IP Library Granted Patent US 9,003,976
Granted Patent B2
US 9,003,976 · App. 13/996,966 · Granted Apr 14, 2015

Electric machine, rail vehicle and rail-mounted car set

Inventors: Michael Brauer (Möhrendorf, DE); Carsten Probol (Buckenhof, DE)
Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
H02K11/0089H02K11/028B60L9/005B60L2200/26
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Patent No.
US 9,003,976
App. No.
13/996,966
Granted
Apr 14, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

An electric machine has a base body in which a stator of the electric machine is arranged. The electric machine has a rotor shaft which is mounted in the base body in bearings for rotation. The electric machine has a pick-up element connected in fixed rotative engagement with the base body and which taps a voltage present on the rotor shaft. The pick-up element is electrically connected to the base body via a capacitor and/or an ohmic resistor. A capacitance value of the capacitor is at least 1 nF. A resistance value of the ohmic resistor is between 10 mO and 10 O.

Claims (16)

1. An electric machine, comprising:

a base body,

a stator arranged in the base body,

a rotor shaft which is rotatably mounted in the base body by way of bearings, and

a pick-up element mechanically connected to the base body and prevented from rotating relative to the base body, wherein the pick-up element taps a voltage occurring in the rotor shaft and is electrically connected to the base body by way of an ohmic resistor embodied as a positive-temperature-coefficient (PTC) thermistor and having a resistance value in a range between 10 mΩ and 10 Ω.

2. The electric machine of claim 1 , wherein the resistance value is in a range between 20 mΩ and 1 Ω.

3. The electric machine of claim 1 , wherein the resistance value is in a range between 50 mΩ and 100 mΩ.

4. The electric machine of claim 1 , wherein the pick-up element is electrically connected to the base body by way of an additional capacitor connected in parallel with the resistor and having a capacitance value of at least 1 nF.

5. The electric machine of claim 4 , wherein the capacitance value is at least 5 nF.

6. The electric machine of claim 4 , wherein the capacitance value is at least 10 nF.

7. A rail vehicle, comprising:

at least one electric machine comprising a base body, a stator arranged in the base body, a rotor shaft which is rotatably mounted in the base body by way of bearings, and a pick-up element mechanically connected to the base body and prevented from rotating relative to the base body, wherein the pick-up element taps a voltage occurring in the rotor shaft and is electrically connected to the base body by way of an ohmic resistor embodied as a positive-temperature-coefficient (PTC) thermistor and having a resistance value in a range between 10 mΩ and 10 Ω, and a capacitor connected in parallel with the ohmic resistor and having a capacitance value of at least 1 nF, and

at least one wheel axle connected to the rotor shaft directly or by way of a gear train assembly.

8. A rail-mounted car set, comprising:

a sequence of rail vehicles coupled to one another,

wherein at least the first and the last rail vehicle of the sequence of coupled rail vehicles comprises at least one electric machine comprising a base body, a stator arranged in the base body, a rotor shaft which is rotatably mounted in the base body by way of bearings, and a pick-up element mechanically connected to the base body and prevented from rotating relative to the base body, wherein the pick-up element taps a voltage occurring in the rotor shaft and is electrically connected to the base body by way of an ohmic resistor embodied as a positive-temperature-coefficient (PIC) thermistor and having a resistance value in a range between 10 mΩ and 10 Ω, and a capacitor connected in parallel with the ohmic resistor and having a capacitance value of at least 1 nF, and at least one wheel axle connected to the rotor shaft directly or by way of a gear train assembly.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 16, 2019
From: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
To: SIEMENS MOBILITY GMBH
Reel/Frame 048031/0079 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 21, 2013
From: BRAUER, MICHAEL; PROBOL, CARSTEN
To: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
Reel/Frame 030663/0443 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 10 2010 064 016 · Dec 23, 2010 · national
Continuity (1)
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