ROTOR, ELECTRIC MOTOR AND METHOD FOR REDUCING THE UNBALANCE OF A ROTOR

Abstract

The disclosure relates to a rotor for an electric motor, having a laminated rotor core which is rotatable about a rotation axis and has a first rotor lamination and a second rotor lamination, which is arranged axially next to the first motor lamination, and having a plurality of magnet cutouts in each of which magnets are arranged and secured. The disclosure further relates to an electric motor having a rotor and a method for reducing the unbalance of a rotor.

Claims

1. A rotor for an electric motor, the rotor comprising: a laminated rotor core which is rotatable about a rotation axis, having a first rotor lamination and a second rotor lamination arranged axially next to the first rotor lamination and with a plurality of magnet cutouts, in each of which magnets are arranged and secured, wherein circumferentially distributed cutouts are arranged in at least one of the rotor laminations, and the circumferentially distributed cutouts each have a cutout volume and are formed separately from the magnet cutouts and at least one first cutout of the plurality of cutouts has a different shape than the plurality of cutouts but the same cutout volume as the plurality of cutouts.

2. The rotor according to claim 1, wherein in addition to the first cutout, a second cutout of the plurality of cutouts has a different shape than the plurality of cutouts but the same cutout volume as the plurality of cutouts, wherein the second cutout is offset from the first cutout by an angle unequal to 180°.

3. The rotor according to claim 1, wherein the cutouts are arranged radially inward of the magnet cutouts.

4. The rotor according to claim 1, wherein the cutouts are arranged equidistantly around a circumference of the at least one of the rotor laminations.

5. The rotor according to claim 1, wherein in the rotor lamination having the cutouts, to reduce an unbalance of the rotor lamination at least one of the cutouts or at least one first cutout of a plurality of further cutouts has a cutout volume that is modified compared to the plurality of the respective cutouts.

6. The rotor according to claim 1, wherein the cutouts are cooling fluid openings through which a cooling fluid can flow for cooling the laminated rotor core.

7. The rotor according to claim 1, wherein the first rotor lamination has a first unbalance and the second rotor lamination has a second unbalance and the first rotor lamination in the laminated rotor core is rotated by an offset angle with respect to the second rotor lamination to reduce an overall unbalance of the laminated rotor core.

8. The rotor according to claim 7, wherein the offset angle is formed by an integer division of a full circumference of the at least one of the rotor laminations.

9. An electric motor for a drive train of a vehicle, having a stator and the rotor according to claim 1, which is rotatable relative to the stator.

10. A method for reducing an unbalance of a rotor including a laminated rotor core which is rotatable about a rotation axis, the laminated rotor core including a first rotor lamination and a second rotor lamination arranged axially next to the first rotor lamination and a plurality of magnet each including magnets secured therein, wherein the magnets are secured by adhesive and the unbalance of the laminated rotor core with magnets is reduced by: detecting an overall unbalance of the laminated rotor core, specifying a first circumferential position in an area of a magnet cutout and specifying a mass difference by a mass increase, via which a total unbalance is reduced assuming a mass increase by the mass difference at the first circumferential position, and subsequently, at least at the first circumferential position, introducing further adhesive in an amount of the mass difference into the magnet cutout to reduce the overall unbalance.

11. A rotor for an electric motor, the rotor comprising: a laminated rotor core including at least one rotor lamination including: a plurality of magnet cutouts and a plurality of magnet each arranged within a respective one of the plurality of magnet cutouts; a first plurality of cutouts having a first volume; a second plurality of cutouts having a second volume that is different than the first volume; wherein the first and second plurality of cutouts are both arranged radially inward relative to the plurality of magnet cutouts.

12. The rotor according to claim 11, wherein the first plurality of cutouts includes a first cutout and a second cutout that have a different shape than a remainder of the first plurality of cutouts, and the first and second cutouts are offset by an angle that is greater than or less than 180°.

13. The rotor according to claim 11, wherein the first plurality of cutouts are arranged equidistantly around a circumference of the at least one rotor lamination.

14. The rotor according to claim 11, wherein the first plurality of cutouts are configured to direct cooling fluid through the laminated rotor core.

15. The rotor according to claim 11, wherein the first and second plurality of cutouts overlap with each other in a circumferential direction.

