Cooling system for motor

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9712021-B2
Application number	US-201314026449-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 13, 2013
Priority date	Sep 18, 2012
Publication date	Jul 18, 2017
Grant date	Jul 18, 2017

Abstract

In a vertical through hole of a rotational shaft, a first protrusion portion and a second protrusion portion protruding from an inner peripheral surface of the vertical through hole are provided in an axial direction of the through hole to form a storage area for storing oil, and discharge holes for directly discharging oil flowing over the first protrusion portion into the transaxle casing are provided in parallel with cooling holes.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A cooling system for a motor, which includes:
a casing including first, second, and third casing members;
a cylindrical stator fixed in the second casing member;
a rotor arranged to have a prescribed gap from the stator inside the stator; and
a cylindrical rotational shaft for supporting the rotor, the cooling system cooling the rotor by allowing oil supplied to a through hole of the rotational shaft to flow out through a first cooling hole provided in the rotational shaft,
wherein in the through hole, a pair of protrusion portions that protrude from an inner peripheral surface of the through hole in a radially inward direction are provided to form a storage area which stores the oil, and the oil stored in the storage area flows out through the first cooling hole,
in the rotational shaft, a discharge hole for discharging the oil in the through hole into the casing is provided on a side farther than the protrusion portion from a center of the motor and in parallel with the first cooling hole,
wherein the stator has a pair of coil ends, which are provided at opposite sides of the stator core in an axial direction of the stator core,
wherein, for discharging oil to one of the pair of coil ends, the discharge hole is located on a side of the stator core, in an axial direction of the stator core, that is the side of the stator core that has a first spaced distance (D 1 ) between a portion of the third casing member and an end surface of the one of the pair of coil ends, and the first spaced distance (D 1 ) is longer than a second spaced distance (D 2 ) between a portion of the second casing member and an end surface of the other of the pair of coil ends.

2. The cooling system for a motor according to claim 1 ,
wherein in the through hole, a protrusion member, which protrudes from the inner peripheral surface, and which blocks the oil flowing over the protrusion portion is provided, and the discharge hole is arranged between the protrusion member and the protrusion portion.

3. The cooling system for a motor according to claim 1 ,
wherein the cooling system includes an oil pump rotationally driven by a cylindrical driving shaft provided in the rotational shaft coaxially to discharge the oil in the driving shaft, and a supply hole for supplying the oil to the storage area is formed in the driving shaft on an inner peripheral side of the storage area.

4. The cooling system for a motor according to claim 1 ,
wherein the rotor has a supply hole formed on a more inner peripheral side of the rotor than the second cooling hole and having an inner opening which opens at an end surface of the rotor and an outer peripheral opening which opens in the second cooling hole, and a guide for guiding the oil flowing out from the storage area through the second cooling hole to the inner opening is provided.

5. A cooling system for a motor, which includes:
a casing including first, second, and third casing members;
a cylindrical stator fixed in the second casing member;
a rotor arranged to have a prescribed gap from the stator inside the stator; and
a cylindrical rotational shaft for supporting the rotor, and cools the rotor by allowing oil supplied to a through hole of the rotational shaft to flow out through a first cooling hole provided in the rotational shaft,
wherein a recessed portion for storing the oil is provided on an inner peripheral surface of the through hole, and
a discharge hole for discharging the oil in the through hole into the casing is provided outside of the recessed portion on an inner peripheral surface of the rotational shaft,
wherein the stator has a pair of coil ends, which are provided at opposite sides of the stator core in an axial direction of the stator core,
wherein, for discharging oil to one of the pair of coil ends, the discharge hole is located on a side of the stator core, in an axial direction of the stator core, that is the side of the stator core that has a first spaced distance (D 1 ) between a portion of the third casing member and an end surface of the one of the pair of coil ends, and the first spaced distance (D 1 ) is longer than a second spaced distance (D 2 ) between a portion of the second casing member and an end surface of the other of the pair of coil ends.

6. A cooling system for a motor, which includes:
a casing including first, second, and third casing members;
a cylindrical stator fixed in the second casing member;
a rotor arranged to have a prescribed gap from the stator inside the stator; and
a cylindrical rotational shaft for supporting the rotor, the cooling system cooling the rotor by allowing oil supplied to a through hole of the rotational shaft to flow out through a first cooling hole provided in the rotational shaft,
wherein in the through hole, a pair of protrusion portions that protrude from an inner peripheral surface of the through hole in a radially inward direction are provided to form a storage area which stores the oil, and the oil stored in the storage area flows out through the first cooling hole,
in the rotational shaft, a discharge hole for discharging the oil in the through hole into the casing is provided on a side farther than the protrusion portion from a center of the motor and in parallel with the first cooling hole,
wherein the stator has opposite end surfaces, which are provided at opposite sides of the stator core in an axial direction of the stator core,
wherein, for discharging oil to one of the pair of coil ends, the discharge hole is located on a side of the stator core, in an axial direction of the stator core, that is the side of the stator core that has a spaced distance (D 3 ) between a portion of the third casing member and an end surface of the opposite end surfaces of the stator core, and the spaced distance (D 3 ) is longer than another spaced distance (D 4 ) between a portion of the second casing member and the other end surface of the opposite end surfaces of the stator core.

7. A cooling system for a motor, which includes:
a casing including first, second, and third casing members;
a cylindrical stator fixed in the second casing member;
a rotor arranged to have a prescribed gap from the stator inside the stator; and
a cylindrical rotational shaft for supporting the rotor, and cools the rotor by allowing oil supplied to a through hole of the rotational shaft to flow out through a first cooling hole provided in the rotational shaft,
wherein a recessed portion for storing the oil is provided on an inner peripheral surface of the through hole, and
a discharge hole for discharging the oil in the through hole into the casing is provided outside of the recessed portion on an inner peripheral surface of the rotational shaft,
wherein the stator has opposite end surfaces, which are provided at opposite sides of the stator core in an axial direction of the stator core,
wherein, for discharging oil to one of the pair of coil ends, the discharge hole is located on a side of the stator core, in an axial direction of the stator core, that is the side of the stator core that has a spaced distance (D 3 ) between a portion of the third casing member and an end surface of the opposite end surfaces of the stator core, and the spaced distance (D 3 ) is longer than another spaced distance (D 4 ) between a portion of the second casing member and the other end surface of the opposite end surfaces of the stator core.

Assignees

• Watanabe Masato
• Kanayama Takeshi
• Kato Yosuke
• Mori Nobuhito
• Suenaga Shinichiro
• Takeuchi Takamasa
• Mae Norihiro
• Atarashi Tomoo
• Shimizu Yasuo
• Toyota Motor Co Ltd
• Aisin Aw Co

Inventors

• Watanabe Masato
• Kanayama Takeshi
• Kato Yosuke
• Mori Nobuhito
• Suenaga Shinichiro
• Takeuchi Takamasa
• Mae Norihiro
• Atarashi Tomoo
• Shimizu Yasuo

Classifications

• H02K9/19 Primary

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

• H02K9/193

  with provision for replenishing the cooling medium; with means for preventing leakage of the cooling medium · CPC title

• H02K3/04

  Windings characterised by the conductor shape, form or construction, e.g. with bar conductors · CPC title