Spindle structure, electric motor, and machine tool formed with through hole for passage of fluid

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10447104-B2
Application number	US-201615082236-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 28, 2016
Priority date	May 21, 2015
Publication date	Oct 15, 2019
Grant date	Oct 15, 2019

Abstract

A spindle structure capable of accelerating the flow of a fluid in through holes of a rotor. The spindle structure includes a rotatable rotation part. The rotation part includes a tool holding part provided at an axial direction one end of the rotation part and through holes that penetrate the rotation part and open at the end in the axial direction. Further the spindle structure includes a vane provided in the through holes. When the rotation part rotates, the vane rotates with the rotation part to allow a fluid in the interior of the through holes to flow toward the end in the axial direction.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A spindle structure of a machine tool, comprising:
a rotation part including:
a tool holding part provided at an end in an axial direction of the rotation part; and
a through hole axially extending through the rotation part so as to open at the end in the axial direction; and

a plurality of individual fluid flow members disposed along the through hole so as to be separate from each other, and rotating together with the rotation part so as to make a fluid present in the through hole flow toward the end in the axial direction when the rotation part is rotated, wherein each of the plurality of individual fluid flow members includes:
a solid center shaft;
a ring member disposed radially outside of the center shaft so as to surround the center shaft, and pressed against a wall surface defining the through hole so as to be fixed to the wall surface; and
a plurality of vanes, one end of each vane being fixed to the center shaft, the other end of each vane being fixed to the ring member.

2. The spindle structure according to claim 1 , wherein a plurality of vanes are arranged so as to align in a circumferential direction of a wall surface which defines the through hole.

3. The spindle structure according to claim 1 , comprising an electric motor including:
a stator; and
a rotor rotatably arranged at radially inside of the stator and constituting the rotation part, wherein
the rotor has the through hole.

4. The spindle structure according to claim 1 , comprising a spindle device including:
a spindle housing; and
a spindle rotor rotatably arranged in the spindle housing and constituting the rotation part, wherein
the spindle rotor has the end in the axial direction and the through hole.

5. The spindle structure according to claim 1 , wherein the ring member is attached to the through hole.

6. The spindle structure according to claim 1 , wherein a concave or convex part is formed on a surface of the vane.

7. A machine tool comprising the spindle structure according to claim 1 .

8. The spindle structure according to claim 1 , wherein each vane is a flat plate disposed so as to be inclined with respect to a plane orthoganol to the axis direction, wherein the plurality of vanes are disposed so as to align in the circumferential direction as substantially equal intervals.

9. An electric motor comprising:
a stator;
a rotor rotatably arranged radially inside of the stator, a tool being connected to an end in an axial direction of the rotor, the rotor including a through hole axially extending through the rotor so as to open at the end in the axial direction;
a plurality of individual fluid flow members disposed along the through hole so as to be separate from each other, and rotating together with the rotation part so as to make a fluid present in the through hole flow toward the end in the axial direction when the rotation part is rotated, wherein each of the plurality of individual fluid flow members includes:
a solid center shaft;
a ring member disposed radially outside of the center shaft so as to surround the center shaft, and pressed against a wall surface defining the through hole so as to be fixed to the wall surface; and
a vane provided in the through hole, one end of the vane being fixed to the center shaft, the other end of the vane being fixed to the ring member.

10. A machine tool comprising the electric motor according to claim 9 .

Assignees

• Fanuc Corp

Inventors

• Kamiya Yohei

Classifications

• H02K7/06

  Means for converting reciprocating motion into rotary motion or vice versa · CPC title

• H02K9/04

  having means for generating a flow of cooling medium · CPC title

• B23Q5/04 Primary

  rotary shafts, e.g. working-spindles · CPC title

• H02K7/14 Primary

  Structural association with mechanical loads, e.g. with hand-held machine tools or fans (with fan or impeller for cooling the machine H02K9/06) · CPC title

• B23Q11/127

  for cooling motors or spindles · CPC title