Stator of motor having insulation structure for separation of stator winding groups

• US 9,973,052 B2
• Filed: 05/26/2016
• Issued: 05/15/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 08/16/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Innotek Company Limited (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Innotek Company Limited (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Kim, Hyunseop, Kim, Byungyong
• Primary Examiner(s): Rojas, Bernard
• Assistant Examiner(s): Johnson, Rashad
• Application Number:
  US15/165,875
• Publication Number:
  US 20160268862A1
• Time in Patent Office: 719 Days
• Field of Search: 310214, 310215, 310216, 310260, 310270
• CPC Class Codes: H02K 1/14 Stator cores with salient poles
• CPC Class Codes: H02K 3/32 Windings characterised by the shape, form or construction of the insulation
• CPC Class Codes: H02K 3/325 for windings on salient poles, such as claw-shaped poles
• CPC Class Codes: H02K 3/34 between conductors or between conductor and core, e.g. slot insulation
• CPC Class Codes: H02K 3/345 between conductor and core, e.g. slot insulation

Abstract

Disclosed is a stator of an EPS motor, the stator including a stator core including a plurality of teeth protrusively formed toward a center of an inner circumferential surface, a plurality of coils wound on the teeth at a predetermined counts, an insulator coupled to an upper surface and a bottom surface of the stator core to insulate the coil from the stator core, and an insulation tube situated nearest to a coil wound on an adjacent stator core and inserted into a coil wound on an outmost side of the teeth.

Claims

1. A stator of a motor, the stator comprising:

a stator core including a plurality of teeth;

a plurality of coils wound on the plurality of teeth, respectively;

a bus bar coupled to an upper side of the stator core;

a terminal radially protruded from an outer circumferential surface of the bus bar; and

an insulation plate extended from a bottom surface of the bus bar;

wherein the plurality of coils comprises a plurality of coil terminals disposed on distal ends of the plurality of coils, respectively, and upwardly protruded from the stator core;

wherein the terminal is coupled with the plurality of coil terminals,

wherein the plurality of coils comprises a first coil, a second coil adjacent to the first coil, and a third coil opposite to the first coil;

wherein at least a portion of the insulation plate is disposed between the first coil and the second coil to insulate the first coil from the second coil,

wherein a distance between the first coil and the third coil is longer than an outer diameter of the bus bar,

wherein the plurality of coils do not pass through the bus bar,

wherein the insulation plate is integrally formed with the bus bar, and

wherein a length of the insulation plate in a radial direction of the stator core is shorter than a length of each wound coil in the radial direction of the stator core.

2. The stator of claim 1, wherein the insulation plate is provided in the number corresponding to that of the plurality of coils wound on the stator core.

3. The stator of claim 1, wherein the stator core further includes a first spilt core formed with a first tooth and a second spilt core formed with a second tooth,

wherein the first spilt core includes a body coupled to the second spilt core, and

wherein the first tooth is inwardly protruded from the body.

4. The stator of claim 1, further comprising:

an insulator coupled to the stator core to insulate the coils from the stator core.

5. The stator of claim 4, wherein the insulator includes an upper insulation portion coupled to an upper portion of the stator core and a lower insulation portion coupled to a lower portion of the stator core.

6. The stator of claim 1, wherein the bus bar comprises a first part having an annular shape and a second part protruding from a portion of an upper surface of the first part, and

wherein a step part is formed by the first part and the second part.

7. The stator of claim 6, wherein the terminal comprises a first terminal protruding from an outer lateral surface of the first part of the bus bar in a radial direction of the first part of the bus bar, and a second terminal protruding from an outer lateral surface of the second part of the bus bar in the radial direction.

8. The stator of claim 1, wherein a length of the insulation plate is longer than a length of each wound coil and smaller than a length of the stator core in an axial direction of the stator core.

9. A motor, the motor comprising:

a stator core including a plurality of teeth;

a plurality of coils wound on the plurality of teeth, respectively;

a bus bar coupled to an upper side of the stator core;

a terminal radially protruded from an outer circumferential surface of the bus bar; and

an insulation plate extended from a bottom surface of the bus bar;

wherein the plurality of coils comprises a plurality of coil terminals disposed on distal ends of the plurality of coils, respectively, and upwardly protruded from the stator core;

wherein the terminal is coupled with the plurality of coil terminals,

wherein the plurality of coils comprises a first coil, a second coil adjacent to the first coil, and a third coil opposite to the first coil;

wherein at least a portion of the insulation plate is disposed between the first coil and the second coil to insulate the first coil from the second coil,

wherein a distance between the first coil and the third coil is longer than an outer diameter of the bus bar,

wherein the plurality of coils do not pass through the bus bar,

wherein the insulation plate is integrally formed with the bus bar, and

wherein a length of the insulation plate in a radial direction of the stator core is shorter than a length of each wound coil in the radial direction of the stator core.