External rotor motor with clamped stator bushing

• US 4,612,468 A
• Filed: 02/06/1985
• Issued: 09/16/1986
• Est. Priority Date: 02/08/1984
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: EBM Elektrobau Mulfingen GmbH & Company
• Original Assignee: EBM Elektrobau Mulfingen GmbH & Company
• Inventors: Best, Dieter, Sturm, Gerhard, Voss, Horst, Wagner, Martin, Reinhardt, Wilhelm, Schumann, Reinhold
• Primary Examiner(s): Salce, Patrick R.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Rebsch, D. L.
• Application Number:
  US06/698,611
• Time in Patent Office: 587 Days
• Field of Search: 310/42, 310/43, 310/67 R, 310/89, 310/156, 310/261, 310/266, 310/90, 310/254
• US Class Current: 310/67.00R
• CPC Class Codes: F16C 17/08 for supporting the end face of a shaft or other member, e.g. footstep bearings
• CPC Class Codes: F16C 2380/26 Dynamo-electric machines or combinations therewith, e.g. electro-motors and generators
• CPC Class Codes: H02K 5/1675 radially supporting the rotary shaft at only one end of the rotor H02K5/1677 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H02K 5/1735 radially supporting the rotary shaft at only one end of the rotor H02K5/1737 takes precedence

Abstract

An external rotor motor, especially for driving fans, including a stationary inside stator, an outside rotor, and a stator-lamination pack of the inside stator having a central bore into which there is installed, with the aid of a clamping seating, a stator bushing which is connected mechanically on one side with the motor flange carrying the external rotor motor. Inside the stator bushing, there is a turnable shaft which is fixedly secured, on the side lying opposite the motor flange, within a rotor bushing of the turnable outside rotor. The motor flange includes on the inside, a hollow cylindrical added piece with an inward-directed annular crosspiece, which abuts against the stator-lamination pack. The stator bushing, installed with the aid of a clamping seating in the central bore of the stator-lamination pack, has an outward-directed annular crosspiece which is seated against the inward-directed annular crosspiece of the cylindrical added piece of the motor flange.

Claims

1. An external rotor motor especially for driving fans, comprising:

a stationary inside stator including a stator-lamination pack provided with a central bore having a central axis;

an outside rotor arranged to turn about said inside stator, said outside rotor being provided with a rotor bushing on one side of said stator-lamination pack, a shaft being fixedly secured within said rotor bushing, said shaft extending into said central bore and being rotatably disposed coaxially to said central axis;

a motor flange for carrying said external rotor motor, said motor flange being disposed on an opposite side of said stator-lamination pack;

said motor flange including a cylindrical added piece extending inwardly toward said stator-lamination pack, said cylindrical added piece surrounding a portion of said shaft and being disposed coaxially to said central axis;

said cylindrical added piece being provided with a first annular crosspiece at an inwardly disposed free end thereof, said first annular crosspiece extending radially toward said shaft to define a first rim portion;

an inwardly facing surface of said first rim portion being disposed against said stator-lamination pack;

a stator bushing having an inwardly disposed portion clampingly seated within said central bore with said shaft extending through said stator bushing, said stator bushing being disposed coaxially to said central axis;

an outward disposed portion of said stator bushing being disposed within said first rim portion, said outward disposed portion being provided with a second annular crosspiece at an outwardly disposed free end of said stator bushing, said second annular crosspiece extending radially away from said shaft toward said cylindrical added piece to define a second rim portion; and

said second rim portion of said stator bushing being seated against an outwardly facing surface of said first rim portion of said cylindrical added piece of said motor flange to sandwich said first rim portion between said second rim portion and said stator-lamination pack for mechanically joining said motor flange to said stator bushing and said stator-lamination pack;

whereby any heat produced by said stator is carried off by said cylindrical added piece to an outside surface of said motor flange and then to surrounding environment.

5. An external rotor motor according to claim 1, wherein an end of said shaft is provided with an annular groove into which there is installed a security ring.

6. An external rotor motor according to claim 1, wherein on an inner side of said bore of said stator-lamination pack receiving said stator bushing, there is arranged a shell of insulating material disposed between said stator bushing and said bore.

7. An external rotor motor according to claim 1, wherein on opposite sides of said stator-lamination pack there is provided in each case a ball bearing, an outer ring of one ball bearing being arranged inside said cylindrical added piece of said motor flange, and an outer ring of the other ball bearing being arranged in a correspondingly formed receiving part disposed on said stator-lamination pack.

10. An external rotor motor according to claim 1, wherein said stator bushing extends entirely through said stator-lamination pack, opposite ends of said stator bushing providing two spaced apart friction bearings with respect to said shaft.

11. An external rotor motor according to claim 1, wherein said stator bushing extends entirely through said stator-lamination pack, said stator bushing being constructed as a one-piece friction bearing, said shaft being guided by opposite two ends of said friction bearing.

