Outer rotor type brushless motor

Information

  • Patent Grant
  • 6703738
  • Patent Number
    6,703,738
  • Date Filed
    Wednesday, November 21, 2001
    23 years ago
  • Date Issued
    Tuesday, March 9, 2004
    20 years ago
Abstract
An outer rotor type brushless motor comprising an outer rotor having permanent magnets fixed onto an inner periphery of a rotor yoke, a stator including a stator core having a plural of magnetic pole portions protruded on an outer periphery thereof and coils wound on the magnetic pole portions, a cylindrical boss disposed on an inner periphery of an annular portion of the stator core, a rotational shaft extending along an axis of the boss and rotationally supported on the boss through a bearing with a leading end of the shaft having a center portion of the rotor yoke fixed thereto and a mounting plate fixed onto an outer periphery of the boss wherein the boss is formed of resin mold and extending through a hole in the mounting plate and fixed thereto and the annular portion of the stator core is mounted on and fixed to a rising portion on the inner periphery of the mounting plate.
Description




TECHNICAL FIELD OF THE INVENTION




This invention relates to an outer rotor type brushless motor having a rotor rotating outside of a stator.




BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION




As shown in

FIGS. 12

,


13


A, and


13


B, an outer rotor type brushless motor of the prior art comprises an outer rotor


3


having a plural of permanent magnets


2


fixed onto an inner periphery of a cup-like metal rotor yoke


1


, a stator


7


including a stator core


4


having a plural of magnetic pole portions


4




a


protruded on an outer periphery of an annular portion


4




b


and coils


6


wound on the magnetic pole portions


4




a


of the stator core


4


and faced to the permanent magnets


2


of the outer rotor


3


, respectively, with coil insulation layers


5


provided between the magnetic pole portions


4




a


and the coils


6


, respectively, a cylindrical metal boss


8


′ disposed on an inner periphery of the annular portion


4




b


of the stator core


4


, a rotational shaft


10


extending along an axis of the boss


8


′ and rotationally supported on the boss


8


by a bearing


9


with a leading end of the shaft


10


having a center portion of the rotor yoke


1


fixed thereto, a metal mounting plate


11


fixed onto an outer periphery of the boss


8


′ for attaching the stator


7


on a support body not shown and a circuit board


13


fixed to the mounting plate


11


by screws


12


and having a drive circuit mounted thereon. The annular portions


4




b


of the stator core


4


are fixed to the outer periphery of the boss


8


′ by screws


14


. The mounting plate


11


is fixed to the boss


8


′ by a pressurization enlarged portion


8





ak


formed by deforming an annular base


8





a


of the boss


8


′ so as to enlarge the diameter thereof after the mounting plate


11


engages the annular base


8





a


extending through a hole


15


in the mounting plate


11


.




However, since this prior outer rotor type brushless motor has the stator


7


fixed to the boss


8


′, which is in turn fixed to the mounting plate


11


, the heat of the stator


7


radiates through the metal boss


8


′ from the mounting plate


11


. Thus, there is a problem that the heat radiation efficiency is poor because of the boss


8


′ provided between the stator


7


and the mounting plate


11


.




Furthermore, since the outer rotor type brushless motor has the stator core


4


fixed to the boss


8


′ by the screws


14


which extend through the annular portion


4




b


of the stator core


4


, there tends to be a gap formed between the annular portion


4




b


of the stator core


4


and the boss


8


′. Thus, there is another problem that it is hard to get the accuracy of assembly after the stator core


4


is fixed to the boss


8


′.




Since the step of forming the boss


8


′ is performed separately from the step of forming the coil insulation layers


5


on the magnetic pole portions


4




a


of the stator core


4


, much trouble is taken for manufacturing the motor, which disadvantageously causes the cost for manufacture to be higher.




SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION




Accordingly, it is an object of the invention to provide an outer rotor type brushless motor adapted to improve the heat radiation characteristic of a stator.




It is another object of the invention to provide an outer rotor brushless motor adapted to be easily assembled while the heat radiation characteristic is improved.




It is further object of the invention to provide an outer rotor type brushless motor adapted to improve the accuracy with which a stator is assembled to a boss while the heat radiation characteristic of the stator is improved.




It is further object of the invention to provide an outer rotor type brushless motor adapted to reduce the cost of manufacture while the accuracy with which a stator is assembled to a boss as well as the heat radiation characteristic of a stator are improved.




The invention is applied to an outer rotor type brushless motor comprising an outer rotor having permanent magnets fixed onto an inner periphery of a cup-like rotor yoke, a stator including a stator core having a plural of magnetic pole portions protruded on an outer periphery of an annular portion of the stator core and faced to the permanent magnets and coils wound on the magnetic pole portions, respectively, a cylindrical boss disposed on an inner periphery of the annular portion of the stator core, a rotational shaft extending along an axis of the boss and rotationally supported on the boss by a bearing with a leading end of the shaft having a center portion of the rotor yoke fixed thereto and a mounting plate fixed onto an outer periphery of the boss.




