# US 12,003,148 B2 · Rotary electric machine and manufacturing method for rotary electric machine > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,003,148 B2 - Document ID: US12003148B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 17/614,090 - Filed: 2020-03-26 - Published: 2022-07-14 - Granted: 2024-06-04 - Earliest claimed: 2019-05-28 - Assignees: KYB Corporation - Applicants: Kyb Corporation - Inventors: Haruki Tomita; Yuu Eguchi - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12003148B2 ## CPC - H02K 11/33: Drive circuits, e.g. power electronics (H02K11/38 takes precedence) - H02K 5/18: with ribs or fins for improving heat transfer - H02K 5/225: {Terminal boxes or connection arrangements (specially adapted for submersible motors H02K5/132)} - H02K 9/227: {Heat sinks} - H02K 2203/09: Machines characterised by wiring elements other than wires, e.g. bus rings, for connecting the winding terminations - H02K: DYNAMO-ELECTRIC MACHINES (dynamo-electric relays H01H53/00; conversion of DC or AC input power into surge output power {H03K3/53}) ## Abstract Improving the assemblability while improving the heat dissipation effect of the heat-sink. In the rotary electric machine, the ECU unit has the heat-sink that closes the opening of the housing of the motor portion, the circuit board fixed to the lower side of the heat-sink, and the connector assembly fixed to the upper side of the heat-sink with a part of the heat-sink exposed. Thus, the heat of the electronic components of the circuit board can be dissipated to the outside of the rotary electric machine by the heat-sink. Moreover, a connection terminal is provided on the lower surface of the circuit board, and the bus bar terminal portion of the motor portion is press-fitted into the connection terminal. Therefore, the bus bar terminal portion can be connected to the circuit board without being soldered to the circuit board. Therefore, the assemblability of the rotary electric machine can be improved. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A rotary electric machine comprising: a motor portion with a bottomed tubular housing with one end in an axial direction closed; and a control unit assembled to an opening of the housing; wherein the control unit comprises: a heat-sink that closes the opening of the housing; a substrate whose axial direction of the motor portion is a plate thickness direction and arranged on the motor portion side with respect to the heat-sink, and fixed to the heat-sink; a connector assembly that is arranged on the side of the heat-sink opposite to the motor portion in a state where a part of the heat-sink is exposed to the outside, and fixed to the heat-sink; and a connection terminal provided on one side surface of the substrate on the motor portion side, and the connection terminal has a press-fitting portion that is press-fitted to a bus bar of the motor portion; wherein the heat-sink is formed with a pair of heat-sink side positioning holes, and the substrate is formed with a pair of substrate side positioning holes; and wherein the connection terminal is held by a holder installed on one side surface of the substrate, wherein the holder is formed with a pair of positioning pins fitted in a heat-sink side positioning hole and the substrate-side positioning hole. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The rotary electric machine according to claim 1 wherein the holder is formed with a guide portion that guides the bus bar to the press-fitting portion. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The rotary electric machine according to claim 1 wherein a heat generating element is provided on the other side surface of the substrate on the heat-sink side, and the heat generating element and the connector assembly are not overlapped when viewed from the axial direction of the motor portion. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The rotary electric machine according to claim 1 wherein the substrate is divided into a first area provided with electronic components of a power supply system, and a second area provided with electronic components of a control system, and wherein a terminal of the connector assembly is connected to the substrate in the second area; and the heat-sink is formed with an insertion portion through which the terminal is inserted. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The rotary electric machine according to claim 4 wherein the connector assembly comprises: a mold portion fixed to the heat-sink; and a terminal integrally formed with the mold portion. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The rotary electric machine according to claim 5 wherein the mold portion comprises: a mold body portion formed in a plate shape with the axial direction of the motor portion as the thickness direction; and a connector portion that is arranged on the outer side in the radial direction of the housing, and extends from the mold body portion to one side in the axial direction of the motor portion. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The rotary electric machine according to claim 6 wherein fins protruding toward the other side in the axial direction of the motor portion are formed on the heat sink, and wherein the protruding height of the fins is set to be equal to or less than the thickness of the mold body portion. ### Claim 8 (depends on 6) The rotary electric machine according to claim 6 wherein: the connector portion is part of a plurality of connector portions formed in the mold portion; and fixing portions of the mold body portion to the heat-sink are arranged between the plurality of connector portions. ### Claim 9 (depends on 6) The rotary electric machine according to claim 6 wherein the fixing portions of the mold body portion to the heat-sink is composed of a metal collar, and wherein the collar is fastened and fixed to the heat-sink by a fastening member. ### Claim 10 A manufacturing method of rotary electric machine comprising: a motor portion with a bottomed tubular housing with one end in the axial direction closed; a heat-sink that closes the opening of the housing; a substrate whose axial direction of the motor portion is a plate thickness direction and arranged on the motor portion side with respect to the heat-sink; a connector assembly arranged on the side of the heat-sink opposite to the motor portion; and a connection terminal provided on one side surface of the substrate on the motor portion side and the connection terminal has a press-fitting portion that is press-fitted to a bus bar of the motor portion; comprising the steps of: fixing the substrate to the heat-sink; fixing the connector assembly to the heat-sink with a part of the heat-sink exposed to the outside; press-fitting and fixing the bus bar to the connection terminal and closing the opening of the housing with the heat-sink; and fixing the heat-sink to the housing; wherein the heat-sink is formed with a pair of heat-sink side positioning holes, and the substrate is formed with a pair of substrate side positioning holes; wherein the connection terminal is held by a holder installed on one side surface of the substrate, wherein the holder is formed with a pair of positioning pins fitted in a heat-sink side positioning hole and the substrate side positioning hole; and wherein the step of fixing the substrate to the heat sink, the pair of positioning pins of the holder, which are fitted in the pair of substrate side positioning holes in the substrate, are fitted in the pair of heat-sink side positioning holes formed in the heat-sink. ### Claim 11 A rotary electric machine comprising: a motor portion with a bottomed tubular housing with one end in an axial direction closed; and a control unit assembled to an opening of the housing; wherein the control unit comprises: a heat-sink that closes the opening of the housing; a substrate whose axial direction of the motor portion is a plate thickness direction and arranged on the motor portion side with respect to the heat-sink, and fixed to the heat-sink; a connector assembly that is arranged on the side of the heat-sink opposite to the motor portion in a state where a part of the heat-sink is exposed to the outside, and fixed to the heat-sink; and a connection terminal provided on one side surface of the substrate on the motor portion side, and the connection terminal has a press-fitting portion that is press-fitted to a bus bar of the motor portion; wherein the substrate is divided into a first area provided with electronic components of a power supply system, and a second area provided with electronic components of a control system; wherein the terminal of the connector assembly is connected to the substrate in the second area; and wherein the heat-sink is formed with an insertion portion through which the terminal is inserted.