Brushless Motor Coil Assembly with Press-Inserted Terminals

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Solution Overview

Problem

The existing manufacturing process for brushless motors, particularly in electric blowers, involves numerous terminal processing steps, leading to reliability issues and increased costs due to the need for wire cutting and soldering, which complicates the assembly and increases the number of terminal processed portions.

Innovation Solution

The proposed solution involves a method where a single wire is wound to form both coils, with intermediate and terminal portions being electrically connected using press-inserted terminals, eliminating the need for separate terminal processing and soldering, thereby simplifying the assembly and reducing the number of terminal processing steps.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If wire cutting and soldering operations are performed for each coil terminal, then reliable electrical connections are achieved, but the number of terminal processed portions increases and reliability deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveelectrical connection reliabilityVSAvoidnumber of terminal processed portions
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent merges multiple separate wire processing operations into a single continuous wire that forms both coils. The wire is wound to form a first coil, then extended to form a second coil, eliminating the need for separate cutting and soldering operations at each terminal. This reduces the number of terminal processed portions from multiple separate connections to a single continuous wire structure, thereby reducing complexity while maintaining connection reliability through the continuous wire path.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #5Merging (Combining)

2Ease of manufacture

If wire cutting and soldering operations are performed for each coil terminal, then proper electrical connections are established, but manufacturing time and cost increase

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecoil assembly processVSAvoidwire cutting and soldering time
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of manufactureVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies preliminary action by pre-forming the wire into a continuous structure that includes both coils before assembly. The wire is wound to form the first coil and then extended to form the second coil in a single continuous operation, so that when the stator core is assembled, the electrical connections are already established. This eliminates the need for time-consuming cutting and soldering operations during final assembly, significantly reducing manufacturing time and improving ease of manufacture.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

3Ease of manufacture

If multiple terminal processing operations are performed, then complete coil connections are achieved, but manufacturing cost increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecoil connection processVSAvoidmanufacturing cost
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of manufactureVSQuantity of substance

Solution Approach 1:

The patent extracts and eliminates the unnecessary wire cutting and soldering operations from the manufacturing process. By using a single continuous wire to form both coils, the patent removes the need for multiple terminal processing steps, thereby reducing manufacturing cost. The continuous wire structure achieves complete coil connections without requiring additional materials or processes for joining separate wire segments, thus reducing both labor and material costs.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #2Taking out (Extraction)

Applied Scientific Principles

This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.

Function Achieved in This Case

This approach improves the reliability and manufacturability of brushless motors by reducing the complexity of terminal connections and eliminating the need for soldering, thus lowering manufacturing costs and time.

Implementation Method 1

a stator which includes a pair of opposite coils and generates force of rotating the rotor

Methodology Applied
Scientific EffectElectromagnetic induction: Electromagnetic Induction

Data Source

PatentUS9887600B2Brushless motor and brushless motor manufacturing method
Publication Date: 2018.02.06 MIDEA GROUP CO LTD
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AI summary

A brushless motor comprising:a rotor; a stator; a position detector; and a controller, wherein the stator includes: a stator core; an insulation body;a wire of which one end side is wound on one winding target portion and the other end side is wound on the other winding target portion to form one and the other coils generating magnetic poles having different polarities in the one and the other magnetic pole portions of the stator core and of which both end portions are respectively held by a holding portion and an intermediate portion of the one and the other coils is held by an intermediate holding portion;an intermediate terminal which is attached to the intermediate holding portion to be electrically connected to the wire; anda terminal portion which is attached to the holding portion to be electrically connected to both end portions of the wire.