Electric motor with rotor, circuit board and improved lead wire connection
An electric motor includes: a rotating shaft; a rotor securely attached to the rotating shaft and including a cylindrical magnet portion; a stator formed in an annular shape on an outer peripheral side of the rotor; a board installed above the rotor and the stator with a predetermined air gap therefrom; and a lead wire connected to the board. A connecting portion of the board and the lead wire is formed at a position on an inner side of an axial projection plane of the magnet portion of the rotor above the board. In this electric motor, even when the rotor is increased in diameter, the connecting portion of the lead wire connected to the board can be prevented from being located proximate to an upper part of the magnet portion of the rotor.
1. An electric motor comprising:
a rotating shaft;
a rotor securely attached to the rotating shaft and including a cylindrical magnet;
a stator formed in an annular shape on an outer peripheral side of the rotor;
a board installed above the rotor and the stator with a predetermined air gap therefrom; and
a lead wire connected to the board,
wherein a plurality of connecting portions connecting the board and the lead wire are formed, all of the plurality of connecting portions being formed at a position on an inner side of an axial projection plane of the magnet of the rotor above the board,
the cylindrical magnet is connected to the rotating shaft by a single member having an upper end and an lower end, the upper end of the single member being closer to the board than the lower end of the single member is,
the cylindrical magnet has an upper end and an lower end, the upper end of the cylindrical magnet being closer to the board than the lower end of the cylindrical magnet is,
the upper end of the single member is lower in a direction of an axis of the rotating shaft than the upper end of the cylindrical magnet,
the board has a through-hole passing from an upper surface to a lower surface of the board, the lower surface being closer to the upper end of the cylindrical magnet than the upper surface of the board is,
the lead wire passes through the through-hole in the board,
an end of the lead wire is electrically connected to the board on the lower surface of the board,
the upper surface of the board has a substantially rectangular shape, a length of a short side of the substantially rectangular shape being smaller than an outer diameter of the magnet of the rotor, and
the stator is integrally molded with a synthetic resin.
2. The electric motor according to claim 1 , wherein a tapered surface is formed by chamfering a corner of the cylindrical magnet portion of the rotor where an upper surface and an inner peripheral surface meet.
3. The electric motor according to claim 2 , wherein the lead wire is connected to the board via an upper side of the board.
4. The electric motor according to claim 1 , wherein a tapered surface is formed by chamfering a corner of the cylindrical magnet where an upper surface, in the direction of the axis of the rotating shaft, of the cylindrical magnet and an inner peripheral surface of the cylindrical magnet meet.
5. The electric motor according to claim 1 , wherein the all of the plurality of the connecting portions are disposed at a position closer to the rotating shaft than an outer circumference of the single member as viewed in a plane perpendicular to the axis of the rotating shaft.
6. The electric motor according to claim 1 , wherein a length of the board in a direction perpendicular to the direction of the axis of the rotating shaft is smaller than an internal diameter of the cylindrical magnet.
7. An electric motor comprising:
a rotating shaft;
a rotor securely attached to the rotating shaft and including a cylindrical magnet;
a stator formed in an annular shape on an outer peripheral side of the rotor;
a board installed above the rotor and the stator with a predetermined air gap therefrom; and
a plurality of lead wires, each of the plurality of lead wires being connected to the board at each of a plurality of connecting portions;
wherein all of the plurality of connecting portions are disposed at a position closer to the rotating shaft than an inner circumference of the cylindrical magnet as viewed in a plane perpendicular to an axis of the rotating shaft,
the board has a through-hole passing from an upper surface to a lower surface of the board, the lower surface being closer to the cylindrical magnet in a direction of the axis of the rotating shaft than the upper surface of the board is,
the lead wire passes through the through-hole in the board,
an end of the lead wire is electrically connected to the board on the lower surface of the board,
in a cross-section of the electric motor that is parallel to the direction of the axis of the rotating shaft, a length of the board in a direction perpendicular to the direction of the axis of the rotating shaft is smaller than an outer diameter or an internal diameter of the cylindrical magnet,
the board has a surface perpendicular to the direction of the axis of the rotating shaft, and
the surface of the board has two linear sides perpendicular to the direction of the axis of the rotating shaft.
8. The electric motor according to claim 7 , wherein the length of the board in the direction perpendicular to the direction of the axis of the rotating shaft is smaller than the internal diameter of the cylindrical magnet.
9. The electric motor according to claim 7 , wherein the stator is integrally molded with a synthetic resin.
10. An electric motor comprising:
a rotating shaft;
a rotor securely attached to the rotating shaft and including a cylindrical magnet;
a stator formed in an annular shape on an outer peripheral side of the rotor;
a board installed above the rotor and the stator with a predetermined air gap therefrom; and
a lead wire connected to the board,
wherein a connecting portion of the board and the lead wire is formed at a position on an inner side of an axial projection plane of the cylindrical magnet above the board,
in a cross-section of the electric motor that is parallel to a direction of an axis of the rotating shaft, a length of the board in a direction perpendicular to the direction of the axis of the rotating shaft is smaller than an outer diameter of the cylindrical magnet,
the board has a surface perpendicular to the direction of the axis of the rotating shaft, and
the surface of the board has two linear sides perpendicular to the direction of the axis of the rotating shaft.
11. The electric motor according to claim 10 , wherein the board has a through-hole passing from an upper surface to a lower surface of the board, the lower surface being closer to the cylindrical magnet in the direction of the axis of the rotating shaft than the upper surface of the board is,
the lead wire passes through the through-hole in the board,
an end of the lead wire is electrically connected to the board on the lower surface of the board, and
the stator is integrally molded with a synthetic resin.
12. The electric motor according to claim 10 , wherein the stator is integrally molded with a synthetic resin.
13. The electric motor according to claim 10 , wherein the surface of the board has a substantially rectangular shape.
14. The electric motor according to claim 10 , wherein the surface of the board has a rectangular shape.