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Granted Patent B2
US 10,958,138 · App. 16/472,255 · Granted Mar 23, 2021

Motor

Inventors: Takuya Kaneko (Kyoto, JP); Takahiro Uetani (Kyoto, JP); Noriyuki Iio (Kyoto, JP)
Assignee: NIDEC CORPORATION
H02K11/0141H02K5/15H02K5/161H02K7/083H02K11/022H02K11/215H02K24/00H02K29/03H02K2213/09
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Patent No.
US 10,958,138
App. No.
16/472,255
Granted
Mar 23, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

A motor includes a shaft that extends in an axial direction, a rotor including a field magnet, a stator, a resolver positioned farther toward one side of the motor in the axial direction than the rotor and the stator, and a shield including at least a portion is between the rotor and the resolver in the axial direction. The shield includes a bottom portion of which at least a portion is between the rotor and the resolver in the axial direction and which includes a through-hole through which the shaft passes, and a convex portion that extends from the bottom portion toward the other side in the axial direction. A front end portion of the convex portion is positioned farther toward an inner side of the motor in a radial direction than an outer circumferential portion of the field magnet when viewed in the axial direction.

Claims (42)

1. A motor comprising:

a shaft that extends in an axial direction;

a rotor that is rotatable together with the shaft and includes a field magnet;

a stator opposing the rotor in a radial direction;

a magnetic sensor positioned farther toward one side of the motor in the axial direction than the rotor and the stator;

a shield including at least a portion positioned between the rotor and the magnetic sensor in the axial direction;

a cylindrical housing in which at least the rotor and the stator are accommodated and which includes a bottom with a bottom opening;

a plate-shaped flange fixed to the housing and including an insertion hole into which the shaft is inserted and passes through;

a bearing that rotatably supports the shaft; and

a bearing holder of which at least a portion is positioned in the insertion hole of the flange and which includes a hole portion in which the bearing is accommodated; wherein

the rotor is positioned on an inner side of the stator in the radial direction;

the magnetic sensor is a rotation angle sensor;

the rotation angle sensor includes a sensor rotor and a sensor stator;

the sensor rotor is positioned on an inner side of the sensor stator in the radial direction;

the rotor and the sensor rotor are fixed to an outer side of the shaft in the radial direction to be rotatable together with the shaft;

the sensor stator is fixed to the bearing holder;

the bearing holder is fixed to the flange to be positionally adjustable in a circumferential direction about an axis line of the shaft;

the shield includes:

a bottom portion of which at least a portion is positioned between the rotor and the magnetic sensor in the axial direction and including a through-hole through which the shaft passes;

a convex portion that extends from the bottom portion toward another side of the motor in the axial direction;

a cylindrical portion that extends from the bottom portion toward the one side of the motor in the axial direction and covers a portion of the bearing holder; and

a fixing portion provided in the cylindrical portion, the fixing portion being fixed to the flange;

a front end portion of the convex portion is positioned farther toward an inner side of the motor in the radial direction than an outer circumferential portion of the field magnet when viewed in the axial direction; and

the fixing portion is fixed to the flange from an inner side of the housing by a fixing bolt.

2. The motor of claim 1 , wherein the front end portion of the convex portion is positioned farther toward the inner side of the motor in the radial direction than an inner circumferential portion of the field magnet when viewed in the axial direction.

3. The motor of claim 1 , wherein the convex portion is positioned on a portion of a peripheral edge portion facing the through-hole in the bottom portion of the shield and extends toward another side of the motor in the axial direction.

4. The motor of claim 3 , wherein the convex portion has a shape which surrounds the through-hole in a cross section orthogonal to the axial direction.

5. The motor of claim 1 , wherein

a hole diameter of the through-hole of the shield is greater than an outer diameter of the sensor rotor.

6. The motor of claim 1 , wherein the bearing holder includes:

a bearing support portion including the hole portion and of which a portion is positioned in the insertion hole of the flange;

a cylindrical holder extending portion that extends from the bearing support portion to the other side in the axial direction; and

a protrusion that protrudes from the bearing support portion toward the outside in the radial direction and positioned on one side in the axial direction with respect to the flange; wherein

the sensor stator is fixed on an inner circumferential surface of the holder extending portion; and

the protrusion is fixed to the flange to be positionally adjustable in the circumferential direction about the axis line of the shaft.

7. The motor of claim 1 , wherein the cylindrical portion of the shield and the holder extending portion of the bearing holder face each other with a gap in the radial direction.

8. The motor of claim 1 , wherein

the flange includes a flange protrusion that extends toward the another side in the axial direction on an edge portion facing the insertion hole; and,

the fixing portion includes a first protrusion that protrudes from an end portion on one side in the axial direction in the cylindrical portion toward an outer side in the radial direction;

a second protrusion that protrudes from an outer end of the first protrusion in the radial direction toward one side in the axial direction; and

an attachment portion positioned on the end portion on one side of the second protrusion in the axial direction and fixed to the flange;

the second protrusion is positioned farther toward the outer side in the radial direction than the flange protrusion.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 21, 2019
From: KANEKO, TAKUYA; UETANI, TAKAHIRO; IIO, NORIYUKI
To: NIDEC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 049546/0817 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2017-020060 · Feb 7, 2017 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20190326799A1 · Oct 24, 2019