Motor

• US 6,049,153 A
• Filed: 02/02/1998
• Issued: 04/11/2000
• Est. Priority Date: 02/23/1996
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Company Limited (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Company Limited (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Inventors: Nishiyama, Noriyoshi, Murakami, Hiroshi, Nakamura, Tomokazu, Ikkai, Yasufumi, Honda, Yukio, Kawano, Shinichiro
• Primary Examiner(s): Ramirez, Nestor
• Assistant Examiner(s): MULLINS, BURTON S
• Application Number:
  US08/945,460
• Time in Patent Office: 799 Days
• Field of Search: 310/254, 310/258, 310/259, 310/216, 310/217, 310/218, 310/156, 310/162, 310/166, 310/168, 310/179, 310/42, 29/596
• US Class Current: 310/216.009
• CPC Class Codes: H02K 1/148 Sectional cores H02K1/141 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H02K 1/276 Magnets embedded in the magnetic core, e.g. interior permanent magnets [IPM]
• CPC Class Codes: H02K 1/2766 having a flux concentration effect
• CPC Class Codes: H02K 21/16 having annular armature cores with salient poles with homopolar co-operation H02K21/20
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 10/64 Electric machine technologies in electromobility

Abstract

A motor comprises a stator core having plural teeth and slots provided among the teeth, a winding applied on the teeth by a turn, and a rotor incorporating plural permanent magnets. The rotor is rotated and driven by utilizing reluctance torque in addition to magnetic torque. Since the winding is not crossed, the size of the coil end is reduced.

Claims

1. A motor for rotating and driving a shaft by utilizing a reluctance torque, comprising:

a stator core having a plurality of core elements and a respective plurality of slots interposed between said plurality of core elements, each core element of said plurality of core elements including a teeth part and an outer circumference part;

a concentrated winding applied over each of said teeth part; and

a rotor incorporating a plurality of permanent magnets arranged around a center thereof, each of said plurality of permanent magnets provided at a larger pitch than the stator coil pitch, of at least one of said magnets having a magnet forward portion and a magnet backward portion each having respective surfaces facing said stator core and angled toward each other,

wherein each of said core elements is formed so as to be mutually independent, and said stator core is formed by combining each outer circumference part of said plurality of core elements in an annular form.

2. A motor of claim 1, wherein an interval between i) a confronting surface of said permanent magnets and ii) a core outer circumference of said rotor is wider at a middle portion of said permanent magnets than at an end portion of said permanent magnets.

3. A motor of claim 1, further comprising a ring-shaped frame, wherein said stator core is fitted and fixed in an inner circumference of said ring-shaped frame.

4. A motor for rotating and driving a shaft by utilizing a reluctance torque, comprising:

a stator core having a plurality of core elements and a respective plurality of slots interposed between said plurality of core elements, each core element of said plurality of core elements includes a teeth part and an outer circumference part;

a concentrated winding applied over each of said teeth part; and

a rotor incorporating a plurality of permanent magnets arranged around a center thereof, each of said plurality of permanent magnets provided at a larger pitch than the stator coil pitch, at least one of said magnets having a side facing said stator core which is indented inward towards said center,

wherein each of said core elements is formed so as to be mutually independent, and said stator core is formed by combining each plurality of core elements in an annular form.

5. A motor of claim 4, wherein an interval between i) a confronting surface of said permanent magnets and ii) a core outer circumference of said rotor is wider at a middle portion of said permanent magnets than at an end portion of said permanent magnets.

6. A motor of claim 4, further comprising a ring-shaped frame, wherein said stator core is fitted and fixed in an inner circumference of said ring-shaped frame.

7. A motor for rotating and driving a shaft by utilizing a reluctance torque, comprising:

a stator core having a plurality of core elements and a plurality of connection parts formed between said plurality of core elements, each core element of said plurality of core elements includes a teeth part and an outer circumference part, said plurality of connection parts that may be bent is formed between each of said outer circumference part;

a winding applied over each of said teeth part; and

a rotor incorporating a plurality of permanent magnets, a first outer periphery portion of said rotor being of different shape than a second outer periphery portion of said rotor without said second outer periphery portion being situated directly between any of said magnets,

wherein said teeth part has a recess formed at both sides thereof, said winding is turned within said recess and said stator core is formed in an annual form by bending said connection part.

8. A motor according to claim 7, wherein said first outer periphery portion of said rotor is curved and said second outer periphery portion is flatter than said first outer periphery portion.

9. A motor for rotating and driving a shaft by utilizing a reluctance torque, comprising:

a stator core having a plurality of core elements and a plurality of fitting parts formed between said plurality of core elements, each core element of said plurality of core elements includes a teeth part and an outer circumference part, said plurality of fitting parts that are bendable are formed between each of said outer circumference part;

a winding applied over said teeth part; and

a rotor incorporating a plurality of permanent magnets, a first outer periphery portion of said rotor being of different shape than a second outer periphery portion of said rotor without said second outer periphery portion being situated directly between any of said magnets,

wherein said teeth part has a recess formed at both sides thereof, said winding is turned within said recess, and said stator core is formed in an annular form by combining said plurality of core elements and further by bending said fitting part.

