Power electronics module having a sealing sheathing attached via an adhesion agent, electrical drive machine and production method

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12525843-B2
Application number	US-202017641242-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 25, 2020
Priority date	Sep 10, 2019
Publication date	Jan 13, 2026
Grant date	Jan 13, 2026

Abstract

A power electronics module for an electrical drive machine of a motor vehicle includes multiple bus bars and a potting element supporting the bus bars such that they are spaced apart and electrically insulated from one another. Each bus bar is exposed in a first connection region and a second connection region, opposite the first connection region, for further contact with the environment of the potting element. The bus bars are provided with a sealing sheathing, applied separately to the potting element, on a longitudinal section between the two connection regions arranged in a common recess in the potting element made from a plastic material. The sealing sheathing is adhered to the bus bar via a layer of adhesion agent. An electrical drive machine comprising said power electronics module, as well as a method of a power electronics module is provided.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1 . A power electronics module for an electrical drive machine of a motor vehicle, the power electronics module comprising:
multiple bus bars and a potting element supporting the bus bars such that the bus bars are spaced apart and electrically insulated from one another, wherein each bus bar is exposed in a first connection region and a second connection region, opposite the first connection region, for further contact with an environment of the potting element, wherein the bus bars are provided with a sealing sheathing, applied separately to the potting element, on a longitudinal section between the first and second connection regions, each of the bus bars are arranged in a singular common recess in the potting element made from a plastic material, and said sealing sheathing is adhered to the bus bar via a layer of adhesion agent, and wherein the longitudinal section of each bus bar is arranged within an interior of the singular common recess, wherein the recess is designed as a through hole penetrating the potting element and the through hole is closed off by a cover at its end region spaced apart and non-contacting the bus bars and the adhesion agent, the sealing sheathing and the cover being separate components.

2 . The power electronics module according to claim 1 , wherein the bus bars are surface-activated in the longitudinal section surrounded by the layer of adhesion agent.

3 . The power electronics module according to claim 1 , wherein three bus bars are provided.

4 . The power electronics module according to claim 1 , wherein a seal extending around the potting element is received on an outer side of the potting element, on a side of the recess facing the second connection regions.

5 . An electrical drive machine for a motor vehicle, comprising:
a housing, wherein the housing has a wet space accommodating a stator and a dry space sealed relative to the wet space, and having a power electronics module according to claim 1 , wherein the first connection regions of the bus bars are arranged in the dry space and the second connection regions of the bus bars, which are further connected to windings of the stator, are arranged in the wet space.

6 . A method for producing a power electronics module for an electrical drive machine of a motor vehicle, the method comprising:
in a first step, encapsulating multiple bus bars by a first plastic material in such a way that the bus bars are held spaced apart and electrically insulated from one another after a curing of the first plastic material forming a potting element and are each arranged with a longitudinal section inside a singular common recess of the potting element which is exposed to an environment, in a second step, surface activating a surface of the longitudinal section and then applying a layer of adhesion agent to the surface-activated longitudinal section of each bus bar, and in a third step, filling a second plastic material into the recess and then curing the second plastic material so that the second plastic material adheres to the surface-activated longitudinal section of each bus bar as a sealing sheathing via the layer of adhesion agent.

7 . A power electronics module for an electrical drive machine of a motor vehicle, the power electronics module comprising:
multiple bus bars and a potting element supporting the bus bars such that the bus bars are spaced apart and electrically insulated from one another; each bus bar is exposed in a first connection region and a second connection region, opposite the first connection region, for further contact with an environment of the potting element; the bus bars are provided with a sealing sheathing, applied separately to the potting element, on a longitudinal section between the first and second connection regions arranged in a singular common recess in the potting element made from a plastic material, with said sealing sheathing being adhered to the bus bar via surface activation of the bus bar and then a layer of adhesion agent on the surface-activated bus bar, and a seal extends around the potting element and is received in an annular groove on an exterior surface of the potting element, on a side of the recess facing the second connection regions such that the seal is separated from the sealing sheathing by a portion of the potting element.

8 . The power electronics module according to claim 7 , wherein the seal is oriented to be non-contacting with the sealing sheathing.

9 . The power electronics module according to claim 7 , wherein the seal includes an anti-rotation lug.

10 . The power electronics module according to claim 9 , wherein the anti-rotation lug is in a circumferential region of the seal.

11 . The power electronics module according to claim 10 , wherein the anti-rotation lug is configured to be received in the potting element in a form-fitting manner.

Assignees

• Schaeffler Technologies Ag

Inventors

• Ruppert Andreas

Classifications

• H05K7/14329

  specially adapted for the configuration of power bus bars · CPC title

• H02K11/00

  Structural association of dynamo-electric machines with electric components or with devices for shielding, monitoring or protection (casings, enclosures or supports H02K5/00) · CPC title

• H02K5/10

  with arrangements for protection from ingress, e.g. water or fingers · CPC title

• H02M7/003

  Constructional details, e.g. physical layout, assembly, wiring or busbar connections · CPC title

• H02K11/33

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