IP Library Granted Patent US 11,909,274
Granted Patent B2
US 11,909,274 · App. 17/802,296 · Granted Feb 20, 2024

Electric driving device, electric power steering device, and method for manufacturing electronic control unit

Inventor: Masakazu Morimoto (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: NSK LTD.
H02K11/33B62D5/046H02K5/225H02K21/16H05K1/14H05K1/181H05K7/1432H02K2211/03H05K2201/1009H05K2201/10151H05K2201/10166
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Patent No.
US 11,909,274
App. No.
17/802,296
Granted
Feb 20, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

An electric driving device and an electric power steering device. An electric driving device includes a motor and an electronic control unit that controls rotation of the motor. The electronic control unit includes a first circuit board, a second circuit board, a second housing, a lid, and an inter-board connector. The second circuit board includes a control circuit that controls an electric current supplied to a transistor of the first circuit board. The second housing accommodates the second circuit board and has a first through hole passing therethrough in the axial direction. The lid covers the second housing. The inter-board connector connects the second circuit board disposed on the anti-load side of the second housing to the first circuit board disposed on the load side of the second housing. The inter-board connector is disposed in the first through hole.

Claims (33)

1. An electric driving device comprising a motor and an electronic control unit configured to control rotation of the motor, wherein

the motor comprises:

a shaft extending from a load side to an anti-load side in an axial direction;

a motor rotor configured to synchronize with the shaft;

a motor stator comprising a motor coil and motor coil wiring for supplying electric power to the motor coil and configured to rotate the motor rotor;

a first housing that accommodates the motor rotor and the motor stator; and

a magnet provided on the anti-load side of the shaft, and

the electronic control unit comprises:

a first circuit board provided with a transistor configured to output an electric current to excite the motor coil and a rotation angle sensor disposed on an extension of the axial direction of the shaft, the first circuit board being disposed on the anti-load side of the shaft;

a second circuit board comprising a control circuit configured to control an electric current supplied to the transistor;

a second housing that accommodates the second circuit board and has a first through hole passing through the second housing in the axial direction;

a lid that covers the second housing; and

an inter-board connector that is disposed in the first through hole and that connects the second circuit board disposed on the anti-load side of the second housing to the first circuit board disposed on the load side of the second housing such that the second housing accommodating the second circuit board is disposed between the first circuit board and the second circuit board.

2. The electric driving device according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a power supply wiring module configured by molding, with resin, a choke coil for noise removal, a capacitor, and wiring configured to supply electric power to at least one of the first circuit board and the second circuit board, wherein

the second housing has a second through hole formed in the axial direction at a position different from a position of the first through hole, and

a power supply terminal extending from the power supply wiring module passes through the second through hole and is connected to the first circuit board.

3. The electric driving device according to claim 2 , further comprising:

a heat sink sandwiched between the power supply wiring module and the second circuit board, wherein

the second housing accommodates the second circuit board, the heat sink, and the power supply wiring module.

4. The electric driving device according to claim 1 , wherein

the second housing has a plurality of flanges extending outward in a radial direction of the second housing and a second through hole formed in at least one of the flanges, and

the lid has a third through hole at a position overlapping the second through hole in the axial direction in the lid.

5. The electric driving device according to claim 1 , wherein

the second housing has a plurality of flanges extending outward in a radial direction of the second housing,

the second housing has a female thread formed in at least one of the flanges,

the lid has a second through hole at a position overlapping the female thread in the axial direction in the lid, and

the lid and the second housing are fixed by fastening a fixing member with a male thread passing through the second through hole to the female thread.

6. The electric driving device according to claim 1 , wherein

the inter-board connector that comprises a receptacle attached to the first circuit board and a plug attached to the second circuit board connects the second circuit board disposed on the anti-load side of the second housing to the first circuit board disposed on the load side of the second housing such that the second housing accommodating the second circuit board is disposed between the first circuit board and the second circuit board.

7. An electric power steering device comprising:

an electric driving device according to claim 1 , wherein

the electric driving device generates auxiliary steering torque.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 25, 2022
From: MORIMOTO, MASAKAZU
To: NSK LTD.
Reel/Frame 060899/0408 →
Priority Claims (2)
JP 2021-019895 · Feb 10, 2021 · national
JP 2021-140810 · Aug 31, 2021 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20230118691A1 · Apr 20, 2023