Rotor, motor, and method for manufacturing rotor

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11322998-B2
Application number	US-201816964776-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 27, 2018
Priority date	Jan 31, 2018
Publication date	May 3, 2022
Grant date	May 3, 2022

Abstract

A rotor according to an embodiment includes a cylindrical magnet, a holder, and a balance adjusting portion. The cylindrical magnet has a bore portion into which a rotary shaft is inserted, the inner diameter of the bore portion being larger than the outer diameter of the rotary shaft. The holder is made of resin, and has a tubular portion formed in the bore portion of the magnet and a protruding portion protruding from the magnet in the rotation axis direction, the holder being press-fitted onto the rotary shaft. The balance adjusting portion is press-fitted onto the rotary shaft with the protruding portion interposed therebetween.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A rotor comprising:
a cylindrical magnet having a bore portion into which a rotary shaft is inserted, the inner diameter of the bore portion being larger than the outer diameter of the rotary shaft;
a holder made of resin, the holder having a tubular portion provided in the bore portion of the magnet and a protruding portion protruding from the magnet in a rotation axis direction, the holder being press-fitted onto the rotary shaft; and
a fixed portion press-fitted onto the rotary shaft with the protruding portion interposed therebetween.

2. The rotor according to claim 1 , wherein the fixed portion has an adjustment part for adjusting rotational balance of the rotor.

3. The rotor according to claim 1 , wherein the holder is formed integrally with the magnet.

4. The rotor according to claim 1 , wherein the protruding portion is capable of being bent in a radial direction of the rotary shaft and is in contact with the rotary shaft in such a manner that the protruding portion is bent by press-fitting of the fixed portion.

5. The rotor according to claim 4 , wherein a plurality of slits extending in the rotation axis direction are formed in the protruding portion.

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

7. The rotor according to claim 1 , wherein the holder is made of material having a hardness lower than that of the rotary shaft.

8. The rotor according to claim 1 , wherein the holder has a peripheral surface facing the rotary shaft, the peripheral surface having a surface roughness degree lower than a surface roughness degree of the bore portion of the magnet.

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

10. A method for manufacturing a rotor, the method comprising:
a magnet-unit press-fitting step of press-fitting a magnet unit onto a rotary shaft, the magnet unit including: a cylindrical magnet having a bore portion the inner diameter of which is larger than the outer diameter of the rotary shaft, and a holder that is made of resin, the holder including a tubular portion formed in the bore portion of the magnet and a protruding portion protruding from the magnet in a rotation axis direction; and
a fixed-portion press-fitting step of press-fitting a fixed portion onto the rotary shaft with the protruding portion interposed therebetween.

Assignees

• Minebea Mitsumi Inc

Inventors

• Ohmura Jun

Classifications

• H02K1/30 Primary

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

• H02K15/03

  having permanent magnets · CPC title

• H02K1/2733 Primary

  Annular magnets · CPC title

• H02K15/165

  Balancing the rotors · CPC title

• B23P19/02

  for connecting objects by press fit or for detaching same (B23P19/10 takes precedence) · CPC title