Motor having rotor frame with magnet fixing jig holes

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11258321-B2
Application number	US-201916696393-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 26, 2019
Priority date	Nov 26, 2018
Publication date	Feb 22, 2022
Grant date	Feb 22, 2022

Abstract

A motor includes a stator and a rotor rotatably coupled to a rotation shaft. The rotor includes: rotor core segments arranged along a circumferential direction of the rotor on the inner side or the outer side of the stator and spaced apart from one another to define permanent magnet arrangement slots between the rotor core segments; permanent magnets inserted into the permanent magnet arrangement slots, respectively; and a rotor frame including rotor frame pins that fix each of the permanent magnets between the rotor core segments. Each of the rotor core segments defines a rotor core hole that extends parallel to an axial direction of the rotation shaft. The rotor frame comprises: a base formed to surround the plurality of rotor core segments and the plurality of permanent magnets in a direction parallel to an axial direction of the rotation shaft; and a plurality of permanent magnet fixing jig holes formed only at an inner end between the inner and outer ends of the base to expose the plurality of permanent magnets.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A motor comprising:
a stator; and
a rotor rotatably coupled to a rotation shaft and disposed at an outer side of the stator,
wherein the rotor comprises:
a plurality of rotor core segments arranged along a circumferential direction of the rotor on the outer side of the stator and spaced apart from one another to define a plurality of permanent magnet arrangement slots between the plurality of rotor core segments, each of the plurality of rotor core segments defining a rotor core hole that extends parallel to an axial direction of the rotation shaft,
a plurality of permanent magnets inserted into the plurality of permanent magnet arrangement slots, respectively, wherein the plurality of rotor core segments and the plurality of permanent magnets are alternately arranged along the circumferential direction of the rotor, and
a rotor frame comprising a plurality of rotor frame pins that fix each of the plurality of permanent magnets between the plurality of rotor core segments, each of the plurality of rotor frame pins being inserted into the rotor core hole, wherein the rotor frame comprises:
a base formed to surround the plurality of rotor core segments and the plurality of permanent magnets in a direction parallel to the axial direction of the rotation shaft; and
a plurality of permanent magnet fixing jig holes formed only at an inner end of the base among the inner end of the base and an outer end of the base to expose the plurality of permanent magnets,
wherein each of the plurality of rotor core segments comprises:
a body that defines the rotor core hole,
a head that protrudes from an inner end of the body to both sides along the circumferential direction of the rotor, and
core protrusions that protrude radially outward from an outer end of the body and that are spaced apart from each other in the circumferential direction of the rotor to thereby define a rotor core slot between the core protrusions,
wherein the rotor core hole is defined between the inner end of the body and the rotor core slot in a radial direction of the rotor,
wherein each of the plurality of permanent magnets comprises:
a first working surface that faces one of the plurality of rotor core segments in the circumferential direction of the rotor, and
a second working surface that faces the one of the plurality of rotor core segments, that extends from the first working surface, and that defines an obtuse angle at a boundary between the first working surface and second working surface,
wherein the body of the one of the plurality of rotor core segments comprises a first side surface that is in surface contact with the first working surface, and
wherein each of the core protrusions of the one of the plurality of rotor core segments comprises a second side surface that extends from the first side surface of the body, that is in surface contact with the second working surface, and that defines an obtuse angle at a boundary between the first side surface and the second side surface.

2. The motor of claim 1 , wherein a linear distance between the rotor core hole and the rotor core slot is greater than or equal to 0.45 mm in the radial direction of the rotor.

3. The motor of claim 1 , wherein each of the plurality of rotor core segments comprises a plurality of electrical sheets that are stacked,
wherein each of the plurality of electrical sheets comprises a mating part that is disposed around the rotor core hole, that protrudes from a first surface of one of the electric sheets, and that is recessed from a second surface of the one of the electric sheets, and
wherein a linear distance between the rotor core hole and the mating part is greater than or equal to 0.45 mm.

4. The motor of claim 1 , wherein a linear distance between both side surfaces of the body increases toward an outer side of one of the plurality of rotor core segments,
wherein a linear distance between both side surfaces of the core protrusions increases toward the outer side of the one of the plurality of rotor core segments, and
wherein a rate of increase of the linear distance between the both side surfaces of the core protrusions is greater than a rate of increase of the linear distance between the both side surfaces of the body.

5. The motor of claim 1 , wherein the obtuse angle defined at the boundary between the first side surface and the second side surface is 190 to 230 degrees.

6. The motor of claim 1 , wherein a radial length of the second working surface in the radial direction of the rotor is defined by a difference between a radial length of one of the plurality of permanent magnets and a radial length of the first working surface, and
wherein a ratio of the radial length of the second working surface with respect to the radial length of the one of the plurality of permanent magnets is 0.15 to 0.35.

7. The motor of claim 1 , wherein each of the plurality of rotor core segments has a first end and a second end positioned opposite to each other in the axial direction of the rotation shaft,
wherein each of the plurality of permanent magnets has a first end and a second end positioned opposite to each other in the axial direction of the rotation shaft,
wherein the rotor frame comprises:
a first end base that surrounds the first ends of the plurality of rotor core segments and the first ends of the plurality of permanent magnets; and
a second end base that surrounds the second ends of the plurality of rotor core segments and the second ends of the plurality of permanent magnets, and

wherein a length of each of the plurality of rotor frame pins in the axial direction of the rotation shaft is less than a distance between the first end base and the second end base.

8. The motor of claim 1 , wherein each of the plurality of rotor core segments has a first end and a second end positioned opposite to each other in the axial direction of the rotation shaft,
wherein each of the plurality of permanent magnets has a first end and a second end positioned opposite to each other in the axial direction of the rotation shaft,
wherein the base comprises:
a first end base that surrounds the first ends of the plurality of rotor core segments and the first ends of the plurality of permanent magnets; and
a second end base that surrounds the second ends of the plurality of rotor core segments and the second ends of the plurality of permanent magnets,

wherein one of the first end base or the second end base defines the plurality of permanent magnet fixing jig holes at an inner end of the one of the first end base or the second end base,
wherein the plurality of permanent magnet fixing jig holes expose the plurality of permanent magnets to an outside of the rotor frame, and
wherein the plurality of permanent magnet fixing jig holes are formed only at an inner end between the inner and outer ends of the first end base or the second end base.

9. The motor of claim 8 , wherein the rotor frame has a plurality of inner pillars extended in a direction parallel to the axial direction of the rotation shaft to connect an inner end of the first end base and an inner end of the second end base to each other, and
the plurality of permanent magnet fixing jig holes are formed for each boundary between the first end base and the plurality of inner pillars or formed for each boundary between the second end base and the plurality of inner pillars.

10. The motor of claim 8 , wherein the plurality of permanent magnet fixing jig holes are spaced from one another and arranged along a circumferential direction of the rotor frame.

11. The motor of claim 1 , wherein each of the plurality of rotor core segments has a first end and a se

Assignees

• Lg Electronics Inc

Inventors

• Kim Jaeho
• La Minsoo
• Nam Hyuk
• Yu Kyungmo
• Cho Sangyoung
• Ha Kyungho
• Kim Pangeun

Classifications

• Y02T10/64

  Electric machine technologies in electromobility · CPC title

• H02K1/30 Primary

  using intermediate parts, e.g. spiders · CPC title

• H02K21/22

  with magnets rotating around the armatures, e.g. flywheel magnetos · CPC title

• H02K1/27 Primary

  Rotor cores with permanent magnets · CPC title

• H02K1/276

  Magnets embedded in the magnetic core, e.g. interior permanent magnets [IPM] · CPC title