Motor

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11228230-B2
Application number	US-201917050589-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 18, 2019
Priority date	Jun 20, 2018
Publication date	Jan 18, 2022
Grant date	Jan 18, 2022

Abstract

This motor includes a yoke housing, a brush holder, a housing case and a circuit board. The brush holder holds a power supply brush and power supply terminals. The housing case has a board containing recess into which front end portions of the power supply terminals are inserted. The circuit board has terminals which are electrically connected to the power supply terminals within the board containing recess. The power supply terminals have terminal connection parts which linearly extend and are arranged in the board containing recess. The terminals are fork terminals which are electrically connected to the terminal connection parts. With respect to the terminal connection parts, portions closer to the base ends than terminal connected positions, where the terminals are connected, are covered by noise reduction member for reducing noise.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A motor, comprising:
a tubular yoke housing having a closed bottom and accommodating a rotor;
a brush holder fitted into an open portion of the yoke housing, wherein the brush holder holds a power brush that supplies power to the rotor and a power terminal that is electrically connected to the power brush;
a housing case coupled to the open portion of the yoke housing, wherein the housing case includes a substrate accommodating recess into which a distal end of the power terminal is inserted, and the housing case accommodates a speed reduction mechanism that reduces rotation of the rotor in speed; and
a circuit board accommodated in the substrate accommodating recess and including a terminal electrically connected to the power terminal inside the substrate accommodating recess, wherein
the power terminal includes a terminal connection portion that extends straight and is arranged in the substrate accommodating recess,
the terminal includes a bifurcated terminal electrically connected to the terminal connection portion in a direction intersecting with a direction in which the terminal connection portion extends, and
the terminal connection portion includes a section that is located toward a proximal end from a terminal connection position, where the terminal is connected, and covered by a noise reduction member that reduces noise.

2. The motor according to claim 1 , wherein the noise reduction member covers the terminal connection portion while allowing the terminal connection portion to be bent.

3. The motor according to claim 2 , wherein the noise reduction member is elastic and arranged in contact with the terminal connection portion.

4. The motor according to claim 3 , wherein the noise reduction member includes a rubber member in which a noise absorption material is mixed with a rubber material.

5. The motor according to claim 2 , wherein the noise reduction member is fixed to the substrate accommodating recess and arranged so that a gap from the terminal connection portion is provided.

6. The motor according to claim 1 , wherein
the terminal connection portion is one of two terminal connection portions, and
the noise reduction member includes a circuit member arranged between the terminal connection portions, which are lined next to each other, to increase mutual inductance and capacitance.

7. The motor according to claim 6 , wherein the circuit member is formed by a bent metal plate.

8. The motor according to claim 6 , wherein the circuit member includes a press-fit portion into which the terminal connection portion is press-fitted.

9. The motor according to claim 1 , wherein
the housing case includes a terminal insertion port that extends through the housing case in the same direction as the direction in which the terminal connection portion extends, and the terminal connection portion is inserted through the terminal insertion port, and
the noise reduction member is shaped so as to be passable through the terminal insertion port.

Assignees

• Denso Corp

Inventors

• Yamaura Kousuke
• Matsushita Yoshiki
• Kitou Kazuto

Classifications

• H02K2211/03

  Machines characterised by circuit boards, e.g. pcb · CPC title

• H02K5/24

  specially adapted for suppression or reduction of noise or vibrations · CPC title

• H02K5/225

  Terminal boxes or connection arrangements (specially adapted for submersible motors H02K5/132) · CPC title

• H02K11/026 Primary

  Suppressors associated with brushes, brush holders or their supports · CPC title

• H02K11/38

  Control circuits or drive circuits associated with geared commutator motors of the worm-and-wheel type · CPC title