Insulator, and stator and motor provided with same

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9024500-B2
Application number	US-201213808891-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 26, 2012
Priority date	Mar 31, 2011
Publication date	May 5, 2015
Grant date	May 5, 2015

Abstract

An insulator includes a main body, a latching portion, and a slot. The main body covers a portion of a stator core around which a coil is wound to insulate the stator core from the coil. The latching portion is disposed at an end of a portion of the main body around which the coil is wound to latch the coil onto the main body. The slot is formed so as to expose the coil at a portion of the latching portion on a side where cooling oil for cooling the coil is supplied to the coil.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An insulator adapted to be disposed between a stator core and a coil installed in a generator motor to which is supplied cooling oil for cooling the coil to electrically insulate the coil from the stator core, the insulator comprising:
a main body configured to cover a portion of the stator core around which the coil is wound to insulate the stator core from the coil;
a latching portion disposed at an end of a portion of the main body around which the coil is wound on an inner peripheral side of the stator core to latch the coil onto the main body, the latching portion being substantially U-shaped;
a slot formed to expose the coil at the substantially U-shaped portion of the latching portion on a side where the cooling oil for cooling the coil is supplied to the coil, and
first and second members respectively disposed in an upper side and a lower side in an axial direction of the stator core having a substantially annular shape, the first and second members constituting the insulator, the first and second members each having a support portion supporting a plurality of the main bodies on an inner radial side along a peripheral direction.

2. The insulator according to claim 1 , wherein
the latching portion is formed at a position that is slightly higher than a winding height of the coil.

3. The insulator according to claim 1 , wherein
a stepped portion is provided at a junction where the first member and the second member are joined together.

4. The insulator according to claim 1 , further comprising
a wiring guide provided on an outer radial side of the main body to guide wiring of the coil in a prescribed direction.

5. The insulator according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a support portion supporting a plurality of the main bodies on an inner radial side along a peripheral direction; and
ribs formed on a face of the support portion on an outer radial side and extending along a radial direction.

6. A stator of a motor comprising:
the insulator according to claim 1 ;
the stator core to which the insulator is mounted; and
the coil wound around the stator core via the insulator.

7. A motor comprising:
the stator according to claim 6 ;
a rotor configured to rotate with respect to the stator; and
a rotational shaft serving as a rotational center of the rotor.

8. The insulator according to claim 1 , further comprising
an amount of the plurality of main bodies corresponds to a number of phases of the generator motor.

9. The insulator according to claim 8 , further comprising
a plurality of guide grooves disposed along the peripheral direction outside the support portion, an amount of the plurality of guide grooves corresponding to the number of phases of the generator motor.

10. The insulator according to claim 9 , further comprising
a plurality of grooves disposed in the support portion, each of the plurality of grooves having a different axial depth, an amount of the plurality of grooves corresponding to the number of phases of the generator motor.

11. An insulator adapted to be disposed between a stator core and a coil installed in a generator motor to which is supplied cooling oil for cooling the coil to electrically insulate the coil from the stator core, the insulator comprising:
a main body configured to cover a portion of the stator core around which the coil is wound to insulate the stator core from the coil;
a latching portion disposed at an end of a portion of the main body around which the coil is wound to latch the coil onto the main body;
a slot formed to expose the coil at a portion of the latching portion on a side where the cooling oil for cooling the coil is supplied to the coil;
a support portion supporting a plurality of the main bodies on an inner radial side along a peripheral direction; and
grooves formed in an inner radial side face of the support portion and a side face of the latching portion, and into which are inserted insulation material for insulating adjacent coils.

Assignees

• Kimura Takaaki
• Sugimoto Yukihiko
• Kawai Ryou
• Komatsu Mfg Co Ltd

Inventors

• Kimura Takaaki
• Sugimoto Yukihiko
• Kawai Ryou

Classifications

• H02K9/19

  for machines with closed casing and closed-circuit cooling using a liquid cooling medium, e.g. oil · CPC title

• H02K3/522 Primary

  for generally annular cores with salient poles · CPC title

• H02K3/325

  for windings on salient poles, such as claw-shaped poles · CPC title

• H02K9/005

  Electricity · mapped topic

• F01D25/08 Primary

  Cooling (of machines or engines in general F01P); Heating; Heat-insulation (of blade-carrying members, of blades F01D5/00) · CPC title