Rotor, motor, and method for manufacturing rotor

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11277053-B2
Application number	US-201816961815-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 27, 2018
Priority date	Jan 31, 2018
Publication date	Mar 15, 2022
Grant date	Mar 15, 2022

Abstract

A rotor according to an embodiment includes a cylindrical magnet and a balance adjusting portion. The balance adjusting portion is provided to at least one end portion of the magnet in a rotation axis direction, and is used for adjusting rotational balance of the rotor. The balance adjusting portion has a first member that is in contact with an end portion of the magnet and a second member press-fitted onto the rotary shaft with the first member interposed therebetween.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A rotor comprising:
a cylindrical magnet into which a rotary shaft is inserted; and
a balance adjusting portion provided to at least one end portion of the magnet in a rotation axis direction and used for adjusting rotational balance of the rotor, wherein
the balance adjusting portion has
a first member that is in contact with the end portion of the magnet, and
a second member press-fitted onto the rotary shaft with the first member interposed therebetween.

2. The rotor according to claim 1 , wherein one end of the first member that is closer to the magnet is separated from an outer peripheral surface of the rotary shaft, and the other end of the first member is in contact with the rotary shaft in a manner bent by press-fitting of the second member.

3. The rotor according to claim 2 , wherein a slit extending in the rotation axis direction is formed in the first member on the other end side.

4. The rotor according to claim 1 , wherein an adjustment part allowing the rotational balance to be adjusted is formed in the first member.

5. The rotor according to claim 1 , further comprising a pair of bearing portions provided in a press-fitted manner at positions between which the magnet and the balance adjusting portion are interposed in the rotation axis direction and configured to rotatably support the rotary shaft.

6. The rotor according to claim 1 , wherein the first member of the balance adjusting portion is fixed to the end portion of the magnet.

7. The rotor according to claim 6 , wherein the first member of the balance adjusting portion is fixed to the end portion of the magnet with an adhesive member.

8. The rotor according to claim 6 , wherein the first member of the balance adjusting portion is fixed to the end portion of the magnet by a socket-and-spigot structure.

9. The rotor according to claim 6 , wherein the first member of the balance adjusting portion and the end portion of the magnet are fixed to each other by frictional resistance generated by mutual surface roughness.

10. A motor comprising:
the rotor according to claim 1 ; and
a stator.

11. A method for manufacturing a rotor, the method comprising:
a magnet insertion step of inserting a cylindrical magnet onto a rotary shaft; and
a balance-adjusting-portion insertion step of inserting a balance adjusting portion adjusting rotational balance of a rotor onto the rotary shaft at at least one end portion of the magnet in a rotation axis direction, wherein
the balance-adjusting-portion insertion step includes
a first step of inserting a first member onto the rotary shaft to a position where the first member comes into contact with the end portion of the magnet; and
a second step of inserting a second member onto the rotary shaft to press-fit the second member onto the rotary shaft with the first member interposed therebetween.

12. A method for manufacturing a rotor, the rotor including
a cylindrical magnet into which a rotary shaft is inserted, and
a balance adjusting portion provided to at least one end portion of the magnet in a rotation axis direction and used for adjusting rotational balance of the rotor, wherein
the balance adjusting portion has a first member that is in contact with the end portion of the magnet and a second member press-fitted onto the rotary shaft with the first member interposed therebetween,
the method comprising:
a first step of inserting the first member onto the rotary shaft;
a second step of, after the first step, inserting the second member onto the rotary shaft to press-fit the second member onto the rotary shaft with the first member interposed therebetween; and
a magnet insertion step of, after the second step, inserting the magnet onto the rotary shaft to a position where an end portion of the magnet comes into contact with the first member.

Assignees

• Minebea Mitsumi Inc

Inventors

• Ohmura Jun

Classifications

• H02K1/2733 Primary

  Annular magnets · CPC title

• H02K15/165

  Balancing the rotors · CPC title

• H02K15/03

  having permanent magnets · CPC title

• H02K7/04 Primary

  Balancing means · CPC title

• H02K7/083

  radially supporting the rotary shaft at both ends of the rotor (H02K7/086, H02K7/09 take precedence) · CPC title