IP Library Granted Patent US 7,791,244
Granted Patent B2
US 7,791,244 · App. 11/763,481 · Granted Sep 7, 2010

Multiphase claw-pole type electric rotary machine, cogging torque adjustment system of the same, generator system, and motor system

Assignees: Hitachi Industrial Equipment Systems Co., Ltd.; Hitachi Powdered Metals Co., Ltd; Nidec Servo Corporation
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Patent No.
US 7,791,244
App. No.
11/763,481
Granted
Sep 7, 2010
Kind
B2
Abstract

A multiphase claw-pole type electric rotary machine has two or more phases-stator units. The stator units are arranged phase by phase in an axial direction of the electric rotary machine. Each phase stator unit comprises a pair of complementary-opposed claw pole core blocks and a ring-shaped stator coil sandwiched therebetween. The stator units have structures rotatably adjustable independent of each other in their phase positional relations while maintaining concentricity of them after assembly of the rotary machine before being secured.

Claims (30)

1. The multiphase claw-pole type electric rotary machine with two or more phases-stator units arranged phase by phase in an axial direction of the electric rotary machine, wherein each phase stator unit comprises a pair of complementary-opposed claw pole core blocks and a ring-shaped stator coil sandwiched therebetween, characterized in that the stator units comprise structures rotatably adjustable independent of each other in their phase positional relations while maintaining concentricity of said stator units after assembly of the rotary machine before said stator units being secured,

wherein the two or more phase-stator units are joined to each other in the axial direction of the electric rotary machine through spigot and recess structures respectively to maintain concentricity of the stator units, and

wherein a combination of the stator units are held at the both ends of the combination in the axial direction by end brackets through spigot and recess structures so that the positions of the stator cores can be rotatably adjustable phase by phase from the outside of the rotary machine after assembly of the rotary machine.

2. The multiphase claw-pole type electric rotary machine according to claim 1 , wherein at least an outer periphery around a boundary between adjacent core blocks of the stator units is provided with a recess configured to be used for securing the stator units.

3. The multiphase claw-pole type electric rotary machine according to claim 1 , wherein each of the core blocks has a shape with flat faces configured to be easily held by a tool for applying a rotational force to the core block from the outside of the rotary machine.

4. The multiphase claw-pole type electric rotary machine with two or more phases-stator units arranged phase by phase in an axial direction of the electric rotary machine, wherein each phase stator unit comprises a pair of complementary-opposed claw pole core blocks and a ring-shaped stator coil sandwiched therebetween, characterized in that the stator units comprise structures rotatably adjustable independent of each other in their phase positional relations while maintaining concentricity of said stator units after assembly of the rotary machine before said stator units being secured, and

wherein one or both of adjacent faces in the axial direction of respective core blocks of the stator units is provided with a material having slippery characteristics for improving slip.

5. The multiphase claw-pole type electric rotary machine according to claim 4 , wherein the material is comprised of polytetrafluoroethylene, nickel, or copper.

6. The multiphase claw-pole motor according to claim 4 , wherein the material is coated, applied, or deposited on said one or both of the adjacent faces.

7. The multiphase claw-pole type electric rotary machine according to claim 4 , wherein at least an outer periphery around a boundary between adjacent core blocks of the stator units is provided with a recess configured to be used for securing the stator units.

8. The multiphase claw-pole type electric rotary machine according to claim 4 , wherein each of the core blocks has a shape with flat faces configured to be easily held by a tool for applying a rotational force to the core block from the outside of the rotary machine.

9. The multiphase claw-pole type electric rotary machine with two or more phases-stator units arranged phase by phase in an axial direction of the electric rotary machine, wherein each phase stator unit comprises a pair of complementary-opposed claw pole core blocks and a ring-shaped stator coil sandwiched therebetween, characterized in that the stator units comprise structures rotatably adjustable independent of each other in their phase positional relations while maintaining concentricity of said stator units after assembly of the rotary machine before said stator units being secured, and

wherein an interphase plate is provided between adjacent faces in the axial direction of the core blocks of the stator units.

