Connection terminal, connection terminal unit, and motor

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9502940-B2
Application number	US-201314652850-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 7, 2013
Priority date	Feb 7, 2013
Publication date	Nov 22, 2016
Grant date	Nov 22, 2016

Abstract

An objective of the present invention is to provide a connection terminal in which the number of parts is reduced and a contact failure hardly occurs. A connection terminal is conducted to a windings wound around tooth of a stator having a cylindrical shape. The connection terminal includes an insertion part that is inserted in a concave part formed in the stator of a motor and a connection part that extends from the insertion part. In the insertion part, a contact part that comes into contact with an end part of the winding when the insertion part is inserted in the concave part, is formed. The insertion part and the connection part are integrally formed.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A connection terminal that is conducted to a winding wound around a tooth of a stator having a cylindrical shape, the connection terminal comprising:
an insertion part that is inserted in a concave part of the stator; and
a connection part that extends from the insertion part, wherein
the insertion part is formed with a contact part that comes into contact with the winding when the insertion part is inserted in the concave part,
the insertion part has a sectional surface of a U-shape,
the contact part is a groove that is formed from a closing side to an opening side of the U-shape,
the insertion part is further formed with protrusions that protrude in a radial direction of the cylindrical shape, and engage with engagement holes that are formed in the concave part, and
the insertion part and the connection part are integrally formed.

2. The connection terminal according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a plurality of the insertion parts and a plurality of the connection parts that extend from the insertion parts; and
a plate part that is a plate member having a shape of an arc around a central axis of the cylindrical shape, and connects the connection parts to each other.

3. The connection terminal according to claim 2 , wherein the insertion parts and the connection parts are formed on an outer periphery side of the plate part.

4. A connection terminal unit comprising:
the connection terminal according to claim 2 , where the connection terminal is provided in plural for three phases; and
an insulative holding unit that holds, with respect to the plate part of one of the connection terminals among the connection terminals for three phases, the plate part of another one of the connection terminals, with a space in a direction along the central axis, and holds, with respect to the plate part of the one of the connection terminals, the plate part of still another one of the connection terminals, with a space in a radial direction of the cylindrical shape.

5. A motor comprising:
the connection terminal unit according to claim 4 ;
a stator having a concave part in which an insertion part of the connection terminal is inserted formed therein, and having a cylindrical shape; and
a rotor that is provided inside the stator.

Assignees

• Yoshida Kempei
• Tsuji Kosei
• Mitsubishi Electric Corp

Inventors

• Yoshida Kempei
• Tsuji Kosei

Classifications

• H02K3/48

  in slots · CPC title

• H02K3/50 Primary

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

• H02K3/522 Primary

  for generally annular cores with salient poles · CPC title