Electric machine with a baffle

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10186936-B2
Application number	US-201715695113-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 5, 2017
Priority date	Mar 6, 2015
Publication date	Jan 22, 2019
Grant date	Jan 22, 2019

Abstract

The disclosure relates to an electric machine having a stator, a rotor and an inverter arranged in an inverter housing. The rotor is rotatably mounted about a rotational axis with its rotor axis in a first end shield and in a second end shield. The second end shield is arranged in or on the inverter housing. At least one suction opening and at least one blowing opening are arranged on the radial periphery of the second end shield. At least two cooling fins are provided on the second end shield, a baffle is arranged between the cooling fins of the second end shield and the stator and the rotor which is arranged in the stator, such that a cooling medium flowing radially through the at least one suction opening is guided to the at least one blowing opening.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An electric machine comprising:
a stator;
an inverter arranged in an inverter housing;
a first end shield;
a second end shield arranged in or on the inverter housing;
a rotor mounted in the stator so as to be rotatable about an axis of rotation with its rotor axis in the first end shield and the second end shield, the rotor comprising:
impeller blades; and
an air guiding sleeve having blades or an air guiding sleeve without blades, the air guiding sleeve is mounted on the rotor axis and surrounded by the impeller blades;

at least one intake opening and at least one blow-out opening arranged in a radially encircling outer surface of the second end shield;
at least two cooling fins present on the second end shield;
a baffle positioned between the cooling fins of the second end shield and the stator; and
a cooling medium flowing in radially through the at least one intake opening, the cooling medium is guided to the at least one blow-out opening.

2. The electric machine of claim 1 , wherein the rotor further comprises:
a respective short-circuiting ring at two mutually opposite end sides that face in a direction of the end shields; and
the impeller blades are arranged or formed on the short-circuiting ring.

3. The electric machine of claim 2 , wherein the impeller blades are curved counter to a direction of rotation of the rotor in the electric machine.

4. The electric machine of claim 1 , wherein the cooling fins on the second end shield extend radially outwardly from a bearing seat.

5. The electric machine of claim 4 , wherein the cooling fins on the second end shield alternately have different lengths.

6. The electric machine of claim 1 , wherein, the cooling fins encircle a bearing seat of the second end shield and are arranged in at least two mutually offset rows with different spacings from the axis of rotation.

7. The electric machine of claim 1 , wherein the cooling fins are formed with a cross section that is circular or extends in a straight or curved manner from a direction of the axis of rotation as seen in plan view.

8. The electric machine of claim 1 , wherein the second end shield and the inverter housing are formed in one piece.

Assignees

• Continental Automotive Gmbh

Inventors

• Fröhlich Holger
• Charles David
• Krause Robert
• Smit Arnoud

Classifications

• H02K9/06 Primary

  with fans or impellers driven by the machine shaft · CPC title

• H02K11/33 Primary

  Drive circuits, e.g. power electronics (H02K11/38 takes precedence) · CPC title

• H02K9/22

  by solid heat conducting material embedded in, or arranged in contact with, the stator or rotor, e.g. heat bridges · CPC title

• H02K9/227

  Heat sinks · CPC title