Magnetic levitation device and a centrifugal pump

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12483091-B2
Application number	US-202418803108-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 13, 2024
Priority date	Sep 11, 2023
Publication date	Nov 25, 2025
Grant date	Nov 25, 2025

Abstract

A magnetic levitation device includes a magnetically effective core and a stator including coil cores. Each coil core includes a longitudinal leg and a transverse leg at an end of the longitudinal leg. A concentrated winding surrounds each longitudinal leg. The stator has a cup-shaped recess to receive the rotor. The transverse legs are arranged around the cup-shaped recess. First and second holding device and a second holding device are connected to each other, The first holding device includes a bottom plate on which holding elements are provided, which extend in the axial direction and receive exactly one of the longitudinal legs. The second holding device receives the transverse legs.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A magnetic levitation device for contactless magnetic levitation of a rotor, comprising:
a disk-shaped or ring-shaped magnetically effective core; a stator comprising a plurality of coil cores with a plurality of longitudinal legs and a plurality of transverse legs, each coil core of the plurality of coil cores comprising a longitudinal leg of the plurality of longitudinal legs extending from a first end in an axial direction to a second end, and a transverse leg of the plurality of transverse legs arranged at the second end of the longitudinal leg and extending in a radial direction perpendicular to the axial direction, at least one concentrated winding provided at each longitudinal leg of the plurality of longitudinal legs surrounding the longitudinal leg, the stator further including a cup-shaped recess into which the rotor is capable of being inserted, the cup-shaped recess arranged at an axial end of the stator, and the transverse leg of each of the plurality of transverse legs arranged around the cup-shaped recess; a first holding device; and a second holding device capable of being connected to the first holding device, the first holding device comprising a bottom plate on which a plurality of holding elements is provided, each holding element of the plurality of holding elements extending in the axial direction and designed to receive exactly one longitudinal leg of the plurality of longitudinal legs, and the second holding device is configured to receive the plurality of transverse legs.

2 . The magnetic levitation device according to claim 1 , wherein the stator has a containment can which forms the axial end of the stator, and the containment can has the cup-shaped recess into which the rotor is capable of being inserted.

3 . The magnetic levitation device according to claim 2 , wherein the containment can embraces the second holding device radially outwardly.

4 . The magnetic levitation device according to claim 2 , wherein the containment can is plastic.

5 . The magnetic levitation device according to claim 1 , further comprising a ring-shaped back iron configured to conduct magnetic flux, and connecting the first ends of all of the plurality of longitudinal legs, and the bottom plate of the first holding device configured to receive the back iron.

6 . The magnetic levitation device according to claim 5 , wherein the back iron is arranged radially inwards at the first ends of the plurality of longitudinal legs.

7 . The magnetic levitation device according to claim 1 , further comprising a circuit board with electronic components arranged with respect to the axial direction between the windings and the plurality of transverse legs, and the second holding device is configured to receive the circuit board.

8 . The magnetic levitation device according to claim 7 , wherein the circuit board is configured in a ring-shaped manner and arranged in such a way that the electronic components are arranged around the cup-shaped recess.

9 . The magnetic levitation device according to claim 1 , wherein each holding element of the plurality of holding elements is arranged with respect to the radial direction between a respective longitudinal leg of the plurality of longitudinal legs and the winding arranged on the respective longitudinal leg, and extends with respect to the axial direction at least to the end of all the at least one concentrated winding arranged on the respective longitudinal leg.

10 . The magnetic levitation device according to claim 1 , wherein each holding element of the plurality of holding elements comprises a plurality of rods with empty spaces located therebetween, and each rod of the plurality of rods extends in the axial direction.

11 . The magnetic levitation device according to claim 10 , wherein each rod of the plurality of rods is configured to exert a spring force on the longitudinal leg received by the respective holding element.

12 . The magnetic levitation device according to claim 10 , wherein each longitudinal leg of the plurality of longitudinal legs has a rectangular cross-section perpendicular to the axial direction, and exactly one rod the plurality of the rods is arranged at each corner of a respective longitudinal leg of plurality of longitudinal legs.

13 . The magnetic levitation device according to claim 1 , wherein at least one of the first holding device or the second holding device is plastic.

14 . The magnetic levitation device according to claim 1 , further comprising a control unit configured to control and supply the windings with electrical energy to generate electromagnetic fields.

15 . The magnetic levitation device according to claim 1 , wherein the stator is configured to generate torque with which the rotor is capable of being driven magnetically without contact to rotate about the axial direction.

16 . A centrifugal pump for conveying a fluid, the centrifugal pump comprising:
the magnetic levitation device according to claim 15 , the cup-shaped recess of the stator including a containment can; and the rotor with the magnetically effective core, the rotor configured to be inserted into the cup-shaped recess of the containment can.

Assignees

• Levitronix Gmbh

Inventors

• Stettler Marcel

Classifications

• H02K2211/03

  Machines characterised by circuit boards, e.g. pcb · 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

• H02K1/185

  to outer stators · CPC title

• H02K11/30

  Structural association with control circuits or drive circuits · CPC title

• F16C2360/44

  Centrifugal pumps · CPC title