Patent ID: 8334633

Claim:
A dynamoelectric machine comprising: a rotor comprising: a pole core comprising: a boss portion; a pair of yoke portions that are disposed so as to extend radially outward from two axial end edge portions of said boss portion; and a plurality of claw-shaped magnetic pole portions that are disposed so as to extend in an axial direction alternately from each of said pair of yoke portions, and that are arranged circumferentially so as to intermesh with each other, said pole core being fixed to a shaft that is inserted through a central axial position of said boss portion; a resin bobbin comprising: a drum portion that is mounted so as to be fitted over said boss portion; and a pair of flange portions that extend radially outward from two axial end portions of said drum portion parallel to inner wall surfaces of said pair of yoke portions; and a field coil that is wound onto said bobbin, and that is housed inside a space that is surrounded by said boss portion, said pair of yoke portions, and said plurality of claw-shaped magnetic pole portions; a stator that is disposed so as to surround an outer circumference of said rotor so as to have a predetermined air gap interposed; and a metal fan comprising: a base portion that is fixed to at least one axial end surface of said pole core; and a blade that is disposed so as to stand on said base portion, wherein: a magnet holder that is made of a magnetic material that is held by a yoke portion so as to face an inner circumferential surface near a tip end of said claw-shaped magnetic pole portions, and said magnet holder defining therein an interfitting groove that has a groove direction in an axial direction is formed so as to open at least radially outward and axially outward, and so as to lead inward from an axially outer side; a permanent magnet that is held by said magnet holder by being fitted into said interfitting groove, that is disposed so as to face an inner circumferential surface near a tip end of said claw-shaped magnetic pole portions so as to have a predetermined clearance, and that is magnetically oriented in a reverse direction to a direction of a magnetic field that said field coil produces; and a metal thermally conductive plate that is disposed so as to extend axially inward from said base portion, and that has a projecting end portion that is placed in close contact with said permanent magnet.