10. The multiphase claw-pole type electric rotary machine according to claim 9 , wherein the interphase plate is comprised of an organic material having slippery characteristics for excellent slidability or a metal material.

11. The multiphase claw-pole type electric rotary machine according to claim 9 , wherein at least an outer periphery around a boundary between adjacent core blocks of the stator units is provided with a recess configured to be used for securing the stator units.

12. The multiphase claw-pole type electric rotary machine according to claim 9 , wherein each of the core blocks has a shape with flat faces configured to be easily held by a tool for applying a rotational force to the core block from the outside of the rotary machine.

13. A system for adjusting cogging torque of a multiphase claw-pole type electric rotary machine, comprising:

a multiphase claw-pole type electric rotary machine with two or more phases-stator units arranged phase by phase in an axial direction of the electric rotary machine, wherein each phase stator unit comprises a pair of complementary-opposed claw pole core blocks and a ring-shaped stator coil sandwiched therebetween, and the stator units are comprised of structures rotatably adjustable independent of each other in their phase positional relations while maintaining concentricity of said stator units after assembly of the rotary machine; and

a gear mechanism for rotatably adjusting at least one of the core blocks from the outside of the rotary machine.

14. The system for adjusting cogging torque according to claim 13 , further comprising:

an apparatus for measuring cogging torque of the electric rotary machine; and

a controller for giving an instruction for adjustment of the stator units to the gear mechanism so as to reduce the cogging torque on the basis of a result of measurement of the cogging torque.

15. The system for adjusting cogging torque according to claim 14 , wherein the controller obtains an optimum value of the cogging torque by, as a method of obtaining an optimum condition, using a combination of two or more methods including a method of measuring points of a number of axes in a matrix and a method of searching for an optimum point independently of each other.

16. A generator system using a multiphase claw-pole type generator, comprising:

the generator with two or more phases-stator units arranged phase by phase in an axial direction of the generator, wherein each phase stator unit comprises a pair of complementary-opposed claw pole core blocks and a ring-shaped stator coil sandwiched therebetween, and wherein the stator units are comprised of structures rotatably adjustable independent of each other in their phase positional relations while maintaining concentricity of said stator units, after assembly of the generator, and

a rotation providing device for controlling an output of the generator by rotating at least one of the stator core blocks from the outside of the rotary machine.

17. The generator system according to claim 16 , wherein the stator core block is rotated so that the output voltage of the generator does not exceed equal to or larger than a preset value.

18. A motor system using a multiphase claw-pole motor, comprising:

the motor with two or more phases-stator units arranged phase by phase in an axial direction of the motor machine, wherein each phase stator unit comprises a pair of complementary-opposed claw pole core blocks and a ring-shaped stator coil sandwiched therebetween, and wherein the stator units are comprised of structures rotatably adjustable independent of each other in their phase positional relations while maintaining concentricity of said stator units, after assembly of the motor, and

a rotation providing device for controlling an output of the motor by rotating at least one of the stator core blocks from the outside of the motor.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 27, 2010
From: HITACHI INDUSTRIAL EQUIPMENT SYSTEMS CO., LTD.; HITACHI POWDERED METALS CO., LTD.
To: NIDEC SERVO CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 024910/0886 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jul 12, 2010
From: JAPAN SERVO CO., LTD.
To: NIDEC SERVO CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 024669/0431 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 10, 2007
From: ENOMOTO, YUJI; ITO, MOTOYA; MASAKI, RYOSO; OHIWA, SHOJI; ISHIHARA, CHIO
To: HITACHI INDUSTRIAL EQUIPMENT SYSTEMS CO., LTD.; HITACHI POWDERED METALS CO., LTD.; JAPAN SERVO CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 019802/0302 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2006-166808 · Jun 16, 2006 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20070296285A1 · Dec 27, 2007