Rotating electrical machine with biased bobbin
An electrical machine includes a back-yoke engagement portion including a convex portion for a back yoke portion formed on an outer-diameter surface of a pair of back yoke-side coil retaining pieces and a shoe engagement portion including a convex portion for a shoe portion. By the convex portion for the back yoke portion and the convex portion for the shoe portion, the back yoke-side coil retaining pieces and shoe-side coil retaining pieces are biased toward a stator core.
1. A rotating electrical machine, comprising:
a rotor rotatable about a shaft; and
a stator provided so as to surround the rotor, the stator comprising a stator core and a coil mounted to the stator core by winding a conductor wire around the stator core through an insulating bobbin therebetween, the stator core comprising:
a back yoke portion having a ring-like shape;
a plurality of tooth portions provided at intervals in a circumferential direction so that distal end portions of the plurality of tooth portions project from the back yoke portion in an axial core direction; and
shoe portions provided at the distal end portions of the plurality of tooth portions to project in the circumferential direction, wherein:
the insulating bobbin comprises a first insulating bobbin portion and a second insulating bobbin portion inserted onto both end surfaces of the stator core in an axial direction, respectively;
each of the first insulating bobbin portion and the second insulating bobbin portion comprises:
a back yoke engagement portion having an L-like sectional shape, the back yoke engagement portion being configured to be brought into engagement with the back yoke portion;
a shoe engagement portion to be brought into engagement with each of the shoe portions; and
a coil winding portion having a U-like sectional shape, around which the conductor wire is to be wound, the coil winding portion having an opening portion on an inner side thereof, into which each of the plurality of tooth portions is to be inserted;
the back yoke engagement portion comprises a convex portion for the back yoke portion, which is configured to be brought into contact with an inner-diameter surface of the back yoke portion, the convex portion protruding from at least one of outer-diameter surfaces of a pair of back yoke-side coil retaining pieces opposed to the inner-diameter surface of the back yoke portion;
the shoe engagement portion comprises a convex portion for the each of the shoe portions, which is configured to be brought into contact with an outer-diameter surface of the each of the shoe portions, the convex portion protruding from at least one of inner-diameter surfaces of a pair of shoe-side coil retaining pieces opposed to the outer-diameter surface of the each of the shoe portions; and
the pair of back yoke-side coil retaining pieces and the pair of shoe-side coil retaining pieces are respectively biased away from the inner-diameter surface of the back yoke portion and the outer-diameter surface of the each of the shoe portions by the convex portion for the back yoke portion and the convex portion for the each of the shoe portions.
2. A rotating electrical machine according to claim 1 , wherein the convex portions for the back yoke portion and the convex portions for the each of the shoe portions are respectively formed on both sides in a horizontal direction with respect to a center line of the each of the plurality of tooth portions.
3. A rotating electrical machine according to claim 1 , wherein the convex portion for the back yoke portion and the convex portion for the each of the shoe portions are formed at positions to which distances in the circumferential direction from a center line of the each of the plurality of tooth portions are different.
4. A rotating electrical machine according to claim 1 , wherein a distance to the convex portion for the back yoke portion and a distance to the convex portion for the each of the shoe portions from the end surface of the stator core along the axial direction are the same.
5. A rotating electrical machine according to claim 1 , wherein the convex portion for the back yoke portion and the convex portion for the each of the shoe portions are formed on the end surface side of the stator core.
6. A rotating electrical machine according to claim 1 , wherein the rotating electrical machine comprises an electrical machine for an electrical power steering device.
