Patent ID: 6501207
Filing Date: 2002-12-31
Classification: H02K

Abstract:
A rotor for a vehicular a.c. generator, comprising:a rotor coil for generating a magnetic field; a bobbin having the rotor coil wound thereon and including fixing portions for supporting lead wires for the rotor coil; a pair of rotor cores for sandwiching the rotor coil and the bobbin therebetween; a front fan and a rear fan provided on both outer ends of the rotor core; slip rings having terminals to be connected to the lead wires for supplying an exciting current to the rotor coil; and grooves formed in an outer side surface of the rotor core near the rear fan for directly housing the lead wires such that the lead wires are in the grooves, the lead wires extending between the fixing portions and the terminals; wherein the fixing portion, the terminal and the groove for each of the lead wires are provided so as to be substantially aligned in a radial direction of the rotor, the groove has an inward portion near an inner periphery of the rotor formed in a greater width than an outward portion near an outer periphery of the rotor, the rear fan covers the groove except for a part of the inward portion thereof, and the groove has a resin material filled therein.