In the invention, the boss is formed of resin mold and extends through a hole in the mounting plate and fixed thereto. The annular portion of the stator core is fixed to a rising portion of the inner periphery of the mounting plate.




As the annular portion of the stator core is fixed directly to the mounting plate, the heat radiation characteristic of the stator can be improved. As the annular portion of the stator is fixed to the rising portion of the mounting plate, the stator can be fixed without any obstacle such as the coils because of the presence of the rising portion even though the stator is fixed directly to the mounting plate.




In a preferred mode of the invention, the boss may be formed of resin mold, the annular portion of the stator core is molded in and fixed to the outer periphery of the boss and also fixed to the rising portion of the inner periphery of the mounting plate.




As the annular portion of the stator core is fixed directly to the mounting plate, the heat radiation characteristic of the stator can be improved. Also, as the stator core is fixed to the rising portion of the mounting plate, the stator can be fixed without any obstacle such as the coils because of the presence of the rising portion even though the stator is fixed directly to the mounting plate. Furthermore, as the annular portion of the stator core is molded in and fixed to the outer periphery of the boss, there is no gap between the annular portion of the stator core and the boss while the relative position of them is fixed, which improves the accuracy with which the stator is assembled with the boss.











BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS




The above and other objects and features of the invention will be apparent from the detailed description of the preferred embodiments of the invention, which are described and illustrated with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which;





FIG. 1

is a longitudinally sectional view of an outer rotor type brushless motor constructed in accordance with a first embodiment of the invention;





FIG. 2

is a perspective view of a mounting plate used in the first embodiment;





FIG. 3

is a longitudinally sectional view of an outer rotor type brushless motor constructed in accordance with a second embodiment of the invention;





FIG. 4

is a perspective view of a mounting plate used in the second embodiment;





FIG. 5

is a longitudinally sectional view of one half of a stator of an outer rotor type brushless motor constructed in accordance with a third embodiment of the invention;





FIG. 6

is a longitudinally sectional view of one half of a stator of an outer rotor type brushless motor constructed in accordance with a fourth embodiment of the invention;





FIG. 7

is a longitudinally sectional view of one half of a stator of an outer rotor type brushless motor constructed in accordance with a fifth embodiment of the invention;





FIG. 8

is a perspective view of a mounting plate used in the fifth embodiment;





FIG. 9

is a perspective view of a boss formed in the fifth embodiment;





FIG. 10

is a longitudinally sectional view of a stator of an outer rotor type brushless motor constructed in accordance with a sixth embodiment of the invention;





FIG. 11

is a perspective view of a mounting plate used in the sixth embodiment;





FIG. 12

is a longitudinally sectional view of a gist of an outer rotor type brushless motor constructed in accordance with a prior art; and





FIGS. 13A and 13B

illustrate the steps of fixing a boss to a mounting plate with the construction of FIG.


12


.











DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS




Some embodiments of the invention will be described with reference to the drawings below.





FIGS. 1 and 2

show a first embodiment of an outer rotor type brushless motor of the invention.

FIG. 1

is a longitudinally sectional view of the outer rotor type brushless motor while

FIG. 2

is a perspective view of a mounting plate used in the first embodiment.




In the outer rotor type brushless motor of the first embodiment, a boss


8


is formed of resin mold product. The boss


8


formed of the resin mold product is molded onto an edge of an inner peripheral portion


11




a


of a metal mounting plate


11


having a hole


15


provided therein at the center thereof.




The mounting plate


11


has a square configuration and an annular rising portion


11




b


protruded at a center thereof. At the top of the rising portion


11




b,


there is provided the inner peripheral portion


11




a


having the hole


15


provided at a center thereof. At four comers of the square mounting plate


11


, mount legs


11




c


are provided, which are connected by falling portions


11




d


to the mounting plate


11


, respectively and fixed to a case of an internal combustion engine, for example. Adjacent to the falling portions


11




d


and, at the four corners of the square mounting plate


11


, board holders


11




e


are provided, which are connected by rising portions


11




f


to the mounting plate


11


. A plural of threaded holes


11




g


are provided in the inner peripheral portion


11




a


in a manner spaced in a circumferential direction. The annular portion


4




b


of the stator core


4


is mounted on the inner peripheral portion


11




a


of the mounting plate


11


and fixed by screws


14


thereto. Each of the screws


14


is threaded into the holes


11




g


in the inner peripheral portion


11




a,


respectively. The outer rotor type brushless motor of the first embodiment is constructed in a manner identical to that of

FIG. 12

except to the aforementioned construction.




