Slot wedge element, stator device, motor, and wind turbine

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11489394-B2
Application number	US-201916766574-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 15, 2019
Priority date	Aug 30, 2018
Publication date	Nov 1, 2022
Grant date	Nov 1, 2022

Abstract

The present application relates to a slot wedge element, a stator device, a motor, and a wind turbine. The slot wedge element extends in a first direction and has opposite first and second edges has a first surface and a second surface in the thickness direction thereof, and is attached to a winding of the stator device via the first surface. The second surface includes a first portion, a second portion, and a third portion sequentially distributed in the first direction. A second thickness between the second portion and the first surface is greater than a first thickness between the first portion and the first surface, and the second thickness is greater than or equal to a third thickness between the third portion and the first surface. The first thickness is decreasingly distributed in a direction from the second portion to the first edge.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A slot wedge element applied for a stator device and extending in a first direction, comprising:
a first edge and a second edge opposite to each other; and
a first surface and a second surface in a thickness direction of the slot wedge element,
wherein the slot wedge element is attached to and directly resting on top of a winding of the stator device via the first surface;
wherein the second surface comprises a first portion, a second portion, and a third portion which are sequentially and continuously distributed in the first direction, the first portion is connected with the first edge, and the third portion is connected with the second edge; and
wherein a first thickness between the first portion and the first surface is smaller than a second thickness between the second portion and the first surface, the second thickness is greater than or equal to a third thickness between the third portion and the first surface, and the first thickness decreases progressively in a direction from the second portion to the first edge.

2. The slot wedge element according to claim 1 , wherein the second thickness is greater than the third thickness, and the third thickness decreases progressively in a direction from the second portion to the second edge.

3. The slot wedge element according to claim 2 , wherein the slot wedge element comprises either one of the following features:
the first surface is formed as a plane surface, and the second portion is formed as a dividing line between the first portion and the third portion; and
the second portion is formed as a plane surface connecting the first portion and the third portion, and the second portion has a length dimension in the first direction smaller than a length dimension of the first surface in the first direction.

4. The slot wedge element according to claim 3 , wherein the first thickness decreases progressively in a gradient type in the direction from the second portion to the first edge.

5. The slot wedge element according to claim 4 , wherein the first portion is formed as any of one inclined surface, two or more inclined surfaces continuously distributed, one concave surface and one convex surface.

6. The slot wedge element according to claim 3 , wherein the third thickness decreases progressively in a gradient type in the direction from the second portion to the second edge.

7. The slot wedge element according to claim 6 , wherein the third portion is formed as any of one inclined surface, two or more inclined surfaces continuously distributed, one concave surface and one convex surface.

8. The slot wedge element according to claim 3 , wherein the first thickness decreases progressively in a step type in the direction from the second portion to the first edge.

9. The slot wedge element according to claim 8 , wherein responsive to the second portion being formed as the dividing line, the first portion comprises one inclined surface close to the second portion and one or more step surfaces connected with the inclined surface; and responsive to the second portion being formed as the plane surface, the first portion comprises one or more step surfaces.

10. The slot wedge element according to claim 3 , wherein the third thickness decreases progressively in a step type in the direction from the second portion to the second edge.

11. The slot wedge element according to claim 10 , wherein responsive to the second portion being formed as the dividing line, the third portion comprises one inclined surface close to the second portion and one or more step surfaces connected with the inclined surface; and responsive to the second portion being formed as the plane surface, the third portion comprises one or more step surfaces.

12. The slot wedge element according to claim 2 , wherein the first portion and the third portion are symmetrically arranged with respect to the second portion.

13. A stator device, comprising:
a core, comprising at least four core members spaced apart in an axial direction of the stator device, each of which is provided with a plurality of slots spaced apart in a circumferential direction, wherein the plurality of slots of the at least four core members are arranged to correspond one by one in the axial direction;
a plurality of windings, each of which is arranged in one of the plurality of slots in the axial direction; and
a plurality of slot wedge elements, each of which is arranged in one of the plurality of slots in the axial direction, each slot wedge element extending in a first direction and comprising:
a first edge and a second edge opposite to each other; and
a first surface and a second surface in a thickness direction of the slot wedge element,
wherein the slot wedge element is attached to and directly resting on top of one of the plurality of windings of the stator device via the first surface;
wherein the second surface comprises a first portion, a second portion, and a third portion which are sequentially and continuously distributed in the first direction, the first portion is connected with the first edge, and the third portion is connected with the second edge; and
wherein a first thickness between the first portion and the first surface is smaller than a second thickness between the second portion and the first surface, the second thickness is greater than or equal to a third thickness between the third portion and the first surface, and the first thickness decreases progressively in a direction from the second portion to the first edge.

14. The stator device according to claim 13 , wherein the second thickness is greater than the third thickness, and the third thickness decreases progressively in a direction from the second portion to the second edge.

15. The stator device according to claim 14 , wherein the slot wedge element comprises either one of the following features:
the first surface is formed as a plane surface, and the second portion is formed as a dividing line between the first portion and the third portion; and
the second portion is formed as a plane surface connecting the first portion and the third portion, and the second portion has a length dimension in the first direction smaller than a length dimension of the first surface in the first direction.

16. The stator device according to claim 15 , wherein the first thickness decreases progressively in a gradient type in the direction from the second portion to the first edge.

17. The stator device according to claim 16 , wherein the first portion is formed as any of one inclined surface, two or more inclined surfaces continuously distributed, one concave surface and one convex surface.

18. The stator device according to claim 15 , wherein the third thickness decreases progressively in a gradient type in the direction from the second portion to the second edge.

19. A motor, comprising:
a stator device, wherein the stator device is fixed by a stator bracket, and each adjacent two core members in the stator device define a radial channel; and
a rotor device, disposed surrounding the stator device on a peripheral side of the stator device, or the stator device being disposed surrounding the rotor device on a peripheral side of the rotor device, wherein the motor comprises chambers on two ends in the axial direction, an air gap is formed between the rotor device and the slot wedge element, and the chambers, the air gap, and the radial channels are communicated to determine a channel for flow of a cooling medium,
wherein the stator device comprises:
a core, c

Assignees

• Xinjiang Goldwind Science & Tech Co Ltd

Inventors

• Li Jinhui
• Fan Wenshou
• Wang Dinghui

Classifications

• Y02E10/72

  Wind turbines with rotation axis in wind direction · CPC title

• H02K1/20

  with channels or ducts for flow of cooling medium · CPC title

• F03D9/25

  the apparatus being an electrical generator (F03D9/22 takes precedence) · CPC title

• H02K3/24

  with channels or ducts for cooling medium between the conductors · CPC title

• H02K7/183

  wherein the turbine is a wind turbine (adaptation of a wind turbine to an electric generator F03D9/25) · CPC title