Rotor, interior permanent magnet motor, and compressor

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12368333-B2
Application number	US-202117907818-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 23, 2021
Priority date	Feb 28, 2020
Publication date	Jul 22, 2025
Grant date	Jul 22, 2025

Abstract

A rotor for an interior permanent magnet motor, an interior permanent magnet motor, and a compressor includes a rotor core, a plurality of U-shaped permanent magnet accommodating grooves, a plurality of first air grooves, and a plurality of first recesses, wherein the plurality of U-shaped permanent magnet accommodating grooves are arranged inside the rotor core at intervals; the plurality of first air grooves are provided outside the ends of the U-shaped permanent magnet accommodating grooves; and each first air groove is located on an extension line of the end of the corresponding U-shaped permanent magnet accommodating groove and is close to the outer contour of the rotor so as to form a plurality of first magnetic isolation bridges. Each first recess is recessed from the outer contour of the rotor towards the center of the rotor, starts from the end of the corresponding first magnetic isolation bridge at the outermost side of the rotor, and at most, extends to the first intersection point of the connecting line between the bottom center of the U-shaped permanent magnet accommodating groove and the center of the rotor, and the outer contour of the rotor, such that the air gap magnetic density generated between the outer contour of the rotor and the inner contour of a stator of the interior permanent magnet motor approaches a sine curve.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A rotor of an interior permanent magnet motor, the rotor comprising:
a rotor core;
a plurality of U-shaped permanent-magnet accommodating grooves, arranged at intervals inside the rotor core;
a plurality of first air slots, arranged on the outside of an end of the U-shaped permanent-magnet accommodating grooves, each of the first air slots being located on an extension line of the end of a corresponding U-shaped permanent-magnet accommodating groove and being close to the outer contour of the rotor to form a plurality of first magnetic isolation bridges; and
a plurality of first recesses, each of the first recesses being receded from the outer contour of the rotor toward the center of the rotor, starting from the end of the outermost corresponding first magnetic isolation bridge of the rotor and extending at most to a first point of intersection where a connecting line between the bottom center of the U-shaped permanent-magnet accommodating groove and the rotor center intersects with the outer contour of the rotor, such that the air gap flux density generated between the outer contour of the rotor and the inner contour of the stator of the interior permanent magnet motor is close to a sine curve;
wherein a second magnetic isolation bridge is formed between each of the first air slots and the corresponding end of each of the U-shaped permanent-magnet accommodating grooves, extension lines on both sides of the second magnetic isolation bridge respectively intersect with the outer contour of the rotor to form two points of intersection, and the lowest point of the first recess corresponding to the second magnetic isolation bridge is located between the two points of intersection or coincident with one of the two points of intersection.

2. The rotor of an interior permanent magnet motor as claimed in claim 1 , wherein
the point of intersection where an extension line of the center line of the corresponding second magnetic isolation bridge intersects with the outer contour of the rotor is closer to the central axis passing through the first point of intersection than the lowest point of the corresponding first recess.

3. The rotor of an interior permanent magnet motor as claimed in claim 1 , wherein
the rotor further includes a plurality of groups of permanent magnets therein, each group of permanent magnets is accommodated in a corresponding U-shaped permanent-magnet accommodating groove, and each of the U-shaped permanent-magnet accommodating grooves includes a transverse extension groove and two vertical extension grooves communicating with the transverse extension groove.

4. The rotor of an interior permanent magnet motor as claimed in claim 3 , wherein
each of the vertical extension grooves is provided with a first protrusion at one end close to the second magnetic isolation bridge, and the first protrusion is used to limit the position of the permanent magnet in the U-shaped permanent-magnet accommodating groove, so that a second air slot is formed between the second magnetic isolation bridge and the permanent magnet, and the second air slot has a dimension h 1 in the protruding direction of the first protrusion that is smaller than the dimension hm of the permanent magnet and is greater than or equal to ½ of the dimension hm of the permanent magnet.

