Electric linear actuator

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10886808-B2
Application number	US-201916241640-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 7, 2019
Priority date	Jul 8, 2016
Publication date	Jan 5, 2021
Grant date	Jan 5, 2021

Abstract

Provided is an electric linear actuator that enables reduction of the mounting space and reduction of costs. An electric motor of this electric linear actuator is an axial gap motor including a stator and a rotor which are disposed such that orientations of magnetic poles which generate interlinkage flux which contributes to torque generation are parallel to the rotation axis of the electric motor. Further, a linear motion mechanism and the electric motor are disposed in line along the same axis which serves as the axis of a rotation input and output shaft of the linear motion mechanism. First and second coil terminals have extended portions extended in the outer-diameter side in the radial direction with respect to the rotation axis, and the extended portions are electrically connected to a control device through a wiring mechanism.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An electric linear actuator comprising:
an electric motor;
a linear motion mechanism having a rotation input and output shaft and configured to convert, through the rotation input and output shaft, rotary motion of the electric motor into linear motion of a linear motion portion;
a housing configured to hold the linear motion mechanism; and
a control device configured to control the electric motor, wherein
the linear motion mechanism and the electric motor are disposed in line along a same axis which serves as an axis of the rotation input and output shaft of the linear motion mechanism,
the electric motor includes a stator and a rotor which are disposed such that orientations of magnetic poles which generate interlinkage flux which contributes to torque generation are parallel to a rotation axis of the electric motor,
the stator includes an excitation mechanism which includes a coil configured to convert current applied to the electric motor into the interlinkage flux,
the electric linear actuator further comprises
a wiring mechanism including a bus bar configured to electrically connect the coil and the control device, and
one or both of opposite end portions of a winding of the coil have an extended portion extended in a radial direction with respect to the rotation axis, and the bus bar of the wiring mechanism being connected to the extended portion of the winding coil and connected to the control device so the extended portion of the winding coil is connected to the control device through the bus bar.

2. The electric linear actuator as claimed in claim 1 , wherein
the winding forming the coil has a rectangular-shaped cross section on a plane that contains an axis of the winding,
the winding is disposed such that: a longitudinal direction of the rectangular-shaped cross section of the winding is orthogonal to the rotation axis; and a transverse direction of the rectangular-shaped cross section of the winding is parallel to the rotation axis, and
the winding is wound so as to be stacked in the transverse direction.

3. The electric linear actuator as claimed in claim 2 , wherein
an extended portion of one of the opposite end portions of the winding is extended to an outer-diameter side in the radial direction with respect to the rotation axis, and an extended portion of another of the opposite end portions of the winding is extended to an inner-diameter side in the radial direction with respect to the rotation axis.

4. The electric linear actuator as claimed in claim 3 , wherein
the excitation mechanism includes coil groups, that correspond to respective phases of three-phase alternating current, and
in the wiring mechanism,
star connection is formed such that the coils have at least one neutral point,
the extended portion of the other of the opposite end portions of the winding is connected to the neutral point, and
the extended portion of the one of the opposite end portions of the winding is connected to the control device which controls the three-phase alternating current.

5. The electric linear actuator as claimed in claim 1 , wherein
the winding forming the coil has a rectangular-shaped cross section on a plane that is parallel to the axis of the winding,
the winding is disposed such that: a longitudinal direction of the rectangular-shaped cross section of the winding is parallel to the rotation axis; and a transverse direction of the rectangular-shaped cross section of the winding is orthogonal to the rotation axis, and
the winding is wound so as to be stacked in the transverse direction.

6. The electric linear actuator as claimed in claim 5 , wherein
an extended portion of one of the opposite end portions of the winding is extended to an outer-diameter side in the radial direction with respect to the rotation axis, and an extended portion of another of the opposite end portions of the winding is extended in parallel to an axial direction of the rotation axis.

Assignees

• Ntn Toyo Bearing Co Ltd

Inventors

• Masuda Yui

Classifications

• H02K3/18 Primary

  Windings for salient poles · CPC title

• H02K1/2796

  where both axial sides of the rotor face a stator · CPC title

• B60T13/74

  with electrical assistance or drive · CPC title

• H02K21/24

  with magnets axially facing the armatures, e.g. hub-type cycle dynamos · CPC title

• H02K3/522

  for generally annular cores with salient poles · CPC title