7. A rotating electrical machine, comprising:
a rotor rotatable about a shaft; and
a stator provided so as to surround the rotor, the stator comprising a stator core and a coil mounted to the stator core by winding a conductor wire around the stator core through an insulating bobbin therebetween, the stator core comprising:
a back yoke portion having a ring-like shape;
a plurality of tooth portions provided at intervals in a circumferential direction so that distal end portions of the plurality of tooth portions project from the back yoke portion in an axial core direction; and
shoe portions provided at the distal end portions of the plurality of tooth portions to project in the circumferential direction, wherein:
the insulating bobbin comprises a first insulating bobbin portion and a second insulating bobbin portion inserted onto both end surfaces of the stator core in an axial direction, respectively;
each of the first insulating bobbin portion and the second insulating bobbin portion comprises:
a back yoke engagement portion having an L-like sectional shape, the back yoke engagement portion being configured to be brought into engagement with the back yoke portion;
a shoe engagement portion to be brought into engagement with each of the shoe portions; and
a coil winding portion having a U-like sectional shape, around which the conductor wire is to be wound, the coil winding portion having an opening portion on an inner side thereof, into which each of the plurality of tooth portions is to be inserted;
the back yoke engagement portion comprises a convex portion for the back yoke portion, which is configured to be brought into contact with an inner-diameter surface of the back yoke portion, the convex portion being formed on at least one of outer-diameter surfaces of a pair of back yoke-side coil retaining pieces opposed to the inner-diameter surface of the back yoke portion;
the shoe engagement portion comprises a convex portion for the each of the shoe portions, which is configured to be brought into contact with an outer-diameter surface of the each of the shoe portions, the convex portion being formed on at least one of inner-diameter surfaces of a pair of shoe-side coil retaining pieces opposed to the outer-diameter surface of the each of the shoe portions;
the pair of back yoke-side coil retaining pieces and the pair of shoe-side coil retaining pieces are respectively biased away from the inner-diameter surface of the back yoke portion and the outer-diameter surface of the each of the shoe portions by the convex portion for the back yoke portion and the convex portion for the each of the shoe portions; and
the convex portions for the back yoke portion and the convex portions for the each of the shoe portions are respectively formed on both sides in a horizontal direction with respect to a center line of the each of the plurality of tooth portions.
8. A rotating electrical machine, comprising:
a rotor rotatable about a shaft; and
a stator provided so as to surround the rotor, the stator comprising a stator core and a coil mounted to the stator core by winding a conductor wire around the stator core through an insulating bobbin therebetween, the stator core comprising:
a back yoke portion having a ring-like shape;
a plurality of tooth portions provided at intervals in a circumferential direction so that distal end portions of the plurality of tooth portions project from the back yoke portion in an axial core direction; and
shoe portions provided at the distal end portions of the plurality of tooth portions to project in the circumferential direction, wherein:
the insulating bobbin comprises a first insulating bobbin portion and a second insulating bobbin portion inserted onto both end surfaces of the stator core in an axial direction, respectively;
each of the first insulating bobbin portion and the second insulating bobbin portion comprises:
a back yoke engagement portion having an L-like sectional shape, the back yoke engagement portion being configured to be brought into engagement with the back yoke portion;
a shoe engagement portion to be brought into engagement with each of the shoe portions; and
a coil winding portion having a U-like sectional shape, around which the conductor wire is to be wound, the coil winding portion having an opening portion on an inner side thereof, into which each of the plurality of tooth portions is to be inserted;
the back yoke engagement portion comprises a convex portion for the back yoke portion, which is configured to be brought into contact with an inner-diameter surface of the back yoke portion, the convex portion being formed on at least one of outer-diameter surfaces of a pair of back yoke-side coil retaining pieces opposed to the inner-diameter surface of the back yoke portion;
the shoe engagement portion comprises a convex portion for the each of the shoe portions, which is configured to be brought into contact with an outer-diameter surface of the each of the shoe portions, the convex portion being formed on at least one of inner-diameter surfaces of a pair of shoe-side coil retaining pieces opposed to the outer-diameter surface of the each of the shoe portions;
the pair of back yoke-side coil retaining pieces and the pair of shoe-side coil retaining pieces are respectively biased away from the inner-diameter surface of the back yoke portion and the outer-diameter surface of the each of the shoe portions by the convex portion for the back yoke portion and the convex portion for the each of the shoe portions; and
the convex portion for the back yoke portion and the convex portion for the each of the shoe portions are formed at positions to which distances in the circumferential direction from a center line of the each of the plurality of tooth portions are different.