Ceiling fan motor

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10348167-B2
Application number	US-201514980163-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 28, 2015
Priority date	Jan 19, 2015
Publication date	Jul 9, 2019
Grant date	Jul 9, 2019

Abstract

A ceiling fan motor with a reduced height includes a stator, a rotor and a circuit unit. The stator includes an iron core and a shaft. The iron core has an assembly hole, and the shaft extends through the assembly hole in an extending direction. The rotor is rotatably coupled with an outer periphery of the shaft. The circuit unit is arranged between the iron core and the shaft in a radial direction of the shaft perpendicular to the extending direction of the shaft, or is arranged between the iron core and the housing of the rotor in the radial direction of the shaft.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A ceiling fan motor comprising:
a stator comprising an iron core and a shaft, wherein the iron core has an assembly hole and is coupled to a base, wherein the base has an inner periphery delimiting a shaft hole, and wherein the shaft extends through the shaft hole and the assembly hole in an extending direction;
a rotor rotating about the shaft;
a bearing coupled with the rotor and an outer periphery of the shaft; and
a circuit unit arranged between the iron core and the shaft in a radial direction of the shaft perpendicular to the extending direction of the shaft,
wherein the rotor includes a housing delimiting a compartment, and wherein the base, the stator and the circuit unit are received in the compartment,
wherein the base comprises a recess extending away from the circuit unit, wherein the iron core and the shaft are disposed outside the recess of the base, wherein the iron core is radially between the housing of the rotor and the base, wherein the base is radially between the iron core and the shaft, and wherein the shaft is non-rotatable.

2. The ceiling fan motor as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the circuit unit comprises a circuit board mounted with at least one electronic component, wherein the rotor and the iron core are located within an area in the extending direction of the shaft, and wherein the at least one electronic component of the circuit board extends into the area.

3. The ceiling fan motor as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the base is formed in the assembly hole, wherein the shaft hole is arranged at a center of the base, and wherein the circuit unit is arranged in the base.

4. The ceiling fan motor as claimed in claim 3 , further comprising a cover coupled with the stator, wherein the circuit unit comprises a circuit board mounted with at least one electronic component, wherein the circuit board is coupled with the cover, and wherein the at least one electronic component of the circuit board extends into the recess of the base.

5. The ceiling fan motor as claimed in claim 3 , wherein the circuit board is coupled with a surface of the base.

6. The ceiling fan motor as claimed in claim 5 , wherein the base further comprises an insulating layer sandwiched between the circuit board and the base.

7. The ceiling fan motor as claimed in claim 3 , wherein the circuit unit aligns with the rotor or the iron core in the radial direction of the shaft.

8. The ceiling fan motor as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising a cover coupled with the stator, wherein the cover has a flat outer surface extending in the radial direction of the shaft.

9. The ceiling fan motor as claimed in claim 3 , wherein the circuit unit comprises a circuit board and a receiving portion, wherein the circuit board is mounted with at least one electronic component, wherein the receiving portion is arranged in the base, and wherein the circuit board and the at least one electronic component are received in the receiving portion.

10. The ceiling fan motor as claimed in claim 8 , wherein the cover has an assembly channel extending through the cover from an inner edge of the cover to an outer edge of the cover in the radial direction of the shaft, and wherein the cover is detachably attached to the stator.

11. The ceiling fan motor as claimed in claim 7 , wherein an entirety of the circuit unit is located in the recess of the base and between the iron core and the shaft in the radial direction of the shaft.

Assignees

• Sunonwealth Electric Machine Ind Co Ltd

Inventors

• Yin Tso-Kuo
• Shan Duo-Nian

Classifications

• H02K11/33

  Drive circuits, e.g. power electronics (H02K11/38 takes precedence) · CPC title

• H02K21/22

  with magnets rotating around the armatures, e.g. flywheel magnetos · CPC title

• F04D25/088

  Ceiling fans · CPC title

• H02K5/04

  Casings or enclosures characterised by the shape, form or construction thereof · CPC title

• H02K11/30 Primary

  Structural association with control circuits or drive circuits · CPC title