Having Inter-layer Mating Projection And Recess Patents (Class 310/216.044)
  • Patent number: 11536492
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an electric compressor comprising a main housing, a motor part disposed in the main housing and comprising a stator comprising a rotor accommodating portion and a rotor rotatably disposed in the rotor accommodating portion, a compression part rotatably connected to the motor part, and an inverter part electrically connected to the motor part. The motor part is disposed in a motor room formed inside the main housing, the stator comprises a plurality of insulating protrusions protruding from an outer circumferential surface of the stator, and the plurality of insulating protrusions is configured to be brought into contact with an inner circumferential surface of the motor room.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Joohyung Kim, Ochang Gwon, Bumsuk Kim, Yicheol Choi
  • Patent number: 11368057
    Abstract: A motor includes a rotor rotatable about a central axis, and a stator opposing the rotor in a radial direction. The stator includes an annular core back and a stator core including teeth extending from the core back to one side in the radial direction. The stator core includes a laminated steel sheet in which electromagnetic steel sheets are laminated in a direction of the central axis. Each of the electromagnetic steel sheets includes a caulking dowel portion to which the adjacent electromagnetic steel sheets are connected by press-fitting. The caulking dowel portion includes a protrusion protruding from the core back to another side in the radial direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: NIDEC SERVO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Norihisa Imaizumi, Tsuyoshi Nakagawa
  • Patent number: 11143185
    Abstract: A scroll compressor includes a flow path that is disposed in a portion of a bearing holder, which corresponds to each formation position of a plurality of stator groove portions, and that penetrates the bearing holder in an axial direction, a first recess portion (72) disposed in a portion of a thrust bearing, which faces the flow path, and recessed from one side in the axial direction to the other side in the axial direction, and a first groove portion (74) disposed in an outer peripheral portion of the first recess portion (72), extending from a bottom surface (72a) of the recess portion (72) to a surface located on a side opposite to a surface having the first recess portion (72) formed thereon, and communicating with the first recess portion (72) in the axial direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES THERMAL SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Yuki Ichise, Ichiro Yogo, Akinori Yoshioka, Manabu Suzuki, Takeshi Hirano
  • Patent number: 10224765
    Abstract: A stator core, a stator and a motor are provided. The stator core may includes a head that extends in a circumferential direction; a tooth that extends inward from the head; a first protruding portion that extends outward from an outer circumferential surface of the head; and a second protruding portion that protrudes from an outer circumferential surface of the first protruding portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2019
    Assignee: LG Innotek Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Ja Young Seo
  • Patent number: 9966804
    Abstract: An outer-rotor permanent magnet brushless motor is disclosed, which comprises an outer-rotor and an inner-stator. The outer-rotor configured with P poles, P is a natural number and denotes a multiple of 4. The inner-stator has a stator axle, and S teeth which configured on outer surface of stator, S=P?1, S is a natural number. A circle is formed about a center of the stator axle from the center of the outer end surface. A correction angle a1 and an original angle a are defined from the center of the outer end surface. T The ratio of a1/a is defined by the following formula: 0.2<(a1/a)<0.6.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2018
    Assignee: INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Shou-Long Yu, Yang-Guang Liu, Chia-Hao Hsu, Liang-Chiao Huang, Yu-Choung Chang
  • Patent number: 9013083
    Abstract: Provided is a permanent magnet type motor including: a rotor including a rotor core and a plurality of permanent magnets; a conducting circuit including a first electric conductor extending in an axial direction of the rotor and being disposed between permanent magnets in a circumferential direction of the rotor and a second electric conductor for connecting the first electric conductors electrically; and a stator disposed so as to be opposed to the rotor, including a stator core and an armature winding. A rotation angle is detected by measuring current flowing in the armature winding. The stator core is formed to have a shape in which, a slot pitch is defined by ?s=(2×?×Rs)/Ns, where an inner radius of the stator is represented by Rs and a number of slots is represented by Ns, a value Wsn obtained by dividing a slot opening width Ws by the slot pitch ?s satisfies “0.08?Wsn”.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2015
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electic Corporation
    Inventors: Yusuke Morita, Masatsugu Nakano, Sachiko Kawasaki
  • Patent number: 8941282
    Abstract: A stator core (105) including tabbed laminations (100) stacked face-to-face to form a plurality of tabbed lamination modules (107), with each tabbed lamination including a first tab (102) and a second tab (104) extending from a circumferential edge of the lamination. Non-tabbed laminations are also stacked face-to-face to form a plurality of non-tabbed lamination modules (109), each non-tabbed lamination lacking a tab. The tabbed lamination modules are stacked face-to-face in an alternating configuration with non-tabbed lamination modules. The tabs are used to attach the stator core to an inside surface of an electrical generator frame (2), such as by attaching the tabs to frame support rings (4) of the generator frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2015
    Assignee: Siemens Energy, Inc.
