Dynamo-electric machine and method of manufacture therefor

• US 6,218,755 B1
• Filed: 05/24/1999
• Issued: 04/17/2001
• Est. Priority Date: 10/23/1998
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha (Mitsubishi Electric Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha (Mitsubishi Electric Corporation)
• Inventors: Daikoku, Akihiro, Takashima, Kazuhisa, Nakahara, Yuji, Tanaka, Toshinori, Yamamoto, Kyouhei, Ikeda, Ryuichi
• Primary Examiner(s): Dougherty, Thomas M.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Perez, Guillermo
• Application Number:
  US09/317,169
• Time in Patent Office: 694 Days
• Field of Search: 310/234, 310/198, 310/233, 310/204, 310/231, 310/71, 310/203, 310/195, 310/179, 295/97
• US Class Current: 310/204
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 39/32 Connections of conductor to commutator segment
• CPC Class Codes: H02K 23/38 having winding or connection for improving commutation, e.g. equipotential connection

Abstract

A dynamo-electric machine comprises a shaft, a core secured to the shaft having slots formed therein extending in the axial direction, a winding composed of a wiring wound by a lap winding method through the slots, a commutator having commutator segments disposed at one end of the core and secured to the shaft, and equalizing connectors electrically connecting commutator segments which should have the same electric potential to each other, wherein the equalizing connectors are disposed in close contact with an end surface of the commutator.

Claims

1. A dynamo-electric machine, comprising:

a) a shaft;

b) a core secured to said shaft having slots formed therein extending in an axial direction;

c) a winding composed of electrical wiring wound by a lap winding method and extending through said slots;

d) a commutator having a plurality of commutator segments disposed at one end of said core and secured to said shaft; and

e) a plurality of equalizing connectors individually electrically connecting commutator segments which should have the same electrical potential to each other;

f) wherein said equalizing connectors are disposed in close contact with an end surface of said commutator.

2. The dynamo-electric machine according to claim 1 wherein said equalizing connectors are composed of a same material as said wiring composing said winding.

3. The dynamo-electric machine according to claim 1, wherein equalizing connector fastening members are disposed on a same side of said commutator segments as said core, said equalizing connectors being fastened to said equalizing connector fastening members.

4. The dynamo-electric machine according to claim 3, wherein said commutator side and said equalizing connectors fastened to said equalizing connector fastening members are encased by resin.

5. The dynamo-electric machine according to claim 1, wherein equalizing connector fastening members are disposed on an opposite side of said commutator segments from said core, said equalizing connectors being fastened to said equalizing connector fastening members.

6. The dynamo-electric machine according to claim 1, wherein a diameter of said equalizing connectors is larger than a diameter of said wiring.

7. The dynamo-electric machine according to claim 1, wherein said equalizing connectors are disposed further radially inwardly than an outer circumference of said commutator.

8. The dynamo-electric machine according to claim 1, wherein said equalizing connectors have a smaller diameter than a diameter of said wiring, said equalizing connectors and said wiring are fastened to hooks formed by bending ends of said commutator segments, and said equalizing connectors are positioned on a side of said hooks closest to said bent ends.

9. The dynamo-electric machine according to claim 1, wherein a cylindrical collar fitting over said shaft is disposed on an end surface of said commutator, and said commutator segments are electrically connected to each other with said equalizing connectors wound across said collar.

10. The dynamo-electric machine according to claim 1, wherein said winding comprises a plurality of coil portions offset by one slot each and wound a plurality of laps circumferentially around said core, each of said coil portions being formed by winding a wire a plurality of turns between a pair of slots separated by a predetermined number of slots.

11. The dynamo-electric machine according to claim 1, wherein said equalizing connectors each comprise an electric conductor with an insulating coating formed on the surface thereof.

12. A method of manufacturing a dynamo-electric machine comprising:

a) a shaft;

b) a core secured to said shaft having slots formed therein extending in an axial direction;

c) a winding composed of electrical wiring wound by a lap winding method and extending through said slots;

d) a commutator having a plurality of commutator segments disposed at one end of said core and secured to said shaft; and

e) a plurality of equalizing connectors individually electrically connecting commutator segments which should have the same electrical potential to each other and disposed in close contact with an end surface of said commutator;

said equalizing connectors and said wiring being parts of the same wire,

said method comprising the steps of;

f) connecting commutator segments which should have the same electric potential directly to each other using said equalizing connectors,

g) cutting protruding ends of said equalizing connectors; and

h) immediately thereafter forming said winding on said core.

13. The method according to claim 12, wherein said winding comprises a plurality of coil portions offset by one slot each and wound a plurality of laps circumferentially around said core, each of said coil portions being formed by winding a wire a plurality of turns between a pair of slots separated by a predetermined number of slots.

14. A method of manufacturing a dynamo-electric machine comprising:

a) a shaft;

b) a core secured to said shaft having slots formed therein extending in an axial direction;

c) a winding composed of electrical wiring wound by a lap winding method and extending through said slots;

d) a commutator having a plurality of commutator segments disposed at one end of said core and secured to said shaft; and

e) a plurality of equalizing connectors individually electrically connecting commutator segments which should have the same electrical potential to each other and disposed in close contact with an end surface of said commutator;

said method comprising the steps of;

f) coupling said commutator segments to each other continuously by a continuous wire,

g) forming said equalizing connectors by removing unwanted wire loops formed by said continuous wire, and

h) electrically connecting both ends of said equalizing connectors to said coupled commutator segments.

15. The method according to claim 14, further including forming said winding on said core immediately after connecting said commutator segments to each other.