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US 12,640,611 · App. 18/606,098 · Granted May 26, 2026

Motor with neutral movement restriction part

Inventors: Takashi Hori (Kasugai, JP); Shoji Mano (Kasugai, JP); Masahiro Hasegawa (Kasugai, JP)
Assignee: AICHI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
H02K3/522H02K1/146H02K21/16F25B31/026H02K2203/12
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Patent No.
US 12,640,611
App. No.
18/606,098
Granted
May 26, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A motor includes a rotor and a stator having a tubular stator core, first and second electrical insulators arranged on first and second axial ends of the stator care and a stator winding. Each of the first and second electrical insulators includes an outer wall part, inner wall parts and body parts. The stator winding includes first, second and third phase stator windings and each of the windings has winding parts respectively wound around teeth of the stator core, a first lead part and a second lead part. Each of the first lead parts is connected to a power supply, and each of the second lead parts is connected in common to a neutral point part. The outer wall part of the first electrical insulator assembly includes a first movement restriction part that restricts movement of the neutral point part.

Claims (45)

1 . A motor, comprising a rotor and a stator, wherein:

the stator includes a tubular stator core extending in an axial direction, first and second electrical insulator assemblies that are arranged respectively on a first side and a second side of the stator core in the axial direction, and a stator winding;

the stator core includes a yoke extending in a circumferential direction around an axis of the stator core, and a plurality of teeth each extending radially inward from the yoke;

each of the first and second electrical insulator assemblies includes an outer wall part that extends in the circumferential direction and the axial direction, inner wall parts each of which is arranged radially inward of the outer wall part and extends in the circumferential direction and the axial direction, and body parts each of which is arranged on the stator core side in the axial direction between the outer wall part and each of the inner wall parts and extends radially;

the stator winding includes first, second and third phase stator windings each including at least one winding part, a first lead part and a second lead part, the winding parts being respectively wound around the teeth of the stator core, each of the first lead parts being connected to a power supply, and each of the second lead parts being connected in common to a neutral point part;

the outer wall part of the first electrical insulator assembly includes at least one movement restriction part configured to restrict movement of the neutral point part;

the at least one movement restriction part comprises at least one first movement restriction part configured to restrict the neutral point part from moving radially inward and radially outward and toward the second side in the axial direction;

the outer wall part of the first electrical insulator assembly includes at least one first projection protruding toward the first side in the axial direction;

the at least one first projection has a groove that extends in the circumferential direction and is open on the first side in the axial direction and is configured such that the neutral point part is insertable therein;

the at least one first movement restriction part comprises the groove; and

the groove is closed on the first side in the circumferential direction and/or on the second side in the circumferential direction.

2 . The motor as defined in claim 1 , wherein the first movement restriction part is configured to restrict movement of the neutral point part toward the first side in the circumferential direction and/or toward the second side in the circumferential direction.

3 . The motor as defined in claim 1 , wherein the groove is open on the first side or on the second side in the circumferential direction.

4 . The motor as defined in claim 1 , wherein the at least one movement restriction part further comprises at least one second movement restriction part configured to restrict circumferential movement of the neutral point part in at least one direction.

5 . The motor as defined in claim 4 , wherein:

the outer wall part of the first electrical insulator assembly further includes at least one second projection protruding toward the first side in the axial direction;

the at least one second projection is circumferentially spaced apart from the at least one first projection; and

the at least one second movement restriction part comprises the at least one second projection.

6 . The motor as defined in claim 5 , wherein the groove is open on the first side or on the second side in the circumferential direction.

7 . The motor as defined in claim 6 , wherein:

the first movement restriction part is disposed on a first side of the at least one first projection in the circumferential direction and the second movement restriction part is disposed on a second side of the at least one first projection in the circumferential direction; and

the first movement restriction part is configured to restrict movement of the neutral point part toward the first side in the circumferential direction, and the second movement restriction part is configured to restrict movement of the neutral point part toward the second side in the circumferential direction.

8 . The motor as defined in claim 7 , wherein the first and second movement restriction parts are protrusions.

9 . The motor as defined in claim 8 , wherein the neutral point part comprises a neutral point bus bar.

10 . The motor as defined in claim 8 , further comprising a cover that is arranged on the first side of the first electrical insulator assembly in the axial direction.

11 . The motor as defined in claim 4 , wherein the first and second movement restriction parts are protrusions.

12 . The motor as defined in claim 1 , wherein the neutral point part comprises a neutral point bus bar.

13 . The motor as defined in claim 1 , further comprising a cover that is arranged on the first side of the first electrical insulator assembly in the axial direction.

14 . A motor, comprising a rotor and a stator, wherein:

the stator includes a tubular stator core extending in an axial direction, first and second electrical insulator assemblies that are arranged respectively on a first side and a second side of the stator core in the axial direction, and a stator winding;

the stator core includes a yoke extending in a circumferential direction around an axis of the stator core, and a plurality of teeth each extending radially inward from the yoke;

each of the first and second electrical insulator assemblies includes an outer wall part that extends in the circumferential direction and the axial direction, inner wall parts each of which is arranged radially inward of the outer wall part and extends in the circumferential direction and the axial direction, and body parts each of which is arranged on the stator core side in the axial direction between the outer wall part and each of the inner wall parts and extends radially;

the stator winding includes first, second and third phase stator windings each including at least one winding part, a first lead part and a second lead part, the winding parts being respectively wound around the teeth of the stator core, each of the first lead parts being connected to a power supply, and each of the second lead parts being connected in common to a neutral point part;

the outer wall part of the first electrical insulator assembly includes at least one first movement restriction part and at least one second movement restriction part;

the at least one first movement restriction part is configured to restrict the neutral point part from moving radially inward and radially outward and toward the second side in the axial direction; and

the at least one second movement restriction part is configured to restrict circumferential movement of the neutral point part in at least one direction.

15 . The motor as defined in claim 14 , wherein:

the outer wall part of the first electrical insulator assembly includes at least one first projection protruding toward the first side in the axial direction;

the at least one first projection has a groove that extends in the circumferential direction and is open on the first side in the axial direction and is configured such that the neutral point part is insertable therein; and

the at least one first movement restriction part comprises the groove.

16 . The motor as defined in claim 15 , wherein the first movement restriction part is configured to restrict movement of the neutral point part toward a first side in the circumferential direction and/or toward a second side in the circumferential direction.

17 . The motor as defined in claim 16 , wherein the groove is closed on the first side in the circumferential direction and/or on the second side in the circumferential direction.

18 . The motor as defined in claim 16 , wherein the groove is open on the first side and/or on the second side in the circumferential direction.

19 . The motor as defined in claim 14 , wherein the first movement restriction part is configured to restrict movement of the neutral point part toward a first side in the circumferential direction, and the second movement restriction part is configured to restrict movement of the neutral point part toward a second side in the circumferential direction.

20 . The motor as defined in claim 14 , wherein the first and second movement restriction parts are protrusions.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 20, 2024
From: HORI, TAKASHI; MANO, SHOJI; HASEGAWA, MASAHIRO
To: AICHI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 067459/0396 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2023-053999 · Mar 29, 2023 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20240333069A1 · Oct 3, 2024
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