Motor Stator Segmented Yoke and Teeth Assembly

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing motor designs with a stator comprising a yoke section and teeth section face challenges in maximizing space efficiency and assembly complexity due to the need for separate wire-winding coils and the difficulty in connecting independent yoke and teeth segments effectively.

Innovation Solution

A motor design where the yoke and teeth sections are formed as independent configuration members, with neighboring teeth unified through connecting parts, and the yoke sections are connected in a loose fitting manner, allowing for increased space factor and simplified assembly by eliminating the need for separate wire-winding nozzles and reducing the number of parts.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Ease of manufacture

If the yoke section and teeth section are formed as independent configuration members, then the assembly process is simplified and space factor is increased, but the alignment precision and structural integrity may deteriorate

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveassembly processVSAvoidalignment precision
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of manufactureVSManufacturing precision

Solution Approach 1:

The stator is divided into independent yoke section and teeth section that can be manufactured separately and then assembled. This segmentation allows each component to be optimized independently for manufacturing ease while maintaining overall structural integrity through precise connection interfaces.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

Connection parts are introduced as intermediary elements between the yoke section and teeth section. These connection parts serve as mediators that ensure precise alignment and secure structural bonding while allowing the main components to remain independent and easy to manufacture.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

2Manufacturing precision

If separate wire-winding nozzles are used for each tooth, then coil winding is precise, but the device complexity and manufacturing cost increase

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecoil winding precisionVSAvoiddevice complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Manufacturing precisionVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

Multiple wire-winding nozzles are merged into a single integrated nozzle structure that can service multiple teeth simultaneously. This merging reduces the total number of nozzles required, simplifying the wire-winding device while maintaining precise coil winding through the combined nozzle's multi-position capability.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #5Merging (Combining)

3Strength

If insertion grooves are formed in the entire area of the yoke section, then the yoke and teeth connect securely, but the manufacturing complexity and material loss increase

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveconnection strengthVSAvoidmanufacturing complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
StrengthVSEase of manufacture

Solution Approach 1:

Instead of forming insertion grooves throughout the entire yoke section, the grooves are localized only to the specific areas where teeth need to be inserted. This local quality approach maintains secure connection strength at critical interfaces while reducing overall manufacturing complexity and material removal.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #3Local quality

Solution Approach 2:

The connection structure is segmented into discrete insertion grooves positioned only where needed, rather than continuous grooves across the entire yoke. This segmentation reduces manufacturing complexity by limiting the grooving operation to specific localized regions while maintaining adequate connection strength.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Data Source

PatentUS7701107B2Motor including a teeth section and a yoke section which are formed of mutually independent configuration members
Publication Date: 2010.04.20 PANASONIC AUTOMOTIVE SYST CO LTD
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AI summary

Included are a rotor, and a stator having a yoke section and a teeth section including multiple teeth. The teeth section and the yoke section are made of mutually independent configuration members, and connected to each other. At least one of the teeth section and the yoke section is formed by connecting each neighboring two of its multiple segments arranged one after another in a direction in which the rotor rotates. At least some neighboring teeth out of the multiple teeth are unified.