JP2010200483A - Rotor for ipm motor, and ipm motor - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a rotor for an IPM motor that effectively suppresses an increase in eddy-current loss due to the enlargement of the eddy-current diameter, particularly in an end region of a permanent magnet, comprising split magnets, by making a simple structural change to the permanent magnet, and the IPM motor including the rotor. <P>SOLUTION: The rotor 10A for the IPM motor is configured by embedding a permanent magnet 30A in a slot provided in a direction along a rotor shaft 11. The permanent magnet 30A is formed by laminating a plurality of split magnets 3A, 3B in a rotor-shaft direction. At least the split magnet 3A, located at the end or in the end region of the permanent magnet, in the split magnets is arranged in an inclination direction expanding from the end face on its stator side toward the end face on its rotor-shaft side. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a rotor for an embedded magnet type IPM motor and an IPM motor provided with the rotor.

  Among various motors including a brushless DC motor, a motor (hereinafter referred to as an IPM motor) including a permanent magnet embedded rotor in which a plurality of permanent magnets are embedded in a rotor core is well known. For example, the above-described IPM motor is used as a drive motor for a hybrid vehicle.

  By the way, a coil is formed in the stator teeth by concentrated winding or distributed winding, and a magnetic flux is generated by passing a current through the coil to generate a magnetic torque and a reluctance between the permanent magnet and the magnetic flux. Torque is generated. In the case of this distributed winding coil, the number of teeth per pole is larger than in the case of concentrated winding coils, and therefore the magnetic flux (or change in magnetic flux) entering the permanent magnet of the rotor from the teeth side when the rotor rotates. ) Is relatively continuous. Therefore, the change of the magnetic flux density at the time of rotor rotation is relatively small. On the other hand, in the case of concentrated winding coils, the change in magnetic flux density is relatively large, so eddy currents are likely to be generated in the permanent magnets. The generation of eddy currents causes the permanent magnets to generate heat, and irreversible thermal demagnetization occurs. Inviting the magnetic properties of the permanent magnet itself will be reduced.

  Speaking of drive motors used in recent hybrid vehicles and electric vehicles, for example, the number of revolutions and the number of poles have been increased while the improvement in motor output performance has been pursued. As a result, the number of fluctuations per unit time of the magnetic field acting on the magnet increases due to an increase, and as a result, the eddy current is likely to occur. There is a problem that the durability is lowered.

  In order to prevent the generation of the eddy current and the induction of thermal demagnetization due to the above, in the IPM motor, the permanent magnet is formed from a plurality of divided magnets, and the divided magnets are bundled and inserted into the rotor slot. Measures for installation are taken, and a motor disclosed in Patent Document 1 can be cited as a technique related to a rotor for an IPM motor having this structure.

  In the motor disclosed in Patent Document 1, for example, one permanent magnet is constituted by three divided magnets divided in a direction (for example, horizontal direction) orthogonal to the rotor rotation axis. This permanent magnet is simulated in FIG. 6 together with the magnetic flux that enters the permanent magnet side from the stator side. In the figure, the permanent magnet P is composed of a central divided magnet p2 and end divided magnets p1 and p3. In these end divided magnets p1 and p3, a magnetic flux entering from the stator S side: Since f2 collides with the magnetic flux generated from the permanent magnet and is bent in the vertical direction of the permanent magnet p, the stator S is inclined with respect to the permanent magnet P in an inclined direction extending from the stator S side to the rotor shaft d side of the rotor R. Magnetic flux f2 from the side enters. As a result, as shown in FIG. 7, the split magnet p1 at the end of the permanent magnet p has a larger eddy current diameter than the split magnet p2 at the center of the permanent magnet p (generated by the magnetic flux f1 at the center). The diameter of the eddy current u2 generated by the magnetic flux f2 at the end is larger than the diameter of the eddy current u1), which causes an increase in eddy current loss in the end region of the permanent magnet. . Compared with the central part of the permanent magnet, the flux entering from the stator side is bent and incident on this end part as shown in the figure, so that the magnetic flux is concentrated and the increase in eddy current loss is increased. Is more prominent.

