Permanent magnet type concentrated winding motor

• US 10,396,612 B2
• Filed: 12/02/2011
• Issued: 08/27/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 12/02/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
• Original Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
• Inventors: Nakano, Masatsugu, Akutsu, Satoru, Asao, Yoshihito, Takizawa, Yuji, Hirotani, Yu, Takiguchi, Ryuichi
• Primary Examiner(s): Kim, John K
• Application Number:
  US14/345,128
• Publication Number:
  US 20140346910A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,825 Days
• Field of Search: 310179-210, 31015601, 31015645, 31015653, 310132, 310134, 31015656
• CPC Class Codes: B62D 5/0463 calculating assisting torque from the motor based on driver input
• CPC Class Codes: H02K 1/274 the rotor consisting of two or more circumferentially positioned magnets
• CPC Class Codes: H02K 21/16 having annular armature cores with salient poles with homopolar co-operation H02K21/20
• CPC Class Codes: H02K 3/28 Layout of windings or of connections between windings windings for pole-changing H02K17/06, H02K17/14, H02K19/12, H02K19/32

Abstract

In a permanent magnet type concentrated winding motor, the number of magnetic poles is M, a stator Sr has an N number of teeth T around which coils are concentratedly wound and which are circumferentially arranged at equal intervals, M is equal to (18±4)n and N is equal to 18n, an armature winding AW has an m number of parallel circuits, and a 1-phase circuit of the parallel circuits is configured to have a 6n/m number of coils connected in series with each other.

Claims

1. A permanent magnet type concentrated winding motor system, comprising:

a rotor has magnetic poles that are configured to have magnetized permanent magnets, and the number of the magnetic poles is M,

a stator has teeth around which coils are wound in a concentrated manner and which are circumferentially arranged at equal intervals, and the number of the teeth is N,

the number of the poles M is equal to (18±

4)n, and the number of the teeth N is equal to 18n (n is an integer and n≥

1),

an armature winding formed by the coils is configured to have an m number of 3-phase armature windings that form parallel circuits (m is an even number that is 2 or greater, and is a divisor of 2n), and

a 1-phase circuit of each of the 3-phase armature windings that form the parallel circuits is configured to have a 6n/m number of coils connected in series with each other,

wherein each of the m number of the 3-phase armature windings that form the parallel circuits is fed with electrical power from different inverters individually or from a common inverter,

and wherein

the number of the poles M is equal to 14n, and

when, out of the 18n number of teeth of the stator, coils that are wound around the eighteen teeth consecutively from an 18(n−

1)+1-th tooth to an 18(n−

1)+18-th tooth are set to be coils U11, V11, V12, W11, U12, U13, V13, W12, W13, U21, V21, V22, W21, U22, U23, V23, W22 and W23, respectively,

the coils U11, U12 and U13 are connected in series with each other, and configure a first U-phase winding which is one U-phase of the 3-phase armature winding that forms the parallel circuits,

the coils U21, U22 and U23 are connected in series with each other, and configure a second U-phase winding which is another U-phase of the 3-phase armature winding that forms the parallel circuits,

the coils V11, V12 and V13 are connected in series with each other, and configure a first V-phase winding which is one V-phase of the 3-phase armature winding that forms the parallel circuits,

the coils V21, V22 and V23 are connected in series with each other, and configure a second V-phase winding which is another V-phase of the 3-phase armature winding that forms the parallel circuits,

the coils W11, W12 and W13 are connected in series with each other, and configure a first W-phase winding which is one W-phase of the 3-phase armature winding that forms the parallel circuits,

the coils W21, W22 and W23 are connected in series with each other, and configure a second W-phase winding which is another W-phase of the 3-phase armature winding that forms the parallel circuits,

the first U-phase winding and the second U-phase winding are connected in parallel with each other,

the first V-phase winding and the second V-phase winding are connected in parallel with each other, and

the first W-phase winding and the second W-phase winding are connected in parallel with each other.

