# US 10,320,260 B2 · Canned motor and vacuum pump

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- Number: US 10,320,260 B2
- Document ID: US10320260B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 15/437,197
- Filed: 2017-02-20
- Published: 2017-06-22
- Granted: 2019-06-11
- Earliest claimed: 2012-03-29
- Assignees: Ebara Corporation
- Applicants: Ebara Corporation
- Inventors: Takashi Hozumi; Naoya Yoshida; Yoshinori Ojima; Takanori Inada; Toshiharu Nakazawa; Atsushi Oyama
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10320260B2

## CPC

- H02K 5/128: using air-gap sleeves or air-gap discs
- F04D 17/08: Centrifugal pumps
- F04D 19/04: specially adapted to the production of a high vacuum, e.g. molecular pumps
- F04D 25/06: the pump being electrically driven (F04D25/08 takes precedence)
- F04D 29/60: Mounting; Assembling; Disassembling {(F04D13/10 takes precedence)}
- H02K 3/18: Windings for salient poles
- H02K 3/487: Slot-closing devices
- H02K: DYNAMO-ELECTRIC MACHINES (dynamo-electric relays H01H53/00; conversion of DC or AC input power into surge output power {H03K3/53})
- F04D: NON-POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT PUMPS (engine fuel-injection pumps F02M; ion pumps H01J41/12; electrodynamic pumps H02K44/02)

## Abstract

Provided is a canned motor to be coupled to a vacuum pump and used as a rotary driving source for the vacuum pump. The canned motor includes: a stator core; a rotor provided on an inner side of the stator core; and a non-conductive can provided between the stator core and the rotor. The non-conductive can is configured to separate the stator core and the rotor from each other. The non-conductive can is made of resin, ceramic, or composite material thereof. The non-conductive can is bonded to the stator core with an adhesive.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A canned motor to be coupled to a vacuum pump and used as a rotary driving source for the vacuum pump, the canned motor comprising:
a stator core;
a rotor provided on an inner side of the stator core; and
a can provided between the stator core and the rotor, the can being configured to separate the stator core and the rotor from each other, the can including a barrel portion having a hollow shape and extending in a direction of a rotation center axis line of the rotor, and an opening portion for forming an opening of the barrel portion on a first side directly coupled to the vacuum pump in the direction of the rotation center axis line,
wherein the opening portion is formed to have a flange shape including:
a first part formed to extend from the barrel portion toward the outer side of the can in the direction crossing the direction of the rotation center axis line; and
a second part formed to extend from the first part toward the first side,
the opening portion includes ribs formed in the circumferential direction of the can at spaced positions between the first part and the second part,
the stator core and the rotor are separated from each other in a hermetically sealed manner by the can and an O-ring, the O-ring provided on an outer surface of the second part of the opening portion of the can along a circumferential direction and compressed in the direction crossing the direction of the rotation center axis line,
at least part of the ribs and the O-ring are provided on a line crossing the direction of the rotation center axis line, and
the can is formed of resin, and a thickness of each of the first part and the second part is equal to or larger than the thickness of the barrel portion, and equal to or smaller than twice the thickness of the barrel portion.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The canned motor according to claim 1, wherein a level-difference portion formed by projecting the first side outward is formed on an outer surface of the barrel portion along the circumferential direction, and
the can is mounted in a state in which the level-difference portion and the stator core are held in contact with each other.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The canned motor according to claim 1, wherein the can includes a closing portion for closing the internal space of the barrel portion on a second side opposite to the first side.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

A vacuum pump comprising:
the canned motor in claim 1.