Stator and Multiphase Brushless Motor Having the Same

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2017194847-A1
Application number	US-201615395462-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Dec 30, 2016
Priority date	Dec 30, 2015
Publication date	Jul 6, 2017
Grant date	—

Abstract

A stator and a multiphase brushless electric motor utilizing the stator are provided. The stator which includes a stator core having a ring portion and a plurality of stator poles; a plurality of stator coils wound on the stator poles and having coil terminals; and a wiring frame fixed to the stator core, and comprising a plurality of conducting electrically insulated from each other. The conductor elements are electrically coupled to corresponding coils terminals to form multiphase windings. At least three coil terminals of the stator coils electrically coupled to respective conducting members are directly electrically coupled to a multi-phase power supply. The above stator can provide a simple, economic and reliable connection between the coil terminals and the multiphase power supply.

First claim

1 . A stator comprising:
a stator core having a ring portion and a plurality of stator poles extending radially from the ring portion; a plurality of stator coils wound on the stator poles and having coil terminals; and a wiring frame fixed to the stator core, and comprising a plurality of conducting members electrically insulated from each other, the conducting elements being electrically coupled to corresponding coils terminals to form multiphase windings; wherein at least three coil terminals of the stator coils electrically coupled to respective conducting members are directly electrically coupled to a multi-phase power supply.

2 . The stator of claim 1 , further comprising an insulating holder coupled to the stator, wherein the at least three coil terminals are held by the insulating holder.

3 . The stator of claim 2 , wherein the insulating holder comprises a notch formation engaged to at least one of the stator poles along an axial direction of the stator core.

4 . The stator of claim 2 , wherein the insulating holder comprises a body with a plurality of passages or seats, the at least three coil terminals pass through the passages or seats and extend to the outside of the insulating holder to be electrically coupled to a multi-phase power supply.

5 . The stator of claim 4 , wherein the at least three coil terminals are essentially paralleled to each other along the axial direction.

6 . The stator of claim 2 , wherein the number of the conducting members is three, and three coil terminals of the stator coils respectively electrically coupled to the corresponding conducting members of the stator are directly electrically coupled to a three-phase power supply.

7 . The stator of claim 1 , further comprising an insulating structure configured to isolate the stator coils from the stator core.

8 . The stator of claim 1 , wherein the conducting members are spaced from each other in a circumferential direction, and located at a same horizontal level.

9 . The stator of claim 1 , wherein the number of the stator coils is M which is a multiple of three, the stator coil corresponding to each stator pole comprising two coil terminals, each conducting member being electrically coupled to 2M/3 coil terminals to form M/3 parallel branches between two arbitrary conducting members.

10 . The stator of claim 1 , wherein the wiring frame further comprises a common conducting member, the stator coil corresponding to each stator pole comprising a first coil terminal and a second coil terminal, the conducting members being respectively electrically coupled to the first terminal of corresponding stator coils, the common conducting member being electrically coupled to all the second coil terminals.

11 . The stator of claim 1 , wherein the stator poles extend radially and outwardly from the ring portion, the wiring frame further comprising an electrically insulating carrier being inside of the ring portion of the stator core, the conducting members electrically insulated from each other by the carrier.

12 . A stator for a multiphase brushless motor, comprising:
a stator core having a ring portion and a plurality of stator poles extending radially from the ring portion; a plurality of stator coils respectively wound on the stator poles and having coil terminals; and a wiring frame fixed to the stator core comprising a plurality of conducting elements electrically insulated from each other, the conducting elements being electrically coupled to corresponding coils terminals to form multiphase windings, wherein the multiphase windings have a plurality of phase terminals configured to be electrically coupled to a multi-phase power supply; and the phase terminals are formed by the coil terminals of the stator coils.

13 . The stator of claim 12 , further comprising an insulating holder coupled to at least one of the stator poles, the phase terminals held by the insulating holder.

14 . The stator of claim 13 , wherein the insulating holder comprises a notch formation fixed to at least one of the stator poles along an axial direction of the stator core.

15 . The stator of claim 13 , wherein the insulating holder comprises a body with a plurality of passages or seats, the phase terminals pass through the passages or seats and extend to the outside of the insulating holder to be electrically coupled to a multi-phase power supply.

16 . The stator of claim 15 , wherein the phase terminals are essentially paralleled to each other.

17 . A multiphase brushless electric motor, comprising:
a permanent magnet rotor, and a stator, comprising: a stator core having a ring portion and a plurality of stator poles extending radially from the ring portion; a plurality of stator coils wound on the stator poles and having coil terminals; and a wiring frame fixed to the stator core, and comprising a plurality of conducting members electrically insulated from each other, the conducting elements being electrically coupled to corresponding coils terminals to form multiphase windings; wherein at least three coil terminals of the stator coils electrically coupled to respective conducting members are directly electrically coupled to a multi-phase power supply.

18 . The motor of claim 17 , further comprising an insulating holder coupled to the stator, wherein the at least three coil terminals are held by the insulating holder.

19 . The motor of claim 18 , wherein the insulating holder comprises a notch formation engaged to at least one of the stator poles along an axial direction of the stator core.

20 . The motor of claim 18 , wherein the motor is a three-phase brushless direct current motor, the stator being mounted inside the permanent magnets rotor.

Assignees

• Johnson Electric Sa

Inventors

• Nuzzo Gionatan
• Olmo Fabio

Classifications

• H02K2203/06

  Machines characterised by the wiring leads, i.e. conducting wires for connecting the winding terminations · CPC title

• H02K21/22 Primary

  with magnets rotating around the armatures, e.g. flywheel magnetos · CPC title

• H02K1/146 Primary

  consisting of a generally annular yoke with salient poles · CPC title

• H02K3/50

  Fastening of winding heads, equalising connectors, or connections thereto · CPC title

• H02K3/522 Primary

  for generally annular cores with salient poles · CPC title