2. A permanent magnet type concentrated winding motor system, comprising,

a rotor has magnetic poles that are configured to have magnetized permanent magnets, and the number of the magnetic poles is M,

a stator has teeth around which coils are wound in a concentrated manner and which are circumferentially arranged at equal intervals, and the number of the teeth is N,

the number of the poles M is equal to (18±

4)n, and the number of the teeth N is equal to 18n (n is an integer and n≥

1),

an armature winding formed by the coils is configured to have an m number of 3-phase armature windings that form parallel circuits (m is an even number that is 2 or greater, and is a divisor of 2n), and

a 1-phase circuit of each of the 3-phase armature windings that form the parallel circuits is configured to have a 6n/m number of coils connected in series with each other,

wherein each of the m number of the 3-phase armature windings that form the parallel circuits is fed with electrical power from different inverters individually or from a common inverter,

and wherein

the number of the poles M is equal to 14n, and

when, out of the 18n number of teeth of a stator core of the rotor, coils that are wound around the eighteen teeth consecutively from an 18(n−

1)+1-th tooth to an 18(n−

1)+18-th tooth are set to be coils U11, V11, V12, W11, U12, U13, V13, W12, W13, U21, V21, V22, W21, U22, U23, V23, W22 and W23, respectively,

the coils U11, U13 and U22 are connected in series with each other, and configure a first U-phase winding which is one U-phase of the 3-phase armature winding that forms the parallel circuits,

the coils U12, U21 and U23 are connected in series with each other, and configure a second U-phase winding which is another U-phase of the 3-phase armature winding that forms the parallel circuits,

the coils V11, V13 and V22 are connected in series with each other, and configure a first V-phase winding which is one V-phase of the 3-phase armature winding that forms the parallel circuits,

the coils V12, V21 and V23 are connected in series with each other, and configure a second V-phase winding which is another V-phase of the 3-phase armature winding that forms the parallel circuits,

the coils W12, W21 and W23 are connected in series with each other, and configure a first W-phase winding which is one W-phase of the 3-phase armature winding that forms the parallel circuits,

the coils W11, W13 and W22 are connected in series with each other, and configure a second W-phase winding which is another W-phase of the 3-phase armature winding that forms the parallel circuits,

the first U-phase winding and the second U-phase winding are connected in parallel with each other,

the first V-phase winding and the second V-phase winding are connected in parallel with each other, and

the first W-phase winding and the second W-phase winding are connected in parallel with each other.

3. A permanent magnet type concentrated winding motor system, comprising:

a rotor has magnetic poles that are configured to have magnetized permanent magnets, and the number of the magnetic poles is M,

a stator has teeth around which coils are wound in a concentrated manner and which are circumferentially arranged at equal intervals, and the number of the teeth is N,

the number of the poles M is equal to (18±

4)n, and the number of the teeth N is equal to 18n (n is an integer and n≥

1),

an armature winding formed by the coils is configured to have an m number of 3-phase armature windings that form parallel circuits (m is an even number that is 2 or greater, and is a divisor of 2n), and

a 1-phase circuit of each of the 3-phase armature windings that form the parallel circuits is configured to have a 6n/m number of coils connected in series with each other,

wherein each of the m number of the 3-phase armature windings that form the parallel circuits is fed with electrical power from different inverters individually or from a common inverter,

and wherein

the number of the poles M is equal to 14n, and

when, out of the 18n number of teeth of a stator core of the stator, coils that are wound around the eighteen teeth consecutively from an 18(n−

1)+1-th tooth to an 18(n−

1)+18-th tooth are set to be coils U11, V11, V12, W11, U12, U13, V13, W12, W13, U21, V21, V22, W21, U22, U23, V23, W22 and W23, respectively,

the coils U11, U12 and U13 are connected in series with each other, and configure a first U-phase winding which is one U-phase of the 3-phase armature winding that forms the parallel circuits,

the coils U21, U22 and U23 are connected in series with each other, and configure a second U-phase winding which is another U-phase of the 3-phase armature winding that forms the parallel circuits,

the coils V11, V12 and V13 are connected in series with each other, and configure a first V-phase winding which is one V-phase of the 3-phase armature winding that forms the parallel circuits,

the coils V21, V22 and V23 are connected in series with each other, and configure a second V-phase winding which is another V-phase of the 3-phase armature winding that forms the parallel circuits,

the coils W11, W12 and W13 are connected in series with each other, and configure a first W-phase winding which is one W-phase of the 3-phase armature winding that forms the parallel circuits,

the coils W21, W22 and W23 are connected in series with each other, and configure a second W-phase winding which is another W-phase of the 3-phase armature winding that forms the parallel circuits,

the first U-phase winding, the first V-phase winding and the first W-phase winding are fed with electrical power from a first inverter, and

the second U-phase winding, the second V-phase winding and the second W-phase winding are fed with electrical power from a second inverter.

