Method of making rotor of brushless motor

• US 8,033,007 B2
• Filed: 08/14/2008
• Issued: 10/11/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 05/11/2007
• 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): TRINH, MINH N
• Application Number:
  US12/192,054
• Publication Number:
  US 20080313884A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,153 Days
• Field of Search: 29596-598, 29732-736, 310/156.55, 310/156.38
• US Class Current: 29/598
• CPC Class Codes: H02K 1/2733 Annular magnets
• CPC Class Codes: H02K 1/30 using intermediate parts, e.g. spiders
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 29/49009 Dynamoelectric machine
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 29/49011 Commutator or slip ring assembly
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 29/49012 Rotor
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 29/53143 Motor or generator

Abstract

Some embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method of making a rotor of an electric brushless motor configured to be light weight and prevent vibrations generated during an operation of the motor to be transferred to the shaft of the rotor. The method includes providing a shaft elongated in a rotational axis, providing a single body magnet comprising alternately magnetized portions, and providing a vibration absorption portion interposed between the shaft and single body magnet. The vibration absorption portion absorbs vibrations generated during the operation of the motor and may include an elastic or a non-elastic material. The method further includes providing a non-elastic portion configured to inhibit the expansion of the vibration absorption portion when the vibration portion is elastic.

Claims

1. A method of making a rotor, the method comprising:

providing an elongated shaft;

providing a non-elastic member around at least a portion of the elongated shaft, wherein the non-elastic member comprises a plurality of through-holes through its body;

providing one or more ring magnets over the non-elastic member;

arranging the non-elastic member relative to the elongated shaft such that the non-elastic member and the shaft define a space therebetween; and

injecting a precursor of an elastic material into the space, which forms the elastic material to fill the space, thereby providing a vibration absorption member between the non-elastic member and the shaft, wherein the elastic material penetrates the through-holes of the non-elastic member and further extends outwardly to form a plurality of protrusions contacting the one or more ring magnets.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

forming an engagement enhancing layer over the shaft, wherein the engagement enhancing layer is interposed between the at least one portion of the elongated shaft and the vibration absorption member.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the engagement enhancing layer is formed on a roughened surface of the shaft.

4. The method of claim 2, wherein forming the engagement enhancing layer comprises injection molding onto the shaft.

5. The method of claim 2, wherein the vibration absorption member is formed over the engagement enhancing layer and integrated with the shaft.

6. The method of claim 2, wherein a portion of the vibration absorption member contacts a portion of the shaft.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the vibration absorption member comprises a pored structure.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the plurality of protrusions are engaged with inner surfaces of the one or more ring magnets.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the non-elastic member is annular and surrounding the vibration absorption member.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the one or more ring magnets comprise a single body ring magnet, wherein the non-elastic member is not annular while being interposed between the single body ring magnet and the vibration absorption member.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein the non-elastic member comprises a ferromagnetic material.

12. The method of claim 1, wherein the non-elastic member does not comprise a ferromagnetic material.

13. The method of claim 1, wherein the non-elastic member comprises at least one of bumps and recesses on an outer circumference thereof, wherein the one or more ring magnets comprise at least one counterpart configuration configured to engage with the at least one of bumps and recesses.

14. The method of claim 1, wherein the non-elastic member is engaged with the vibration absorption member.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein the non-elastic member comprises at least one of bumps and recesses on an inner circumference, wherein the vibration absorption member comprises at least one counterpart configuration configured to engage with the at least one of bumps and recesses.

16. A method of making a motor, the method comprising:

providing the rotor made by the method of claim 1;

providing a stator comprising a plurality of stator poles; and

assembling the rotor and the stator such that the rotor is to rotate relative to the plurality of stator poles.