IP Library Patent Application 18679843
Patent Application
App. No. 18/679,843

ROTOR FOR AN ELECTRIC MACHINE WITH IMPROVED MOUNTABILITY OF A ROTOR LAMINATED CORE AND PRODUCTION METHOD THEREFOR

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App. No.
18/679,843
Abstract

A rotor for an electric machine includes a rotor shaft and a rotor laminated core which is mounted thereon with n sub-cores (SP 1 . . . SP 6 ) which are stacked axially on one another and a plurality of rotor magnets which are arranged in the sub-cores (SP 1 . . . SP 6 ). The magnetic poles of at least two sub-cores (SP 1 . . . SP 6 ) are twisted in relation to one another by a gradation angle (α ST ). In addition, the rotor shaft or a disc mounted thereon has a plurality of depressions which are spaced apart from one another by an angular distance ∝ i,i+1 =k·∝ p +∝ ST , wherein α P indicates the pole angle and wherein k is an even number. An electric machine may include the rotor, a vehicle may include the electric machine.

Claims (65)

1 . Rotor for an electric machine, comprising

a rotor shaft,

a rotor laminated core which is mounted on the rotor shaft with n sub-cores which are stacked axially on one another and each of which has a plurality of rotor laminations stacked axially on one another,

a plurality of rotor magnets which are arranged in the sub-cores and form magnetic poles of the sub-cores, wherein adjacent magnetic poles of a sub-core are each spaced apart from one another by a pole angle, and wherein the magnetic poles of at least two sub-cores are twisted in relation to one another by a gradation angle,

wherein

the rotor shaft or a disc mounted thereon has a plurality of depressions, wherein a depression having an index i+1 is spaced apart from a depression having an index i by an angular distance.

i

,

i

+

1

=

k

·

p

+

ST

wherein k is an even number.

2 . Rotor according to claim 1 , wherein the depressions are arranged on the circumferential side or end side in the rotor shaft or in the disc mounted thereon.

3 . Rotor according to claim 1 , wherein the depressions are arranged on a collar of the rotor shaft.

4 . Rotor according to claim 1 , wherein the depressions are designed as cylindrical bores or have a conical or wedge-shaped profile.

5 . Electric machine having a rotor according to claim 1 .

6 . Vehicle having an electric machine according to claim 5 , which is provided for driving the vehicle.

7 . Method for producing a rotor for an electric machine, wherein the rotor has a plurality of magnetic poles with a pole angle lying in between and a rotor laminated core with n axially adjacent sub-cores, wherein the magnetic poles of at least two sub-cores are twisted in relation to one another by a gradation angle, comprising the steps of

a) clamping a rotor shaft of the rotor in an assembly device in an angular position with an index i, which is defined by a depression with an index i in the rotor shaft or in a disc mounted on the rotor shaft,

b) mounting a sub-core with the index i on the rotor shaft,

c) rotating the rotor shaft into an angular position with the index i+1, which is defined by a depression with the index i+1 in the rotor shaft or in the disc mounted on the rotor shaft, using the assembly device, wherein the depression with the index i+1 is spaced apart from the depression with the index i by an angular distance

i

,

i

+

1

=

k

·

p

+

ST

wherein k is an even number, and

d) recursively repeating steps b) and c) with an ascending index i until all of the sub-cores are mounted, starting with the index i=1 in step a) and ending with the index i=n in step b).

8 . Method according to claim 7 , wherein the disc is mounted on the rotor shaft before step a) and is removed from the rotor shaft again after the assembly of the final sub-core.

9 . Method according to claim 7 , wherein the disc is mounted in a form-fitting manner on the rotor shaft.

10 . Method according to claim 9 , wherein a form fit is produced by means of a spline of the rotor shaft, via grooves of the rotor shaft for a hook spanner or via holes in the rotor shaft for a face spanner, wherein the disc interacts with the above-mentioned form-fitting elements in the mounted state.

11 . Method according to claim 1 , wherein preceding claims, characterized in that a locking pin of the assembly device engages in the depression with the index i before step b).

12 . Method according to claim 1 , wherein the sub-cores are all pushed onto the rotor shaft in the same angular position with respect to the assembly device.

13 . Method according to claim 1 , wherein the gradation angle

is the same size for all of the sub-cores or

changes its sign axially centrally if n is an odd number or

is axially centrally zero and then changes its sign if n is an even number.

14 . Rotor according to claim 2 , wherein the depressions are arranged on a collar of the rotor shaft.

15 . Rotor according to claim 2 , wherein the depressions are designed as cylindrical bores or have a conical or wedge-shaped profile.

16 . Electric machine having a rotor according to claim 2 .

17 . Method according to claim 8 , wherein the disc is mounted in a form-fitting manner on the rotor shaft.

18 . Method according to claim 2 , wherein a locking pin of the assembly device engages in the depression with the index i before step b).

19 . Method according to claim 2 , wherein the sub-cores are all pushed onto the rotor shaft in the same angular position with respect to the assembly device.

20 . Method according to claim 2 , wherein the gradation angle

is the same size for all of the sub-cores or

changes its sign axially centrally if n is an odd number or

is axially centrally zero and then changes its sign if n is an even number.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jul 22, 2026
From: VALEO EAUTOMOTIVE GERMANY GMBH; VALEO SIEMENS EAUTOMOTIVE GERMANY GMBH; SIEMENS AUTOMOTIVE EPOWERTRAIN SYSTEMS GMBH; BLITZ E16-802 GMBH
To: VALEO ELECTRIFICATION
Reel/Frame 076028/0968 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 18, 2024
From: SCHLERETH, ALEXANDER; HUSNIK, STEPHAN; KESSLER, BERNHARD
To: VALEO EAUTOMOTIVE GERMANY GMBH
Reel/Frame 068941/0287 →