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US 11,519,427 B2Granted
Brushless motor with support struts
AssigneeDyson Technology Limited
InventorMark Andrew Johnson
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Abstract
A brushless motor comprising a rotor assembly comprising a shaft, an impeller, a bearing assembly and a rotor core; a stator assembly; a frame comprising an outer portion and a support portion radially inward of the outer portion, the support portion supporting at least one of the rotor assembly and the stator assembly; and at least one strut extending between the outer portion and the support portion, wherein the strut and the stator assembly are aligned such that at least part of the strut and at least part of the stator assembly are disposed along a line substantially parallel to a rotation axis of the rotor assembly.
Claims18
A brushless motor comprising:
- a rotor assembly comprising a shaft, an impeller, a bearing assembly and a rotor core;
- a stator assembly;
- a frame comprising an outer portion and a support portion radially inward of the outer portion, the support portion supporting both the rotor assembly and the stator assembly, wherein the outer portion of the frame comprises:
- a first ultimate end that is entirely behind a first ultimate end of the support portion, a second ultimate end that is spaced apart from the first ultimate end of the outer portion, and a waist positioned between the first ultimate end of the outer portion and the second ultimate end of the outer portion;
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- a guide portion that tapers from the first ultimate end of the outer portion in the direction of airflow to the waist for guiding an airflow towards the impeller;
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- at least one strut extending between the outer portion and the support portion, wherein the strut and a stator core of the stator assembly are aligned such that at least part of the strut and at least part of the stator core are disposed along a line substantially parallel to a rotation axis of the rotor assembly such that the strut is entirely behind the stator assembly in the direction of airflow such that the strut is located entirely within a slipstream of the stator core.
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A brushless motor comprising:
- a rotor assembly comprising a shaft, an impeller, a bearing assembly and a rotor core;
- a stator assembly;
- a frame comprising an outer portion and a support portion radially inward of the outer portion, the support portion supporting at least one of the rotor assembly and the stator assembly wherein the outer portion of the frame includes:
- a waist positioned between a first ultimate end of the outer portion and a second ultimate end of the outer portion;
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- a guide portion that tapers from the first ultimate end in the direction of airflow to the waist for guiding an airflow towards the impeller;
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- at least one strut extending between the outer portion and the support portion, wherein the strut and a stator core of the stator assembly are aligned such that at least part of the strut and at least part of the stator core are disposed along a line substantially parallel to a rotation axis of the rotor assembly such that the strut is entirely behind the stator assembly in the direction of airflow, wherein the outer portion includes the first ultimate end and the second ultimate end spaced apart from the first ultimate end of the outer portion, the second ultimate end of the outer portion being entirely behind the first ultimate end of the outer portion in the direction of airflow along the rotation axis of the rotor assembly and the first ultimate end of the outer portion is entirely behind a first ultimate end of the support portion in the direction of airflow along the rotation axis of the rotor assembly.
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A brushless motor comprising:
- a rotor assembly comprising a shaft, an impeller, a bearing assembly and a rotor core;
- a stator assembly;
- a frame comprising an outer portion and a support portion radially inward of the outer portion, the support portion supporting at least one of the rotor assembly and the stator assembly, wherein the outer portion of the frame includes a guide portion that tapers from a first ultimate end of the outer portion in the direction of airflow to a waist for guiding an airflow towards the impeller;
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- at least one strut extending between the outer portion and the support portion, wherein the strut and a stator core of the stator assembly are aligned such that at least part of the strut and at least part of the stator core are disposed along a line substantially parallel to a rotation axis of the rotor assembly such that the strut is entirely behind the stator assembly in the direction of airflow, wherein the outer portion includes the first ultimate end, a second ultimate end spaced apart from the first ultimate end of the outer portion, and the waist positioned between the first ultimate end of the outer portion and the second ultimate end of the outer portion, the second ultimate end being entirely behind the first ultimate end of the outer portion in the direction of airflow along the rotation axis of the rotor assembly.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.