Rotor for electric motor, electric motor and compressor

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11114908-B2
Application number	US-201916582335-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 25, 2019
Priority date	Mar 28, 2017
Publication date	Sep 7, 2021
Grant date	Sep 7, 2021

Abstract

Disclosed are a rotor for an electric motor, an electric motor, and a compressor. The rotor includes: a rotor core (1), provided with a shaft hole (11) and four magnet grooves (12); and four permanent magnets (2), disposed in corresponding magnet grooves, each permanent magnet including a first surface (21) and a second surface (22). When viewed from a projection surface, the first surface has an arc segment (211), and the second surface has a plurality of straight segments connected in sequence. A thickness H of each permanent magnet on a corresponding magnetic pole centerline, a length L of the second surface projected on the projection surface, and a radius R of the rotor core satisfying the following relationships: 0.24≤H/R≤0.26 and 1.07≤L/R≤1.11.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A rotor for an electric motor, comprising:
a rotor core having a circular cross section, wherein the circular cross section defines a central axis of the rotor, the rotor core comprising:
a shaft hole, wherein the shaft hole is circular and has a center; and
four magnet grooves equally-spaced around a circumference of the shaft hole, both ends of each magnet groove being provided with a magnetic isolation slot in communication with the magnet groove, a magnetic isolation bridge being defined between two adjacent magnetic isolation slots; and

four permanent magnets each provided in a corresponding magnet groove, a shape of each magnet matching a shape of the corresponding permanent magnet groove, each permanent magnet comprising a first surface and a second surface arranged opposite each other in a radial direction of the rotor core, the second surface being radially approximate to the shaft hole,
wherein, when viewed from a projection surface that is perpendicular to the central axis of the rotor, the first surface comprises an arc segment, when viewed from the projection surface, the second surface comprises a plurality of straight segments connected sequentially, with an angle between two adjacent straight segments,
wherein a thickness H of each permanent magnet on a corresponding magnetic pole centerline, a length L of the second surface projected on the projection surface, and a radius R of the rotor core satisfy the following relationships: 0.24≤H/R≤0.26 and 1.07≤L/R≤1.11, wherein the magnetic pole centerline is a line connecting the center of the shaft hole and a center of an imaginary circle that contains the arc segment.

2. The rotor according to claim 1 , wherein, when viewed from the projection surface, the second surface comprises a first straight segment, a second straight segment, and a third straight segment connected sequentially, wherein the first straight segment and the third straight segment are symmetrical with each other about the magnetic pole centerline, and wherein the second straight segment is symmetrical about the magnetic pole center line.

3. The rotor according to claim 2 , wherein a length L 1 of the second straight segment and the radius R of the rotor core satisfy the following relationship: 0.67≤L 1 /R≤0.71.

4. The rotor according to claim 2 , wherein an angle α between the first straight segment and the third straight segment has a range of 125°≤α≤145°.

5. The rotor according to claim 2 ,
wherein each permanent magnet further comprises a third surface and a fourth surface,
wherein when viewed from the projection surface, the third surface comprises a fourth straight segment connecting a free end of the first straight segment and one end of the arc segment,
wherein when viewed from the projection surface, the fourth surface comprises a fifth straight segment connecting a free end of the third straight segment and the other end of the arc segment, and
wherein the fourth straight segment and the fifth straight segment are both parallel to the magnetic pole centerline.

6. The rotor according to claim 1 , wherein the thickness H of each permanent magnet on the magnetic pole centerline is smaller than a thickness H 1 between both ends of said each permanent magnet in a direction parallel to the magnetic pole centerline.

7. The rotor according to claim 1 , wherein at least one end of each permanent magnet is provided with an assembly guiding structure.

8. The rotor according to claim 7 , wherein the assembly guiding structure is a chamfered structure formed at the at least one end of each permanent magnet.

9. An electric motor comprising:
a stator defining a rotor hole therein; and
a rotor according to claim 1 , the rotor being provided in the rotor hole.

10. A compressor, comprising an electric motor according to claim 9 .

Assignees

• Anhui meizhi compressor co ltd
• Midea Group Co Ltd

Inventors

• Xu Ben

Classifications

• H02K1/2766 Primary

  having a flux concentration effect · CPC title

• H02K1/28

  Means for mounting or fastening rotating magnetic parts on to, or to, the rotor structures · CPC title

• H02K2213/03

  Machines characterised by numerical values, ranges, mathematical expressions or similar information · CPC title

• H02K1/2746 Primary

  the rotor consisting of magnets arranged with the same polarity, e.g. consequent pole type · CPC title

• F25B31/02

  of motor-compressor units · CPC title