US5811904A
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Permanent magnet dynamo electric machine
Assignee: Hitachi Ltd
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Filing: 1997-03-21
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Granted: 1998-09-22
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Expires: 2017-03-21
Abstract
Abstract In order to realize a permanent magnet dynamo electric machine which permits a high speed of rotation, the permanent magnet dynamo electric machine includes a stator 20 having a stator iron core 22 in which a stator winding 24 is wound, and a rotor 30 facing the inner circumference of the stator 20 and rotatably supported thereby, the rotor 30 having a rotor iron core 32 and a plurality of permanent magnets 36 arranged inside the rotor iron core 32 so as to face the stator iron core 22, wherein the rotor iron core 32 is provided with the same number of permanent magnet insertion holes 34 as the number of permanent magnets 36 for receiving the same at positions where the ratio R1/R0 is equal to or more than 0.85, wherein R0 is the radius of the rotor 30 and R1 is the radius of an imaginary circle drawn by inscribing the faces of the plurality of permanent magnets 36 at the side remote from the stator 20.
Inventors
- 👤 Fumio Tajima
- 👤 Yutaka Matsunobu
- 👤 Shouichi Kawamata
- 👤 Suetaro Shibukawa
- 👤 Osamu Koizumi
- 👤 Keiji Oda
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-09 10:07
CPC Classifications
H; H02; H02K; H02K1/00; H02K1/06; H02K1/22; H02K1/27; H02K1/2706; H02K1/272; H02K1/274; H02K1/2753; H02K1/276; B; B60; B60L; B60L2200/00; H02K29/00; H02K29/06; Y; Y02; Y02T; Y02T10/00; Y02T10/60; Y02T10/64
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 11
Claim 1
Independent Claim
156 words
A permanent magnet dynamo electric machine comprising a stator having a stator iron core in which a stator winding is wound, and a rotor facing the inner circumference of said stator and rotatably supported thereby, said rotor being constituted by a columnar rotor iron core, a shaft provided along the rotation axis of said rotor iron core and a plurality of permanent magnets arranged in a ring along the circumference of said rotor iron core, wherein a number of permanent magnet insertion holes equal to the number of permanent magnets are provided within said rotor iron core, and the magnets are positioned within the insertion holes at positions at which a ratio R1/R0 is equal to or more than 0.85, where R0 is the radius of said rotor and R1 is the radius of an imaginary circle drawn by inscribing the faces of the plurality of permanent magnets at the side thereof remote from said stator.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
156 words
A permanent magnet dynamo electric machine comprising a stator having a stator iron core in which a stator winding is wound, and a rotor facing the inner circumference of said stator and rotatably supported thereby, said rotor being constituted by a columnar rotor iron core, a shaft provided along the rotation axis of said rotor iron core and a plurality of permanent magnets arranged in a ring along the circumference of said rotor iron core, wherein a number of permanent magnet insertion holes equal to the number of permanent magnets are provided within said rotor iron core, and the magnets are positioned within the insertion holes at positions at which a ratio R1/R0 is equal to or more than 0.85, where R0 is the radius of said rotor and R1 is the radius of an imaginary circle drawn by inscribing the faces of the plurality of permanent magnets at the side thereof remote from said stator.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
74 words
A permanent magnet dynamo electric machine according to claim 1, wherein the thickness R3 of said permanent magnets is selected to be less than two times the thickness R2 of a bridge portion in said rotor iron core forming a boundary portion between a magnetic pole piece portion located along the radially outer edge of said insertion holes and an auxiliary magnetic pole piece portion located circumferentially adjacent to said magnetic pole piece portion.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
179 words
A permanent magnet dynamo electric machine comprising a stator having a stator iron core in which a stator winding is wound, and a rotor facing the inner circumference of said stator and rotatably supported thereby, said rotor being constituted by a columnar rotor iron core, a shaft provided along the rotation axis of said rotor iron core and a plurality of permanent magnets arranged in a ring along the circumference of said rotor iron core, wherein a number of permanent magnet insertion holes equal to the number of permanent magnets are provided within said rotor iron core, and the magnets are positioned within the insertion holes at positions at which a ratio R1/R0 is equal to or more than 0.85, where R0 is the radius of said rotor and R1 is the radius of an imaginary circle drawn by inscribing the faces of the plurality of permanent magnets at the side thereof remote from said stator, and wherein said rotor iron core is further provided with a plurality of vents between said shaft and said permanent magnet insertion holes.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