16. The rotor according to claim 15, wherein the first and second plurality of cutouts are positioned such that the first and second plurality of cutouts alternate in the circumferential direction.

17. The rotor according to claim 11, wherein a first cutout of the second plurality of cutouts has a first profile, and a remainder of second plurality of cutouts each have a second profile, and the first profile is different than the second profile.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0021] The disclosure is described in detail below with reference to the drawings. Specifically:

[0022] FIG. 1: shows a three-dimensional view of an electric motor in a specific embodiment of the disclosure.

[0023] FIG. 2: shows a half section through an electric motor in another specific embodiment of the disclosure.

[0024] FIG. 3: shows a side view of a rotor lamination of a rotor in a specific embodiment of the disclosure.

[0025] FIG. 4: shows a side view of a plurality of rotor laminations of a rotor in a further specific embodiment of the disclosure.

[0026] FIG. 5: shows a side view of a laminated rotor core of a rotor in a further specific embodiment of the disclosure.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0027] FIG. 1 shows a three-dimensional view of an electric motor 10 in a specific embodiment of the disclosure. The electric motor 10 is designed as a permanently excited synchronous motor and has a stator 12 and a rotor arranged radially inside the stator 12 so as to be rotatable about a rotation axis 14. The rotor is connected to a motor shaft 16 in a non-rotatable manner. The motor shaft 16 comprises a toothing 18 for connection to a connecting component for transmitting drive torque caused by the rotor.

[0028] The stator 12 is supplied with electrical energy via three motor phase leads 20. Several coils built up by wire winding are arranged in the stator 12, via which the electrical energy is converted into an electromagnetic field acting on the rotor. The heat energy thus generated during operation of the electric motor 10 is dissipated via a motor cooling means.

[0029] FIG. 2 shows a half section of an electric motor 10 in another specific embodiment of the disclosure. The rotor 22 has a plurality of rotor laminations 24 arranged axially adjacent to one another and rotatable as a whole about the rotation axis 14, which are connected in a non-rotatable manner to the motor shaft 16 and form a laminated rotor core 26. The individual rotor laminations 24 can be stamped from sheet metal.

[0030] The stator 12 has a plurality of circumferentially distributed wire-wound coils 28 which can be supplied with electrical energy and, depending thereon, cause a magnetic field acting on the laminated rotor core 26. Magnets, which are configured as permanent magnets, are received in the laminated rotor core 26. The magnets convert the magnetic field into a torque that is transmitted to the motor shaft 16.

[0031] FIG. 3 shows a top view of a rotor lamination 24 of a rotor 22 in a specific embodiment of the disclosure. The rotor lamination 24 rotatable about the rotation axis 14 is assigned to a laminated rotor core 26 and has a plurality of magnets 30 distributed circumferentially and received in a respective magnet cutout 32 in the rotor lamination 24, preferably stamped from the rotor lamination 24. The magnets 30 are configured as permanent magnets and distributed evenly around the circumference in order to keep an unbalance in the rotor lamination 24 as low as possible and to provide a required number of poles in the rotor lamination 24. The magnets 30 are glued into the respective magnet cutout 32 with an adhesive. In particular, the magnet cutout 32 extends axially through the rotor lamination 24 and the magnet 30 is arranged to be axially continuous in the magnet cutout 32.

[0032] A plurality of cutouts 34 are distributed around the circumference in a ring section lying radially inside of the magnet cutouts 32. The cutouts 34 can be cooling fluid openings for a cooling fluid to flow through to cool the laminated rotor core 26. The cutouts 34 are arranged equidistantly around the entire circumference and are designed to be axially continuous in the rotor lamination 24 and each have a cutout volume 36 which is formed by an axial length and a cross-sectional area 38. The cutouts 34 are preferably stamped out of the rotor lamination 24. The magnet cutouts 32 and the cutouts 34 can be formed in a stamping process.

[0033] A first cutout 34.1 of the plurality of cutouts 34 has a different shape than the plurality of cutouts 34 but the same cutout volume 36 as the plurality of cutouts 34. The modified shape of the first cutout 34.1 allows a specified alignment of the rotor lamination 24 to be implemented correctly, for example when assembling the laminated rotor core 26, and reduces the risk of incorrect assembly of the rotor lamination 24 during assembly to form the laminated rotor core 26. The unbalance of the rotor lamination 24 is reduced by the constant cutout volume 36.

