Mitsubishi Electric Corporation

Masahiro Nigo

Kazuhiko Baba

Kazuchika Tsuchida

Atsushi Ishikawa

Yuji Hirosawa

Koji Yabe

Tomoaki Oikawa

Naohiro Oketani

Emi Tsukamoto

Ryukichi Kijima

Shuichi Kitano

Kazunori Hatakeyama

Koichi Arisawa

Moriyuki Hazeyama

Hayato Yoshino

Hironori Tsuiki

Takumi Nishiyama

Koji Masumoto

Yoshio Takita

Kazuya Kumagai

Yoshinori Iwanabe

Ryo Ishida

Tomoki Masuko

Sadami Okugawa

Yasusi Shoji

A compressor includes a motor including three-phase coils having 6N terminals (where N is an integer), a compression mechanism configured to be driven by the motor, a closed container in which the motor and the compression mechanism are housed, a terminal portion electrically connected to the 6N terminals of the coils and protruding outside the closed container, a conductor portion attached to at least a part of the terminal portion to thereby fix a connection state of the coils, and an insulating body covering at least the conductor portion.

Compressor and air conditioner

An electric motor includes: a permanent magnet; a rotor including a first rotor core having a first electrical steel sheet and a second rotor core having a second electrical steel sheet; and a stator including a stator core. The first electrical steel sheet is located outside the stator core. A relationship among a minimum width BL1 of a first left bridge, a thickness tL1 of the first left bridge, a minimum width BR1 of a first right bridge, a thickness tR1 of the first right bridge, a minimum width BL2 of a second left bridge, a thickness tL2 of the second left bridge, a minimum width BR2 of a second right bridge, and a thickness tR2 of the second right bridge satisfies (BL1×tL1+BR1×tR1)>(BL2×tL2+BR2×tR2).

Electric motor, compressor, and air conditioner

A motor includes a stator core having an annular shape about an axis, a coil wound on the stator core, and a rotor core disposed on an inner side of the stator core in a radial direction about the axis. The rotor core has a stacked body in which a plurality of steel laminations are stacked in a direction of the axis, and a magnet insertion hole famed in the stacked body. The rotor core has a length in the direction of the axis longer than that of the stator core. A magnet is inserted in the magnet insertion hole. The rotor core has a first region where the magnet is inserted in the magnet insertion hole and a second region where the magnet is not inserted in the magnet insertion hole, in the direction of the axis. At least one steel lamination in the second region of the rotor core has an opening area smaller than an opening area of each steel lamination in the first region of the rotor core.

Motor having rotor with different core regions, compressor, and air conditioner having the motor

An electric motor includes: a stator including a first stator core, a second stator core, and a slot in which a stator winding is disposed, and a rotor including a first rotor core facing a first stator core in a radial direction and a second stator core facing the second stator core in the radial direction. The first stator core and the second stator core are laminated in an axial direction. The stator includes a depression formed in a position facing the slot and not touching the stator winding. A volume of the first rotor core is smaller than a volume of the second rotor core.

A driving device drives a motor including a rotor having a neodymium rare earth magnet. The driving device includes an inverter, a first detector that outputs a first detection signal corresponding to a motor driving current supplied to the motor, a protection level setting unit that sets an overcurrent protection level, a second detector that outputs a second detection signal corresponding to a driving state of the motor, and a control device. The control device executes first control of lowering the motor driving current immediately after the motor driving current corresponding to the first detection signal exceeds the overcurrent protection level. When the protection level setting unit lowers the overcurrent protection level to a new current level based on the second detection signal, the control device executes second control of lowering the motor driving current to a level lower than the new current level.

Driving device, compressor, and air conditioner

A rotor core has a magnet insertion hole, an opening formed adjacent to the magnet insertion hole in the circumferential direction, and a thin wall portion formed between the opening and an outer circumference of the rotor core. A stator core has a length in the axial direction shorter than that of the rotor core. The rotor core has a facing region where the rotor core faces the stator core in the radial direction and an overhang region where the rotor core protrudes from the stator core in the axial direction. A distance from the center axis to a portion of the outer circumference located on a radially outer side of the magnet insertion hole is longer in at least part of the overhang region than in the facing region. The minimum width of the thin wall portion in the radial direction is the same in both regions.

