# US 12,003,165 B2 · Motor case

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- Number: US 12,003,165 B2
- Document ID: US12003165B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 17/293,144
- Filed: 2019-12-13
- Published: 2022-11-03
- Granted: 2024-06-04
- Earliest claimed: 2019-01-08
- Assignees: Hitachi Astemo, Ltd.
- Applicants: Hitachi Astemo, Ltd.
- Inventors: Toshiki Takahashi; Takuya Miyagi; Hayato Fujita; Yuichiro Baba
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12003165B2

## CPC

- H02K 5/06: Cast metal casings
- H02K 5/24: specially adapted for suppression or reduction of noise or vibrations
- H02K 2213/03: Machines characterised by numerical values, ranges, mathematical expressions or similar information
- H02K: DYNAMO-ELECTRIC MACHINES (dynamo-electric relays H01H53/00; conversion of DC or AC input power into surge output power {H03K3/53})

## Abstract

An object of the present invention is to promote weight reduction while improving torsional stiffness of a motor case of a rotary electric machine. A motor case accommodates a stator, a rotor facing an inner periphery of the stator, and a rotating shaft coupled to the rotor. The motor case includes a peripheral wall which is formed in a tubular shape and has a space accommodating the stator and the rotating shaft on an inside, a flange portion which is formed at one end of the peripheral wall and is coupled to an outside, and damping ribs which are formed at an outer periphery of the peripheral wall, are formed between a position crossing the outer periphery of the peripheral wall and the flange portion on an extension of the rotating shaft in a radial direction from an end portion of the stator, and are constituted by a plurality of ribs.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A motor case that accommodates a stator, a rotor facing an inner periphery of the stator, and a rotating shaft coupled to the rotor, the motor case comprising:
a peripheral wall which is formed in a tubular shape and has a space accommodating the stator and the rotating shaft on an inside;
a flange portion which is formed at one end of the peripheral wall and is coupled to an outside;
damping ribs which are formed at an outer periphery of the peripheral wall, are formed between (i) a position crossing the outer periphery of the peripheral wall and (ii) the flange portion on an extension of the rotating shaft in a radial direction from an end portion of the stator; and
at least two linear ribs which are formed on the outer periphery of the peripheral wall in a direction parallel to an axial direction of the rotating shaft,
wherein the damping ribs (i) are formed between the at least two linear ribs, (ii) cross each other, and (iii) connect the linear ribs and the flange portion to each other.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The motor case according to claim 1,
wherein the damping ribs include a first rib and a second rib, the first rib is formed at an angle larger than 0° and smaller than 90° with respect to the axial direction of the rotating shaft, and the second rib is formed at an angle larger than 90° and smaller than 180° with respect to the axial direction of the rotating shaft.