# US 12,119,715 B2 · Motor unit > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,119,715 B2 - Document ID: US12119715B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 17/761,616 - Filed: 2020-09-14 - Published: 2022-12-01 - Granted: 2024-10-15 - Earliest claimed: 2019-09-30 - Assignees: Nidec Corporation - Applicants: Nidec Corporation - Inventors: Toshiya Okamoto; Yoshiaki Yamashita; Takashi Hattori - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12119715B2 ## CPC - H02K 11/33: Drive circuits, e.g. power electronics (H02K11/38 takes precedence) - H02K 3/522: {for generally annular cores with salient poles} - H02K 5/225: {Terminal boxes or connection arrangements (specially adapted for submersible motors H02K5/132)} - H02K 11/21: Devices for sensing speed or position, or actuated thereby (specially adapted for machines having non-mechanical commutating devices H02K29/06, H02K29/14) - H02K 5/16: Means for supporting bearings, e.g. insulating supports or means for fitting bearings in the bearing-shields (magnetic bearings H02K7/09) - H02K 2211/03: Machines characterised by circuit boards, e.g. pcb - H02K: DYNAMO-ELECTRIC MACHINES (dynamo-electric relays H01H53/00; conversion of DC or AC input power into surge output power {H03K3/53}) ## Abstract A motor assembly includes a housing, a first substrate, a plate-shaped second substrate, and a connector portion. The housing includes a tubular portion that accommodates a motor with an axis of rotation that extends in the vertical direction. The first substrate extends in a direction perpendicular to the axial direction. The second substrate extends in a direction intersecting the first substrate. The connector portion electrically connects the first substrate and the second substrate. The connector portion overlaps with the housing as viewed from the axial direction. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A motor assembly comprising: a housing; a first substrate; a second substrate in a plate shape; and a connector portion; wherein the housing includes a tubular portion that accommodates a motor with an axis of rotation extending in an axial direction; the first substrate extends in a direction perpendicular to the axial direction; the second substrate extends in a direction intersecting the first substrate; the connector portion electrically connects the first substrate and the second substrate; the connector portion overlaps with the housing as viewed from the axial direction; the housing further includes an upper lid portion that covers an upper end of the tubular portion; a recess that is recessed downward is provided at a radial outer end of an upper surface of the upper lid portion; the first substrate is above the upper lid portion; and the connector portion is accommodated in the recess. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The motor assembly according to claim 1, wherein a portion of the connector portion overlaps with the tubular portion as viewed from the axial direction. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The motor assembly according to claim 1, wherein the connector portion includes: a first connector mounted on the first substrate; and a second connector mounted on the second substrate; and the first connector and the second connector oppose each other in the axial direction or a radial direction, and are electrically connected to each other. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The motor assembly according to claim 1, wherein the first substrate is electrically connected to the connector portion inside the housing. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The motor assembly according to claim 1, wherein the second substrate is fixed to a radial outer surface of the tubular portion. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The motor assembly according to claim 5, wherein the second substrate is screwed to the radial outer surface of the tubular portion. ### Claim 7 (depends on 5) The motor assembly according to claim 5, wherein one of the radial inner surface of the second substrate and the radial outer surface of the tubular portion is provided with a protruding portion that protrudes from the one of the radial inner surface of the second substrate and the radial outer surface of the tubular portion toward another one of the radial inner surface of the second substrate and the radial outer surface of the tubular portion along the radial direction; the other one of the radial inner surface of the second substrate and the radial outer surface of the tubular portion is provided with a hole extending from the other one of the radial inner surface of the second substrate and the radial outer surface of the tubular portion to the one along the radial direction; and the second substrate is fixed to the radial outer surface of the tubular portion with the protruding portion being fitted into the hole. ### Claim 8 (depends on 5) The motor assembly according to claim 5, wherein the radial outer surface of the tubular portion is provided with a protruding portion that is made of metal and protrudes radially outward; the second substrate is provided with a through hole that penetrates the second substrate in the radial direction; and the second substrate is fixed to a radial outer surface of the housing with a caulking portion being provided at a tip portion of the protruding portion inserted through the through hole. ### Claim 9 (depends on 5) The motor assembly according to claim 5, wherein a controller to control driving of the motor is mounted on the second substrate. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The motor assembly according to claim 9, wherein a drive circuit of the motor is mounted on the first substrate; and the drive circuit is controlled by the controller mounted on the second substrate. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The motor assembly according to claim 1, wherein a detector to detect a rotation angle position of a rotor of the motor is mounted on the first substrate; the detector transmits a detection result of the rotation angle position to the controller via the connector portion; and the controller transmits a drive instruction of the motor based on the detection result to the drive circuit via the connector portion. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) The motor assembly according to claim 1, wherein an electronic component extending in a longitudinal direction is mounted on at least one substrate of the first substrate and the second substrate; and the longitudinal direction is parallel to a direction in which the one substrate of the first substrate and the second substrate extends. ### Claim 13 (depends on 1) The motor assembly according to claim 1, wherein the first substrate is electrically connected to an outside of the motor assembly. ### Claim 14 (depends on 1) The motor assembly according to claim 1, wherein the connector portion is on a motor side of the first substrate in the axial direction. ### Claim 15 A motor assembly comprising: a housing; a first substrate; a second substrate in a plate shape; and a connector portion; wherein the housing includes a tubular portion that accommodates a motor with an axis of rotation extending in an axial direction; the first substrate extends in a direction perpendicular to the axial direction; the second substrate extends in a direction intersecting the first substrate; the connector portion electrically connects the first substrate and the second substrate; the connector portion overlaps with the housing as viewed from the axial direction; a detector to detect a rotation angle position of a rotor of the motor is mounted on the first substrate; the detector transmits a detection result of the rotation angle position to the controller via the connector portion; and the controller transmits a drive instruction of the motor based on the detection result to the drive circuit via the connector portion. ### Claim 16 A motor assembly comprising: a housing; a first substrate; a second substrate in a plate shape; and a connector portion; wherein the housing includes a tubular portion that accommodates a motor with an axis of rotation extending in an axial direction; the first substrate extends in a direction perpendicular to the axial direction; the second substrate extends in a direction intersecting the first substrate; the connector portion electrically connects the first substrate and the second substrate; the connector portion overlaps with the housing as viewed from the axial direction; the second substrate is fixed to a radial outer surface of the tubular portion; one of the radial inner surface of the second substrate and the radial outer surface of the tubular portion is provided with a protruding portion that protrudes from the one of the radial inner surface of the second substrate and the radial outer surface of the tubular portion toward another one of the radial inner surface of the second substrate and the radial outer surface of the tubular portion along the radial direction; the other one of the radial inner surface of the second substrate and the radial outer surface of the tubular portion is provided with a hole extending from the other one of the radial inner surface of the second substrate and the radial outer surface of the tubular portion to the one along the radial direction; and the second substrate is fixed to the radial outer surface of the tubular portion with the protruding portion being fitted into the hole.