The present disclosure relates to the technical field of household appliances, and particularly relates to an electromotor and a laundry machine.
The invention of laundry machine liberates people's hands, and laundry machine becomes an essential electric appliance in people's daily life. A controller arranged inside the laundry machine controls an electromotor to rotate so as to simulate a washing action. At present, a structure that integrates the electromotor with the controller is used in some laundry machines, the controller is arranged on the electromotor. Moreover, since the electromotor needs to be arranged on an external structure (such as, a water container of the laundry machine), a housing of the electromotor needs to be provided with a mounting structure arranged to be secured with the water container. Thus, complex structures of end covers of the electromotor are caused, a range of selection of materials is restrained, and a high cost of the electromotor is resulted.
An objective of the embodiments of the present disclosure is providing an electromotor and a laundry machine, which aims at solving at least the problem that the housing of the electromotor is provided with a structure fixedly connected with the water container, so that complex structures of the end covers of the electromotor are caused.
In order to solve at least the technical problem discussed above, the technical solutions used in the embodiments of the present disclosure are as follows:
in the first aspect, an electromotor is provided, the electromotor includes a controller and a controller cover, where the controller is arranged on the controller cover; the electromotor further includes a first end cover and a second end cover secured with the first end cover; the electromotor further includes a stator, the first end cover and the second end cover are fixed on two opposite sides of the stator respectively; the controller cover is provided with a first mounting part configured to be secured with the first end cover and is provided with a second mounting part configured to be secured with a water container of a laundry machine, and the first end cover is provided with a third mounting part configured to be secured with the first mounting part; or alternatively the controller cover is provided with the first mounting part configured to be secured with the stator, and is provided with the second mounting part configured to be secured with the water container of the laundry machine, and the stator is provided with the third mounting part configured to be secured with the first mounting part.
In one embodiment, the second mounting part is arranged on one side of the controller cover opposite to the controller.
In one embodiment, a surface of the controller cover protrudes outwards to form a mounting foot, the second mounting part is arranged on the mounting foot, where the second mounting part is a mounting hole or a mounting column.
In one embodiment, a surface of the controller cover is provided with heat dissipation fins.
In one embodiment, the controller cover is the one selected from a group consisting of an aluminum cover, a cover made of aluminum alloy and a resin cover.
In one embodiment, the first mounting part and the third mounting part are connected by a first fixing member, and the first fixing member is arranged to pass through the first mounting part and the third mounting part.
In one embodiment, one side of the first end cover, which faces the controller cover, is provided with a first positioning element, and the controller cover is provided with a second positioning element that comes into engagement with the first positioning element; or one side of the stator which faces the controller cover is provided with a first positioning element, and the controller cover is provided with a second positioning element that comes into engagement with the first positioning element.
In one embodiment, the third mounting part is the first positioning element, and the first mounting part is the second positioning element;
where the first positioning element is provided with a first connecting hole, the second positioning element is provided with a second connecting hole, and the first fixing member is arranged to pass through the first connecting hole and the second connecting hole.
In one embodiment, the controller is configured to be snap-fitted into the controller cover or the first end cover; or alternatively the controller is fixed with the controller cover or the first end cover through a second fixing member.
In one embodiment, the first end cover is molded through a stretching molding process, a casting molding process, or an injection molding process.
In one embodiment, the first end cover is a housing made of metal or a housing made of resin.
In one embodiment, the electromotor further includes a rotor configured to rotate relative to the stator, where the rotor includes a rotating shaft and two bearings arranged at two ends of the rotating shaft respectively, the first end cover and the second end cover protrude outwards to form two annular bosses, interiors of the two annular bosses are provided with two bearing bores for accommodating the two bearings, where a bottom of at least one of the two annular bosses is provided with a groove structure or a convex structure.
In one embodiment, the first end cover and/or the second end cover is provided with at least one edge flanging which comes into contact with the stator tightly.
In one embodiment, the groove structure is an annular groove or the groove structure includes a plurality of separately arranged concave ribs that are enclosed to be ring-shaped; the convex structure is an annular boss or the convex structure includes a plurality of separately arranged convex ribs that are enclosed to be ring-shaped.
In the second aspect, a laundry machine is provided, the laundry machine includes the aforesaid electromotor and a water container configured to be secured with the second mounting part of the second controller cover.
