IP Library Granted Patent US 9,806,567
Granted Patent B2
US 9,806,567 · App. 14/718,891 · Granted Oct 31, 2017

Waterproof motor

Inventors: Tsung-Yin Lee (Taoyuan County, TW); Po-Hao Yu (Taoyuan County, TW); Yi-Ching Chiu (Taoyuan County, TW); Cheng-Chieh Liang (Taoyuan County, TW)
Assignee: DELTA ELECTRONICS, INC.
H02K1/16F04D17/08F04D19/002F04D25/0613F04D29/053F04D29/281F04D29/325F04D29/329F04D29/646H02K1/2786H02K1/30H02K5/10H02K5/225H02K7/14H02K9/06
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Patent No.
US 9,806,567
App. No.
14/718,891
Granted
Oct 31, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

A waterproof motor includes: a recess ( 15 ) and a shaft tube ( 11 ) disposed upright on one side ( 105 ) of a base ( 1 ); a waterproof cover ( 2 ) covering the one side ( 105 ) of the base ( 1 ) and having a through hole 21 correspondingly enclosing the shaft tube ( 11 ) and a protruding portion ( 22 ) correspondingly engaging the recess ( 15 ), a first space ( 18 ) formed between the waterproof cover ( 2 ) and the one side ( 105 ) of the base ( 1 ); a first circuit board ( 3 ) disposed inside the first space ( 18 ) and having a plurality of sensors ( 31, 32 ); a housing ( 6 ) having an opening ( 69 ) and connected to the other side ( 106 ) of the base ( 1 ); an insulation plate ( 7 ) covering the opening of the housing ( 6 ), a second space ( 68 ) opposite to the first space ( 18 ) formed between the insulation plate ( 7 ) and the housing ( 6 ).

Claims (21)

1. A motor comprising:

a base ( 1 ) including a shaft tube ( 11 ) and a recess ( 15 ), the shaft tube ( 11 ) disposed upright on one side ( 105 ) of the base ( 1 ), the recess ( 15 ) surrounding the shaft tube ( 11 );

a cover ( 2 ) covering the one side ( 105 ) of the base ( 1 ), the cover ( 2 ) including a through hole ( 21 ), correspondingly enclosing the shaft tube ( 11 ), and a protruding portion ( 22 ) for corresponding engagement with the recess ( 15 ), a first space ( 18 ) being formed between the cover ( 2 ) and the one side ( 105 ) of the base ( 1 );

a first circuit board ( 3 ) disposed in the first space ( 18 ) and including a plurality of sensors ( 31 , 32 );

a housing ( 6 ) including an opening ( 69 ) and connected to the other side ( 106 ) of the base ( 1 );

an insulation plate ( 7 ) covering the opening of the housing ( 6 ), a second space ( 68 ) opposite to the first space ( 18 ) being formed between the insulation plate ( 7 ) and the housing ( 6 );

a second circuit board ( 8 ) disposed in the second space ( 68 ); and

a plurality of airtight gaskets including a first airtight gasket ( 25 ) disposed between the cover ( 2 ) and the one side ( 105 ) of the base ( 1 ), a second airtight gasket ( 26 ) disposed between the cover ( 2 ) and the shaft tube ( 11 ), and a third airtight gasket ( 103 ) disposed between the housing ( 6 ) and the other side ( 106 ) of the base ( 1 ).

2. The motor of claim 1 , wherein the base ( 1 ) includes a first wall ( 13 ) surrounding the shaft tube ( 11 ) and includes a second wall ( 14 ) spaced from the first wall ( 13 ) and surrounds the same; the cover ( 2 ) further includes a third wall ( 23 ) spaced from the protruding portion ( 22 ) and disposed close to the same; the first airtight gasket ( 25 ) disposed between the protruding portion ( 22 ) of the cover ( 2 ) and the third wall ( 23 ); and the first wall ( 13 ) extends to between the protruding portion ( 22 ) of the cover ( 2 ) and the third wall ( 23 ) and contacts against the first airtight gasket ( 25 ).

3. The motor of claim 2 , wherein the cover ( 2 ) further includes a fourth wall ( 24 ) disposed corresponding to the through hole ( 21 ), a flange ( 111 ) is disposed around an outer periphery of the shaft tube ( 11 ), a bend portion ( 241 ) is disposed corresponding to the flange ( 111 ), and the second airtight gasket ( 26 ) is disposed between the bend portion ( 241 ) of the fourth wall ( 24 ) and the flange ( 111 ) of the shaft tube ( 11 ).