    Inventors: David T. Allen, Josue Marrero
  • Patent number: 8941947
    Abstract: A thin spindle motor having a stator core with sufficient swaging strength even using thin magnetic steel sheets is provided, whereby the magnetic loss and the power consumption of the spindle motor are reduced. The stator core is formed by laminating plural stator laminations with a thickness of 0.1 to 0.2 mm and joined by a swaging portion. The swaging portion has an approximately rectangular shape having long sides extending along a radial direction when viewed from an axial direction. The swaging portion has a cross section with a middle portion parallel to the radial direction and a slope portion at the both sides when viewed from a circumferential direction, thereby forming a recess. The recess has a depth that is less than the thickness of the stator lamination whereby the swaging portion does not cut the stator lamination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2015
    Assignee: Minebea Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hideaki Showa, Ryoichi Kurosawa, Hironobu Tsuge
  • Patent number: 8907542
    Abstract: An alternator of high quality and high performance includes a rotor, a stator core arranged so as to surround the rotor and having a plurality of axially extending slots arranged at a predetermined circumferential pitch, and a stator having a stator winding fitted into the slots. The stator core includes element iron cores of a hexahedral shape which are deformed to curve, with their adjacent end faces being abutted and bonded to each other, each of the element iron cores being composed of thin steel plates laminated and integrated with one another, with concave and convex portions formed on the thin steel plates being fitting with each other. The concave and convex portions are formed on a borderline between a compressive region of the stator core at an inner diameter side thereof and a tensile region of the stator core at an outer diameter side thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2014
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Wakaki Miyaji, Shinji Nishimura
  • Patent number: 8716914
    Abstract: In a vehicle AC generator, a stator core (42) is formed by laminating thin steel sheets, the stator core (42) being provided with a plurality of slot portions (43) which accommodate a stator winding (41) and tooth portions (44) which define adjacent ones of the slot portions; the stator winding (41) is disposed in the slot portions to constitute a stator (4); the stator core (42) is filled with varnish (45) between laminates of each tooth (44) at least in an inner diameter end surface region which faces the rotor (3) and is coated with epoxy resin varnish (46) on the tooth surface of the inner diameter end surface region to form an anti-rust film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2014
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Kazunori Tanaka, Takatoshi Masuda
  • Patent number: 8581468
    Abstract: A stator includes an annular stator core that is comprised of a plurality of stator core segments, an outer ring that is fitted on the radially outer surfaces of the stator core segments so as to fasten them together, and a stator coil mounted on the stator core. Each of the stator core segments is formed of a plurality of stator core sheets that are laminated in the axial direction of the stator core. Each of the stator core sheets has a reinforcement portion that includes a recess formed in one of the major surfaces of the stator core sheet and a protrusion formed on the other major surface. The stator core sheets are laminated so that for each adjoining pair of the stator core sheets, the protrusion of one of the stator core sheets is fitted in the recess of the other stator core sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2013
    Assignee: Denso Corporation
    Inventors: Yuichi Kudose, Yusuke Hara, Takashi Hoshiyama
  • Patent number: 8552612
    Abstract: A stator core 10 and its manufacturing method, the stator core 10 including laminated stator core sheets 17, each of the stator core sheets 17 punched out from a magnetic metal sheet 32, a central portion of the magnetic metal sheet 32 previously punched out to form a rotor core sheet 36, the stator core 10 including a thin section 24 formed in a magnetic pole piece 19 of each of the stator core sheets 17, the thin section 24 formed by pressing both sides of the magnetic pole piece 19 in a thickness direction and radially-inwardly elongating the magnetic pole piece 19. The present invention prevents the magnetic pole piece 19 from being curved and improves interlocking accuracies and dimensional accuracies in blanking the rotor core sheet 36 and the start core sheet 17 from one magnetic metal sheet 32.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2013
    Assignee: Mitsui High-Tec, Inc.