With the outer rotor type brushless motor constructed as aforementioned, since the annular portion


4




b


of the stator core


4


is fixed directly to the mounting plate


11


, the heat radiation characteristic of the stator can be improved. Since the annular portion


4




b


of the stator


4


is fixed to the top of the rising portion


11




b


provided on the mounting plate


11


, the stator core


4


can be fixed to the mounting plate


11


without any obstacle such as the coils


6


because of the presence of the rising portion


11




b


even though the stator core


4


is fixed directly to the mounting plate


11


. Furthermore, since the boss


8


is molded together with and fixed to the edge of the inner peripheral portion


11




a


of the mounting plate


11


having the hole


15


provided at the center thereof, the boss


8


can be integrally provided with the mounting plate


11


by the forming step of the boss


8


. This enables the number of the steps of assembly to be reduced and therefore the cost of manufacture to be reduced.




In this embodiment, since the annular portion


4




b


of the stator core


4


is mounted on the annular inner peripheral portion


11




a


of the mounting plate


11


, the stator core


4


can be fixed more stably to the mounting plate


11


.





FIGS. 3 and 4

show the second embodiment of the outer rotor type brushless motor of the invention.

FIG. 3

is a longitudinally sectional view of one half of the outer rotor type brushless motor according to the second embodiment while

FIG. 4

is a perspective view of a mounting plate used in the second embodiment.




In the outer rotor type brushless motor, the hole


15


is provided in the mounting plate


11


at a center thereof and a plural of rising portions


11




b


(three rising portions in the illustrated embodiment) are provided in a manner spaced in the circumferential direction so as to raise up the inner peripheral portion


11




a


around the hole


15


. Tops of the rising portions form core supports


11




aa


having a face parallel to the inner peripheral portion


11




a.


Thus, the inner peripheral portion


11




a


is made intermittent by rising up of the rising portions


11




b.


The screw holes


11




g


are provided in the core supports


11




aa,


respectively. The boss


8


is molded together with both of the inner peripheral portion


11




a


and the core supports


11




aa


so as to fix the mounting plate


11


to the boss


8


. Although not shown in

FIG. 4

, the annular portion


4




b


of the stator core


4


is mounted on the core supports


11




aa


in the same manner as shown in FIG.


1


and fixed thereto by the screws


14


. The outer rotor type brushless motor of

FIGS. 3 and 4

is constructed in a manner identical to that of

FIG. 1

except to the aforementioned construction.




The outer rotor type brushless motor of

FIGS. 3 and 4

can have the same effect as the first embodiment. In this embodiment, since the mounting plate


11


is fixed to the boss


8


at the two places of the inner peripheral portions


11




a


and the core supports


11




aa,


the mounting plate can be fixed with a stable posture.




In the second embodiment, the boss


8


may be molded together with only one of the inner peripheral portions


11




a


and the core supports


11




aa


so as to fix the mounting plate


11


to the boss


8


. In this case, the other may engage the outer periphery of the boss


8


or be inserted into a groove in the outer periphery of the boss


8


.





FIG. 5

is a longitudinally sectional view of one half of the outer rotor type brushless motor according to the third embodiment of the invention.




In the third embodiment, although the mounting plate


11


is fixed to the boss


8


at one place thereof in the same manner as shown in

FIG. 1

, the boss


8


is provided with a flange


8




b,


which is integrally formed when the boss


8


is molded. The inner peripheral portion


11




a


of the mounting plate


11


is mounted on the flange


8




b


and the annular portion


4




b


of the stator core


4


is mounted on the inner peripheral portion


11




a


of the mounting plate


11


. The screws


14


extend through the inner peripheral portion


11




a


of the mounting plate


11


and the annular portion


4




b


of the stator core


4


and are threaded into and tightened to the flange


8




b


of the boss


8


. The outer rotor type brushless motor of

FIG. 5

is constructed in a manner identical to that of

FIG. 1

except to the aforementioned construction.




With the motor constructed in this manner, the three parts of the stator core


4


, the boss


8


and the mounting plate


11


can be integrally tightened by the screws


14


. Thus, it will be noted that the steps of assembling the outer rotor type brushless motor can be reduced and therefore the cost can be reduced as well. The other effect of the first embodiment can be accomplished also by the third embodiment.




In the third embodiment, the screws


14


may be threaded into nuts integrally inserted into the flange


8




b


when the boss


8


is molded. Otherwise, the screws


14


may extend through the flange


8




b


and be tightened by nuts on the opposite side.





FIG. 6

is a longitudinally sectional view of one half of the outer rotor type brushless motor according to the fourth embodiment of the invention.




In the fourth embodiment, the mounting plate


11


has the inner peripheral portion


11




a


and the core supports


11




aa


in the same manner as shown in FIG.


3


. Thus, the hole


15


is provided in the mounting plate


11


at its center and the three rising portions


11




b


are intermittently provided by raising up the inner peripheral portion


11




a


around the hole


15


in a manner spaced in a circumferential direction so as to form the core supports


11




aa


having the face parallel to the inner peripheral portion


11




a.


The threaded holes


11




g


are provided in the core supports


11




aa.


The boss


8


has the intermittent flanges


8




b


integrally formed corresponding to the core supports


11




aa


when the boss


8


is molded and has the groove


16


provided in the boss


8


at places corresponding to the intermittent inner peripheral portions


11




a.


