Motor
AssigneeNidec Corporation
InventorsMasashi Sonoda, Akihiro Okita
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Abstract
A motor includes a bearing holder and a first bearing. The bearing holder is fixed to a casing. The first bearing is interposed between the bearing holder and a shaft. The bearing holder includes a holder main body made of a resin and a ring made of a metal. The holder main body includes, around the central axis, a first arcuate portion including one or a plurality of through-holes passing therethrough in an axial direction and a second arcuate portion that does not include a through-hole. The first arcuate portion occupies a range of about ⅓ or more of a total circumference of the holder main body in a circumferential direction. An outer ring of the first bearing is held by the ring.
Claims15
A motor, which is an inner rotor motor, the motor comprising:
- a shaft rotating about a central axis extending vertically in an axial direction;
- a rotor rotating together with the shaft;
- a stator located radially outside of the rotor;
- a casing accommodating the rotor and the stator therein;
- a bearing holder fixed to the casing;
- and
- a first bearing interposed between the bearing holder and the shaft;
- wherein
- the bearing holder includes a holder main body made of a resin and a ring made of a metal which holds an outer ring of the first bearing;
- the holder main body includes, around the central axis, a first arcuate portion including one or a plurality of through-holes passing therethrough in an axial direction and a second arcuate portion that does not include a through-hole;
- the first arcuate portion occupies a range of about ⅓ or more of a total circumference of the holder main body in a circumferential direction;
- and
- a difference between a thermal expansion coefficient of a material of the outer ring of the first bearing and a thermal expansion coefficient of a material of the ring is smaller than a difference between the thermal expansion coefficient of the material of the ring and a thermal expansion coefficient of the material of the holder main body.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.