Rotary electric machine

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9570953-B2
Application number	US-201414222035-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 21, 2014
Priority date	Oct 23, 2013
Publication date	Feb 14, 2017
Grant date	Feb 14, 2017

Abstract

A rotary electric machine includes: a stator around which a coil is wound; a frame which fixes the stator; a rotor which faces the stator via a slight air gap; a shaft which is fixed to the rotor and is rotatably and removably supported via a bearing; and a bracket which supports the bearing inside a bearing box. The rotary electric machine includes: an insulating member which is mounted inside the bearing box of the bracket; a metal holder which is mounted inside the insulating member with a predetermined clearance with respect to an outer ring of the bearing, and supports the bearing; and a pressing body which is mounted between the side surface of the metal holder and the side surface of the outer ring of the bearing.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A rotary electric machine including:
a stator around which a coil is wound;
a frame which fixes said stator;
a rotor which faces said stator via a slight air gap;
a shaft which is fixed to said rotor and is rotatably and removably supported via a bearing; and
a bracket which supports said bearing inside a bearing box,
said rotary electric machine comprising:
an insulating member which is mounted inside said bearing box of said bracket;
a metal holder which is mounted inside said insulating member with a predetermined clearance with respect to an outer ring of said bearing, and supports said bearing; and
a pressing body which is mounted between the side surface of said metal holder and the side surface of said outer ring of said bearing.

2. The rotary electric machine according to claim 1 ,
wherein said insulating member and said metal holder are mounted inside said bearing box of said bracket by insertion molding.

3. The rotary electric machine according to claim 2 ,
wherein the linear expansion coefficient of said metal holder is equal to the linear expansion coefficient of said outer ring of said bearing.

4. The rotary electric machine according to claim 3 ,
further comprising a metal ring, which is made to coincide with the linear expansion coefficients of said metal holder and said outer ring of said bearing, is disposed between said bearing box of said bracket and said insulating member.

5. The rotary electric machine according to claim 3 ,
wherein a part of three or more points of said insulating member is press-fitted to the inside of said bearing box of said bracket and to the outer circumference portion of said metal holder.

6. The rotary electric machine according to claim 3 ,
wherein a part of one or more points of the inside of said bearing box of said bracket and a part of one or more points of the outer circumference of said metal holder are each formed in a non-cylindrical shape; and
the outer circumference of said insulating member, which comes face to face with the part of the inside of said bearing box, and the inner circumference of said insulating member, which comes face to face with the part of the outer circumference of said metal holder are each formed in a non-cylindrical shape.

7. The rotary electric machine according to claim 2 ,
further comprising a metal ring, which is made to coincide with the linear expansion coefficients of said metal holder and said outer ring of said bearing, is disposed between said bearing box of said bracket and said insulating member.

8. The rotary electric machine according to claim 2 ,
wherein a part of three or more points of said insulating member is press-fitted to the inside of said bearing box of said bracket and to the outer circumference portion of said metal holder.

9. The rotary electric machine according to claim 2 ,
wherein a part of one or more points of the inside of said bearing box of said bracket and a part of one or more points of the outer circumference of said metal holder are each formed in a non-cylindrical shape; and
the outer circumference of said insulating member, which comes face to face with the part of the inside of said bearing box, and the inner circumference of said insulating member, which comes face to face with the part of the outer circumference of said metal holder are each formed in a non-cylindrical shape.

10. The rotary electric machine according to claim 1 ,
wherein the linear expansion coefficient of said metal holder is equal to the linear expansion coefficient of said outer ring of said bearing.

11. The rotary electric machine according to claim 10 ,
further comprising a metal ring, which is made to coincide with the linear expansion coefficients of said metal holder and said outer ring of said bearing, is disposed between said bearing box of said bracket and said insulating member.

12. The rotary electric machine according to claim 10 ,
wherein a part of three or more points of said insulating member is press-fitted to the inside of said bearing box of said bracket and to the outer circumference portion of said metal holder.

13. The rotary electric machine according to claim 10 ,
wherein a part of one or more points of the inside of said bearing box of said bracket and a part of one or more points of the outer circumference of said metal holder are each formed in a non-cylindrical shape; and
the outer circumference of said insulating member, which comes face to face with the part of the inside of said bearing box, and the inner circumference of said insulating member, which comes face to face with the part of the outer circumference of said metal holder are each formed in a non-cylindrical shape.

14. The rotary electric machine according to claim 1 ,
further comprising a metal ring, which is made to coincide with the linear expansion coefficients of said metal holder and said outer ring of said bearing, is disposed between said bearing box of said bracket and said insulating member.

15. The rotary electric machine according to claim 14 ,
wherein a part of three or more points of said insulating member is press-fitted to the inside of said bearing box of said bracket and to the outer circumference portion of said metal holder.

16. The rotary electric machine according to claim 14 ,
wherein a part of one or more points of the inside of said bearing box of said bracket and a part of one or more points of the outer circumference of said metal holder are each formed in a non-cylindrical shape; and
the outer circumference of said insulating member, which comes face to face with the part of the inside of said bearing box, and the inner circumference of said insulating member, which comes face to face with the part of the outer circumference of said metal holder are each formed in a non-cylindrical shape.

17. The rotary electric machine according to claim 1 ,
wherein a part of three or more points of said insulating member is press-fitted to the inside of said bearing box of said bracket and to the outer circumference portion of said metal holder.

18. The rotary electric machine according to claim 17 ,
wherein a part of one or more points of the inside of said bearing box of said bracket and a part of one or more points of the outer circumference of said metal holder are each formed in a non-cylindrical shape; and
the outer circumference of said insulating member, which comes face to face with the part of the inside of said bearing box, and the inner circumference of said insulating member, which comes face to face with the part of the outer circumference of said metal holder are each formed in a non-cylindrical shape.

19. The rotary electric machine according to claim 1 ,
wherein a part of one or more points of the inside of said bearing box of said bracket and a part of one or more points of the outer circumference of said metal holder are each formed in a non-cylindrical shape; and
the outer circumference of said insulating member, which comes face to face with the part of the inside of said bearing box, and the inner circumference of said insulating member, which comes face to face with the part of the outer circumference of said metal holder are each formed in a non-cylindrical shape.

20. A rotary electric machine including:
a stator around which a coil is wound;
a frame which fixes said stator;
a rotor which faces said stator via a slight air gap;
a shaft which is fixed to said rotor and is rotatably and removably supported via a bear

Assignees

• Mitsubishi Electric Corp

Inventors

• Sato Soichi
• Inoue Masaya
• Ojima Koichi
• Maeda Keigo

Classifications

• H02K7/083

  radially supporting the rotary shaft at both ends of the rotor (H02K7/086, H02K7/09 take precedence) · CPC title

• H02K5/16

  Means for supporting bearings, e.g. insulating supports or means for fitting bearings in the bearing-shields (magnetic bearings H02K7/09) · CPC title

• H02K5/1732 Primary

  radially supporting the rotary shaft at both ends of the rotor (H02K5/1737 takes precedence) · CPC title

• H02K5/161

  radially supporting the rotary shaft at both ends of the rotor (H02K5/165, H02K5/167, H02K5/173 take precedence) · CPC title

• H02K11/01

  for shielding from electromagnetic fields {, i.e. structural association with shields} (means for preventing or reducing eddy-current losses in the winding heads by shielding H02K3/42) · CPC title