Two-phase brushless DC motor

• US 8,004,141 B2
• Filed: 08/25/2005
• Issued: 08/23/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 04/29/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Bluffton Motor Works LLC (Wpa Participações e Serviços SA)
• Original Assignee: SNTech Incorporated
• Inventors: Jeung, Young-Chun
• Primary Examiner(s): Leung; Quyen
• Assistant Examiner(s): Kim; John K
• Application Number:
  US11/210,886
• Publication Number:
  US 20060244333A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,189 Days
• Field of Search: 310/186, 310/180, 310/156.45, 310/168, 310/156.01, 310/68.B, 310/216, 310/296, 318/701, 318/254, 318/599, 318/696
• US Class Current: 310/186
• CPC Class Codes: H02K 21/16 having annular armature cores with salient poles with homopolar co-operation H02K21/20
• CPC Class Codes: H02K 29/03 with a magnetic circuit specially adapted for avoiding torque ripples or self-starting problems

Abstract

The present invention relates to a two-phase brushless DC motor which can increase a pemerance coefficient of a rotor to the maximum to thereby improve efficiency and starting feature of the motor, and to reduce torque ripple and noise thereof. The brushless motor of the present invention includes a two-phase winding stator having 4×n winding poles and auxiliary poles provided between the winding poles, and a rotor constituted by 6×n permanent magnet rotating poles having divided angle. Auxiliary poles between the stator poles can be provided. The two-phase brushless motor of the present invention can be driven by a control device for the two-phase motor which can transform electric power and rectify electronically.

Claims

1. A 2-phase electric motor comprising:

a stator comprising a plurality of electromagnetic poles and a plurality of auxiliary poles, wherein the plurality of electromagnetic poles are provided in a multiple of four, wherein first and second electromagnetic poles are positioned opposite each other and wherein third and fourth electromagnetic poles are positioned opposite each other, wherein the plurality of auxiliary poles are provided in a multiple of four, wherein at least one of the auxiliary poles is interposed between two of the electromagnetic poles that are angularly closest to each other among the plurality of electromagnetic poles;

a rotor comprising a plurality of permanent magnet poles configured to magnetically interact with the electromagnetic poles and the auxiliary poles so as to rotate the rotor relative to the stator, wherein the plurality of permanent magnet poles are provided in a multiple of six; and

wherein each auxiliary pole comprises a tapered portion tapered in a radial direction of the rotor and has an angular width of about 30°

throughout the tapered portion from a distal end to a proximal end thereof;

wherein the first electromagnetic pole has at least a first winding associated therewith and the second electromagnetic pole has at least a second winding associated therewith, and wherein the second windings are electrically connected to each other and are configured to receive a first electric signal;

wherein the third electromagnetic pole has at least a third winding associated therewith and the fourth electromagnetic pole has at least a fourth winding associated therewith, wherein the third and fourth windings are electrically connected to each other and are configured to receive a second electric signal,

wherein each of the first and second electric signals has 3 cycles per revolution of the rotor,

wherein the first and second electric signals have a phase difference of about 30°

.

2. The motor of claim 1, wherein a first one of the auxiliary pole immediately neighboring the first electromagnetic pole is spaced from the first electromagnetic pole.

3. The motor of claim 1, wherein each auxiliary pole does not comprise a winding that is configured to carry an electric signal while operating the motor.

4. The motor of claim 1, wherein the electromagnetic poles and the auxiliary poles are integrated in a single piece.

5. The motor of claim 1, wherein each permanent magnetic pole has a substantially identical angular width about a rotational axis of the rotor.

6. The motor of claim 1, further comprising:

a first sensor positioned adjacent to the first electromagnetic pole and configured to sense the rotor'"'"'s position relative to the first electromagnetic pole; and

a second sensor positioned adjacent to the second electromagnetic pole and configured to sense the rotor'"'"'s position relative to the second electromagnetic pole.

