IP Library Granted Patent US 10,498,200
Granted Patent B2
US 10,498,200 · App. 15/459,949 · Granted Dec 3, 2019

Drive device

Inventor: Jens Onno Krah (Wuppertal, DE)
Assignee: Beckhoff Automation GmbH
H02K11/33H02K9/22H02K11/21
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Patent No.
US 10,498,200
App. No.
15/459,949
Granted
Dec 3, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

A drive device comprises an electric motor, a first receiving area and a second receiving area. The first receiving area may include converter power electronics. The second receiving area may include further electronics. The first and second receiving areas may be formed on the B-side of the electric motor. The first and second receiving areas may be thermally decoupled from one another by a thermal isolation, such that during the operation of the electric motor a first temperature zone can be formed in the first receiving area and a second temperature zone can be formed in the second receiving area.

Claims (24)

1. A drive device, comprising:

an electric motor, and

a first receiving area and a second receiving area formed on a B-side of the electric motor, the first and second receiving areas being thermally two receiving areas decoupled from one another by a thermal isolation, such that during the operation of the electric motor a first temperature zone can be formed in the first receiving area and a second temperature zone can be formed in the second receiving area,

wherein a heat shield having a section projecting into the first receiving area is formed, the heat shield being thermally coupled to the second receiving area, such that the second temperature zone can be lengthened into the first receiving area.

2. The drive device according to claim 1 , wherein a fixing unit for power transistors of a converter power electronics is arranged releasably in the first receiving area, the fixing unit comprising at least one plate with at least one spring clamp fixed on the plate and serving for fixedly clamping a power transistor.

3. The drive device according to claim 1 , wherein the first receiving area is formed by a bearing shield of the electric motor.

4. The drive device according to claim 1 , wherein the first receiving area is thermally coupled to the electric motor.

5. The drive device according to claim 1 , wherein the first receiving area comprises a self-contained frame.

6. The drive device according to claim 5 , wherein the first receiving area comprises a baseplate, on which the frame is arranged as heat sink.

7. The drive device according to claim 5 , wherein the isolation comprises a self-contained plastic frame, which is fixed to the frame in any of a force-locking and positively locking manner.

8. A drive device, comprising:

an electric motor,

a first receiving area and a second receiving area, the first and second receiving areas being formed on a B-side of the electric motor, the first and second receiving areas being thermally decoupled from one another by a thermal isolation, such that during the operation of the electric motor a first temperature zone can be formed in the first receiving area and a second temperature zone can be formed in the second receiving area, and

wherein a heat shield having a section projecting into the first receiving area is formed, the heat shield being thermally decoupled from the first receiving area by the thermal isolation and the projecting section comprising a third receiving area for a position sensor.

9. The drive device according to claim 8 , wherein the first receiving area is formed by a bearing shield of the electric motor.

10. The drive device according to claim 8 , wherein the heat shield is thermally coupled to the second receiving area, such that the second temperature zone can be lengthened into the first receiving area.

11. The drive device according to claim 8 , wherein the heat shield comprises a metal sheet having a flanged tube as projecting section.

12. The drive device according to claim 8 , wherein the first receiving area is thermally coupled to the electric motor.

13. The drive device according to claim 8 , wherein the first receiving area comprises a self-contained frame.

14. The drive device according to claim 13 , wherein the first receiving area comprises a baseplate, on which the frame is arranged as heat sink.

15. The drive device according to claim 13 , wherein the isolation comprises a self-contained plastic frame, which is fixed to the frame in a force-locking and/or positively locking manner.

16. The drive device according to claim 8 , wherein a fixing unit for power transistors of a converter power electronics is arranged releasably in the first receiving area.

17. The drive device according to claim 16 , wherein the fixing unit comprises at least one plate with at least one spring clamp fixed on the plate and serving for fixedly clamping a power transistor.

18. The drive device according to claim 8 , wherein SiC MOSFETs are arranged as converter power electronics in the first receiving area.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF ASSIGNEE ADDRESS Recorded Nov 19, 2019
From: BECKHOFF AUTOMATION GMBH
To: BECKHOFF AUTOMATION GMBH
Reel/Frame 051057/0632 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 3, 2017
From: KRAH, JENS ONNO
To: BECKHOFF AUTOMATION GMBH
Reel/Frame 042225/0325 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 10 2014 114 129 · Sep 29, 2014 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTEP2015072116 · Sep 25, 2015
Related Publication 20170187267A1 · Jun 29, 2017