The electromotor disclosed in the embodiments of the present disclosure has the beneficial effects as follows: the electromotor of the present disclosure includes the first end cover, the second end cover, the controller and the controller cover, the controller is arranged on the controller cover, the controller cover is fixed through an engagement between the first mounting part arranged on the controller cover and the third mounting part arranged on the first end cover or the stator, so that the controller cover can be fixed on the housing or the stator; furthermore, the controller cover is secured with the water container of the laundry machine through the second mounting part arranged on the controller cover, in this way, it only needs to arrange the third mounting part secured with the controller cover on the housing of the electromotor, or there is no need to arrange the third mounting part on the housing of the electromotor, instead, the third mounting part is directly arranged on the stator, such that the third mounting part can be fixedly assembled with the controller cover which has the controller arranged inside it, without the need of additionally arranging another mounting structure secured with the water container of the laundry machine on the first end cover, thereby effectively simplifying the structure of the first end cover, and reducing the cost of the laundry machine.
The laundry machine disclosed in the embodiments of the present disclosure has the beneficial effects listed below: the electromotor is applied in the laundry machine of the present disclosure, the housing of the electromotor only needs to be provided with the third mounting part secured with the controller cover, or there is no need to arrange the third mounting part on the housing of the electromotor, instead, the third mounting part is directly arranged on the stator, such that the third mounting part can be fixedly assembled with the controller cover which has the controller inside it, without the need of additionally arranging another mounting structure secured with the water container of the laundry machine on the first end cover, thereby effectively simplifying the structure of the first end cover, and reducing the cost of the laundry machine.
In order to describe the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present disclosure more clearly, a brief introduction regarding the accompanying drawings that need to be used for describing the embodiments of the present disclosure or the prior art is given below; it is obvious that the accompanying drawings described below are merely some embodiments of the present disclosure, a person of ordinary skill in the art may also acquire other drawings according to the current drawings without paying creative labor.
Reference numerals in the figures are listed below:
1-electromotor; 11-housing; 1111-first mounting part; 1112-second connecting hole; 1113-positioning groove; 1114-annular boss; 1115-edge flanging; 1116-bearing bore; 1117-annular groove; 112-second end cover; 12-stator; 13-rotor; 131-rotating shaft; 132-bearing; 2-controller; 3-controller cover; 31-first mounting part; 311-positioning aperture; 312-first connecting hole; 32-mounting foot; 320-second mounting part; 33-positioning pole; 34-heat dissipation fins; 4-water container.
In order to make the purpose, the technical solution and the advantages of the present disclosure be clearer and more understandable, the present disclosure will be further described in detail below with reference to accompanying figures and embodiments. It should be understood that the embodiments described in detail herein are merely intended to illustrate but not to limit the present disclosure.
It needs to be noted that, when one component is described to be “fixed to” or “arranged on” another component, this component may be directly or indirectly arranged on another component. When it is described that one component “is connected with” another component, this component may be directly or indirectly connected to the another component. Orientation or position relationships indicated by terms including “upper”, “lower”, “left” and “right” are based on the orientation or position relationships shown in the accompanying figures and is only used for the convenience of description, instead of indicating or implying that the indicated device or element must have a specific orientation and is constructed and operated in a particular orientation, and thus should not be interpreted as limitation to the present disclosure. As for the person of ordinary skill in the art, the specific meanings of the terms may be interpreted according to specific conditions. Terms such as “the first” and “the second” are only for the purpose of conveniently describing and should not be interpreted as indicating or implying relative importance or implicitly indicating the number of indicated technical features. “Multiple/a plurality of” means two or more unless there is an additional explicit and specific limitation.
In order to describe the technical solutions disclosed in the present disclosure, the technical solutions are described in detail with reference to the accompanying figures and the embodiments.
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The electromotor in the aforesaid embodiment includes the housing 11, the controller 2, and the controller cover 3. The controller 2 is arranged on the controller cover 3, the housing 11 includes the first end cover 111 and the second end cover 112; the controller cover 3 is fixed through an engagement between the first mounting part 31 arranged on the controller cover 3 and the third mounting part 1111 arranged on the first end cover 111 or the stator 12; furthermore, the controller cover 3 is secured with the water container 4 of the laundry machine by arranging the second mounting part 320 on the controller cover 3. In this way, the housing 11 of the electromotor 1 only needs to be provided with the third mounting part 1111 secured with the controller cover 3. Alternatively, there is no need to arrange the third mounting part on the housing of the electromotor 1111; instead, the third mounting part 1111 is directly arranged on the stator 12 to be secured with the controller cover 3 which has the controller 2 arranged inside it, without the need of additionally arranging another mounting structure secured with the water container 4 of the laundry machine, so that the structure of the first end cover 111 is simplified, other materials with lower price and simpler production process may be selected and used for the first end cover 111, and the cost of the laundry machine is reduced accordingly.
