Permanent magnet type brushless motor

• US 5,532,531 A
• Filed: 10/24/1994
• Issued: 07/02/1996
• Est. Priority Date: 11/01/1993
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Nidec Servo Corporation (Nidec Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Japan Servo Co., Ltd. (Nidec Corporation)
• Inventors: Sakamoto, Masafumi
• Primary Examiner(s): Dougherty, Thomas M.
• Application Number:
  US08/327,857
• Time in Patent Office: 617 Days
• Field of Search: 310/49 R, 310/67 R, 310/156, 310/187
• US Class Current: 310/49.53
• CPC Class Codes: H02K 37/12 with stationary armatures and rotating magnets
• CPC Class Codes: H02K 37/125 Magnet axially facing armature
• CPC Class Codes: H02K 37/18 of homopolar type

Abstract

A permanent magnet type brushless motor wherein the number of a stator magnetic poles is 3 m (where m is an integer not less than 2), Z pieces of N pole and Z pieces of S pole (where Z is m (3n±1), and n is an integer not less than 2) are magnetized alternately with the same pitch, and an angle formed between a center of N pole of the permanent magnet corresponding to a pole tooth at the center of any one of the stator magnetic poles and a center of S pole of the permanent magnet corresponding to a pole tooth at the center of one of the stator magnetic poles adjacent to the any one of the stator magnetic poles is 360° (n±1/2)/Z.

Claims

1. A permanent magnet type brushless motor comprising

a cylindrical stator,

3 m pieces of stator magnetic pole extending inwardly in the radial direction from the inner peripheral surface of said stator, m being an integer not less than 2, and each of said stator magnetic poles having a plurality of pole teeth on the tip thereof,

stator exciting windings each wound around on each of the stator magnetic poles,

a cylindrical permanent magnet facing the inner peripheral surfaces of said pole teeth of the stator magnetic poles with a gap therebetween, said permanent magnet having

Z pieces of N pole and Z pieces of S pole magnetized alternately around the circumference thereof with the same pitch, where Z=m(3n±

1), and n is an integer not less than 2, and

an angle formed between

the center of an N pole of said permanent magnet, said N pole corresponding to a first pole tooth, said first pole tooth being at the center of a first one of said stator magnetic poles, and

the center of an S pole of said permanent magnet, said S pole corresponding to a second pole tooth, the second pole tooth being at the center of a second one of said stator magnetic poles, said second one of said stator magnetic poles being adjacent to said first one of said stator magnetic poles,

such that magnetic flux from said N pole of said permanent magnet is passed through said first one of said stator magnetic poles and returned to said S pole through said second one of said stator magnetic poles, said magnetic flux having a radial orientation as it passes through said N pole and said S pole of said permanent magnet,

and such that the radial orientation of said magnetic flux through said stator magnetic poles alternates with each successive stator magnetic pole,

a back yoke of magnetic material intimately attached on the inner peripheral surface of said permanent magnet, and

a rotary shaft for supporting said back yoke.

2. The permanent magnet type brushless motor according to claim 1, wherein said angle is 360°

(n±

1/2)/Z.

3. The permanent magnet type brushless motor according to claim 1, wherein said m is 2, 3 or 4.

4. The permanent magnet type brushless motor according to claim 1, wherein said magnetic flux also passes through said back yoke and has a circumferential orientation when passing through said back yoke.

5. A permanent magnet type brushless motor comprising

a planar stator,

pieces of stator magnetic pole extending outwardly in the radial direction on said stator, m being an integer, and each of said stator magnetic poles having at one side surface thereof a plurality of pole teeth projected axially,

stator exciting windings each wound around on each of the stator magnetic poles,

an annular permanent magnet, one side surface of which is faced to side surfaces of said pole teeth of the stator magnetic poles with a gap therebetween, said permanent magnet having

Z pieces of N pole and Z pieces of S pole magnetized alternately around the circumference thereof with the same pitch, where Z=(3n±

1), and n is an integer not less than 2, and

an angle formed between

the center of an N pole of said permanent magnet, said N pole corresponding to a first pole tooth, said first pole tooth being at the center of a first one of said stator magnetic poles, and

the center of an S pole of said permanent magnet, said S pole corresponding to a second pole tooth, said second pole tooth being at the center of a second one of said stator magnetic poles, said second one of said stator magnetic poles being adjacent to said first one of said stator magnetic poles,

such that magnetic flux from said N pole of said permanent magnet is passed through said stator magnetic pole corresponding to said N pole and returned to said S pole through said one of stator magnetic poles adjacent to said any one of the stator magnetic pole, said magnetic flux having a radial orientation as it passes through said N pole and said S pole of said permanent magnet,

and such that the radial orientation of said magnetic flux through said stator magnetic poles alternates with each successive stator magnetic pole,

a back yoke of magnetic material intimately attached on the other surface of said permanent magnet, and

a rotary shaft for supporting said back yoke.

6. The permanent magnet type brushless motor according to claim 5, wherein said angle is 360°

(n±

1/2)/Z.

7. The permanent magnet type brushless motor according to claim 5, wherein said magnetic flux also passes through said back yoke and has a circumferential orientation when passing through said back yoke.

8. A permanent magnet type brushless motor comprising

a cylindrical stator,

3 m pieces of stator magnetic pole extending outwardly in the radial direction from the outer peripheral surface of said stator, m being an integer not less than 2, and each of said stator magnetic poles having a plurality of pole teeth on the tip thereof, two of said stator magnetic poles being connected back to back with each other to form a stator leg,

stator exciting windings each wound around on each of the stator legs,

a cylindrical permanent magnet facing the outer peripheral surface of said pole teeth of the stator magnetic poles with a gap therebetween, said permanent magnet having

Z pieces of N pole and Z pieces of S pole magnetized alternately around the circumference thereof with the same pitch, where Z=m(3n±

1), and n is an integer not less than 2, and

an angle formed between

the center of an N pole of said permanent magnet, said N pole corresponding to a first pole tooth, said first pole tooth being at the center of a first one of said stator magnetic poles, and

the center of an S pole of said permanent magnet, said S pole corresponding to a second pole tooth, said second pole tooth being at the center of a second one of said stator magnetic poles, said second one of said stator magnetic poles being adjacent to said first one of said stator magnetic poles,

such that magnetic flux from said N pole of said permanent magnet is passed through said stator magnetic pole corresponding to said N pole and returned to said S pole through said one of the stator magnetic poles adjacent to said any one of the stator magnetic poles, said magnetic flux having a radial orientation as it passes through said N pole and said S pole of said permanent magnet,

and such that the radial orientation of said magnetic flux through said stator magnetic poles alternates with each successive stator magnetic pole,

a back yoke of magnetic material intimately attached on the outer peripheral surface of said permanent magnet, and

a rotary shaft for supporting said back yoke.

9. The permanent magnet type brushless motor according to claim 8, wherein said angle is 360°

(n±

1/2)/Z.

10. The permanent magnet type brushless motor according to claim 8, wherein said m is 2, 3 or 4.

11. The permanent magnet type brushless motor according to claim 8, wherein said magnetic flux also passes through said back yoke and has a circumferential orientation when passing through said back yoke.