ELECTRICITY COLLECTION AND DISTRIBUTION RING AND ELECTRIC MOTOR

• US 20140175921A1
• Filed: 12/19/2013
• Published: 06/26/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 12/20/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Hitachi Metals (Thailand) Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Hitachi Metals (Thailand) Ltd.
• Inventors: TOMITA, Kazuhiko, EGAMI, Kenichi
• Granted Patent: US 9,362,796 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 310/71
• CPC Class Codes: H02K 2203/09 Machines characterised by wiring elements other than wires, e.g. bus rings, for connecting the winding terminations
• CPC Class Codes: H02K 3/50 Fastening of winding heads, equalising connectors, or connections thereto
• CPC Class Codes: H02K 3/522 for generally annular cores with salient poles

Abstract

An electricity collection and distribution ring includes a plurality of bus rings that include a plurality of annular conductive bodies and a plurality of connecting terminals provided on the annular conductive bodies. The connecting terminals each include a first connecting portion connected to a center conductor, a second connecting portion connected to a winding and a coupling portion for coupling the first and second connecting portions. The coupling portion includes the first extended portion including an end portion extending through a gap between the annular conductive bodies toward one side in an axial direction of the annular conductive bodies and the second extended portion extending from the end portion of the first extended portion toward one side in a radial direction of the annular conductive bodies. The second connecting portion is formed at an end portion of the second extended portion on one side in the radial direction.

Claims

1. An electricity collection and distribution ring, comprising a plurality of bus rings for collecting and distributing currents from/to multiple-phase windings wound around a plurality of circularly-arranged teeth,

wherein the plurality of bus rings comprise a plurality of annular conductive bodies each formed by covering a center conductor with an insulation and a plurality of connecting terminals provided on the annular conductive bodies at a plurality of circumferential positions,

wherein the plurality of annular conductive bodies are arranged concentrically and parallel in a radial direction,

wherein the plurality of connecting terminals each comprise a first connecting portion connected to the center conductor, a second connecting portion connected to the winding and a coupling portion for coupling the first and second connecting portions,

wherein the coupling portion comprises first and second extended portions, the first extended portion comprising an end portion extending through a gap between the plurality of annular conductive bodies toward one side in an axial direction of the plurality of annular conductive bodies and the second extended portion extending from the end portion of the first extended portion toward one side in a radial direction of the plurality of annular conductive bodies, and

wherein the second connecting portion is formed at an end portion of the second extended portion on one side in the radial direction.

2. The electricity collection and distribution ring according to claim 1, wherein the second connecting portion comprises a folded-back piece formed by folding at an end portion on one side in the radial direction to extend back toward another side in the radial direction.

3. The electricity collection and distribution ring according to claim 1, wherein the coupling portion further comprises an arc portion between the first connection portion and a base end portion of the first extended portion, the arc portion being formed in an arc shape along a circumferential direction of the plurality of annular conductive bodies.

4. The electricity collection and distribution ring according to claim 1, wherein the plurality of connecting terminals are each formed by bending a plate-shaped conductive member, and

wherein the coupling portion is arranged between the plurality of annular conductive bodies so that a thickness direction of the conductive member in the first extended portion is along the radial direction of the plurality of annular conductive bodies.

5. An electric motor, comprising:

the electricity collection and distribution ring according to claim 1;

a stator comprising the plurality of teeth and the multiple-phase windings wound therearound; and

a rotor that is rotated with respect to the stator by a magnetic field of the multiple-phase winding.