Patents Assigned to Bühler Motor GmbH
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Patent number: 10965189Abstract: An actuator unit includes a support plate having a first side and a second side; an electric motor with terminal lugs and a motor shaft; a motor mounting pocket on the first side, the motor mounting pocket accommodating the electric motor; mounting projections on the first side, the mounting projections including a plurality of clamping pockets; a PC-board insertion slot on the first side; a motor shaft passage from the first side to the second side; the motor shaft of the electric motor projecting from the first side through the shaft passage to the second side and carrying a pinion; a multistage reduction gear arranged on the second side and meshing with the pinion; and a plurality of conductor stampings fixed in the clamping pockets and connected with the terminal lugs of the electric motor.Type: GrantFiled: August 13, 2019Date of Patent: March 30, 2021Assignee: BÜHLER MOTOR GMBHInventors: Christopher Smith, Cory Taylor, Christopher Wooten
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Patent number: 10961775Abstract: A venetian blind drive, with a geared motor, consisting of an electric motor and a reduction gear unit, a drive housing, a motor mount for the geared motor, a damping device arranged between the motor mount and the geared motor, and a damping mechanism for the damping means on the geared motor. A generic drive that can be produced and mounted in an easy and economical manner, has a low number of parts, and has reliable structure-borne sound insulation.Type: GrantFiled: September 13, 2018Date of Patent: March 30, 2021Assignee: BÜHLER MOTOR GMBHInventor: Bernd Reinecker
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Patent number: 10926498Abstract: A method for producing a ring gear for a planetary gear train, wherein a continuous profile is produced by an extrusion process and the continuous profile is subsequently cut to a predetermined cutting length in order to form a ring gear body.Type: GrantFiled: February 12, 2019Date of Patent: February 23, 2021Assignee: BÜHLER MOTOR GMBHInventors: Olaf Richter, Daniel Kirchgessner
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Patent number: 10931161Abstract: A centrifugal pump motor comprising a permanent magnet rotor, a wound stator that is separated from the permanent magnet rotor by means of a containment shell, a circuit board having a large electronic component electrically connected to it, and a motor housing with a plug connection. The centrifugal pump motor provides a robust design for a generic centrifugal pump motor, so as to prevent damage during installation and operation, as well as additionally ensuring a space-saving and compact arrangement of the electronic components, in order to enable optimal heat dissipation of the electronic components. Furthermore, a simple way of manufacturing is provided.Type: GrantFiled: April 10, 2017Date of Patent: February 23, 2021Assignee: BÜHLER MOTOR GMBHInventors: Jürgen Ehrsam, Klaus Weiske, Harald Rausch, Florian Stückl, Jens Weiss
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Publication number: 20210050763Abstract: An actuator unit includes a support plate having a first side and a second side; an electric motor with terminal lugs and a motor shaft; a motor mounting pocket on the first side, the motor mounting pocket accommodating the electric motor; mounting projections on the first side, the mounting projections including a plurality of clamping pockets; a PC-board insertion slot on the first side; a motor shaft passage from the first side to the second side; the motor shaft of the electric motor projecting from the first side through the shaft passage to the second side and carrying a pinion; a multistage reduction gear arranged on the second side and meshing with the pinion; and a plurality of conductor stampings fixed in the clamping pockets and connected with the terminal lugs of the electric motor.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 13, 2019Publication date: February 18, 2021Applicant: BÜHLER MOTOR GMBHInventors: CHRISTOPHER SMITH, CORY TAYLOR, CHRISTOPHER WOOTEN
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Patent number: 10920771Abstract: A pump drive for conveying a reducing agent for motor vehicle exhaust gas systems, with an electronically commutated direct current motor, a positive displacement pump, and a freezing compensation structure. Also, a modular motor and pump family for forming different pump drives with several such electric motors and pumps. It is the aim of the invention to ensure, in the simplest and most robust manner possible, the integration of a hydraulic unit (gear pump) into an electrical unit (electric motor), a sealing of a wet region from a dry region, an integration of a freezing compensation into the wet region, and a mechanical attachment on the customer side. A modular construction of the electric motor and of the positive displacement pump, which, without a large modification cost, via simple combination of assemblies or modules, can be used for different requirements, is important for this.Type: GrantFiled: August 1, 2018Date of Patent: February 16, 2021Assignee: BÜHLER MOTOR GMBHInventor: Karl-Heinz Böhm
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Patent number: 10907644Abstract: A pump impeller consisting of at least three different material regions, wherein an impeller wheel with a hollow shaft defines a first material region, a bearing component defines a second material region, and a permanent magnet defines a third material region. The invention furthermore relates to a method for producing the pump impeller, and to a centrifugal pump with the pump impeller. The object of the invention is to provide a robust construction, optimal venting, secure attachment of the bearing component, economic production, and a possibility of axial length tolerance compensation given a pump impeller with plastic-bonded permanent magnets. Furthermore, an optimally accurate unbalance-reduced connection between the bearing component and the magnet material should be producible.Type: GrantFiled: February 5, 2019Date of Patent: February 2, 2021Assignee: BÜHLER MOTOR GMBHInventors: Sebastian Krippner, Andrea Bindig, Harald Rausch, Jürgen Ehrsam, Klaus Weiske
