Patent ID: 7358699

Claim:
A rotating electric machine with a built-in control device comprising: a main body of the rotating electric machine including: a stator; a rotor having a rotary shaft; brackets provided on both sides of said stator, one on a load side and the other on a side opposite the load side, for rotatably supporting said rotor via said rotary shaft; and a fan which is provided on said rotor and rotates together with said rotor to induce a flow of cooling air for cooling at least one of said stator and said rotor; and the control device including control components for controlling said main body of the rotating electric machine, said control device being fixed to the outside of the bracket on said side opposite the load side in an axial direction of said rotary shaft in such a manner that a particular spacing is formed between said control device and the bracket on said side opposite the load side and said flow of cooling air passes through this spacing.