12. An external rotor motor according to claim 5, wherein a starting disk is disposed between said security ring and said second annular crosspiece of said stator bushing, and a felt disk is disposed between said rotor bushing and an opposite end of said stator bushing.

13. An external rotor motor according to claim 1, wherein a wall ring is connected by struts to said motor flange, said wall ring providing a casing for said external rotor motor.

2. In an external rotor motor, especially for driving fans, including a stationarily arranged inside stator as well as an outside rotor arranged to turn about the inside stator, a stator-lamination pack of the inside stator being provided with a central bore into which, with aid of a clamping seating, there is installed a stator bushing which is joined mechanically on one side with a motor flange carrying the external rotor motor, inside the stator bushing there being arranged a turnable shaft, the shaft being fixedly secured, on a side lying opposite the motor flange, within a rotor bushing of the turnable outside rotor, an improvement comprising:

said motor flange including, on an inner side, a cylindrical added piece provided with an inwardly extending annular crosspiece defining a first step, said added piece being disposed with an outside surface against said stator-lamination pack;

said stator bushing including an outwardly extending annular crosspiece defining a second step, said second step of said stator bushing being seated against said first step of said cylindrical added piece of said motor flange; and

said annular crosspiece of said cylindrical added piece of said motor flange being provided, on an inner side, with radially running grooves which serve for reception of a hardenable adhesive.

3. In an external rotor motor, especially for driving fans, including a stationarily arranged inside stator as well as an outside rotor arranged to turn about the inside stator, a stator-lamination pack of the inside stator being provided with a central bore into which, with aid of a clamping seating, there is installed a stator bushing which is joined mechanically on one side with a motor flange carrying the external rotor motor, inside the stator bushing there being arranged a turnable shaft, the shaft being fixedly secured, on a side lying opposite the motor flange, within a rotor bushing of the turnable outside rotor, an improvement comprising:

said motor flange including, on an inner side, a cylindrical added piece provided with an inwardly extending annular crosspiece defining a first step, said added piece being disposed with an outside surface against said stator-lamination pack;

said stator bushing including an outwardly extending annular crosspiece defining a second step, said second step of said stator bushing being seated against said first step of said cylindrical added piece of said motor flange; and

said motor flange being provided, in a middle portion, with a circular opening, said circular opening being closable with a closing cover having a bayonet lock arrangement.

4. An external rotor motor according to claim 3, wherein an end of said shaft includes a rounded face surface providing a ball track bearing for engagement on an inner surface of said closing cover.

8. In an external rotor motor, especially for driving fans, including a stationarily arranged inside stator as well as an outside rotor arranged to turn about the inside stator, a stator-lamination pack of the inside stator being provided with a central bore into which, with aid of a clamping seating, there is installed a stator bushing which is joined mechanically on one side with a motor flange carrying the external rotor motor, inside the stator bushing there being arranged a turnable shaft, the shaft being fixedly secured, on a side lying opposite the motor flange, within a rotor bushing of the turnable outside rotor, an improvement comprising:

said motor flange including, on an inner side, a cylindrical added piece provided with an inwardly extending annular crosspiece defining a first step, said added piece being disposed with an outside surface against said stator-lamination pack;

said stator bushing including an outwardly extending annular crosspiece defining a second step, said second step of said stator bushing being seated against said first step of said cylindrical added piece of said motor flange;

on opposite sides of said stator-lamination pack there being provided in each case a ball bearing, an outer ring of one ball bearing being arranged inside said cylindrical added piece of said motor flange, and an outer ring of the other ball bearing being arranged in a correspondingly formed receiving part disposed on said stator-lamination pack; and

said receiving part receiving said other ball bearing and a shell of insulating material being constructed in one piece, said shell being disposed between said stator bushing and said bore.

9. In an external rotor motor, especially for driving fans, including a stationarily arranged inside stator as well as an outside rotor arranged to turn about the inside stator, a stator-lamination pack of the inside stator being provided with a central bore into which, with aid of a clamping seating, there is installed a stator bushing which is joined mechanically on one side with a motor flange carrying the external rotor motor, inside the stator bushing there being arranged a turnables shaft, the shaft being fixedly secured, on a side lying opposite the motor flange, within a rotor bushing of the turnable outside rotor, an improvement comprising:

said motor flange including, on an inner side, a cylindrical added piece provided with an inwardly extending annular crosspiece defining a first step, said added piece being disposed with an outside surface against said stator-lamination pack;

said stator bushing including an outwardly extending annular crosspiece defining a second step, said second step of said stator bushing being seated against said first step of said cylindrical added piece of said motor flange;

on opposite sides of said stator-lamination pack there being provided in each case a ball bearing, an outer ring of one ball bearing being arranged inside said cylindrical added piece of said motor flange, and an outer ring of the other ball bearing being arranged in a correspondingly formed receiving part disposed on said stator-lamination pack;

an inner ring of said one ball bearing being disposed on a security ring secured to said shaft; and

one end of a spring pressing on an inner ring of said other ball bearing, with the other end of said spring abutting on said rotor bushing, said spring being a conical spiral spring.