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Publication number: 20210013758Abstract: A stator of an electric motor having a stator core with a plurality of salient stator poles, an insulating cap, a stator winding consisting of a winding wire, and an interconnection unit with a plurality of winding-wire receptacles having an inside, wherein the winding wire is surrounded by a material constituting the winding-wire receptacle and connected and welded thereto on the inside. The stator is of an electric motor which is of a very high quality and precision so that high-current applications are possible. Without any major adjustments, the stator is combinable with different winding connections and is flexibly adaptable to the rest of the motor and possibly to the electronics design. The manufacturing method is capable of being flexibly adapted to different wire diameters.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 8, 2020Publication date: January 14, 2021Applicant: Bühler Motor GmbHInventors: Jürgen Brettschneider, Georg Bonk, Andreas Appel
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Patent number: 10844949Abstract: A planetary gear carrier for an epicyclic gear train with at least two bearing journals and at least two bearing holes, wherein the bearing journals are in each case combinable with a first planetary gear to form a first gear reduction ratio, and the bearing holes are in each case combinable with a second planetary gear to form a second gear reduction ratio.Type: GrantFiled: December 13, 2017Date of Patent: November 24, 2020Assignee: BÜHLER MOTOR GMBHInventors: Daniel Kirchgessner, Martin Gundermann, Gerhard Hofmann
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Patent number: 10848037Abstract: A permanent magnet rotor (1) with a magnetically conductive magnetic core (2), which has a plurality of magnet retainers (3, 4) for radially arranged and essentially tangentially magnetized permanent magnet parts (9), and a method for the production thereof. With a common permanent magnet rotor, the object of the present invention is to ensure a simple installation for a low number of components to be installed, very good magnetizability, high strength of the mechanical connection of the permanent magnet parts in the magnet retainers, and a compact size.Type: GrantFiled: September 13, 2018Date of Patent: November 24, 2020Assignee: BÜHLER MOTOR GMBHInventors: Mladen Zec, Armin Suttner-Reimann, Heinz Günther
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Patent number: 10830242Abstract: A centrifugal pump for delivering coolant in vehicles and providing a centering of a pump impeller and a dampening of motor vibrations. The centrifugal pump having a pump housing consisting of a pump head, which forms a single part with a suction nozzle, a discharge nozzle, a spoke, and a bearing support, in which a counter bearing is mounted, in which a first region of a shaft is supported, around which a pump impeller is rotatably mounted via a slide bearing secured in the pump impeller, the spoke retaining the bearing support in a central position within the pump head and having a containment shell, which separates a wet chamber from a dry chamber and in which a second region of the shaft is supported. The invention seeks to solve the problem of providing in a generic centrifugal pump.Type: GrantFiled: February 17, 2017Date of Patent: November 10, 2020Assignee: BÜHLER MOTOR GMBHInventor: Jürgen Ehrsam
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Patent number: 10823187Abstract: A method for producing a centrifugal pump impeller having a base plate, which is a single piece with pump blades and a cover plate, which consists of a thermoplastic material, wherein contact areas are available, which are heated and melted by means of ultrasonic excitation and form a close bonded connection after cool-down. The objective of the invention is to ensure inherent stability with the individual parts and a simple and reliable pre-assembly as well as a fixed mechanical connection, wherein only a small amount of excitation energy is required, with a centrifugal pump impeller comprising a base plate and cover plate.Type: GrantFiled: June 20, 2017Date of Patent: November 3, 2020Assignee: BÜHLER MOTOR GMBHInventor: Harald Rausch
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Patent number: 10823188Abstract: An electric centrifugal pump having a motor housing, a pump head, a containment shell, and a rotor assembly consisting of a pump impeller and a permanent magnet rotor, wherein the pump head with the containment shell defines a wet chamber, in which the rotor assembly is arranged rotationally around a longitudinal motor axis, the containment shell with the motor housing defines a dry chamber, in which a wound stator is arranged, and the permanent magnet rotor is arranged within the stator and a hollow-cylindrical region of the containment shell. Particle accumulations in the region between the containment shell and the permanent magnet rotor cannot occur or can only occur to a very minor extent and that the consequences of impurities in the wet chamber are reduced in order to prevent premature wear or a blockage of the centrifugal pump.Type: GrantFiled: May 30, 2017Date of Patent: November 3, 2020Assignee: BÜHLER MOTOR GMBHInventors: Jürgen Ehrsam, Helmut Kellermann, Christian Zimmerer