The core supports


11




aa


of the mounting plate


11


are mounted on the flanges


8




b


of the boss


8


, respectively, in such a manner as the intermittent inner peripheral portion


11




a


is inserted into the groove


16


by passing them through the spaces between the adjacent flanges


8




b


while being bended. Thereafter, the annular portion


4




b


of the stator core


4


is mounted on the core supports


11




aa


and the screws


14


extend through the stator cores


4


and the core supports


11




aa


and threaded into and tightened to the flanges


8




b.


The outer rotor type brushless motor of

FIG. 6

is constructed in a manner identical to that of

FIG. 1

except to the aforementioned construction.




With the motor constructed in this manner, the three parts of the stator core


4


, the boss


8


and the mounting plate


11


can be integrally tightened by the screws


14


as well. Thus, it will be noted that the steps of assembling the outer rotor type brushless motor can be reduced and therefore the cost can be reduced. Furthermore, since the annular portion


4




b


of the stator core


4


is fixed directly to the mounting plate


11


, the heat radiation characteristic of the stator


7


can be improved. Since the annular portion


4




b


of the stator


4


is fixed to the core supports


11




aa


at the top of the rising portions


11




b


provided on the mounting plate


11


, the stator cores


4


can be fixed to the mounting plate


11


without any obstacle such as the coils


6


because of the presence of the rising portions


11




b


even though the stator core


4


is fixed directly to the mounting plate


11


.




In the fourth embodiment, the screws


14


may be threaded into nuts integrally inserted into the flange


8




b


when the boss


8


is molded. Otherwise, the screws


14


may extend through the flange


8




b


and be tightened by nuts on the opposite side.




Furthermore, the intermittent inner peripheral portion


11




a


may be supported by contacting the outer periphery of the boss


8


instead of the insertion into the groove


16


in the boss


8


.





FIGS. 7

though


9


show a fifth embodiment of the outer rotor type brushless motor of the invention.

FIG. 7

is a longitudinally sectional view of the stator of the outer rotor type brushless motor constructed in accordance with the fifth embodiment of the invention,

FIG. 8

is a perspective view of the mounting plate used in the fifth embodiment and

FIG. 9

is a perspective view of only the molded boss.

FIG. 7

is a longitudinally sectional view of the mounting plate taken along the line P—P of FIG.


8


.




In the outer rotor type brushless motor of the fifth embodiment, the boss


8


is formed of resin mold. The boss


8


having ribs


8




c


integrally protruded from the outer periphery thereof at intervals of 120 degree is molded together with the annular portion


4




b


of the stator core


4


at its inner edge so as to fix the annular portion


4




b


of the stator core


4


to the ribs


8




c.


In other words, the inner periphery of the annular portion


4




b


of the stator core


4


is inserted into and supported by the ribs


8




c


on the outer periphery of the boss


8


at the intervals of 120 degree. The coil insulation layers


5


provided on the magnetic pole portions


4




a


of the stator core


4


may be formed of resin mold. The boss


8


and the coil insulation layers


5


may be simultaneously formed by integral mold. To the stator core


4


having the coils


6


wound on the coil insulation layers


5


, a circuit board


13


is fixed by fixation means not shown. Although not shown, the terminal ends of the coils


6


are electrically and physically connected to the circuit board


13


. The inner periphery


11




a


of the metal mounting plate


11


fitted onto the boss


8


is fixed to the annular portion


4




b


of the stator core


4


by the screws


14


.




The mounting plate


11


has a square configuration and the annular rising portion


11




b


is raised at the center thereof. At the top of the rising portion


11




b,


there is provided the inner peripheral portion


11




a


having the hole


15


coaxially provided at the center thereof. A plural of radial slots


15




a


are provided in the inner peripheral portion


11




a


around the hole


15


. The ribs


8




c


of the boss


8


into which the annular portion


4




b


of the stator core


4


is inserted so as to be fixed thereto are fitted into the slots


15




a


of the mounting plate


11


, respectively. At the four corners of the square mounting plate


11


, the mount legs


11




c


are provided, which are connected by the falling portions


11




d


to the mounting plate


11


, respectively and fixed to various apparatuses. Adjacent to the falling portions


11




d


and at the four corners of the square mounting plate


11


the board holders


11




e


are provided, which are connected by the rising portions


11




f


to the mounting plate


11


. The circuit board


13


is fixed to the board holders


11




e


by the screws


12


. The threaded holes


11




g


are provided in the inner peripheral portion


11




a


at intervals in the circumferential direction. The annular portion


4




b


of the stator core


4


is mounted on the inner peripheral portion


11




a


of the mounting plate


11


and fixed thereto by the screws


14


, which are threaded into the holes


11




g,


respectively. The outer rotor type brushless motor of the fifth embodiment is constructed in the manner identical to that of

FIG. 1

except to the aforementioned construction.




