IP Library Granted Patent US 8,154,163
Granted Patent B2
US 8,154,163 · App. 12/422,699 · Granted Apr 10, 2012

Electric power collection/distribution ring of rotary electric machine

Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
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Patent No.
US 8,154,163
App. No.
12/422,699
Granted
Apr 10, 2012
Kind
B2
Abstract

An electric power collection/distribution ring of a rotary electric machine including: a plurality of ring shaped bus rings each of which is to be connected to one of a plurality of coils provided in the rotary electric machine, the coils each corresponding to phases of the rotary electric machine; a plurality of fixing member which are fixed to the bus rings and arranged along the circumferential direction thereof; and a plurality of connection terminals which are fixed to the bus rings and arranged along said circumferential direction, and which can be connected with one of leader line sections of the coils.

Claims (51)

1. An electric power collection/distribution ring of a rotary electric machine comprising:

a plurality of ring shaped bus rings each of which is formed by a conducting wire formed in a ring shape and is to be connected to one of a plurality of coils provided in the rotary electric machine, the coils each corresponding to phases of the rotary electric machine;

a plurality of fixing members which are fixed to the bus rings and arranged along the circumferential direction thereof; and

a plurality of connection terminals which are separately formed from the bus rings and are fixed to the bus rings and arranged along said circumferential direction, and which can be connected with one of leader line sections of the coils.

2. The electric power collection/distribution ring of a rotary electric machine according to claim 1 , wherein:

the connection terminals extends radially inward from the bus rings;

the fixing members are formed by performing molding of resin material on the bus rings; and

the connection terminals and the fixing members are arranged so as not to overlap on each other in said circumferential direction.

3. The electric power collection/distribution ring of a rotary electric machine according to claim 1 , wherein

insulating members that each hold one of the coils has a holding member which positions and fixes one of the leader line sections of the coils.

4. The electric power collection/distribution ring of a rotary electric machine according to claim 3 , wherein

each of the holding members is arranged in a position displaced from the center axis of the insulating members in said circumferential direction.

5. An electric power collection/distribution ring of a rotary electric machine comprising:

a plurality of ring shaped bus rings each of which is to be connected to one of a plurality of coils provided in the rotary electric machine, the coils each corresponding to phases of the rotary electric machine;

a plurality of fixing members which are fixed to the bus rings and arranged along the circumferential direction thereof; and

a plurality of connection terminals which are fixed to the bus rings and arranged along said circumferential direction, and which can be connected with one of leader line sections of the coils, wherein:

insulating members that each hold one of the coils has a holding member which positions and fixes one of the leader line sections of the coils,

the connection terminals have: a bus ring fixing section which is fixed on the bus rings; an extended section which extends radially inward from the bus ring fixing section; and a coil connection section to be connected with the leader line section of the coils in a tip of the extended section;

the bus ring fixing section and the coil connection section are arranged so that positions thereof overlap on each other in said circumferential direction;

the holding member is arranged in between the bus ring fixing section and the coil connection section; and

the extended section includes a bypass section which bypasses the holding member.

6. An electric power collection/distribution ring of a rotary electric machine comprising:

a plurality of ring shaped bus rings each of which is to be connected to one of a plurality of coils provided in the rotary electric machine, the coils each corresponding to phases of the rotary electric machine;

a plurality of fixing members which are fixed to the bus rings and arranged along the circumferential direction thereof; and

a plurality of connection terminals which are fixed to the bus rings and arranged along said circumferential direction, and which can be connected with one of leader line sections of the coils, wherein:

the connection terminals are provided with: a bus ring fixing section which is fixed on one of the bus rings; an extended curvature section which extends radially inward from the bus ring fixing section and that curves in said circumferential direction; and a coil connection section which is to be connected with one of the leader line sections in a tip of the extended curvature section; and

the coil connection section is arranged on the inner side of the fixing members in the radial direction of the bus ring.

7. The electric power collection/distribution ring according to claim 6 , wherein

the bus rings are sandwiched at both sides thereof by the fixing members so as to be mutually fixed.

8. The electric power collection/distribution ring according to claim 6 , wherein

insulating members that each hold one of the coils has a holding member which positions and fixes one of the leader line sections of the coils.

9. The electric power collection/distribution ring according to claim 8 , wherein

each of the holding members is arranged in a position displaced from the center axis of the coils in said circumferential direction.

10. The electric power collection/distribution ring according to claim 1 , wherein

the bus rings are sandwiched at both sides thereof by the fixing members so as to be mutually fixed.

11. The electric power collection/distribution ring according to claim 10 , wherein

insulating members that each hold one of the coils has a holding member which positions and fixes one of the leader line sections of the coils.

12. The electric power collection/distribution ring according to claim 11 , wherein

each of the holding members is arranged in a position displaced from the center axis of the coils in said circumferential direction.

13. A stator comprising:

the electric power collection/distribution ring of a rotary electric machine according to claim 1 ; and

an electric power collection/distribution ring housing section that houses the electric power collection/distribution ring, wherein:

the electric power collection/distribution ring housing section has an insulating member that holds the coils; and

the insulating member has a holding member that positions and fixes one of the leader line sections of the coils.

14. An electric power collection/distribution ring of a rotary electric machine comprising:

a plurality of ring shaped bus rings each of which is to be connected to one of a plurality of coils provided in the rotary electric machine, the coils each corresponding to phases of the rotary electric machine;

a plurality of fixing members which are fixed to the bus rings and arranged along the circumferential direction thereof; and

a plurality of connection terminals which are fixed to the bus rings and arranged along said circumferential direction, and which can be connected with one of leader line sections of the coils, wherein

insulating members that each hold one of the coils has a holding member including an inner holding section and an outer holding section that are separately disposed so as to be aligned along the radial direction of the bus rings and that each positions and fixed one of the leader line sections of the coils,

the connection terminals each comprises a bus ring fixing section fixed to one of the bus rings, and a coil connection section connected to one of the leader line sections, and

the coil connection section is capable of being positioned in between the inner holding section and the outer holding section.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 14, 2009
From: INOUE, MASASHI; SATO, HIROYUKI; NAKAJIMA, MINORU
To: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 022527/0884 →
Priority Claims (2)
JP P2008-105539 · Apr 15, 2008 · national
JP P2008-105540 · Apr 15, 2008 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20090256439A1 · Oct 15, 2009