[0034] A second cutout 34.2 of the plurality of cutouts 34 also has a different shape than the remaining cutouts 34 left out of the first cutout 34.1, which is in particular the same as the shape of the first cutout 34.1. The cutout volume 36 of the second cutout 34.1 is equal to that of the cutouts 34. The second cutout 34.2 is arranged offset from the first cutout 34.1 by an angle W not equal to 180°. As a result, a fixed lateral alignment of the rotor lamination 24 can be achieved via the second cutout 34.2 in conjunction with the first cutout 34.1 in addition to the predetermined alignment, in particular when the rotor lamination 24 is assembled into the laminated rotor core 26 or during further processing.

[0035] Further cutouts 40 are arranged equidistantly over the entire circumference in the rotor lamination 24. The other cutouts 40 are arranged circumferentially alternately with the cutouts 34 and cause a reduction in the mass moment of inertia of the rotor lamination 24. A first cutout 40.1 of the further cutouts 40 has a different cutout volume 42 compared to the majority of the further cutouts 40. As a result, an unbalance in the rotor lamination 24 can be further reduced.

[0036] FIG. 4 shows a side view of a plurality of rotor laminations 24 of a rotor 22 in a further specific embodiment of the disclosure. The rotor laminations 24 are all shown in the circumferential orientation in which assembly to form the laminated rotor core 26 also takes place. A systematically present unbalance on the rotor laminations 24 is, for example, an unbalance characterized by a circumferential position 44 that remains the same. In particular, a rolling process during the production of the rotor laminations 24 along a rolling direction that remains the same can trigger such a systematic unbalance.

[0037] In order to reduce this systematic unbalance, the rotor laminations 24 are combined in a rotor lamination composite 46 consisting of three rotor laminations 24 as shown here. The rotor lamination composite 46 comprises a first rotor lamination 24.1 and a second rotor lamination 24.2, which is aligned rotated relative to the first rotor lamination 24.1 by an offset angle WA equal to 120°. A third rotor lamination 24.3 is arranged rotated relative to the second rotor lamination 24.2 by the offset angle WA. The rotor laminations 24 aligned in this way form the rotor lamination composite 46 and are assembled in this alignment, if necessary, with other rotor laminations combined in a respective rotor lamination composite and also rotated by the offset angle WA in the laminated rotor core 26.

[0038] FIG. 5 shows a side view of a laminated rotor core 26 of a rotor 22 in a further specific embodiment of the disclosure. The magnets 30 arranged in the laminated rotor core 26 are introduced into magnet cutouts 32 in the rotor laminations 24 arranged axially next to one another and are secured by adhesive. The magnet cutouts 32 are designed to be larger than the respective magnets 30 arranged therein. An unbalance in the laminated rotor core 26 is reduced by firstly detecting, for example measuring, an overall unbalance in the laminated rotor core 26. The overall unbalance is brought together in an effective circumferential position 48.

[0039] A first circumferential position 50 and a mass difference are then defined, via which the overall unbalance is reduced, given an assumed increase in mass by the mass difference at the first circumferential position 50. The first circumferential position 50 is arranged radially opposite the effective circumferential position 48 and is limited to the area of a magnet cutout 32. Then, at the first circumferential position 50, additional adhesive 52 is introduced into the magnet cutout 32 to reduce the overall unbalance in order to increase the mass by the extent of the mass difference.

[0040] List of reference symbols [0041] 10 Electric motor [0042] 12 Stator [0043] 14 Rotation axis [0044] 16 Motor shaft [0045] 18 Toothing [0046] 20 Motor phase lead [0047] 22 Rotor [0048] 24 Rotor lamination [0049] 24.1 First rotor lamination [0050] 24.2 Second rotor lamination [0051] 24.3 Third rotor lamination [0052] 26 Laminated rotor core [0053] 28 Coil [0054] 30 Magnet [0055] 32 Magnet cutout [0056] 34 Recess [0057] 34.1 First cut-out [0058] 34.2 Second cut-out [0059] 36 Cutout volume [0060] 38 Cross-sectional area [0061] 40 Recess [0062] 40.1 First cut-out [0063] 42 Cutout volume [0064] 44 Circumferential position [0065] 46 Rotor lamination composite [0066] 48 Circumferential position [0067] 50 Circumferential position [0068] W Angle [0069] WA Offset angle