4. A permanent magnet type concentrated winding motor system, comprising:

a rotor has magnetic poles that are configured to have magnetized permanent magnets, and the number of the magnetic poles is M,

a stator has teeth around which coils are wound in a concentrated manner and which are circumferentially arranged at equal intervals, and the number of the teeth is N,

the number of the poles M is equal to (18±

4)n, and the number of the teeth N is equal to 18n (n is an integer and n≥

1),

an armature winding formed by the coils is configured to have an m number of 3-phase armature windings that form parallel circuits (m is an even number that is 2 or greater, and is a divisor of 2n), and

a 1-phase circuit of each of the 3-phase armature windings that form the parallel circuits is configured to have a 6n/m number of coils connected in series with each other,

wherein each of the m number of the 3-phase armature windings that form the parallel circuits is fed with electrical power from different inverters individually or from a common inverter,

and wherein

the number of the poles M is equal to 14n, and

when, out of the 18n number of teeth of a stator core of the stator, coils that are wound around the eighteen teeth consecutively from an 18(n−

1)+1-th tooth to an 18(n−

1)+18-th tooth are set to be coils U11, V11, V12, W11, U12, U13, V13, W12, W13, U21, V21, V22, W21, U22, U23, V23, W22 and W23, respectively,

the coils U11, U13 and U22 are connected in series with each other, and configure a first U-phase winding which is one U-phase of the 3-phase armature winding that forms the parallel circuits,

the coils U12, U21 and U23 are connected in series with each other, and configure a second U-phase winding which is another U-phase of the 3-phase armature winding that forms the parallel circuits,

the coils V11, V13 and V22 are connected in series with each other, and configure a first V-phase winding which is one V-phase of the 3-phase armature winding that forms the parallel circuits,

the coils V12, V21 and V23 are connected in series with each other, and configure a second V-phase winding which is another V-phase of the 3-phase armature winding that forms the parallel circuits,

the coils W12, W21 and W23 are connected in series with each other, and configure a first W-phase winding which is one W-phase of the 3-phase armature winding that forms the parallel circuits,

the coils W11, W13 and W22 are connected in series with each other, and configure a second W-phase winding which is another W-phase of the 3-phase armature winding that forms the parallel circuits,

the first U-phase winding, the first V-phase winding and the first W-phase winding are fed with electrical power from a first inverter, and

the second U-phase winding, the second V-phase winding and the second W-phase winding are fed with electrical power from a second inverter.

5. A permanent magnet type concentrated winding motor system, comprising:

a rotor has magnetic poles that are configured to have magnetized permanent magnets, and the number of the magnetic poles is M,

a stator has teeth around which coils are wound in a concentrated manner and which are circumferentially arranged at equal intervals, and the number of the teeth is N,

the number of the poles M is equal to (18±

4)n, and the number of the teeth N is equal to 18n (n is an integer and n≥

1),

an armature winding formed by the coils is configured to have an m number of 3-phase armature windings that form parallel circuits (m is an even number that is 2 or greater, and is a divisor of 2n), and

a 1-phase circuit of each of the 3-phase armature windings that form the parallel circuits is configured to have a 6n/m number of coils connected in series with each other,

wherein each of the m number of the 3-phase armature windings that form the parallel circuits is fed with electrical power from different inverters individually or from a common inverter,

and wherein

the number of the poles M is equal to 22n, and

when, out of the 18n number of teeth of a stator core of the stator, coils that are wound around the eighteen teeth consecutively from an 18(n−

