Magnetism modulating ring structure, magnetic gear assembly

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12401260-B2
Application number	US-202118020941-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 30, 2021
Priority date	Nov 30, 2020
Publication date	Aug 26, 2025
Grant date	Aug 26, 2025

Abstract

Provided are a magnetism modulating ring structure, a magnetic gear assembly, and a compound motor. The magnetism modulating ring structure includes a plurality of modulating units and a plurality of connection parts. Each two adjacent modulating units are connected by one of the plurality of connection parts to form the magnetism modulating ring structure, and the magnetism modulating ring structure is arranged within an annular gap enclosed by a first rotor structure and a second rotor structure. A groove structure is formed on one side of the modulating unit facing the first rotor structure, and two sides of the groove structure respectively form a curved boot-like part, and an edge of the curved boot-like part facing the second rotor structure has a curved contour line parallel to flux lines passing through an inside of the curved boot-like part.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A magnetism modulating ring structure, comprising:
a plurality of modulating units and a plurality of connection parts;
wherein each two adjacent modulating units are connected by one of the plurality of connection parts to form the magnetism modulating ring structure, and the magnetism modulating ring structure is arranged within an annular gap enclosed by a first rotor structure and a second rotor structure;
a groove structure is formed on one side of the modulating unit facing the first rotor structure, and two sides of the groove structure respectively form a curved boot-like part, and an edge of the curved boot-like part facing the second rotor structure has a curved contour line parallel to flux lines passing through an inside of the curved boot-like part;
each modulating unit has a first side and a second side which are arranged to be opposite to each other, one curved boot-like part of the first side of one modulating unit of two adjacent modulating units and another curved boot-like part of the second side of the other modulating unit of the two adjacent modulating units are connected to a same connection part; and
the plurality of connection parts are made of magnetic material; two adjacent curved boot-like parts connected to the same connection part form a flux bridge structure; one end of the curved boot-like part away from the connection part forms a flux bridge head of the flux bridge structure, and the connection part forms a flux bridge center of the flux bridge structure.

2. The magnetism modulating ring structure according to claim 1 , wherein t 1 denotes a thickness of the flux bridge head of the flux bridge structure, t 2 denotes a thickness between an outer circumferential surface of the modulating unit and a boot bottom of the curved boot-like part, and t 1 and t 2 satisfy: 0.25≤t 1 /t 2 ≤0.3.

3. The magnetism modulating ring structure according to claim 1 , wherein t 3 denotes a thickness of the flux bridge center of the flux bridge structure, and t 3 satisfies: t 3 ≤0.5 mm.

4. The magnetism modulating ring structure according to claim 1 , wherein a groove wall surface of the groove structure is a first curved face, and r 1 denotes a radius of curvature of the first curved face; a smooth transition is arranged between a side surface of the curved boot-like part facing the second rotor structure and a side surface of the connection part facing the second rotor structure, to form a curved transitional surface; a curved contour line of the curved transitional surface is parallel to the flux lines passing through the inside of the curved boot-like part; and r 2 denotes a radius of curvature of the curved transitional surface, and r 1 and r 2 satisfy: r 2 =5×r 1 .

5. The magnetism modulating ring structure according to claim 4 , wherein a 1 denotes an included angle formed between the first side and the second side of each modulating unit, and a 2 denotes an included angle formed between the first side of one modulating unit and the first side of the other modulating unit of two adjacent modulating units; and a 1 and a 2 satisfy: 0.4≤a 1 /a 2 ≤0.5.

6. The magnetism modulating ring structure according to claim 1 , wherein the plurality of connection parts and the plurality of modulating units are formed integrally.

7. A magnetic gear assembly, comprising:
the first rotor structure, wherein the first rotor structure is configured to be sleeved on an outer peripheral side of a rotational shaft structure, and a first magnetic member is provided on an outer peripheral surface of the first rotor structure;
the second rotor structure, wherein the second rotor structure is sleeved over an outer peripheral side of the first rotor structure, and a second magnetic member is provided on an inner peripheral surface of the second rotor structure; and
the magnetism modulating ring structure of claim 1 , wherein the magnetism modulating ring structure is arranged in an annular gap enclosed by the first magnetic member and the second magnetic member.

8. The magnetic gear assembly according to claim 7 , wherein a rotational speed of the first rotor structure is greater than a rotational speed of the magnetism modulating ring structure, and a rotational speed of the second rotor structure is zero.

9. The magnetic gear assembly according to claim 8 , wherein a gap is arranged between the magnetism modulating ring structure and the first magnetic member, and a gap is arranged between the magnetism modulating ring structure and the second magnetic member.

10. The magnetic gear assembly according to claim 7 , wherein a gap is arranged between the magnetism modulating ring structure and the first magnetic member, and a gap is arranged between the magnetism modulating ring structure and the second magnetic member.

11. The magnetic gear assembly according to claim 7 , wherein multiple first magnetic members are arranged, and the multiple first magnetic members are arranged at intervals along a circumferential direction of the first rotor structure.

12. The magnetic gear assembly according to claim 11 , wherein multiple second magnetic members are provided, and the multiple second magnetic members are arranged at intervals along a circumferential direction of the second rotor structure.

13. The magnetic gear assembly according to claim 7 , wherein multiple second magnetic members are provided, and the multiple second magnetic members are arranged at intervals along a circumferential direction of the second rotor structure.

Assignees

• Gree Electric Appliances Inc Zhuhai

Inventors

• Hu Yusheng
• Chen Bin
• Ma Xiaohao
• Li Quanfeng
• Gui Pengqian

Classifications

• H02K2213/03

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

• H02K16/005

  Machines with only rotors, e.g. counter-rotating rotors (DC commutator machines or universal AC/DC commutator motors having a rotating armature and a rotating excitation field H02K23/60) · CPC title

• H02K49/106

  with a radial air gap · CPC title

• H02K49/102 Primary

  Magnetic gearings, i.e. assembly of gears, linear or rotary, by which motion is magnetically transferred without physical contact (magnetized gearings with physical contact F16H13/12, F16H49/005) · CPC title