The present invention relates to a motor.
Generally, a rotor of a motor is rotated by an electromagnetic interaction between the rotor and a stator. In this case, a shaft connected to the rotor rotates to generate a rotational driving force.
The rotor and the stator are accommodated in a housing. The housing is a hollow cylindrical member.
The stator may include a stator core and a coil wound around the stator core. The coil may be connected to a busbar. The busbar is supported in a busbar holder. Three busbars with a U-phase, a V-phase, and a W-phase may be provided. The busbar holder may be a mold part surrounding the busbar.
An end portion of the busbar may be connected to an external device. The end portion of the busbar connected to an external power source passes through the housing to be exposed to the outside of the housing. A hole through which the end portion of the busbar passes may be formed in the housing. A cap is mounted over the hole of the housing to block foreign matter from being introduced into the hole. The end portion of the busbar passes through the cap, and an end of the busbar is disposed outside the cap in a process of mounting the cap is mounted over the hole of the housing.
A location of the end of the busbar passing through the cap should be aligned with a preset position at which an external device is connected. However, there is a problem that the location of the end of the busbar passing through the cap is changed when an external force such as pulling the busbar in an axial direction is applied.
In addition, there is a problem that it is very difficult to precisely manage a location of the busbar because the busbar is bent or an accumulated tolerance among the stator, the busbar, and the housing occurs in a manufacturing process of the busbar.
The present invention is directed to providing a motor in which a location of an end of a busbar protruding outward from a cap is fixed without a change due to an external force, the movement of the busbar due to vibrations is prevented, and the location of the end of the busbar connected to an external device is precisely managed.
Objectives to be achieved by the present invention are not limited to the above-described objectives, and other objectives, which are not described above, may be clearly understood by those skilled in the art through the following specification.
One aspect of the present invention provides a motor including a shaft, a rotor coupled to the shaft, a stator disposed to correspond to the rotor, a housing which accommodates the stator, and a cap disposed on the housing, wherein the stator includes a stator core, an insulator coupled to the stator core, and a coil disposed on the insulator and includes a busbar electrically connected to the coil and a busbar holder which supports the busbar, the cap includes a hole through which the busbar passes and a protruding portion protruding from a lower surface of the cap, and the protruding portion is in contact with a stepped surface of the busbar.
Another aspect of the present invention provides a motor including a shaft, a rotor coupled to the shaft, a stator disposed to correspond to the rotor, a housing which accommodates the stator, and a cap disposed on the housing, wherein the stator includes a stator core, an insulator coupled to the stator core, and a coil disposed on the insulator and includes a busbar electrically connected to the coil and a busbar holder which supports the busbar, the busbar includes a first busbar and a second busbar, the first busbar is disposed on the cap, the second busbar is connected to the coil, the first busbar is coupled to the second busbar, and the cap is in contact with the second busbar.
Still another aspect of the present invention provides a motor including a shaft, a rotor coupled to the shaft, a stator disposed to correspond to the rotor, and a housing which accommodates the stator, wherein the stator includes a stator core, an insulator coupled to the stator core, and a coil disposed on the insulator and includes a busbar electrically connected to the coil and a busbar holder which supports the busbar, the housing includes a protrusion protruding from one surface of the housing in an axial direction, and the protrusion is coupled to the busbar.
Yet another aspect of the present invention provides a motor including a shaft, a rotor coupled to the shaft, a stator disposed to correspond to the rotor, and a housing which accommodates the stator, wherein the stator includes a stator core, an insulator coupled to the stator core, and a coil disposed on the insulator and includes a busbar electrically connected to the coil and a busbar holder which supports the busbar, the housing includes a protrusion protruding from an inner surface of the housing, the busbar holder includes a groove or hole, and the protrusion is fitted into the groove or the protrusion.
According to an embodiment, since a protruding portion of a cap is formed to press a stepped surface of a busbar, there is an advantage that a location of an end of the busbar is fixed without a change even by an external force such as a force for pulling the busbar in an axial direction.
According to an embodiment, since a protruding portion of a cap presses a busbar in many directions, there is an advantage of more stably preventing the movement of the busbar.
According to an embodiment, a first busbar, as a separate part, can be coupled to a second busbar fixed to a busbar holder, and since a protruding portion of a cap presses the second busbar, there is an advantage of significantly reducing a tolerance occurring at an end of the first busbar.
According to an embodiment, since a location of a busbar holder is fixed through a protrusion disposed on a housing, an accumulated tolerance occurring at a stator is removed, and thus there is an advantage of more precisely managing a location of an end of a busbar connected to an external device.
According to an embodiment, since a protrusion protruding in an axial direction is coupled to a busbar holder, there is an advantage of preventing a slip occurrence between a stator and a housing in a circumferential direction.
