Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
Rotor of rotary electric machine

Abstract:

A rotor of a rotary electric machine includes a rotor core of an approximately annular shape which has plural sets of plural magnet insertion holes arranged radially, the plural sets being arranged in a circumferential direction with a predetermined gap, and plural permanent magnets which are inserted into the magnet insertion holes, respectively. Each permanent magnet has a circular arc shape in a radial section, and a curved surface thereof is convex toward a rotation shaft of the rotor. Plural permanent magnets which are respectively inserted into the radially arranged plural magnet insertion holes in each set includes a first permanent magnet which is positioned on an outer circumferential surface side and a second permanent magnet which is positioned on a rotation shaft side and has a radial thickness equal to or larger than a radial thickness of the first permanent magnet.