5. The rotor of an interior permanent magnet motor as claimed in claim 4 , wherein
the junction between each vertical extension groove and transverse extension groove is provided with a cavity portion with a conical cross-section, and two connected second protrusions protruding toward the apex of the cone are arranged on the bottom of the cavity portion, and the top of the cavity portion is a circular arc-shaped second recess.

6. The rotor of an interior permanent magnet motor as claimed in claim 5 , wherein
the radius of the second recess is less than or equal to the height of the second protrusion protruding toward the second recess; or
the sum of the radius of the second recess and the gap between the permanent magnet and the corresponding U-shaped permanent-magnet accommodating groove is equal to the height of the second protrusion protruding toward the second recess.

7. The rotor of an interior permanent magnet motor as claimed in claim 3 , wherein
the plurality of groups of permanent magnets are six groups, and each group is composed of 3n permanent magnets, wherein n is the number of blocks divided in an axial direction, and n is an integer greater than or equal to 1 and less than or equal to 8.

8. The rotor of an interior permanent magnet motor as claimed in claim 1 , wherein
an air gap between the inner contour of the stator and the outer contour of the rotor is, as a whole, an annular air gap; and
the first air slot is an irregular or regular polygon-shaped permanent-magnet slot gap provided on the outside of each end of the U-shaped permanent-magnet accommodating groove.

9. The rotor of an interior permanent magnet motor as claimed in claim 1 , wherein
the rotor iron core has a cylindrical shape and is composed of a plurality of stacked silicon steel sheets, and the rotor iron core also includes a rotating shaft arranged at the center thereof.

10. The rotor of an interior permanent magnet motor as claimed in claim 1 , wherein
both sides of the rotor iron core are provided with rotor covers, the rotor covers are made of a non-magnetic conductive material, the rotor cover has a circular outline with a diameter the same as the maximum outer diameter of the rotor.

11. The rotor of an interior permanent magnet motor as claimed in claim 10 , wherein
at least one of the rotor covers includes at least one chamfer on an outer contour of a surface facing the rotor core.

12. A built-in permanent magnet motor, the interior permanent magnet motor comprising:
a stator, the stator comprising a cylindrical stator iron core, a plurality of stator teeth extending inwardly in a stator radial direction, stator slots distributed among the plurality of stator teeth, and coils winding around the stator teeth to generate a rotating magnetic field; and
the rotor as claimed in claim 1 , the rotor being rotatably disposed in the stator and spaced apart from the stator.

13. The built-in permanent magnet motor as claimed in claim 12 , wherein the stator iron core is formed by splicing a plurality of I-shaped teeth in a circumferential direction.

14. The built-in permanent magnet motor as claimed in claim 13 , wherein an inner edge of the I-shaped tooth is a circular arc segment with the circle center being at the center of the stator, and the stator slot formed after splicing is a semi-closed slot with a slot opening greater than or equal to 3.5 mm.

15. The built-in permanent magnet motor as claimed in claim 13 , wherein the tooth tip of the I-shaped tooth that is away from the rotation direction is a chamfered structure.

16. The built-in permanent magnet motor as claimed in claim 13 , wherein the tooth tip of the I-shaped tooth on the forward side in the rotation direction of the rotor is a chamfered structure.

17. The built-in permanent magnet motor as claimed in claim 13 , wherein the tooth tip of the I-shaped tooth on the forward side in the rotation direction of the rotor is an open hole structure.

18. A compressor, the compressor using the interior permanent magnet motor as claimed in claim 12 , wherein the working voltage of the compressor is a voltage less than or equal to 600 V.

19. A rotor of an interior permanent magnet motor, the rotor comprisin

Assignees

• Danfoss Tianjin Ltd

Inventors

• Liu Wanzhen
• Lin Yan
• Liu Guangqiang
• Wang Zhenyu
• Wang Meng
• Ji Shizhong
• Yao Li

Classifications

• H02K21/16

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

• H02K2201/03

  Machines characterised by aspects of the air-gap between rotor and stator · CPC title

• H02K21/14

  with magnets rotating within the armatures · CPC title

• F25B31/026

  with compressor of rotary type · CPC title

• H02K1/148

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