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Granted Patent B2
US 12,362,626 · App. 18/018,758 · Granted Jul 15, 2025

Rotary electrical machine

Inventors: Takuma Nomiyama (Tokyo, JP); Yuki Ito (Tokyo, JP); Kenji Oura (Tokyo, JP); Yuki Yasuoka (Tokyo, JP); Takaaki Yoshizawa (Kanagawa, JP)
Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES ENGINE & TURBOCHARGER, LTD.
H02K5/203H02K5/20H02K9/19
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Patent No.
US 12,362,626
App. No.
18/018,758
Granted
Jul 15, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided is a technology that can sufficiently suppress the temperature rise of a rotary electrical machine. A rotary electrical machine includes a main body part 10 including a rotator and a stator, and a casing part 20 that houses the main body part 10 . The casing part 20 includes a first housing part 5 that surrounds the main body part 10 from a peripheral direction, and a second housing part 6 that houses a bearing for rotatably supporting a rotating shaft 2 . The casing part 20 is formed with a cooling passage R extending from an inlet Rs for cooling medium to an outlet Re for cooling medium and not branching off in the middle. The cooling passage R includes a first cooling passage portion R 1 that passes through the inside of the first housing part 5 and a second cooling passage portion R 2 that passes through the inside of the second housing part 6.

Claims (29)

1. A rotary electrical machine, comprising:

a main body part that includes a rotor and a stator; and

a casing part that houses the main body part, wherein

the casing part includes

a first housing part that surrounds the main body part from a peripheral direction, and

a second housing part that houses a bearing for rotatably supporting a rotating shaft,

the casing part is formed with a cooling passage extending from an inlet for cooling medium to an outlet for cooling medium and not branching off in a middle, and

the cooling passage includes a first cooling passage portion and a communication passage portion that passes through inside of the first housing part and a second cooling passage portion that passes through inside of the second housing part,

the second cooling passage portion includes:

two extension spaces communicates with the first cooling passage portion or the communication passage portion, and protrude radially inward from the first cooling passage portion; and

C-shaped space that communicates with the two extension spaces at both ends and surrounds a part of the entire circumference of a housing through hole in which the bearing is housed, as viewed from the axial direction,

the two extension spaces includes a first extension space communicating with the communication passage portion in which the inlet for the cooling medium is provided, and a second extension space communicating with the first cooling passage portion in which the outlet for the cooling medium is provided,

one end of the C-shaped space communicates with the first extension space, and the other end communicates with the second extension space.

2. The rotary electrical machine according to claim 1 , wherein

the first housing part has a hollow space surrounding the main body part from a peripheral direction and having an opened end portion in an axial direction,

the opened end portion in the hollow space is closed by the second housing part, and

at least a part of the hollow space forms the first cooling passage portion.

3. The rotary electrical machine according to claim 2 , wherein

the second housing part is provided on one side and another side in an axial direction of the first housing part, and

the second cooling passage portion is provided to only one of the two second housing parts.

4. The rotary electrical machine according to claim 2 , wherein

the second housing part is provided on one side and another side in an axial direction of the first housing part, and

the second cooling passage portion is provided to the two second housing parts.

5. The rotary electrical machine according to claim 1 , wherein

the second housing part is provided on one side and another side in an axial direction of the first housing part, and

the second cooling passage portion is provided to only one of the two second housing parts.

6. The rotary electrical machine according to claim 1 , wherein

the second housing part is provided on one side and another side in an axial direction of the first housing part, and

the second cooling passage portion is provided to the two second housing parts.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 30, 2023
From: NOMIYAMA, TAKUMA; ITO, YUKI; OURA, KENJI; YASUOKA, YUKI; YOSHIZAWA, TAKAAKI
To: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES ENGINE & TURBOCHARGER, LTD.
Reel/Frame 062534/0666 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2020-160840 · Sep 25, 2020 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20230307981A1 · Sep 28, 2023
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