Cleaner

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11616410-B2
Application number	US-202017136517-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 29, 2020
Priority date	Jan 10, 2020
Publication date	Mar 28, 2023
Grant date	Mar 28, 2023

Abstract

A fan motor of a cleaner capable of exhibiting a high output is provided. The fan motor includes a shroud disposed to cover a fan, a rotor fixed to a shaft, and a stator disposed opposite to the rotor in an axial direction with a predetermined gap therebetween. The stator includes a substrate on which a bearing is installed and a plurality of armatures disposed around the bearing. A coil is formed in such a way that a flat wire having a rectangular cross-section is bent to a short side thereof to be wound around an iron core.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A cleaner comprising:
a suction portion;
a body portion provided to communicate with the suction portion; and
a fan motor accommodated in the body portion, and configured to provide a suction force to the suction portion,
wherein the fan motor comprises:
a fan comprising a plurality of blades radially installed, and fixed to a shaft extending in an axial direction;
a rotor comprising a plurality of magnets and fixed to the shaft; and
a stator arranged between the rotor and the fan,

wherein the stator comprises:
a substrate on which a bearing configured to rotatably support the shaft is provided; and
a plurality of armatures disposed around the bearing, and

wherein each of the plurality of armatures comprises:
an iron core comprising a winding portion; and
a coil comprising a flat wire comprising a rectangular cross-section with a short side and a long side, the flat wire being wound around the winding portion in such a way that one surface of the flat wire forming the short side is directed to the winding portion,

wherein the flat wire comprises:
a first flat wire element comprising a first element surface forming a short side, and
a second flat wire element provided to be adjacent to the first element surface of the first flat wire element and comprising a second element surface forming a short side.

2. The cleaner of claim 1 , wherein the winding portion extends in the axial direction, and the flat wire is wound to form an insertion hole having a size greater than a size of the winding portion to allow the winding portion to be inserted thereto.

3. The cleaner of claim 1 , wherein an end of the first flat wire element is spaced apart from an end of the second flat wire element.

4. The cleaner of claim 3 , wherein a length of the first flat wire element is the same as a length of the second flat wire element.

5. The cleaner of claim 1 , wherein a length of a long side of a cross-section of the first flat wire element is different from a length of a long side of a cross-section of the second flat wire element.

6. The cleaner of claim 1 , further comprising:
a control circuit configured to control energization to the coil and disposed radially outward from an armature, of the plurality of armatures, in the substrate.

7. The cleaner of claim 6 , wherein the substrate comprises a wiring pattern configured to electrically connect the coil and the control circuit.

8. The cleaner of claim 1 ,
wherein the flat wire comprises an outer element line and an inner element line disposed closer to the winding portion than the outer element line, and
wherein one end of the outer element line is connected to one end of the inner element line.

9. The cleaner of claim 8 , wherein the one end of the outer element line is directly connected to the one end of the inner element line.

10. The cleaner of claim 8 ,
wherein the stator comprises a coil group comprising a first coil group composed of a plurality of coils and a second coil group provided to have a phase of a flowing current different from that of the first coil group and composed of a plurality of coils, and
wherein the plurality of coils forming the first coil group comprises:
a first coil comprising one end and the other end; and
a second coil comprising one end connected to the one end of the first coil and the other end connected to the other end of the first coil.

11. The cleaner of claim 10 ,
wherein the stator further comprises a control component configured to control energization to the coil group, and
wherein the control component is disposed outside an armature, of the plurality of armatures, in a radial direction of the substrate.

12. The cleaner of claim 11 , wherein each of the coil groups is connected to the control component through a wiring pattern provided on the substrate.

13. The cleaner of claim 8 , further comprising:
a heat dissipation portion formed in a beta pattern and provided outside an armature, of the plurality of armatures, in a radial direction of the substrate.

14. The cleaner of claim 1 , wherein the fan comprises a plurality of magnets disposed on a surface opposite to one surface on which the plurality of blades is disposed.

15. The cleaner of claim 3 , wherein a resistance of the first flat wire element and the second flat wire element are substantially the same.

16. The cleaner of claim 13 , wherein the beta pattern comprises copper foil provided in a region of the substrate separate from control structures.

17. A cleaner comprising:
a suction portion;
a body portion provided to communicate with the suction portion; and
a fan motor accommodated in the body portion, and configured to provide a suction force to the suction portion,
wherein the fan motor comprises:
a fan comprising a plurality of blades radially installed, and fixed to a shaft extending in an axial direction;
a rotor comprising a plurality of magnets and fixed to the shaft; and
a stator arranged between the rotor and the fan,

wherein the stator comprises:
a substrate on which a bearing configured to rotatably support the shaft is provided; and
a plurality of armatures disposed around the bearing,

wherein each of the plurality of armatures comprises:
an iron core comprising a winding portion; and
a coil comprising a flat wire comprising a rectangular cross-section with a short side and a long side, the flat wire being wound around the winding portion in such a way that one surface of the flat wire forming the short side is directed to the winding portion,

wherein the flat wire comprises an outer element line and an inner element line disposed closer to the winding portion than the outer element line, and
wherein one end of the outer element line is connected to one end of the inner element line.

Assignees

• Samsung Electronics Co Ltd

Inventors

• Takada Masayuki
• Yoshida Minoru

Classifications

• H02K1/148

  Sectional cores (H02K1/141 takes precedence) · CPC title

• H02K3/18

  Windings for salient poles · CPC title

• H02K11/38

  Control circuits or drive circuits associated with geared commutator motors of the worm-and-wheel type · CPC title

• A47L5/28

  Suction cleaners with handles and nozzles fixed on the casings, e.g. wheeled suction cleaners with steering handle (A47L5/24 takes precedence) · CPC title

• H02K3/28 Primary

  Layout of windings or of connections between windings (windings for pole-changing H02K17/06, H02K17/14, H02K19/12, H02K19/32) · CPC title