Motor and pump in which the motor is mounted

• US 20070069841A1
• Filed: 09/27/2006
• Published: 03/29/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 09/27/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Nidec Corporation
• Original Assignee: Nidec Corporation
• Inventors: Kusano, Hideki
• Application Number:
  US11/535,583
• Publication Number:
  US 20070069841A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 335/202
• CPC Class Codes: H02K 11/33 Drive circuits, e.g. power electronics H02K11/38 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H02K 2203/03 Machines characterised by the wiring boards, i.e. printed circuit boards or similar structures for connecting the winding terminations
• CPC Class Codes: H02K 3/522 for generally annular cores with salient poles
• CPC Class Codes: H02K 5/128 using air-gap sleeves or air-gap discs
• CPC Class Codes: H02K 5/225 Terminal boxes or connection arrangements specially adapted for submersible motors H02K5/132

Abstract

In a canned motor, a second cover section for covering a surface of an armature on an opposite side of a first cover section is formed from a pressed metal plate so that the motor can be downsized and inexpensively manufactured. Further, the motor can be easily assembled in such a manner that a bottom of the second cover section and a busbar are made to abut each other so as to decide a position of the armature along a central axis J1.

Claims

1. An electrically-driven motor comprising:

a first cover section, being watertight, including a recessed part having a cylindrical shape closed at one end thereof, and a flat plate part extending toward a radially outward direction from a rim of an opening of the recessed part;

an armature having plural teeth arranged around the recessed part of the first cover section, each tip of the teeth directing toward a radially inward direction;

a shaft extending along the central axis of the recessed part of the first cover section, an one end thereof accommodated in the recessed part;

a field magnet secured either directly or indirectly to the shaft, magnetic poles thereof being arranged in a circumferential direction;

a second cover section formed by press work from a metal plate, the first cover section being secured thereto, having a concave part in which the recessed part of the first cover section and the armature are accommodated; and

a seal member for sealing a space defined between the first cover section and the second cover section by intervening therebetween at a part where both sections contact, wherein;

a rotating body comprises the shaft and the field magnet; and

a stator assembly comprises the first cover section, the armature, the second cover section and the seal member.

2. The motor as claimed in claim 1, wherein the armature contacts an inner-side surface of the second cover section.

3. The motor as claimed in claim 2, wherein an outer-side surface of the armature is pressed into the inner-side surface of the second cover section.

4. The motor as claimed in claim 1, wherein a circuit board on which an electronic part for generating a drive current supplied to the armature is mounted is provided between a bottom of the concave part of the second cover section and a bottom of the recessed part of the first cover section.

5. The motor as claimed in claim 4, further comprising a busbar contacting the circuit board and thereby secured, the busbar further being electrically connected to the circuit board and the armature so as to lead the drive current to the armature, wherein the busbar abuts the bottom of the concave part of the second cover section.

6. The motor as claimed in claim 5, wherein the armature comprises:

a core formed in such a manner that a plurality of thin magnetic plates is multi-layered;

a coil formed in such a manner that an electric lead is wound around the core; and

two or more insulators covered the core and the electric lead wound over the insulators so as to insulate the core and the coil from each other, wherein;

the busbar abuts the bottom of the second cover section on an opposite side of the first cover section; and

the insulator abuts the circuit board or the busbar so that a position of the armature along the central axis is determined.

7. The motor as claimed in claim 2, wherein:

the inner-side surface of the second cover section has a step part protruding inward; and

the armature abuts the step part of the second cover section so that a position of the armature along the central axis is determined.

11. A manufacturing process of an electrically-driven motor, as claimed in claim 5, comprising:

a) a step of securing the circuit board to the busbar for supplying a drive current to the armature for electrically connecting thereto;

b) a step of setting the busbar to a predetermined position and orientation relative to the armature, and electrically connecting thereto;

c) a step of inserting a group which includes the circuit board, the busbar and the armature, into the concave of the second cover section through an opening thereof and positioning the group relative to the second cover section by abutting the busbar to the bottom of the concave part thereof; and

d) a step of sealing the space defined by the first cover section and the second cover section, into which the group of the circuit board, the busbar and the armature is already inserted and positioned, by intervening a seal member therebetween.

