Brushless rotary electric machine
Provided is a brushless AC generator for a vehicle, with improved cooling performance for an exiting core and an exciting coil. In the brushless AC generator for the vehicle, a rotor includes: magnetic-pole cores fixed to a shaft; a cylindrical exciting core fixed to a rear bracket, the exciting core being inserted into one of the magnetic-pole cores; and an exciting coil formed by winding a conductor around a minor-diameter portion of the exciting core. The rear bracket includes: vent holes for the rotor, through which cooling air generated by rotation of a cooling fin passes, the vent holes for the rotor being formed around a bearing housing portion for housing a rear bearing therein; and a guiding portion including an air duct for guiding the cooling air, which has passed through the vent holes for the rotor, to the exciting core.
1. A brushless rotary electric machine, comprising:
a case comprising a pair of a first bracket and a second bracket, which are opposed to each other;
a stator fixed to the case;
a shaft having two ends rotatably supported respectively by the first bracket and the second bracket through an intermediation of bearings;
a rotor provided to the shaft; and
a cooling fan fixed to the shaft,
wherein:
the rotor comprises: magnetic-pole cores fixed to the shaft; a cylindrical exciting core fixed to the first bracket, the exciting core being inserted into one of the magnetic-pole cores; and an exciting coil formed by winding a conductor around a minor-diameter portion of the exciting core; and
the first bracket comprises: vent holes for the rotor, through which cooling air generated by rotation of the cooling fan passes, the vent holes for the rotor being formed around a bearing housing portion for housing the bearing therein; and a guiding portion comprising an air duct for guiding the cooling air, which has passed through the vent holes for the rotor, to the exciting core; and
the first bracket comprises cooling fins which divide each of the vent holes for the rotor into a plurality of vent hole portions for the rotor.
2. A brushless rotary electric machine according to claim 1 , wherein the guiding portion has a radial dimension increasing along an axially inward direction.
3. A brushless rotary electric machine according to claim 1 , wherein each of the cooling fins is provided to extend inwardly in an axial direction to reach an end surface of the exciting core.
4. A brushless rotary electric machine according to claim 1 , wherein the first bracket and the exciting core are in close contact with each other through an intermediation of a thermally-conductive compound therebetween.
5. A brushless rotary electric machine according to claim 1 , wherein the brushless rotary electric machine comprises a brushless AC generator for a vehicle.