Permanent magnet embedded motor, compressor, and refrigeration and air conditioning device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9800105-B2
Application number	US-201214434828-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 1, 2012
Priority date	Nov 1, 2012
Publication date	Oct 24, 2017
Grant date	Oct 24, 2017

Abstract

A rotor core includes a plurality of first electromagnetic steel plates that are stacked in an axial direction and a plurality of second electromagnetic steel plates that are stacked in an axial direction at both ends of the electromagnetic steel plate group thereof. The first electromagnetic steel plates are provided therein with magnet insertion holes and first flux barriers. The second electromagnetic steel plates are provided therein with the magnet insertion holes, second flux barriers, and projections that regulate the positions of the magnets. The second electromagnetic steel plates are stacked at at least one of the axial direction ends of the electromagnetic steel plate group including the plurality of first electromagnetic steel plates and are provided at a position overhanging the axial direction end of a stator core.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A permanent magnet embedded motor comprising a rotor core including a plurality of electromagnetic steel plates that are stacked therein, the rotor core being provided in a stator core and comprising:
a plurality of first electromagnetic steel plates that are stacked in an axial direction, and
a plurality of second electromagnetic steel plates, wherein
each of the first and second electromagnetic steel plates contains a plurality of magnet insertion holes having magnets inserted therethrough, the magnets constituting magnetic poles of the rotor core,
each of the first electromagnetic steel plates contains first voids provided at both circumferential ends of each of the magnet insertion holes,
each of the second electromagnetic steel plates contains:
second voids provided at both circumferential ends of each of the magnet insertion holes, and
projections provided at both circumferential ends of a radially inside surface of each of the magnet insertion holes, the projections being configured to regulate a position of the magnets,

each of the second electromagnetic steel plates is stacked on at least one of axial direction ends of an electromagnetic steel plate group including each of the first electromagnetic steel plates, and
L 1 represents a length from an axial direction center of the stator core to an axial direction end of the stator core and L 2 represents a length from an axial center of the rotator core to the axial direction end, and L 2 is larger than L 1 .

2. The permanent magnet embedded motor according to claim 1 , wherein
each of the first electromagnetic steel plates and each of the second electromagnetic steel plates are provided with voids that are formed at a location between each of the magnet insertion holes and a rotor axis, and
a thin part interposed between a radially inside surface of each of the magnet insertion holes and the voids is deformed in a radially outer direction and configured to hold the magnet, a position of which is regulated by the projection, on an inner circumferential surface of each of the magnet insertion holes.

3. The permanent magnet embedded motor according to claim 1 , wherein
the magnet, a position of which is regulated by the projection, is adhered on an inner circumferential surface of the magnet insertion holes.

4. A compressor comprising the permanent magnet embedded motor according to claim 1 incorporated therein.

5. A refrigeration and air conditioning device comprising the compressor according to claim 4 incorporated therein.

6. The permanent magnet embedded motor according to claim 1 , wherein
a width of each of the magnet insertion holes in the radial direction is constant in the axial direction.

7. The permanent magnet embedded motor according to claim 1 , wherein the magnet insertion holes of the first and second electromagnetic steel plates are axially aligned, and each of the magnets extends a length of the rotor core through the axially aligned magnet insertion holes.

8. A permanent magnet embedded motor comprising a rotor core including a plurality of electromagnetic steel plates that are stacked therein, the rotor core being provided in a stator core and comprising:
a plurality of first electromagnetic steel plates that are stacked together as a group in a common axial direction of the rotor core and the stator core, and
a plurality of second electromagnetic steel plates, wherein
each first electromagnetic steel plate of the first electromagnetic steel plates and each second electromagnetic steel plate second of the second electromagnetic steel plates contains a plurality of magnet insertion holes,
a plurality of magnets constituting magnetic poles of the rotor core, a magnet of the plurality of magnets being inserted into and through each magnetic insertion hole of the magnetic insertion holes,
each first electromagnetic plate of the first electromagnetic steel plates contains first voids provided at both circumferential ends of each magnet insertion hole of the magnet insertion holes,
each second electromagnetic plate of the second electromagnetic steel plates contains:
second voids provided at both circumferential ends of each magnet insertion hole of the second electromagnetic steel plates,
projections provided at both circumferential ends of each magnet insertion hole of the second electromagnetic steel plates, each projection of the projections extending radially from an inside surface of each magnet insertion hole of the second electromagnetic steel plates and being configured to regulate a position of the magnet inserted into and through each magnetic insertion hole of the second electromagnetic steel plates, and

each second electromagnetic steel plate of the second electromagnetic steel plates is stacked on at least one axial end plate of the group of first electromagnetic steel plates stacked together in an axial direction, wherein
L 1 represents a length extending in a radial direction from the common axial center of the stator core and the rotator core to an outer circumferential end of the stator core,
L 2 represents a length extending in a radial direction from the common axial center of the standard core and the rotator core to an outer circumferential end of the rotator core, and
L 2 is larger than L 1 .

9. The permanent magnet embedded motor according to claim 8 , wherein
voids are provided at a location between a rotor axis and each magnetic insertion hole of the magnetic insertion holes, and
a thin part is interposed between a radially inside surface of each magnet insertion hole of the magnetic insertion holes and a corresponding void of the voids, the thin part being configured to deform in a radially outer direction and hold the magnet on an inner circumferential surface of each magnet insertion hole of the magnetic insertion holes at the position regulated by the projection of each magnetic insertion hole.

10. The permanent magnet embedded motor according to claim 8 , wherein
the magnet, a position of which is regulated by the projection, is adhered on an inner circumferential surface of the magnet insertion holes.

11. A compressor comprising the permanent magnet embedded motor according to claim 8 incorporated therein.

12. A refrigeration and air conditioning device comprising the compressor according to claim 11 incorporated therein.

13. The permanent magnet embedded motor according to claim 8 , wherein
each magnet of the plurality of magnets has a flat plate shape and each magnet insertion hole of the magnetic insertion holes is configured to accommodate the flat plate shape of the magnets.

14. The permanent magnet embedded motor according to claim 8 , wherein the magnet insertion holes of the first and second electromagnetic steel plates are axially aligned, and each of the magnets extends a length of the rotor core through the axially aligned magnet insertion holes.

Assignees

• Nigo Masahiro
• Oketani Naohiro
• Yabe Koji
• Baba Kazuhiko
• Mitsubishi Electric Corp

Inventors

• Nigo Masahiro
• Oketani Naohiro
• Yabe Koji
• Baba Kazuhiko

Classifications

• F25B31/02

  of motor-compressor units · CPC title

• H02K1/276 Primary

  Magnets embedded in the magnetic core, e.g. interior permanent magnets [IPM] · CPC title

• H02K21/16

  having annular armature cores with salient poles (with homopolar co-operation H02K21/20) · CPC title