Rotating electrical machine

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2016006307-A1
Application number	US-201314769851-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Apr 22, 2013
Priority date	Apr 22, 2013
Publication date	Jan 7, 2016
Grant date	—

Abstract

According to an electric motor, a cooling hole is formed outside of a circular arc-like region having an intersection between extension lines from inner side surfaces of adjacent permanent magnets as a center of the circular arc-like region and a distance between the intersection and an intermediate point on the side surface of the permanent magnet as a radius of the circular arc-like region. Thus, heat generation by a magnetic resistance due to the cooling hole is suppressed to improve efficiency.

First claim

1 . A rotating electrical machine, comprising:
an annular stator; and a rotator arranged on an inner side of the annular stator so as to be rotatable, the rotator comprising:
a rotator core having a plurality of cooling holes formed along a circumferential direction, through which refrigerant passes; and
a plurality of permanent magnets arranged at intervals in an outer circumferential portion of the rotator core, wherein:
the rotator core has magnet accommodating holes for accommodating the plurality of permanent magnets therein, each being formed on both sides of a line extending from a center of each of the plurality of cooling holes in a radial direction as an axis of symmetry to extend in a radially outer direction to be closed in a V-like fashion so that adjacent ones of the plurality of permanent magnets on a radially outer side of the rotator core are separated away from each other across a first bridge portion therebetween; and the each of the plurality of cooling holes is formed outside of a circular arc-like region having an intersection between extension lines from inner side surfaces of the adjacent ones of the plurality of permanent magnets as a center of the circular arc-like region and a distance between the intersection and an intermediate point on the inner side surface of each of the plurality of permanent magnets as a radius of the circular arc-like region.

2 . A rotating electrical machine according to claim 1 , wherein the rotator core has a concave portion formed in a portion of an outer circumferential surface of the rotator core, which is opposed to the first bridge portion.

3 . A rotating electrical machine according to claim 1 , wherein:
a shortest distance between each of the magnet accommodating holes and the each of the plurality of cooling holes is larger than a shortest distance between the adjacent ones of the plurality of permanent magnets in the first bridge portion; and a radial width of the each of the plurality of cooling holes is larger than a shortest distance between the plurality of permanent magnets in a second bridge portion between adjacent ones of the magnet accommodating holes of the rotator core on a radially inner side.

4 . A rotating electrical machine according to claim 1 , wherein the each of the plurality of cooling holes has curved surfaces each expanding outward, which are formed on both sides in the circumferential direction.

5 . A rotating electrical machine according to claim 4 , wherein the each of the plurality of cooling holes comprises an elongated hole extending in the circumferential direction.

6 . A rotating electrical machine according to claim 1 , wherein the each of the magnet accommodating holes includes a first hollow portion and a second hollow portion formed on both sides of the each of the magnet accommodating holes, for preventing a leakage flux from the each of the plurality of permanent magnets.

7 . A rotating electrical machine according to claim 1 , wherein at least one of the first hollow portion or the second hollow portion has a curved surface expanding outward, the curved surface having a curvature radius of both sides smaller than a curvature radius of an intermediate portion.

Assignees

• Mitsubishi Electric Corp

Inventors

• Yokota Hirohisa
• Sasai Takuma
• Hazeyama Moriyuki
• Kayano Shinsuke

Classifications

• H02K1/32 Primary

  with channels or ducts for flow of cooling medium · CPC title

• H02K1/2766

  having a flux concentration effect · CPC title