IP Library Granted Patent US 7,973,437
Granted Patent B2
US 7,973,437 · App. 12/284,637 · Granted Jul 5, 2011

Transmission unit

Assignee: MAGNA Powertrain AG & Co KG
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Patent No.
US 7,973,437
App. No.
12/284,637
Granted
Jul 5, 2011
Kind
B2
Abstract

The invention relates to a transmission for a motor vehicle with a transmission housing, with an electrical actuator for the actuation of the transmission and with an electrical control device for the control of the actuator. The transmission has a heat sink device 24 thermoconductively connected to the device and a heat insulating layer between a housing of the actuator and the heat sink device for the thermal insulation of the actuator housing and of the heat sink device, with the actuator housing being thermoconductively connected to the transmission housing or being part of the transmission housing. The invention furthermore relates to a corresponding actuator unit for a transmission.

Claims (51)

1. A transmission unit for a motor vehicle, comprising:

a transmission having a transmission housing;

an electric actuator for the actuation of the transmission including an actuator housing;

an electrical control device for the control of the actuator;

a heat sink device thermoconductively connected to the control device;

a heat insulating layer positioned between the actuator housing and the heat sink device for the thermal insulation of the heat sink device from the actuator housing, the actuator housing being thermoconductively connected to the transmission housing, the control device including a memory unit for the storage of data relating to a classification of one of the transmission and the actuator; and

a seal between the heat insulating layer and the actuator housing.

2. A transmission unit for a motor vehicle, comprising:

a transmission having a transmission housing;

an electric actuator for the actuation of the transmission including an actuator housing;

an electrical control device for the control of the actuator;

a heat sink device thermoconductively connected to the control device;

a heat insulating layer positioned between the actuator housing and the heat sink device for the thermal insulation of the heat sink device from the actuator housing, the actuator housing being thermoconductively connected to the transmission housing, the control device including a memory unit for the storage of data relating to a classification of one of the transmission and the actuator; and

a connector plug integrally formed with the heat insulating layer.

3. A transmission unit for a motor vehicle, comprising:

a transmission having a transmission housing;

an electric actuator for the actuation of the transmission including an actuator housing;

an electrical control device for the control of the actuator;

a heat sink device thermoconductively connected to the control device; and

a heat insulating layer positioned between the actuator housing and the heat sink device for the thermal insulation of the heat sink device from the actuator housing, the actuator housing being thermoconductively connected to the transmission housing, the control device including a memory unit for the storage of data relating to a classification of one of the transmission and the actuator;

wherein the actuator housing is open in the direction of the heat insulating layer and the heat insulating layer has a tub-like section in a region facing the open actuator housing.

4. A transmission unit for a motor vehicle, comprising:

a transmission having a transmission housing;

an electric actuator for the actuation of the transmission including an actuator housing;

an electrical control device for the control of the actuator;

a heat sink device thermoconductively connected to the control device; and

a heat insulating layer positioned between the actuator housing and the heat sink device for the thermal insulation of the heat sink device from the actuator housing, the actuator housing being thermoconductively connected to the transmission housing, the control device including a memory unit for the storage of data relating to a classification of one of the transmission and the actuator;

wherein the actuator includes an electric motor and an angular position sensor associated with the actuator at least one permanent magnet being provided at a rotor of the electric motor, the control device having at least one magnetic field sensor for the detection of the position of the permanent magnet, a section of the heat insulating layer being located between the permanent magnet of the rotor and the at least one magnetic field sensor.

5. A transmission unit in accordance with claim 1 , further a connector plug integrally formed with the heat insulating layer.

6. A transmission unit in accordance with claim 5 , wherein the actuator housing is open in the direction of the heat insulating layer and the heat insulating layer has a tub-like section in a region facing the open actuator housing.

7. A transmission unit in accordance with claim 6 , wherein the actuator includes an electric motor and an angular position sensor associated with the actuator at least one permanent magnet being provided at a rotor of the electric motor, the control device having at least one magnetic field sensor for the detection of the position of the permanent magnet, a section of the heat insulating layer being located between the permanent magnet of the rotor and the at least one magnetic field sensor.

