Centralized power distribution member for motor with detachable auxiliary holder

• US 9,819,240 B2
• Filed: 01/31/2014
• Issued: 11/14/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 02/22/2013
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems Limited (Sumitomo Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems Limited (Sumitomo Corporation)
• Inventors: Hashimoto, Tsutomu, Fukahori, Satoshi
• Primary Examiner(s): Leung, Quyen
• Assistant Examiner(s): Chang, Minki
• Application Number:
  US14/767,437
• Publication Number:
  US 20150381002A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,383 Days
• Field of Search: 310 71, 310208, 310201, 310214
• CPC Class Codes: H02K 15/0056 Manufacturing winding connections
• CPC Class Codes: H02K 2203/09 Machines characterised by wiring elements other than wires, e.g. bus rings, for connecting the winding terminations
• CPC Class Codes: H02K 3/28 Layout of windings or of connections between windings windings for pole-changing H02K17/06, H02K17/14, H02K19/12, H02K19/32
• CPC Class Codes: H02K 3/522 for generally annular cores with salient poles

Abstract

A centralized power distribution member A configured to feed power to windings of a stator S of a multi-phase motor includes a plurality of annular busbars 10 each including a power feeding terminal 20 and connection terminals 15 to be connected to one ends of the windings of each phase on one side edge, an annular holder 30 made of synthetic resin and configured to accommodate the busbars 10 laminated in a radial direction in a mutually insulated manner, neutral point busbars 50 configured to connect the other ends of the windings of each phase, and auxiliary holders 60, 60X made of synthetic resin and configured to accommodate the neutral point busbars 50. The auxiliary holders 60, 60X are arranged on one end surface side of the annular holder 30 where the power feeding terminals 20 and the connection terminals 15 are arranged.

Claims

1. A centralized power distribution member for motor configured to feed power to windings of a stator of a multi-phase motor, comprising:

a plurality of annular busbars each including a power feeding terminal and a connection terminal to be connected to one end of the winding of each phase, the power feeding terminals and the connection terminals being on one axial end edge of the respective annular busbar;

an annular holder made of synthetic resin and configured to accommodate the busbars laminated in a radial direction in a mutually insulated manner;

a neutral point busbar configured to connect the other end of the winding of each phase; and

an auxiliary holder made of synthetic resin and configured to accommodate the neutral point busbar,

the auxiliary holder being arranged in an area of an end surface of the annular holder where the power feeding terminals and the connection terminals are arranged and being retracted radially inwardly of the outer periphery of the end surface, resiliently displaceable locking pieces formed on the auxiliary holder and being fit to locking protrusions formed on the annular holder to retain the auxiliary holder on the annular holder.

2. The centralized power distribution member for motor of claim 1, wherein the auxiliary holder covers an opening on the end surface of the annular holder to prevent detachment of the busbars accommodated in the annular holder.

3. The centralized power distribution member for motor of claim 2, wherein the connection terminals provided on the respective busbars and connection terminals provided on the neutral point busbar and to be connected to the other ends of the windings are arranged on the same circumference.

4. The centralized power distribution member for motor of claim 1, wherein the connection terminals provided on the respective busbars and connection terminals provided on the neutral point busbar and to be connected to the other ends of the windings are arranged on the same circumference.

5. The centralized power distribution member for motor of claim 1, wherein the annular holder has an outer circumferential surface formed with a plurality of locking protrusions, and wherein the auxiliary holder has a plurality of locking pieces releasably locked to the locking protrusions of the holder for detachably holding the auxiliary holder on the annular holder.

6. The centralized power distribution member for motor of claim 1, wherein the auxiliary holder is a first auxiliary holder, and wherein the centralized power distribution member has a plurality of additional auxiliary holders, each of the auxiliary holders extending through an arc that covers a selected circumferential portion of the annular holder.

7. The centralized power distribution member for motor of claim 6, wherein the auxiliary holders are arranged around the circumference of the annular holder.