaller than an axial length of the magnetic yoke.

17. The rotor according to claim 6 , wherein:

the reinforcing portion is annular-shaped;

the reinforcing portion is arranged on the first side face in a surrounding manner; and

an axial dimension of the reinforcing portion is smaller than an axial dimension of the magnetic yoke.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Feb 12, 2024
From: XINJIANG GOLDWIND SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
To: GOLDWIND SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 066565/0869 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 17, 2022
From: LI, YANHUI; PENG, LIANG
To: XINJIANG GOLDWIND SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 060233/0137 →
Priority Claims (1)
CN 201911330518.0 · Dec 20, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
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