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Granted Patent B2
US 12,294,240 · App. 18/120,846 · Granted May 6, 2025

Motor

Inventors: Shunsuke Shimizu (Osaka, JP); Masaki Hirano (Osaka, JP); Hiroshi Hibino (Osaka, JP); Yoshitaka Okuyama (Osaka, JP)
Assignee: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.
H02K1/146H02K1/16
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Patent No.
US 12,294,240
App. No.
18/120,846
Granted
May 6, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A motor includes a rotor and stator. The stator includes a stator iron core having a substantially annular yoke, and a plurality of teeth extending from the yoke toward the rotor. Each tooth includes an extending portion with a winding wire wound in a concentrated manner to form a coil, and flange portions extending circumferentially from a tip end portion of the extending portion. The plurality of teeth include adjacent first second teeth with coils having identical phases, and adjacent third and fourth teeth with coils having different phases. A first magnetic resistance circumferentially from a tip end portion of the first flange portion to a center of the extending portion of the first tooth is higher than a second magnetic resistance circumferentially from a tip end portion of the second flange portion to a center of the extending portion of the third tooth.

Claims (52)

1. A motor comprising:

a rotor rotatable about a shaft; and

a stator arranged so as to face the rotor in a radial direction, the stator including a stator iron core,

the stator iron core including

a yoke that is substantially annular, and

a plurality of teeth extending from the yoke toward the rotor in the radial direction and being arranged at intervals in a circumferential direction of the yoke,

each of the plurality of teeth including

an extending portion around which a winding wire is wound in a concentrated manner to form a coil, and

flange portions extending in both ways in the circumferential direction from a tip end portion of the extending portion in the radial direction,

the plurality of teeth including

a first tooth,

a second tooth adjacent to the first tooth in the circumferential direction and around which a coil having a phase identical to a coil wound around the first tooth is wound,

a third tooth, and

a fourth tooth adjacent to the third tooth in the circumferential direction and around which a coil having a phase different from a coil wound around the third tooth is wound,

the flange portions each including

a first flange portion of the first tooth extending toward the second tooth, and

a second flange portion of the third tooth extending toward the fourth tooth,

a level of a magnetic resistance from a tip end portion of the first flange portion in the circumferential direction to a center of the extending portion of the first tooth in the circumferential direction being a first magnetic resistance,

a level of a magnetic resistance from a tip end portion of the second flange portion in the circumferential direction to a center of the extending portion of the third tooth in the circumferential direction being a second magnetic resistance, and

the second magnetic resistance being lower than the first magnetic resistance.

2. The motor of claim 1 , wherein

the first flange portion has a hollow, and the second flange portion has no hollow.

3. The motor of claim 2 , wherein

the hollow of the first flange portion includes a plurality of holes.

4. The motor of claim 3 , wherein

the stator iron core includes a plurality of laminated sheets, and

the first flange portion includes a swaging portion usable to fasten the plurality of laminated sheets.

5. The motor of claim 2 , wherein

the stator iron core includes a plurality of laminated sheets, and

the first flange portion includes a swaging portion usable to fasten the plurality of laminated sheets.

6. The motor of claim 1 , wherein

the first flange portion contains a material having a lower magnetic permeability than a material forming the second flange portion.

7. The motor of claim 6 , wherein

the stator iron core includes a plurality of laminated sheets, and

the first flange portion includes a swaging portion usable to fasten the plurality of laminated sheets.

8. The motor of claim 1 , wherein

the stator iron core includes a plurality of laminated sheets, and

the first flange portion includes a swaging portion usable to fasten the plurality of laminated sheets.

9. The motor of claim 1 , wherein

the stator iron core includes a plurality of laminated sheets, and the plurality of laminated sheets includes

a first laminated sheet in which a level of the magnetic resistance of the first flange portion is lower than a level of the magnetic resistance of the second flange portion, and

a second laminated sheet in which there is no difference in a level of a magnetic resistance between the first flange portion and the second flange portion, and

the first laminated sheet and the second laminated sheet are laminated alternately by a predetermined number.

10. The motor of claim 1 , wherein

the stator iron core includes a plurality of laminated sheets, and the plurality of laminated sheets includes

a first laminated sheet in which a level of the magnetic resistance of the first flange portion is lower than a level of the magnetic resistance of the second flange portion, and

a second laminated sheet in which there is no difference in a level of a magnetic resistance between the first flange portion and the second flange portion, and

the first laminated sheet and the second laminated sheet are laminated in a predetermined order.

11. The motor of claim 1 , wherein

the plurality of teeth is arranged at equal intervals in the circumferential direction of the yoke,

each of the plurality of teeth has an identical outer shape as viewed in an axial direction, and

each tooth has an outer shape symmetrical with respect to a center line of the tooth in a width direction thereof, as viewed in the axial direction.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 13, 2023
From: SHIMIZU, SHUNSUKE; HIRANO, MASAKI; HIBINO, HIROSHI; OKUYAMA, YOSHITAKA
To: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.
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Priority Claims (1)
JP 2020-165213 · Sep 30, 2020 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTJP2021033556 · Sep 13, 2021
Related Publication 20230223799A1 · Jul 13, 2023
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