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US 10,418,866 · App. 14/768,316 · Granted Sep 17, 2019

Multiple-polyphase AC dynamo-electric machine and electric power steering device

Inventors: Yu Hirotani (Tokyo, JP); Yuji Takizawa (Tokyo, JP); Sachiko Kawasaki (Tokyo, JP); Masatsugu Nakano (Tokyo, JP); Toyoaki Udo (Tokyo, JP); Satoru Akutsu (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
H02K1/165H02K1/16H02K3/28H02K29/03
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Patent No.
US 10,418,866
App. No.
14/768,316
Granted
Sep 17, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

A multiple-polyphase AC dynamo-electric machine, wherein each of the plurality of the teeth provides the flange part to the NS magnetic pole part of the rotor side end part, the stator core has a magnetic connection part which connects the flange parts adjoined each other in the NS magnetic pole of each of the plurality of teeth, the connection part is provided corresponding to each of the slot and an inner peripheral side of the corresponding slot, the radial width of the connection part are smaller than both of the circumferential width of the teeth, thereby the radial widths of the connecting sections are smaller than both the circumferential widths of the teeth and the radial widths of the flanges, voltages generated when the magnetic flux generated by current flowing through one group of windings links with the windings in another group are suppressed effectively.

Claims (73)

1. A multiple-polyphase AC dynamo-electric machine comprising:

an armature having a stator core having a plurality of magnetic teeth,

an armature winding containing the multiple polyphase winding group stored in slots between each of the teeth and winded around the teeth, and

a rotor that is relatively positioned to the armature through the magnetic air gap and rotates around an axis of a rotation shaft, wherein

each of the plurality of the teeth has a flange part extending circumferentially at a NS magnetic pole part of the rotor side end part, the stator core has a magnetic connection part which connects the flange parts of adjacent teeth to each other,

the magnetic connection part is provided in each of the slots at an inner peripheral side of the corresponding slot,

a radial width of each magnetic connection part is smaller than the circumferential width of each of the teeth and smaller than a radial width of the flange part,

the armature is constituted by stacking a magnetic thin plate that has the magnetic connection part for connecting a part between the adjoined flange part by a magnetic substance, and a magnetic thin plate that does not have the connection part, and

the magnetic resistance of the magnetic connection part in a space at both ends of the axial direction of the stator core is bigger than the magnetic resistance of the flange part in the space at the both ends of the axial direction of the stator.

2. The multiple polyphase AC dynamo-electric machine according to claim 1 , wherein

the stator core has a slot storing each winding of phases in each teeth,

the armature winding is composed of two groups of three phase windings which configure the first armature winding group and the second armature winding group,

the first armature winding group is supplied with current from the first inverter,

the second armature winding is supplied with current from the second inverter,

when the first armature winding group has the phases U1, V1, W1, the second armature winding group has the phases U2, V2, W2, each winding of phases U1 and U2 are stored respectively in the slots adjoined each other, each winding of phases V1 and V2 are stored respectively in the slots adjoined each other, each winding of phases W1 and W2 are stored respectively in the slots adjoined each other,

relative electrical angle of current flowing the three phase winding of the two armature winding groups is from 20° to 40°.

3. The multiple polyphase AC dynamo-electric machine according to claim 1 , wherein

radial width of the magnetic connection part is half of the radial width of the flange part.

4. The multiple polyphase AC dynamo-electric machine according to claim 1 , wherein

shape of the flange part and the magnetic connection part both of which are disposed between the teeth adjoined each other are similar to a stair shape,

gap length of a gap between the rotor and the magnetic connection part is the same as the gap length between the flange part and the rotor.

5. The multiple polyphase AC dynamo-electric machine according to claim 1 , wherein

each shape of the flange part and the magnetic connection part formed between the teeth adjoined each other is the shape having a part constructed by a curved surface that becomes convex on the inner diameter side,

gap length between the rotor and the magnetic connection part in the connection part is the same as the gap length of the air gap between the rotor and the flange part.

6. The multiple polyphase AC dynamo-electric machine according to claim 1 , wherein

the rotor has a rotor core, the radial width of the flange part is greater than the width of the opposing magnetic air gap of the rotor core and the stator core.

7. The multiple polyphase AC dynamo-electric machine according to claim 1 , wherein

a space between the adjoined flange part is smaller than the width of the opposing magnetic gap of the rotor core and the stator core.

8. The multiple polyphase AC dynamo-electric machine according to claim 1 , wherein

a plurality of the thin plate each of which does not have the magnetic connection part is consecutively stacked.

9. The multiple polyphase AC dynamo-electric machine according to claim 1 , wherein

a plurality of motor driving device individually connected to multiple polyphase winding groups are integrally mounted on the machine.

