Patents Assigned to Brose Fahrzeugteile GmbH & Co. Kommanditgesellschaft, Würzburg
  • Patent number: 10784067
    Abstract: An electronic assembly contains a circuit board having a current-conducting current path with two mutually spaced-apart current path ends that form an interruption point and a contact clip bridging the interruption point. The contact clip is manufactured without a preload, as a thermal fuse. The contact clip has a multiple bent, open clip loop and a contact limb making contact with both mutually spaced-apart current path ends using solder. The contact clip further has a fixing limb with a limb end seated in a circuit board opening. The limb end of the fixing limb is oversized relative to a circuit board opening, and a deformation being imparted to the contact clip, with an internal preload being generated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2020
    Assignee: Brose Fahrzeugteile GmbH & Co. Kommanditgesellschaft, Wuerzburg
    Inventors: Matthias Markert, Markus Boehm
  • Patent number: 10784754
    Abstract: A method for producing a pole housing for an electric motor includes preparing a tube lateral surface from a preferably pre-galvanized sheet metal material and shaping the tube lateral surface to form a cylindrical pole tube from the sheet metal material in such a way that longitudinal edges of the tube lateral surface extended in the tube longitudinal direction face towards one another. The longitudinal edges of the tube lateral surface are joined to one another to form a closed pole tube. A previously-provided cover is form-lockingly and/or force-lockingly fastened as a bearing plate to a front end face of the pole tube and a fluid-impermeable joint is formed between the cover and the pole tube. A pole housing for an electric motor and an electric motor having a pole housing are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2020
    Assignees: Brose Fahrzeugteile GmbH & Co. Kommanditgesellschaft, Wuerzburg, Schuerholz Gmbh & Co. KG Stanztechnik
    Inventors: Norman Braungardt, Christian Kaiser, Alexander Kifer, Angelo Castrignano, Stefan Wortmann
  • Patent number: 10737554
    Abstract: A method for operating an electric motor-driven refrigerant compressor of a motor vehicle is provided. A first temperature of a power semiconductor is measured, and a second temperature of the power semiconductor is determined using a theoretical model of the motor-driven refrigerant compressor. A difference between the first temperature and second temperature is determined. A fault is detected if the difference is greater than a first threshold. The invention further relates to a motor-driven refrigerant compressor of a motor vehicle, to the use of a motor-driven refrigerant compressor, and to a motor vehicle comprising a refrigerant circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignee: Brose Fahrzeugteile GmbH & Co. Kommanditgesellschaft, Wuerzburg
    Inventor: Hans-Joachim Schroeder
  • Patent number: 10742095
    Abstract: An electronics housing, in particular for a pump electronics of an electric motor-powered auxiliary pump for a motor vehicle for conveying a fluid. The electronics housing has a housing shell and an electrical plug. The plug protrudes at least partially through the housing shell, and the plug is at least partially covered with a first material which swells upon contact with the fluid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignee: Brose Fahrzeugteile GmbH & Co. Kommanditgesellschaft, Wuerzburg
    Inventors: Uwe Klippert, Christoph Otto
  • Patent number: 10741311
    Abstract: A system includes a partition element and a first component which is arranged on a first side of the partition element. The first component includes at least one conductor, and the partition element includes an associated feedthrough for inserting and feeding through the conductor and for electrically contacting the conductor on a second side of the partition element located opposite the first side. The conductor forms a form-fitting connection to the feedthrough and is pressed into the feedthrough.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignee: BROSE FAHRZEUGTEILE GMBH & CO. KOMMANDITGESELLSCHAFT, WÜRZBURG
    Inventors: Axel Steinshorn, Hans-Joachim Schröder
  • Patent number: 10734860
    Abstract: An electric motor, in particular a radiator fan motor of a motor vehicle, has a rotor which is mounted such that it can rotate in relation to a stator, a motor mount which has an electronics compartment for accommodating a converter electronics system, and an electronics compartment cover. The electronics compartment cover has a peripheral sealing groove into which a peripheral edge of the electronics compartment engages by way of a corresponding sealing web in order to reliably seal off the electronics compartment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: BROSE Fahrzeugteile GmbH & Co. Kommanditgesellschaft, Wuerzburg
    Inventors: Frank Mauch, Tobias Ott, Thomas Schencke, Artur Schmidt, Hermann Schulz, Jan Gwozdz, Thomas Ziegler, Thomas Hussy
  • Patent number: 10734859
    Abstract: An electric motor, in particular a radiator fan motor of a motor vehicle, has a rotor which is mounted such that it can rotate in relation to a stator, a motor mount which has an electronics compartment for accommodating a converter electronics system, and an electronics compartment cover. The electronics compartment cover has a peripheral sealing groove into which a peripheral edge of the electronics compartment engages by way of a corresponding sealing web in order to reliably seal off the electronics compartment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: Brose Fahrzeugteile GmbH & Co. Kommanditgesellschaft, Wuerzburg
