IP Library Granted Patent US 12,142,972
Granted Patent B2
US 12,142,972 · App. 17/802,256 · Granted Nov 12, 2024

Electric driving device and electric power steering device

Inventor: Masakazu Morimoto (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: NSK LTD.
H02K11/33H02K5/18H02K5/22H02K11/215B62D5/0406
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Patent No.
US 12,142,972
App. No.
17/802,256
Granted
Nov 12, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

To provide an electric driving device and an electric power steering device with a smaller area of power supply wiring in a circuit board and higher reliability of the circuit board. 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 power supply wiring module, and a heat sink. The first circuit board is provided with a transistor that outputs an electric current to excite a motor coil. The second circuit board includes a control circuit that controls an electric current supplied to the transistor. The power supply wiring module is configured by molding, with resin, a choke coil for noise removal, a capacitor, and wiring that supplies electric power to at least one of the first circuit board and the second circuit board. The heat sink is sandwiched between the power supply wiring module and the second circuit board.

Claims (47)

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 motor 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 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; and

a first heat sink sandwiched between the power supply wiring module and the second circuit board.

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

the first heat sink has a first base surface and a second base surface opposite to the first base surface,

the second circuit board comprises an integrated circuit, and the integrated circuit faces the first base surface, and

the choke coil for noise removal and the capacitor of the power supply wiring module face the second base surface.

3. The electric driving device according to claim 2 , wherein the first heat sink has a heat dissipation surface protruding toward the second circuit board with respect to the first base surface, and the heat dissipation surface is provided at a position overlapping the integrated circuit in the axial direction.

4. The electric driving device according to claim 3 , wherein the first heat sink has a first recess recessed toward the second circuit board with respect to the second base surface, and the choke coil for noise removal is inserted into the first recess.

5. The electric driving device according to claim 3 , wherein the first heat sink has a protrusion protruding toward the second circuit board.

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

the integrated circuit faces the heat dissipation surface, and

the protrusion protrudes toward the second circuit board with respect to the heat dissipation surface.

7. The electric driving device according to claim 5 , wherein the second circuit board has a second recess at a position corresponding to the protrusion.

8. The electric driving device according to claim 7 , wherein the second recess has a tapered side surface, and an inclination angle of the tapered side surface is parallel to an inclination angle of an outer periphery of the protrusion.

9. The electric driving device according to claim 5 , wherein the second circuit board has a through hole at a position corresponding to the protrusion.

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

a second heat sink serving as a housing that accommodates the second circuit board, the first heat sink, and the power supply wiring module; and

a lid provided on the anti-load side of the first heat sink and covering the second heat sink.

11. The electric driving device according to claim 10 , wherein

the second circuit board is disposed on the anti-load side of the second heat sink, and

the first circuit board is disposed on the load side of the second heat sink.

12. The electric driving device according to claim 10 , further comprising:

a third heat sink provided on the load side of the second circuit board and that receives heat of an electronic part of the second circuit board, wherein

the second heat sink accommodates the second circuit board, is sandwiched between the first circuit board and the second circuit board, and receives heat of an electronic part of the first circuit board and an electronic part of the second circuit board.

13. The electric driving device according to claim 12 comprising a first fixing member made of metal and that fixes the first heat sink to the second heat sink.

14. The electric driving device according to claim 13 , wherein the volume of the second heat sink is larger than the volume of the first heat sink.

15. The electric driving device according to claim 12 , further comprising:

a connector comprising a power supply input terminal passing through the lid, wherein

the power supply wiring module is configured by molding, with resin, lead frame wiring, a first power supply terminal connected to the first circuit board, and a second power supply terminal connected to the second circuit board, the lead frame wiring having a first end connected to the power supply input terminal and configured to supply electric power to the first circuit board and the second circuit board, and

the power supply wiring module is sandwiched between the third heat sink and the lid.

16. The electric driving device according to claim 15 comprising a second fixing member made of metal and that fixes the third heat sink to the lid.

17. The electric driving device according to claim 16 , wherein the volume of the lid is larger than the volume of the third heat sink.

18. The electric driving device according to claim 12 , wherein the third heat sink has such an outer shape that the third heat sink is able to enter into inside of a second sealing member that seals the lid and the second heat sink when viewed in the axial direction.

19. The electric driving device according to claim 10 , wherein the first heat sink has such an outer shape that the first heat sink is able to enter into inside of a first sealing member that seals the motor housing and the second heat sink when viewed in the axial direction.

20. 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 060898/0532 →
Priority Claims (4)
JP 2021-019895 · Feb 10, 2021 · national
JP 2021-140657 · Aug 31, 2021 · national
JP 2021-140808 · Aug 31, 2021 · national
JP 2022-004084 · Jan 14, 2022 · national
Continuity (1)
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