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Publication number: 20200297115Abstract: An actuating drive, in particular for seat adjustment devices, comprising at least one electric motor, a downstream reduction gear, a coupling device which has a coupling engagement spring that ensures an engaged position of the coupling device during motorized operation and permits a manual disengagement against its coupling force. The coupling device has a coupling lever pivotably mounted in a pivot bearing of a bearing block. The coupling lever is connected at one end of the pivot bearing to a mechanical actuating unit and by which at the other end of the pivot bearing a coupling means can be adjusted to disengage the coupling device. The actuating drive ensures both reliable electrical and reliable manual operation, a high degree of efficiency during electrical operation and simple assembly for a generic actuating drive.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 19, 2020Publication date: September 24, 2020Applicant: Bühler Motor GmbHInventor: Stefan Weber
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Patent number: 10784740Abstract: A drive including a commutator motor having a motor housing, an end shield secured to the housing, feedthroughs defined in the end shield, brushes mounted in the feedthroughs; and at least one stranded conductor forming a direct electrical and mechanical connection between a brush and the terminal contact arranged outside the motor housing.Type: GrantFiled: January 8, 2019Date of Patent: September 22, 2020Assignee: BÜHLER MOTOR GMBHInventors: Michael Antes, Bernd Reinecker, Georg Bernreuther
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Patent number: 10781866Abstract: An actuator, having an electric motor, a reduction gear, a clutch, and a manual mechanical clutch release system, comprising a clutch spring, a plunger, a spring retainer plate, and a securing element, which is arranged in a groove of the plunger. The object of the invention is to ensure, for a common actuator, that there is always a reliable mechanical connection of the mechanical clutch release system, even under rough environmental conditions, wherein no additional parts are required, to the extent possible, and an economical production and assembly is possible.Type: GrantFiled: October 23, 2018Date of Patent: September 22, 2020Assignee: BÜHLER MOTOR GMBHInventor: Toni Avdusinovic
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Patent number: 10773611Abstract: A decentralized seat control system for seats, each seat having several linearly or angularly movable seat elements. The control system includes a serial data bus; a power supply; smart devices with drives connected to the serial data bus and the power supply, each smart device having a basic function and selectably functioning as an active system master; non-smart devices lacking a control function; a smart control device for controlling the non-smart devices; and a program control unit, wherein the active system master provides control commands to the other smart devices.Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 2017Date of Patent: September 15, 2020Assignee: BÜHLER MOTOR GMBHInventors: Stefan Schlosser, Stefan Gröllich
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Publication number: 20200259442Abstract: An energy recovery circuitry for an electric motor with a single phase winding, consisting of two coil sections with central connection, whereby the two coil ends of the coil sections are each connected to ground via a switching element. The task of the invention is therefore, for an electric motor of this type, to ensure, a significantly higher efficiency, a better and defined switching of the coil switching elements, a thermal relief for the switching elements, improved and smoother running, reduced warming of the printed circuit board, improved EMC characteristics, a more robust design of the overall switching, a focused conduction of the losses and an extra protection against any surge impulses from a mains network.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 6, 2020Publication date: August 13, 2020Applicant: Bühler Motor GmbHInventors: Jens Weiss, Gerhard Walter
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Publication number: 20200255151Abstract: An aircraft seat massage system, with a pump module for conveying a gaseous medium, a valve module to convey and/or release the gaseous medium to and from a number of fillable gas cushions and a type of aircraft seat massage system, that can be scaled as flexibly as possible for the various requirements from the economy class up to first class. The massage system has a modular design and can be operated independently of a seat actuation system, whereby the operation is as quiet as possible.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 6, 2020Publication date: August 13, 2020Applicant: Bühler Motor GmbHInventors: Stefan Schlosser, Stefan Gröllich, Christof Welter
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Publication number: 20200136487Abstract: A magnet holder for attaching a sensor magnet to a motor shaft of an electric motor, including a receiving recess for the sensor magnet and an attachment region for attachment to the motor shaft, wherein the receiving recess is radially delimited by a wall that, over the circumference thereof, includes a plurality of weak spots which have a reduced wall thickness and are designed so that free spaces remain between the weak spots and the sensor magnet arranged in the receiving recess. The invention further relates to a sensor magnet assembly, to an electric motor comprising a sensor magnet assembly, and to a method for producing a sensor magnet assembly. It is the object of the present invention to very reliably and durably attach a sensor magnet to the end of a motor shaft in a very economical and simple manner, wherein adhesive methods are to be dispensed with.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 28, 2019Publication date: April 30, 2020Applicant: Bühler Motor GmbHInventors: Nils Gehring, Paul-Peter Golditz, Peter Schneider, Bertram Baudler, Gerhard Mehl, Stephan Kach