Motor mount with improved decoupling for ventilation system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9660498-B2
Application number	US-201113995863-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 8, 2011
Priority date	Dec 20, 2010
Publication date	May 23, 2017
Grant date	May 23, 2017

Abstract

The invention relates to a mount 2 in which is housed an electric motor 3 which has a shaft 10 extending along a longitudinal axis 13 , said motor having a mass equilibrium line 22 transverse to the longitudinal axis 13 and passing through a center of gravity 40 of the electric motor, said mount 2 being connected to the motor 3 by a plurality of decoupling means 20 distributed around the periphery of the motor, characterized in that the longitudinal position D 2 with respect to the mount 2 of at least one decoupling means 20 and a dimension D 3 of this decoupling means 20 along the longitudinal axis 13 are determined with respect to the mass equilibrium line 22.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A mount ( 2 ) in which is housed an electric motor ( 3 ) which has a shaft ( 10 ) extending along a longitudinal axis ( 13 ), the motor ( 3 ) having a mass equilibrium line ( 22 ) transverse to the longitudinal axis ( 13 ) and passing through a center of gravity ( 40 ) of the motor ( 3 ), the mount ( 2 ) being connected to the motor ( 3 ) by a plurality of decoupling means ( 20 ) distributed around the periphery of the motor ( 3 ), wherein a longitudinal position (D 2 ) with respect to the mount ( 2 ) of at least one decoupling means ( 20 ) and a dimension (D 3 ) of the decoupling means ( 20 ) along the longitudinal axis ( 13 ) are determined with respect to the mass equilibrium line ( 22 ), in which the shaft ( 10 ) comprises a zone ( 25 ) for receiving a turbine ( 4 ), the mount ( 2 ) comprising an edge ( 17 ) which extends in a plane ( 21 ) on a side of the zone ( 25 ) relative to the mass equilibrium line ( 22 ), wherein a median plane ( 26 ) extends on a side opposing the zone ( 25 ) relative to the mass equilibrium line ( 22 ), and wherein the median plane ( 26 ) is a plane which divides the decoupling means ( 20 ) into two portions having a same length.

2. The mount ( 2 ) as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the mass equilibrium line ( 22 ) and the plane ( 21 ) are spaced apart by a value (D 1 ) of between 11 and 25 millimeters.

3. The mount ( 2 ) as claimed in claim 2 , in which the dimension (D 3 ) forms a length of the decoupling means ( 20 ) of between 15 and 40 millimeters.

4. The mount ( 2 ) as claimed in claim 2 , in which a distance along the longitudinal axis ( 13 ) which separates the mass equilibrium line ( 22 ) and a median plane ( 26 ) from the decoupling means ( 20 ) is between 0 and 7 millimeters.

5. The mount ( 2 ) as claimed in claim 2 , in which the decoupling means ( 20 ) connects a base ( 14 ) to a ring ( 15 ) in which the motor ( 3 ) is housed, the ring ( 15 ) having a first face ( 15 b ) which extends along the longitudinal axis ( 13 ), the base ( 14 ) having a second face ( 19 ) which extends along the longitudinal axis ( 13 ), the decoupling means ( 20 ) being interposed between the first face ( 15 b ) and the second face ( 19 ).

6. The mount ( 2 ) as claimed in claim 1 , in which the dimension (D 3 ) forms a length of the decoupling means ( 20 ) of between 15 and 40 millimeters.

7. The mount ( 2 ) as claimed in claim 6 , in which a distance along the longitudinal axis ( 13 ) which separates the mass equilibrium line ( 22 ) and a median plane ( 26 ) from the decoupling means ( 20 ) is between 0 and 7 millimeters.

8. The mount ( 2 ) as claimed in claim 1 , in which a length of the decoupling means ( 20 ) is 20 millimeters.

9. The mount ( 2 ) as claimed in claim 1 , in which a distance along the longitudinal axis ( 13 ) which separates the mass equilibrium line ( 22 ) and the median plane ( 26 ) from the decoupling means ( 20 ) is between 0 and 7 millimeters.

10. The mount ( 2 ) as claimed in claim 1 , in which the distance which separates the median plane ( 26 ) and the mass equilibrium line ( 22 ) is 7 millimeters.

11. The mount ( 2 ) as claimed in claim 1 , comprising three decoupling means ( 20 ) distributed over an angular offset of 120°.

12. The mount ( 2 ) as claimed in claim 1 , in which the decoupling means ( 20 ) connects a base ( 14 ) to a ring ( 15 ) in which the motor ( 3 ) is housed, the ring ( 15 ) having a first face ( 15 b ) which extends along the longitudinal axis ( 13 ), the base ( 14 ) having a second face ( 19 ) which extends along the longitudinal axis ( 13 ), the decoupling means ( 20 ) being interposed between the first face ( 15 b ) and the second face ( 19 ).

13. The mount ( 2 ) as claimed in claim 1 , in which the decoupling means ( 20 ) has an H-shaped section.

14. A motor-blower assembly ( 1 ) for a ventilation system of a vehicle comprising a mount ( 2 ) as claimed in claim 1 and a turbine ( 4 ) mounted on the shaft ( 10 ) of the motor ( 3 ).

Assignees

• Truillet Franck
• Cheriaux Olivier
• Droulez Eric
• Cozic Ronan
• Clergeon Sebastien
• Legot Laurent
• Naji Said
• Duputel Patrick
• Vincent Philippe
• Valeo Systemes Thermiques

Inventors

• Truillet Franck
• Cheriaux Olivier
• Droulez Eric
• Cozic Ronan
• Clergeon Sebastien
• Legot Laurent
• Naji Said
• Duputel Patrick
• Vincent Philippe

Classifications

• H02K5/24 Primary

  specially adapted for suppression or reduction of noise or vibrations · CPC title

• F04D29/668

  damping or preventing mechanical vibrations · CPC title

• F04D25/08

  the working fluid being air, e.g. for ventilation · CPC title