Insulation inspection apparatus

• US 7,688,076 B2
• Filed: 03/01/2006
• Issued: 03/30/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 03/02/2005
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Nitto Denko Corporation, Nitto Shinko Corporation (Nitto Denko Corporation), Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha (Toyota Motor Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Nitto Denko Corporation, Nitto Shinko Corporation (Nitto Denko Corporation), Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha (Toyota Motor Corporation)
• Inventors: Aihara, Hiroshi, Kiyohara, Susumu, Fujiki, Jun
• Primary Examiner(s): Dole; Timothy J
• Application Number:
  US11/885,053
• Publication Number:
  US 20080258737A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,490 Days
• Field of Search: 324/522, 324551-554, 324545-547, 324/772
• US Class Current: 324/522
• CPC Class Codes: G01R 31/346 Testing of armature or field windings

Abstract

An insulation inspection apparatus includes a chamber in which a stator with a winding can be stored, an electrode movable along the outer circumference of a coil end of the stator winding, a voltage application unit applying voltage between the coil end and electrode, a sensor unit sensing leakage current and/or voltage drop between the coil end and electrode, and a pressure reduction unit reducing the pressure in the chamber.

Claims

1. An insulation inspection apparatus comprising:

an inspection vessel in which a winding can be stored,

an electrode provided to face a coil end of said winding formed at an axial end of an annular core body,

a voltage application unit applying voltage between said winding and said electrode, and

a sensor unit sensing current and/or voltage between said winding and said electrode, wherein

voltage is applied between said winding and said electrode while a relative positional relationship between said winding and said electrode is altered, and

a predetermined gap is formed between said winding and said electrode, wherein said predetermined gap is an axial gap between said winding and said electrode.

2. The insulation inspection apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a pressure reduction unit reducing pressure in said inspection vessel.

3. The insulation inspection apparatus according to claim 2, wherein said pressure reduction unit sets the pressure in said inspection vessel higher than 0 Pa and not more than 1000 Pa.

4. The insulation inspection apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said electrode is shaped as two protruding members and a rectangular gap defined therebetween.

5. The insulation inspection apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said electrode is shaped as a rectangular protrusion.

6. The insulation inspection apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said electrode is shaped with a plurality of extending portions on a side region of said electrode.

7. The insulation inspection apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the inspection vessel defines a housing for the winding.

8. The insulation inspection apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the electrode is capable of receiving a voltage and detecting a voltage drop between the winding and the electrode.

9. The insulation inspection apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the electrode is external to the winding.

10. An insulation inspection apparatus comprising:

an inspection vessel in which a winding can be stored,

an electrode provided to face a coil end of said winding formed at an axial end of an annular core body,

voltage application means for applying voltage between said winding and said electrode, and

sensor means for sensing current and/or voltage between said winding and said electrode, wherein

voltage is applied between said winding and said electrode while a relative positional relationship between said winding and said electrode is altered, and

a predetermined gap is formed between said winding and said electrode, wherein said predetermined gap is an axial gap between said winding and said electrode.

11. The insulation inspection apparatus according to claim 10, further comprising pressure reduction means for reducing pressure in said inspection vessel.

12. The insulation inspection apparatus according to claim 11, wherein said pressure reduction means sets the pressure in said inspection vessel higher than 0 Pa and not more than 1000 Pa.

13. The insulation inspection apparatus according to claim 10, wherein said electrode is shaped as two protruding members and a rectangular gap defined therebetween.

14. The insulation inspection apparatus according to claim 10, wherein said electrode is shaped as a rectangular protrusion.

15. The insulation inspection apparatus according to claim 10, wherein said electrode is shaped with a plurality of extending portions on a side region of said electrode.

16. The insulation inspection apparatus according to claim 10, wherein the inspection vessel defines a housing for the winding.

17. The insulation inspection apparatus according to claim 10, wherein the electrode is capable of receiving a voltage and detecting a voltage drop between the winding and the electrode.

18. The insulation inspection apparatus according to claim 10, wherein the electrode is external to the winding.