According to an embodiment, since a protrusion having a tapered shape of which an outer diameter decreases is provided, when a housing and a busbar holder are easily coupled, there is an advantage of more precisely managing a location of an end of a busbar in an axial direction.
A direction parallel to a longitudinal direction (vertical direction) of a shaft is referred to as an axial direction, a direction perpendicular to the axial direction of the shaft is referred to as a radial direction, and a direction along a circle having a radius in the radial direction from the shaft is referred to as a circumferential direction.
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The shaft 100 may be coupled to the rotor 200. When an electromagnetic interaction occurs between the rotor 200 and the stator 300 by supplying a current, the rotor 200 rotates, and the shaft 100 rotates in conjunction with the rotation of the rotor 200.
The rotor 200 rotates due to an electrical interaction with the stator 300. The rotor 200 may be disposed inside the stator 300.
The stator 300 is disposed outside the rotor 200. The stator 300 may include a stator core 310, an insulator 320 mounted on the stator core 310, and a coil 330. The coil 330 may be wound around the insulator 320. The insulator 320 is disposed between the coil 330 and the stator core 310 and serves to electrically insulate the stator core 310 from the coil 330. The coil 330 induces an electrical interaction with a magnet of the rotor 200.
The stator 300 and the rotor 200 are disposed inside the housing 400.
An end portion of the busbar 600 connected to an external device passes through the housing 400 and protrudes and is exposed to the outside of the housing 400. The cap 500 prevents water or foreign matter from being introduced into the housing 400 and serves to align a location of the end portion of the busbar 600 by guiding the end portion of the busbar 600. The cap 500 may be formed of an insulating material.
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The first busbar 600A may include a middle portion 601 having a straight shape, an upper portion 602 disposed on the middle portion 601, a lower portion 604 disposed under the middle portion 601, and a tip portion 603 disposed on the upper portion 602. A portion of the middle portion 601 passes through the cap 500. The upper portion 602, of which a width is smaller than a width of the middle portion 601, protrudes upward from the cap 500. A width of the lower portion 604 becomes greater toward a lower side thereof than the width of the middle portion 601, and the lower portion 604 and a portion of the middle portion 601 are coupled to the second busbar 600B. The tip portion 603 is formed to become sharp toward an upper side thereof.
The second busbar 600B may include a body 605 having an arc shape and terminal portions 606 bent outward from both end portions of the body 605. The terminal portions 606 are each in contact with the coil 330. Protrusions 607 may be disposed on an upper surface of the body 605, and the protrusions 607 may be separately disposed to form a space therebetween. The space between the protrusions 607 is formed as a groove G to which the first busbar 600A is coupled. The first busbar 600A may be fitted into the groove G in an axial direction to be fixed to the second busbar 600B.
Catch grooves Ga may be disposed in lower ends of both sidewalls of the groove G. The catch grooves Ga are concavely formed in the both sidewalls of the groove G and located to catch a lower end of the first busbar 600A. Since the lower end of the first busbar 600A is caught by the catch grooves Ga, the first busbar 600A is prevented from escaping from the groove G in the axial direction. The groove G may be disposed on each of both end portions of the body 605.
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The hole 510 is formed to pass through an upper surface and the lower surface of the cap 500. The busbar 600 passes through the hole 510. A shape of the hole 510 corresponds to a cross-sectional shape of the busbar 600. The protruding portion 520 protrudes from the lower surface of the cap 500 and is in contact with a stepped surface 610 (see
A plurality of holes 510 and a plurality of protruding portions 520 may be disposed. Based on a reference line passing through a center of the cap 500 and an axial center C, the holes 510 and the protruding portions 520 corresponding to the busbars 600 of the first group 600_1 may be disposed at one side of the cap 500, and the holes 510 and the protruding portions 520 corresponding to the busbars 600 of the second group 600_2 may be disposed at the other side of the cap 500.
Meanwhile, the cap 500 may include a guide disposed on the upper surface thereof. A guide 530 protrudes from the upper surface and is disposed along a circumference of the hole 510 so as to serve to guide the busbar 600 which passes through the hole 510 and support the busbar 600.
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The protruding portion 520 may be formed as a pair of a first leg 521 and a second leg 522. The first leg 521 may be dispose adjacent to one side of the hole 510, and the second leg 522 may be disposed adjacent to the other side of the hole 510.
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Meanwhile, the protruding portion 520 may be formed so that a length W1 thereof in a circumferential direction decreases toward the stepped surface 610. In addition, the length W1 of the protruding portion 520 in the circumferential direction may be smaller than a length W2 of the stepped surface 610 in the circumferential direction. When the length W2 of the stepped surface 610 in the circumferential direction is relatively greater than the length W1 of the protruding portion 520 in the circumferential direction, the protruding portion 520 may stably press the busbar 600 in a process of mounting the cap 500 on the housing 400.
