Patent ID: 7687949
Filing Date: 2010-03-30
Classification: H02K

Abstract:
1. A rotor of a synchronous reluctance motor, comprising: a laminated core, comprising: end plates fixed to opposite ends of the laminated core; guide pins that extend through each of the guide pin holes and having each of two opposite ends thereof coupled to a respective end plate so as to align the plurality of stacked silicon steel sheets; and at least one rivet that couples the laminated core and the end plates, wherein the at least one rivet extends through a receiving portion of the second hole formed in a corresponding one of the plurality of regions in each of the plurality of silicon steel sheets, and wherein the at least one rivet is supported within the receiving portion of the second hole by a rivet support unit, wherein the rivet support unit comprises a first protrusion that extends from a first inner peripheral surface of the second hole toward a central portion of the second hole and a second protrusion that extends from a second inner peripheral surface of the second opposite the first inner peripheral surface toward the central portion of the second hole so as to support a body portion of the at least one rivet therebetween.