Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motor Rotor Stator Length Ratio

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Solution Overview

Problem

There is a need for a more compact and lightweight permanent magnet synchronous motor for electric vehicles that maintains nominal performance while reducing size and mass, as existing motors are constrained by increasing compactness requirements and are sensitive to climatic conditions affecting vehicle range.

Innovation Solution

A synchronous electric motor with permanent magnets featuring a wound stator and a rotor with axially extending magnets in a flow concentration architecture, where the axial length of the rotor is greater than the stator teeth, and a ratio of these lengths is optimized to enhance magnetic flux and minimize mass and material usage, using ferrite magnets and a stack of sheet materials for the carcass and cylinder head.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Weight of moving object

If the motor size and mass are reduced to meet compactness constraints, then the motor can be more compact and lightweight, but the nominal performance (torque and efficiency) may deteriorate

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvemotor massVSAvoidnominal performance
Core Design Contradiction:
Weight of moving objectVSPower

Solution Approach 1:

The patent changes the geometric parameters of the motor, specifically setting the rotor axial length to be greater than the stator teeth axial length with a ratio between 1.2 and 1.3. This parameter optimization allows the motor to maintain nominal performance while reducing overall size and mass, directly resolving the contradiction between compactness and performance

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

Solution Approach 2:

The patent utilizes the axial dimension more effectively by extending the rotor length beyond the stator teeth length. This dimensional approach creates a three-dimensional magnetic flux path that enhances torque production in a compact radial space, allowing performance maintenance while reducing motor mass

Inventive Principle:
Principle #17Another dimension (Dimensionality change)

2Power

If the rotor axial length is increased to improve magnetic flux and torque, then the motor performance is improved, but the motor length increases

Engineering Contradiction:
ImprovetorqueVSAvoidmotor length
Core Design Contradiction:
PowerVSLength of moving object

Solution Approach 1:

The patent optimizes the rotor-to-stator-teeth length ratio to be between 1.2 and 1.3, which maximizes torque production while limiting the axial length increase. This precise parameter control ensures that the rotor extends just enough to create effective three-dimensional magnetic flux without excessive lengthening

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

Solution Approach 2:

The patent applies different functional qualities to different axial regions: the portion of the rotor extending beyond the stator teeth (approximately 20-30% of rotor length) is optimized for generating three-dimensional magnetic flux, while the remaining portion maintains traditional two-dimensional flux patterns. This localized functional differentiation achieves high torque in a compact length

Inventive Principle:
Principle #3Local quality

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

The solution achieves reduced size and mass while maintaining or exceeding nominal torque and efficiency, allowing for higher power density and compactness, and is suitable for electric compressors in air conditioning systems, addressing the constraints of size, mass, and performance.

Implementation Method 1

a wound stator comprising stator teeth extending axially, formed in a carcass and a rotor comprising a plurality of these magnets extending axially

Methodology Applied
Scientific EffectElectromagnetic induction: Electromagnetic Induction

Implementation Method 2

a first contribution of a three-dimensional magnetic flux between the stator teeth and the rotor

Methodology Applied
Scientific EffectMagnetic field interaction: Magnetic Field

Implementation Method 3

a first contribution of a three-dimensional magnetic flux between the stator teeth and the rotor is substantially equal to or greater than a second contribution of a two-dimensional magnetic flux

Methodology Applied
Scientific EffectMagnetic flux concentration: Magnetic Field

Data Source

PatentEP2917999B1Synchronous electric motor with permanent magnets and electric compressor comprising such an electric motor
Publication Date: 2016.07.06 VALEO EQUIP ELECTRIC MOTEUR
  • EP2917999B1 patent drawingFigure 1a~1b
  • EP2917999B1 patent drawingFigure 2~3
  • EP2917999B1 patent drawingFigure 4

AI summary

The synchronous electric motor with permanent magnets comprising a wound stator (1) comprising stator teeth extending axially formed in a frame and a rotor (5) comprising a plurality of said magnets extending axially into a cylinder head (6), being embedded according to a flux concentration construction of said rotor (5) in which a first length (Ls1) of said rotor (5) is greater than a second length (Ls1) of said stator teeth and in which a ratio of said first length (Ls1) to said second length (Ls2) is lower than 1.3. The compressor is characterised in that it comprises such an electric motor.