IP Library Granted Patent US 11,437,879
Granted Patent B2
US 11,437,879 · App. 16/636,041 · Granted Sep 6, 2022

Bus-bar unit and motor

Inventors: Masanori Yoshikawa (Kyoto, JP); Yusaku Yoshida (Kyoto, JP); Hideo Fujiwara (Kyoto, JP); Takashi Seguchi (Kyoto, JP); Kosuke Ogawa (Kyoto, JP)
Assignee: NIDEC CORPORATION
H02K3/522H02K21/16B62D5/064H02K2203/09
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Patent No.
US 11,437,879
App. No.
16/636,041
Granted
Sep 6, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

A bus-bar unit includes bus-bars and a bus-bar holder supporting the bus-bars. The bus-bar includes a first and a second bus-bar piece, including a plate. The first bus-bar piece includes a coil wire connecting portion connected to a coil wire drawn from a stator, and a first junction terminal joined to the second bus-bar piece. The second bus-bar piece includes an external connection terminal connected to an external device, a second junction terminal joined to the first bus-bar piece, and a second piece main body connecting them. The second piece main body has a first extension extending from the external connection terminal along a direction perpendicular or substantially perpendicular to the axial direction, a second extension extending from the second junction terminal along a direction perpendicular or substantially perpendicular to the axial direction, and a crank portion located between them and bent in a crank shape in a plate thickness direction.

Claims (25)

1. A bus-bar unit provided at an upper side of a stator with an annular shape around a central axis extending in a vertical direction, the bus-bar unit comprising;

a plurality of bus-bars; and

a bus-bar holder supporting the plurality of bus-bars; wherein

the bus-bar includes a first bus-bar piece and a second bus-bar piece;

the first bus-bar piece includes a coil wire connecting portion connected to a coil wire drawn from the stator, and a first junction terminal joined to the second bus-bar piece;

the second bus-bar piece includes an external connection terminal connected to an external device, a second junction terminal joined to the first bus-bar piece, and a second piece main body connecting the external connection terminal and the second junction terminal;

the second bus-bar piece includes a plate; and

the second piece main body includes a first extension extending from the external connection terminal along a direction perpendicular to an axial direction, a second extension extending from the second junction terminal along the direction perpendicular to the axial direction, and a crank portion located between the first extension and the second extension and bent in a crank shape in a plate thickness direction.

2. The bus-bar unit of claim 1 , wherein the second piece main body includes a pair of the crank portions and an intermediate portion connecting the pair of the crank portions and extending along the direction perpendicular to the axial direction.

3. The bus-bar unit of claim 1 , wherein the first extension and the second extension are disposed with the axial direction being a plate thickness direction.

4. The bus-bar unit of claim 1 , wherein the second piece main body extends linearly when viewed in the axial direction, and a distance between the external connection terminal and the crank portion is longer than a distance between the second junction terminal and the crank portion.

5. The bus-bar unit of claim 1 , wherein the external connection terminal extends upwardly with respect to the bus-bar holder and the bus-bar holder includes a terminal holder to hold the external connection terminal.

6. The bus-bar unit of claim 5 , wherein the external connection terminal is disposed with the direction perpendicular to the axial direction being a plate thickness direction, and the terminal holder sandwiches the external connection terminal in the plate thickness direction.

7. The bus-bar unit of claim 6 , wherein

the external connection terminal includes a first portion and a second portion located at an upper side of the first portion and having a plate width greater than that of the first portion;

the terminal holder includes a wall extending upwardly along a width-directional end of the external connection terminal;

the wall is provided with a notch which is open upwardly and is to allow the second portion to be inserted thereinto; and

a gap is located between a bottom surface of the notch and the second portion.

8. The bus-bar unit of claim 1 , wherein at least a portion of the first bus-bar piece is embedded in the bus-bar holder.

9. The bus-bar unit of claim 1 , wherein the first bus-bar piece includes a first piece main body connecting the coil wire connecting portion and the first junction terminal, and the first piece main body of at least some bus-bars of the plurality of the bus-bars overlaps the external connection terminal when viewed in the axial direction.

10. The bus-bar unit of claim 1 , wherein the first bus-bar piece is made of a material which differs from a material from which the second bus-bar piece is made.

11. A motor comprising:

the bus-bar unit according to claim 1 ;

the stator; and

a rotor facing the stator in a radial direction via a gap.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 3, 2020
From: YOSHIKAWA, MASANORI; YOSHIDA, YUSAKU; FUJIWARA, HIDEO; SEGUCHI, TAKASHI; OGAWA, KOSUKE
To: NIDEC CORPORATION
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Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2017-190056 · Sep 29, 2017 · national
Continuity (1)
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