IP Library › Granted Patent US 10,734,862
Granted Patent B2
US 10,734,862 · App. 15/904,597 · Granted Aug 4, 2020

Connecting system for plug positioning

Inventors: Joachim Berberich (Buchen, DE); Christoph Holderbach (Buchen, DE); Stefanie Wolfarth (Niederstetten, DE); Alexander Lust (Niederstetten, DE); Tobias Ehmann (Neuenstein, DE); Andreas Kaller (Öhringen, DE)
Assignee: ebm-papst Mulfingen GmbH & Co. KG
H02K5/225H01R13/5219H01R13/743H02K5/10
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Patent No.
US 10,734,862
App. No.
15/904,597
Granted
Aug 4, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

A connecting system for a stator assembly ( 2 ) and a plug housing ( 3 ) can be inserted into an opening in a stator housing ( 4 ). A plug housing receptacle ( 6 ) is provided in the stator assembly ( 2 ). The plug housing ( 3 ) engages the housing receptacle such that it is movable relative to the stator assembly ( 2 ) in at least two perpendicular directions when mounted.

Claims (14)

1. A connecting system of a stator assembly and a plug housing that can be inserted into an opening in a stator housing comprising:

a plug housing receptacle formed with the stator assembly, the plug housing mounted with the plug housing receptacle so that the plug housing is movably attached relative to the stator assembly in at least two directions perpendicular to each other;

the plug housing receptacle is elastically attached to the stator assembly in at least an axial direction by at least one spring, and the at least one spring creates a preload force in the axial direction onto the plug housing receptacle and the plug housing attached to the plug housing receptacle when mounted together;

a fastener arranged on the plug housing, the fastener engages with a recess in the plug housing receptacle, wherein the fastener remains movable within the recess, when mounted with the plug housing receptacle, both in radial and in circumferential directions; and

the fastener designed as double hooks with flexible hook shanks that are spaced apart in a radial direction, which can be passed through the recess and engage with the edges on the other side of the recess when mounted with the plug housing receptacle.

2. The connecting system according to claim 1 , wherein one of the at least two directions is a radial direction.

3. The connecting system according to claim 1 , wherein one of the at least two directions is a circumferential direction.

4. The connecting system according to claim 1 , wherein a width of the hook shanks is smaller than the width of the recess.

5. The connecting system according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one spring is formed with a shank that integrally connects the plug housing receptacle and the stator assembly.

6. The connecting system according to claim 1 , further comprising at least one limit stop arranged on the plug housing that at least one limit stop limits the relative axial movability of the plug housing receptacle enabled by the spring relative to the stator assembly.

7. The connecting system according to claim 1 , wherein the plug housing receptacle is integral with the stator assembly and the plug housing receptacle protrudes past adjacent sections of the stator assembly in the radial direction.

8. The connecting system according to claim 1 , further comprising beveled slots on the plug housing, the beveled slots extending in an axial direction on an outer wall of a section of the plug housing designed to pass through the opening on the stator housing.

9. The connecting system according to claim 1 , wherein the plug housing includes at least one thread, the plug housing can be bolted to the stator housing when inserted into the opening on the stator housing.

10. The connecting system according to claim 1 , further comprising a seal arranged between the plug housing and the stator housing.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 26, 2018
From: BERBERICH, JOACHIM; HOLDERBACH, CHRISTOPH; WOLFARTH, STEFANIE; LUST, ALEXANDER; EHMANN, TOBIAS; KALLER, ANDREAS
To: EBM-PAPST MULFINGEN GMBH & CO. KG
Reel/Frame 045039/0211 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 10 2015 114 192 · Jun 3, 2016 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTEP2016062677 · Jun 3, 2016
Related Publication 20180191223A1 · Jul 5, 2018