Motor housing and motor including same

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10263489-B2
Application number	US-201515545216-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 22, 2015
Priority date	Jan 20, 2015
Publication date	Apr 16, 2019
Grant date	Apr 16, 2019

Abstract

The present invention provides a housing of a motor including a bearing pocket portion which is formed to protrude from an inner lower portion of the housing and in which an accommodation space of a bearing configured to support a shaft is formed and a shaft hole through which the shaft passes is formed in a bottom surface thereof, wherein the bearing pocket portion includes a stepped portion, the stepped portion protrudes upward along a circumference of the shaft hole, and an accommodation groove is formed between the stepped portion and an inner wall of the bearing pocket portion, thereby providing an advantageous effect of preventing foreign materials discharged from the housing of the motor, the wave washer, the bearing, and the like from exiting through the shaft hole.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A housing of a motor comprising,
a bearing pocket portion that includes an accommodation space for a bearing, and a shaft hole; and
a bearing disposed in the accommodation space of the bearing pocket portion;
wherein the accommodation space for the bearing is formed by an inner wall of the bearing pocket portion,
wherein the shaft hole is formed in a bottom surface of the bearing pocket portion,
wherein a shaft is inserted into the shaft hole,
wherein the bearing pocket portion includes a stepped portion that protrudes upward along a circumference of the shaft hole and an accommodation groove that is formed between the stepped portion and the inner wall of the bearing pocket portion,
wherein the bottom surface of the bearing pocket portion forming the accommodation groove is formed with at least two stepped surfaces in a radial direction,
wherein the stepped surfaces include an inner stepped surface closest to the shaft hole, and
wherein the inner stepped surface is formed in a flat shape to be in contact with a wave washer.

2. The housing of a motor of claim 1 , wherein the stepped surfaces include an outer stepped surface disposed outward of the inner stepped surface,
wherein the outer stepped surface forms the accommodation groove.

3. The housing of a motor of claim 2 , wherein the stepped surfaces are formed in annular shapes and gradually lowered in the radial direction.

4. The housing of a motor of claim 3 , wherein the outer stepped surface is concavely formed downward in a bottom surface of the inner stepped surface.

5. The housing of a motor of claim 1 , wherein the stepped portion includes grooves concavely formed in a circumferential direction to be spaced a predetermined distance from each other such that a depth of each of the grooves is equal to a height of the stepped surface.

6. The housing of a motor of claim 5 , wherein the inner stepped surface has a saw tooth shape.

7. A motor comprising:
a housing;
a stator coupled to the housing;
a rotor disposed inside the stator;
a shaft coupled to the rotor; and
wherein the housing protrudes upward from a lower surface thereof,
wherein the housing comprises:
a bearing pocket portion that includes an accommodation space for a bearing, and a shaft hole; and
a bearing disposed in the accommodation space of the bearing pocket portion,
wherein the accommodation space for the bearing is formed by an inner wall of the bearing pocket portion,
wherein the shaft hole is formed in a bottom surface of the bearing pocket portion,
wherein the shaft is disposed in the shaft hole,
wherein the bearing pocket portion includes a stepped portion which protrudes upward along a circumference of the shaft hole and an accommodation groove that is formed between the stepped portion and the inner wall of the bearing pocket portion,
wherein the bottom surface of the bearing pocket portion forming the accommodation groove is formed with at least two stepped surfaces in a radial direction,
wherein the stepped surfaces include an inner stepped surface closest to the shaft hole, and
wherein the inner stepped surface is formed in a flat shape to be in contact with a wave washer.

8. The motor of claim 7 , wherein the stepped surfaces include an outer stepped surface disposed outward of the inner stepped surface,
wherein the outer stepped surface forms the accommodation groove.

9. The motor of claim 8 , wherein the stepped surfaces are formed in annular shapes and gradually lowered in the radial direction.

10. The motor of claim 9 , wherein the outer stepped surface is concavely formed downward in a bottom surface of the inner stepped surface.

11. The motor of claim 7 , wherein the stepped portion includes grooves concavely formed in a circumferential direction to be spaced a predetermined distance from each other such that a depth of each of the grooves is equal to a height of the stepped surface.

12. The motor of claim 11 , wherein the inner stepped surface has a saw tooth shape.

13. The motor of claim 7 , further comprising:
a sealing member disposed between an inner wall of the bearing pocket portion and the bearing.

14. The motor of claim 13 , wherein the bearing includes a sealing groove which is concavely formed in a circumference of a side of an outer race and into which the sealing member is inserted.

Assignees

• Lg Innotek Co Ltd

Inventors

• Han Cheong Un

Classifications

• H02K5/163 Primary

  radially supporting the rotary shaft at only one end of the rotor (H02K5/165, H02K5/167, H02K5/173 take precedence) · CPC title

• H02K5/173

  using bearings with rolling contact, e.g. ball bearings · CPC title

• H02K5/10 Primary

  with arrangements for protection from ingress, e.g. water or fingers · CPC title

• H02K7/08

  Structural association with bearings · CPC title