Abstract: In a rotary electric machine, first inclined surfaces that intersect a plane that includes a central axis of a shaft at a predetermined angle are disposed radially outside gaps between coil ends of circumferentially adjacent concentrated winding coils, and cooling air that is blown out from a cooling fan and has flowed radially outward through the gaps between the coil ends is converted into an axially outward flow by the first inclined surfaces.

Abstract: Permanent magnets that constitute the single magnetic poles are constituted by n permanent magnet segments, the n permanent magnet segments being configured such that shapes and directions of orientation thereof have mirror symmetry relative to a plane that passes through a magnetic pole center and that includes a central axis of the rotor core, and being oriented such that a permanent magnet segment that is further away from the magnetic pole center in a circumferential direction has a smaller angle of orientation, and the permanent magnet segment that is positioned further away from the magnetic pole center in the circumferential direction being produced so as to have an approximately fan-shaped cross-sectional shape in which a radial width is wider than a circumferential width.

Abstract: A tooth of a stator has a tapered shape in which a tooth width decreases toward a distal end portion thereof. A winding is formed of an edgewise winding wound around the tooth in a row. The winding is supplied with power so that a terminal on a base portion side of the tooth may have a higher voltage than that of a terminal on the distal end portion side thereof. A tooth width Th of the base portion is set within the range of Tmin<Th<1.25Tha defined by a tooth width Tha that maximizes an index using an outer radius and a core back width of a stator core, a clearance of the windings in the slot, a winding width, an air gap between the teeth and the winding, a pitch of the slot, and an inclination angle of the winding, and a permissible lower limit Tmin.

Abstract: A rotor core includes magnet insertion holes embedding permanent magnets and arranged in a substantially U-shape, facing an outer circumferential surface of a rotor, and includes hollow portions formed at both side surface portions in a direction orthogonal to a magnetization direction of the permanent magnets embedded in the magnet insertion holes. A permanent magnet group for each pole having the plurality of permanent magnets includes vent holes passing through the rotor core in a direction of a rotating shaft, between one of the magnet insertion holes in which the permanent magnets are embedded and adjacent one of the magnet insertion holes or between the one of the magnet insertion holes and outer circumferential portions of the rotor core. The vent holes are arranged at positions to form the substantially U-shape together with the magnet insertion holes.

Abstract: Permanent magnets that form individual magnetic poles are configured by arranging three magnet blocks to be spaced apart from each other circumferentially, the three magnet blocks are each formed such that cross-sectional shapes that are perpendicular to a central axis of a rotor core are radially outwardly convex, and circumferential widths are narrower in magnet blocks that are further away from a magnetic pole center, and the three magnet blocks that are arranged circumferentially are formed to have mirror symmetry relative to a plane that passes through the magnetic pole center and the central axis of the rotor core.

Abstract: A multigroup, multiphase driving system includes a power converter that converts direct current power into alternating current power and vice versa, a direct current power supply connected to a direct current side of the power converter to be charged with and discharge direct current power, and a rotary electric machine connected to an alternating current side of the power converter and including a plurality of groups of multiphase armature windings, and further including a determination unit that determines the number of groups to be used to drive the rotary electric machine on the basis of a rotation speed of the rotary electric machine, a current flowing through the rotary electric machine, a direct current power supply voltage of the direct current power supply, and a carrier frequency of the power converter, the multigroup, multiphase driving system overall loss in the system can be reduced.

Abstract: Phase coils are each configured by winding a conductor wire in a concentrated winding consecutively on three circumferentially consecutive tooth portions, six inverter units of an inverter module are each disposed in close proximity to a motor so as to face each of the phase coils axially, and the motor and the inverter module are electrically connected by connecting an alternating-current output terminals of each of the plurality of inverter units to output wires of the phase coils that face the inverter units axially.

Abstract: A contour line on the outer circumferential side of each magnet hole in the first layer is formed to be an arc passing through a total of three intersections, i.e., an intersection of a d axis and a reference magnetic flux line which is a magnetic flux line as a reference positioned inward by a predetermined number of magnetic flux lines from the outer circumferential edge of a rotor core, and intersections of: the reference magnetic flux line; and sides at the circumferential ends of the magnet hole which are positioned inward by a bridge dimension from the outer circumferential edge of the rotor core. Thus, a rotary electric machine that enables maximum utilization of reluctance torque and magnet torque and suppression of torque ripple can be obtained with simple processing and low cost.

Abstract: A non-load-end end frame is housed and held in a non-load-end end-frame-holding portion of a frame in an internally fitted state, and recessed grooves that have groove directions in an axial direction are recessed into an outer circumferential surface of the non-load-end end frame. A stator coil and alternating-current terminals of an inverter apparatus are connected using connecting conductors that are passed through the recessed grooves.

Abstract: A squirrel-cage rotor including a rotor which has a plurality of rotor slots on an outer circumferential portion thereof and in which secondary conductors accommodated in the rotor slots rotate freely inside a stator as a result of interaction with a rotating magnetic field formed by the stator. The plurality of rotor slots has the same shape and size, and an arrangement spacing thereof with respect to the rotation direction of the rotor is made uneven within a slot uneven arrangement period (360/(a))° obtained by equally dividing one rotation period of the rotor by a divisor (a) of a number p of poles in the stator.

Abstract: In a rotary electric machine, a first pole core body and a second pole core body are produced using solid cores, and first slits are formed on outer circumferential surfaces of a first boss portion and a second boss portion at a uniform pitch in a circumferential direction so as to have groove directions oriented in an axial direction to disrupt pathways of eddy currents that flow on the outer circumferential surfaces of the first boss portion and the second boss portion.

