Motor of a ceiling fan

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9712015-B2
Application number	US-201514644245-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 11, 2015
Priority date	May 15, 2014
Publication date	Jul 18, 2017
Grant date	Jul 18, 2017

Abstract

A motor of a ceiling fan includes: a shaft having two shoulder surfaces facing in opposite axial directions of the shaft, with the shaft coupling with a stator; and a bearing sleeve receiving two bearings for supporting the shaft, with an annular flange formed at an end of the bearing sleeve. The annular flange and one of the shoulder surfaces of the shaft clamp and position one of the bearings. A rotor has a housing coupling with the bearing sleeve, with the housing having a connecting portion. The connecting portion and the other one of the shoulder surfaces of the shaft clamp and position the other one of the bearings.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A motor of a ceiling fan, comprising:
a shaft having a first shoulder surface and a second shoulder surface facing in opposite axial directions of the shaft, with the shaft coupling with a stator;
a bearing sleeve receiving a first bearing and a second bearing for supporting the shaft, with an annular flange formed at an end of the bearing sleeve, wherein the annular flange and the second shoulder surface clamp and position the second bearing;
a rotor having a housing coupling with the bearing sleeve, with the housing having a connecting portion and a base, wherein the connecting portion and the first shoulder surface clamp and position the first bearing, with the first shoulder surface facing the base and disposed between the base and the second shoulder surface; and
a buffer member arranged between the connecting portion and the first bearing, with two opposite sides of the buffer member abutting against the connecting portion and the first bearing respectively.

2. The motor of the ceiling fan as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the shaft has a thick section, and the first and second shoulder surfaces are two ends faces of the thick section.

3. The motor of the ceiling fan as claimed in claim 1 , wherein each of the two bearings has an inner ring and an outer ring, the bearing sleeve connects with outer peripheries of the outer rings, and the shaft extends through the inner rings.

4. The motor of the ceiling fan as claimed in claim 3 , wherein the bearing sleeve has a receiving room inside, both of the two bearings are received in the receiving room, the bearing sleeve further has a first opening and a second opening respectively formed at two opposite ends of the bearing sleeve and communicating with the receiving room, the first shoulder surface faces the first opening, and the second shoulder surface faces the second opening.

5. The motor of the ceiling fan as claimed in claim 4 , wherein a center of the base has a through hole aligning with the first and second openings in the axial direction of the shaft.

6. The motor of the ceiling fan as claimed in claim 5 , wherein the connecting portion connects with the base, the first shoulder surface abuts against the inner ring of the first bearing, the second shoulder surface abuts against the inner ring of the second bearing, the connecting portion abuts against the outer ring of the first bearing, and the annular flange abuts against the outer ring of the second bearing.

7. The motor of the ceiling fan as claimed in claim 6 , wherein the inner edge of the base with which the connecting portion connects defines the through hole, the connecting portion extends from the base into the first opening and abuts against the first bearing, and the annular flange defines the second opening and radially extends inwards to the shaft to abut against the second bearing.

8. A motor of a ceiling fan, comprising:
a shaft having a first shoulder surface and a second shoulder surface facing in opposite axial directions of the shaft, with the shaft coupling with a stator;
a bearing sleeve receiving two bearings for supporting the shaft, with an annular flange formed at an end of the bearing sleeve, wherein the annular flange and the second shoulder surface clamp and position one of the two bearings; and
a rotor having a housing coupling with the bearing sleeve, with the housing having a connecting portion, wherein the connecting portion and the first shoulder surface clamp and position another one of the two bearings;
wherein the bearing sleeve has a first coupling portion, and wherein the base has a second coupling portion aligned with the first coupling portion to combine the housing with the bearing sleeve.

9. The motor of the ceiling fan as claimed in claim 8 , wherein the bearing sleeve has a first opening and a second opening respectively formed at two opposite ends of the bearing sleeve, the first coupling portion is arranged adjacent to the first opening and has a plurality of holes, the second coupling portion has a plurality of through holes aligning with the plurality of holes of the first coupling portion respectively, and a plurality of fixing members extends through the plurality of through holes and is firmly coupled with the walls of the plurality of holes of the first coupling portion.

10. The motor of the ceiling fan as claimed in claim 8 , wherein the shaft has a thick section, and the first and second shoulder surfaces are two ends faces of the thick section.

11. The motor of the ceiling fan as claimed in claim 8 , wherein the bearing sleeve has a receiving room inside, both of the two bearings are received in the receiving room, the bearing sleeve further has a first opening and a second opening respectively formed at two opposite ends of the bearing sleeve and communicating with the receiving room, the first shoulder surface faces the first opening, and the second shoulder surface faces the second opening.

12. A motor of a ceiling fan, comprising:
a shaft having a first shoulder surface and a second shoulder surface facing in opposite axial directions of the shaft, with the shaft coupling with a stator;
a bearing sleeve receiving two bearings for supporting the shaft, with an annular flange formed at an end of the bearing sleeve, wherein the annular flange and the second shoulder surface clamp and position one of the two bearings; and
a rotor having a housing coupling with the bearing sleeve, with the housing having a connecting portion and a base, wherein the connecting portion and the first shoulder surface clamp and position another one of the two bearings, and a center of the base has a through hole extending in the axial directions of the shaft;
wherein the housing has an extending portion connecting with an inner edge of the base, the extending portion extends in the axial directions of the shaft from the base to couple with the connecting portion.

13. The motor of the ceiling fan as claimed in claim 12 , wherein the first shoulder surface faces the base and is disposed between the base and the second shoulder surface.

14. The motor of the ceiling fan as claimed in claim 12 , wherein the two bearings are a first bearing and a second bearing, with the first bearing clamped and positioned between the annular flange and the first shoulder surface, with the second bearing clamped and positioned between the connecting portion and the second shoulder surface, wherein the bearing sleeve has a first opening and a second opening respectively formed at two opposite ends of the bearing sleeve, the connecting portion couples with an end of the extending portion away from the base, extends into the second opening, and abuts against the second bearing, and the annular flange defines the first opening and radially extends inwards from the bearing sleeve to the shaft to abut against the first bearing.

15. The motor of the ceiling fan as claimed in claim 12 , wherein the two bearings are a first bearing and a second bearing, with the first bearing clamped and positioned between the annular flange and the first shoulder surface, with the second bearing clamped and positioned between the connecting portion and the second shoulder surface, wherein a buffer member is arranged between the connecting portion and the second bearing, with two opposite sides of the buffer member abutting against the connecting portion and the second bearing respectively.

16. The motor of the ceiling fan as claimed in claim 12 , wherein the bearing sleeve has a first coupling portion, and the extending portion has a third coupling portion aligning with the first coup

Assignees

• Sunonwealth Electric Machine Ind Co Ltd

Inventors

• Yin Tso-Kuo
• Shan Duo-Nian
• Chiou Bo-Wei
• Lu Yu-Yuan

Classifications

• H02K5/1737

  radially supporting the rotor around a fixed spindle; radially supporting the rotor directly · CPC title

• H02K5/173

  using bearings with rolling contact, e.g. ball bearings · CPC title

• F16C35/06

  Mounting {or dismounting} of ball or roller bearings; Fixing them onto shaft or in housing · CPC title

• F04D29/646

  Mounting or removal of fans · CPC title

• F04D25/088

  Ceiling fans · CPC title