When the outer rotor type brushless motor of this embodiment is produced, molding the boss


8


within the annular portion


4




b


of the stator core


4


, inserting the annular portion


4




b


into the boss


8


so as to support the former on the latter and molding the coil insulation layers


5


on the outer periphery of the magnetic pole portions


4




a


are carried out at the same time. Thereafter, the coils


6


are wound on the coil insulation layers


5


of the magnetic pole portions


4




a.


Then, the circuit board


13


is attached to the stator core


4


, the boss


8


is fitted into the inner peripheral portion


11




a


of the mounting plate


11


and finally the inner peripheral portion


11




a


of the mounting plate


11


is fixed to the annular portion


4




b


of the stator core


4


by the screws


14


.




Since, in the outer rotor type brushless motor of this embodiment, the annular portion


4




b


of the stator core


4


is inserted into the outer periphery of the boss


8


so as to be fixed thereto, there is no gap between the annular portion


4




b


of the stator core


4


and the boss


8


while the relative position of them is fixed, which improves the accuracy with which the stator


7


is assembled with the boss


8


.




With the coil insulation layers


5


of the stator core


4


formed of resin mold as well, the coil insulation layers


5


can be easily formed. In addition thereto, with the boss


8


and the coil insulation layers


5


integrally formed, they may be formed at the same time, which allows the cost of manufacture to be reduced.




With the hole


15


provided at the center of the inner peripheral portion


11




a


at the top of the rising portion


11




b


and a plural of slots


15




a


radially provided around the hole


15


, the ribs


8




c


of the boss


8


can be fitted into the slots


15




a,


respectively when the boss


8


is fitted into the hole


15


in the inner peripheral portion


11




a


of the mounting plate


11


so as to fix the inner peripheral portion


11




a


to the annular portion


4




b


of the stator core


4


. This allows the mounting plate


11


to be fixed to the stator core


4


without any trouble. With the annular portion


4




b


of the stator core


4


fixed directly to the mounting plate


11


, the heat radiation characteristic of the stator


7


can be improved.





FIGS. 10 and 11

show the sixth embodiment of the outer rotor type brushless motor of the invention.

FIG. 10

is a longitudinally sectional view of the stator of the outer rotor type brushless motor constructed in accordance with the sixth embodiment of the invention and

FIG. 11

is a perspective view of the mounting plate used in the sixth embodiment.

FIG. 10

is a longitudinally sectional view of the mounting plate taken along the line Q—Q of FIG.


11


.




In the outer rotor type brushless motor of the sixth embodiment, the inner periphery of the annular portion


4




b


of the stator core


4


is integrally and securely inserted into the boss


8


at its ribs


8




c


provided at intervals of 120 degree when the boss


8


is molded. The coil insulation layers


5


on the magnetic pole portions


4




a


of the stator core


4


is formed of resin mold, which is formed at the same time when the boss


8


is molded. To the stator core


4


having the coils


6


wound on the coil insulation layers


5


is fixed the circuit board


13


by the fixing means not shown. Although not shown, the terminal ends of the coils


6


are electrically and physically connected to the circuit board


13


.




The hole


15


is provided in the mounting plate


11


at the center thereof and a plural of rising portions


11




b


(three rising portions in the illustrated embodiment) are intermittently provided at intervals in the circumferential direction by raising up the inner peripheral portion


11




a


around the hole


15


. The tops of the rising portions


11




b


form the core supports


11




aa


having the face parallel to the inner peripheral portion


11




a.


Thus, the inner peripheral portion


11




a


is made intermittent by rising up of the rising portions


11




b.


The threaded holes


11




g


are provided in the core supports


11




aa,


respectively. The boss


8


is fitted into the hole


15


of the mounting plate


11


with the ribs


8




c


of the boss


8


positioned between the adjacent core supports


11




aa.


The annular portion


4




b


of the stator core


4


is mounted on the core supports


11




aa


at the tops of the respective rising portions


11




b


and fixed thereto by the screws


14


in the same manner as shown in FIG.


1


. The outer rotor type brushless motor of the sixth embodiment is constructed in the manner identical to that of

FIG. 1

except to the aforementioned construction.




When the outer rotor type brushless motor of this embodiment is produced, molding the boss


8


within the annular portion


4




b


of the stator core


4


, inserting the annular portion


4




b


into the boss so as to support the annular portion


4




a


to the boss


8


and molding the coil insulation layers


5


on the outer periphery of the magnetic pole portions


4




a


are carried out at the same time. Thereafter, the coils


6


are wound on the coil insulation layers


5


on the magnetic pole portions


4




a.


Then, the circuit board


13


is attached to the stator core


4


, the boss


8


is fitted into the inner peripheral portion


11




a


of the mounting plate


11


and finally the core supports


11




aa


at the tops of the rising portions


11




b


are fixed to the annular portion


4




b


of the stator core


4


by the screws


14


.




