Electric Machine and Motor Vehicle

Abstract

Electric machine, including a stator on an at least partially electrically conductive housing located on a reference potential, on which are formed slot-like receptacles for stator windings, upon which slot-shaped receptacles are formed for the stator windings, wherein a closure element closing the receptacle on the side of the rotor is provided in each case in the receptacles, and a rotor rotatably mounted in the stator, wherein the closure element is provided with a flat, electrically conductive conductor region for shielding the stator windings from the rotor, wherein the conductor region is connected in an electrically conductive manner to the housing.

Claims

1-9. (canceled)

10. Electric machine, comprising: a stator on an at least partially electrically conductive housing located on a reference potential, on which are formed slot-like receptacles for stator windings, wherein a closure element is provided in the receptacles closing the receptacle on the side of the rotor, as well as a rotor which is rotatably mounted in the stator, wherein the closing element is equipped with a flat, electrically conducting conductor region for shielding the stator windings opposite the rotor, wherein the conductor region is connected in an electrically conductive manner with the housing, wherein the conductor region is continued through at least one front side of the stator in the form of a conductor region extension and arranged between the rotor and at least one winding head comprising a plurality of stator windings, characterized in that the conductor region extension is deployed so that it is directed radially outwardly to a housing section.

11. The electric machine according to claim 10, wherein the conductor region is formed over the entire length of the receptacle.

12. The electric machine according to claim 10, wherein that the conductor region extension is formed in a trapezoidal shape starting from the closure element.

13. The electric machine according to claim 10, wherein the conductor region is designed as a first surface layer of the closure element.

14. The electric machine according to claim 10, wherein the conductor region is formed at least partially from an electrically conductive material, or from a foil that is coated with an electrically conductive material.

15. The electric machine according to claim 10, wherein the conductor region is provided with an electrically insulating second surface layer at least in the region that is in contact with the stator.

16. The electric machine according to claim 10, wherein the closure elements comprise a base body made of a plastic material, in particular a thermoset material.

17. The Electric machine according to claim 10, wherein the grounding potential is selected as the reference potential.

Description

[0019] Further advantages and details of the invention will become evident from the embodiments described below with reference to the attached drawings, which indicate the following:

[0020] FIG. 1 a schematic representation of a section of an electric machine according to the invention,

[0021] FIG. 2 a schematic representation of a section of a closure element according to the invention,

[0022] FIG. 3 a schematic representation of a closure element according to the invention in top view,

[0023] FIG. 4 a vehicle according to the invention.

[0024] FIG. 1 shows an electric machine 1 according to the invention comprising a housing 2, a stator 3 and rotor 8 rotatably mounted about a rotational axis 7 by means of a shaft 16 and two bearings 5 and 6. In this case, the stator 3 is provided with a sheet metal package 9 having several receptacles 10 on the side of the rotor through which the stator windings 11 are extended. The receptacles 10 are respectively closed by a closure element 4. A winding head 14, 15 is formed, respectively, on the front sides 12, 13 of the stator 3.

[0025] On the closure element 4 is formed over its entire length a conductor region 23, which is respectively provided on the front sides 12, 13 with a conductor region extension 17, 18 consisting of an electrically conductive foil. These extensions are connected to the housing 2, which is located at the ground potential, in an electrically conductive manner.

[0026] In such an electric machine 1, parasitic capacitances are formed between the stator winding 11 with the winding head 15 and the rotor 8 because a common mode voltage is applied between these conductor elements, and they are separated by an air-filled space 19 that acts as a dielectric. This capacitance, however, is reduced because the conductor region 23 of the closure element 4 that is extended in the stator winding 11 inside the sheet metal package is shielded from the rotor 8, and the conductor region extensions 17, 18 also cause a shielding effect of the winding heads 14, 15. The conductor region extensions 17, 18 are deployed next to the winding heads 14, 15 in order to generate as high a capacitance between them as possible, which, however, is located on the ground potential via the housing 2 and thus causes a reduction of the total capacitance. This is a result of the fact that the total capacitance can be understood as being due to the insertion of the closure element with a serial connection of two partial capacities, which is always less than the smallest individual capacitance.

[0027] FIG. 2 and FIG. 3 show schematic representations of a closure element 4, wherein FIG. 2 is a sectional illustration and FIG. 3 shows a top view of the broad base surface of a wedge-shaped closure element 4. A first surface layer 20, which is made of copper and which forms the conductor region 23, is applied over the entire length and width of a base body 22. It is again provided with a second surface layer 21 that is made of an electrically insulating lacquer. The first surface layer 20 is designed with a thickness of 1 μm and it therefore provides a high electric resistance for eddy currents. The second surface layer 21 is formed to be significantly stronger, while the size relationships are not indicated according to scale. In addition, the first surface layer 20 is connected in an electrically conductive manner to two conductor region extensions 17, 18. These extensions are formed from a plastic foil onto which a thin silver layer is vapor-deposited in such a way that the conductor region 23 can be connected in an electrically conductive manner to the housing. The second surface layer 21 is in this case designed in order to insulate the conductor region 23 from the sheet metal package 9 of the stator 3.

[0028] Finally, FIG. 4 shows a motor vehicle 24 according to the invention that contains a built-in electric machine 1 for driving the vehicle. Thanks to the shielding of the stator windings 11 from the rotor 8 by means of the closure element 4 that is employed in the machine 1, the EDM currents caused by the bearings 5, 6 can be prevented and a longer durability of the electric machine 1 can be achieved in the motor vehicle.