# US 12,191,733 B2 · Motor > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,191,733 B2 - Document ID: US12191733B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 17/950,151 - Filed: 2022-09-22 - Published: 2023-03-30 - Granted: 2025-01-07 - Earliest claimed: 2021-09-30 - Assignees: Nidec Corporation - Applicants: Nidec Corporation - Inventors: Shuji Iwasaki; Toshiya Okamoto; Takashi Hattori - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12191733B2 ## CPC - H02K 3/50: Fastening of winding heads, equalising connectors, or connections thereto - H02K 5/1732: {radially supporting the rotary shaft at both ends of the rotor (H02K5/1737 takes precedence)} - H02K 5/225: {Terminal boxes or connection arrangements (specially adapted for submersible motors H02K5/132)} - H02K 11/0094: {Structural association with other electrical or electronic devices} - H02K 11/33: Drive circuits, e.g. power electronics (H02K11/38 takes precedence) - H02K 2203/09: Machines characterised by wiring elements other than wires, e.g. bus rings, for connecting the winding terminations - Y02A 30/14: Extreme weather resilient electric power supply systems, e.g. strengthening power lines or underground power cables - H02K: DYNAMO-ELECTRIC MACHINES (dynamo-electric relays H01H53/00; conversion of DC or AC input power into surge output power {H03K3/53}) - Y02A: TECHNOLOGIES FOR ADAPTATION TO CLIMATE CHANGE ## Abstract A motor includes a rotor, a stator, a bearing, a motor housing, a bearing holder, a bus bar assembly, and a circuit board. The bearing holder includes a holder protrusion protruding radially outward of the motor housing. A bus bar cover is attached to the lower surface of the holder protrusion. The bus bar cover covers the terminal through hole axially penetrating the holder protrusion. The bus bar cover includes a cover portion and a flange portion. The cover portion covers the lower end portions of the bus bar terminal and the circuit terminal, and is tubular with an open upper surface. The flange portion extends outward from the upper end peripheral edge portion of the cover portion and is fixed to the lower surface of the holder protrusion. The flange portion includes an annular flange projection protruding upward from the upper surface. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A motor comprising: a rotor including a shaft extending along a rotation axis; a stator radially opposing the rotor; a bearing that rotatably supports the shaft; a motor housing that accommodates the stator and that opens axially upward; a bearing holder that holds the bearing and that covers an opening of the motor housing; a bus bar assembly electrically connected to the stator and located on the bearing holder; and a circuit board located axially above the bus bar assembly and electrically connected to the bus bar assembly; wherein the bearing holder includes a holder protrusion protruding radially outward of the motor housing; a bus bar cover that covers a terminal through hole axially penetrating the holder protrusion is attached to a lower surface of the holder protrusion; the bus bar assembly includes: a bus bar located around the bearing and connected to a conductive wire drawn out from the stator; a bus bar terminal connected to the bus bar, extending axially downward, passing through the terminal through hole, and protruding axially downward from a lower surface of the holder protrusion; and a bus bar holder that covers outer surfaces of the bus bar and the bus bar terminal and includes an insulator; the circuit board includes a circuit terminal extending axially downward, passing through the terminal through hole, protruding axially downward from a lower surface of the holder protrusion, and connected to the bus bar terminal; the bus bar cover includes: a tubular cover portion that covers lower end portions of the bus bar terminal and the circuit terminal and that includes an open upper surface; and a flange portion extending outward from an upper end peripheral edge portion of the cover portion and fixed to a lower surface of the holder protrusion; the flange portion includes an annular flange projection protruding axially upward from an upper surface; the holder protrusion includes an annular seal recess that is recessed axially upward from a lower surface and that surrounds the terminal through hole; and the flange projection is located inside the seal recess including a seal material. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The motor according to claim 1, wherein the flange projection includes an outer protrusion protruding outward from an outer peripheral surface. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The motor according to claim 2, wherein the outer protrusion includes a plurality of the outer protrusions. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The motor according to claim 1, wherein the flange projection includes an inner protrusion protruding inward from an inner peripheral surface. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The motor according to claim 4, wherein the inner protrusion includes a plurality of the inner protrusions. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The motor according to claim 1, wherein the flange portion includes a pair of fixing pins protruding axially upward from an upper surface and located with the flange projection interposed therebetween; and the holder protrusion includes a fixing recess that is recessed axially upward from a lower surface and in which the fixing pin is located. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The motor according to claim 1, wherein the holder protrusion is made of metal, and the bus bar cover is made of resin. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The motor according to claim 1, wherein the bus bar holder includes a tubular terminal guide portion extending in the axial direction, located in the terminal through hole, and accommodating the bus bar side connection terminal and the circuit connection terminal therein; and a lower end of the terminal guide portion is located axially below a lower end of the terminal through hole.