Motor with a heat dissipating assembly

• US 6,522,036 B1
• Filed: 01/21/2002
• Issued: 02/18/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 01/21/2002
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Li-Ming Chen
• Original Assignee: Li-Ming Chen
• Inventors: Chen, Li-Ming
• Primary Examiner(s): Ramirez, Nestor
• Assistant Examiner(s): PHAM, LEDA T
• Application Number:
  US10/055,229
• Time in Patent Office: 393 Days
• Field of Search: 310/58, 310/59, 310/61, 310/89
• US Class Current: 310/58
• CPC Class Codes: H02K 9/18 wherein the external part of the closed circuit comprises a heat exchanger structurally associated with the machine casing

Abstract

A motor with a heat dissipating assembly includes a hollow block, a stator fixedly mounted in the block and a rotor rotatably mounted in the stator. A first gap is formed between the block and the stator. A second gap is formed between the stator and the rotor. Multiple through holes are longitudinally defined in the rotor. A stator separator is mounted under the rotor. A groove is defined in the stator separator and communicates with a casing. An air current formed by the rotating rotor flows into the casing through the stator, rotor and the stator separator to form a closed circuit in the motor for dissipating heat. A casing is mounted around the motor and a cooling fan is mounted on the top of the casing to generate an air current to dissipate heat from the outer periphery of the motor.

Claims

1. A motor with a heat dissipating assembly, comprising:

a hollow block including an opening longitudinally and centrally defined in the hollow block, and multiple fins extending radially out from an outer periphery of the hollow block;

a stator mounted in the opening in the hollow block and forming multiple first gaps between a periphery of the opening in the hollow block and an outer periphery of the stator, a through hole centrally and longitudinally defined in the stator and a series of slots defined in a periphery of the through hole in the stator, each slot receiving a coil in the stator;

a rotor rotatably mounted in the through hole in the stator and a second gap formed between the coil and the rotor, the rotor including a body and a shaft co-axially extending through the body, multiple ventilating holes longitudinally defined in and extending through the body around the shaft, a series of blades extending down from a bottom of the body around the shaft;

a block end cap attached to the hollow block, the block end cap including multiple bores defined in and extending through the block end cap, multiple recesses defined in an edge of the block end cap and corresponding to the fins of the hollow block;

a cover attached to the block end cap to form a space between the block end cap and the cover, wherein the bores in the block end cap communicate with the space between the block end cap and the cover, a tube extending through the cover and secured on the cover so that air can flow in the space between the block end cap and the cover;

a base member attached to a bottom of the hollow block, the base member including a cavity defined to correspond to and communicate with the opening in the hollow block, a first path laterally defined in and extending through the base member to communicate with the cavity in the base member;

a stator separator mounted in the cavity in the base member and abutting a bottom of the stator, the stator separator including a groove defined to movably receive the blades of the rotor and a passage laterally defined in and extending through the stator separator to communicate with the groove in the stator separator, the passage aligning with and communicating with the first path in the base member;

a casing attached to the base member and the hollow block, the casing containing a space to mount the motor and having a fairing attached to an outer periphery of the casing, the fairing having a through hole defined to communicate with the first path in the chamber and the tube in the cover extending into the casing; and

a cooling fan mounted on a top of the casing to close the casing and blow air into the casing.

2. The motor with a heat dissipating assembly as claimed in claim 1, wherein the hollow block is square and has four corners with multiple fins radially extending from each comer of the hollow block.

3. The motor with a heat dissipating assembly as claimed in claim 1, wherein the stator comprises multiple longitudinally, flat surfaces are defined in and are equally spaced around an outer periphery of the stator so that multiple first gaps are formed between the stator and an inner periphery of the opening in the hollow block.

4. The motor with a heat dissipating assembly as claimed in claim 1, wherein the shaft of the rotor includes a first end extending through the base member and a second end having a counter mounted around the shaft, and the block end cap includes a central through hole defined to allow the second end of the shaft to extend through the block end cap and a shaft cap attached to the block end cap to close the central through hole and receive the counter of the rotor.

5. The motor with a heat dissipating assembly as claimed in claim 1, wherein the stator separator comprises a protrusion extending from an outer periphery of the stator separator to abut an inner periphery of the cavity in the base member and correspond to the first path in the base member, and a passage defined in the protrusion and extending through the protrusion and the stator separator, the passage aligning with the first path in the base member so that the passage communicates with the first path in the base member and the groove in the stator separator.

6. The motor with a heat dissipating assembly as claimed in claim 1, wherein the casing comprises a first shell and a second shell respectively having a U-shaped cross section and attached to the base member and the hollow block and the first shell and the second shell are connected to each other to form the space to mount the motor.

7. The motor with a heat dissipating assembly as claimed in claim 1, wherein the cover includes an outer periphery having a series of fins extending outwardly from the cover.

8. The motor with a heat dissipating assembly as claimed in claim 1, wherein the fairing is divided into a first chamber and a second chamber communicating with each other.

9. The motor with a heat dissipating assembly as claimed in claim 8, wherein the first chamber is T-shaped and includes an upper portion and a lower portion, a first slot is defined between the upper portion and the lower portion to provide a path between the upper and lower portions of the first chamber, a through hole laterally defined in the lower portion of the first chamber and aligning with the first path in the base member so that the first chamber communicates with the cavity in the base member.

10. The motor with a heat dissipating assembly as claim 8, wherein the second chamber is attached to the casing above and adjacent to the first chamber, a second slot is defined between the first chamber and the second chamber to provide a path between the first chamber and the second chamber, the tube of the cover extending through the casing and into the second chamber.