1)+1-th tooth to an 18(n−

1)+18-th tooth are set to be coils U11, W11, W12, V11, U12, U13, W13, V12, V13, U21, W21, W22, V21, U22, U23, W23, V22 and V23, respectively,

the coils U11, U12 and U13 are connected in series with each other, and configure a first U-phase winding which is one U-phase of the 3-phase armature winding that forms the parallel circuits,

the coils U21, U22 and U23 are connected in series with each other, and configure a second U-phase winding which is another U-phase of the 3-phase armature winding that forms the parallel circuits,

the coils V11, V12 and V13 are connected in series with each other, and configure a first V-phase winding which is one V-phase of the 3-phase armature winding that forms the parallel circuits,

the coils V21, V22 and V23 are connected in series with each other, and configure a second V-phase winding which is another V-phase of the 3-phase armature winding that forms the parallel circuits,

the coils W11, W12 and W13 are connected in series with each other, and configure a first W-phase winding which is one W-phase of the 3-phase armature winding that forms the parallel circuits, and

the coils W21, W22 and W23 are connected in series with each other, and configure a second W-phase winding which is another W-phase of the 3-phase armature winding that forms the parallel circuits.

6. A permanent magnet type concentrated winding motor system, comprising:

a rotor has magnetic poles that are configured to have magnetized permanent magnets, and the number of the magnetic poles is M,

a stator has teeth around which coils are wound in a concentrated manner and which are circumferentially arranged at equal intervals, and the number of the teeth is N,

the number of the poles M is equal to (18±

4)n, and the number of the teeth N is equal to 18n (n is an integer and n≥

1),

an armature winding formed by the coils is configured to have an m number of 3-phase armature windings that form parallel circuits (m is an even number that is 2 or greater, and is a divisor of 2n), and

a 1-phase circuit of each of the 3-phase armature windings that form the parallel circuits is configured to have a 6n/m number of coils connected in series with each other,

wherein each of the m number of the 3-phase armature windings that form the parallel circuits is fed with electrical power from different inverters individually or from a common inverter,

and wherein

the number of the poles M is equal to 22n, and

when, out of the 18n number of teeth of a stator core of the stator, coils that are wound around the eighteen teeth consecutively from an 18(n−

1)+l-th tooth to an 18(n−

1)+18-th tooth are set to be coils U11, W11, W12, V11, U12, U13, W13, V12, V13, U21, W21, W22, V21, U22, U23, W23, V22 and V23, respectively,

the coils U11, U13 and U22 are connected in series with each other, and configure a first U-phase winding which is one U-phase of the 3-phase armature winding that forms the parallel circuits,

the coils U12, U21 and U23 are connected in series with each other, and configure a second U-phase winding which is another U-phase of the 3-phase armature winding that forms the parallel circuits,

the coils V11, V13 and V22 are connected in series with each other, and configure a first V-phase winding which is one V-phase of the 3-phase armature winding that forms the parallel circuits,

the coils V12, V21 and V23 are connected in series with each other, and configure a second V-phase winding which is another V-phase of the 3-phase armature winding that forms the parallel circuits,

the coils W12, W21 and W23 are connected in series with each other, and configure a first W-phase winding which is one W-phase of the 3-phase armature winding that forms the parallel circuits, and

the coils W11, W13 and W22 are connected in series with each other, and configure a second W-phase winding which is another W-phase of the 3-phase armature winding that forms the parallel circuits.

7. A permanent magnet type concentrated winding motor system, comprising:

a rotor has magnetic poles that are configured to have magnetized permanent magnets, and the number of the magnetic poles is M,

a stator has teeth around which coils are wound in a concentrated manner and which are circumferentially arranged at equal intervals, and the number of the teeth is N,

the number of the poles M is equal to (18±

4)n, and the number of the teeth N is equal to 18n (n is an integer and n≥

1),

an armature winding formed by the coils is configured to have an m number of 3-phase armature windings that form parallel circuits (m is an even number that is 2 or greater, and is a divisor of 2n), and

a 1-phase circuit of each of the 3-phase armature windings that form the parallel circuits is configured to have a 6n/m number of coils connected in series with each other,

wherein each of the m number of the 3-phase armature windings that form the parallel circuits is fed with electrical power from different inverters individually or from a common inverter,

and wherein

the integer n is equal to 1,

each of first U-phase, V-phase and W-phase windings, which is each phase winding of one 3-phase armature winding that forms the parallel circuits, is configured to have three coils, which are dispersedly arranged to be separated from each other at a mechanical angle of 100 degrees or greater, connected in series with each other, and each of second U-phase, V-phase and W-phase windings, which is each phase winding of another 3-phase armature winding that forms the parallel circuits, is configured to have three coils, which are dispersedly arranged to be separated from each other at a mechanical angle of 100 degrees or greater, connected in series with each other,

the first U-phase winding and the second U-phase winding are arranged at positions that are offset from each other at a mechanical angle of 180 degrees,

the first V-phase winding and the second V-phase winding are arranged at positions that are offset from each other at a mechanical angle of 180 degrees, and

the first W-phase winding and the second W-phase winding are arranged at positions that are offset from each other at a mechanical angle of 180 degrees.

