Water circulating pump, manufacturing method thereof, and heat pump apparatus

• US 8,601,686 B2
• Filed: 10/07/2010
• Issued: 12/10/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 10/13/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
• Original Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
• Inventors: Matsunaga, Noriaki, Asou, Hiroki, Yamamoto, Mineo, Kawakubo, Mamoru
• Primary Examiner(s): Bryant, David
• Assistant Examiner(s): Walters, Ryan J
• Application Number:
  US12/899,762
• Publication Number:
  US 20110083828A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,160 Days
• Field of Search: 298/880.2, 298/88, 298/880.21, 417/420
• US Class Current: 29/888.02
• CPC Class Codes: F04D 13/0633 Details of the bearings
• CPC Class Codes: F04D 29/628 especially adapted for liquid pumps
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 29/49236 Fluid pump or compressor making

Abstract

A manufacturing method of a water circulating pump including a shaft, a pump part having a first casing in which a first concavity is formed for receiving one end portion of the shaft to restrain rotation of the shaft. A stator part has a second casing in which a second concavity is formed for receiving another end portion of the shaft to restrain rotation of the shaft and a stator for rotating a rotor by electromagnetic interaction. The method includes inserting the another end portion of the shaft into a position corresponding to the second concavity of a mold for molding the second casing, and molding the second casing by injecting a thermoplastic resin into the mold for molding the second casing into which the another end portion of the shaft has been inserted.

Claims

1. A manufacturing method of a water circulating pump, the water circulating pump including:

a shaft;

a pump part having a first casing in which a first concavity is formed for receiving a one end portion of the shaft to restrain rotation of the shaft;

a stator part having a second casing in which a second concavity is formed for receiving another end portion of the shaft to restrain rotation of the shaft and a stator for rotating a rotor by electromagnetic interaction; and

a rotor part having a bearing mounted in a freely rotatable manner on the shaft and a magnet part mounted in a fixed manner on the bearing, and the rotor that rotates by electromagnetic interaction with the stator of the stator part,

the manufacturing method of the water circulating pump comprising;

inserting the another end portion of the shaft into a position corresponding to the second concavity of a mold for molding the second casing, the mold allowing the another end portion of the shaft to be inserted into the position corresponding to the second concavity; and

molding the second casing by injecting a thermoplastic resin into the mold for molding the second casing into which the another end portion of the shaft has been inserted, so that an outside surface of the another end portion of the shaft is integrated with an inside surface of the second concavity with no gap therebetween;

wherein the second casing is shaped to have a bottom part and a hollow cylinder rising from the bottom part, the shaft and the rotor part are housed in a space inside the hollow cylinder, and an outer side of the hollow cylinder forms an interface with a molding resin in which the stator is sealed;

wherein the mold for molding the second casing allows insertion of the molding resin in which the stator is sealed;

wherein, inserting the another end portion of the shaft, further comprises inserting the molding resin in which the stator is sealed into the mold for molding the second casing; and

wherein, molding the second casing, further comprises injecting the thermoplastic resin into the mold for molding the second casing into which the another end portion of the shaft and the molding resin in which the stator is sealed have been inserted.

2. The manufacturing method of a water circulating pump of claim 1,

wherein the thermoplastic resin is a PPS (polyphenylene sulfide) containing an elastomer.

3. A manufacturing method of a water circulating pump, the water circulating pump including:

a shaft;

a pump part having a first casing in which a first concavity is formed for receiving a one end portion of the shaft to restrain rotation of the shaft;

a stator part having a second casing in which a second concavity is formed for receiving another end portion of the shaft to restrain rotation of the shaft and a stator for rotating a rotor by electromagnetic interaction; and

a rotor part having a bearing mounted in a freely rotatable manner on the shaft and a magnet part mounted in a fixed manner on the bearing, and the rotor that rotates by electromagnetic interaction with the stator of the stator part,

the manufacturing method of the water circulating pump comprising;

inserting the another end portion of the shaft into a position corresponding to the second concavity of a mold for molding the second casing, the mold allowing the another end portion of the shaft to be inserted into the position corresponding to the second concavity; and

molding the second casing by injecting a thermoplastic resin into the mold for molding the second casing into which the another end portion of the shaft has been inserted, so that an outside surface of the another end portion of the shaft is integrated with an inside surface of the second concavity with no gap therebetween;

wherein the second casing is shaped to have a bottom part and a hollow cylinder rising from the bottom part, the shaft and the rotor part are housed in a space inside the hollow cylinder, and an outer side of the hollow cylinder forms an interface with a molding resin in which the stator is sealed; and

wherein the manufacturing method of a water circulating pump further comprises;

inserting, into a mold, the stator and the second casing formed by integrating an outside surface of the another end portion of the shaft and an inside surface of the second concavity with no gap therebetween; and

by using the molding resin, sealing within the molding resin the stator inserted into the mold, and forming an interface between the molding resin and an outer side of the hollow cylinder of the second casing inserted into the mold.

4. The manufacturing method of a water circulating pump of claim 3, wherein the thermoplastic resin is a PPS (polyphenylene sulfide) containing an elastomer.