Patents Assigned to BROSE FAHRZEUGTEILE GMBH & CO. KG, WUERZBURG
  • Patent number: 9425667
    Abstract: An electric motor having a housing with a housing interior and also with an electronics compartment for a motor electronics system is provided. The housing has a housing base and a housing wall. The electronics compartment is arranged between the housing wall and a housing cover. The housing cover has a ventilation opening for venting the housing interior. The electronics compartment has a ventilation channel which is routed into the housing interior via the housing wall and has a channel connection piece which issues into the ventilation opening of the housing cover and is closed by an air-permeable diaphragm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2016
    Assignee: Brose Fahrzeugteile GmbH & Co. KG, Wuerzburg
    Inventors: Richard Illingworth, Milenko Stamenic, William Brehmer, Marco Batzner
  • Patent number: 9413202
    Abstract: The invention relates to a stator for an electric motor having a base body composed of stator laminates which are axially in layers with respect to a motor axis and having a number of frame-like coil formers which are fitted with stator windings, with the coil cross-sectional surfaces of said frame-like coil formers essentially being directed at the motor axis. It is proposed that in order to fit them, the coil formers can first of all be placed obliquely with respect to a final position on coil former holders of the base body and can then be aligned in the final position, and in that the arrangement is designed such that the alignment involves axial bracing of the stator laminates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2016
    Assignee: Brose Fahrzeugteile GmbH & Co. KG, Wuerzburg
    Inventors: Klaus Zaps, Peter Hauck
  • Patent number: 9337758
    Abstract: A method for determining the position of an at least two-phase, in particular three-phase bmshless electric drive comprising at least two phase windings, each of which has a first and a second terminal, a second terminal of a first phase winding being electrically connected to the first terminal of a second phase winding at a common connecting terminal. In order to be able to reliably determine the position of the electric drive even at low speeds, a voltage pulse is applied between the first terminal of the first phase winding and the second terminal of the second phase winding, the resulting voltage at the connecting terminal or at a third phase winding connected thereto is detected and the voltage ratio between the first phase winding and the second phase winding is determined therefrom, and the ratio between the variable inductances is determined from said voltage ratio.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2016
    Assignee: Brose Fahrzeugteile GmbH & Co. KG, Wuerzburg
    Inventor: Johannes Schwarzkopf
  • Publication number: 20160099669
    Abstract: A method and a device for operating a closed-loop or open-loop speed-controlled electric motor of a fan drive, which motor is connected to an on-board system voltage of a motor vehicle and the motor speed of which is set to a defined first desired speed, wherein, if the on-board system voltage fluctuates, the motor speed is set to a desired speed that is lower compared with the first desired speed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2015
    Publication date: April 7, 2016
    Applicant: Brose Fahrzeugteile GmbH & Co. KG, Wuerzburg
    Inventors: Dirk JOACHIMSMEYER, Martin RAUCH
  • Patent number: 9306422
    Abstract: A rotor blade set for an electric motor, having a plurality of axially assembled multi-part and/or single-part blades having circle segment shaped blade sections, between which radial and circumferentially open recesses are formed for receiving a respective magnet, wherein a predeterminable number of blade sections of the single-part or multi-part blades have at least one azimuthal clip on the circle radius, which clip bends axially during the insertion of the corresponding magnet into the respective recess, and wherein the circle segment-shaped blade sections of the single-part or multipart blades have at least one notch on the circle radius, in which notch a corresponding clip of a blade section of an axially spaced blade engages following the axial bending.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2016
    Assignee: Brose Fahrzeugteile GmbH & Co. KG, Wuerzburg
    Inventors: Maurad Berkouk, Sylvain Cordrie
  • Publication number: 20150333595
    Abstract: A rotary electric machine having a stator and a rotor, in addition to an electric control device and a connection device which comprises at least one coupling element for electrically connecting the control device to one or several electrical lines and a mass element provided to connect to an electric mass potential. In order to improve the machine with respect to electromagnetic interference, the stator is connected to the mass element by a contact bridge which has a first securing section and a second securing section in addition to a bridge element arranged between the securing sections and includes a single-piece spring steel sheet which is at least partially sinuous.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2015
