Motor pump

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9821782-B2
Application number	US-201213545218-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 10, 2012
Priority date	Jul 11, 2011
Publication date	Nov 21, 2017
Grant date	Nov 21, 2017

Abstract

A motor pump includes a base body, a pump, and a motor. The motor includes a tubular yoke having a bottom and an opening on a base body side, a bearing, a rotation shaft, a rotor, a commutator, a brush and a brush shaft. The bearing is fitted to an inside of a bearing hole of the base body. The brush holder is fitted to an inside of the yoke and engages with an outer peripheral surface of the bearing. The brush holder and the bearing are disposed so as to be spaced from the base body in an axial direction of the rotation shaft. The motor-side seal member is provided between the yoke and the base body. The base body constitutes a stopper that prevents the brush holder from being extracted from the yoke.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A motor pump comprising: a base body;
a pump provided inside the base body; and a motor that drives the pump, wherein the motor includes
a tubular yoke that has a bottom, and
an opening on a base body side,
a bearing that is fitted to an inside of a bearing hole of the base body, a rotation shaft that is pivotally supported by the bearing, a rotor and a commutator that are mounted on the rotation shaft, a brush that supplies electricity to the commutator, and a brush holder that holds the brush,
the brush holder is fitted to an inside of the yoke and engages with an outer peripheral surface of the bearing,
the brush holder and the bearing are disposed such that (i) the brush holder is spaced away from the base body with respect to at least an axial direction of the rotation shaft and (ii) the bearing is spaced away from the base body with respect to the axial direction of the rotation shaft such that the brush holder and the bearing make contact with the base body only via surfaces that are parallel to the axis of rotation, a motor-side seal member is provided between the yoke and the base body, and the base body constitutes a stopper that prevents the brush holder from being extracted from the yoke,
the brush holder includes an engagement portion on an outer peripheral edge portion thereof, the engagement portion is fitted to the inner peripheral surface of the yoke so that the brush holder is fitted to the inner peripheral surface of the yoke,
the yoke includes a first protrusion portion on the inner peripheral surface thereof,
the engagement portion of the brush holder abuts against the first protrusion portion of the yoke, and
the yoke includes a second protrusion portion on the inner peripheral surface thereof adjacent to magnets.

2. The motor pump according to claim 1 , wherein a bearing-side seal member is disposed between the outer peripheral surface of the bearing and an inner peripheral surface of the bearing hole.

3. The motor pump according to claim 1 , wherein
the base body is formed with a pump hole in which a member constituting the pump is mounted,
the pump hole communicates with the bearing hole, and
a bearing-side seal member is disposed between the outer peripheral surface of the bearing and an inner peripheral surface of the bearing hole.

4. The motor pump according to claim 1 , wherein the brush holder is integrally fixed to the outer peripheral surface of the bearing by insert molding.

5. The motor pump according to claim 2 , wherein
a third protrusion portion is provided on the outer peripheral surface of the bearing, and
the third protrusion portion is sandwiched between the brush holder and the bearing-side seal member.

6. The motor pump according to claim 1 , wherein a gap is formed between the bearing and a bottom surface of the bearing hole so that the bearing is spaced from the base body in the axial direction of the rotation shaft.

7. The motor pump according to claim 1 , wherein the motor-side sealing member is disposed among the yoke, the base body, and the brush holder.

8. The motor pump according to claim 1 , further comprising a fitting portion formed in an opening portion of the bearing hole, wherein the bearing is fitted directly against an inside of the fitting portion.

9. The motor pump according to claim 8 , wherein an outer peripheral surface of the bearing is in contact with an inner peripheral surface of the fitting portion.

10. The motor pump according to claim 9 , further comprising
a bearing-side seal receiving portion formed on one surface side of the fitting portion, the receiving portion having a larger diameter than the fitting portion, and
a recess portion formed to surround the bearing-side seal receiving portion on another surface of the base body.

11. The motor pump according to claim 10 , further comprising a motor-side seal receiving portion formed at an opening edge portion of the recess portion.

12. The motor pump according to claim 11 , wherein
a bearing-side seal member, which is mounted in the bearing-side seal receiving portion, is fitted to an outside of the bearing, and
an inner peripheral surface of the bearing-side seal member is in contact with an outer peripheral surface of the bearing.

13. The motor pump according to claim 12 , wherein
the bearing-side seal member is an annular resin part having elasticity,
the bearing-side seal member is disposed in a compression state between an outer peripheral surface of the bearing and an inner surface of the bearing-side seal receiving portion, and
the bearing-side seal member fluid-tightly seals a space between the outer peripheral surface of a first bearing and the inner peripheral surface of the bearing hole.

14. The motor pump according to claim 13 , wherein
one end of the rotation shaft is pivotally supported by a second bearing provided in the yoke,
an end of the rotation shaft is decentered from a center of the rotation shaft,
an eccentric cam is fitted to an outside of the decentered portion of the rotation shaft, and
an inner peripheral surface of the eccentric cam is in contact with an outer peripheral surface of the decentered portion of the rotation shaft.

15. The motor pump according to claim 10 , wherein
the brush holder is a circular plate member that is fitted to an inside of an opening portion of the yoke,
an engagement portion is formed in an outer peripheral edge portion of the brush holder,
a center hole is formed in the brush holder, and
the inner peripheral portion of the brush holder is integrally fixed to the outer peripheral surface of the bearing by insert molding.

16. The motor pump according to claim 15 , wherein
in the brush holder, a terminal support portion is formed on a surface on a side of the base body, the terminal support portion is inserted into a terminal insertion hole formed in the base body, the engagement portion of the brush holder is fitted to an inner peripheral surface of the yoke such that the brush holder is positioned in a diameter direction, and
the first protrusion portion is formed by a press working, which presses an outer peripheral surface of the yoke so that the yoke protrudes on the inner peripheral surface side.

17. The motor pump according to claim 16 , wherein
in a state where an end face of the engagement portion engages with the first protrusion portion, the brush holder is spaced from the one surface of the base body in the axial direction of the rotation shaft.

18. The motor pump according to claim 17 , wherein
in a state where the motor is attached to the one surface of the base body, an annular space surrounded by the opening portion of the yoke, the engagement portion of the brush holder and a motor-side seal receiving portion of the base body is formed.

19. a recess groove is formed in an outer peripheral surface of the bearing so as to extend in a circumferential direction,
a stopper ring having a C shape is fitted to the recess groove,
an outer peripheral portion of the stopper ring constitutes a third protrusion portion on the outer peripheral surface of the bearing, and
the third protrusion portion is sandwiched between a bearing-side seal member and an inner peripheral portion of the brush holder, to thereby engage the brush holder with the bearing.

Assignees

• Kodama Takuro
• Yamashita Tadashi
• Tanaka Tomohide
• Nissin Kogyo Kk

Inventors

• Kodama Takuro
• Yamashita Tadashi
• Tanaka Tomohide

Classifications

• H02K7/075

  using crankshafts or eccentrics · CPC title

• F04B17/03

  driven by electric motors · CPC title

• H02K5/225

  Terminal boxes or connection arrangements (specially adapted for submersible motors H02K5/132) · CPC title

• H02K5/148

  Slidably supported brushes · CPC title

• B60T8/368 Primary

  combined with other mechanical components, e.g. pump units, master cylinders · CPC title