Rotor for motor and motor comprising same

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11962196-B2
Application number	US-202017312298-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 28, 2020
Priority date	May 3, 2019
Publication date	Apr 16, 2024
Grant date	Apr 16, 2024

Abstract

A rotor for a motor is proposed, the rotor including: a magnet coupled to a shaft to surround an outer surface of the shaft and having opposite-polar magnetic portions circumferentially alternately arranged; a first fixed ring fixed to the shaft to surround an outer surface of the shaft, disposed in contact with an upper portion of the magnet, and having a first coupling portion at a lower end being in contact with a top of the magnet to prevent rotation relative to the magnet; and a second fixed ring fixed to the shaft to surround the outer surface of the shaft, disposed in contact with a lower portion of the magnet, and having a second coupling portion at an upper end being in contact with a bottom of the magnet to prevent rotation relative to the magnet.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A rotor for a motor, comprising:
a magnet coupled to a shaft to surround an outer surface of the shaft and having opposite-polar magnetic portions circumferentially alternately arranged;
a first fixed ring fixed to the shaft to surround an outer surface of the shaft, disposed in contact with an upper portion of the magnet, and having a first coupling portion at a lower end being in contact with a top of the magnet to prevent rotation relative to the magnet; and
a second fixed ring fixed to the shaft to surround the outer surface of the shaft, disposed in contact with a lower portion of the magnet, and having a second coupling portion at an upper end being in contact with a bottom of the magnet to prevent rotation relative to the magnet,
wherein a protrusion protruding from the first fixed ring or the second fixed ring and a support recessed inside the first fixed ring or the second fixed ring are alternately disposed at each of the first coupling portion and the second coupling portion,
the protrusion of the first coupling portion is positioned to circumferentially correspond to the support of the second coupling portion, and
the support of the first coupling portion is positioned to circumferentially correspond to the protrusion of the second coupling portion.

2. The rotor of claim 1 , wherein the first coupling portion or the second coupling portion protrudes toward the magnet or is recessed inside the first fixed ring or the second fixed ring, and
a first locking portion or a second locking portion recessed or protruding to correspond to a shape of the first coupling portion or the second coupling portion and locked to the first coupling portion or the second coupling portion is formed at an upper end or a lower end of the magnet.

3. The rotor of claim 2 , wherein the first coupling portion and the first locking portion or the second coupling portion and the second locking portion are formed as curved surfaces connected such that an inclination is continuously changed.

4. The rotor of claim 1 , wherein the first coupling portion and the second coupling portion are formed to correspond to the numbers of opposite-polar magnetic portions of the magnet, respectively, and are circumferentially alternately arranged.

5. The rotor of claim 4 , wherein a boundary between the opposite-polar magnetic portions is positioned between the first coupling portion and the second coupling portion.

6. The rotor of claim 4 , wherein the first coupling portion and the second coupling portion are formed at centers of the opposite-polar magnetic portions, respectively.

7. The rotor of claim 1 , wherein a first locking portion and a second locking portion respectively corresponding to the first coupling portion and the second coupling portion are formed at an upper end or a lower end of the magnet, and a height of the magnet is circumferentially maintained at a predetermined level.

8. The rotor of claim 1 , wherein inner diameters of the first fixed ring and the second fixed ring are the same as or smaller than an outer diameter of the shaft, and the first fixed ring and the second fixed ring are forcibly fitted on the shaft.

9. The rotor of claim 1 , wherein an inner diameter of the magnet is the same as or larger than an outer diameter of the shaft, and a shaft passes through the magnet.

10. The rotor of claim 1 , wherein the first fixed ring and the second fixed ring are made of a material having the same density as the magnet.

11. A motor including the rotor for a motor of claim 1 , the motor comprising:
an intermediate housing spaced apart from the magnet and surrounding an outer side of the magnet;
an upper housing covering an upper portion of the intermediate housing and coupled to the intermediate housing;
a lower housing disposed outside the intermediate housing, surrounding the intermediate housing to form an internal space therebetween, and coupled to the intermediate housing or the upper housing; and
a stator disposed in the space between the intermediate housing and the lower housing and surrounding a rotor outside the rotor.

12. The motor of claim 11 , wherein a first locking portion or a second locking portion protruding toward or recessed inside the first fixed ring or the second fixed ring is formed at an upper end or a lower end of the magnet, the stator includes a stator core and a coil wound on the stator core, and the stator core is formed between a lowermost end of the upper end of the magnet and an uppermost end of the lower end of the magnet.

13. A rotor for a motor, comprising:
a magnet coupled to a shaft to surround an outer surface of the shaft and having opposite-polar magnetic portions circumferentially alternately arranged;
a first fixed ring fixed to the shaft to surround an outer surface of the shaft, disposed in contact with an upper portion of the magnet, and having a first coupling portion at a lower end being in contact with a top of the magnet to prevent rotation relative to the magnet; and
a second fixed ring fixed to the shaft to surround the outer surface of the shaft, disposed in contact with a lower portion of the magnet, and having a second coupling portion at an upper end being in contact with a bottom of the magnet to prevent rotation relative to the magnet,
wherein the first coupling portion or the second coupling portion is formed by connecting a plurality of spaced protrusions protruding toward the magnet or a plurality of supports recessed inside the first fixed ring or the second fixed ring.

Assignees

• Hyundai Kefico Corp

Inventors

• Lee Ahn Hee

Classifications

• H02K1/28 Primary

  Means for mounting or fastening rotating magnetic parts on to, or to, the rotor structures · CPC title

• H02K1/278

  Surface mounted magnets; Inset magnets · CPC title

• H02K21/14

  with magnets rotating within the armatures · CPC title

• H02K1/2733 Primary

  Annular magnets · CPC title

• 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