ROTOR AND MOTOR COMPRISING SAME

• US 20200136447A1
• Filed: 02/28/2017
• Published: 04/30/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 03/02/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Innotek Company Limited (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Innotek Company Limited (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: LEE, Jung Kyu, WOO, Shung Hun
• Granted Patent: US 10,910,896 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: H02K 1/278 Surface mounted magnets; Inset magnets
• CPC Class Codes: H02K 1/30 using intermediate parts, e.g. spiders
• CPC Class Codes: H02K 16/02 Machines with one stator and two or more rotors
• CPC Class Codes: H02K 21/14 with magnets rotating within the armatures

Abstract

One embodiment discloses a rotor and a motor comprising same, the rotor comprising a first rotor part and a second motor part arranged in an axial direction, wherein the first rotor part comprises a first rotor core, multiple first magnets arranged on the outer circumferential surface of the first rotor core, and a first holder for fixing the multiple first magnets, and the second rotor part comprises a second rotor core, multiple second magnets arranged on the outer circumferential surface of the second rotor core, and a second holder for fixing the multiple second magnets, wherein the first holder comprises multiple first protruding parts protruding towards the second rotor part, and the second holder comprises multiple second protruding parts protruding towards the first rotor part, wherein a gap is included that is formed between the first rotor core and the second rotor core.

Claims

1. A rotor comprising a first rotor part and a second rotor part which are disposed in a shaft direction,

wherein the first rotor part includes a first rotor core, a plurality of first magnets disposed on an outer circumferential surface of the first rotor core, and a first holder configured to fix the plurality of first magnets, and

the second rotor part includes a second rotor core, a plurality of second magnets disposed on an outer circumferential surface of the second rotor core, and a second holder configured to fix the plurality of second magnets,

wherein the first holder includes a plurality of first protrusion parts protruding toward the second rotor part, and

the second holder includes a plurality of second protrusion parts protruding toward the first rotor part, and

wherein a gap is formed between the first rotor core and the second rotor core by the plurality of first protrusion parts and the plurality of second protrusion parts.

2. The rotor of claim 1, wherein the gap is in a range of 0.7 mm to 1.5 mm.

3. The rotor of claim 1, wherein the first protrusion part and the second protrusion part are alternately disposed in a radial direction of the rotor.

4. The rotor of claim 1, wherein the first holder includes:

a first body in a cylindrical shape;

a first plate which is connected to the first body and has an annular shape configured to cover an upper surface of the first magnet; and

a plurality of first coupling protrusions which protrude from an inner circumferential surface of the first body and are coupled to the first rotor core,

wherein the first protrusion part protrudes from a bottom surface of the first coupling protrusion in the shaft direction.

5. The rotor of claim 4, wherein the first coupling protrusion includes:

a coupling part coupled to the outer circumferential surface of the first rotor core; and

an extension part which connects the coupling part and the first body and fixes the first magnet.

6. The rotor of claim 1, wherein:

the first protrusion part supports the second magnet; and

the second protrusion part supports the first magnet.

7. The rotor of claim 4, wherein:

the first plate includes at least one insertion protrusion to be coupled to an upper surface of the first rotor core; and

the insertion protrusion is inserted into a coupling hole formed in the first rotor core.

8. The rotor of claim 4, wherein a distance between the inner circumferential surface and an outer circumferential surface of the first body decreases toward a central position between the adjacent first coupling protrusions.

9. The rotor of claim 4, wherein the first coupling protrusion includes a through hole formed from the bottom surface of the first coupling protrusion in the shaft direction.

10. The rotor of claim 4, wherein:

each of the first magnet and the second magnet includes one surface facing the outer circumferential surface of each of the first rotor core and the second rotor core, the other surface facing the one surface, and a plurality of side surfaces connecting the one surface and the other surface;

each of the plurality of side surfaces includes a first side surface and a second side surface which are parallel to the shaft direction and a third side surface and a fourth side surface which are perpendicular to the shaft direction; and

any one of the first side surface and the second side surface has a curvature.

11. A motor comprising:

a housing;

a stator disposed in the housing;

the rotor according to claim 1; and

a rotating shaft configured to pass through a center of the rotor.

12. The motor of claim 11, wherein the gap is greater than a distance between an outer diameter of the first magnet and the inner circumferential surface of the stator.

13. The motor of claim 11, wherein the first protrusion part and the second protrusion part are alternately disposed in a radial direction of the rotor.

14. The motor of claim 11, wherein the first holder includes:

a first body in a cylindrical shape;

a first plate which is connected to the first body and has an annular shape configured to cover an upper surface of the first magnet; and

a plurality of first coupling protrusions which protrude from an inner circumferential surface of the first body and are coupled to the first rotor core,

wherein the first protrusion part protrudes from a bottom surface of the first coupling protrusion in the shaft direction.

15. The motor of claim 14, wherein the first coupling protrusion includes:

a coupling part coupled to the outer circumferential surface of the first rotor core; and

an extension part which connects the coupling part and the first body and fixes the first magnet.

16. The motor of claim 11, wherein:

the first protrusion part supports the second magnet; and

the second protrusion part supports the first magnet.

17. The motor of claim 14, wherein:

the first plate includes at least one insertion protrusion to be coupled to an upper surface of the first rotor core; and

the insertion protrusion is inserted into a coupling hole formed in the first rotor core.

18. The motor of claim 14, wherein a distance between the inner circumferential surface and an outer circumferential surface of the first body decreases toward a central position between the adjacent first coupling protrusions.

19. The motor of claim 14, wherein the first coupling protrusion includes a through hole formed from the bottom surface of the first coupling protrusion in the shaft direction.

20. The motor of claim 14, wherein:

each of the first magnet and the second magnet includes one surface facing the outer circumferential surface of each of the first rotor core and the second rotor core, the other surface facing the one surface, and a plurality of side surfaces connecting the one surface and the other surface;

each of the plurality of side surfaces includes a first side surface and a second side surface which are parallel to the shaft direction and a third side surface and a fourth side surface which are perpendicular to the shaft direction; and

any one of the first side surface and the second side surface has a curvature.