IP Library Granted Patent US 12,597,835
Granted Patent B2
US 12,597,835 · App. 17/926,488 · Granted Apr 7, 2026

Rotor having a squirrel cage

Inventor: Ekkehard Ressel (Heilsbronn, DE)
Assignee: Innomotics GmbH
H02K17/168B22D19/0054H02K15/023H02K17/16
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Patent No.
US 12,597,835
App. No.
17/926,488
Granted
Apr 7, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A rotor of a rotary dynamoelectric machine incudes a magnetically conductive body, having substantially axially running slots distributed around the circumference. A squirrel cage includes electrical conductors which are arranged in the slots. The electrical conductors are electrically contacted at the two end faces of the rotor by short-circuit rings. The magnetically conductive body includes a base body and at least two further additional bodies, which axially adjoin the base body. A first one of the at least two additional bodies directly axially adjoins the end face of the base body, and a second one of the at least two additional bodies and optionally any further additional body axially adjoin the first additional body. The slots have radially exposed slot portions in the axial end regions of the rotor such that the conductors can be moved radially outward.

Claims (17)

1 . A rotor of a rotary dynamoelectric machine, said rotor comprising:

a magnetically conductive body including slots that are distributed around a circumference and substantially run axially, said magnetically conductive body including a base body and adjacent to the base body on each end face of the base body at least two further additional bodies, with a first one of the at least two further additional bodies axially directly adjoining the end face of the base body and a second one of the at least two further additional bodies axially adjoining the first one of the at least two further additional bodies, wherein the slots have on each of the end faces of the magnetically conductive body radially exposed slot sections which extend in the second one of the at least two further additional bodies and only for a predetermined axial section in the first one of the at least two further additional bodies, said base body formed by laminations and designed axially continuous or formed of partial base laminated cores, with the first one of the at least two further additional bodies made of homogeneous material and having an axial thickness which corresponds to a multiple of a lamination thickness;

a squirrel cage including electrical conductors arranged in the slots such that the radially exposed slot sections enable the conductors to move radially outward; and

short-circuit rings arranged on the end faces of the rotor to electrically contact the conductors.

2 . The rotor of claim 1 , wherein the first one of the at least two further additional bodies is a disk and the second one of the at least two further additional bodies is a disk and/or a partial laminated core.

3 . The rotor of claim 1 , wherein the base body includes a disk on each of the end faces thereof, with a predefinable axial section with axially exposed slots and a further disk and/or a partial laminated core with exposed slots.

4 . The rotor of claim 1 , further comprising a torque-generating structure of a synchronous machine, a permanent magnet and/or a structure generating a reluctance torque.

5 . A method for producing a rotor of a rotary dynamoelectric machine, comprising:

producing a magnetically conductive body with slots that are distributed around a circumference and substantially run axially;

adjoining a first one of at least two further additional bodies axially directly against an end face of the magnetically conductive body and a second one of the at least two further additional bodies axially adjoining the first one of the at least two further additional bodies;

producing a squirrel cage with electrical conductors that are arranged in the slots and electrically contacted on two end faces of the rotor by short-circuit rings; and

removing material starting axially from the end faces of the rotor on a radially outer edge, such that the slots have radially exposed slot sections to enable the conductors to move radially in a region of the radially outer edge, with the radially exposed slot sections extending in the second one of the at least two further additional bodies and only for a predetermined axial section in the first one of the at least two further additional bodies.

6 . The method of claim 5 , wherein the magnetically conductive body is axially constructed of a base body and the first and second ones of the at least two additional bodies.

7 . The method of claim 5 , wherein the conductors of the squirrel cage are produced by die casting or centrifugal casting.

8 . The method of claim 5 , further comprising:

closing the slots of the base body before removing the material; and

die casting the conductors.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 17, 2023
From: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
To: INNOMOTICS GMBH
Reel/Frame 065612/0733 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 24, 2023
From: RESSEL, EKKEHARD
To: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
Reel/Frame 063418/0450 →
Priority Claims (1)
EP 20175725 · May 20, 2020 · regional
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20230188019A1 · Jun 15, 2023
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