12. The motor manufacturing process as claimed in claim 11, wherein the armature comprises:

a core formed in such a manner that a plurality of thin magnetic plates is multi-layered along the central axis;

a coil formed in such a manner that an electric lead is wound around the core; and

two or more insulators covered the core and the electric lead wound over the insulators so as to insulate the core and the coil from each other, wherein;

the core of the armature and the second cover section abut each other so that a position of the armature in a radial direction is determined in said step c).

13. The motor manufacturing process as claimed in claim 11, wherein the armature comprises:

a core formed in such a manner that a plurality of thin magnetic plates is multi-layered along the central axis;

a coil formed in such a manner that an electric lead is wound around the core; and

two or more insulators covered the core and the electric lead wound over the insulators so as to insulate the core and the coil from each other, wherein;

an upper surface of a insulator which covered from upper side and a lower surface of the busbar or a lower surface of the circuit board abut each other so that a position of the busbar along the central axis with respect to the armature is determined in said step b).

14. A pump comprising:

a motor as claimed in claim 1;

a first pump casing having a lid at the recessed part;

a second pump casing for forming a pump chamber by abutting the first pump casing;

a bearing for rotatably supporting the rotating body, the bearing being provided in the second pump casing; and

an impeller for forming a path of the liquid by rotating integral with the rotating body when secured to the shaft, the impeller being provided in the pump chamber.

16. The pump as claimed in claim 14, wherein the pump is installed in a vehicle.

8. An electrically-driven motor comprising:

a first cover section, being watertight, including a recessed part having a cylindrical shape closed at one end thereof, and a flange extending toward a radially outward direction from a rim of an opening of the recessed part;

an armature having plural teeth arranged around the recessed part of the first cover section, each tip of the teeth directing toward a radially inward direction;

a shaft extending along the central axis of the recessed part of the first cover section, an one end thereof accommodated in the recessed part;

a field magnet secured either directly or indirectly to the shaft, magnetic poles thereof being arranged in a circumferential direction;

a second cover section secured to the first cover section, having a concave part in which the recessed part of the first cover section and the armature are accommodated;

a seal member for sealing a space defined between the first cover section and the second cover section by intervening therebetween at a part where both sections contact; and

a busbar contacting a circuit board and thereby secured, the busbar further being electrically connected to the circuit board and the armature so as to lead a drive current to the armature, wherein;

an upper surface of the busbar contacts a lower surface of the bottom of the second cover section so that a position thereof along the central axis is determined; and

an upper part of the armature contacts a lower surface of the busbar or a lower surface of the circuit board so that a position thereof along the central axis is determined.

9. The motor as claimed in claim 8, wherein:

the second cover section is formed by press work from a metal plate; and

the armature contacts an inner-side surface of the second cover section.

10. The motor as claimed in claim 8, wherein the armature comprises:

a core formed in such a manner that a plurality of thin magnetic plates is multi-layered along the central axis;

a coil formed in such a manner that an electric lead is wound around the core; and

two or more insulators covered the core and the electric lead wound over the insulators so as to insulate the core and the coil from each other, wherein;

an upper surface of a insulator which covered from upper side abuts a lower surface of the busbar or a lower surface of the circuit board so that a position of the armature along the central axis is determined.

15. A pump comprising:

a motor as claimed in claim 8;

a first pump casing having a lid at the recessed part;

a second pump casing for forming a pump chamber by abutting the first pump casing;

a bearing for rotatably supporting the rotating body, the bearing being provided in the second pump casing; and

an impeller for forming a path of the liquid by rotating integral with the rotating body when secured to the shaft, the impeller being provided in the pump chamber.

17. The pump as claimed in claim 15, wherein the pump is installed in a vehicle.