Rotor of brushless motor

• US 8,299,661 B2
• Filed: 08/14/2008
• Issued: 10/30/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 05/11/2007
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• 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): Mok, Alex W
• Application Number:
  US12/192,059
• Publication Number:
  US 20080315691A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,538 Days
• Field of Search: 310/51, 310/156.08, 310/156.12
• US Class Current: 310/51
• CPC Class Codes: H02K 1/2733 Annular magnets

Abstract

Some embodiments of the present disclosure provide 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 rotor includes a shaft elongated in a rotational axis, a single body magnet comprising alternately magnetized portions, and 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 can include an elastic or a non-elastic material. The rotor further includes a non-elastic portion inhibiting the expansion of the vibration absorption portion when the vibration portion is elastic.

Claims

1. A rotor of a brushless motor, comprising:

a shaft elongated in a rotational axis;

a magnet layer comprising two or more magnetic rings arranged along the rotational axis and surrounding a portion of the shaft, the two or more magnetic rings in combination providing a plurality of permanent magnet poles in the magnet layer;

a vibration absorption portion interposed between the shaft and the magnet layer; and

a molded, non-ferromagnetic single piece member interposed between the vibration absorption portion and the two or more magnetic rings, wherein each of the two or more magnetic rings contacts and is engaged with the single piece member, wherein the molded, non-ferromagnetic single piece member is substantially less elastic and substantially less thermally expansive than the vibration absorption portion.

2. The rotor of claim 1, wherein the plurality of permanent magnet poles extend generally parallel to each other.

3. The rotor of claim 1, wherein the vibration absorption portion comprises an annular body and is surrounding the shaft.

4. The rotor of claim 3, wherein the vibration absorption portion contacts and is engaged with the shaft.

5. The rotor of claim 3, further comprising an engagement enhancing layer fixed to a circumference of the shaft, wherein the vibration absorption portion is integrated with the shaft via the engagement enhancing layer.

6. The rotor of claim 5, wherein the vibration absorption portion comprises a first portion, a second portion and a third portion arranged in order along the shaft, wherein the second portion is integrated with the shaft via the engagement enhancing layer, wherein the first portion is integrated with the shaft without an intervening layer between the first portion and the shaft, wherein the third portion is integrated with the shaft without an intervening layer between the first portion and the shaft.

7. The rotor of claim 1, wherein the vibration absorption portion comprises an elastic material.

8. The rotor of claim 1, wherein the single piece member does not comprise an elastic material.

9. The rotor of claim 1, wherein the single piece member is annular and surrounding the vibration absorption portion.

10. The rotor of claim 1, wherein the rotor does not comprise a ferromagnetic core between the magnet layer and the shaft.

11. The rotor of claim 1, wherein the single piece member is substantially non-elastic and configured to minimize transferring of a force of radial expansion of the vibration absorption portion to the magnet layer while the rotor is rotating.

12. The rotor of claim 1, wherein the single piece member comprises at least one of protrusion and recess on an outer circumference, wherein the magnet layer comprises at least one counterpart configuration configured to engage with the at least one of protrusion and recess.

13. The rotor of claim 1, wherein the single piece member contacts and is engaged with the vibration absorption portion.

14. The rotor of claim 13, wherein the single piece member comprises at least one of protrusion and recess on an inner circumference, wherein the vibration absorption portion comprises at least one counterpart configuration configured to engage with the at least one of protrusion and recess.

15. The rotor of claim 1, wherein the vibration absorption portion comprises a pored structure.

16. The rotor of claim 15, wherein the pored structure comprises a plurality of networked walls defining pores.

17. A brushless motor comprising:

the rotor of claim 1; and

a stator comprising at least two electric magnets.

18. The rotor of claim 1, wherein the vibration absorption portion comprises a surface contacting the shaft.

19. The rotor of claim 1, wherein the vibration absorption portion is located next to the shaft.

20. The rotor of claim 1, wherein the rotor does not comprise a ferromagnetic material between the vibration absorption portion and the shaft.

21. The rotor of claim 1, wherein there is no intervening member between the vibration absorption portion and the shaft.

22. The rotor of claim 1, wherein the vibration absorption portion contacts the shaft.

23. The rotor of claim 1, wherein the vibration absorption portion comprises an injection-molded single piece interposed between the shaft and the two or more magnetic rings.

24. The rotor of claim 1, wherein the molded, non-ferromagnetic single piece member comprises one of a key protrusion and key recess on an outer circumference, wherein the magnet layer comprises the other, wherein the key protrusion and the key recess are configured to form a key engagement between the magnet layer and the single piece member.

25. The rotor of claim 1, wherein molded, non-ferromagnetic single piece member comprises flanges disposed at both sides thereof and configured to block at least part of sides of the vibration absorption portion.