    Inventors: Akihiro Hashimoto, Yusuke Hasuo
  • Patent number: 8456057
    Abstract: A laminated stator core 10, formed by laminating stator core sheets 17, each of the stator core sheets 17 punched out from a magnetic metal sheet 32 so as to have a common axis with a rotor core sheet 36 which punched out from the magnetic metal sheet 32 before the stator core sheet 17 is punched out; the stator core sheet 17 including a thin section 24 in a magnetic pole shaft piece 20; the thin section 24 formed by pressing a part or a whole of a magnetic pole shaft piece 20 in a thickness direction, and elongating the same in a radially inward direction; and further the thin section 24 having a thickness within 50-95% of that of the magnetic metal sheet 32 and a radial length within 30-100% of that of the magnetic pole shaft piece 20. This enables a magnetic pole piece 19 to be elongated to form the thin section 24 without adverse effect on magnetic characteristics thereof, and improves caulking accuracy and dimensional accuracy for blanking both of the core sheets 17, 36 from one magnetic metal sheet 32.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2013
    Assignee: Mitsui High-Tec, Inc.
    Inventors: Yusuke Hasuo, Kazunori Ouchi
  • Patent number: 8373326
    Abstract: An axial gap motor includes a stator having stator teeth, and also includes a rotor opposed to the stator with a gap in an axial direction of the stator. Each of the stator teeth includes a stator tooth body, a stator tooth end joined to at least one axial-direction end of the stator tooth body, and a stator coil disposed around the stator tooth body. The stator tooth body includes a wound core comprised of a multi-layered amorphous foil strip winding. The stator tooth end is formed by a compact including a powder magnetic core, and the stator tooth end includes a surface opposed to the rotor. A cross-sectional area of the stator tooth end perpendicular to an axis of the amorphous foil strip winding is larger than a cross-sectional area of the stator tooth body perpendicular to the axis of the amorphous foil strip winding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2013
    Assignees: Hitachi Metals, Ltd., Hitachi Appliances, Inc.
    Inventors: Yuji Enomoto, Zhuonan Wang, Ryoso Masaki, Hiromitsu Itabashi, Kazumasa Ide
  • Patent number: 8294326
    Abstract: A stator for an electric motor has a laminated stator core 10 formed from a plurality of stacked laminations, and a stator winding formed from a plurality of coils 20 wound on bobbins 30. The stator core 10 has a plurality of teeth 40 which extend radially and alternately spaced between and connected to circumferentially extending yokes 50. The yokes and the teeth are separately formed with each yoke 50 being a stack of yoke laminations 12 and each tooth 40 being a stack of tooth laminations 14. The teeth 40 are inserted through the bobbins 30 and arranged in a cylindrical form with each tooth 40 extending radially. Yokes 50 are then fixed between radially outer ends 144 of adjacent teeth to complete the radially outer portion of the stator core. Each tooth 40 has a radial location surface 144b which contacts an inner surface of the adjacent yokes 50. The yokes 50 and teeth 40 are fixed together by welding the yokes 50 to the outer ends 144 of the teeth 40.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2012
    Assignee: Johnson Electric S.A.