The construction of this embodiment can obtain the same effect as the fifth embodiment. Since, in this embodiment, the core supports


11




aa


are provided at the tops of the rising portions


11




b


intermittently provided on the inner peripheral portion


11




a


of the mounting plate


11


in a manner spaced in the circumferential direction, the ribs


8




c


of the boss


8


are fitted into the spaces between the adjacent rising portions


11




b


when the boss


8


is fitted into the hole


15


of the mounting plate


11


and the core supports


11




aa


at the tops of the rising portions


11




b


are fixed to the annular portion


4




b


of the stator core


4


. Thus, the mounting plate


11


can be fixed to the stator core


4


without any trouble.




The coil insulation layers


5


may not be formed together with the boss


8


, but may be formed by the separate step.




Although some preferred embodiments of the invention have been described and illustrated with reference to the accompanying drawings, it will be understood by those skilled in the art that they are by way of examples, and that various changes and modifications may be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention, which is defined only to the appended claims.



Claims
  • 1. An outer rotor type brushless motor comprising an outer rotor having permanent magnets fixed onto an inner periphery of a cup-like rotor yoke, a stator including a stator core having a plural of magnetic pole portions protruded on an outer periphery of an annular portion of said stator core and faced to said permanent magnets and coils wound on said magnetic pole portions, respectively, a cylindrical boss disposed on an inner periphery of said annular portion of said stator core, a rotational shaft extending along an axis of said boss and rotationally supported on said boss by a bearing with a leading end of said shaft having a center portion of said rotor yoke fixed thereto and a mounting plate fixed onto an outer periphery of said boss, said boss being formed of resin mold, an annular rising portion being formed on the side of an inner peripheral portion of said mounting plate so as to form at the top of said rising portions a face parallel to the face of said inner peripheral portion, said annular rising portion being integrally inserted into said boss so as to be fixed thereto when said boss is molded and said annular portion of said stator core being mounted on and fixed directly to said face at the top of said rising portion by screw.
  • 2. An outer rotor type brushless motor comprising an outer rotor having permanent magnets fixed onto an inner periphery of a cup-like rotor yoke, a stator including a stator core having a plural of magnetic pole portions protruded on an outer periphery of an annular portion of said stator core and faced to said permanent magnets and coils wound on said magnetic pole portions, respectively, a cylindrical boss disposed on an inner periphery of said annular portion of said stator core, a rotational shaft extending along an axis of said boss and rotationally supported on said boss by a bearing with a leading end of said shaft having a center portion of said rotor yoke fixed thereto and a mounting plate fixed onto an outer periphery of said boss, said boss being formed of resin mold, a hole being provided in said mounting plate at its center, a plural of rising portions being intermittently provided on an inner peripheral portion around said hole so as to form at the tops of said rising portions core supports having a face parallel to said inner peripheral portion, at least one of said inner peripheral portion and said core supports being integrally inserted into said boss so as to be fixed thereto when said boss is molded and said annular portion of said stator core being mounted on and fixed to said core supports.
  • 3. An outer rotor type brushless motor comprising an outer rotor having permanent magnets fixed onto an inner periphery of a cup-like rotor yoke, a stator including a stator core having a plural of magnetic pole portions protruded on an outer periphery of an annular portion of said stator core and faced to said permanent magnets and coils wound on said magnetic pole portions, respectively, a cylindrical boss disposed on an inner periphery of said annular portion of said stator core, a rotational shaft extending along an axis of said boss and rotationally supported on said boss by a bearing with a leading end of said shaft having a center portion of said rotor yoke fixed thereto and a mounting plate fixed onto an outer periphery of said boss, said boss being formed or resin mold, a flange being protruded on the outer periphery of said boss, an annular rising portion being provided on the side of an inner periphery of said mounting plate, an annular peripheral portion provided at the top of said rising portion and having a face parallel to said mounting plate being mounted on said flange of said boss, said annular portion of said stator core being mounted directly on an inner peripheral portion at the top of said rising portion, and said annular portion of said stator core, said inner peripheral portion of said mounting plate and said flange of said boss being tightened by screws extending through them.
  • 4. An outer rotor type brushless motor comprising an outer rotor having permanent magnets fixed onto an inner periphery of a cup-like rotor yoke, a stator including a stator core having a plural of magnetic pole portions protruded on an outer periphery of an annular portion of said stator core and faced to said permanent magnets and coils wound on said magnetic pole portions, respectively, a cylindrical boss disposed on an inner periphery of said annular portion of said stator core, a rotational shaft extending along an axis of said boss and rotationally supported on said boss by a bearing with a leading end of said shaft having a center portion of said rotor yoke fixed thereto and a mounting plate fixed onto an outer periphery of said boss, said boss being formed of resin mold, a hole being provided in said mounting plate at its center, a plural of rising portions being intermittently provided on an inner peripheral portion of said mounting plate around said hole so as to form at the tops of said rising portions core supports having a face parallel to said inner peripheral portion, said core supports being inserted into said boss so as to be fixed thereto when said boss is molded, said inner peripheral portion being supported on the outer periphery of said boss, said annular portion of said stator core being mounted on said core supports and said annular portion of said stator core, said core supports of said mounting plate and said flange of said boss being tightened by screws extending through them.