JP 2000-324736 A

  The present invention has been made in view of the above-described problems, and by making a simple structural change to a permanent magnet composed of split magnets, the eddy current diameter is increased particularly in the end region of the permanent magnet. An object of the present invention is to provide an IPM motor rotor and an IPM motor including the rotor, which can effectively suppress an increase in eddy current loss due to the above.

  In order to achieve the above object, the rotor for an IPM motor according to the present invention is a rotor for an IPM motor in which a permanent magnet is embedded in a slot provided in a direction along the rotor axis. Divided magnets are formed by being laminated in the rotor axial direction, and among the divided magnets, at least the divided magnets in the end portions or the end region of the permanent magnets extend from the end surface on the stator side to the end surface on the rotor shaft side. It is arrange | positioned in the inclination direction which spreads toward.

  The rotor for an IPM motor of the present invention is obtained by adding a structural change to a permanent magnet composed of a plurality of divided magnets embedded in the rotor. Specifically, the permanent magnet concentrates more magnetic flux incident from the stator side. The segmented magnets located at the end or end region of the rotor are arranged at least in an inclined direction extending from the end surface on the stator side toward the end surface on the rotor shaft side. Since the divided magnets are arranged in the inclined direction, the eddy current radius formed in the divided magnets by the magnetic flux that is bent and incident on the permanent magnets can be made as small as possible. The rotor can reduce the eddy current loss at the end.

  Here, “at least the end magnet or the split magnet at the end region” means a split magnet at the upper and lower end portions of the permanent magnet and a plurality of split magnets at the upper and lower end region (near the end portion). In particular, it shows a split magnet located in a region where magnetic flux incident from the stator side is concentrated.

The permanent magnet embedded in the rotor of the present invention includes a rare earth magnet, a ferrite magnet, an alnico magnet, and the like. Examples include samarium cobalt magnets, samarium iron nitrogen magnets, praseodymium magnets, and the like that are made of a binary alloy of samarium and cobalt. Among these, rare earth magnets have a maximum energy product (BH) _max higher than that of ferrite magnets or alnico magnets, and therefore are suitable for application to drive motors such as hybrid vehicles that require high output.

  In addition to the steel sheet laminate formed by laminating electromagnetic steel sheets, the rotor is iron, iron-silicon alloy, iron-nitrogen alloy, iron-nickel alloy, iron-carbon alloy, iron-boron alloy, Soft magnetic metal powder such as iron-cobalt alloy, iron-phosphorus alloy, iron-nickel-cobalt alloy and iron-aluminum-silicon alloy, or soft magnetic metal oxide powder is coated with a resin binder such as silicone resin. It can be formed from a dust core made of magnetic powder or the like, a high-density dust core (HDMC), or the like.

  According to the rotor of the present invention described above, in a rotor in which a permanent magnet formed from a plurality of divided magnets is embedded, a conventional divided magnet, that is, a permanent magnet in which divided magnets divided in the horizontal direction are laminated. On the other hand, particularly by an extremely simple structural change in which at least the end portion of the permanent magnet or the divided magnet of the end region is arranged in an inclined direction extending from the end surface on the stator side toward the end surface on the rotor shaft side, The eddy current diameter in the divided magnet at the end or end region can be made as small as possible, and the rotor for IPM is further excellent in the effect of reducing eddy current loss.

  In another embodiment of the rotor for an IPM motor according to the present invention, the permanent magnet is formed by stacking divided magnets having substantially the same thickness, and the permanent magnet has a substantially central position of the slot. Two divided magnet laminated units formed above and below a substantially horizontal plane passing therethrough are arranged symmetrically with respect to the substantially horizontal plane.

  In this embodiment, the permanent magnet is formed from two upper and lower divided magnet laminated units divided into two at the central position, and each divided magnet laminated unit is plane-symmetrical on the horizontal plane at the central position. The plurality of divided magnets constituting each of the divided magnet laminated units has the same thickness. Here, “substantially central position” includes a central position and a position slightly deviated from the central position, and “substantially horizontal plane” includes a horizontal plane and a surface slightly inclined from the horizontal plane.

