Drive device for a vehicle

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12519386-B2
Application number	US-202318213586-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 23, 2023
Priority date	Jun 27, 2022
Publication date	Jan 6, 2026
Grant date	Jan 6, 2026

Abstract

A drive device for a vehicle, including an electric machine having a stator housing, on whose outer circumference a pulse width modulated inverter housing is formed, in which a pulse width modulated inverter having at least one pulse width modulated inverter contact is arranged, which is connected to a stator contact via a contact bridge, an AC filter being assigned to the contact bridge to reduce common mode flows and/or for the purpose of EMC shielding. According to the invention, the AC filter is a component separate from the pulse width modulated inverter and may be mounted in the pulse width modulated inverter housing independently of the pulse width modulated inverter.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A drive device for a vehicle, the drive device comprising:
an electric machine having a stator housing, an outer circumference of the stator housing having a pulse width modulated (PWM) inverter housing formed thereon, PWM inverter having at least one PWM inverter contact being arranged in the PWM inverter housing, the at least one PWM contact being connected to a stator contact via a contact bridge; and an AC filter assigned to the contact bridge to reduce common mode flows and/or for EMC shielding, wherein the AC filter is a component separate from the PWM inverter and is mounted in the PWM inverter housing independently of the PWM inverter.

2 . The drive device according to claim 1 , wherein the AC filter is a toroidal core which encompasses the contact bridge, and the contact bridge is guided through the toroidal core with play.

3 . The drive device according to claim 1 , wherein the contact bridge is provided with a two-part design, including a PWM inverter bridge part on a PWM inverter side and including a stator bridge part so that the contacting between the PWM inverter and the stator is designed as a three-part assembly made up of the PWM inverter bridge part, the stator bridge part and the AC filter.

4 . The drive device according to claim 3 , wherein the AC filter is provided as a variant part which is adaptable to a power class of the PWM inverter, and/or the PWM inverter bridge part and the stator bridge part are used across power classes.

5 . The drive device according to claim 3 , wherein the PWM inverter housing is formed on an upper side of the stator housing, and/or a free space is formed in an interior of the PWM inverter housing between an underside of the PWM inverter and a base of the PWM inverter housing base in which the AC filter is arranged, and/or the PWM inverter bridge part and the stator bridge are electrically connected to each other in the interior of the PWM inverter housing in the free space.

6 . The drive device according to claim 3 , wherein the stator contact is arranged in a contact chamber or a wet chamber situated axially upstream from the stator housing, and/or an interior of the PWM inverter housing forms a dry chamber, and/or the stator bridge part is electrically connected to the stator contact in the contact chamber, and/or the stator bridge part is guided from the contact chamber into the interior of the PWM inverter housing via a housing passage.

7 . The drive device according to claim 6 , wherein a seal is formed between the housing passage and the stator bridge part, which separates the interior of the PWM inverter housing media-tight from the contact chamber.

8 . The drive device according to claim 6 , wherein the stator bridge part is designed as an angle profile having a horizontal leg and a vertical leg, and the horizontal leg of the stator bridge part extends into the interior of the PWM inverter housing and is guided through the housing passage, and the vertical leg of the stator bridge part extends into the contact chamber and is electrically connected to the stator contact.

9 . The drive device according to claim 1 , wherein the PWM inverter, together with a PWM inverter housing cover, forms a one-part cover assembly, which is mounted on an upwardly open housing opening of the PWM inverter housing.

10 . A method for the electrical contacting of a PWM inverter comprising a stator of an electric machine of the drive device according to claim 1 , the method comprising:
mounting the AC filter in an empty interior of the PWM inverter housing as a separate component; inserting a stator bridge part of the contact bridge in an insertion movement from a contact chamber through a housing passage into the interior of the PWM inverter housing so that a horizontal leg of the stator bridge part extends beyond the AC filter with a projection in an insertion direction; electrically connecting a vertical leg of the stator bridge part to the stator contact; mounting a PWM inverter bridge part of the contact bridge in the interior of the PWM inverter housing and electrically connecting the PWM inverter bridge part to the horizontal leg of the stator bridge part or to the projection of the horizontal leg; and inserting the PWM inverter into the interior of the PWM inverter housing and electrically connecting the PWM inverter to the PWM inverter bridge part.

Assignees

• Volkswagen Ag
• Audi Ag

Inventors

• Lenz Andreas
• Hess Bjoern
• Possen Max
• Emde Marvin

Classifications

• H02M1/123

  Suppression of common mode voltage or current · CPC title

• H01R2201/26

  for vehicles · CPC title

• H01R43/26

  for engaging or disengaging the two parts of a coupling device (structural association with two-part coupling device H01R13/629) · CPC title

• H02M1/44

  Circuits or arrangements for compensating for electromagnetic interference in converters or inverters · CPC title

• H02M7/42

  Conversion of DC power input into AC power output without possibility of reversal · CPC title