Patent Grant
12051960
This application is a National Stage Patent Application of PCT International Patent Application No. PCT/JP2020/025542 (filed on Jun. 29, 2020) under 35 U.S.C. ยง 371, which claims priority to Japanese Patent Application No. 2019-123959 (filed on Jul. 2, 2019), which are all hereby incorporated by reference in their entirety.
The present invention relates to a rotating electrical machine case mounted on an electric vehicle or the like.
A rotating electrical machine case mounted on an electric vehicle or the like is provided with a case body having a cylindrical shape surrounding a rotating electrical machine and a side wall portion provided on at least one end side of the case body in a rotation axis direction. The side wall portion is provided with a plurality of ribs extending in a radial direction when viewed from the rotation axis direction of the rotating electrical machine and the plurality of ribs improve rigidity of the rotating electrical machine case (see, for example, FIGS. 7 and 8 of Patent Literature 1).
However, the rotating electrical machine case described in Patent Literature 1 has room for improvement in terms of rigidity. In addition, the rib of the rotating electrical machine case is expected to be used for other purposes.
A first object of the invention is to provide a rotating electrical machine case capable of improving rigidity and suppressing an increase in weight.
A second object of the invention is to provide a rotating electrical machine case in which a rib required for improving rigidity has other functions.
A first invention is a rotating electrical machine case which accommodates a rotating electrical machine, the rotating electrical machine case includes,
A second invention is a rotating electrical machine case which accommodates a rotating electrical machine, the rotating electrical machine case includes,
According to the first invention, the rigidity of the rotating electrical machine case can be improved and the increase in weight can be suppressed.
Further, according to the second invention, the rib required for improving the rigidity can be provided with an information display function.
Hereinafter, a rotating electrical machine case according to an embodiment of the invention will be described with reference to
(Rotating Electrical Machine Case)
As illustrated in
(Plurality of Ribs)
The plurality of ribs 41 to 44 include first to fourth ribs 41 to 44 arranged at predetermined intervals in a circumferential direction. Circumferential widths W1, W2, W3, and W4 of the first to fourth ribs 41 to 44 are not uniform and there are at least two kinds of circumferential widths. According to such a rotating electrical machine case 1, by making the ribs 41 and 42, which require rigidity, thicker than the other ribs 43 and 44, it is possible to improve the rigidity and suppress an increase in weight. Further, when casting the rotating electrical machine case 1, a wide rib can be used as a pouring portion.
Specifically, the circumferential widths W1 and W2 of the first rib 41 and the second rib 42 are wider than the circumferential widths W3 and W4 of the third rib 43 and the fourth rib 44. For example, the circumferential widths W3 and W4 of the third rib 43 and the fourth rib 44 are substantially equivalent to the circumferential widths of the ribs provided in the rotating electrical machine case (see, for example, FIGS. 7 and 8 of Patent Literature 1) of the related art and the circumferential widths W1 and W2 of the first rib 41 and the second rib 42 are wider than the circumferential width of the ribs provided in the rotating electrical machine case of the related art. For example, the circumferential widths W1 and W2 are 30 mm or more. Since the third rib 43 and the fourth rib 44 have substantially the same shape as the ribs provided in the rotating electrical machine case of the related art, detailed description thereof will be omitted.
(First Rib and Second Rib)
Information 61 or 62 is displayed on at least one of the first rib 41 and the second rib 42 having a wide circumferential width. In the following description, when the information 61 and the information 62 are distinguished, the information 61 is referred to as first information 61 and the information 62 is referred to as second information. In the embodiment, the first rib 41 displays the first information 61 and the second rib 42 displays the second information 62 which is different from the first information.
The first information is information related to the rotating electrical machine MOT and, more specifically, may include at least one piece of information such as rotating electrical machine specification information indicating the specifications of the rotating electrical machine MOT, rotating electrical machine type information indicating the type of the rotating electrical machine MOT, the manufacturer of the rotating electrical machine, the manufacturing establishment, and the date of manufacture. Further, the second information may be information related to the above-described rotating electrical machine MOT and may include product information of a product equipped with the rotating electrical machine MOT or the like. However, it is preferable that the first information 61 and the second information 62 are different.
According to such a rotating electrical machine case 1, by displaying the information 61 and the information 62 related to the rotating electrical machine MOT and the like on the ribs 41 and 42 having a wide circumferential width, the ribs 41 and 42 formed thickly to increase the rigidity can be used as an information display portion. This eliminates the need for processing to separately provide an information display portion on an outer peripheral surface or the like of the case body 10 while improving the rigidity of the rotating electrical machine case 1.