    Inventors: Ji Dong Chai, Bao Ting Liu, Wen Liang Li, Zhi Duan Shao
  • Patent number: 8106561
    Abstract: A laminated core 10 including a plurality of segment core sheets 13 spirally wound and laminated in layers while connecting portions 12 connecting the adjacent segment core sheets 13 are bent, ends of the segment core sheets 13 are aligned with each other and the connecting portions 12 in the adjacent layers are circumferentially displaced relative to each other, the connecting portions 12 located in outer peripheral areas 11 of the segment core sheets 13, the laminated core 10 comprising: a concave cutout 22 formed on a radially outward side of the connecting portion 12, the concave cutout 22 accommodating a radially expanded part 21 within an outer circle of the laminated core 10, the radially expanded part 21 formed in the connecting portion 12 radially outward at the bending of the connecting portion 12; an interior cutout 23 formed on a radially inward side of the connecting portion 12, the interior cutout 23 defining a bent position of the connecting portion 12; and depressed receptacles 16, 17 resp
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2012
    Assignee: Mitsui High-tec, Inc.
    Inventor: Iwao Myojin
  • Patent number: 7952254
    Abstract: A stator of an outer rotor type motor is provided. The stator may include a helical core having stacked layers formed by winding a single metal sheet having a predetermined shape in a helical direction, a base and teeth that protrude from the base. The stator may also include an insulator made of electrical insulation material that surrounds the helical core, recesses formed in the base of the helical core that reduce stress due to the winding of the single metal sheet and disposed under the teeth, and auxiliary recesses formed in a bottom of the recesses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2011
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Hung Myong Cho, Min Kyu Lim
  • Patent number: 7928627
    Abstract: A laminated core (10) and a method for manufacturing the same formed with multiple continuous segment core pieces (13) wound in a spiral form by bending connecting portions (12) mutually connecting the segment core pieces (13), the connecting portions (12) being formed in an outer peripheral area (11), while the connecting portions (12) of vertically adjacent layers being displaced in a circumferential direction with inner edges or outer edges of the segment core pieces (13) fitted, the laminated core comprising: a concave cutout (21) provided in a radial exterior of each connecting portion (12) to dispose a radially expanded portion (20) within an outer circle of the laminated core (10), the radially expanded portion (20) being formed with each connecting portion (12) expanding radially outward at the time of bending each connecting portion (12); an interior cutout (22) provided in a radial interior of each connecting portion (12) to define a bending position of each connecting portion (12); and a receptacle
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2011
    Assignee: Mitsui High-Tec, Inc.
    Inventors: Akira Nagai, Iwao Myojin, Akinori Hoshino, Masafumi Sakuma, Hiroyuki Yamamoto, Haruji Suzuki
  • Patent number: 7915780
    Abstract: A laminated spiral core includes core units and a plurality of swage portions. The core units form a rotor core. The core units have permanent-magnet attachment portions in which permanent magnets are to be disposed. Each of the core units has an arc shape. The plurality of swage portions connect the core units by swage-joining when the core units are spirally stacked in a predetermined number of layers. The plurality of swage portions are provided in the core units in a wave-shape to face the permanent-magnet attachment portions and provided at positions where an influence of magnetic flux paths in a rotor is minimal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2011
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Yaskawa Denki
    Inventor: Hiroshi Tsumagari
  • Publication number: 20110016929
    Abstract: A stator of an electric motor and a washing apparatus having the same are disclosed. The stator includes a stator core, which has a plurality of bases stacked one above another after being wound, each base having a plurality of poles formed at one side surface thereof and a plurality of notches formed at the other side surface thereof. Each base is divided into at least two parts to be assembled with one another.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2007
    Publication date: January 27, 2011
    Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventor: In Geun Ahn
  • Patent number: 7777387
    Abstract: A laminated core (10) and a method for manufacturing the same formed with multiple continuous segment core pieces (13) wound in a spiral form by bending connecting portions (12) mutually connecting the segment core pieces (13), the connecting portions (12) being formed in an outer peripheral area (11), while the connecting portions (12) of vertically adjacent layers being displaced in a circumferential direction with inner edges or outer edges of the segment core pieces (13) fitted, the laminated core comprising: a concave cutout (21) provided in a radial exterior of each connecting portion (12) to dispose a radially expanded portion (20) within an outer circle of the laminated core (10), the radially expanded portion (20) being formed with each connecting portion (12) expanding radially outward at the time of bending each connecting portion (12); an interior cutout (22) provided in a radial interior of each connecting portion (12) to define a bending position of each connecting portion (12); and a receptacle
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2010
    Assignee: Mitsui High-Tec, Inc.