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In one embodiment, the second mounting part 320 is a mounting hole or a mounting column. When the second mounting part 320 is a mounting hole, the water container 4 is provided with a mounting column, the mounting column is arranged to be inserted into the mounting hole, and the second mounting part 320 is fixed on the water container 4 through a fastener such as screw and a pin. Alternatively, when the second mounting part 320 is a mounting column, the water container 4 is provided with a mounting hole, and the mounting column is arranged to be inserted into the mounting hole. When the mounting column is inserted into the mounting hole, a cushioning element such as a gasket is arranged between the mounting hole and the mounting column, so that a vibration effect of the electromotor 1 on the water container 4 can be reduced.
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In any one of the embodiments described above, the controller 2 is fixedly arranged inside the controller cover 3 by using a fastening method such as a snap-fit manner or a fastener; as an alternative, the controller 2 is fixed on the housing 11 using a fastening method such as a fastener; as yet another alternative, the controller 2 is received in the controller cover 3, and the controller cover 3 is fixed on the housing 11, so that the controller 2 is pressed tightly between the controller cover 3 and the housing 11.
In one embodiment of the present disclosure, the first mounting part 31 and the third mounting part 1111 are fixedly connected through a fixing member, so that the controller cover 3 is fixed on the first end cover 111 or the stator 12. The fixing member is arranged to pass through the first mounting part 31 and the third mounting part 1111, the fixing member may be selected as a screw or a pin, the controller cover 3 and the first end cover 111 or the stator 12 are fixed with each other by using the fixing member to pass through the first mounting part 31 and the third mounting part 1111.
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In one embodiment, when the first end cover 111 is a stretched end cover, the third mounting part 1111 is the second connecting hole 1112, the first mounting part 31 is the positioning column correspondingly, and the positioning column is provided with the first connecting hole 312. When the first end cover 111 is an aluminum casting end cover, the third mounting part 1111 is a positioning column which is provided with the second connecting hole 1112, and the first mounting part 31 is the first connecting hole 312 correspondingly.
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The electromotor 1 disclosed in the present disclosure may also be used in a commonly used household appliance, such as, a laundry machine, a dish-washing machine and the like, and an application scenario of the electromotor 1 is not limited thereto.
The present disclosure further provides a laundry machine. The laundry machine includes the electromotor 1 according to any embodiment described above. The electromotor 1 is used in the laundry machine of the present disclosure. The controller cover 3 is fixed according to the first mounting part 31 disposed thereon and the third mounting part 1111 which is arranged on the housing 11 and matches with the first mounting part 31. Furthermore, by providing the second mounting part 320 on the controller cover 3, such that the controller cover 3 is secured with the water container 4 of the laundry machine. In this way, the housing 11 of the electromotor 1 only needs to be provided with the third mounting part 1111 secured with the controller cover 3, so that the electromotor 1 can be secured with the controller cover 3 which has the controller 2 inside it, and there is no need to additionally provide other mounting structures fixedly connected with the water container 4 of the laundry machine. As a result, the structure of the housing 11 of the electromotor 1 is simplified and other suitable materials with lower price and simpler production process can be selected for the housing 11 of the electromotor 1, thereby reducing the cost of the laundry machine.
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Only some exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure are described above, and these exemplary embodiments are not intended to limit the present disclosure. It is obvious to the person of ordinary skill in the art that, various modifications and changes may be made in the present disclosure. Any modification, equivalent replacement, improvement, and the like, which are made within the spirit and the principle of the present disclosure, should all be included in the protection scope of the claims of the present disclosure.
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202010968683.5 | Sep 2020 | CN | national |
This application is a continuation application of PCT International Application No. PCT/CN2020/137628, filed on Dec. 18, 2020, which claims priority to and benefits of Chinese Patent Application No. 202010968683.5, filed on Sep. 15, 2020, the entire contents of which are incorporated herein by reference for all purposes. No new matter has been introduced.
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Parent | PCT/CN2020/137628 | Dec 2020 | US |
Child | 17682519 | US |