Reluctance motor, compressor, and air conditioner

1. A reluctance motor used in a compressor, comprising:

a rotor having a rotor core that has an annular outer circumference about an axis, having a plurality of magnetic poles along the outer circumference, and having no permanent magnet; and

a stator having a stator core that surrounds the rotor from an outer side in a radial direction about the axis and a winding wound around the stator core in wave winding,

wherein each of the plurality of magnetic poles has a first slit formed in the rotor core and a second slit formed on an inner side of the first slit in the radial direction,

wherein a cutout part is provided on an outer circumference of the stator core, the cutout part constituting a refrigerant passage through which refrigerant passes in a direction of the axis,

wherein the rotor core has a shaft hole formed at a center in the radial direction, and a set of groove parts each of which extends in the radial direction from the shaft hole toward a center of the second slit in a circumferential direction about the axis, and

wherein the rotor core has a crimping part between two of the second slits adjacent to each other, and a through hole between two of the groove parts adjacent to each other.

2. The reluctance motor according to claim 1 , wherein the rotor core has groove parts including the groove part, and a number of the groove parts is equal to a number of the plurality of magnetic poles.

3. The reluctance motor according to claim 1 , wherein the rotor core has a plurality of crimping parts including the crimping part, and a number of the plurality of crimping parts is equal to a number of the plurality of magnetic poles.

4. The reluctance motor according to claim 1 , wherein the rotor core has a through hole on an inner side of the crimping part in the radial direction, and the through hole passes through the rotor core in the direction of the axis.

5. The reluctance motor according to claim 4 , wherein the through hole is located between adjacent two of the plurality of magnetic poles.

6. The reluctance motor according to claim 4 , wherein the rotor core has a plurality of through holes including the through hole, and a number of the plurality of through holes is equal to a number of the plurality of magnetic poles.

7. The reluctance motor according to claim 1 , wherein each of the first slit and the second slit has an arc shape such that a center part in a circumferential direction about the axis protrudes inward in the radial direction with respect to both end parts in the circumferential direction.

8. The reluctance motor according to claim 1 , wherein each of the first slit and the second slit has a first part and a pair of second parts, the first part including a center part in the circumferential direction about the axis and extending linearly, the second parts extending linearly from both ends in the circumferential direction of the first part toward the outer circumference of the rotor.

9. The reluctance motor according to claim 1 , wherein the cutout part is formed over an entire region of the stator core in the direction of the axis on the outer circumference of the stator core.

10. The reluctance motor according to claim 1 , further comprising a through hole that passes through the stator core in the direction of the axis, and the through hole allows refrigerant to pass in the direction of the axis.

11. The reluctance motor according to claim 1 , wherein the winding has a cover layer of polyesterimide or polyamideimide.

12. A compressor comprising:

the reluctance motor according to claim 1 ; and

a compression mechanism driven by the reluctance motor.

13. The compressor according to claim 12 , further comprising a cylindrical shell,

wherein the stator core is fitted into the shell.

14. An air conditioner comprising a compressor, a condenser, a decompressor, and an evaporator,

wherein the compressor comprises the reluctance motor according to claim 1 and a compression mechanism driven by the reluctance motor.