Electric oil pump

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11199255-B2
Application number	US-201916357346-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 19, 2019
Priority date	Mar 30, 2018
Publication date	Dec 14, 2021
Grant date	Dec 14, 2021

Abstract

An electric oil pump includes a motor part having a shaft, a pump part located on a front side of the motor part and driven via the shaft, and a control part controlling the motor part. The motor part includes a rotor, a stator, and a motor housing accommodating the rotor and the stator. The pump part includes a pump rotor mounted on the shaft protruding from the motor part, and a pump housing accommodating the pump rotor. The control part includes a substrate having a surface on which a plurality of electronic components are mounted. The surface of the substrate is disposed to face the cylindrical portion of the motor housing and extends in the axial direction. The substrate has an axial length shorter than an axial length of an assembly of the motor part and the pump part and is disposed within an axial range of the assembly.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An electric oil pump comprising:
a motor part having a shaft disposed along a central axis extending in an axial direction;
a pump part located on one side of the motor part in the axial direction and driven by the motor part via the shaft to discharge oil; and
a control part which controls an operation of the motor part,
wherein the motor part includes a rotor fixed to another side of the shaft in the axial direction, a stator disposed to face the rotor, and a motor housing having a cylindrical portion which accommodates the rotor and the stator,
the pump part includes a pump rotor mounted on the shaft which protrudes from the motor part to one side in the axial direction and a pump housing having an accommodating portion which accommodates the pump rotor,
the control part includes a plurality of electronic components and a substrate having a surface on which the plurality of electronic components are mounted,
the surface of the substrate is disposed radially outward from the cylindrical portion of the motor housing to face the motor housing and extends in the axial direction, and
the substrate has an axial length shorter than an axial length of an assembly formed by combining the motor part and the pump part and is disposed within an axial range of the assembly,
wherein the plurality of electronic components mounted on the substrate are disposed on the substrate to face the cylindrical portion of the motor housing,
among the plurality of electronic components, an electronic component having a relatively high height is mounted on a front side surface of the surface of the substrate opposite to a rear side surface facing a side of the motor part,
the motor housing has a case which extends from an outer surface of the cylindrical portion in a direction orthogonal to the axial direction,
the case has a substrate accommodating portion which is located radially outward from the cylindrical portion, extends in the axial direction and accommodates the substrate,
the substrate accommodating portion has a placing surface portion which is disposed within an axial range of the assembly to face the cylindrical portion and on which the substrate is placed, and
the case has a plurality of radiation fins which extend radially outward from the outer surface of the cylindrical portion and extend in a direction intersecting the axial direction.

2. The electric oil pump according to claim 1 , wherein the case has a support portion which extends radially outward from the outer surface of the cylindrical portion of the motor housing and connects a pair of radiation fins adjacent to each other in the axial direction.

3. The electric oil pump according to claim 2 , wherein the case has a plurality of mounting portions mounted on a mounting surface provided in a transmission of a vehicle.

4. The electric oil pump according to claim 3 , wherein each of the plurality of mounting portions has a flat surface portion which is in surface contact with the mounting surface.

5. The electric oil pump according to claim 4 , wherein the support portion has an inter-fin through hole which extends in a direction intersecting the flat surface portion and passes through the support portion.

6. The electric oil pump according to claim 1 , wherein:
the plurality of radiation fins are disposed at intervals in the axial direction, and
the case has a rib which connects the pair of radiation fins adjacent to each other in the axial direction.

7. The electric oil pump according to claim 1 , wherein the electronic component having a relatively high height is a capacitor or a choke coil.

Assignees

• Nidec Tosok Corp

Inventors

• Kobayashi Yoshiyuki
• Kataoka Shigehiro
• Omori Yutaka

Classifications

• F04C2240/808

  Electronic circuits (e.g. inverters) installed inside the machine · CPC title

• F04C2/102

  the two members rotating simultaneously around their respective axes · CPC title

• F16H61/30 Primary

  Hydraulic {or pneumatic} motors {or related fluid control means} therefor · CPC title

• F04C2240/803

  Electric connectors or cables; Fittings therefor · CPC title

• F04C2/10

  of internal-axis type with the outer member having more teeth or tooth-equivalents, e.g. rollers, than the inner member · CPC title