10. An electric power steering device comprising the multiple polyphase AC dynamo-electric machine as described in the claim 1 , wherein

the multiple polyphase AC dynamo-electric machine is a multiple polyphase AC motor, and

an assist torque is generated by the multiple polyphase AC motor.

11. A multiple-polyphase AC dynamo-electric machine comprising:

an armature having a stator core having a plurality of magnetic teeth,

an armature winding containing the multiple polyphase winding group stored in slots between each of the teeth and winded around the teeth, and

a rotor that is relatively positioned to the armature through the magnetic air gap and rotates around an axis of a rotation shaft, wherein

each of the plurality of the teeth has a flange part extending circumferentially at a NS magnetic pole part of the rotor side end part, the stator core has a magnetic connection part which connects the flange parts of adjacent teeth to each other,

the magnetic connection part is provided in each of the slots to one part of several positions in the axial direction of the stator core and the corresponding inner peripheral side of the corresponding slot,

the magnetic connection part is also disposed in the slot supplied by any of the group of the armature winding composed of the multiple polyphase,

a radial width of each magnetic connection part is smaller than the circumferential width of each of the teeth and smaller than a radial width of the flange part,

the armature is constituted by stacking a magnetic thin plate that has the magnetic connection part for connecting a part between the adjoined flange part by a magnetic substance, and a magnetic thin plate that does not have the connection part, and

the magnetic resistance of the magnetic connection part in a space at both ends of the axial direction of the stator core is bigger than the magnetic resistance of the flange part in the space at the both ends of the axial direction of the stator.

12. The multiple polyphase AC dynamo-electric machine according to claim 11 , wherein

total thickness in an axial direction of each of the magnetic connection part is smaller than the total of the thickness in an axial direction of the flange part.

13. The multiple polyphase AC dynamo-electric machine according to claim 11 , wherein

the magnetic connection part of the plurality of portions is composed of the magnetic connection part of two or more different kinds by connecting position to the corresponding adjoined flange part.

14. The multiple polyphase AC dynamo-electric machine according to claim 11 , wherein

the stator core has a slot storing each winding of phases in each teeth,

the armature winding is composed of two groups of three phase windings which configure the first armature winding group and the second armature winding group,

the first armature winding group is supplied with current from the first inverter,

the second armature winding is supplied with current from the second inverter,

when the first armature winding group has the phases U1, V1, W1, the second armature winding group has the phases U2, V2, W2, each winding of phases U1 and U2 are stored respectively in the slots adjoined each other, each winding of phases V1 and V2 are stored respectively in the slots adjoined each other, each winding of phases W1 and W2 are stored respectively in the slots adjoined each other,

relative electrical angle of current flowing the three phase winding of the two armature winding group is from 20° to 40°.

15. The multiple polyphase AC dynamo-electric machine according to claim 11 , wherein

shape of the flange part and the magnetic connection part both of which are disposed between the teeth adjoined each other are similar to a stair shape,

gap length of a gap between the rotor and the magnetic connection part is the same as the gap length between the flange part and the rotor.

16. The multiple polyphase AC dynamo-electric machine according to claim 11 , wherein

each shape of the flange part and the magnetic connection part formed between the teeth adjoined each other is the shape having a part constructed by a curved surface that becomes convex on the inner diameter side,

gap length between the rotor and the magnetic connection part in the connection part is the same as the gap length of the air gap between the rotor and the flange part.

17. The multiple polyphase AC dynamo-electric machine according to claim 11 , wherein

the rotor has a rotor core, the radial width of the flange part is greater than the width of the opposing magnetic air gap of the rotor core and the stator core.

18. The multiple polyphase AC dynamo-electric machine according to claim 11 , wherein

a space between the adjoined flange part is smaller than the width of the opposing magnetic gap of the rotor core and the stator core.

19. The multiple polyphase AC dynamo-electric machine according to claim 11 , wherein

a plurality of the thin plate each of which does not have the magnetic connection part is consecutively stacked.

20. The multiple polyphase AC dynamo-electric machine according to claim 11 , wherein

a plurality of motor driving device individually connected to multiple polyphase winding groups are integrally mounted on the machine.

21. An electric power steering device comprising the multiple polyphase AC dynamo-electric machine as described in the claim 11 , wherein

the multiple polyphase AC dynamo-electric machine is a multiple polyphase AC motor, and

an assist torque is generated by the multiple polyphase AC motor.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 17, 2015
From: HIROTANI, YU; TAKIZAWA, YUJI; KAWASAKI, SACHIKO; NAKANO, MASATSUGU; UDO, TOYOAKI; AKUTSU, SATORU
To: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
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Continuity (1)
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