Rotary Electric Machine Armature Core with Expandable Segments
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional rotary electric machine armature cores face issues with reduced driving torque, torque pulsation, increased labor time, and higher costs due to enlarged notches and split magnetic pole tooth portions, which affect productivity and material yield.
Innovation Solution
A rotary electric machine armature core design featuring core segments with expandable and contractible configurations, where first and second shafts are inserted into slots to adjust the spacing between magnetic pole teeth, allowing for improved material yield and productivity without compromising characteristics.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of substance
If notches are enlarged in conventional armature cores to obtain staggered straight rows, then material yield is improved, but driving torque is reduced and torque pulsation deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The armature core is divided into multiple core segments (first, second, third, fourth core segments) that are arranged in a specific sequential pattern. Each core segment contains magnetic pole tooth portions that are positioned to form staggered straight rows without requiring enlarged notches. The segmentation allows the core to achieve both high material yield and good torque characteristics by distributing the magnetic pole teeth across multiple segments rather than relying on notch geometry.
2Loss of substance
If magnetic pole tooth portions are split and separated to obtain staggered straight rows, then material yield is improved, but labor time and manufacturing complexity increase
Solution Approach 1:
Multiple core segments are combined and integrated into a unified armature core structure through precise arrangement and connection. The first, second, third, and fourth core segments are positioned and connected to form a complete armature core with staggered straight rows of magnetic pole teeth. This merging approach achieves high material yield without requiring complex splitting and reassembly operations, as the segments are designed to be assembled in a straightforward sequential manner.
3Loss of substance
If magnetic pole tooth portions are split and separated to obtain staggered straight rows, then material yield is improved, but device complexity and costs increase
Solution Approach 1:
The armature core employs a dynamic arrangement where core segments can be assembled in a flexible sequential order. The first, second, third, and fourth core segments are designed with specific geometries that allow them to be positioned and connected in various configurations to form staggered straight rows. This dynamic design flexibility reduces the need for complex fixed pressing dies and assembly fixtures, thereby lowering device complexity and manufacturing costs while maintaining high material yield.
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AI summary
A core segment linked body is configured by linking a plurality of core segments by inserting first shafts of first core segments into first slots of core segments near a first longitudinal end thereof, and inserting second shafts of core segments near the first longitudinal end thereof into second slots of the first core segments, the linked core segments are expandable and contractible between an expanded position in which an interval between the magnetic pole tooth is expanded and a contracted position in which the interval is reduced by the first shafts being guided by the first slots and the second shafts being guided by the second slots, and central axes of the first shafts and the second shafts are: offset in a longitudinal direction of the back yoke in the expanded position; and positioned collinearly in a direction of lamination in the contracted position.