    Inventors: Frank Mauch, Tobias Ott, Thomas Schencke, Artur Schmidt, Hermann Schulz, Jan Gwozdz, Thomas Ziegler, Thomas Hussy
  • Patent number: 10697467
    Abstract: A fan wheel has a hub cup and a plurality of blades which are arranged on the hub cup and extend radially outward from an outer wall of the hub cup which is in particular at least substantially cylindrical. Each blade has a leading edge and a trailing edge, wherein for at least one blade, an axial unit depth z*(t) of the blade has an aperiodically wave-like shape. A radiator fan module has a fan wheel of the type described above, and the fan wheel can be used in a motor vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: Brose Fahrzeugteile GmbH & Co. Kommanditgesellschaft, Wuerzburg
    Inventors: Christian Froh, Michael Mauss
  • Patent number: 10700565
    Abstract: The present invention provides a stator arrangement for an electric three-phase generator, comprising a plurality of stator teeth, comprising a contacting device which is arranged on an end portion of the stator teeth, comprising a continuously wound winding wire which is wound in each case about individual stator teeth in order to form stator tooth windings and portions of which are arranged on the contacting device between the individual stator teeth, comprising a connecting element, which is arranged on the contacting device and designed to electrically connect portions of the winding wire arranged on the contacting device in order to form a star point. The present invention further provides an electric three-phase generator and a method for producing a stator arrangement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: BROSE FAHRZEUGTEILE GMBH & CO. KOMMANDITGESELLSCHAFT, WÜRZBURG
    Inventors: Stefan Wüst, Daniel Fiederling, Wolfgang Strauss
  • Publication number: 20200191146
    Abstract: An electric-motor refrigerant compressor, for compressing a fluid, having a compressor housing having a housing bottom, and having a compressor part mounted in the compressor housing for conveying the fluid from a low pressure-side inlet to a high pressure-side outlet. The separating device is introduced into the housing bottom and has a cylindrical separating chamber which is connected to the outlet, and a separator which is arranged coaxially in said separating chamber for separating lubricant which is contained in the fluid, and a high pressure chamber of the compressor housing is coupled in flow terms by means of a passage duct to the separating chamber. The passage duct may be made in an intermediate wall between the high pressure chamber and the separating chamber in such a way that said passage duct opens into the separating chamber offset radially and on the outer side of the separator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2018
    Publication date: June 18, 2020
    Applicant: Brose Fahrzeugteile GmbH & Co. Kommanditgesellschaft, Würzburg
    Inventors: Budi RINALDI, Björn FAGERLI
  • Publication number: 20200119616
    Abstract: An electric drive for a motor vehicle, in particular a fan drive, comprising an electric motor that includes a rotor which is mounted on a motor shaft so as to be able to rotate about a stationary stator as well as a driving part which is coupled to the rotor, and at least one electroconductive cover part for influencing and/or blocking interfering electromagnetic fields generated during operation of the electric motor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2018
    Publication date: April 16, 2020
    Applicant: Brose Fahrzeugteile GmbH & Co. Kommanditgesellschaft, Würzburg
    Inventors: Kevin LUDWIG, Sebastien LABAT, Carsten DUPPE, Eugen HERMANN
  • Patent number: 10590948
    Abstract: The present invention provides an adapter device for attaching a cooling fan to a motor in a cooling fan module for an automotive cooling system. The device includes a connection member for rotationally fixed connection with a rotor of the motor. The rotor is surrounded by a stator comprising windings or coils arranged annularly about the rotor. The connection member is separate from the rotor and is configured for insertion into a central aperture or opening of the rotor for connection thereto via an outer surface of the connection member. An attachment member is provided at an end region of the connection member for attachment of a cooling fan thereto. The adapter device is configured to accommodate at least one bearing which supports the rotor for rotation about a rotational axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: Brose Fahrzeugteile GmbH & Co. Kommanditgesellschaft, Würzburg
    Inventors: Attila Simofi-Ilyes, Milenko Stamenic, Thomas Wissmueller
  • Publication number: 20200070645
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to a fan shroud of a motor vehicle, having a shroud body which comprises a round airflow opening for a fan impeller. The fan shroud additionally includes a motor mount which is arranged above the airflow opening and is attached by means of a strut to a fastening dome. The fastening dome is attached to the shroud body and is oriented perpendicularly to said shroud body. The radially outer end of the fastening dome, with reference to the airflow opening, is at a varying distance from the mid-point of the airflow opening. This disclosure additionally relates to a cooler fan of a motor vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2019
    Publication date: March 5, 2020
    Applicant: BROSE FAHRZEUGTEILE GMBH & CO. KOMMANDITGESELLSCHAFT, WÜRZBURG
    Inventors: Tilman SCHAEFER, Antje FINDEISEN
