IP Library Granted Patent US 9,570,950
Granted Patent B2
US 9,570,950 · App. 14/171,156 · Granted Feb 14, 2017

Permanent magnet embedded rotary electric machine

Inventors: Masaki Horii (Chiyoda-ku, JP); Masaya Inoue (Chiyoda-ku, JP); Yoshiaki Kitta (Chiyoda-ku, JP)
Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
H02K1/32H02K1/2766H02K9/19
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Patent No.
US 9,570,950
App. No.
14/171,156
Granted
Feb 14, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

A permanent magnet embedded rotary electric machine includes: permanent magnets 23 respectively accommodated in the magnet accommodation holes 25 . In the magnet accommodation hole 25 , a portion of each permanent magnet 23 corresponding to the radially outer side of the rotor iron core 21 is fixed to the rotor iron core 21 , and a refrigerant passage 27 is formed, in a shaft direction of the rotor iron core 21 , between the rotor iron core 21 and a portion of the permanent magnet 23 corresponding to the radially inner side of the rotor iron core 21 . Protrusions 28 are provided, perpendicularly to a passing direction of a refrigerant, on an exposed portion 21 a of the rotor iron core 21 in the refrigerant passage 27.

Claims (14)

1. A permanent magnet embedded rotary electric machine comprising:

a stator having an armature winding;

a rotor having:

a rotor iron core composed of magnetic material sheets stacked into a cylindrical shape, and rotatably provided inside the stator; and

a plurality of magnet accommodation holes penetrating in the stacking direction of the magnetic material sheets of the rotor iron core, and provided at predetermined positions along the circumferential direction; and

a plurality of permanent magnets respectively accommodated in the plurality of magnet accommodation holes, wherein

a portion of each permanent magnet corresponding to a radially outer side of the rotor iron core in the magnet accommodation hole is fixed to the rotor iron core, and each permanent magnet is located such that a refrigerant passage for passing a refrigerant therethrough is formed, in a shaft direction of the rotor iron core, between the rotor iron core and a portion of the permanent magnet corresponding to a radially inner side of the rotor iron core in the magnet accommodation hole, and

a plurality of protrusions are provided, in a direction perpendicular to a passing direction of the refrigerant, on an exposed portion of the rotor iron core in the refrigerant passage and extend therefrom toward a respective permanent magnet, the protrusions extending only partway between the exposed portion of the rotor iron core and the respective permanent magnet.

2. The permanent magnet embedded rotary electric machine according to claim 1 , wherein the protrusions are arranged at regular intervals along a shaft direction of the rotor iron core so as not to overlap with the adjacent protrusions.

3. The permanent magnet embedded rotary electric machine according to claim 1 , wherein the protrusions are formed by shaping ends of the magnetic material sheets that oppose the permanent magnets.

4. The permanent magnet embedded rotary electric machine according to claim 1 , wherein the protrusions are formed by shear droops of ends of the magnetic material sheets that occur upon press working.

5. The permanent magnet embedded rotary electric machine according to claim 1 , wherein

each permanent magnet has a planar shape, and

a portion of each permanent magnet corresponding to a long-side portion on the radially outer side of the rotor iron core in the magnet accommodation hole is fixed to the rotor iron core by a resin layer for fixation, and each permanent magnet is located such that a gap as the refrigerant passage is formed at a portion of the permanent magnet corresponding to a long-side portion on the radially inner side of the rotor iron core in the magnet accommodation hole.

Assignments (2)
COMPANY SPLIT Recorded Sep 4, 2024
From: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
To: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC MOBILITY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 068834/0585 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 3, 2014
From: HORII, MASAKI; INOUE, MASAYA; KITTA, YOSHIAKI
To: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 032121/0376 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2013-223890 · Oct 29, 2013 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20150115751A1 · Apr 30, 2015