  According to the present embodiment, the end portion of the permanent magnet is inclined, and the entire permanent magnet is formed by the thin divided magnet, so that the effect of reducing the eddy current loss is further improved.

  Furthermore, in another embodiment of the rotor for an IPM motor according to the present invention, the permanent magnet is a split magnet formed such that the end surface on the rotor shaft side is relatively thicker than the end surface on the stator side. The permanent magnet is composed of two divided magnet lamination units formed above and below a substantially horizontal plane passing through the approximate center position of the slot and arranged symmetrically with respect to the substantially horizontal plane. It is.

  In the present embodiment, both of the plurality of divided magnets constituting the two divided magnet laminated units are formed such that the thickness of the end surface on the rotor shaft side is relatively thicker than the thickness of the end surface on the stator side. With this configuration, the diameter of the eddy current formed around the magnetic flux incident from the stator side can be defined by the thickness of the end face on the stator side as thin as possible, thereby enhancing the effect of reducing eddy current loss. It is a rotor that can.

  The IPM motor including the rotor according to the present invention described above, that is, the rotor in which the permanent magnet composed of the above-described split magnet is embedded, has recently been mass-produced and is a hybrid that is expected to have high output performance. It is suitable for motors for driving automobiles and electric vehicles.

  As can be understood from the above description, according to the rotor for an IPM motor of the present invention, in a rotor in which a permanent magnet composed of a plurality of divided magnets is embedded, the permanent magnet is positioned at an end portion or an end region thereof. As a result of an extremely simple structural change in which the split magnets are inclined, the eddy current loss that can occur in the permanent magnet can be further reduced as compared with a rotor having a permanent magnet having a conventional structure. .

It is a perspective view of the IPM motor which comprises the rotor of this invention. It is the II-II arrow line view of FIG. 1, Comprising: It is a longitudinal cross-sectional view of an IPM motor. It is the figure which simulated the flow of the magnetic flux which enters from the stator side, and the eddy current formed with this magnetic flux using the longitudinal cross-sectional view of FIG. It is a figure corresponding to the arrow view of FIG. 2, Comprising: It is the longitudinal cross-sectional view which showed other embodiment of the rotor and IPM motor of this invention. It is a figure corresponding to the arrow view of FIG. 2, Comprising: It is the longitudinal cross-sectional view which showed other embodiment of the rotor and IPM motor of this invention. In the IPM motor of conventional structure, it is the longitudinal cross-sectional view explaining the flow of the magnetic flux which enters from the stator side. It is the figure which expanded a part of FIG. 6, Comprising: It is the figure which simulated the eddy current formed in the split magnet of the edge part which comprises a permanent magnet, and a center split magnet.

  Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. In the illustrated IPM motor, illustration of coils formed around the teeth, coil bobbins, interphase insulating paper, and the like is omitted. In addition to the stator integrally formed in an annular shape as shown in the figure, a divided core formed by laminating electromagnetic steel plates made of an arc-shaped yoke in plan view and teeth projecting radially inward from the yoke is a circle. It may be a divided stator that is assembled in the circumferential direction and the outer periphery thereof is fastened by a cylindrical body.

  FIG. 1 is a perspective view of an IPM motor provided with a rotor of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a view taken in the direction of arrows II-II in FIG. It is.

  The IPM motor shown in FIG. 1 includes a yoke 20 having a substantially annular shape in plan view and teeth 21 protruding radially inward from the yoke 22 and is formed by laminating electromagnetic steel plates 2. And a rotor 10 that is rotatably arranged inside the stator 20 and is formed by laminating disk-shaped electromagnetic steel plates 1. The rotor 10 is provided with a rotor shaft 11 (drive shaft slot) at a central position thereof, and a magnet slot extending in a direction along the rotor shaft 11 is formed at a peripheral portion thereof. The permanent magnet 30 is inserted into the magnet slot and, for example, a fixing resin is filled between the slot and the permanent magnet 30 to compensate for the fixing of the permanent magnet 30 in the slot. In the illustrated example, one permanent magnet 30 per pole is arranged in a posture in which the longitudinal direction thereof is directly opposed to the teeth 21 in plan view, but in addition to this, two permanent magnets are provided. In this case, the permanent magnet may be formed in a V shape in plan view.

