Motor

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10243426-B2
Application number	US-201715472324-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 29, 2017
Priority date	Sep 30, 2014
Publication date	Mar 26, 2019
Grant date	Mar 26, 2019

Abstract

A motor includes a bus bar assembly including a bus bar, a wiring member, and a bus bar holder. The bus bar holder includes a main body portion, a bottom portion, and a first circuit board support portion. The wiring member includes a circuit board connection terminal electrically connected to the circuit board. The circuit board connection terminal includes a contact portion connected to the circuit board, and applies force to the circuit board through the contact portion. The first circuit board support portion is disposed at a region of the bottom portion to define a side at which the circuit board connection terminal is located when viewed from one direction. The first circuit board support portion and the contact portion are located at different positions when viewed from the one direction.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A motor, comprising:
a rotor including a shaft with a center on a center axis extending in one direction;
a stator enclosing the rotor and rotating the rotor about the center axis;
a first bearing located at a first side in the one direction of the stator and supporting the shaft;
a second bearing located at a second side opposite to the first side of the stator and supporting the shaft;
a cylindrical housing holding the stator and the first bearing;
a bus bar assembly holding the second bearing, and allowing an end of the first side to be located in the housing;
a cover fixed to the housing to cover at least a portion of the second side of the bus bar assembly;
a circuit board disposed between the second bearing and the cover in the one direction, and allowing a surface of the second side to cross the one direction; wherein
the bus bar assembly includes:
a bus bar electrically connected to the stator;
a wiring member electrically connecting an external power supply to the circuit board; and
a bus bar holder holding the bus bar and the wiring member;

the bus bar holder includes:
a cylindrical main body portion including an opening at the second side;
a connector portion protruding from the main body portion toward a radially outer side of the center axis;
a bottom portion widening from an inner surface of the main body portion toward a radially inner side; and
a first circuit board support portion extending from the bottom portion toward the second inner side, and supporting the circuit board from the first side;
the cover covers the second side of the opening;
the wiring member includes:
an external power-supply connection terminal provided to the connector portion to be electrically connected to the external power-supply; and
a circuit board connection terminal electrically connected to the circuit board;
the circuit board connection terminal includes a contact portion connected to the circuit board, and applies force to the circuit board through the contact portion in a direction from the second side to the first side;
the first circuit board support portion is disposed at a region of the bottom portion to define a side at which the circuit board connection terminal is located when viewed from the one direction; and
the first circuit board support portion and the contact portion are disposed at different positions when viewed from the one direction.

2. The motor of claim 1 , wherein
the bus bar holder includes a second circuit board support portion that extends from the bottom portion to the second side to support the circuit board from the first side; and
the second circuit board support portion is disposed at a region of the bottom portion to define a side opposite to a specific side at which the circuit board connection terminal is located when viewed from the one direction.

3. The motor of claim 1 , wherein the first circuit board support portion is disposed between the shaft and the contact portion in a radial direction.

4. The motor of claim 3 , wherein
the bus bar holder includes a third circuit board support portion that supports the circuit board from the second side; and
the third circuit board support portion is disposed at a region of the bottom portion to define a side opposite to a specific side at which the circuit board connection terminal is located when viewed from the one direction.

5. The motor of claim 4 , wherein the third circuit board support portion is deposited at a surface of the second side of the circuit board.

6. The motor of claim 1 , wherein the circuit board connection terminal includes:
a first connection portion extending from a connection terminal holding portion provided at the inner surface of the main body portion toward the radially inner side; and
a first extension portion extending from the first connection portion toward the second side.

7. The motor of claim 6 , wherein the circuit board connection terminal includes:
a second connection portion extending from the first extension portion in the radial direction; and
a second extension portion extending from the second connection portion in the one direction.

8. The motor of claim 7 , wherein
the first extension portion extends to the second side of the circuit board;
the second connection portion extends from the first extension portion toward the radially inner side; and
the second extension portion extends from the second connection portion toward the first side, and is connected to the contact portion.

9. The motor of claim 8 , wherein an end of the first side of the second extension portion is located at the second side ahead of an end of the first side of the first extension portion.

10. The motor of claim 1 , wherein
the contact portion has a plate shape and includes a contact surface parallel or substantially parallel to a surface of the second side of the circuit board; and
the contact surface contacts the surface of the second side of the circuit board.

11. The motor of claim 1 , wherein
the bus bar assembly includes a plurality of the wiring members;
the contact portion of the circuit board connection terminal in the plurality of wiring members is provided in a predetermined direction within a surface of the second side of the circuit board; and
the first circuit board support portion extends in the predetermined direction.

12. The motor of claim 1 , wherein
the bus bar assembly includes the plurality of wiring members;
the contact portion of the circuit board connection terminal in the plurality of wiring members is provided in a predetermined direction within a surface of the second side of the circuit board;
the bus bar holder includes two second circuit board support portions;
at least a portion of one first circuit board support portion is located at one side of the plurality of contact portions in the predetermined direction; and
at least a portion of the other first circuit board support portion is located at the other side of the plurality of contact portions in the predetermined direction.

Assignees

• Nidec Corp

Inventors

• Haga Hidehiro
• Sato Ryusuke
• Yamada Yosuke
• Nakahara Yasuaki

Classifications

• H02K7/083

  radially supporting the rotary shaft at both ends of the rotor (H02K7/086, H02K7/09 take precedence) · CPC title

• H02K5/225 Primary

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

• H02K3/522

  for generally annular cores with salient poles · CPC title

• H02K1/146

  consisting of a generally annular yoke with salient poles · CPC title

• H02K2211/03

  Machines characterised by circuit boards, e.g. pcb · CPC title