8. A permanent magnet type concentrated winding motor system, comprising:

a rotor has magnetic poles that are configured to have magnetized permanent magnets, and the number of the magnetic poles is M,

a stator has teeth around which coils are wound in a concentrated manner and which are circumferentially arranged at equal intervals, and the number of the teeth is N,

the number of the poles M is equal to (18±

4)n, and the number of the teeth N is equal to 18n (n is an integer and n≥

1),

an armature winding formed by the coils is configured to have an m number of 3-phase armature windings that form parallel circuits (m is an even number that is 2 or greater, and is a divisor of 2n), and

a 1-phase circuit of each of the 3-phase armature windings that form the parallel circuits is configured to have a 6n/m number of coils connected in series with each other,

wherein each of the m number of the 3-phase armature windings that form the parallel circuits is fed with electrical power from different inverters individually or from a common inverter,

and herein the permanent magnet having a length in a radial direction of the rotor greater than a length in a circumferential direction of the rotor is embedded in a rotor core of the rotor.

9. A permanent magnet type concentrated winding motor system, comprising:

a rotor has magnetic poles that are configured to have magnetized permanent magnets, and the number of the magnetic poles is M,

a stator has teeth around which coils are wound in a concentrated manner and which are circumferentially arranged at equal intervals, and the number of the teeth is N,

the number of the poles M is equal to (18±

4)n, and the number of the teeth N is equal to 18n (n is an integer and n≥

1),

an armature winding formed by the coils is configured to have an m number of 3-phase armature windings that form parallel circuits (m is an even number that is 2 or greater, and is a divisor of 2n), and

a 1-phase circuit of each of the 3-phase armature windings that form the parallel circuits is configured to have a 6n/m number of coils connected in series with each other,

wherein each of the m number of the 3-phase armature windings that form the parallel circuits is fed with electrical power from different inverters individually or from a common inverter,

and wherein

the permanent magnet attached to a rotor core of the rotor has a rectangular cross-sectional shape, and the permanent magnet has a long shape in which a length in a radial direction of the rotor is greater than a length in a circumferential direction of the rotor,

the permanent magnets are magnetized to have magnetization directions in which facing surfaces of adjacent permanent magnets have the same polarity,

the rotor core is interposed between the adjacent permanent magnets,

the rotor core has a curved surface portion that faces a side of the stator, and the curved surface has a convex shape in such a manner that an air gap between the curved surface and the stator has a small length at a midpoint between the adjacent permanent magnets, and

a nonmagnetic portion is provided to be in contact with an end surface on a side of an inner diameter of the permanent magnet.

10. A permanent magnet type concentrated winding motor system, comprising:

a rotor has magnetic poles that are configured to have magnetized permanent magnets, and the number of the magnetic poles is M,

a stator has teeth around which coils are wound in a concentrated manner and which are circumferentially arranged at equal intervals, and the number of the teeth is N,

the number of the poles M is equal to (18±

4)n, and the number of the teeth N is equal to 18n (n is an integer and n≥

1),

an armature winding formed by the coils is configured to have an m number of 3-phase armature windings that form parallel circuits (m is an even number that is 2 or greater, and is a divisor of 2n), and

a 1-phase circuit of each of the 3-phase armature windings that form the parallel circuits is configured to have a 6n/m number of coils connected in series with each other,

wherein each of the m number of the 3-phase armature windings that form the parallel circuits is fed with electrical power from different inverters individually or from a common inverter,

and wherein the permanent magnet type concentrated winding motor is mounted on an electric power steering apparatus, and the permanent magnet type concentrated winding motor mounted on the electric power steering apparatus is arranged in parallel with a movement direction of a rack shaft of the electric power steering apparatus.