Rotating electrical machine, for starter
A rotating electric machine comprising a rotor ( 2 ) comprising a body ( 34 ) on the periphery of which are installed conductors ( 36 ) forming the winding, and a stator ( 3 ) positioned around the rotor ( 2 ) comprising a magnetized structure extending along a circumference of the stator ( 3 ). The body ( 34 ) of the rotor ( 2 ) is made partially of plastic, in the region of the teeth which conventionally separate the notches near the air gap, on the periphery of the armature. A modified structure of magnets of Halbach type is made with magnets of NdFeB type to reduce the thickness of the stator ( 3 ), to increase the radius (R 2 ) of the rotor ( 2 ) so as to position all the conductors ( 36 ) on the periphery of the body ( 34 ) of the rotor ( 2 ) on one and the same layer at a diameter of maximum value.
1. A rotary electrical machine comprising:
a rotor ( 2 ) fitted on a metal shaft ( 2 . 1 ) comprising a body ( 34 ) on an outer periphery of which there are installed conductors ( 36 ) forming a winding of the rotor ( 2 ); and
a stator ( 3 ) positioned around the rotor ( 2 ) and comprising a magnetised structure with permanent magnetisation, which extends according to a circumference of the stator ( 3 ), the rotor ( 2 ) and the stator ( 3 ) being separated by an air gap (E),
wherein the body ( 34 ) of the rotor ( 2 ) is made partially of plastic material and comprises an inner part ( 48 ) in the form of a set of metal plates and an outer part ( 49 ) made of plastic over-moulded around the set of metal plates ( 48 ) so as to completely cover the set of metal plates ( 48 ), and
wherein the conductors ( 36 ) are embedded in the plastic of the outer part ( 49 ) of the rotor body ( 34 ), wherein the conductors are on an outer radial surface of the inner part ( 48 ) of the rotor body ( 34 ).
2. The machine according to claim 1 , wherein the body ( 34 ) of the rotor is made of plastic material in the region of teeth separated by notches ( 41 ) close to the air gap (E), on the outer periphery of the rotor ( 2 ).
3. The machine according to claim 2 , wherein the set of metal plates ( 48 ) comprises on an outer periphery thereof anchorage means in order to retain the outer part ( 49 ) made of plastic.
4. The machine according to claim 3 , wherein the outer part made of plastic material ( 49 ) has at each f axial end thereof a rim extending radially inwardly in the direction substantially perpendicular to the axis (X) of the rotor ( 2 ), with the inner set of metal plates ( 48 ) being sandwiched between the rims, such that the outer part ( 49 ) is blocked axially by the set of metal plates so as to form a brace between the rims.
5. The machine according to claim 4 , wherein the conductors ( 36 ) are positioned in a single layer.
6. The machine according to claim 1 , wherein the conductors ( 36 ) have a transverse cross-section with an elongate form.
7. The machine according to claim 6 , wherein the cross-sections of the conductors ( 36 ) have a large dimension ( 47 ) that is oriented radially.
8. The machine according to claim 7 , wherein the conductors ( 36 ) are positioned staggered on the outer periphery of the rotor ( 2 ).
9. The machine according to claim 6 , wherein the conductors are situated side by side as far as possible from the axis of rotation, in order to form a sheet of current on the outer periphery of the rotor ( 2 ).
10. The machine according to claim 9 , wherein the rotor is PEEK (polyether ether ketone) plastic.
11. The machine according to claim 10 , wherein the stator ( 3 ) is constituted by a head ( 4 ) for stoppage of magnetic flow and by an assembly of rare earth permanent magnets ( 54 , 56 ) which have a radial direction of magnetisation.
12. The machine according to claim 10 , wherein the stator ( 3 ) comprises:
magnetised regions ( 56 a ) having magnetisation with a radial direction (F 1 ) which defines the poles of the machine; and
regions of magnetic transition ( 56 b , 56 c ) having a direction of magnetisation other than radial which are situated between two of the magnetised regions ( 56 a ) of radial magnetisation;
the magnetised regions ( 56 a ) of radial magnetisation occupying a radial zone (Zr) which is more extensive than radial zones (Zr′) occupied by the regions of magnetisation ( 56 b , 56 c ) other than radial magnetisation.
13. The machine according to claim 12 , wherein, between two consecutive magnets of the magnetised regions ( 56 a ) having radial magnetisation, the regions of magnetisation other than radial are constituted by:
a region ( 56 b ) of magnetisation which is substantially ortho-radial (F 2 ); and
two regions ( 56 c ) on both sides of the region ( 56 b ), the two regions ( 56 c ) having a direction of magnetisation different from the radial and ortho-radial directions.
14. The machine according to claim 13 , wherein the stator ( 3 ) additionally comprises steel interpolar parts ( 68 ) interposed radially between two successive poles of the stator ( 3 ).
15. A starter equipped with an electrical machine according to claim 1 .
16. A rotary electrical machine comprising:
a rotor ( 2 ) fitted on a metal shaft ( 2 . 1 ) comprising a body ( 34 ) on an outer periphery of which there are installed conductors ( 36 ) forming a winding of the rotor ( 2 ); and
a stator ( 3 ) positioned around the rotor ( 2 ) and comprising a magnetised structure with permanent magnetisation, which extends according to a circumference of the stator ( 3 ), the rotor ( 2 ) and the stator ( 3 ) being separated by an air gap (E);
the body ( 34 ) of the rotor ( 2 ) is made partially of plastic material and comprises an inner part ( 48 ) in the form of a set of metal plates and an outer part ( 49 ) made of plastic over-moulded around the set of metal plates ( 48 );
the body ( 34 ) of the rotor is made of plastic material in the region of teeth separated by notches ( 41 ) close to the air gap (E), on the outer periphery of the rotor ( 2 );
the set of metal plates ( 48 ) comprises on an outer periphery thereof anchorage means for retaining the outer part ( 49 ) made of plastic;
the outer part made of plastic material ( 49 ) has at each axial end thereof a rim extending radially inwardly in the direction substantially perpendicular to the axis (X) of the rotor ( 2 ), with the inner set of metal plates ( 48 ) being sandwiched between the rims, such that the outer part ( 49 ) is blocked axially by the set of metal plates so as to form a brace between the rims;
the conductors ( 36 ) are positioned in a single layer, embedded in the plastic of the rotor body ( 34 ), and situated side by side as far as possible from the axis of rotation, in order to form a sheet of current on the outer periphery of the rotor ( 2 );
the conductors ( 36 ) have a transverse cross-section with an elongate form;
the rotor is PEEK (polyether ether ketone) plastic;
the stator ( 3 ) comprises
magnetised regions ( 56 a ) having magnetisation with a radial direction (F 1 ) which defines the poles of the machine;
regions of magnetic transition ( 56 c ) having a direction of magnetisation other than radial which are situated between two of the magnetised regions ( 56 a ) of radial magnetisation; and
steel interpolar parts ( 68 ) interposed radially between two successive poles of the stator ( 3 );
the magnetised regions ( 56 a ) of radial magnetisation occupying a radial zone (Zr) which is more extensive than radial zones (Zr′) occupied by the regions of magnetisation ( 56 c ) other than radial magnetisation;
the regions of magnetisation other than radial situated between two consecutive magnets of the magnetised regions ( 56 a ) having radial magnetisation, include two of the magnetic transition regions ( 56 c ) on both sides of each of the steel interpolar parts ( 68 ) having a direction of magnetisation different from the radial and ortho-radial directions.