  For example, the stator 20 is integrally formed with electromagnetic steel plates 2 that are caulked and laminated by a yoke 22, and the rotor 10 is also caulked in an area between the permanent magnet 30 and the rotor shaft 11. 1,... Are integrally formed.

  In addition, both the stator 20 and the rotor 10 are not limited to laminated electromagnetic steel plates, but may be iron, iron-silicon alloy, iron-nitrogen alloy, iron-nickel alloy, iron-carbon alloy, iron-boron alloy. Soft magnetic metal powder such as iron-cobalt alloy, iron-phosphorus alloy, iron-nickel-cobalt alloy and iron-aluminum-silicon alloy, or soft magnetic metal oxide powder is a resin binder such as silicone resin. It may be formed of a powder magnetic core made of coated magnetic powder or the like.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 2, the permanent magnet 30 is composed of two divided magnet laminated units 31, 31 in which divided magnets 3,... Having substantially the same thickness: t are laminated. The laminated units 31 and 31 are arranged symmetrically with respect to the substantially horizontal plane: CL above and below the substantially horizontal plane: CL (substantially horizontal plane passing through the approximate central position of the permanent magnet 30) passing through the approximate center position of the magnet slot. Has been.

  In each magnet lamination unit 31, each of the divided magnets 3,... Is arranged in an inclined direction extending from an end surface on the stator side toward an end surface on the rotor shaft side. Arranged in an open position.

  The split magnet 3 is formed from a ternary neodymium magnet obtained by adding iron and boron to neodymium, a samarium cobalt magnet made of a binary alloy of samarium and cobalt, a samarium iron nitrogen magnet, a praseodymium magnet, or the like. For example, the divided magnets 3,... Are bonded with a heat-curable thermosetting adhesive or the like to form a magnet laminated unit 31, and the two magnet laminated units 31 and 31 are similarly bonded with an adhesive or the like. The permanent magnet 30 is formed by bonding.

  FIG. 3 simulates the flow of magnetic flux entering from the stator side with respect to the permanent magnet 30 shown in FIG. 2 and the eddy current formed in the split magnet 3 by the magnetic flux.

  As shown in the figure, the magnetic flux entering the rotor 10 and the permanent magnet 30 from the stator side collides with the magnetic flux generated from the permanent magnet 30 itself, and the incident direction is the end side of the permanent magnet 30 (in the vertical direction in the figure). As a result, the magnetic flux is incident in the tilt direction in a region other than the vicinity of the center position (horizontal plane: CL). For example, as shown in the figure, magnetic fluxes such as magnetic fluxes f1, f2, and f3 from the vicinity of the center all flow in the inclination direction and enter the permanent magnet 30.

  The magnetic flux that has entered the split magnet 3 constituting the permanent magnet 30 forms an eddy current u around its flow direction axis when passing through the split magnet 3.

  The larger the diameter of the eddy current u, the larger the eddy current loss that occurs in the permanent magnet. This divided magnet 3 is arranged in an inclined direction that spreads from the end surface on the stator side toward the end surface on the rotor shaft side. Therefore, the flow direction of the magnetic flux approximates or coincides with the inclination direction of the divided magnet 3, and the formed eddy current diameter can be made as small as possible.

  This becomes clearer with reference to FIG. 7 illustrating the magnetic flux entering the permanent magnet having the conventional structure. That is, in the figure, in the structure in which the divided magnets p1 and p2 are divided in the horizontal direction, the eddy current diameter formed in the divided magnet p1 located at the end of the permanent magnet has a magnetic flux in the horizontal direction at the center position. It is larger than the diameter of the eddy current formed in the split magnet p2 coming in, and is generated in the permanent magnet by forming a large diameter eddy current particularly in the end area of the permanent magnet where the incident magnetic flux is concentrated. Eddy current loss will increase.

  FIG. 4 is a view corresponding to the arrow view of FIG. 2, and shows another embodiment of the rotor and the IPM motor of the present invention.

