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Rotating Electric Machine And Electric Power Steering Device Using Rotating Electric Machine

Abstract: This rotating electric machine (101) includes: armature coils (18) that are each formed by first and second armature windings (16) (17) both wound around 6k·n teeth (15) and that correspond to phases Ua Va and Wa; armature coils (18) that are each formed by only the first armature winding (16) wound around 6m·n teeth (15) and that correspond to phases Ub Vb and Wc; and armature coils (18) that are each formed by only the second armature winding (17) wound around 6m·n teeth (15) and that correspond to phases Uc Vc and Wc wherein Ua Va Wa Ub Vb Wb Uc Vc and Wc are each disposed in 2n fold rotational symmetry about the axial center of a rotor (4).

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Patent Information

Application #
Filing Date
11 January 2017
Publication Number
21/2017
Publication Type
INA
Invention Field
ELECTRICAL
Status
Email
Parent Application
Patent Number
Legal Status
Grant Date
2023-04-28
Renewal Date

Applicants

MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
7-3, Marunouchi 2-chome, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-8310

Inventors

1. HIROTANI, Yu
c/o Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, 7-3, Marunouchi 2-chome, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-8310
2. NAKANO, Masatsugu
c/o Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, 7-3, Marunouchi 2-chome, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-8310
3. ITO, Kazumasa
c/o Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, 7-3, Marunouchi 2-chome, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-8310
4. UEYAMA, Hiroko
c/o Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, 7-3, Marunouchi 2-chome, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-8310

Specification

[Claim 1] A rotary electric machine comprising:
a rotor having a rotor core and a plurality of field poles provided in the rotor core; and
a stator having a stator core that includes 6 (2 m + k) x n (where k, n, and m are integers no smaller than 1) teeth and a plurality of armature coil bodies in which at least one of a first armature winding and a second armature winding is wound around each of the plurality of teeth,
wherein a three-phase current is supplied to the first armature winding from a first inverter,
a three-phase current is supplied to the second armature winding from a second inverter,
each of the plurality of armature coil bodies is an armature coil body of one of three phases,
2 k x n armature coil bodies of each of the three phases, in which the first armature winding and the second armature winding are both wound around 6 k x n of the teeth, form 6 k x n armature coil bodies of the plurality of armature coil bodies, and these armature coil bodies of each of the three phases are set respectively as Ua, Va, and Wa,
2 m x n armature coil bodies of each of the three phases, in which only the first armature winding is wound around 6 m x n of the teeth, form further 6 m x n armature coil bodies of

the plurality of armature coil bodies, and these armature coil bodies of each of the three phases are set respectively as Ub, Vb, and Wb,
2 m x n armature coil bodies of each of the three phases, in which only the second armature winding is wound around 6 m x n of the teeth, form the remaining 6 m x n armature coil bodies of the plurality of armature coil bodies, and these armature coil bodies of each of the three phases are set respectively as Uc, Vc, and Wc, and
Ua, Va, Wa, Ub, Vb, Wb, Uc, Vc, and Wc are respectively arranged so as to exhibit 2 n-fold rotational symmetry about an axial center of the rotor.
[Claim 2] The rotary electric machine according to claim 1, wherein respective electrical angle phases of Ua, Va, and Wa take a value no smaller than an (m + 1)th smallest value and no larger than an (m + k) Lh smallest value among the (2 m + k) armature coil bodies of the same phase within a minimum unit of the rotational symmetry.
[Claim 3] The rotary electric machine according to claim 1, wherein m = 1 and k = 1.
[Claim 4] The rotary electric machine according to claim 3,

wherein the respective electrical angle phases of Ua, Va, and Wa take a second smallest value among the three armature coil bodies of the same phase within a minimum unit of the rotational symmetry.
[Claim 5] The rotary electric machine according to claim 4, wherein a phase of the current supplied to the second armature winding from the second inverter is advanced by a current phase difference 0 relative to a phase of the current supplied to the first armature winding from the first inverter,
Ub, Vb, and Wb are the armature coil bodies having the most advanced electrical angle phases among the armature coil bodies of the same phase within the minimum unit of the rotational symmetry, and
Uc, Vc, and Wc are the armature coil bodies having the most retarded electrical angle phases among the armature coil bodies of the same phase within the minimum unit of the rotational symmetry.
[Claim 6] The rotary electric machine according to claim 5, wherein the rotor includes (18 ± 4) x n (where n is an integer no smaller than 1) field poles.
[Claim 7] The rotary electric machine according to claim 5,

