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US 12,695,342 · App. 18/473,481 · Granted Jul 28, 2026

Interior magnet rotor and interior magnet rotary electric machine

Inventor: Daisuke Mori (Yokkaichi Mie, JP)
Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba; Toshiba Infrastructure Systems & Solutions Corporation
H02K1/276
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 12,695,342
App. No.
18/473,481
Filed
Sep 25, 2023
Granted
Jul 28, 2026
Kind
B2
Examiner
MOK, ALEX W
Art Unit
2834
USPC
310/156.56
Abstract

According to an embodiment, an interior magnet rotor includes a rotor shaft extending in a rotation axis direction, a rotor core, and a plurality of permanent magnets. The rotor core has at least one magnet housing hole formed in each magnetic pole and sandwiched by a first wall and a second wall, and is attached to the rotor shaft. The plurality of permanent magnets are housed in the magnet housing hole and are arranged in a row in one direction in a cross section of the magnet housing hole. The permanent magnets each have a substantially rectangular parallelepiped outer shape and have slopes formed over a longitudinal direction on two corners opposite to each other.

Claims (11)

1 . An interior magnet rotor comprising:

a rotor shaft extending in a rotation axis direction;

a rotor core that has at least one magnet housing hole formed in each magnetic pole and sandwiched by a first wall and a second wall, and that is attached to the rotor shaft; and

a plurality of permanent magnets housed in the magnet housing hole and arranged in a row in one direction in a cross section of the magnet housing hole,

wherein the plurality of permanent magnets each have a substantially rectangular parallelepiped outer shape and have slopes formed over a longitudinal direction on two corners opposite to each other,

wherein the first wall and the second wall of the magnet housing hole respectively have a first holding projection and a second holding projection that project to the magnet housing hole to hold the plurality of permanent magnets, and

wherein in the permanent magnets, facing portions facing the first holding projection and the second holding projection respectively are corners where the slopes are not formed.

2 . An interior magnet rotary electric machine comprising:

the interior magnet rotor according to claim 1 ; and

a stator having a stator core and stator windings wound around the stator core.

3 . The interior magnet rotor according to claim 1 , wherein the plurality of permanent magnets are arranged in a row with the slopes being in the same orientation.

Assignments (2)
MERGER Recorded Jul 16, 2025
From: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA; TOSHIBA INFRASTRUCTURE SYSTEMS & SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
To: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
Reel/Frame 071978/0946 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 25, 2023
From: MORI, DAISUKE
To: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA; TOSHIBA INFRASTRUCTURE SYSTEMS & SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 065008/0368 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2022-134141 · Aug 25, 2022 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTJP2022038530 · Oct 17, 2022
Related Publication 20240072583A1 · Feb 29, 2024
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