Abstract: An electric machine designed as a starter, generator, or starter-generator for a motor vehicle and presenting a housing, wherein said housing comprises a winding with coils or coil groups including connector heads. It comprises power electronics units with power switch components distributed along the perimeter of the housing, as well as conductor rails connected with power electronics units, and coil exit rails going from a power electronics unit to an associated coil or coil group. Said power electronics units are arranged on the face of the housing in a clearance created by the connector heads, which are located radially outside or inside the connector heads. Said power switch components comprise a contact area and are arranged directly—without inserted electric insulation—on one of the power loops or a coil exit rail.

Abstract: The invention concerns a winding for a post or an armature of an electric machine with a post or armature (32) with slots (34) composed at least in part of L-shaped structural parts (1, 2, 3). In doing so, one leg of an L-shaped structural part each time creates a slot bar (8a, 8b) located in a slot, and the other leg creates a connecting line (6a, 6b) located at a face of the post or armature. Moreover, the invention concerns a winding with several interlaced coils (50, 52, 50?, 52?, 50?, 52?) whereby the connecting lines (6) of interlaced coils (50, 52, 52?, 50?, 52?) are staggered and therefore arranged in layers. The invention furthermore concerns a winding with connecting lines (6) flatter than the slot bars (8), styled as a fractional pitched polyphase winding with two slots per pole and branch.

Abstract: A suspension for an assembly generating, absorbing, and/or transmitting torque in the drive train of a motor vehicle with a combustion engine, with the assembly 10 including materials with a thermal expansion coefficient different from the material of the engine block of the combustion engine 12, and a first non-rotating part 18, 22 of the assembly 10 being connected with the engine block, and a second rotating part 16 of the assembly 10 being connected with an output shaft 14 protruding from the engine block, and with the first and the second part 18, 22; 16 being designed so as to encompass the output shaft 14 at least partially, and with the first non-rotating part 18, 22 of the assembly 10 being connected with the engine block of the combustion engine 12 via a coupling element 40 in a manner so as to be essentially secured against rotation and resilient in the radial direction.

Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed to store electrical energy in, for example, a vehicle. In an example system, a storage module is provided including one or more capacitors, a sensor to measure the temperature of the capacitor(s), and a control device that controls the voltage at the capacitor(s) so that the maximum voltage at the storage module and/or the individual capacitor(s) increases as the temperature decreases. The aging of the capacitor(s) and in particular electrochemical capacitors strongly depends on the temperature in addition to the operating voltage. Controlling the capacitor voltage based on temperature can, therefore, substantially reduce the aging of the capacitor(s).

Abstract: An electric filter having means for buffering high-frequency interference in a high-current environment, comprising a feed-through conductor, a derivation conductor, and one or more capacitors. The one or more capacitors are switched between the feed-through conductor and the derivation conductor. The feed-through conductor is directed around the capacitor. A motor vehicle wiring system can be equipped with such a filter.

Abstract: An electronic power circuit includes several power modules (1) and is especially for controlling an electrical machine. Each power module (1) includes a plate-shaped integrated electronic circuit arrangement (2) having several electrical terminals. A perpendicular bent-over electrically conducting side leg (3) is arranged on each of two opposite-lying sides of the plate-shaped circuit arrangement (2). The side leg (3) forms an electrical contact and, in this way, the power module (1) has a U-shaped cross section. Each side leg (3) is provided with connecting elements via which two or several power modules (1) can be electrically and mechanically fixedly connected to each other while forming a mutual spacing between the plate-shaped circuit arrangement (2) via the side legs (3) for forming the electronic power circuit.

Abstract: The invention relates to a half-bridge module which is arranged in an electrically insulating cooling liquid and in which two semiconductor switches form a half-bridge; the first semiconductor switch is capable of being connected by its source terminal to a high voltage potential, and the second semiconductor switch is capable of being connected by its drain terminal to a low voltage potential; the drain terminal of each first semiconductor switch is connected to the source terminal of the respective second semiconductor switch; whereby respective first semiconductor switches are arranged with their source terminal on a common first metallic conductor rail which is capable of being connected to the high voltage potential; respective second semiconductor switches are arranged with their source terminal on a second metallic conductor rail constituting the output which is arranged alongside the first conductor rail, spaced therefrom; each second semiconductor switch is connected by its drain terminal to a common

Abstract: The invention is directed to a starter system for an internal combustion engine, comprising an electric starter; a starter battery for warming up or starting the combustion engine; a temperature measuring device for measuring the temperature of the starter battery; a power electronics module, which actively varies the magnitude of a discharge current drawn from the starter battery for the purpose of warming up or starting the engine; and a control device, feeding the power electronics module with the value of the discharge current to be varied, where, at low battery temperatures, the maximum discharge current is lower than at high temperatures. The invention is also directed to a method for starting an internal combustion engine.