Hitachi, Ltd.

Shigeo Higuchi

Koji Sato

Tsutomu Iwasaki

Masatoshi Watanabe

Yukio Hirama

Yasuyuki Wachi

Yasuhiro Yasaka

Akira Ishida

Norimasa Chiba

A rotor for electric rotating machines has a plurality of salient poles arranged in spaced relation in axial direction on the outer periphery of the rotor rim. Adjacent salient poles have opposed slots in the axial direction, into which a shielding member is fitted to bridge between said adjacent poles. The shielding member includes a plurality of rod members fitted over the entire length of said slots to extend across said opposed slots. While the rotor is running, the centrifugal force acts on each of said rod members thereby pressing the rod members against the outer periphery side wall of the slot. As a result, the centrifugal force is dispersed substantially uniformly over the entire length of the slot wall.

Salient pole rotor with shielding rods between adjacent poles

This invention concerns a rotary electric machine, for example, a synchronous machine having salient rotary magnetic poles, which is equipped with a built-up type rotor. The built-up type rotor consists of a plurality of rotary members, which are coupled in the axial direction into an integral form. In such a built-up type rotor, the rotary members are sometimes displaced with respect to one another in the radial direction by centrifugal forces to which they are subjected during operation (rotation). As a result, the rotational balance of the rotor is lost, which tends to cause oscillations. Therefore, by skillfully exploiting the centrifugal forces which the rotary members undergo during operation (rotation), the radial displacements of the rotary members to one another are suppressed, thereby also serving to suppress the generation of oscillations.

Electric motor with a built-up type rotor using tapered sections

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Ibaraki, Japan

Shigeo Higuchi