Rotor

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11784522-B2
Application number	US-202217666506-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 7, 2022
Priority date	Feb 8, 2021
Publication date	Oct 10, 2023
Grant date	Oct 10, 2023

Abstract

A rotor includes: a shaft; a tubular rotor core; and a plurality of magnets. The shaft extends along a center axis. The rotor core surrounds the shaft. The plurality of magnets is disposed outside the rotor core in a radial direction and is aligned in a circumferential direction. A plurality of first recessed portions recessed outward in the radial direction is aligned in the circumferential direction in an inner surface of the rotor core in the radial direction. Each of the first recessed portions overlaps each of the magnets in the radial direction.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A rotor comprising:
a shaft extending along a center axis;
a rotor core being tubular and surrounding the shaft; and
a plurality of magnets disposed outside the rotor core in a radial direction and aligned in a circumferential direction,
wherein a plurality of first recessed portions recessed outward in the radial direction is aligned in the circumferential direction in an inner surface of the rotor core in the radial direction, and
each of the first recessed portions overlaps each of the magnets in the radial direction,
wherein a plurality of second recessed portions recessed inward in the radial direction is aligned in the circumferential direction in an outer surface of the rotor core in the radial direction, and
each of the second recessed portions overlaps each of the magnets in the radial direction,
wherein a length of the second recessed portions in the circumferential direction is equal to or less than a half of a length of the magnets in the circumferential direction.

2. The rotor according to claim 1 , wherein a center of each of the first recessed portions in the circumferential direction overlaps, in the radial direction, a center of each of the magnets in the circumferential direction.

3. The rotor according to claim 1 , wherein the first recessed portions are bent and recessed outward in the radial direction and are provided to be linearly symmetric in the circumferential direction.

4. The rotor according to claim 1 , wherein a depth of the first recessed portions in the radial direction is greater than a distance in the radial direction between an outer surface of the rotor core in the radial direction and an outer end of the first recessed portion in the radial direction.

5. The rotor according to claim 1 , wherein a depth of the first recessed portions in the radial direction is less than a maximum value of a thickness of the magnets in the radial direction.

6. The rotor according to claim 1 , wherein a depth of the second recessed portions in the radial direction is less than a depth of the first recessed portions in the radial direction.

7. The rotor according to claim 1 , further comprising:
an adhesive accommodated in the second recessed portions,
wherein the adhesive causes the magnets and the rotor core to adhere to each other.

8. The rotor according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a coupling member disposed inside the rotor core in the radial direction and coupling the rotor core to the shaft,
wherein the coupling member includes a plurality of protruding portions projecting outward in the radial direction from an outer surface in the radial direction and aligned in the circumferential direction, and
each of the protruding portions is fitted to each of the first recessed portions.

9. The rotor according to claim 8 , further comprising:
a male portion projecting in the radial direction from one of the outer surface of the coupling member in the radial direction and the inner surface of the rotor core in the radial direction; and
a female portion recessed in the radial direction from the other one of the outer surface of the coupling member in the radial direction and the inner surface of the rotor core in the radial direction and accommodating the male portion.

10. The rotor according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a coupling member disposed inside the rotor core in the radial direction and coupling the rotor core to the shaft;
a male portion projecting in the radial direction from one of the outer surface of the coupling member in the radial direction and the inner surface of the rotor core in the radial direction; and
a female portion recessed in the radial direction from the other one of the outer surface of the coupling member in the radial direction and the inner surface of the rotor core in the radial direction and accommodating the male portion.

11. A rotor comprising:
a shaft extending along a center axis;
a rotor core being tubular and surrounding the shaft;
a plurality of magnets disposed outside the rotor core in a radial direction and aligned in a circumferential direction;
a coupling member disposed inside the rotor core in the radial direction and coupling the rotor core to the shaft;
a male portion projecting in the radial direction from the inner surface of the rotor core in the radial direction; and
a female portion recessed in the radial direction from the outer surface of the coupling member in the radial direction and accommodating the male portion,
wherein a plurality of first recessed portions recessed outward in the radial direction is aligned in the circumferential direction in an inner surface of the rotor core in the radial direction, and
each of the first recessed portions overlaps each of the magnets in the radial direction,
wherein a gap is provided between each of the first recessed portions and the outer surface of the coupling member.

12. The rotor according to claim 11 , wherein a center of each of the first recessed portions in the circumferential direction overlaps, in the radial direction, a center of each of the magnets in the circumferential direction.

13. The rotor according to claim 11 , wherein the first recessed portions are bent and recessed outward in the radial direction and are provided to be linearly symmetric in the circumferential direction.

14. The rotor according to claim 11 , wherein a depth of the first recessed portions in the radial direction is greater than a distance in the radial direction between an outer surface of the rotor core in the radial direction and an outer end of the first recessed portion in the radial direction.

15. The rotor according to claim 11 , wherein a depth of the first recessed portions in the radial direction is less than a maximum value of a thickness of the magnets in the radial direction.

16. The rotor according to claim 11 ,
wherein a plurality of second recessed portions recessed inward in the radial direction is aligned in the circumferential direction in an outer surface of the rotor core in the radial direction, and
each of the second recessed portions overlaps each of the magnets in the radial direction,
wherein a depth of the second recessed portions in the radial direction is less than a depth of the first recessed portions in the radial direction.

17. The rotor according to claim 16 , further comprising:
an adhesive accommodated in the second recessed portions,
wherein the adhesive causes the magnets and the rotor core to adhere to each other.

Assignees

• Nidec Corp

Inventors

• Ueda Tomoya
• Sasaki Toshiyuki
• Hu Yabo

Classifications

• H02K1/2773 Primary

  consisting of tangentially magnetized radial magnets · CPC title

• H02K1/279

  Magnets embedded in the magnetic core · CPC title

• H02K2213/03

  Machines characterised by numerical values, ranges, mathematical expressions or similar information · CPC title

• H02K1/30 Primary

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

• H02K1/2781

  Magnets shaped to vary the mechanical air gap between the magnets and the stator · CPC title