# US 12,119,723 B2 · Bus bar guide, bus bar assembly using same, and motor > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,119,723 B2 - Document ID: US12119723B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 17/757,225 - Filed: 2020-10-20 - Published: 2023-01-05 - Granted: 2024-10-15 - Earliest claimed: 2019-12-16 - Assignees: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd. - Applicants: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd. - Inventors: Yuya Maeda; Yasuaki Matsushita; Hirokazu Yamauchi - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12119723B2 ## CPC - H02K 3/522: {for generally annular cores with salient poles} - H02K 21/16: having annular armature cores with salient poles (with homopolar co-operation H02K21/20) - H02K 2203/09: Machines characterised by wiring elements other than wires, e.g. bus rings, for connecting the winding terminations - H02K 2213/12: Machines characterised by the modularity of some components - H02K: DYNAMO-ELECTRIC MACHINES (dynamo-electric relays H01H53/00; conversion of DC or AC input power into surge output power {H03K3/53}) ## Abstract A bus bar guide is provided to fix bus bars that connect a plurality of coils disposed in a motor. The bus bar includes a conductor that has a plate shape and has a first surface and a second surface continuous with the first surface. The bus bar guide is configured by annularly arranging a plurality of bus bar guide pieces each including an insulator. Each of the plurality of bus bar guide pieces is provided with a groove that holds the first surface of the bus bar and positions the bus bar. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A bus bar guide that fixes a bus bar that connects a plurality of coils provided in a motor, wherein the bus bar includes a conductor having a plate shape and having a pair of first surfaces that extend in a radial direction and face each other and a pair of second surfaces that extend in an axial direction, are continuous with the pair of first surfaces, and face each other, the bus bar guide includes a plurality of bus bar guide pieces annually arranged, each of the plurality of bus bar guide pieces comprises an insulator, each of the plurality of bus bar guide pieces is provided with a groove that holds one of the pair of first surfaces of the bus bar and positions the bus bar, the plurality of bus bar guide pieces includes a first piece and a second piece connected to the first piece, the groove of the first piece is configured to receive a middle portion of the bus bar, and the groove of the second piece includes a first portion having a first width and a second portion having a second width greater than the first width configured to receive an end portion of the bus bar. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The bus bar guide according to claim 1, comprising at least one set of two bus bar guide pieces adjacent to each other and disposed with a space between the two bus bar guide pieces along an outer circumferential direction of the bus bar guide. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The bus bar guide according to claim 2, comprising a plurality of sets of two bus bar guide pieces adjacent to each other, wherein each of at least one set of bus bar guide pieces is provided with a fitting part that fits and connects the bus bar guide pieces to each other. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The bus bar guide according to claim 3, wherein the fitting part provided in each of one set of bus bar guide pieces has an identical shape to a shape of the fitting part provided in each of another set of bus bar guide pieces. ### Claim 5 (depends on 3) The bus bar guide according to claim 3, wherein the fitting part provided in each of one set of bus bar guide pieces has a different shape from a shape of the fitting part provided in each of another set of bus bar guide pieces. ### Claim 6 A bus bar guide that fixes a bus bar that connects a plurality of coils provided in a motor, wherein the bus bar includes a conductor having a plate shape and having a pair of first surfaces that extend in a radial direction and face each other and a pair of second surfaces that extend in an axial direction, are continuous with the pair of first surfaces, and face each other, the bus bar guide includes a plurality of bus bar guide pieces annually arranged, each of the plurality of bus bar guide pieces comprises an insulator, each of the plurality of bus bar guide pieces is provided with a groove that holds one of the pair of first surfaces of the bus bar and positions the bus bar, and a sensor is disposed between two bus bar guide pieces adjacent to each other with a space along an outer circumferential direction of the bus bar guide. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The bus bar guide according to claim 6, wherein at least one bus bar guide piece is provided with a step or a recess on a surface opposite to a surface on which the groove is provided, and the step or the recess covers at least a part of a wire connected to the sensor. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The bus bar guide according to claim 1, wherein the groove has a depth that is less than or equal to half of a width of the pair of second surfaces of the bus bar. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The bus bar guide according to claim 1, wherein each of the plurality of bus bar guide pieces is provided with a through hole through which a lead provided on each of the plurality of coils passes. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The bus bar guide according to claim 1, wherein the pair of first surfaces have a narrower width than a width of the pair of second surfaces. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) A bus bar assembly comprising: at least the bus bar guide according to claim 1; and a plurality of the bus bars disposed in a plurality of the grooves provided on an upper surface of the bus bar guide. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) A motor comprising: at least a rotor having an output shaft at an axial center; a stator disposed with a predetermined space from the rotor; and the bus bar assembly according to claim 11 attached to an upper part of the stator, wherein the stator at least includes a yoke having an annular shape, a plurality of teeth connected to an inner circumference of the yoke at predetermined intervals, and a plurality of coils respectively attached to the plurality of teeth, and two of the plurality of coils are electrically connected via one of the plurality of bus bars. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The motor according to claim 12, wherein the plurality of bus bars are respectively disposed in a plurality of the grooves provided on the upper surface of the bus bar guide, each of the plurality of coils has a lead that is connected to each of the plurality of bus bars, and the lead passes through a through hole provided in the bus bar guide, is drawn upward of the bus bar guide, and is electrically connected to one of the plurality of bus bars. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The motor according to claim 13, wherein each of the plurality of bus bars has both ends folded back, and the lead and one of the plurality of bus bars are electrically connected to each other with the lead sandwiched by each of the both ends of each of the plurality of bus bars. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The motor according to claim 14, wherein each of the both ends of the plurality of bus bars is provided with a protrusion extending from one of the pair of first surfaces, and the lead and one of the plurality of bus bars are electrically connected to each other with a distal end of the lead supported by the protrusion. ### Claim 16 (depends on 14) The motor according to claim 14, wherein the both ends of each of the plurality of bus bars include a first end and a second end that are folded back in opposite directions in an outer circumferential direction of the bus bar guide. ### Claim 17 (depends on 1) The bus bar guide according to claim 1, wherein the groove of the first piece has the first width.