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Granted Patent B2
US 12,395,038 · App. 18/044,794 · Granted Aug 19, 2025

Electric drive unit and vehicle comprising a corresponding electric drive unit

Inventors: Marc Oliver Roehner (Heidelberg, DE); Philipp Breinlinger (Karlsruhe, DE); Theresa Sophia Boettinger (Stuttgart, DE)
Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
H02K5/20H02K5/10H02K7/006
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Patent No.
US 12,395,038
App. No.
18/044,794
Granted
Aug 19, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

The invention relates to an electric drive unit ( 10 ), in particular for a vehicle or motor vehicle, comprising an electric machine ( 12 ) and a transmission ( 14 ). The electric machine ( 12 ) is accommodated in a drive housing ( 18 ), and the transmission ( 14 ) is accommodated in a transmission housing ( 20 ), wherein the interior ( 19 ) of the drive housing ( 18 ) and the interior ( 21 ) of the transmission housing ( 20 ) are separated by a bearing wall ( 22 ), and at least one cooling channel ( 24 ) for cooling the electric machine ( 12 ) is formed on or in the drive housing ( 18 ). The electric drive unit ( 10 ) has an insert ( 26 ) which is designed and arranged such that a cavity ( 28 ) is produced in the drive housing ( 18 ) between the bearing wall ( 22 ) and the insert ( 26 ), and the cavity ( 28 ) is fluidically connected to the cooling channel ( 24 ). The invention also relates to a vehicle comprising a corresponding electric drive unit ( 10 ).

Claims (13)

1. An electric drive unit ( 10 ) comprising an electric machine ( 12 ) and a transmission ( 14 ), wherein the electric machine ( 12 ) is accommodated in a drive housing ( 18 ), and the transmission ( 14 ) is accommodated in a transmission housing ( 20 ), wherein an interior ( 19 ) of the drive housing ( 18 ) and an interior ( 21 ) of the transmission housing ( 20 ) are separated by a bearing wall ( 22 ), and at least one cooling channel ( 24 ) for cooling the electric machine ( 12 ) is formed on or in the drive housing ( 18 ), wherein the electric drive unit ( 10 ) has an insert ( 26 ) which is configured and arranged such that a cavity ( 28 ) is produced in the drive housing ( 18 ) between the bearing wall ( 22 ) and the insert ( 26 ), and the cavity ( 28 ) is fluidically connected to the cooling channel ( 24 ).

2. The electric drive unit ( 10 ) according to claim 1 , wherein the insert ( 26 ) is configured such that the cavity ( 28 ) extends over an entire surface of the bearing wall ( 22 ) facing the drive housing ( 18 ).

3. The electric drive unit ( 10 ) according to claim 1 , wherein the cavity ( 28 ) is fluidically connected to the cooling channel ( 24 ) by at least one channel ( 30 ).

4. The electric drive unit ( 10 ) according to claim 3 , wherein the channel ( 30 ) is formed by two intersecting passages ( 32 , 34 ), and wherein a respective end of a passage ( 32 , 34 ) is fluidically sealed/closed by a sealing plug ( 36 ).

5. An electric drive unit ( 10 ) according to claim 1 , wherein the insert ( 26 ) is made by sheet metal reshaping, die casting, or extrusion pressing.

6. The electric drive unit ( 10 ) according to claim 1 , wherein the insert ( 26 ) is joined to the drive housing ( 18 ) by gluing, welding, and/or pressing.

7. The electric drive unit ( 10 ) according to claim 1 , wherein, in regions in which the insert ( 26 ) contacts the drive housing ( 18 ), at least one seal ( 38 ) is arranged so as to seal the cavity ( 28 ) against the drive housing ( 18 ).

8. The electric drive unit ( 10 ) according to claim 1 , wherein the insert ( 26 ) has a round shape with a round opening ( 40 ), wherein the insert ( 26 ) has an outer edge region ( 42 ) and an inner edge region ( 44 ), wherein the outer edge region ( 42 ) and/or the inner edge region ( 44 ) are joined to the drive housing ( 18 ).

9. The electric drive unit ( 10 ) according to claim 8 , wherein the insert ( 26 ) has a circular disk-like shape with a circular opening ( 40 ).

10. The electric drive unit ( 10 ) according to claim 1 , wherein the cavity ( 28 ) and the cooling channel ( 24 ) are fluidically connected in parallel to one another.

11. The electric drive unit ( 10 ) according to claim 1 , wherein the cavity ( 28 ) and the cooling channel ( 24 ) are fluidically connected in series.

12. A vehicle having an electric drive unit ( 10 ) according to claim 1 .

13. The electric drive unit ( 10 ) according to claim 1 , wherein the electric drive unit is for a vehicle or motor vehicle.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 29, 2023
From: ROEHNER, MARC OLIVER; BREINLINGER, PHILIPP; BOETTINGER, THERESA SOPHIA
To: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
Reel/Frame 064119/0869 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 10 2020 211 432.3 · Sep 11, 2020 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20230291269A1 · Sep 14, 2023
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