Rotor and motor

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11916440-B2
Application number	US-202017598296-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 10, 2020
Priority date	Mar 28, 2019
Publication date	Feb 27, 2024
Grant date	Feb 27, 2024

Abstract

One aspect of a rotor of the present invention includes: a rotor core rotatable about a central axis; and a rotor magnet fixed to an outer peripheral surface of the rotor core. The rotor magnet has a plurality of magnetized portions arranged along a circumferential direction in a Halbach array. The plurality of magnetized portions include a plurality of radially magnetized portions whose magnetization direction is a radial direction and a plurality of non-radially magnetized portions whose magnetization direction is different from the radial direction. The rotor core is a non-magnetic member that has a hole, recessed from a surface on one side in an axial direction of the rotor core to the other side in the axial direction and is made of a non-magnetic material. The hole is located on the radially inner side of the radially magnetized portion.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A rotor, comprising:
a rotor core rotatable about a central axis; and
a rotor magnet fixed to an outer peripheral surface of the rotor core, wherein
the rotor magnet includes a plurality of magnetized portions arranged in a Halbach array along a circumferential direction of the rotor core,
the plurality of magnetized portions includes:
a plurality of radially magnetized portions whose magnetization directions are a radial direction of the rotor core; and
a plurality of non-radially magnetized portions whose magnetization directions are different from the radial direction,

the rotor core is a non-magnetic member that has a hole recessed from a surface on one side in an axial direction of the rotor core to another side in the axial direction and is made of a non-magnetic material,
an entirety of the hole is located (i) on a radially inner side of the plurality of radially magnetized portions and (ii) on a radially outer side of a radial center line of the rotor core,
the hole is separated radially inward from the outer peripheral surface of the rotor core
the hole has a line-symmetric shape with respect to a circumferential center line passing through a circumferential center of one of the plurality of radially magnetized portions when viewed along the axial direction, and
the radial center line is a virtual line passing through a radial center between an inner peripheral surface of the rotor core and the outer peripheral surface of the rotor core.

2. The rotor according to claim 1 , wherein
a radial distance from the outer peripheral surface of the rotor core to a radially outer end of the hole is 1 mm or more and 5 mm or less.

3. The rotor according to claim 1 , wherein
a circumferential dimension of the hole is equal to or smaller than a circumferential dimension of each of the plurality of radially magnetized portions.

4. The rotor according to claim 1 , wherein
the rotor core has a plurality of holes including the hole,
the plurality of radially magnetized portions is arranged at intervals along the circumferential direction,
the plurality of holes is provided at intervals along the circumferential direction, and
the plurality of holes is located on the radially inner side of the plurality of radially magnetized portions, respectively.

5. The rotor according to claim 4 , wherein
the plurality of non-radially magnetized portions includes a plurality of circumferentially magnetized portions whose magnetization directions are the circumferential direction,
each of the plurality of circumferentially magnetized portions is located between adjacent radially magnetized portions of the plurality of radially magnetized portions in the circumferential direction,
each of the plurality of holes has a circumferential dimension equal to or smaller than that of a corresponding radially magnetized portion of the plurality of radially magnetized portions, and
each of the plurality of holes is aligned with the corresponding radially magnetized portion of the plurality of radially magnetized portions in the radial direction.

6. The rotor according to claim 1 , wherein
the hole is a through-hole penetrating the rotor core in the axial direction.

7. A motor, comprising:
a rotor including:
a rotor core rotatable about a central axis; and
a rotor magnet fixed to an outer peripheral surface of the rotor core, wherein

the rotor magnet includes a plurality of magnetized portions arranged in a Halbach array along a circumferential direction of the rotor core,
the plurality of magnetized portions includes:
a plurality of radially magnetized portions whose magnetization directions are a radial direction of the rotor core; and
a plurality of non-radially magnetized portions whose magnetization directions are different from the radial direction,

the rotor core is a non-magnetic member that has a hole recessed from a surface on one side in an axial direction of the rotor core to another side in the axial direction and is made of a non-magnetic material,
an entirety of the hole is located (i) on a radially inner side of the plurality of radially magnetized portions and (ii) on a radially outer side of a radial center line of the rotor core,
the hole is separated radially inward from the outer peripheral surface of the rotor core
the hole has a line-symmetric shape with respect to a circumferential center line passing through a circumferential center of one of the plurality of radially magnetized portions when viewed along the axial direction, and
the radial center line is a virtual line passing through a radial center between an inner peripheral surface of the rotor core and the outer peripheral surface of the rotor core.

Assignees

• Nidec Corp

Inventors

• Tanaka Junya
• Ueda Tomoya

Classifications

• H02K1/2792 Primary

  with magnets arranged in Halbach arrays · CPC title

• H02K1/24

  Rotor cores with salient poles {; Variable reluctance rotors} · CPC title

• H02K15/03

  having permanent magnets · CPC title

• H02K21/16 Primary

  having annular armature cores with salient poles (with homopolar co-operation H02K21/20) · CPC title

• H02K1/2783

  with magnets arranged in Halbach arrays · CPC title