Motor and in-vehicle apparatus

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10063120-B2
Application number	US-201615085297-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 30, 2016
Priority date	Mar 30, 2015
Publication date	Aug 28, 2018
Grant date	Aug 28, 2018

Abstract

A motor may include a rotor including a shaft having a central axis; a stator opposite to the rotor, and comprising coils; a bearing supporting the shaft; a metallic bearing holder covering the stator and supporting the bearing; at least one busbar on an opposite axial side of the bearing holder and including a connection terminal connected with a a coil wire extending from one of the coils; and a coil support between the stator and the bearing holder and fixed to the stator. The bearing holder may include at least one through hole. The coil support may include at least one insulating support portion comprising an opening portion. A portion of the opening portion of the insulating support portion having a smallest cross-sectional area in the opening portion lies inside of an edge of one of the through holes of the bearing holder.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A motor comprising:
a rotor comprising a shaft having a central axis extending in an axial direction as a center thereof;
a stator arranged opposite to the rotor, and comprising a plurality of coils;
a bearing arranged to support the shaft;
a metallic bearing holder arranged to cover the stator from an axial side thereof, and arranged to support the bearing;
at least one busbar arranged on an opposite axial side of the bearing holder with respect to the stator, and comprising a connection terminal connected with a coil end of a coil wire extending from a corresponding one of the coils; and
a coil support arranged between the stator and the bearing holder, and fixed to the stator; wherein
the bearing holder comprises at least one through hole arranged to pass therethrough in the axial direction to have a corresponding one of the coil ends pass therethrough;
the coil support comprises at least one insulating support portion comprising an opening portion arranged to pass therethrough in the axial direction to have a corresponding one of the coil ends pass therethrough; and
a portion of the opening portion of the at least one insulating support portion which has a smallest cross-sectional area in the opening portion lies inside of an edge of a corresponding one of the at least one through hole of the bearing holder when viewed in the axial direction.

2. The motor according to claim 1 , wherein the stator comprises an insulator; and
the coil support is fixed to the insulator through snap fitting.

3. A motor comprising:
a rotor comprising a shaft having a central axis extending in an axial direction as a center thereof;
a stator arranged opposite to the rotor, and comprising a plurality of coils;
a bearing arranged to support the shaft;
a metallic bearing holder arranged to cover the stator from an axial side thereof, and arranged to support the bearing;
at least one busbar arranged on an opposite axial side of the bearing holder with respect to the stator, and comprising a connection terminal connected with a coil end of a coil wire extending from a corresponding one of the coils; and
a busbar holder arranged to support the at least one busbar; wherein
the bearing holder comprises at least one through hole arranged to pass therethrough in the axial direction to have a corresponding one of the coil ends pass therethrough;
the busbar holder comprises at least one insulating support portion comprising an opening portion arranged to pass therethrough in the axial direction to have a corresponding one of the coil ends pass therethrough; and
a portion of the opening portion of the at least one insulating support portion which has a smallest cross-sectional area in the opening portion lies inside of an edge of a corresponding one of the at least one through hole of the bearing holder when viewed in the axial direction.

4. The motor according to claim 1 , wherein the opening portion of the at least one insulating support portion comprises the portion which has the smallest cross-sectional area in the opening portion on an opposite side with respect to the stator.

5. The motor according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one insulating support portion comprises a wall portion arranged to extend in the axial direction toward the bearing holder from at least a portion of an edge of the opening portion.

6. The motor according to claim 5 , wherein the wall portion is arranged between at least a portion of an outer circumference of the corresponding coil end and a wall surface of the corresponding through hole of the bearing holder.

7. The motor according to claim 5 , wherein the wall portion is arranged to surround an outer circumference of the corresponding coil end.

8. The motor according to claim 5 , wherein
the wall portion is arranged to open in one direction on a plane perpendicular to the axial direction; and
the at least one insulating support portion comprises a guide hole arranged to pass therethrough in the axial direction and extend in the one direction from the opening portion.

9. The motor according to claim 1 , wherein the opening portion is arranged to extend toward the stator.

10. The motor according to claim 1 , wherein two or more of the coil ends are arranged to pass through the opening portion of each of the at least one insulating support portion and a corresponding one of the at least one through hole of the bearing holder, and are connected to a corresponding one of the connection terminals of the at least one busbar.

11. The motor according to claim 10 , wherein the two or more of the coil ends arranged to pass through the same opening portion are used for the same phase.

12. The motor according to claim 1 , wherein
the at least one busbar comprises a body portion and the connection terminal, the connection terminal being arranged to extend radially inward from the body portion; and
from a winding start point or a winding end point of each of the coils, a portion of the corresponding coil wire is drawn in the axial direction toward a corresponding one of the connection terminals at a radially outer position on the stator.

13. The motor according to claim 1 , wherein
the at least one busbar comprises a body portion and the connection terminal, the connection terminal being arranged to extend radially inward from the body portion; and
from a winding start point or a winding end point of each of the coils, a portion of the corresponding coil wire is drawn in the axial direction toward a corresponding one of the connection terminals at a radially inner position on the stator.

14. The motor according to claim 1 , wherein
the at least one busbar comprises a body portion and the connection terminal, the connection terminal being arranged to extend radially outward from the body portion; and
from a winding start point or a winding end point of each of the coils, a portion of the corresponding coil wire is drawn in the axial direction toward a corresponding one of the connection terminals at a radially outer position on the stator.

15. The motor according to claim 1 , wherein
the at least one busbar comprises a body portion and the connection terminal, the connection terminal being arranged to extend radially outward from the body portion; and
from a winding start point or a winding end point of each of the coils, a portion of the corresponding coil wire is drawn in the axial direction toward a corresponding one of the connection terminals at a radially inner position on the stator.

16. An in-vehicle apparatus comprising the motor of claim 1 .

Assignees

• Nidec Corp

Inventors

• Kawamoto Tatsuro
• Migita Takayuki
• Atarashi Takao
• Kawakami Masateru
• Kizu Takahiro

Classifications

• H02K3/325 Primary

  for windings on salient poles, such as claw-shaped poles · CPC title

• H02K3/50 Primary

  Fastening of winding heads, equalising connectors, or connections thereto · CPC title

• H02K3/522

  for generally annular cores with salient poles · CPC title

• H02K5/225

  Terminal boxes or connection arrangements (specially adapted for submersible motors H02K5/132) · CPC title

• H02K3/38

  around winding heads, equalising connectors, or connections thereto · CPC title