    Publication date: November 19, 2015
    Applicant: BROSE FAHRZEUGTEILE GMBH & CO. KG, WUERZBURG
    Inventors: Maurad BERKOUK, Sebastien LABAT, Eric FOURNIER
  • Publication number: 20150233461
    Abstract: A gear unit for an actuating drive, in particular a window lifter drive, of a motor vehicle is provided that includes a gear housing and a pivot bolt rotatably fixedly connected thereto for rotatably supporting a gear wheel, in particular of a worm gear, the pivot bolt has a second pivot section, which is adjacent to a first pivot section having a first outer diameter, and which has a free end section on the front, the outer diameter of the second pivot section being smaller than the outer diameter of the first pivot section at least over one part of it pivot section length.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2014
    Publication date: August 20, 2015
    Applicant: Brose Fahrzeugteile GmbH & Co. KG, Wuerzburg
    Inventors: Thomas WEIGOLD, Alexander KIFER
  • Publication number: 20150214869
    Abstract: A method for operating a brushless, rotating electrical machine, including at least three phase windings, each of which has a first phase winding terminal and a second phase winding terminal. The phase windings are connected to each other, in particular the particular second phase winding terminals are connected to a shared star point, and phase-width-modulated voltage signals being applied separately to each individual phase winding, and at least one selected phase winding being at least temporarily connected to a constant electrical potential. To minimize switching operations and to reduce the alternating current component of the current source, the pulses of the pulse-width-modulated signals applied to the remaining phase windings are at least temporarily phase-shifted with respect to each other during the period in which the selected phase winding is connected to a constant electrical potential.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2015
    Publication date: July 30, 2015
    Applicant: Brose Fahrzeugteile GmbH & Co. KG, Wuerzburg
    Inventor: Johannes Schwarzkopf
  • Patent number: 9093877
    Abstract: An adjustment drive, in particular a window winder drive of a motor vehicle. The adjustment drive has an electric motor with a brush system, the respective brush of the brush system being connected to a plug contact in order to supply power to the electric motor, and an electronics system housing in which a mating contact, with which the plug contact makes contact, is arranged. In this case, the plug contact is mounted such that it can move in the plug-contact-making direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2015
    Assignee: Brose Fahrzeugteile GmbH & Co. KG, Wuerzburg
    Inventors: Peter Klingler, Andreas Schweichart
  • Patent number: 9088184
    Abstract: A drive motor, in particular for a fan wheel of a radiator of a motor vehicle, is provided. The drive motor comprising a stator, and a rotor rotating about an axis of rotation relative to the stator, which is driven in cooperation with the stator. Means for generating an air flow for cooling at least one component of the drive motor are arranged on the rotor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2015
    Assignee: Brose Fahrzeugteile GmbH & Co. KG, Würzburg
    Inventors: Horst Eisert, Detlef Kemmer
  • Patent number: 9035523
    Abstract: The invention relates to a coil (1), in particular for an electric machine, in particular a transformator or an electromechanical converter, in particular an electric motor, for guiding an electric current for producing a magnetic field. Said coil consists of individual windings (2) that are essentially embodied as a flat body thus obtaining a tightly packed structure when the windings (2) are superimposed, and respectively, each winding (2) comprises at least one circulating conductor path with the exception of at least one electric interruption on one side. Said conductor path of a winding (2) comprises, on one point, an electroconductive connection with a conductor path of an adjacent winding (2). The windings (2) are incidentally, essentially electrically isolated to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2015
    Assignee: Brose Fahrzeugteile GmbH & Co. KG, Würzburg
    Inventor: Marcus Podack
  • Publication number: 20140339939
