Patent classifications
H02K9/16
Drive device with circulating airflow
A drive device includes an electric motor and a gear unit that is driven by the electric motor. The electric motor has a laminated stator core which includes stator windings and is accommodated in a stator housing. The stator housing has recesses that are axially uninterrupted, i.e. in particular in the direction of the rotor shaft axis, and the stator housing is surrounded, especially radially surrounded, by a housing of the drive device, in particular a tubular housing and/or a cup-shaped housing, and the housing is set apart from the stator housing, in particular such that an especially circulating airflow is able to be provided within the housing, the recesses in particular guiding the airflow through in the axial direction, and the airflow being returned in the opposite direction in the set-apart region between the stator housing part and the housing.
COOLING SYSTEM INCLUDING A PLURALITY OF COOLING UNITS
A cooling system is disclosed. The cooling system may comprise a first cooling unit installed at a cooling target, the first cooling unit including a first cooling pipe forming a flow path of a first refrigerant; and a second cooling unit installed at the cooling target, the second cooling unit including a second cooling pipe forming a flow path of a second refrigerant, wherein the first cooling pipe includes a first cooling pipe first end adjacent to a first side of the cooling target, the first refrigerant being introduced into the first cooling pipe first end; and a first cooling pipe second end adjacent to a second side of the cooling target, the first refrigerant being discharged from the first cooling pipe second end, wherein the second cooling pipe includes a second cooling pipe first end adjacent to the first side of the cooling target, the second refrigerant being discharged from the second cooling pipe first end; and a second cooling pipe second end adjacent to the second side of the cooling target, the second refrigerant being introduced into the second cooling pipe second end.
Assembling method of a rotor to an electric motor frame
A method of mounting a rotor assembly to a frame of an electric motor includes providing a rotor assembly having a bearing and a frame having a bearing seat. The method includes locating the bearing within the bearing seat, applying a first adhesive at a substantially hidden interface between the bearing and the bearing seat, applying a second adhesive at a substantially visible interface between the bearing and the bearing seat, and curing the first and second adhesives using different curing processes.
COOLING OF AN AXIAL END REGION OF A STATOR IN A ROTATING ELECTRICAL MACHINE
An arrangement for cooling at least one axial end region of a stator in a rotating electrical machine, having: at least one annular chamber which is disposed on the radially outer periphery of at least one portion of the axial end region having at least one radial cooling duct, and which on the radially inner part towards the axial end portion is at least partially open and is communicatingly connected to the radial cooling duct, and which is sealed with respect to the axial end region; and at least one low-pressure line which is communicatingly connected to the annular chamber, and via which the annular chamber is communicatingly connected to a low-pressure chamber in the rotating electrical machine which, relative to a flow of cooling fluid that is created by a shaft-mounted fan on a rotor in the rotating electric machine, is upstream of the shaft-mounted fan.
COOLING OF AN AXIAL END REGION OF A STATOR IN A ROTATING ELECTRICAL MACHINE
An arrangement for cooling at least one axial end region of a stator in a rotating electrical machine, having: at least one annular chamber which is disposed on the radially outer periphery of at least one portion of the axial end region having at least one radial cooling duct, and which on the radially inner part towards the axial end portion is at least partially open and is communicatingly connected to the radial cooling duct, and which is sealed with respect to the axial end region; and at least one low-pressure line which is communicatingly connected to the annular chamber, and via which the annular chamber is communicatingly connected to a low-pressure chamber in the rotating electrical machine which, relative to a flow of cooling fluid that is created by a shaft-mounted fan on a rotor in the rotating electric machine, is upstream of the shaft-mounted fan.
ELECTRIC MOTOR HAVING BALANCE STRUCTURE AND MACHINE TOOL EQUIPPED WITH THE ELECTRIC MOTOR
To provide an electric motor enabling easy and high-precision balance correction, and a machine toll including this electric motor. An electric motor (1) includes: a cylindrical stator (2); a rotor (3) having a rotary shaft part (31) inserted inside of the stator (2); a housing (4) installed to both ends in an axial direction of the stator (2); an opening (51a) provided in at least one outer peripheral lateral face of the housing (4), and disposed to be separated from an internal space (S) of the stator and a ventilation passage (9) formed in the stator (2); and a balance correction component (6, 61) that is installed to the rotary shaft part (31), and corrects balance of the rotor (3), in which the balance correction component (61) is exposed to outside from the opening (51a); and a machine tool (10) includes this electric motor (1).
COOLING UNIT OF DRIVE MOTOR
A cooling unit of a drive motor includes: a fixing member installed on an inner wall surface of a motor housing and configured to fix a stator core of the drive motor, wherein the fixing member has a ring shape, includes a flow path formed therein in order to allow a cooling medium to flow, and includes a cooling medium inlet and a cooling medium outlet formed to be connected to the flow path, the flow path includes a first path connecting the cooling medium inlet and the cooling medium outlet to each other at one side and a second path connecting the cooling medium inlet and the cooling medium outlet to each other at another side, and the first and second paths have different flow cross sections and are connected to each other.
Motor System
A motor system includes: a stator; a rotor; a motor shaft, which is mechanically coupled for conjoint rotation with the rotor, and which defines a radial direction and an axial direction of the motor system; heat-generating components, in particular power semiconductors; a control device which is designed to control an operation of the motor system; and a housing. The housing has a first central chamber, wherein the stator, the rotor and the heat-generating components are arranged inside the first chamber, and wherein the heat-generating components are connected to an outer wall of the first chamber, and has a number of second chambers, wherein the second chambers radially surround the first chamber, and wherein the second chambers form closed channels for guiding cooling air.
BLOWER ASSEMBLY FOR A VEHICLE SEAT
A vehicle seat comprises a seat bottom having a bottom cushion and a seat back coupled to the seat bottom with the seat back having a back cushion. At least one of the bottom cushion and the back cushion defines a passage. The vehicle seat further comprises a blower assembly coupled to one of the seat bottom and the seat back. The blower assembly comprises a housing and a stator, which is coupled to the housing and comprises a plurality of driving coils. The blower assembly further comprises a rotor rotatably coupled to the housing about a rotational axis, with the rotor comprising a plurality of permanent magnets arranged to generate a flux concentrated on the driving coils. The blower assembly further comprises an impeller coupled to the rotor to rotate about the rotational axis to generate a flow of air through the passage.
Electric motor assembly
A fan motor housing including a circumferential motor housing having a radially outer surface and a radially inner surface and defining a primary axis including a first plurality of concentric flow channels disposed between the radially outer surface the radially inner surface, wherein the concentric flow channels extend in an axial direction parallel to the primary axis, a second plurality of concentric flow channels disposed between the radially outer surface and the radially inner surface, extending in an axial direction parallel to the primary axis, wherein the first and second pluralities of concentric flow channel are thermodynamically connected, a first plurality of radial conduits connecting the second plurality of flow channels to the radially inner surface of the motor housing, and a second plurality of radial conduits connecting the radially inner surface of the motor housing to the second plurality of flow channels.