Electric motor having a rotor shaft and a first and a second bearing
An electric motor includes a rotor shaft, a first bearing, and a second bearing. The rotor shaft includes a first rotor shaft part and a second rotor shaft part, the first rotor shaft part being rotatably mounted via the first bearing, and the second rotor shaft part being rotatably mounted via the second bearing. A bellows is connected at its first axial end region to the first rotor shaft part, e.g., by welding, and the bellows is connected at its second axial end region to the second rotor shaft part, e.g., by welding.
1. An electric motor, comprising:
a rotor shaft including a first rotor shaft part and a second rotor shaft part;
a bellows having a first axial end region and a second axial end region;
a first bearing; and
a second bearing;
wherein the first rotor shaft part is rotatably mounted via the first bearing;
wherein the second rotor shaft part is rotatably mounted via the second bearing;
wherein the first axial end region of the bellows is connected and/or welded to the first rotor shaft part;
wherein the second axial end region of the bellows is connected and/or welded to the second rotor shaft part; and
wherein a region covered by the first rotor shaft part in an axial direction overlaps with a region covered by the second bearing in the axial direction.
2. The electric motor according to claim 1 , wherein the first rotor shaft part is arranged as a single piece, and the second rotor shaft part is arranged as a single piece.
3. The electric motor according to claim 1 , wherein the axial direction is aligned in parallel with an axis of rotation of the rotor shaft.
4. The electric motor according to claim 1 , wherein the first rotor shaft part projects and/or is inserted into a recess of the second rotor shaft part.
5. The electric motor according to claim 1 , wherein a ring part is arranged between the first rotor shaft part and the second rotor shaft part.
6. The electric motor according to claim 5 , wherein the first rotor shaft part and/or the second rotor shaft part includes an annular groove circumferential in a circumferential direction in relation to an axis of rotation of the rotor shaft part, the ring part being at least partially accommodated in and/or projecting into the groove.
7. The electric motor according to claim 5 , wherein the ring part includes a sealing ring and/or an axial region covered by the ring part is encompassed by an axial region covered by the first bearing and/or by the second bearing.
8. The electric motor according to claim 7 , wherein the sealing ring includes an O-ring and/or is formed of rubber, a plastic material and/or a polymer.
9. The electric motor according to claim 1 , wherein the bellows is arranged axially between the first bearing and the second bearing.
10. The electric motor according to claim 9 , wherein the bellows is arranged axially between a step of the first rotor shaft part and the second bearing or the bellows is arranged axially between a step of the second rotor shaft part and the first bearing.
11. The electric motor according to claim 1 , wherein the bellows is supported on a step of the first rotor shaft part on a first side and on an end face of the second rotor shaft part on a second side.
12. The electric motor according to claim 1 , wherein the bellows is supported on a step of the second rotor shaft part on a first side and on an end face of the first rotor shaft part on a second side.
13. The electric motor according to claim 1 , wherein (a) the bellows touches the first rotor shaft part at a contact surface having a single axial position and extends in a circumferential direction and in a radial direction and/or (b) the bellows touches the second rotor shaft part at a contact surface having a single axial position and extends in the circumferential direction and in the radial direction.
14. The electric motor according to claim 13 , wherein the contact surface on the second rotor shaft part includes an end face of the second rotor shaft part and/or the contact surface on the first rotor shaft part includes an end face of the first rotor shaft part.
15. The electric motor according to claim 13 , wherein the contact surface on the first rotor shaft part is arranged on a step of the first rotor shaft part.
16. The electric motor according to claim 13 , wherein during production of the electric motor, the bellows is disposed in a radially displaceable manner before the bellows is connected to the second rotor shaft part by welding.
17. The electric motor according to claim 1 , wherein the bellows is arranged as a ring part, and a ring opening has an inner diameter that is greater than an outer diameter of the first rotor shaft part in an axial region covered by the bellows.
18. The electric motor according to claim 17 , wherein the bellows is arranged in a radially displaceable manner during production of the motor before the bellows is connected to the first rotor shaft part by welding.
19. The electric motor according to claim 1 , wherein the first shaft part and/or the second rotor shaft part extends through the bellows and/or through a ring opening of the bellows.
20. The electric motor according to claim 1 , wherein an active part is accommodated by the first rotor shaft part, and the bellows is (a) arranged either axially between the active part disposed on the first rotor shaft part and the second bearing and/or the second rotor shaft part or (b) arranged axially between the active part disposed on the second rotor shaft part and the first bearing and/or the first rotor shaft part, the active part including a short-circuit cage connected in a thermally conductive manner to the first rotor shaft part and/or a permanent magnet system, a heat transfer resistance between the short-circuit cage and the first rotor shaft part being smaller in absolute amount than a heat transfer resistance between the first rotor shaft part and a direction of the environment and/or a housing of the motor.
21. The electric motor according to claim 1 , wherein a housing of the electric motor has a housing part connected to a first flange part and a second flange part, the housing part being arranged between the first flange part and the second flange part and touching both the first flange part and the second flange part, the first bearing being accommodated in a first housing part, the second bearing being accommodated in a second housing part.
22. The electric motor according to claim 21 , wherein the first bearing includes a rolling bearing and/or a ball bearing, and the second bearing includes a rolling bearing and/or a ball bearing.
23. The electric motor according to claim 1 , wherein the housing part is arranged as a stator housing.
24. The electric motor according to claim 1 , wherein the bellows is made from sheet metal.
25. The electric motor according to claim 1 , wherein a shaft sealing ring is arranged on a side of the second bearing facing away from the first rotor shaft part and/or is accommodated in the first flange part and/or a sealing lip extends on the second rotor shaft part.
26. An electric motor, comprising:
a rotor shaft including a first rotor shaft part and a second rotor shaft part;
a bellows having a first axial end region and a second axial end region;
a first bearing; and
a second bearing;
wherein the first rotor shaft part is rotatably mounted via the first bearing;
wherein the second rotor shaft part is rotatably mounted via the second bearing;
wherein the first axial end region of the bellows is connected and/or welded to the first rotor shaft part;
wherein the second axial end region of the bellows is connected and/or welded to the second rotor shaft part; and
wherein the electric motor includes a gear unit, and the second rotor shaft part includes a helical gearing and/or is connected in a torsionally fixed manner to a helical toothing part, the helical gearing and/or the helical geared part meshing with a toothing part of the gear unit.