    Abstract: An electric motor having a housing with a housing interior and also with an electronics compartment for a motor electronics system is provided. The housing has a housing base and a housing wall. The electronics compartment is arranged between the housing wall and a housing cover. The housing cover has a ventilation opening for venting the housing interior. The electronics compartment has a ventilation channel which is routed into the housing interior via the housing wall and has a channel connection piece which issues into the ventilation opening of the housing cover and is closed by an air-permeable diaphragm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2013
    Publication date: November 20, 2014
    Applicant: Brose Fahrzeugteile GmbH & Co. KG Wuerzburg
    Inventors: Richard ILLINGWORTH, Milenko STAMENIC, William BREHMER, Marco BATZNER
  • Publication number: 20140199933
    Abstract: A vehicle ventilation module for allowing air to exhaust from the inside of a vehicle compartment, comprising a carrier element to be mounted to the vehicle, the carrier element comprising: at least one vent opening for allowing air to exhaust from the inside of a vehicle compartment when the vehicle ventilation module is mounted to the vehicle; at least one flap being pivotable about a swivel axis at the carry er element between a close position and an open position, wherein the vent opening is covered by the flap in the close position and is at least partially uncovered by the flap in the open position so that air may flow through the vent opening; and an actuating mechanism coupled to the flap for pivoting the flap about its swivel axis from the close position to the open position. The actuating mechanism is actuated to pivot the flap to the open position by a current applied to the actuating mechanism.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2013
    Publication date: July 17, 2014
    Applicant: BROSE FAHRZEUGTEILE GMBH & CO. KG WÜRZBURG
    Inventor: BROSE FAHRZEUGTEILE GMBH & CO. KG WÜRZBURG
  • Publication number: 20140105746
    Abstract: A fan of a motor vehicle is particularly suited as a main fan of an internal combustion engine. The fan has a fan wheel with an outer ring which has a substantially L-shaped ring cross section. The L-shape is defined with a radial limb and an axial limb. The radial limb has a cross-sectional enlargement on a free-end side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2013
    Publication date: April 17, 2014
    Applicant: BROSE FAHRZEUGTEILE GMBH & CO. KG, WUERZBURG
    Inventor: ANTJE FINDEISEN
  • Publication number: 20130242484
    Abstract: An electronics and/or gearing housing, in particular for a worm wheel of a window lifting drive, of a motor vehicle is provided. The electronics and/or gearing housing has a housing body, within which an electronic assembly is arranged, and a cover, which is joined to the housing body via ultrasonic welding.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Publication date: September 19, 2013
    Applicant: BROSE FAHRZEUGTEILE GMBH & CO. KG WUERZBURG
    Inventor: BROSE FAHRZEUGTEILE GMBH & CO. KG WUERZBURG
  • Publication number: 20130113309
    Abstract: An electro-motor drive, in particular for a fan drive of a motor vehicle, includes a commutator motor, a motor shaft of which is rotatably mounted on axially opposite sides in shaft bearings facing away from the bearing shield in order to substantially dampen the sound of at least bearing play-related contact noise and vibration or humming noise.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2012
    Publication date: May 9, 2013
    Applicant: BROSE FAHRZEUGTEILE GMBH & CO. KG, WUERZBURG
    Inventor: Brose Fahrzeugteile GmbH & Co. KG, Wuerzburg
  • Patent number: 8421283
    Abstract: An electro-motor drive, in particular for a fan drive of a motor vehicle, includes a commutator motor, a motor shaft of which is rotatably mounted on axially opposite sides in shaft bearings facing away from the bearing shield in order to substantially dampen the sound of at least bearing play-related contact noise and vibration or humming noise.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2013
    Assignee: Brose Fahrzeugteile GmbH & Co. KG Wuerzburg
    Inventors: Marco Stoehling, Karl-Heinz Bauer, Michael Rueb, Frank Wittstadt, Hannelore Diller, Peter Tiemeyer
  • Publication number: 20120299400
    Abstract: The invention relates to a stator for an electric motor having a base body composed of stator laminates which are axially in layers with respect to a motor axis and having a number of frame-like coil formers which are fitted with stator windings, with the coil cross-sectional surfaces of said frame-like coil formers essentially being directed at the motor axis. It is proposed that in order to fit them, the coil formers can first of all be placed obliquely with respect to a final position on coil former holders of the base body and can then be aligned in the final position, and in that the arrangement is designed such that the alignment involves axial bracing of the stator laminates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2010
    Publication date: November 29, 2012
    Applicant: BROSE FAHRZEUGTEILE GMBH & CO. KG, WUERZBURG
    Inventors: Klaus Zaps, Peter Hauck