  • 5. An outer rotor type brushless motor comprising an outer rotor having permanent magnets fixed onto an inner periphery of a cup-like rotor yoke, a stator including a stator core having a plural of magnetic pole portions protruded on an outer periphery of an annular portion of said stator core and faced to said permanent magnets and coils wound on said magnetic pole portions, respectively, with coil insulation layers provided between said magnetic pole portions and said coils, respectively, a cylindrical boss disposed on an inner periphery of said annular portion of said stator core, a rotational shaft extending along an axis of said boss and rotationally supported on said boss by a bearing with a leading end of said shaft having a center portion of said rotor yoke fixed thereto and a mounting plate fixed onto an outer periphery of said boss, said boss being formed of resin mold, said annular portion of said stator core being inserted into an outer periphery of said boss so as to be fixed thereto, said coil insulation layers of said stator core being formed of resin mold, said annular portion of said stator core being fixed directly to a rising portion provided on the inner periphery of said mounting plate and said boss and said coil insulation layers being integrally formed.
  • 6. An outer rotor type brushless motor comprising an outer rotor having permanent magnets fixed onto an inner periphery of a cup-like rotor yoke, a stator including a stator core having a plural of magnetic pole portions protruded on an outer periphery of an annular portion of said stator core and faced to said permanent magnets and coils wound on said magnetic pole portions, respectively, a cylindrical boss disposed on an inner periphery of said annular portion of said stator core, a rotational shaft extending along an axis of said boss and rotationally supported on said boss by a bearing with a leading end of said shaft having a center portion of said rotor yoke fixed thereto and a mounting plate fixed onto an outer periphery of said boss, said boss being formed of resin mold, said annular portion of said stator core being inserted into an outer periphery of said boss so as to be fixed thereto when said boss is molded, said annular portion of said stator core being fixed to a rising portion provided on the inner periphery of said mounting plate, a hole being provided in said rising portion forming an inner peripheral portion at the top of said rising portion, a plural of radial slots being provided in said inner peripheral portion around said hole, said annular portion of said stator core being integrally inserted into said boss at ribs so as to be supported by said ribs of said boss at said slots of said mounting plate and said annular portion of said stator core being fixed to said inner peripheral portion of said mounting plate.
  • 7. An outer rotor type brushless motor comprising an outer rotor having permanent magnets fixed onto an inner periphery of a cup-like rotor yoke, a stator including a stator core having a plural of magnetic pole portions protruded on an outer periphery of an annular portion of said stator core and faced to said permanent magnets and coils wound on said magnetic pole portions, respectively, with coil insulation layers provided between said magnetic pole portions and said coils, respectively, a cylindrical boss disposed on an inner periphery of said annular portion of said stator core, a rotational shaft extending along an axis of said boss and rotationally supported on said boss by a bearing with a leading end of said shaft having a center portion of said rotor yoke fixed thereto and a mounting plate fixed onto an outer periphery of said boss, said boss being formed of resin mold, said annular portion of said stator core being inserted into an outer periphery of said boss so as to be fixed thereto, said coil insulation layers of said stator core being formed of resin mold, said annular portion of said stator core being fixed to a rising portion provided on the inner periphery of said mounting plate, a hole being provided in said rising portion forming an inner peripheral portion at the top of said rising portion, a plural of radial slots being provided in said inner peripheral portion around said hole, said annular portion of said stator core being integrally inserted into said boss at ribs so as to be supported by said ribs of said boss at said slots of said mounting plate and said annular portion of said stator core being fixed to said inner peripheral portion of said mounting plate.
  • 8. An outer rotor type brushless motor comprising an outer rotor having permanent magnets fixed onto an inner periphery of a cup-like rotor yoke, a stator including a stator core having a plural of magnetic pole portions protruded on an outer periphery of an annular portion of said stator core and faced to said permanent magnets and coils wound on said magnetic pole portions, respectively, with coil insulation layers provided between said magnetic pole portions and said coils, respectively, a cylindrical boss disposed on an inner periphery of said annular portion of said stator core, a rotational shaft extending along an axis of said boss and rotationally supported on said boss by a bearing with a leading end of said shaft having a center portion of said rotor yoke fixed thereto and a mounting plate fixed onto an outer periphery of said boss, said boss being formed of resin mold, said annular portion of said stator core being inserted into an outer periphery of said boss so as to be fixed thereto, said coil insulation layers of said stator core being formed of resin mold, said annular portion of said stator core being fixed to a rising portion provided on the inner periphery of said mounting plate, said boss and said coil insulation layers being integrally formed, a hole being provided in said rising portion forming an inner peripheral portion at the top of said rising portion, a plural of radial slots being provided in said inner peripheral portion around said hole, said annular portion of said stator core being integrally inserted into said boss at ribs so as to be supported by said ribs of said boss at said slots of said mounting plate and said annular portion of said stator core being fixed to said inner peripheral portion of said mounting plate.