Abstract: A squirrel-cage rotor manufacturing method capable of suppressing, at the time of performing die-casting, formation of gaps between closing portions and a rotor core at radially outer parts of rotor slots, or generation of a thermal stress in the rotor core as a result of expansion of the closing portions. The squirrel-cage rotor manufacturing method includes: arranging, through die-casting, conductors into rotor slots that are formed along a radially outer part of a rotor core; and performing the die-casting under a state in which radially outer parts of the rotor slots are closed with closing portions made of the same material as a material of the rotor core.

Abstract: A rotating electric machine includes a rotor including: a rotor core divided into blocks in an axial direction, the blocks being arranged to have a phase angle therebetween in a circumferential direction, the rotor core having magnet through holes arrayed in the circumferential direction and formed in an outer circumferential region; and permanent magnets inserted into the magnet through holes. The magnet through hole includes: a magnet insertion portion into which the permanent magnet is inserted; and a non-magnetic portion provided on an outer side of the magnet insertion portion in the circumferential direction. A bridge portion is formed between the outer circumferential surface and an outer circumferential inner wall of the non-magnetic portion. A bridge angle, which is an angle between both circumferential ends of the bridge portion with a rotation center of the rotor core set as a vertex, is larger than a skew angle.

Abstract: A rotating electric machine including a rotator including a small-angle rotator portion and a large-angle rotator portion respectively having different inter-magnet end angles, each being a plane angle formed between a line connecting one outermost peripheral-side end of a permanent magnet and an axial center of the rotator and a line connecting an outermost peripheral-side end of another permanent magnet and the axial center of the rotator. The rotator includes three layers of the small-angle rotator portion, the large-angle rotator portion, and the small-angle rotator portion, which are laminated in the stated order along an axial line of the rotator. Therefore, demagnetization due to a temperature rise of the permanent magnets is suppressed. In addition, a temperature distribution in the permanent magnets in the axial direction of the rotator is reduced.

Abstract: According to an electric motor, a cooling hole is formed outside of a circular arc-like region having an intersection between extension lines from inner side surfaces of adjacent permanent magnets as a center of the circular arc-like region and a distance between the intersection and an intermediate point on the side surface of the permanent magnet as a radius of the circular arc-like region. Thus, heat generation by a magnetic resistance due to the cooling hole is suppressed to improve efficiency.

Abstract: Permanent magnets that form individual magnetic poles are configured by arranging three magnet blocks to be spaced apart from each other circumferentially, the three magnet blocks are each formed such that cross-sectional shapes that are perpendicular to a central axis of a rotor core are radially outwardly convex, and circumferential widths are narrower in magnet blocks that are further away from a magnetic pole center, and the three magnet blocks that are arranged circumferentially are formed to have mirror symmetry relative to a plane that passes through the magnetic pole center and the central axis of the rotor core.

Abstract: An automotive embedded permanent magnet rotary electric machine can suppress increases in torque ripples and cogging torque, reduce core loss near a stator, and increase magnetic torque and reluctance torque. In the automotive embedded permanent magnet rotary electric machine, a first permanent magnet and a second permanent magnet that constitute a magnetic pole are embedded so as to line up in a main direction of rotation of magnetic poles of a rotor core and are embedded so as to be radially outwardly convex in a region that extends from a leading end portion to a trailing end portion in the main direction of rotation of the magnetic poles, and the first permanent magnet is formed into an integrated body that extends from the leading end portion in the main direction of rotation of the magnetic poles beyond a pole center toward a trailing side.

Abstract: A control device for a permanent magnet motor, including: a rotor position detector configured to detect a rotating speed of a rotor of a permanent magnet motor in a state in which the permanent magnet motor is disconnected from a load by a clutch and rotates without power supply; a magnet temperature estimator configured to estimate a magnet temperature of the permanent magnet motor based on the detected rotating speed; a current compensator configured to determine a compensation amount for compensating for a current command to the permanent magnet motor based on the estimated magnet temperature; and a drive control device configured to control a power converter for driving the permanent magnet motor based on the compensation amount.

Abstract: A rotating electric machine includes a rotor including: a rotor core divided into blocks in an axial direction, the blocks being arranged to have a phase angle therebetween in a circumferential direction, the rotor core having magnet through holes arrayed in the circumferential direction and formed in an outer circumferential region; and permanent magnets inserted into the magnet through holes. The magnet through hole includes: a magnet insertion portion into which the permanent magnet is inserted; and a non-magnetic portion provided on an outer side of the magnet insertion portion in the circumferential direction. A bridge portion is formed between the outer circumferential surface and an outer circumferential inner wall of the non-magnetic portion. A bridge angle, which is an angle between both circumferential ends of the bridge portion with a rotation center of the rotor core set as a vertex, is larger than a skew angle.

Abstract: A tooth of a stator has a tapered shape in which a tooth width decreases toward a distal end portion thereof. A winding is formed of an edgewise winding wound around the tooth in a row. The winding is supplied with power so that a terminal on a base portion side of the tooth may have a higher voltage than that of a terminal on the distal end portion side thereof. A tooth width Th of the base portion is set within the range of Tmin<Th<1.25Tha defined by a tooth width Tha that maximizes an index using an outer radius and a core back width of a stator core, a clearance of the windings in the slot, a winding width, an air gap between the teeth and the winding, a pitch of the slot, and an inclination angle of the winding, and a permissible lower limit Tmin.