wherein the rotor includes (18 ± 2) x n (where n is an integer no smaller than 1) field poles.
[Claim 8] The rotary electric machine according to claim 6 or 7, wherein respective numbers of turns of Ua, Va, Wa, Ub, Vb, Wb, Uc, Vc, and Wc are all equal/ and
the current phase difference 9 satisfies a relationship of
0° < 6 < 53°.
[Claim 9] The rotary electric machine according to claim 8, wherein the current phase difference 0 satisfies a relationship of
13° < 0 < 41° .
[Claim 10] The rotary electric machine according to claim 6, wherein respective numbers of turns of Ua, Va, Wa, Ub, Vb, Wb, Uc, Vc, and Wc are all equal, and
the current phase difference 0 satisfies a relationship of
22° < 0 < 60°.
[Claim 11] The rotary electric machine according to claim 10,

wherein the current phase difference 9 satisfies a relationship of
24° < 6 < 60°.
[Claim 12] The rotary electric machine according to any one of claims 1 to 11, wherein when respective numbers of turns of Ua, Va, and Wa are set at Ntl and respective numbers of turns of Ub, Vb, Wb, Uc, Vc, and Wc are set at Nt2, a relationship of
Ntl < Nt2
is established.
[Claim 13] The rotary electric machine according to claim 6 or 7, wherein when respective numbers of turns of Ua, Va, and Wa are set at Ntl, respective numbers of turns of Ub, Vb, Wb, Uc, Vc, and Wc are set at Nt2, a turn ratio is set at t = Ntl / Nt2 (where t < 1), and 6a - -20t + 73, the current phase difference 0 satisfies a relationship of 0° < 9 < Ga°.
[Claim 14] The rotary electric machine according to any one of claims 1 to 13, wherein a circumferential direction width of the teeth around which any of Ub, Vb, Wb, Uc, Vc, and Wc is wound is greater than the circumferential direction width of

all of the teeth around which any of Ua, Va, and Wa is wound.
[Claim 15] The rotary electric machine according to any one of claims 1 to 14, wherein a wire diameter of Ub, Vb, Wb, Uc, Vc, and Wc is greater than respective wire diameters of all of Ua, Va, and Wa.
[Claim 16] The rotary electric machine according to any one of claims 1 to 15, wherein the rotor includes field poles formed by a plurality of permanent magnets embedded in the rotor core.
[Claim 17] An electric power steering device equipped with the rotary electric machine according to any one of claims 1 to 16.

Documents

Application Documents

# Name Date
1 PROOF OF RIGHT [11-01-2017(online)].pdf 2017-01-11
2 Priority Document [11-01-2017(online)].pdf 2017-01-11
3 Power of Attorney [11-01-2017(online)].pdf 2017-01-11
4 Form 5 [11-01-2017(online)].pdf 2017-01-11
5 Form 3 [11-01-2017(online)].pdf 2017-01-11
6 Form 18 [11-01-2017(online)].pdf_164.pdf 2017-01-11
7 Form 18 [11-01-2017(online)].pdf 2017-01-11
8 Form 1 [11-01-2017(online)].pdf 2017-01-11
9 Drawing [11-01-2017(online)].pdf 2017-01-11
10 Description(Complete) [11-01-2017(online)].pdf_165.pdf 2017-01-11
11 Description(Complete) [11-01-2017(online)].pdf 2017-01-11
12 201747001128.pdf 2017-01-18
13 Other Document [31-01-2017(online)].pdf 2017-01-31
14 Marked Copy [31-01-2017(online)].pdf 2017-01-31
15 Form 13 [31-01-2017(online)].pdf 2017-01-31
16 Description(Complete) [31-01-2017(online)].pdf_145.pdf 2017-01-31
17 Description(Complete) [31-01-2017(online)].pdf 2017-01-31
18 Correspondence by Agent_Form_25-01-17.pdf 2017-01-31
19 Form 3 [27-06-2017(online)].pdf 2017-06-27
20 201747001128-FER.pdf 2019-08-26
21 201747001128-OTHERS [25-02-2020(online)].pdf 2020-02-25
22 201747001128-Information under section 8(2) [25-02-2020(online)].pdf 2020-02-25
23 201747001128-FORM-26 [25-02-2020(online)].pdf 2020-02-25
24 201747001128-FORM 3 [25-02-2020(online)].pdf 2020-02-25
25 201747001128-FER_SER_REPLY [25-02-2020(online)].pdf 2020-02-25
26 201747001128-DRAWING [25-02-2020(online)].pdf 2020-02-25
27 201747001128-COMPLETE SPECIFICATION [25-02-2020(online)].pdf 2020-02-25
28 201747001128-CLAIMS [25-02-2020(online)].pdf 2020-02-25
29 201747001128-ABSTRACT [25-02-2020(online)].pdf 2020-02-25
30 201747001128-Correspondence_26-02-2020.pdf 2020-02-26
31 201747001128-PatentCertificate28-04-2023.pdf 2023-04-28
32 201747001128-IntimationOfGrant28-04-2023.pdf 2023-04-28

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