Stator unit, motor, and fan motor
AssigneeNidec Corporation
InventorMegumi Michishita
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Abstract
The motor has a stator unit covered with a resin. The stator unit has a stator core, a coil, a circuit board, and an insulator. The insulator has a cylindrical portion and a circumferential-direction positioning portion. Below the stator core, the cylindrical portion surrounds a central axis. The circumferential-direction positioning portion protrudes outwards in a radial direction from an outer circumferential surface of the cylindrical portion. At least a part of the circuit board and the circumferential-direction positioning portion are opposed to each other in a circumferential direction. In addition, a lower end of the circumferential-direction positioning portion is positioned above a lower end of the cylindrical portion.
Claims11
A stator unit covered with a resin, the stator unit comprising:
- a stator core that includes an annular core back which is disposed around a central axis extending in an up-and-down direction which is parallel to an axial direction and a plurality of teeth which protrude outwards in a radial direction from the annular core back;
- a coil that is defined by a conducting wire wound around each of the plurality of teeth;
- a circuit board that is disposed below the stator core in the axial direction;
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- an insulator that covers at least a portion of each of the plurality of teeth, wherein the insulator includes:
- a cylindrical portion, which surrounds the central axis, below the stator core in the up-and-down direction, and
- a circumferential-direction positioning portion that protrudes outwards in the radial direction from a radially outer circumferential surface of the cylindrical portion,
- at least a portion of the circuit board and the circumferential-direction positioning portion are directly opposed in a circumferential direction extending about the central axis such that a side surface of the circuit board that is parallel to the up-and-down direction and a side surface of the circumferential-direction positioning portion that is parallel to the up-and-down direction are able to come in contact with each other in the circumferential direction at a position radially outward from the radially outer circumferential surface of the cylindrical portion,
- all portions of the circumferential-direction positioning portion are positioned above a lowermost end of the cylindrical portion,
- the cylindrical portion and the circumferential-direction positioning portion are defined by a single member, and
- an inner circumferential surface of the circuit board contacts the cylindrical portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.