  • Publication number: 20200063642
    Abstract: A frame device for a fan module for a main cooler and for a charge air cooler of a motor vehicle, comprising a main frame for the main cooler and a charge air cooler, separate from the latter, for the charge air cooler, wherein a seal is provided between the main frame and the charge air frame. Furthermore, the invention relates to a fan module with such a frame device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2019
    Publication date: February 27, 2020
    Applicant: Brose Fahrzeugteile GmbH & Co. Kommanditgesellschaft, Würzburg
    Inventors: Frank DITTER, Andre EVERS, Antje FINDEISEN
  • Publication number: 20200067446
    Abstract: A method for operating a brushless electric motor of a motor vehicle, particularly an electromotive refrigerant compressor, with two sub-motors arranged in sections and each comprising n-phases, by means of a converter corresponding to the number of phases of the electric motor. On the basis of a performance requirement, first switching points are determined for the n-phases, of one of the sub-motors, and on the basis of the performance requirement, second switching points are determined for the n-phases of the other sub-motor. The second switching points are shifted by a first phase angle and the converter is controlled on the basis of the first switching points and the second switching points. The first phase angle is selected such that a resulting current flow over the converter is smaller than a first threshold value. A unit of a motor vehicle, comprising a brushless electric motor is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2017
    Publication date: February 27, 2020
    Applicant: Brose Fahrzeugteile GmbH & Co. Kommanditgesellschaft, Würzburg
    Inventors: Hans-Joachim SCHROEDER, Axel STEINSHORN, Armin DIETZ
  • Publication number: 20200056416
    Abstract: A drive device for adjusting a cover element of a vehicle, for use in a window lift apparatus, including a gearing element rotatable about a rotation axis and a motor unit which has an input shaft rotatable about a shaft axis for driving the gearing element. The shaft axis of the input shaft is oriented at an oblique angle to the rotation axis of the gearing element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2017
    Publication date: February 20, 2020
    Applicant: BROSE FAHRZEUGTEILE GMBH & CO. KOMMANDITGESELLSCHAFT, WUERZBURG
    Inventor: Roland KALB
  • Patent number: 10563664
    Abstract: The invention relates to a fan impeller (5) for a radiator fan module (1) in a motor vehicle as well as to a radiator fan module, the fan impeller comprising: a hub (8), a shroud (9), a plurality of blades (7) that extend from the hub (8) outward and are connected to each other via the shroud (9), and a plurality of streamlining fins (16) which are located between the blades (7), on the bottom side (12) of the shroud (9).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Assignees: Brose Fahrzeugteile GmbH & Co. Kommanditgesellschaft, Würzburg, Hochschule Düsseldorf University of Applied Sciences
    Inventors: Nils Springer, Michael Mauss, Frank Kameier, Gi-Don Na
  • Patent number: 10559996
    Abstract: A brush system of an electric motor, having a commutator, at least one brush that is guided within a brush duct and is provided with a connection line, and a spring element that exerts a spring force on the brush when the spring element is effectively connected thereto, such that the brush rests against the commutator; the brush duct includes a longitudinal duct slot inside which the connection line extends and which has a constriction that the connection line penetrates when the effective connection between the spring element and the brush is established.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2020
    Assignee: Brose Fahrzeugteile GmbH & Co. Kommanditgesellschaft, Wuerzburg
    Inventor: Michael Bock
  • Patent number: 10547227
    Abstract: An electromagnetic structure of an electric machine, in particular an adjustment drive of a motor vehicle, has a plurality of coils which are arranged to form a circular structure. Each of the coils has a coil winding and a connection. The coils are respectively electrically connected in pairs by way of a conductor bridge which is in contact with the respective connections. Each conductor bridge is arranged at an axial distance from the associated coils, each conductor bridge being arranged at least partially in a receiving element of a guiding plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2020
    Assignee: Brose Fahrzeugteile GmbH & Co. Kommanditgesellschaft, Wuerzburg
    Inventors: Peter Hauck, Oliver Haupt, Maximilian Knopf, Stefan Portner
  • Publication number: 20190353083
    Abstract: It is provided a cooling fan module having: a fan shroud; a fan propeller cutout, which is formed in the fan shroud; a motor mount which is mechanically connected to the fan shroud by means of struts which are located at the rear viewed in the flow direction; a motor, which is mounted at least partially in the motor mount; a fan propeller which is arranged in the fan propeller cutout and which is driven rotationally about a rotational axis R by the motor. The fan propeller has a plurality of blade elements. All the elements of a group which has at least one of the struts and at least one of the blade elements are forward-sickled or rearward-sickled.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2018
    Publication date: November 21, 2019
    Applicant: BROSE FAHRZEUGTEILE GMBH & CO. KOMMANDITGESELLSCHAFT, WUERZBURG
    Inventors: Marco WICHERS, Joern SMIDT, Peter ARNOLD