Nidec Corporation

Shunsuke Takahashi

Takayuki Migita

Yoshiaki Yamashita

Takao Atarashi

Takumi Okada

Takashi Seguchi

Hiroshi Tange

A connection terminal includes a lower terminal portion, a bent portion, and an upper terminal portion. The bent portion extends radially inward from an upper end of the lower terminal portion. The upper terminal portion extends axially upward from a radially inner end of the bent portion. The upper terminal portion is located radially inside a radially inner end surface of a tooth. In a process of manufacturing a motor, a rotor main body is inserted into a radially inner side of a stator core, using a space defined radially inside the lower terminal portion.

Motor and mounting method

In manufacturing a motor, a second protrusion of a lead bushing is inserted into a second through-hole in a bearing holder. A diameter increased portion on an upper end of the second protrusion fixes the lead bushing to the bearing holder. This configuration thus requires less dimensional accuracy as compared with a case where the lead bushing is press fitted to the bearing holder.

Motor

A motor includes a housing and a metal shield plate. The housing includes a bearing holder. The shield plate includes a shield plate main body and a protrusion that protrudes upward from the shield plate main body. The protrusion has a tubular shape. In manufacturing the motor, the protrusion of the shield plate is inserted into a through-hole in the bearing holder. A working deformation portion is then formed such that an upper end of the protrusion is deformed to contact an upper surface of the bearing holder.

A motor includes a rotor, a stator surrounding an outer side of the rotor in a radial direction and including a coil, and a bus bar of a wire electrically connected to the coil and having conductivity, wherein the stator is provided with a hole extending in an axial direction, the bus bar includes stretched portions extending in the axial direction, and each of the stretched portions is disposed in the hole.

Motor and electric power steering apparatus

A bus bar unit includes a bus bar holder, a U-phase bus bar group, a V-phase bus bar group, and a W-phase bus bar group each including a first layer bus bar located on one side of the bus bar holder in an axial direction and extending along a plane perpendicular to the axial direction, a second layer bus bar located on one side of the first layer bus bar in the axial direction and extending along the plane perpendicular to the axial direction, and an external connection terminal connected to the first layer bus bar and the second layer bus bar and extending from the first layer bus bar and the second layer bus bar toward one side in the axial direction. The first and second layer bus bars of each of the U-phase bus bar group, the V-phase bus bar group, and the W-phase bus bar group extend to opposite sides from each other in a circumferential direction from the external connection terminal connected thereto.

Bus bar unit and motor

A bus bar unit includes a bus bar holder, a bus bar extending in a direction perpendicular to an axial direction and fixed to the bus bar holder, and an external connection terminal connected to the bus bar and extending to one side in the axial direction from the bus bar. The external connection terminal has a plate shape. The external connection terminal includes a first plate portion extending toward one side in the axial direction and a second plate portion that is positioned on a base end side of the first plate portion, is provided with a connection portion connected to the bus bar, and faces a direction different from the first plate portion. The first plate portion and the second plate portion are connected to each other in a bending line extending in the axial direction, and the second plate portion extends from one surface side to the other surface side of the first plate portion when viewed in the axial direction.

A bus bar unit includes a bus bar holder provided on one side in an axial direction of a stator disposed in an annular shape around a central axis extending in a vertical direction, a bus bar extending along a plane perpendicular to the axial direction and fixed to the bus bar holder, and an external connection terminal connected to the bus bar and extending upward from the bus bar. The bus bar includes a wire and a terminal connector located on one end thereof and connected to the external connection terminal, and a lead wire connector located on the other end thereof and connected to a lead wire extending from the stator. The lead wire connector is U-shaped or substantially U-shaped. The lead wire connector includes a first end located on the external connection terminal side and a second end located on the opposite side of the first end. The second end includes an extension extending in a direction away from an opening of the lead wire connector.

A sensor magnet assembly has a cylindrical shape extending in an axial direction and includes a fixing member fixed to a one side end of a shaft in the axial direction and a sensor magnet fixed to an outer circumferential surface of the fixing member. The fixing member includes a first groove recessed inward from the outer circumferential surface in a radial direction and has an annular shape extending in a circumferential direction and first recesses recessed inward from the outer circumferential surface in the radial direction and spaced apart along the circumferential direction. The first recesses are disposed at positions different from the first groove in the axial direction. The first groove and the first recesses are disposed in a portion of the outer circumferential surface of the fixing member, to which the sensor magnet is fixed.

Sensor magnet assembly and motor

A bus bar unit includes a bus bar holder on one side in an axial direction of an annular stator around a central axis extending in a vertical direction, a bus bar extending along a plane perpendicular to the axial direction and fixed to the bus bar holder, and an external connection terminal connected to the bus bar and extending upward from the bus bar. The bus bar includes a wire and a terminal connector located on one end thereof and connected to the external connection terminal, a first lead wire connector located on the other end thereof and connected to a lead wire extending from the stator, a second lead wire connector located between the terminal connector and the first lead wire connector, and a first linear portion to connect the first and second lead wire connectors and having a linear shape when viewed in the axial direction. Each of the first and the second lead wire connectors has a U-shape that opens in a radial direction.

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Kyoto, Japan

Shunsuke Takahashi