Bus bar unit

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9917483-B2
Application number	US-201414772025-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 27, 2014
Priority date	Mar 8, 2013
Publication date	Mar 13, 2018
Grant date	Mar 13, 2018

Abstract

Each of busbars of a busbar unit includes a main body part that extends along a circumferential direction of the stator so that a plate thickness direction coincides with an axial direction of a stator; a projecting part that projects radially outwardly of the stator from outer periphery of the main body part; an extending part bent from the projecting parts, the extending part extending in the axial and radial direction of the stator; and a connecting part provided on a tip of the extending part, the connecting part being connectable to the winding wire ends of the coils. A position of the connecting part is specified in accordance with length of the extending part in the axial and radial directions of the stator.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A busbar unit, comprising a plurality of busbars to which winding wire ends of a plurality of coils that constitute a stator are to be connected, the plurality of the busbars being arranged along an axial direction of the stator, wherein
each of the busbars includes:
a main body part that extends along a circumferential direction of the stator so that a plate thickness direction coincides with the axial direction of the stator;
a projecting part that projects radially outwardly of the stator from an outer periphery of the main body part;
an extending part bent from the projecting part, the extending part extending in the axial direction and a radial direction of the stator; and
a connecting part provided on a tip of the extending part, the connecting part being connectable to the winding wire ends of the coils,

a position of the connecting part is specified in accordance with length of the extending part in the axial and radial directions of the stator;
the plurality of the busbars comprise first to fourth busbars successively arranged in a direction toward the stator from a position distant from the stator;
the extending part is bent in the direction toward the stator with respect to the projecting part in the first and second busbars; and
the extending part is bent in a direction away from the stator with respect to the projecting part in the third and fourth busbars.

2. The busbar unit according to claim 1 , wherein:
the extending part is bent in a direction toward the stator with respect to the projecting part and the connecting part is arranged at a predetermined position in the axial direction of the stator in a busbar provided at a position most distant from the stator out of the plurality of the busbars; and
the extending part is bent in a direction away from the stator with respect to the projecting part and the connecting part is arranged at the predetermined position in the axial direction of the stator in a busbar provided at a position closest to the stator out of the plurality of the busbars.

3. The busbar unit according to claim 1 , wherein:
the extending part includes a first axially extending part bent from the projecting part, the first axially extending part extending in the axial direction of the stator; and a radially extending part that extends in the radial direction of the stator from the first axially extending part, and the extending part is formed into a crank shape by the first axially extending part and the radially extending part.

4. The busbar unit according to claim 3 , wherein:
the extending part of each of the first and second busbars includes a second axially extending part that extends parallel to the first axially extending part in the axial direction of the stator from an end part of the radially extending part opposite to the first axially extending part, and the extending part is formed into a crank shape by the first axially extending part, the radially extending part and the second axially extending part.

5. The busbar unit according to claim 1 , wherein:
the connecting parts are respectively arranged on a same circumference.

Assignees

• Kayaba Industry Co Ltd
• Kyb Corp

Inventors

• Houzumi Nobuji
• Matsumae Tarou
• Kurokawa Yoshiteru
• Sakamoto Suguru
• Takimoto Tohru
• Yamada Shingo

Classifications

• H02K3/04 Primary

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

• H02K2203/09

  Machines characterised by wiring elements other than wires, e.g. bus rings, for connecting the winding terminations · CPC title

• H02K3/522 Primary

  for generally annular cores with salient poles · CPC title