179 words
A permanent magnet dynamo electric machine comprising a stator having a stator iron core in which a stator winding is wound, and a rotor facing the inner circumference of said stator and rotatably supported thereby, said rotor being constituted by a columnar rotor iron core, a shaft provided along the rotation axis of said rotor iron core and a plurality of permanent magnets arranged in a ring along the circumference of said rotor iron core, wherein a number of permanent magnet insertion holes equal to the number of permanent magnets are provided within said rotor iron core, and the magnets are positioned within the insertion holes at positions at which a ratio R1/R0 is equal to or more than 0.85, where R0 is the radius of said rotor and R1 is the radius of an imaginary circle drawn by inscribing the faces of the plurality of permanent magnets at the side thereof remote from said stator, and wherein said rotor iron core is further provided with a plurality of vents between said shaft and said permanent magnet insertion holes.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
205 words
A permanent magnet dynamo electric machine comprising a stator having a stator iron core in which a stator winding is wound, and a rotor facing the inner circumference of said stator and rotatably supported thereby, said rotor being constituted by a columnar rotor iron core, a shaft provided along the rotation axis of said rotor iron core and a plurality of permanent magnets arranged in a ring along the circumference of said rotor iron core, wherein a number of permanent magnet insertion holes equal to the number of permanent magnets are provided within said rotor iron core, and the magnets are positioned within the insertion holes at positions at which a ratio R1/R0 is equal to or more than 0.85, where R0 is the radius of said rotor and R1 is the radius of an imaginary circle drawn by inscribing the faces of the plurality of permanent magnets at the side thereof remote from said stator, and wherein the circumferential length of said permanent magnet insertion holes is longer than that of said permanent magnets so that, when said permanent magnets are inserted into the corresponding permanent magnet insertion holes, a pair of gaps are formed at both ends of each of said permanent magnets.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
205 words
A permanent magnet dynamo electric machine comprising a stator having a stator iron core in which a stator winding is wound, and a rotor facing the inner circumference of said stator and rotatably supported thereby, said rotor being constituted by a columnar rotor iron core, a shaft provided along the rotation axis of said rotor iron core and a plurality of permanent magnets arranged in a ring along the circumference of said rotor iron core, wherein a number of permanent magnet insertion holes equal to the number of permanent magnets are provided within said rotor iron core, and the magnets are positioned within the insertion holes at positions at which a ratio R1/R0 is equal to or more than 0.85, where R0 is the radius of said rotor and R1 is the radius of an imaginary circle drawn by inscribing the faces of the plurality of permanent magnets at the side thereof remote from said stator, and wherein the circumferential length of said permanent magnet insertion holes is longer than that of said permanent magnets so that, when said permanent magnets are inserted into the corresponding permanent magnet insertion holes, a pair of gaps are formed at both ends of each of said permanent magnets.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
19 words
A permanent magnet dynamo electric machine according to claim 4, wherein said gaps are filled with a resin material.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
30 words
A permanent magnet dynamo electric machine according to claim 1, wherein each of said permanent magnet insertion holes is provided with a pair of slits at both circumferential ends thereof.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
39 words
A permanent magnet dynamo electric machine according to claim 1, wherein a single gap is provided for each of said permanent magnets circumferentially adjacent thereto at the side of the insertion hole in the anti-rotating direction of said rotor.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
39 words
A permanent magnet dynamo electric machine according to claim 1, wherein a single gap is provided for each of said permanent magnets radially adjacent thereto at the side of the insertion hole in the anti-rotating direction of said rotor.
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