Motor, compressor, and air conditioner

A rotor core has steel laminations stacked in the axial direction, and a permanent magnet is embedded in the rotor core. A stator core has steel laminations stacked in the axial direction, and a coil is wound on the stator core. The stator core has a slot for housing the coil. The stator core has a first core portion at an end portion in the axial direction and a second core portion at a center portion in the axial direction. An area of the slot is larger in the first core portion than in the second core portion. A sheet thickness Tand a lamination gap Lof the steel laminations of the rotor core and a sheet thickness Tand a lamination gap Lof the steel laminations of the first core portion of the stator core satisfy at least one of 0.05 mm&#x2264;T&#x2212;T&#x2264;0.15 mm and L&#x3c;L

Motor having stator and rotor configured to reduce eddy current loss, and compressor and air conditioner incorporating same

A driving device is used with a compressor including a motor including coils. The driving device drives the motor. The driving device includes an inverter connected to the coils, a connection switching unit to switch a connection state of the coils between a first connection state and a second connection state, a controller to control the inverter and the connection switching unit, and a compressor state detection unit to detect a state of the compressor. When the connection state of the coils is the first connection state, the controller controls the motor based on a first detection value detected by the compressor state detection unit and a first threshold. When the connection state of the coils is the second connection state, the controller controls the motor based on a second detection value detected by the compressor state detection unit and a second threshold.

Driving device, air conditioner, and method for controlling compressor

A refrigerating cycle device includes a compressor, a motor, and a wiring switch part. The compressor compresses a refrigerant. The motor generates power for compressing the refrigerant by rotating a rotor with voltage applied to a plurality of wirings. The motor is disposed in the compressor. The wiring switch part switches between a plurality of wiring states by changing connection between the plurality of wirings. When a rotational speed of the rotor exceeds a predetermined value, the wiring switch part switches to a first wiring state of the plurality of wiring states. The first wiring state differs from a second wiring state of the plurality of wiring state. Efficiency of the second wiring state is highest at the rotational speed.

Refrigerating cycle device having wiring switch part that switches between wiring states

A driving device includes an inverter to output a voltage to coils, a connection switching unit to switch a connection state of the coils between a Y connection and a delta connection, and a controller. The controller causes the inverter to stop outputting, when the connection state of the coils is the Y connection and a current value of the inverter reaches a first threshold A, or when the connection state of the coils is the delta connection and the current value of the inverter reaches a second threshold B. The first threshold A and the second threshold B satisfy B&#x3c;&#x221a;3&#xd7;A.

Driving device, compressor, air conditioner, and driving method

A stator includes a yoke portion, and a tooth portion located inside the yoke portion in a radial direction. A fracture surface ratio of an inner surface of the tooth portion in the radial direction is lower than a fracture surface ratio of a side surface of the yoke portion.

Stator, electric motor, compressor, refrigerating and air conditioning apparatus, and method for manufacturing stator

Two types of insulating members, i.e., end surface insulators and slot insulators are provided. On tooth portion sides of both side surfaces in the circumferential direction of tooth end surface covering portions of the end surface insulator, first cutouts recessed in the circumferential direction are provided so as to extend in the radial direction. A part axially upward of the first cutouts protrudes in the circumferential direction to form a first overhang portion, and the slot insulator is accommodated between the first overhang portions of two end surface insulators.

Stator insulating members for rotary electric machine

An air conditioner includes a compressor having a compressor motor including coils, an indoor fan having a fan motor, a connection switching unit that switches a connection state of the coils between a first connection state and a second connection state in which a line voltage is lower than a line voltage in the first connection state, and a controller that controls the compressor motor, the fan motor, and the connection switching unit. The controller provides a stop period during which rotation of the compressor motor stops before the connection switching unit switches the connection state of the coils, and rotates the fan motor for at least a time period within the stop period.

Air conditioner and method for controlling operation of air conditioner

A driving device drives a motor having coils. The driving device includes a connection switching unit to switch a connection state of the coils, a temperature sensor to detect a room temperature, and a controller to switch the connection state of the coils based on a detected temperature by the temperature sensor.

Driving device, air conditioner, and method for driving motor

An air conditioner includes a signal receiving unit to receive an operation instruction signal, a compressor including a motor including coils, an inverter connected to the coils, a connection switching unit to switch a connection state of the coils between a first connection state and a second connection state, and a controller to control the inverter and the connection switching unit. When the signal receiving unit receives an operation stop signal, the connection switching unit switches the connection state of the coils from the first connection state to the second connection state.

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Tokyo, Japan

Masahiro Nigo