  This rotor 10A is a permanent magnet 30A inserted and installed in a slot in which thin divided magnets 3A,... Are arranged only in the end region, and this divided magnet 3A is arranged from the end surface on the stator side to the rotor. It is arrange | positioned in the inclination direction which spreads toward the end surface at the side of an axis. An extremely thick segmented magnet 3B straddling a substantially horizontal plane CL is disposed at the center of the permanent magnet 30A.

  This permanent magnet 30A is provided with divided magnets that are inclined and arranged only in the end region where the magnetic flux is concentrated, and the number of divisions is significantly reduced as compared with the permanent magnet 30. In addition, the manufacturing cost can be reduced.

  FIG. 5 is a view corresponding to the arrow view of FIG. 2 and FIG. 4 and shows still another embodiment of the rotor and the IPM motor of the present invention.

  In the rotor 10B, the permanent magnet 30B inserted and installed in the slot is composed of two divided magnet laminated units 32, 32 in which divided magnets 3C,. The divided magnet laminated units 32 and 32 are arranged symmetrically with respect to the substantially horizontal plane: CL above and below the substantially horizontal plane: CL passing through the approximate center position of the magnet slot. Here, the laminated divided magnets 3 </ b> C are formed such that the thickness of the end surface on the rotor shaft side: t <b> 2 is relatively thicker than the thickness of the end surface on the stator side: t <b> 1. It is a point to do.

  In the permanent magnet 30B, the flow direction (inclination direction) of magnetic flux entering from the stator side gradually changes from the center position of the permanent magnet toward the end portion, and the inclination angle rises toward the end portion (90 degrees). This is a more precise reflection of the actual flow of magnetic flux.

  Moreover, since the thickness t1 of the end surface on the stator side is relatively thin, the diameter of the eddy current formed in the split magnet 3C can be defined by this thickness: t1, and the diameter is as small as possible. It is possible to suppress the eddy current.

  The IPM motor having the rotor 10, 10A, 10B described above can effectively reduce eddy current loss that can occur in the permanent magnet by simply changing the structure of the embedded permanent magnet. Therefore, it is excellent in torque performance, rotational performance, and motor efficiency, and is suitable for a drive motor for a recent hybrid vehicle or electric vehicle that requires high performance from on-vehicle equipment.

  The embodiment of the present invention has been described in detail with reference to the drawings. However, the specific configuration is not limited to this embodiment, and there are design changes and the like without departing from the gist of the present invention. They are also included in the present invention.

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Electromagnetic steel plate 10, 10A, 10B ... Rotor, 11 ... Rotor shaft (rotating shaft), 2 ... Electromagnetic steel plate, 20 ... Stator, 30, 30A, 30B ... Permanent magnet, 3, 3A, 3B, 3C ... Split magnet , 31, 32... Divided magnet lamination unit, f1, f2, f3... Magnetic flux, u... Eddy current, CL.

Claims (4)

A rotor for an IPM motor in which a permanent magnet is embedded in a slot provided in a direction along the rotor axis,
The permanent magnet is formed by laminating a plurality of divided magnets in the rotor axial direction,
Among the divided magnets, at least the end portions of the permanent magnets or the divided magnets in the end region are arranged in an inclined direction extending from the end surface on the stator side toward the end surface on the rotor shaft side,
Rotor for IPM motor. The permanent magnet is formed by laminating divided magnets having substantially the same thickness,
2. The IPM motor according to claim 1, wherein the permanent magnet includes two divided magnet laminated units formed above and below a substantially horizontal plane passing through a substantially central position of the slot and arranged symmetrically with respect to the substantially horizontal plane. Rotor. The permanent magnet is formed by laminating divided magnets that are formed with a relatively thick end face on the rotor shaft side compared to the thickness of the end face on the stator side,
2. The IPM motor according to claim 1, wherein the permanent magnet includes two divided magnet laminated units formed above and below a substantially horizontal plane passing through a substantially central position of the slot and arranged symmetrically with respect to the substantially horizontal plane. Rotor.   An IPM motor comprising at least the rotor according to claim 1.

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