10. A motor according to claim 9, wherein said first outer periphery portion of said rotor is curved and said second outer periphery portion is flatter than said first outer periphery portion.

11. A motor for rotating and driving a shaft by utilizing a reluctance torque, comprising:

a stator core having a plurality of core elements and a respective plurality of slots interposed between said plurality of core elements, each core element of said plurality of core elements including a teeth part and an outer circumference part;

a winding applied over each of said teeth part; and

a rotor incorporating a plurality of permanent magnets, a first outer periphery portion of said rotor being of different shape than a second outer periphery portion of said rotor without said second outer periphery portion being situated directly between any of said magnets,

wherein each of said core elements is formed so as to be mutually independent, and said stator core is formed by combining each outer circumference part of said plurality of core elements in an annular form.

12. A motor according to claim 11, wherein a first outer periphery portion of said rotor is curved and a second outer periphery portion is flatter than said first outer periphery portion.

13. A motor for rotating and driving a shaft by utilizing a reluctance torque, comprising:

a stator core having a plurality of core elements and a plurality of fitting parts formed between said plurality of core elements, each core element of said plurality of core elements includes a teeth part and an outer circumference part, said plurality of fitting parts that may be bent is formed between each of said outer circumference part;

a concentrated winding applied over each of said teeth part; and

a rotor incorporating a plurality of permanent magnets arranged around a center thereof, each of said plurality of permanent magnets provided at a larger pitch that the stator coil pitch, at least one of said magnets having a magnet forward portion and a magnet backward portion each having respective surfaces facing said stator core and angled toward each other,

wherein said teeth part has a recess formed at both sides thereof, said winding is turned within said recess and said stator core is formed in an annular form.

14. A motor for rotating and driving a shaft by utilizing a reluctance torque, comprising:

a stator core having a plurality of core elements and a plurality of fitting parts formed between said plurality of core elements, each core element of said plurality of core elements includes a teeth part and an outer circumference part, said plurality of fitting parts that may be bent is formed between each of said outer circumference part;

a concentrated winding applied over each of said teeth part; and

a rotor incorporating a plurality of permanent magnets arranged around a center thereof, each of said plurality of permanent magnets provided at a larger pitch than the stator coil pitch, at least one of said magnets having a side facing said stator core which is indented inward toward said center,

wherein said teeth part has a recess formed at both sides thereof, said winding is turned within said recess and said stator core is formed in an annular form.

15. A motor for rotating and driving a shaft by utilizing a reluctance torque, comprising:

a stator core having a plurality of core elements and a plurality of fitting parts formed between said plurality of core elements, each core element of said plurality of core elements includes a teeth part and an outer circumference part, said plurality of fitting parts that are bendable are formed between each of said outer circumference part;

a concentrated winding applied over said teeth part; and

a rotor incorporating a plurality of permanent magnets arranged around a center thereof, each of said plurality of permanent magnets provided at a larger pitch than the stator coil pitch, at least one of said magnets having a magnet forward portion and a magnet backward portion each having respective surfaces facing said stator core and angled toward each other,

wherein said teeth part has a recess formed at both sides thereof, said winding is turned within said recess, and said stator core is formed in an annular form by combining said plurality of core elements.

16. A motor for rotating and driving a shaft by utilizing a reluctance torque, comprising:

a stator core having a plurality of core elements and a plurality of fitting parts formed between said plurality of core elements, each core element of said plurality of core elements includes a teeth part and an outer circumference part, said plurality of fitting parts that are bendable are formed between each of said outer circumference part;

a concentrated winding applied over said teeth part; and

a rotor incorporating a plurality of permanent magnets arranged around a center thereof, each of said plurality of permanents magnet provided at a larger pitch than the stator coil pitch, at least one of said magnets having a side facing said stator core which is indented inward towards said center,

wherein said teeth part has a recess formed at both sides thereof, said winding is turned within said recess, and said stator core is formed in an annular form by combining said plurality of core elements.

17. A motor for rotating and driving a shaft by utilizing a reluctance torque, comprising:

a stator core having a plurality of core elements and a respective plurality of slots interposed between said plurality of core elements, each core element of said plurality of core elements including a teeth part and an outer circumference part;

a concentrated winding applied over each of said teeth part; and

a rotor incorporating a plurality of permanent magnets, each of said plurality of permanent magnets provided at a larger pitch than the stator coil pitch, wherein a shortest interval between said magnets is filled with a high permeability material;

wherein each of said core elements is formed so as to be mutually independent, and said stator core is formed by combining each outer circumference part of said plurality of core elements in an annular form.

18. A compressor employing a motor of claim 17.

19. An electric vehicle employing a motor of claim 17.

20. An air conditioner employing a motor of claim 17.

21. A refrigerator employing a motor of claim 17.