# US 2019/0173344 A1 · Motor

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- Number: US 2019/0173344 A1
- Document ID: US20190173344A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 16/323,908
- Filed: 2017-08-01
- Published: 2019-06-06
- Earliest claimed: 2016-08-09
- Assignees: Nidec Corporation
- Applicants: Nidec Corporation
- Inventors: Yuki ISHIKAWA; Takayuki MIGITA
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20190173344A1

## CPC

- H02K 1/32: with channels or ducts for flow of cooling medium
- H02K 9/19: for machines with closed casing and closed-circuit cooling using a liquid cooling medium, e.g. oil
- 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 includes a rotor to rotate about a motor axis, and a stator radially outside of the rotor. The rotor includes a shaft extending along the motor axis, and a rotor core surrounding the shaft from radially outside. The shaft includes a hollow portion including an inner circumferential surface extending along an axial direction, and a communicating hole extending in a radial direction to bring a space outside of the shaft and the hollow portion into communication with each other, the hollow portion being structured to allow oil to be fed thereinto. The inner circumferential surface of the hollow portion includes a recessed groove extending along a circumferential direction. The communicating hole opens into the hollow portion at the recessed groove.

## Claims

### Claim at position 1

1-5. (canceled)

### Claim at position 2

6: A motor comprising:
a rotor to rotate about a motor axis; and
a stator radially outside of the rotor; wherein
the rotor includes a shaft extending along the motor axis, and a rotor core surrounding the shaft from radially outside;
the shaft includes a hollow portion including an inner circumferential surface extending along an axial direction, and at least one communicating hole extending in a radial direction to bring a space outside of the shaft and the hollow portion into communication with each other, the hollow portion being structured to allow oil to be fed thereinto;
the inner circumferential surface of the hollow portion includes a recessed groove extending along a circumferential direction; and
one of the at least one communicating hole opens into the hollow portion at the recessed groove.

### Claim at position 3 (depends on 6)

7: The motor according to claim 6, wherein the shaft includes:
a first shaft portion radially inside of the stator; and
a second shaft portion connected to the first shaft portion so as to be coaxial with the first shaft portion;
the hollow portion includes a first hollow portion inside the first shaft portion;
the first hollow portion includes:
a small-diameter hollow portion;
a large-diameter hollow portion including an inside diameter greater than that of the small-diameter hollow portion, and located on a side of the small-diameter hollow portion closer to the second shaft portion; and
a shoulder surface between the small-diameter hollow portion and the large-diameter hollow portion, and facing toward the second shaft portion;
the second shaft portion is inserted into the large-diameter hollow portion; and
the recessed groove is defined by an end surface of the second shaft portion facing toward the first shaft portion, an inner circumferential surface of the large-diameter hollow portion, and the shoulder surface.

### Claim at position 4 (depends on 6)

8: The motor according to claim 6, wherein the inner circumferential surface of the hollow portion includes projections and recesses along the circumferential direction.

### Claim at position 5 (depends on 6)

9: The motor according to claim 6, wherein
the rotor includes a pair of plate-shaped end plates at both axial end portions of the rotor core;
one of the end plates is located on one axial side of the rotor core and another one of the end plates is located on another axial side of the rotor core;
each end plate includes an oil flow passage extending along the radial direction to open into the corresponding communicating hole;
the shaft includes a pair of the communicating holes each of which is connected to the oil flow passage of a separate one of the pair of end plates;
the hollow portion is structured to allow the oil to flow along the axial direction therein; and
one of the pair of communicating holes on an upstream side with respect to a direction of flow of the oil is open at the recessed groove.

### Claim at position 6 (depends on 9)

10: The motor according to claim 9, wherein
the rotor core includes a core through hole extending therethrough along the axial direction;
the core through hole connects the oil flow passages of the pair of end plates to each other;
each end plate includes a plate through hole extending therethrough in the axial direction, and defining a portion of the oil flow passage; and
at least a portion of an opening of the core through hole is radially outward of the plate through hole.