Motor, electric power steering device, and vehicle

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9705443-B2
Application number	US-201515125288-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 19, 2015
Priority date	Mar 20, 2014
Publication date	Jul 11, 2017
Grant date	Jul 11, 2017

Abstract

A motor includes an annular stator core including teeth arranged side by side in a circumferential direction on an inner circumferential surface of a back yoke. The motor includes 3n (n is an integer) first coil groups arranged in the circumferential direction at regular intervals, each of the first coil groups being constituted of first coils that are respectively wound, in a concentrated manner, around the teeth arranged adjacent to one another, and that are excited by a first inverter, and also includes 3n second coil groups arranged in the circumferential direction at regular intervals, each of the second coil groups being constituted of second coils that are respectively wound, in a concentrated manner, around the teeth arranged adjacent to one another in positions different from positions of the teeth around which the first coils are wound in a concentrated manner, and that are excited by a second inverter.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A motor comprising:
an annular stator core including an annular back yoke, and a plurality of teeth arranged side by side in a circumferential direction on an inner circumferential surface of the back yoke;
3n first coil groups, where n is an integer, arranged in the circumferential direction of the stator core at regular intervals, each of the first coil groups being constituted of a plurality of first coils that are respectively wound, in a concentrated manner, around the teeth arranged adjacent to one another, and that are excited by a first inverter configured to generate three-phase alternating currents including a first U phase current, a first V phase current, and a first W phase current; and
3n second coil groups, where n is an integer, arranged in the circumferential direction of the stator core at regular intervals, each of the second coil groups being constituted of a plurality of second coils that are respectively wound, in a concentrated manner, around the teeth arranged adjacent to one another in positions different from positions of the teeth around which the first coils are wound in a concentrated manner, and that are excited by a second inverter configured to generate three-phase alternating currents including a second U phase current, a second V phase current, and a second W phase current, wherein
the first coils include a plurality of first U-phase coils excited by the first U-phase current, a plurality of first V-phase coils excited by the first V-phase current, and a plurality of first W-phase coils excited by the first W-phase current,
the second coils include a plurality of second U-phase coils excited by the second U-phase current, a plurality of second V-phase coils excited by the second V-phase current, and a plurality of second W-phase coils excited by the second W-phase current,
the 3n first coil groups are constituted of a first UV coil group that is constituted of only the first U-phase coils and the first V-phase coils, a first VW coil group that is constituted of only the first V-phase coils and the first W-phase coils, and a first UW coil group that is constituted of only the first U-phase coils and the first W-phase coils, and
the 3n second coil groups are constituted of a second UV coil group that is constituted of only the second U-phase coils and the second V-phase coils, a second VW coil group that is constituted of only the second V-phase coils and the second W-phase coils, and a second UW coil group that is constituted of only the second U-phase coils and the second W-phase coils.

2. The motor according to claim 1 , wherein
the first UV coil group is constituted of two sets including a set of two first U-phase coils that are arranged adjacent to each other in the circumferential direction of the stator core and that are wound around the teeth in mutually opposite winding directions, and a set of two first V-phase coils that are arranged adjacent to each other in the circumferential direction of the stator core and that are wound around the teeth in mutually opposite winding directions,
the first VW coil group is constituted of two sets including a set of two first V-phase coils that are arranged adjacent to each other in the circumferential direction of the stator core and that are wound around the teeth in mutually opposite winding directions, and a set of two first W-phase coils that are arranged adjacent to each other in the circumferential direction of the stator core and that are wound around the teeth in mutually opposite winding directions,
the first UW coil group is constituted of two sets including a set of two first U-phase coils that are arranged adjacent to each other in the circumferential direction of the stator core and that are wound around the teeth in mutually opposite winding directions, and a set of two first W-phase coils that are arranged adjacent to each other in the circumferential direction of the stator core and that are wound around the teeth in mutually opposite winding directions,
the second UV coil group is constituted of two sets including a set of two second U-phase coils that are arranged adjacent to each other in the circumferential direction of the stator core and that are wound around the teeth in mutually opposite winding directions, and a set of two second V-phase coils that are arranged adjacent to each other in the circumferential direction of the stator core and that are wound around the teeth in mutually opposite winding directions,
the second VW coil group is constituted of two sets including a set of two second V-phase coils that are arranged adjacent to each other in the circumferential direction of the stator core and that are wound around the teeth in mutually opposite winding directions, and a set of two second W-phase coils that are arranged adjacent to each other in the circumferential direction of the stator core and that are wound around the teeth in mutually opposite winding directions, and
the second UW coil group is constituted of two sets including a set of two second U-phase coils that are arranged adjacent to each other in the circumferential direction of the stator core and that are wound around the teeth in mutually opposite winding directions, and a set of two second W-phase coils that are arranged adjacent to each other in the circumferential direction of the stator core and that are wound around the teeth in mutually opposite winding directions.

3. The motor according to claim 1 , wherein
a winding direction in which the second coils are wound around the teeth is opposite to a winding direction in which the first coils are wound around the teeth.

4. The motor according to claim 1 , wherein
the n is an odd number.

5. An electric power steering device configured to obtain auxiliary steering torque by the motor according to claim 1 .

6. A vehicle on which the electric power steering device according to claim 5 is mounted.

Assignees

• Nsk Ltd

Inventors

• Kikuchi Yusuke
• Kimura Gen
• Tu Zhipeng

Classifications

• B62D5/0403

  characterised by constructional features, e.g. common housing for motor and gear box · CPC title

• H02K7/1166

  comprising worm and worm-wheel (structural association with bearings specially adapted for worm gear drives H02K7/081) · CPC title

• H02K1/2706

  Inner rotors · CPC title

• H02K11/24

  Devices for sensing torque, or actuated thereby (H02K11/27 takes precedence) · CPC title

• B62D6/10

  characterised by means for sensing {or determining} torque · CPC title