Motor, rotor device, and drone

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11548629-B2
Application number	US-202016793060-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 18, 2020
Priority date	Mar 28, 2019
Publication date	Jan 10, 2023
Grant date	Jan 10, 2023

Abstract

A motor mounted on a drone includes a rotor including a propeller mounting portion with a propeller detachably attached, the rotor being rotatable about a central axis, a stator radially facing the rotor with a gap therebetween, and an auto-balancer capable of automatically correcting dynamic balance of the rotor.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A motor mounted on a drone, the motor comprising:
a rotor including a propeller mounting portion with a propeller detachably attached, the rotor is structured to rotate about a central axis;
a stator facing the rotor in a radial direction with a gap between the stator and the rotor; and
an auto-balancer capable of automatically correcting dynamic balance of the rotor; wherein
the auto-balancer includes:
a base including a housing portion which has a circular shape extending around the central axis; and
a movable body which is located inside of the housing portion, the movable body moves freely in an annular area defined entirely around the central axis within the housing portion in a circumferential direction.

2. The motor according to claim 1 , wherein the rotor includes:
a shaft disposed along the central axis; and
a rotor body fixed to the shaft;
the propeller mounting portion is provided on the shaft closer to one side in an axial direction than a portion with the rotor body fixed; and
the auto balancer is provided on the shaft closer to the other side in the axial direction than the portion with the rotor body fixed.

3. The motor according to claim 2 , further comprising:
a housing to house the rotor and the stator; wherein
the stator surrounds the rotor from radially outside the rotor;
the base is provided on the shaft in a portion protruding toward the other end in the axial direction from the housing; and
the housing portion includes a radially outer peripheral edge portion positioned radially outward of a radially inner peripheral edge portion of the stator.

4. The motor according to claim 3 , wherein the base and the shaft are integrally formed together as a single monolithic member.

5. The motor according to claim 3 , wherein the housing includes:
a top wall portion positioned closer to the one side in the axial direction than the stator; and
a plurality of fins provided on a surface of the top wall portion, closer to the one side in the axial direction.

6. The motor according to claim 1 , wherein the rotor includes:
a shaft disposed along the central axis; and
a rotor body fixed to the shaft;
the propeller mounting portion is provided on the shaft in a portion positioned closer to the one side in the axial direction than the portion with the rotor body fixed; and
the auto balancer is provided on the shaft in a portion positioned closer to the one side in the axial direction than the portion with the rotor body fixed and closer to the other side in the axial direction than the propeller mounting portion.

7. A rotor device comprising:
the motor according to claim 1 ; and
the propeller.

8. A drone comprising:
the rotor device according to claim 7 .

9. The drone according to claim 8 , wherein
a plurality of the rotor devices is provided.

10. The motor according to claim 1 , wherein
the movable body is below an underside of the base; and
the auto-balancer further includes a circular lid which closes an annular opening of the housing portion on the underside of the base.

Assignees

• Nidec Corp

Inventors

• Takemoto Shinji
• Mizuike Kosuke
• Sasaguri Yoshitsugu

Classifications

• H02K7/14

  Structural association with mechanical loads, e.g. with hand-held machine tools or fans (with fan or impeller for cooling the machine H02K9/06) · CPC title

• H02K7/04 Primary

  Balancing means · CPC title

• B64C27/001

  Vibration damping devices · CPC title

• H02K5/04

  Casings or enclosures characterised by the shape, form or construction thereof · CPC title

• B64C27/14

  Direct drive between power plant and rotor hub · CPC title