The first rib 41 and the second rib 42 have inclined surfaces 411 and 421 which extend radially inward as the first rib 41 and the second rib 42 are separated from the side wall portion 20 along the rotation axis direction and are connected to the shaft support portion 30 and the information 61 and the information 62 are displayed on the inclined surfaces 411 and 421. By displaying the information 61 and the information 62 on the inclined surfaces 411 and 421 provided on the ribs 41 and 42 in this way, the visibility of the information 61 and the information 62 is improved. That is, the information 61 and the information 62 can be visually recognized from both the rotation axis direction and the radial direction.
The information 61 and the information 62 can be engraved on the ribs 41 and 42. When the information 61 and the information 62 are engraved on the ribs 41 and 42 in this way, the information 61 and the information 62 can be configured so as not to be separated from the rotating electrical machine case 1.
Further, the information 61 and the information 62 may be sticked (adhered or welded) on the ribs 41 and 42 as labels. When the information 61 and the information 62 are sticked on the ribs 41 and 42 as labels in this way, the information 61 and the information 62 can be easily shown on the ribs 41 and 42 as compared with the case of engraving.
For example, the rotating electrical machine specification information is sticked on the first rib 41 as a label and the rotating electrical machine type information is engraved on the second rib 42. By doing so, by displaying different pieces of information 61 and 62 on the plurality of ribs 41 and 42, the plurality of pieces of information 61 and 62 can be organized and displayed.
Although various embodiments are described above with reference to the drawings, it goes without saying that the invention is not limited to such examples. It is clear that a person skilled in the art can come up with various changed examples or modification examples within the scope of the claims and it is naturally understood that the various changed examples or modification examples also belong to the technical scope of the invention. Further, each component in the above-described embodiment may be freely combined within a range that does not deviate from the gist of the invention.
For example, the rotating electrical machine case of the above-described embodiment includes two ribs having a wide circumferential width, but the number of ribs having a wide circumferential width may be one or three or more. Further, although the rotating electrical machine case of the above-described embodiment displays information on two ribs, the number of ribs for displaying information may be one or three or more.
Further, an information display portion may be separately provided on the outer peripheral surface or the like of the case body 10.
At least the following matters are described in this specification. The components and the like corresponding to those of the embodiment described above are shown in parentheses, but the invention is not limited thereto.
(1) A rotating electrical machine case (rotating electrical machine case 1) which accommodates a rotating electrical machine (rotating electrical machine MOT), the rotating electrical machine case includes,
According to (1), the circumferential width (thickness) of the plurality of ribs provided in the side wall portion of the rotating electrical machine case is changed, in such a manner that, by making the rib, which requires rigidity, thicker than other ribs, it is possible to improve the rigidity and suppress the increase in weight.
(2) The rotating electrical machine case according to (1), in which
According to (2), by displaying the information on the rib which is at least wide in the circumferential width, the thick rib which is formed to increase rigidity can be used as an information display portion. This eliminates the need for processing to separately provide an information display portion on an outer peripheral surface or the like of the case body.
(3) The rotating electrical machine case according to (2), further includes a shaft support portion (shaft support portion 30) having a cylindrical shape extending in a direction away from the side wall portion along the rotation axis direction, in which
According to (3), visibility is improved by displaying the information on the inclined surface provided on the rib.
(4) The rotating electrical machine case according to (2) or (3), in which
According to (4), by engraving the information on the rib, the information can be configured so as not to be separated from the rotating electrical machine case.
(5) The rotating electrical machine case according to (2) or (3), in which
According to (5), the information can be easily shown on the rib by sticking the information on the rib.
(6) The rotating electrical machine case according to any one of (2) to (5), in which
According to (6), by displaying different pieces of information on the plurality of ribs, a plurality of pieces of information can be organized and displayed.
(7) A rotating electrical machine case (rotating electrical machine case 1) which accommodates a rotating electrical machine, the rotating electrical machine case includes,
According to (7), the rib provided in the side wall portion of the rotating electrical machine case can be used as the information display portion. This eliminates the need for processing to separately provide an information display portion on the outer peripheral surface or the like of the case body.
(8) The rotating electrical machine case according to (7), further includes a shaft support portion (shaft support portion 30) having a cylindrical shape extending in a direction away from the side wall portion along the rotation axis direction, in which
According to (8), visibility is improved by displaying the information on the inclined surface provided on the rib.
(9) The rotating electrical machine case according to (7) or (8), in which
According to (9), by displaying different pieces of information on the plurality of ribs, a plurality of pieces of information can be organized and displayed.
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