8. A transmission unit in accordance with claim 5 , wherein the actuator includes an electric motor and an angular position sensor associated with the actuator at least one permanent magnet being provided at a rotor of the electric motor, the control device having at least one magnetic field sensor for the detection of the position of the permanent magnet, a section of the heat insulating layer being located between the permanent magnet of the rotor and the at least one magnetic field sensor.

9. A transmission unit in accordance with claim 1 , wherein the actuator housing is open in the direction of the heat insulating layer and the heat insulating layer has a tub-like section in a region facing the open actuator housing.

10. A transmission unit in accordance with claim 9 , wherein the actuator includes an electric motor and an angular position sensor associated with the actuator at least one permanent magnet being provided at a rotor of the electric motor, the control device having at least one magnetic field sensor for the detection of the position of the permanent magnet, a section of the heat insulating layer being located between the permanent magnet of the rotor and the at least one magnetic field sensor.

11. A transmission unit in accordance with claim 1 , wherein the actuator includes an electric motor and an angular position sensor associated with the actuator at least one permanent magnet being provided at a rotor of the electric motor, the control device having at least one magnetic field sensor for the detection of the position of the permanent magnet, a section of the heat insulating layer being located between the permanent magnet of the rotor and the at least one magnetic field sensor.

12. A transmission unit in accordance with claim 1 , wherein the heat sink device includes a metallic plate including cooling ribs.

13. A transmission unit in accordance with claim 1 , wherein the control device includes a circuit board thermoconductively connected to the heat sink device.

14. A transmission unit in accordance with claim 1 , wherein the heat insulating layer is made of plastic.

15. A transmission unit in accordance with claim 2 , wherein the actuator housing is open in the direction of the heat insulating layer and the heat insulating layer has a tub-like section in a region facing the open actuator housing.

16. A transmission unit in accordance with claim 15 , wherein the actuator includes an electric motor and an angular position sensor associated with the actuator at least one permanent magnet being provided at a rotor of the electric motor, the control device having at least one magnetic field sensor for the detection of the position of the permanent magnet, a section of the heat insulating layer being located between the permanent magnet of the rotor and the at least one magnetic field sensor.

17. A transmission unit in accordance with claim 2 , wherein the actuator includes an electric motor and an angular position sensor associated with the actuator at least one permanent magnet being provided at a rotor of the electric motor, the control device having at least one magnetic field sensor for the detection of the position of the permanent magnet, a section of the heat insulating layer being located between the permanent magnet of the rotor and the at least one magnetic field sensor.

18. A transmission unit in accordance with claim 2 , wherein the heat sink device includes a metallic plate including cooling ribs.

19. A transmission unit in accordance with claim 2 , wherein the control device includes a circuit board thermoconductively connected to the heat sink device.

20. A transmission unit in accordance with claim 2 , wherein the heat insulating layer is made of plastic.

21. A transmission unit in accordance with claim 3 , wherein the actuator includes an electric motor and an angular position sensor associated with the actuator at least one permanent magnet being provided at a rotor of the electric motor, the control device having at least one magnetic field sensor for the detection of the position of the permanent magnet, a section of the heat insulating layer being located between the permanent magnet of the rotor and the at least one magnetic field sensor.

22. A transmission unit in accordance with claim 3 , wherein the heat sink device includes a metallic plate including cooling ribs.

23. A transmission unit in accordance with claim 3 , wherein the control device includes a circuit board thermoconductively connected to the heat sink device.

24. A transmission unit in accordance with claim 3 , wherein the heat insulating layer is made of plastic.

25. A transmission unit in accordance with claim 4 , wherein the heat sink device includes a metallic plate including cooling ribs.

26. A transmission unit in accordance with claim 4 , wherein the control device includes a circuit board thermoconductively connected to the heat sink device.

27. A transmission unit in accordance with claim 4 , wherein the heat insulating layer is made of plastic.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 23, 2008
From: FEIER, BERNHARD; FURLAN, WALTER; KIESSNER-HAIDEN, MARTIN; KONCIC, PETER
To: MAGNA POWERTRAIN AG & CO KG
Reel/Frame 021661/0248 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 10 2007 045 815 · Sep 25, 2007 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20090078489A1 · Mar 26, 2009