Patents by Inventor ALEX WIST

ALEX WIST has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 11196322
    Abstract: In a method for manufacturing an electric motor comprising a rotor and a stator a placeholder for a temperature sensor is inserted in the axial direction between a first coil layer and an adjacent second coil layer of a winding head such that the placeholder is situated in a gap-shaped recess extending between the first and the second coil layers, the first coil layer is then pressed onto a circumferential surface of the placeholder and onto the second coil layer and is plastically deformed such that a space between the lateral surfaces of the two coil layers and the circumferential surface of the placeholder is reduced, and a contact surface between the lateral surface of the first coil layer and the circumferential surface of the placeholder is enlarged. By removing the placeholder, a receiving chamber is subsequently formed in the winding head, into which a temperature sensor is then inserted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignee: Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Martin Fuchs, Johannes Daniel Knöppel, Nils Wilhelm, Alex Wist, David Müller
  • Publication number: 20210203212
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing an electric motor (1) comprising a rotor and a stator (3), the stator (3) thereof comprising a hollow cylindrical stator metal sheet (5) and a distributed winding (6) consisting of a plurality of peripheral coil layers (9, 9?, 9?) arranged one above the other in a layered manner. According to said method, a place holder for a temperature sensor (11) for detecting a temperature of the winding (6) is inserted in the axial direction between a first coil layer (91) and an adjacent second coil layer (9?) of a winding head (7) of the winding (6) in such a way that the place holder is arranged in a gap-like recess extending between the first coil layer (9*) and the second coil layer (9?).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2017
    Publication date: July 1, 2021
    Inventors: Martin FUCHS, Johannes Daniel KNÖPPEL, Nils WILHELM, Alex WIST, David MÜLLER
  • Patent number: 10256703
    Abstract: An electric motor, particularly an engine of a motor vehicle, has a temperature sensor for monitoring the operating temperatures of a winding. The temperature sensor is inserted through a radial through-hole at the periphery of the insulation element into a recess which is delimited between a shaped-out portion on the corresponding projection of the insulation element and the winding. The shaped-out portion has a slope so that a translational displacement of the temperature sensor at the same time leads to an increase in the biasing force of the temperature sensor with respect to the winding. It is thus possible to ensure the desired pre-tension force, and therefore a reliable contact surface between the temperature sensor and the winding, as a result of the connecting force and, at the same time, secure the temperature sensor with force fit in the shaped-out portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2019
    Assignee: Volkswagen AG
    Inventors: Alex Wist, Mike Fippl
  • Publication number: 20170373565
    Abstract: An electric motor, particularly an engine of a motor vehicle, has a temperature sensor for monitoring the operating temperatures of a winding. The temperature sensor is inserted through a radial through-hole at the periphery of the insulation element into a recess which is delimited between a shaped-out portion on the corresponding projection of the insulation element and the winding. The shaped-out portion has a slope so that a translational displacement of the temperature sensor at the same time leads to an increase in the biasing force of the temperature sensor with respect to the winding. It is thus possible to ensure the desired pre-tension force, and therefore a reliable contact surface between the temperature sensor and the winding, as a result of the connecting force and, at the same time, secure the temperature sensor with force fit in the shaped-out portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2017
    Publication date: December 28, 2017
    Inventors: ALEX WIST, MIKE FIPPL