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Granted Patent B2
US 8,505,674 · App. 13/115,178 · Granted Aug 13, 2013

Steering drive for a motor vehicle

Inventors: Achim Neubauer (Sinzheim-Vormberg, DE); Michael Pesch (Schwieberdingen, DE)
Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
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Patent No.
US 8,505,674
App. No.
13/115,178
Granted
Aug 13, 2013
Kind
B2
Abstract

A steering drive for a motor vehicle comprising a steering wheel, a steering column, on which the steering wheel is disposed, a connecting rod, which interacts with the steering column to deflect the wheels of the motor vehicle, an electric motor, which is provided for boosting the steering thrust, as well as a belt drive, the electric motor interacting with the connecting rod via the belt drive. Said electric motor comprises a stator having twelve stator teeth as well as a rotor having ten rotor poles, the rotor poles being spaced apart from each other by an air gap and embodied as sinus poles.

Claims (32)

1. A steering drive ( 1 ) for a motor vehicle comprising:

a steering wheel ( 2 ),

a steering column ( 3 ), on which the steering wheel ( 2 ) is disposed,

a connecting rod ( 4 ), which interacts with the steering column ( 3 ) to deflect the wheels ( 7 ) of the motor vehicle,

an electric motor ( 5 ), which is provided for boosting the steering thrust, and

a belt drive,

wherein the electric motor ( 5 ) interacts with the connecting rod ( 4 ) via the belt drive ( 6 ), said electric motor ( 5 ) comprising a stator ( 10 ) including a yoke ( 57 ) having grooves ( 58 ) into which twelve stator teeth ( 51 ) are inserted, as well as a rotor ( 11 ) having ten rotor poles ( 52 ), said rotor poles ( 52 ) are spaced apart from each other by an air gap ( 53 ) and are embodied as sinus poles (SIN).

2. The steering drive ( 1 ) according to claim 1 , wherein the air gaps ( 53 ) expand.

3. The steering drive ( 1 ) according to claim 1 , wherein the rotor ( 11 ) is disposed substantially parallel to the connecting rod ( 4 ).

4. The steering drive ( 1 ) according to claim 1 , wherein permanent magnets ( 54 ) are provided in the rotor ( 11 ), the lines of force of which run radially ( 91 ) and are oriented in opposite directions at opposing rotor poles ( 52 ).

5. The steering drive ( 1 ) according to claim 1 , wherein permanent magnets ( 54 ) are provided in the rotor ( 11 ), the lines of force of which run in the circumferential direction ( 92 ) of said rotor ( 11 ).

6. The steering drive ( 1 ) according to claim 1 , wherein a permanent magnet ( 54 ) is disposed in each rotor pole ( 52 ), the permanent magnets ( 54 ) adjacent to each other being oppositely poled.

7. The steering drive ( 1 ) according to claim 1 , wherein a permanent magnet ( 54 ) is disposed in every other rotor pole ( 52 ), the permanent magnets ( 54 ) being of the same polarity.

8. The steering drive ( 1 ) according to claim 1 , wherein each stator tooth ( 51 ) carries a stator winding ( 55 ).

9. The steering drive ( 1 ) according to claim 1 , wherein every other stator tooth ( 51 ) carries a stator winding ( 55 ).

10. The steering drive ( 1 ) according to claim 1 , wherein the rotor ( 11 ) is manufactured from one or a plurality of lamella packages ( 121 , 122 , 123 ).

11. The steering drive ( 1 ) according to claim 10 , wherein the several lamella packages ( 121 , 122 , 123 ) abut against each other and are tangentially offset relative to one another.

12. A steering drive ( 1 ) for a motor vehicle comprising:

a steering wheel ( 2 ),

a steering column ( 3 ), on which the steering wheel ( 2 ) is disposed,

a connecting rod ( 4 ), which interacts with the steering column ( 3 ) to deflect the wheels ( 7 ) of the motor vehicle,

an electric motor ( 5 ), which is provided for boosting the steering thrust, and

a belt drive,

wherein the electric motor ( 5 ) interacts with the connecting rod ( 4 ) via the belt drive ( 6 ), said electric motor ( 5 ) comprising a stator ( 10 ) having twelve stator teeth ( 51 ), as well as a rotor ( 11 ), manufactured from one or a plurality of lamella packages ( 121 , 122 , 123 ), having ten rotor poles ( 52 ), said rotor poles ( 52 ) are spaced apart from each other by an air gap ( 53 ) and are embodied as sinus poles (SIN).

13. The steering drive ( 1 ) according to claim 12 , wherein the air gaps ( 53 ) expand.

14. The steering drive ( 1 ) according to claim 12 , wherein the rotor ( 11 ) is disposed substantially parallel to the connecting rod ( 4 ).

15. The steering drive ( 1 ) according to claim 12 , wherein permanent magnets ( 54 ) are provided in the rotor ( 11 ), the lines of force of which run radially ( 91 ) and are oriented in opposite directions at opposing rotor poles ( 52 ).

16. The steering drive ( 1 ) according to claim 12 , wherein permanent magnets ( 54 ) are provided in the rotor ( 11 ), the lines of force of which run in the circumferential direction ( 92 ) of said rotor ( 11 ).

17. The steering drive ( 1 ) according to claim 12 , wherein a permanent magnet ( 54 ) is disposed in every other rotor pole ( 52 ), the permanent magnets ( 54 ) being of the same polarity.

18. The steering drive ( 1 ) according to claim 12 , wherein every other stator tooth ( 51 ) carries a stator winding ( 55 ).

19. The steering drive ( 1 ) according to claim 12 , thereby characterized in that the stator ( 10 ) includes a yoke ( 57 ) having grooves ( 58 ), into which the stator teeth ( 51 ) can be inserted.

20. The steering drive ( 1 ) according to claim 12 , wherein the several lamella packages ( 121 , 122 , 123 ) abut against each other and are tangentially offset relative to one another.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 9, 2011
From: NEUBAUER, ACHIM; PESCH, MICHAEL
To: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
Reel/Frame 026723/0795 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 10 2010 029 248 · May 25, 2010 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20110290581A1 · Dec 1, 2011