Lg Electronics Inc.

Eunji Hwang

Sunggi Kim

Byungjik Kim

Jisu Hwang

Hangjin Ban

Donghan Kim

Byeongchul Lee

Seheon Choi

Sungyong Ahn

Junchul Oh

Changlae Kim

A fan motor is disclosed. The fan motor includes a rotating shaft, a motor, a bearing, a bearing housing, a preload applying device, and a bush. The preload applying device is disposed between one axial end of the bearing and the bearing housing, and applies force to the one axial end of the bearing in an axial direction by using elastic force. The bush is coupled to an outer circumferential surface of the bearing and slidably mounted on an inner circumferential surface of the bearing housing in an axial direction. A protrusion is formed on one axial end portion of the bush, and a protrusion accommodating groove is formed on an axial inner surface of the bearing housing. Accordingly, the preload applying device can continuously apply an appropriate preload to the bearing, while the bush can suppress slipping of an outer ring of the bearing.

Fan motor

A fan motor includes a heat dissipation fin. The heat dissipation fin includes an outer ring part, an inner ring part disposed inside the outer ring part, and a connection part connecting the outer ring part and the inner ring part. The inner ring part is elastically deformed to be inclined in parallel to a rotational shaft which is inclined when axial alignment between bearings is not made. Accordingly, the heat dissipation fin can reduce a temperature of the bearing while enclosing the bearing, and improve concentricity (axial alignment) of the bearing.

A fan motor includes: a housing, a rotation shaft oriented across an inner center of the housing, an impeller located at a first side of the rotation shaft, a rotor connected to the rotation shaft and spaced apart from the impeller in an axial direction, a stator that surrounds the rotor, a first bearing located at a first end of the rotation shaft, a second bearing that is located at a second end of the rotation shaft and that is configured to rotatably support the rotation shaft, and a first bearing housing that accommodates and supports the first bearing, that is fixed inside the housing, and that is configured to guide a flow of air introduced into the housing.

A fan motor includes a housing, a rotating shaft that is rotatably disposed in the housing and extends through the housing, an impeller rotatably disposed at the rotating shaft, a first vane disposed adjacent to the impeller and configured to guide a flow of air generated by the impeller, a rotor disposed at the rotating shaft and spaced apart from the impeller in an axial direction of the rotating shaft, a stator that is disposed in the housing and surrounds the rotor, the stator and the rotor defining an air gap therebetween, and a second vane coupled to the stator and disposed downstream relative to the first vane in a flow direction of the flow of air. The second vane is in contact with at least a part of an inner surface of the housing.

A motor assembly includes a first bearing installed on a rotating shaft adjacent to an impeller to support a first support part of the rotating shaft, a second bearing installed on the rotating shaft adjacent to the rotor to support a second support part of the rotating shaft, a bearing bracket receiving the first and second bearings therein, an elastic member inserted between the first bearing and the bearing bracket or between the second bearing and the bearing bracket to press either the first bearing or the second bearing to get closer to each other, and a separation preventing member installed on the bearing bracket to fix the first bearing, the second bearing and the elastic member to an inner space of the bearing bracket such that at least one portion of the separation preventing member overlaps with one of the first bearing, the second bearing and the elastic member.

Motor assembly and manufacturing method thereof

The present embodiment comprises: a rotary shaft; a rotor mounted on the rotary shaft; a stator for encompassing the outer circumference of the rotor; an impeller mounted on the rotary shaft so as to be spaced from the rotor; a bearing housing having a through-hole through which the rotary shaft passes; a rolling bearing disposed in the bearing housing and coupled to the rotary shaft; and a gas bearing disposed in the bearing housing so as to be spaced from the rolling bearing in an axial direction, and facing the outer circumference of the rotary shaft.

Rotary drive for an impeller and motor assembly with gas and rolling bearings arranged in housing structure

A motor assembly includes a rotation shaft, an impeller installed at one side of the rotation shaft, a rotor mounted at the other side of the rotation shaft to be spaced apart from the impeller along an axial direction of the rotation shaft, a stator surrounding an outer face of the rotor such that the stator is spaced apart from the rotor along a radial direction of the rotation shaft, a first bearing installed at the one side of the rotation shaft between the impeller and the rotor, and a second bearing installed at the other side of the rotation shaft, opposite to the first bearing with respect to the rotor, and disposed to be axially closer to the other end of the rotation shaft than the rotor. An outer diameter of the first bearing is larger than an outer diameter of the second bearing.

Motor assembly and method for manufacturing the same

A motor assembly includes a rolling bearing installed on a rotation shaft between an impeller and a rotor to support a first support of the rotation shaft, and a motor housing having a stator. The motor housing has a gas bearing bracket for accommodating a second support of the rotation shaft disposed at a side opposite to the first support with respect to the rotor. The motor assembly includes a gas bearing assembly in the gas bearing bracket to support rotation of the second support of the rotation shaft. The gas bearing assembly includes a gas bearing for surrounding the second support. The gas bearing is spaced apart from the second support of the rotation shaft to define a gap therebetween when the rotation shaft rotates. The gas bearing assembly includes an elastic member interposed between the gas bearing bracket and the gas bearing to elastically support the gas bearing.

An embodiment of the present disclosure discloses a motor assembly including a rotation shaft, an impeller including a hub fastened to the rotation shaft, and a plurality of blades protruding outward from an outer surface of the hub, an inlet body for surrounding an outer circumference of the impeller, and a coating layer coated on an inner surface of the inlet body, wherein at least a portion of the coating layer is ground in a form of powder by friction with the plurality of blades during rotation of the impeller.

A motor includes a motor housing, a rotating shaft assembly including a rotating shaft, a rotor, and a bearing in which the rotor and the bearing are mounted to the rotating shaft. The motor further includes a stator installed in the motor housing, the stator surrounding the rotor, a bracket mounted to the motor housing, and an elastic mesh that defines a plurality of pores, that is disposed between the bracket and the bearing, and that contacts at least one of the bracket or the bearing.

Motor including an elastic mesh supporting a bearing

A motor includes a motor body, a bracket installed in the motor body, a rotating shaft, a bearing accommodated inside the bracket and supporting the rotating shaft, and a bearing supporter defining a plurality of pores. The bracket and the bearing define a bearing heat dissipation flow path between an outer surface of the bearing and an inner surface of the bracket, and the bearing heat dissipation flow path is configured to pass air therethrough. The bearing supporter is disposed in the bearing heat dissipation flow path, and the bracket defines a bracket through-hole configured to discharge air that has passed through the plurality of pores of the bearing supporter.

Motor with bracket

A motor includes a motor housing, a rotating shaft assembly that includes a rotor mounted to the rotating shaft, an impeller connected to the rotating shaft, and an impeller cover that surrounds an outer circumference of the impeller. The impeller cover defines an air inlet. The motor further includes a stator that is located within the motor housing and that surrounds at least a portion of the rotor, a bearing mounted to the rotating shaft, and an elastic mesh having a plurality of pores. The elastic mesh is disposed between the motor housing and the bearing.

Motor

A rolling bearing includes an inner rim fixed to a rotating shaft, an outer rim spaced apart from the inner rim, a rolling member disposed between the inner rim and the outer rim, and an elastic mesh defining a plurality of through-holes and surrounding an outer circumferential surface of the outer rim.

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Seoul, South Korea

Eunji Hwang