Rotating electrical machine

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2022131433-A1
Application number	US-202117504737-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Oct 19, 2021
Priority date	Oct 22, 2020
Publication date	Apr 28, 2022
Grant date	—

Abstract

Provided is a rotating electrical machine capable of obtaining a higher torque while minimizing the amount of permanent magnets used. A rotor core includes a plurality of first insertion holes each having an auxiliary magnet embedded therein, the auxiliary magnet being embedded so as to surround a rotation axis of a rotor in a cross-section orthogonal to the rotation axis. The rotor core includes a plurality of second insertion holes each having a main magnet embedded therein, the main magnet being embedded so as to extend from the auxiliary magnet toward an outer circumferential direction of the rotor. The rotor includes a plurality of magnetic poles formed around the rotation axis, the magnetic poles each having the auxiliary magnet and the plurality of main magnets. The auxiliary magnet is arranged disproportionately on one side of the first insertion hole in the circumferential direction of the rotor so as to form a clearance on the other side of the first insertion hole.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A rotating electrical machine comprising:
a rotor with permanent magnets embedded in a rotor core made of a soft magnetic material; and a stator positioned on an outer circumference of the rotor, wherein: the permanent magnets each include a main magnet arranged so as to be magnetized in a circumferential direction of the rotor, and an auxiliary magnet arranged so as to be magnetized in a radial direction of the rotor, the rotor core includes a plurality of first insertion holes each having the auxiliary magnet embedded therein, the auxiliary magnet being embedded so as to surround a rotation axis of the rotor in a cross-section orthogonal to the rotation axis, the rotor core includes a plurality of second insertion holes each having the main magnet embedded therein, the main magnet being embedded so as to extend from the auxiliary magnet toward an outer circumference of the rotor, the rotor includes a plurality of magnetic poles formed around the rotation axis, the magnetic poles each having the auxiliary magnet and at least one main magnet, and in the cross-section, the auxiliary magnet is arranged disproportionately on one side of the first insertion hole in the circumferential direction of the rotor so as to form a clearance on the other side of the first insertion hole.

2 . The rotating electrical machine according to claim 1 , wherein
in each magnetic pole, the main magnets are arranged for each of the plurality of first insertion holes formed at a distance from each other in the circumferential direction of the rotor, and in the cross-section, the main magnets of each magnetic pole are arranged such that the main magnets are arranged asymmetrically relative to a virtual line passing the rotation axis and axisymmetrically dividing an entire fan-shaped region defining each magnetic pole.

3 . The rotating electrical machine according to claim 2 , wherein in each magnetic pole, the main magnet is disposed at an end on one side of the auxiliary magnet in the circumferential direction.

4 . The rotating electrical machine according to claim 3 , wherein in each magnetic pole, the main magnet is further disposed at an end on another side of the auxiliary magnet in the circumferential direction.

Assignees

• Toyota Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Hirano Tatsuhiko
• Nakamura Kyoko
• Akita Mitsutoshi
• Ichigozaki Daisuke
• Yamashita Akira

Classifications

• H02K1/276 Primary

  Magnets embedded in the magnetic core, e.g. interior permanent magnets [IPM] · CPC title

• H02K2213/03

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

• H02K21/14

  with magnets rotating within the armatures · CPC title

• H02K1/2766 Primary

  having a flux concentration effect · CPC title