4. The motor of claim 3 , wherein an upper step portion ( 111 a ) and a lower step portion ( 111 b ) which are in different height positions are disposed on an abutting edge between the flange ( 111 ) and the bend portion ( 241 ), the bend portion ( 241 ) contacts against the upper step portion ( 111 a ) of the flange ( 111 ), and the second airtight gasket ( 26 ) is sandwiched between the bend portion ( 241 ) and the lower step portion ( 111 b ) of the flange ( 111 ).

5. The motor of claim 3 , wherein the first circuit board ( 3 ) is disposed between the third wall ( 23 ) and the fourth wall ( 24 ).

6. The motor of claim 2 , wherein the second wall ( 14 ) includes a plurality of notches ( 141 ), the base ( 1 ) is disposed with a plurality of baffles ( 16 ) each corresponding to a respective one of the notches ( 141 ) to prevent outside moisture from entering the recess ( 15 ), and the base ( 1 ) has an incline ( 101 ) between each notch ( 141 ) and each corresponding baffle ( 16 ) to facilitate water draining.

7. The motor of claim 1 , wherein an engagement trench ( 17 ) is surroundingly formed on the other side ( 106 ) of the base ( 1 ), the housing ( 6 ) includes a contact rim ( 611 ) corresponding to the engagement trench ( 17 ), the third airtight gasket ( 103 ) is disposed in the engagement trench ( 17 ) of the base ( 1 ), and the third airtight gasket ( 103 ) is in contact against the contact rim ( 611 ) of the housing ( 6 ).

8. The motor of claim 1 , further comprising a stator ( 4 ) and a rotor ( 5 ), the stator ( 4 ) enclosing outside the shaft tube ( 11 ) of the base ( 1 ), the rotor ( 5 ) including a hub ( 51 ) and a shaft ( 52 ) connected to the hub ( 51 ), the shaft ( 52 ) being rotatably connected in the shaft tube ( 11 ), a plurality of magnetic elements ( 53 ) being disposed on an inner circumferential surface of the hub ( 51 ), each of the magnetic elements ( 53 ) surrounding the stator ( 4 ).

9. The motor of claim 8 , wherein the cover ( 2 ) further includes a plurality of cover bodies ( 27 , 28 ), and each of the sensors (e.g. 31 , 32 ) is enclosed by each of the cover bodies ( 27 , 28 ) for waterproofing.

10. The motor of claim 9 , wherein each of the sensors includes a plurality of hall effect sensors ( 31 ) and a plurality of temperature sensors ( 32 ), and each of the temperature sensors ( 32 ) is embedded in the stator ( 4 ).

11. The motor of claim 1 , wherein the first circuit board ( 3 ) and the second circuit board ( 8 ) are electrically connected to each other.

12. The motor of claim 11 , wherein the base ( 1 ) includes an opening hole ( 181 ) disposed corresponding to the first space ( 18 ), the base ( 1 ) includes a first connector ( 182 ) disposed corresponding to the opening hole ( 181 ), the first circuit board ( 3 ) is electrically connected to the first connector ( 182 ), the second circuit board ( 8 ) is disposed with a second connector ( 81 ), the first connector ( 182 ) is exposed from the other side ( 106 ) of the base ( 1 ), the second connector is exposed from the insulation plate ( 7 ), and the first connector ( 182 ) and the second connector ( 81 ) are connected to each other.

13. The motor of claim 1 , wherein the housing ( 6 ) further includes a reservation opening ( 63 ), the housing ( 6 ) includes a movable lid ( 64 ) correspondingly covering the reservation opening ( 63 ), the housing ( 6 ) includes a seal ( 65 ) disposed between the reservation opening ( 63 ) and the movable lid ( 64 ).

14. The motor of claim 1 , wherein the second circuit board ( 8 ) includes at least one driving circuit ( 82 ).

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 21, 2015
From: LEE, TSUNG-YIN; YU, PO-HAO; CHIU, YI-CHING; LIANG, CHENG-CHIEH
To: DELTA ELECTRONICS, INC.
Reel/Frame 035692/0915 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 62001898 · May 22, 2014
Related Publication 20150340923A1 · Nov 26, 2015