7. A 2-phase electric motor comprising:

a stator comprising a plurality of electromagnetic poles and a plurality of auxiliary poles, wherein the plurality of electromagnetic poles are provided in a multiple of four, wherein first and second electromagnetic poles are positioned opposite each other and wherein third and fourth electromagnetic poles are positioned opposite each other, wherein the plurality of auxiliary poles are provided in a multiple of four, wherein at least one of the auxiliary poles is interposed between two of the electromagnetic poles that are angularly closest to each other among the plurality of electromagnetic poles;

a rotor comprising a plurality of permanent magnet poles configured to magnetically interact with the electromagnetic poles and the auxiliary poles so as to rotate the rotor relative to the stator, wherein the plurality of permanent magnet poles are provided in a multiple of six; and

wherein two of the auxiliary poles that are angularly closest to each other among the plurality of auxiliary poles are apart from each other with an angular gap therebetween, wherein the angular gap is about the same as an angular width of each permanent magnet pole of the rotor;

wherein each auxiliary pole comprises a tapered portion tapered in a radial direction of the rotor and has an angular width of about 30°

throughout the tapered portion from a distal end to a proximal end thereof;

wherein the first electromagnetic pole has at least a first winding associated the and the second electromagnetic pole has at least a second winding associated therewith, wherein the first and second windings are electrically connected to each other and are configured to receive a first electric signal;

wherein the third electromagnetic pole has at least a third winding associated therewith and the fourth electromagnetic pole has at least a fourth winding associated therewith, wherein the third and fourth windings are electrically connected to each other and are configured to receive a second electric signal,

wherein each of the first and second electric signals has 3 cycles per revolution of the rotor,

wherein the first and second electric signals have a phase difference of about 30°

.

8. The motor of claim 7, wherein a first one of the electromagnetic poles comprises a surface facing the rotor, wherein the surface has an angular width smaller than 60°

about a rotational axis of the rotor.

9. The motor of claim 7, wherein a first one of the auxiliary poles comprises a surface facing the rotor, wherein the surface has an angular width smaller than 30°

about a rotational axis of the rotor.

10. The motor of claim 7, wherein each permanent magnetic pole has a substantially identical angular width about a rotational axis of the rotor.

11. The motor of claim 7, further comprising:

a first sensor positioned adjacent to a first one of the electromagnetic poles and configured to sense the rotor'"'"'s position relative to the first electromagnetic pole; and

a second sensor positioned adjacent to a second one of the electromagnetic poles and configured to sense the rotor'"'"'s position relative to the second electromagnetic pole.

12. The motor of claim 7, wherein a first one of the auxiliary pole immediately neighboring the first electromagnetic pole is spaced from the first electromagnetic pole.

13. A 2-phase electric motor comprising:

a stator comprising a plurality of electromagnetic poles and a plurality of auxiliary poles, wherein the plurality of electromagnetic poles are provided in a multiple of four, wherein first and second electromagnetic poles are positioned opposite each other and wherein third and fourth electromagnetic poles are positioned opposite each other, wherein the plurality of auxiliary poles are provided in a multiple of four, wherein at least one of the auxiliary poles is interposed between two of the electromagnetic poles that are angularly closest to each other among the plurality of electromagnetic poles;

a rotor comprising a plurality of permanent magnet poles configured to magnetically interact with the electromagnetic poles and the auxiliary poles so as to rotate the rotor relative to the stator, wherein the plurality of permanent magnet poles are provided in a multiple of six; and

wherein each auxiliary pole comprises a tapered portion tapered in a radial direction of the rotor and has an angular width of about 30°

throughout the tapered portion from a distal end to a proximal end thereof;

wherein the first electromagnetic pole has at least a first winding associated therewith, and the second electromagnetic pole has at least a second winding associated therewith, wherein the first and second windings are electrically connected to each other and are configured to receive a first electric signal;

wherein the third electromagnetic pole has at least a third winding associated therewith and the fourth electromagnetic pole has at least a fourth winding associated therewith, wherein the third and fourth windings are electrically connected to each other and are configured to receive a second electric signal,

wherein each of the first and second electric signals has 3 cycles per revolution of the rotor,

wherein the first and second electric signals have a phase difference of about 30°

.