    Inventors: Akira Nagai, Iwao Myojin, Akinori Hoshino, Masafumi Sakuma, Hiroyuki Yamamoto, Haruji Suzuki
  • Patent number: 7728481
    Abstract: A laminated body of a motor includes: a yoke spirally laminated to form a hollow cylindrical shape; a plurality of teeth protruding from one side edge of the yoke disposed along a longitudinal direction of the yoke and being separated apart at a predetermined distance; a plurality of notch portions on an opposite side edge of the yoke, each of the plurality of notch portions being aligned with each of the plurality of teeth; a stopping protrusion extendingly formed at a protruding end of the teeth in the longitudinal direction of the yoke; and an inclined portion having an inclined surface formed by decreasing a width of the stopping protrusion toward an end of the stopping protrusion so as to reduce cogging torque.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2010
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventor: Seung-Weon Lee
  • Publication number: 20100090560
    Abstract: A laminated core 10 including a plurality of segment core sheets 13 spirally wound and laminated in layers while connecting portions 12 connecting the adjacent segment core sheets 13 are bent, ends of the segment core sheets 13 are aligned with each other and the connecting portions 12 in the adjacent layers are circumferentially displaced relative to each other, the connecting portions 12 located in outer peripheral areas 11 of the segment core sheets 13, the laminated core 10 comprising: a concave cutout 22 formed on a radially outward side of the connecting portion 12, the concave cutout 22 accommodating a radially expanded part 21 within an outer circle of the laminated core 10, the radially expanded part 21 formed in the connecting portion 12 radially outward at the bending of the connecting portion 12; an interior cutout 23 formed on a radially inward side of the connecting portion 12, the interior cutout 23 defining a bent position of the connecting portion 12; and depressed receptacles 16, 17 resp
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2008
    Publication date: April 15, 2010
    Applicant: MITSUI HIGH-TEC, INC.
    Inventor: Iwao Myojin
  • Publication number: 20100001612
    Abstract: A laminated core (10) and a method for manufacturing the same formed with multiple continuous segment core pieces (13) wound in a spiral form by bending connecting portions (12) mutually connecting the segment core pieces (13), the connecting portions (12) being formed in an outer peripheral area (11), while the connecting portions (12) of vertically adjacent layers being displaced in a circumferential direction with inner edges or outer edges of the segment core pieces (13) fitted, the laminated core comprising: a concave cutout (21) provided in a radial exterior of each connecting portion (12) to dispose a radially expanded portion (20) within an outer circle of the laminated core (10), the radially expanded portion (20) being formed with each connecting portion (12) expanding radially outward at the time of bending each connecting portion (12); an interior cutout (22) provided in a radial interior of each connecting portion (12) to define a bending position of each connecting portion (12); and a receptacle
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2007
    Publication date: January 7, 2010
    Applicant: MITSUI HI-TEC, INC.
    Inventors: Akira Nagai, Iwao Myojin, Akinori Hoshino, Masafumi Sakuma, Hiroyuki Yamamoto, Haruji Suzuki