When the cap 500 is completely mounted on the housing 400, the contact surface CS of the protruding portion 520 is in contact with the stepped surface 610 which is an end surface of the second busbar 600B to press the second busbar 600B in the axial direction. Accordingly, even when the first busbar 600A is pulled upward, the entire busbar 600 is raised upward to prevent a location of an end of the first busbar 600A from being changed.
In addition, even when vibrations occur, since the protruding portion 520 is in contact with the second busbar 600B, the movement of the busbar 600 may be prevented.
Based on the groove G, the stepped surface 610 may be provided with a first stepped surface 610A disposed at one side of the groove G, and a second stepped surface 610B disposed at the other side of the groove G. Based on the first busbar 600A, since the first leg 521 and the second leg 522 press both the first stepped surface 610A and the second stepped surface 610B from both sides of the first busbar 600A, the location of the end of the first busbar 600A may be more effectively prevented from being changed. In addition, in this way, since the protruding portion 520 presses the stepped surface 610 in many directions, there is an advantage of more effectively preventing the movement of the busbar 600.
In addition, the first busbar 600A, as a separate part, may be coupled to the second busbar 600B fixed to the busbar holder 700, and since the protruding portion 520 of the cap 500 presses the second busbar 600B, there is an advantage of significantly reducing a tolerance occurring at the end of the first busbar 600A.
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The busbars 1600 may be divided into a first group B1 and a second group B2. Each of the first group B1 and the second group B2 may be provided with the first busbar 1610, the second busbar 1620, the third busbar 1630, and the fourth busbar 1640. The first group B1 and the second group B2 are formed to be circuit-separated. The first group B1 and the second group B2 may be disposed to be spatially divided from each other.
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Portions of the slots ST1 and ST2 are formed to extend to an outer circumferential surface of the busbar holder 1700 and guide end portions of the busbars 1600 each in contact with a coil 330 to approach an outer side of the busbar holder 1700.
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A protrusion P of a housing is inserted into the hole H. The hole H may include a hole body Hc, an upper end portion Hb disposed in an upper end of the hole body Hc, and a lower end portion Ha disposed in a lower end of the hole body Hc. Each of the upper end portion Hb and the lower end portion Ha is formed so that an inner diameter increases toward an end thereof. The upper end portion Hb or the lower end portion Ha allows the protrusion P to be easily inserted into the hole body Hc.
Although the hole H is illustrated in the drawings, a groove coupled to the protrusion P may be provided instead of the hole H. The groove may be concavely formed in one surface of the busbar holder 1700 in which the slots are disposed.
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The protrusion P may protrude from one surface of the housing 1400 facing the busbar holder 700 in the axial direction. For example, the protrusion P may be disposed on the bottom portion 1401 of the housing 1400, in which the bearing pocket portion 1410 is disposed, in the axial direction. The protrusion P may be disposed adjacent to the bearing pocket portion 1410.
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The protrusion P may have a cylindrical shape. The cylindrical protrusion P has an advantage of improving consistency with the hole H. In addition, the cylindrical protrusion P has an advantage of maximally reducing a gap between the hole H and the protrusion P. The protrusion P may be fitted into the hole H of the busbar holder 1700.
The protrusion P may have a tapered shape in which an outer diameter D2 decreases toward an end of the protrusion P from an inner surface of the housing 1400. In addition, in a region of the protrusion P, a portion of a region Pa located inside the hole H may be formed to be smaller than an inner diameter D1 of the hole H, and in the region of the protrusion P, a region Pb located outside the hole H may be formed to be greater than the inner diameter D1 of the hole H.
Since an outer diameter of the end of the protrusion P is smaller than the inner diameter D1 of the hole H, there is an advantage of easily inserting the protrusion P into the hole H. In addition, since, in the region of the protrusion P, the region Pb located outside the hole H is greater than the inner diameter D1 of the hole H, an axial location of the busbar holder 1700 is easily fixed. Accordingly, there is an advantage of more precisely managing a location of an end of the busbar 1600 in the axial direction.
Since the protrusion P is inserted into the hole H and the busbar 1600 is directly coupled to the housing 1400, an accumulated tolerance occurring at a stator 300 is removed, and thus there is an advantage of more precisely managing the location of the end of the busbar 1600 connected to an external device.
In addition, since the protrusion P protruding in the axial direction is coupled to the busbar holder 1700, there is an advantage of preventing a slip occurrence between the stator 300 and the housing 1400 in the circumferential direction.
The present invention can be used for various devices such as vehicles or home appliances.
Number | Date | Country | Kind |
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10-2021-0152186 | Nov 2021 | KR | national |
10-2021-0162950 | Nov 2021 | KR | national |
Filing Document | Filing Date | Country | Kind |
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PCT/KR2022/017434 | 11/8/2022 | WO |