  • 9. An outer rotor type brushless motor comprising an outer rotor having permanent magnets fixed onto an inner periphery of a cup-like rotor yoke, a stator including a stator core having a plural of magnetic pole portions protruded on an outer periphery of an annular portion of said stator core and faced to said permanent magnets and coils wound on said magnetic pole portions, respectively, a cylindrical boss disposed on an inner periphery of said annular portion of said stator core, a rotational shaft extending along an axis of said boss and rotationally supported on said boss by a bearing with a leading end of said shaft having a center portion of said rotor yoke fixed thereto and a mounting plate fixed onto an outer periphery of said boss, said boss being formed of resin mold and having ribs integrally protruded from the outer periphery thereof, said annular portion of said stator core being inserted into an outer periphery of said boss so as to be fixed thereto when said boss is molded, said annular portion of said stator core being fixed to a rising portion provided on the inner periphery of said mounting plate, a hole being provided in said mounting plate, a plural of rising portions being intermittently provided on an inner peripheral portion around said hole in a circumferential direction, core supports being provided at the tops of said rising portions in parallel to said inner peripheral portion, said annular portion of said stator core being mounted on said core supports and said annular portion of said stator core being inserted into an outer periphery of said boss when said boss is molded so as to be supported by said ribs above said inner peripheral portion between adjacent rising portions.
  • 10. An outer rotor type brushless motor comprising an outer rotor having permanent magnets fixed onto an inner periphery of a cup-like rotor yoke, a stator including a stator core having a plural of magnetic pole portions protruded on an outer periphery of an annular portion of said stator core and faced to said permanent magnets and coils wound on said magnetic pole portions, respectively, with coil insulation layers provided between said magnetic pole portions and said coils, respectively, a cylindrical boss disposed on an inner periphery of said annular portion of said stator core, a rotational shaft extending along an axis of said boss and rotationally supported on said boss by a bearing with a leading end of said shaft having a center portion of said rotor yoke fixed thereto and a mounting plate fixed onto an outer periphery of said boss, said boss being formed of resin mold and having ribs integrally protruded from the outer periphery thereof, said annular portion of said stator core being inserted into an outer periphery of said boss so as to be fixed thereto, said coil insulation layers of said stator core being formed of resin mold, said annular portion of said stator core being fixed to a rising portion provided on the inner periphery of said mounting plate, a hole being provided in said mounting plate, a plural of rising portions being intermittently provided on an inner peripheral portion around said hole in a circumferential direction, core supports being provided at the tops of said rising portions in parallel to said inner peripheral portion, said annular portion of said stator core being mounted on said core supports and said annular portion of said stator core being inserted into an outer periphery of said boss when said boss is molded so as to be supported by said ribs above said inner peripheral portion between adjacent rising portions.
  • 11. An outer rotor type brushless motor comprising an outer rotor having permanent magnets fixed onto an inner periphery of a cup-like rotor yoke, a stator including a stator core having a plural of magnetic pole portions protruded on an outer periphery of an annular portion of said stator core and faced to said permanent magnets and coils wound on said magnetic pole portions, respectively, with coil insulation layers provided between said magnetic pole portions and said coils, respectively, a cylindrical boss disposed on an inner periphery of said annular portion of said stator core, a rotational shaft extending along an axis of said boss and rotationally supported on said boss by a bearing with a leading end of said shaft having a center portion of said rotor yoke fixed thereto and a mounting plate fixed onto an outer periphery of said boss, said boss being formed of resin mold and having ribs integrally protruded from the outer periphery thereof, said annular portion of said stator core being inserted into an outer periphery of said boss so as to be fixed thereto, said coil insulation layers of said stator core being formed of resin mold, said annular portion of said stator core being fixed to a rising portion provided on the inner periphery of said mounting plate, said boss and said coil insulation layers being integrally formed, a hole being provided in said mounting plate, a plural of rising portions being intermittently provided on an inner peripheral portion around said hole in a circumferential direction, core supports being provided at the tops of said rising portions in parallel to said inner peripheral portion, said annular portion of said stator core being mounted on said core supports and said annular portion of said stator core being inserted into an outer periphery of said boss when said boss is molded so as to be supported by said ribs above said inner peripheral portion between adjacent rising portions.
Priority Claims (2)
Number Date Country Kind
2000/363181 Nov 2000 JP
2001/176815 Jun 2001 JP
US Referenced Citations (3)
Number Name Date Kind
5363003 Harada et al. Nov 1994 A
5508578 Suzuki et al. Apr 1996 A
5910693 Park Jun 1999 A
Foreign Referenced Citations (3)
Number Date Country
03-112334 May 1991 JP
08-322222 Dec 1996 JP
2000-324748 Nov 2000 JP