IP Library Granted Patent US 10,177,613
Granted Patent B2
US 10,177,613 · App. 14/167,903 · Granted Jan 8, 2019

Rotor and motor

Inventor: Tadayuki Wakita (Chiba, JP)
Assignee: MABUCHI MOTOR CO., LTD.
H02K1/2713H02K1/2773
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Patent No.
US 10,177,613
App. No.
14/167,903
Granted
Jan 8, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

A rotor includes a circular rotor core, a plurality of θ magnets, and ring-shaped Z magnets. The rotor core has a plurality of magnet holding sections formed radially with a rotating shaft as the center. The θ magnets are contained in and held by the magnet holding sections such that the same magnetic poles of adjacent magnets face each other in a circumferential direction of the rotor core. The rotor core is such that N-poles and S-poles are alternately formed in a circumferential direction of an outer circumferential surface of the rotor core. The Z magnets are such that N-poles and S-poles are alternately formed circularly on an opposed face of the auxiliary magnet facing an end face of the rotor core in a direction of the rotating shaft.

Claims (30)

1. A rotor comprising:

a circular rotor core;

a plurality of plate-like magnets; and

a pair of ring-shaped auxiliary magnets disposed, in both end faces of the rotor core in a direction of a rotating shaft thereof, respectively, in such a manner as to face the rotor core,

wherein the rotor core has a plurality of magnet holding sections formed radially with the rotating shaft as a center,

wherein the plate-like magnets are held in the magnet holding section such that the same magnetic poles of adjacent magnets face each other in a circumferential direction of the rotor core,

wherein the rotor core is such that an N-pole and an S-pole are alternately formed in a circumferential direction of an outer circumferential surface of the rotor core,

wherein the auxiliary magnets are such that an N-pole and an S-pole are alternately formed circularly on an opposed face of the auxiliary magnet facing an end face of the rotor core in the direction of the rotating shaft thereof,

wherein the auxiliary magnets are provided such that, in a phase in a rotational direction of the rotor core, the phase of the N-pole of the opposed face is shifted relative to the phase of the N-pole in the outer circumferential surface of the rotor core,

wherein one of the pair of ring-shaped auxiliary magnets is provided such that, in the phase in the rotational direction of the rotor core, the phase of the N-pole of the opposed face is shifted, by α degrees (α>0), relative to the phase of the N-pole in the outer circumferential surface of the rotor core,

wherein the other of the pair of ring-shaped auxiliary magnets is provided such that, in the phase in the rotational direction of the rotor core, the phase of the N-pole of the opposed face is shifted, by −α degrees (α>0), relative to the phase of the N-pole in the outer circumferential surface of the rotor core,

wherein a shift electrical angle ϕe between the phase of the N-pole of the opposed face of the auxiliary magnet and the phase of the N-pole in the outer circumferential surface of the rotor core may be so set as to satisfy

5 degrees≤ϕ e≤ 50 degrees.

2. The rotor according to claim 1 , wherein, when the phase of the N-pole of the opposed face of the auxiliary magnet is shifted relative to the phase of the N-pole in the outer circumferential surface of the rotor core, a shift length X [mm], relative to a position of the N-pole in the outer circumferential surface of the rotor core, at a position shifted in the rotational direction of the rotor core in an outer circumferential part corresponding to the phase of the N-pole of the opposed face of the auxiliary magnet, is so set as to satisfy

0.2≤ X/Lm≤ 2.0,

where Lm [mm] is the thickness of the plate-like magnet in the circumferential direction of the rotor core.

3. The rotor according to claim 2 , wherein the thickness of the plate-like magnet in the circumferential direction of the rotor core is in a range of 1 mm to 25 mm.

4. The rotor according to claim 3 , wherein the number P of magnetic poles of the rotor is any one of 12 poles, 14 poles, 16 poles, 18 poles and 20 poles.

5. The rotor according to claim 2 , wherein the number P of magnetic poles of the rotor is any one of 12 poles, 14 poles, 16 poles, 18 poles and 20 poles.

6. The rotor according to claim 1 , wherein the number P of magnetic poles of the rotor is any one of 12 poles, 14 poles, 16 poles, 18 poles and 20 poles.

7. The rotor according to claim 6 , wherein the number Q of magnetic poles of the auxiliary magnets is identical to the number P of magnetic poles of the rotor.

8. The rotor according to claim 1 , wherein the thickness of the auxiliary magnet in the direction of the rotating shaft thereof is in a range of 1 mm to 15 mm.

9. The rotor according to claim 1 , wherein the number P of magnetic poles of the rotor is any one of 12 poles, 14 poles, 16 poles, 18 poles and 20 poles.

10. A motor comprising:

a cylindrical stator where a plurality of winding wires are placed;

the rotor, according to claim 1 , provided in a center of the stator; and

a power feed section configured to supply power to the plurality of winding wires of the stator.

11. The rotor according to claim 1 , wherein

the rotor core includes a plurality of laminated plate-shaped members, and

given that a thickness of each one of the plate-shaped members is denoted by T [mm], and the shortest distance between adjacent plate-like magnets is denoted by Wb [mm], Wb is so set as to satisfy Wb≤7T.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 29, 2014
From: WAKITA, TADAYUKI
To: MABUCHI MOTOR CO., LTD.
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Priority Claims (1)
JP 2013-017977 · Jan 31, 2013 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20140210294A1 · Jul 31, 2014
Cited By (1)
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