IP Library › Granted Patent US 7,671,501
Granted Patent B2
US 7,671,501 · App. 11/958,679 · Granted Mar 2, 2010

Electrical machine with torque limitation

Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
View Patent ↗
Loading inventors, assignments & file history…
Monitor This Case
Get email alerts when status or documents change.
Order Certified Copies
Most orders are placed with the USPTO same day — all within 24 business hours.
Order via The Patent Place →
Pre-filled with this patent's details
Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 7,671,501
App. No.
11/958,679
Granted
Mar 2, 2010
Kind
B2
Abstract

An electrical machine with torque limitation which is only slightly larger structurally than an identical machine without torque limitation and is thus as compact as possible has a stator with windings and a rotor supported movably relative to the stator, recesses distributed over the circumference and extending axially are present on the rotor surface, and a driver, located coaxially relative to the rotor and extending axially, is located in the air gap between the rotor and the stator, and exciter magnets on the upper driver face toward the stator and driver magnets on the inner driver face toward the rotor are located in such a way that upon rotation of the driver, the rotor is likewise capable of being set into rotation as a result of the rotary field generated by the windings and by the driver magnets.

Claims (8)

1. An electrical machine, comprising a stator with windings; a rotor supported movably relative to said stator, said rotor having a rotor surface provided with longitudinal recesses which are distributed over a circumference and extending axially; a driver located coaxially relative to said rotor and extending axially, said driver being located in an air gap between said rotor and said stator; and exciter magnets on an upper driver face toward said stator and driver magnets on an inner driver face toward said rotor located in such a way that upon rotation of said driver, said rotor is likewise settable into rotation as a result of a rotary field generated by said windings.

2. An electrical machine as defined in claim 1 , wherein said rotor has a rotor shaft, said driver being supported on said rotor shaft.

3. An electrical machine as defined in claim 1 , wherein said longitudinal recesses are distributed uniformly over the circumference of said rotor surface and said driver magnets are distributed uniformly over a circumference of said inner driver face, wherein longitudinal protrusions located between said longitudinal recesses and said driver magnets are located diametrically opposite to one another.

4. An electrical machine as defined in claim 1 , wherein said driver magnets are located on said inner driver face corresponding to said longitudinal recesses on said rotor surface.

5. An electrical machine as defined in claim 3 , wherein said driver magnets and said longitudinal protrusions have dimensions that are dimensioned in accordance with a torque threshold value, upon exceeding of which an rpm of said rotor decreases relative to an rpm of said driver.

6. A rotary-current synchronous motor with magnetic torque limitation, implemented by an electrical machine as defined in claim 1 .

7. A generator with magnetic torque limitation implemented by an electrical machine as defined in claim 1 .

8. A wind farm having a generator as defined in claim 7 .

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 30, 2008
From: GROENING, INGOLF
To: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
Reel/Frame 020438/0771 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 10 2006 060 987 · Dec 20, 2006 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20080150381A1 · Jun 26, 2008