Motor having round and angular coils

• US 7,830,062 B2
• Filed: 12/12/2007
• Issued: 11/09/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 12/12/2006
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Nidec Corporation
• Original Assignee: Nidec Corporation
• Inventors: Yamada, Yosuke, Suzuki, Hideaki, Fujii, Yoshio
• Primary Examiner(s): Tamai; Karl I
• Application Number:
  US11/954,435
• Publication Number:
  US 20080136284A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,063 Days
• Field of Search: 310/216.069, 310216071-216073, 310/214, 310/179, 310/180, 310/201
• US Class Current: 310/201
• CPC Class Codes: H02K 15/064 Windings consisting of separate segments, e.g. hairpin windings H02K15/063 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H02K 3/12 arranged in slots
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 29/49009 Dynamoelectric machine

Abstract

A straight line portion of a substantially U-shaped angular wire having a substantially rectangular cross section and a straight line portion of a substantially U-shaped round wire having a substantially circular cross section are accommodated at a slot arranged at a stator of a motor. The round wire is arranged at a more radially inward portion of the slot than the angular wire is. The connecting portion of the round wire is arranged radially inwardly of the straight line portion thereof. The connecting portion of the angular wire is arranged radially outwardly of the straight line portion thereof.

Claims

1. A motor comprising:

a stator including;

a stator core including a plurality of teeth each extending in a radial direction centered about a central axis, and arranged in a circumferential direction so as to be spaced evenly apart from one another;

a plurality of coils disposed in a plurality of slots each defined by a pair of the teeth located next to one another, and being defined by a plurality of wires electrically connected with each other and each including a portion extending in an axial direction; and

a busbar unit arranged axially above the stator core and connected to each of the plurality of wires;

wherein

the plurality of wires include an angular wire having a substantially rectangular cross section at a portion thereof corresponding to a location of the slot when viewed from one end of the axial direction and a round wire having a substantially circular cross section at a portion thereof corresponding to a location of the slot when viewed from the one end of the axial direction;

each slot includes the angular wire and the round wire arranged in the radial direction therein, and the round wire is arranged radially inward of the angular wire;

the angular wire includes a pair of straight line portions each accommodated in the slot and extending in the axial direction, and a curved connecting portion integrally connecting the pair of the straight line portions of the angular wire;

the round wire includes a pair of straight line portions each accommodated in the slot and extending in the axial direction, and a curved connecting portion integrally connecting the pair of the straight line portions of the round wire;

the connecting portions of the angular wires are curved in a direction radially away from the straight line portions of the round wires and the connecting portions of the round wires are curved in a direction radially away from the straight line portions of the angular wires; and

the connecting portions of the angular wires and the connecting portions of the round wires extend in mutually opposite radial directions.

2. The motor according to claim 1 wherein the cross section of the angular wire includes two short sides extending in the substantially radial direction and two long sides extending substantially perpendicularly from the two short sides.

3. The motor according to claim 1, wherein a side of each tooth defining the slot includes a curved portion fitting to the cross section of the round wire.

4. The motor according to claim 3, wherein each tooth includes:

an inner side tooth portion arranged radially inwardly of the curved portion, and configuring a portion of the slot accommodating the round wire; and

an outer side tooth portion arranged radially outwardly of the inner side tooth portion, and configuring a portion of the slot accommodating the angular wire;

wherein

the inner side tooth portion includes a portion that is wider than the outer side tooth portion in the circumferential direction.

5. The motor according to claim 4, wherein a circumferential width of the inner side tooth portion and a circumferential width of the outer side tooth portion increase in a radially outward direction.

6. The motor according to claim 4, wherein the side of each tooth includes at a portion thereof connecting the inner side tooth portion and the outer side tooth portion an outer side curved portion at which point the slot is narrowed.

7. The motor according to claim 1 wherein the angular wire and the round wire are connected to one another alternately.

8. The motor according to claim 1, wherein the connecting portion of the angular wire and the connecting portion of the round wire are arranged axially on top of one another.