Motor assembly and circuit breaker comprising same

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12567545-B2
Application number	US-202118037917-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 26, 2021
Priority date	Nov 20, 2020
Publication date	Mar 3, 2026
Grant date	Mar 3, 2026

Abstract

Disclosed are a motor assembly and a circuit breaker comprising same. According to an embodiment of the present invention, the motor assembly includes a cover member and a bush member formed of an insulating material. The bush member and the cover member physically and electrically space apart a motor and a gear member from each other. Here, the gear member is formed of a steel material and therefore maintains durability. Accordingly, the motor assembly can have improved insulation performance while maintaining operation reliability and rigidity.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1 . A motor assembly comprising:
a motor electrically connected to an external control power source; a shaft connected to the motor to be rotated together with the motor; a bush member through which the shaft is coupled; and a gear member through which the bush member is coupled, and with which an external gear assembly is engaged, wherein the bush member is formed of an insulating material and is located between the shaft and the gear member in a radial direction, wherein the bush member comprises:
a base formed in a plate shape having a predetermined thickness and supporting the gear member, wherein a diameter of a cross-section of the base is larger than an outer diameter of a cross-section of the gear member; and
a boss part continuously formed with the base, extending in one direction, and coupled through an inside of the gear member.

2 . The motor assembly of claim 1 , wherein the gear member comprises:
an annular part extending in the one direction and having a hollow therein; and a tooth part extending along an outer circumference of the annular part, and including a plurality of concave portions and convex portions, wherein the base comprises: a seating surface supporting the gear member; and a bush stepped portion extending along an outer circumference of the seating surface and protruding from the seating surface to surround the tooth part from a radially outside of the tooth part.

3 . The motor assembly of claim 1 , wherein the gear member has a hollow part formed through an inside thereof in the one direction, and
wherein the hollow part has a stepped part protruding radially inward from an inner circumferential surface of the gear member to partially surround the hollow part.

4 . The motor assembly of claim 3 , wherein the stepped part extends toward the base from one side opposite to the base, and an end portion of the stepped part facing the base is spaced apart from the base, and
wherein the hollow part comprises: a first hollow portion having a first portion surrounded by the stepped part; and a second hollow portion communicating with the first hollow portion, and located between the end portion of the stepped part and the base to have a larger space than the first hollow portion.

5 . The motor assembly of claim 4 , wherein the stepped part is provided as part of a plurality of stepped parts facing each other, and surfaces of the plurality of stepped parts facing each other are formed flat, and
wherein the boss part of the bush member comprises:
a plurality of flat portions forming a first portion of an outer circumference thereof, disposed to face the plurality of stepped parts, and spaced apart to face each other; and
a plurality of curved portions continuous with the plurality of flat portions, disposed to face an inner circumference surrounding a remaining portion of the first hollow portion and an inner circumference surrounding the second hollow portion, and spaced apart to face each other.

6 . The motor assembly of claim 1 , wherein the shaft includes a shaft part extending in the one direction and coupled through the bush member,
wherein the shaft part comprises:
a curved portion defining a first portion of an outer circumference thereof and rounded radially outward; and
a flat portion defining a remaining portion of the outer circumference, continuous with the curved portion, and formed flat,
wherein the bush member comprises a boss hollow portion formed through an inside thereof in the one direction such that the shaft part is coupled therethrough.

7 . The motor assembly of claim 6 , wherein an inner circumference of the bush member surrounding the boss hollow portion has:
a first portion facing the curved portion and rounded to be radially outwardly convex; and a second portion facing the flat portion and formed flat.

8 . The motor assembly of claim 1 , further comprising:
a fastening member coupled to an end portion of the shaft in one direction in which the shaft extends; and a cover member through which the shaft is coupled, and which is located between the fastening member and the gear member to cover the gear member, wherein the cover member is formed of an insulating material.

9 . The motor assembly of claim 8 , wherein the shaft comprises:
a shaft part extending in the one direction, coupled through the bush member, and partially inserted into the cover member; and a head part continuous with the shaft part, and inserted through the cover member such that one end portion thereof is coupled to the fastening member.

10 . The motor assembly of claim 9 , wherein the shaft part comprises:
a curved portion defining a first portion of an outer circumference thereof and rounded radially outward; and a flat portion defining a remaining portion of the outer circumference, continuous with the curved portion, and formed flat, wherein the cover member comprises:
a first cover hollow portion formed through an inside thereof such that the head part is inserted therethrough; and
a second cover hollow portion which communicates with the first cover hollow portion and into which the shaft part is partially inserted,
wherein the second cover hollow portion is formed such that a diameter of a cross-section thereof is larger than a diameter of a cross-section of the first cover hollow portion.

11 . The motor assembly of claim 10 , wherein the cover member comprises:
a first cover inner circumferential portion surrounding the first cover hollow portion; a second cover inner circumferential portion surrounding a first portion of the second cover hollow portion; and a third cover inner circumferential portion continuous with the second cover inner circumferential portion, and surrounding a remaining portion of the second cover hollow portion, wherein the second cover inner circumferential portion faces the curved portion and is rounded to be convex radially outwardly, and wherein the third cover inner circumferential portion faces the flat portion and is formed flat.

12 . A circuit breaker comprising:
a circuit breaker body disposed to form an electrical connection between an external power source and a load; a mechanism accommodated inside the circuit breaker body and allowing or blocking the electrical connection; and a motor assembly engaged with a gear assembly of the mechanism and operated by an external control power source, wherein the motor assembly comprises:
a motor electrically connected to the external power source;
a shaft coupled to the motor to be rotated together with the motor, and extending in one direction;
a gear member through which the shaft is coupled to be rotated together;
a bush member through which the shaft is coupled and which is coupled through the gear member, so as to be located between the shaft and the gear member and rotated together with the shaft; and
a cover member located to face the motor with the gear member and the bush member interposed therebetween, and rotated together with the shaft that is coupled therethrough,
wherein the bush member and the cover member are formed of an insulating material.

13 . The circuit breaker of claim 12 , wherein an outer diameter of a cross-section of the gear member is smaller than an outer diameter of each cross-section of the bush member and the cover member, and
wherein end portions of the gear member in the one direction are covered by the bush member and the cover member, respectively.

14 . The circuit breaker of claim 12 , further comprising a fastening member coupled to an end portion of the shaft in the

Assignees

• Ls Electric Co Ltd

Inventors

• Yang Hongik

Classifications

• H02K7/116 Primary

  with gears · CPC title

• H02K7/003

  Couplings; Details of shafts (means for mounting rotors on shafts H02K1/28) · CPC title

• H01H3/26 Primary

  using dynamo-electric motor (for storing energy in a spring motor H01H3/30) · CPC title

• H01H33/24

  Means for preventing discharge to non-current-carrying parts, e.g. using corona ring · CPC title

• H01H33/36

  using dynamo-electric motor · CPC title