WE CLAIM:
1. A rotor comprising:
a rotor core having an inner circumference in an annular shape about an axis, and an outer circumference positioned on an outer side of the inner circumference in a radial direction about the axis, the rotor core being formed by electromagnetic steel sheets,
wherein the rotor core has a first magnet insertion hole and a second magnet insertion hole along the outer circumference and adjacent to each other in a circumferential direction about the axis, and has a first slit and a second slit along the inner circumference and adjacent to each other in the circumferential direction,
wherein a first permanent magnet is disposed in the first magnet insertion hole, and a second permanent magnet is disposed in the second magnet insertion hole,
wherein the first slit has a first facing portion that faces the second slit, and the second slit has a second facing portion that faces the first slit,
wherein the first facing portion has a first inner end at an inner end of the first facing portion in the radial direction, and a first outer end at an outer end of the first facing portion in the radial direction,
wherein the second facing portion has a second inner end at an inner end of the second facing portion in the radial direction, and a second outer end at an outer end of the second facing portion in the radial direction,
wherein the rotor core has an inter-slit portion between the first facing portion and the second facing portion, the inter-slit portion being defined by a first straight line connecting the first inner end to the second inner end and a second straight line connecting the first outer end to the second outer end,
wherein the inter-slit portion is disposed on an inner side
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in the radial direction of an inter-pole portion between the first magnet insertion hole and the second magnet insertion hole, and
wherein when Dl represents a minimum distance from the inner circumference of the rotor core to the first slit and the second slit in the radial direction, Wl represents a minimum width of the first slit and the second slit in the radial direction, and W2 represents a length of the inter-slit portion in the radial direction, at least one of Dl < Wl and Dl < W2 is satisfied.
2. The rotor according to claim 1, wherein both of Dl < Wl and Dl < W2 are satisfied.
3. The rotor according to claim 1 or 2, wherein a minimum width of the inter-slit portion in the circumferential direction is equal to or larger than a sheet thickness of the electromagnetic steel sheets, and is smaller than two times the sheet thickness.
4. The rotor according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the rotor core has a first opening portion extending from the first slit toward the first magnet insertion hole, and a second opening portion extending from the second slit toward the second magnet insertion hole.
5. The rotor according to claim 4, wherein each of a distance from the first opening portion to the first magnet insertion hole and a distance from the second opening portion to the second magnet insertion hole is equal to or larger than a sheet thickness of the electromagnetic steel sheets, and is smaller than two times the sheet thickness.
6. The rotor according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the rotor core has a first number of magnet insertion holes including the first magnet insertion hole and the second magnet insertion hole,
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wherein the rotor core has a second number of inter-slit portions including the inter-slit portion, and
wherein the second number is a number obtained by dividing the first number by a natural number.
7. The rotor according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein the rotor core further has an air hole disposed on an outer side of the first slit and the second slit in the radial direction.
8. The rotor according to claim 7, wherein the air hole is disposed on an inner side of the inter-pole portion in the radial direction.
9. The rotor according to claim 7 or 8, wherein a minimum distance from the air hole to the first slit and the second slit is equal to or larger than a sheet thickness of the electromagnetic steel sheets, and is smaller than two times the sheet thickness.
10. The rotor according to any one of claims 7 to 9, wherein the rotor core has a first number of magnet insertion holes including the first magnet insertion hole and the second magnet insertion hole, and
wherein the rotor core has air holes whose number is the first number, the air holes including the air hole on an outer side of the first slit and the second slit in the radial direction.
11. The rotor according to claim 10, wherein a rivet is inserted into each of a third number of air holes among the air holes whose number is the first number, the third number being equal to or smaller than a half of the first number.
12. The rotor according to claim 11, wherein the air holes in each of which the rivet is inserted, and the air holes in each of which no rivet is inserted are alternately arranged in the
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circumferential direction.
13. The rotor according to any one of claims 1 to 12, wherein a distance from the axis to the inner circumference of the rotor core is equal to or smaller than a minimum distance from the inner circumference of the rotor core to the first magnet insertion hole and the second magnet insertion hole.
14. The rotor according to any one of claims 1 to 13, wherein the first facing portion has curved portions at both ends of the first facing portion in the radial direction, and the second facing portion has curved portions at both ends of the second facing portion in the radial direction, and
wherein each of the curved portions of the first facing portion and the curved portions of the second facing portion has a radius of curvature equal to or smaller than a sheet thickness of the electromagnetic steel sheets.
15. The rotor according to claim 14, wherein the first facing portion has a linearly extending portion between the curved portions of the first facing portion, and the second facing portion has a linearly extending portion between the curved portions of the second facing portion.
16. The rotor according to any one of claims 1 to 15, further comprising a shaft fixed to the inner circumference of the rotor core,
wherein the rotor core is formed of a fourth number of electromagnetic steel sheets including the electromagnetic steel sheets and being stacked in a direction of the axis,
wherein the fourth number of electromagnetic steel sheets include at least one electromagnetic steel sheet disposed at an end in the direction of the axis, and
wherein the at least one electromagnetic steel sheet has an
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inner circumference distanced from an outer circumference of the shaft outward in the radial direction.
17. The rotor according to claim 16, wherein the inner circumference of the at least one electromagnetic steel sheet is located on an outer side in the radial direction of an innermost portion of the first slit and the second slit in the radial direction.
18. The rotor according to any one of claims 1 to 17, further comprising an end plate disposed at least at one end of the rotor core in a direction of the axis,
wherein the end plate has an inner circumference located on an outer side in the radial direction of an innermost portion of the first slit and the second slit of the rotor core in the radial direction.
19. The rotor according to claim 18, wherein the end plate has an opening extending outward in the radial direction from the inner circumference of the end plate.
20. A motor comprising:
the rotor according to any one of claims 1 to 19; and a stator provided on an outer side of the rotor in the radial direction and surrounding the rotor.
21. A compressor comprising a motor, and a compression element
driven by the motor,
the motor comprising:
the rotor according to any one of claims 1 to 19; and a stator provided on an outer side of the rotor in the radial direction and surrounding the rotor.
22. A fan comprising an impeller, and a motor to rotate the
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impeller,
the motor comprising:
the rotor according to any one of claims 1 to 19; and
a stator provided on an outer side of the rotor in the
radial direction and surrounding the rotor.
23. An air conditioning apparatus comprising an outdoor unit, an indoor unit, and a refrigerant pipe connecting the outdoor unit to the indoor unit,
at least one of the outdoor unit and the indoor unit comprising a fan,
the fan comprising an impeller, and a motor to rotate the impeller,
the motor comprising:
the rotor according to any one of claims 1 to 19; and
a stator provided on an outer side of the rotor in the radial direction and surrounding the rotor.
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