Patents by Inventor Eberhard Rau

Eberhard Rau 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: 9882458
    Abstract: Method for producing a stator winding (18) of an electric machine (10), in particular an AC generator, wherein the stator winding (18) has at least n phase windings (120, 121, 122, 123, 124), and one phase winding (120, 121, 122, 123, 124) has a plurality of directly successive wound coils (82) with coil sides (88) and coil side connectors (91), wherein the coils (82) are divided into first coils (82.1) and second coils (82.2), with a forming tool (100), in which slots (105, 106; 105?, 106?) are provided which are suitable for accommodating the coils (82), wherein a first coil (82.1) is arranged in a slot (105; 105?), and a second coil (82.2) is arranged in another slot (105; 105?), characterized in that n?1 slots (105, 106; 105?, 106?) are arranged between the first coil (82.1) and the second coil (82.2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Assignee: SEG Automotive Germany GmbH
    Inventors: Gert Wolf, Klaus Herbold, Gerlinde Weber, Christoph Schwarzkopf, Eberhard Rau, Alexander Mueller, Helmut Kreuzer, Kurt Reutlinger
  • Patent number: 9564791
    Abstract: Method for producing a stator winding (18) of an electric machine (10), in particular an AC generator, wherein the stator winding (18) has at least n phase windings (120, 121, 122, 123, 124), and one phase winding (120, 121, 122, 123, 124) has a plurality of successive wound coils (82) with coil sides (88) and coil side connectors (91), wherein the coils (82) are divided into first coils (82.1) and second coils (82.2), with a forming tool (100), in which slots (105, 106) are provided which are suitable for accommodating the coils (82), wherein a first coil (82.1) is arranged in a slot (105), and a second coil (82.2) is arranged in the same slot (105).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2017
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Gert Wolf, Klaus Herbold, Gerlinde Weber, Christoph Schwarzkopf, Eberhard Rau, Alexander Mueller, Helmut Kreuzer, Kurt Reutlinger
  • Patent number: 9287757
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing a stator winding (18) of an electric machine (10), in particular of an alternator, the stator winding (18) comprising at least n phase windings (120, 121, 122, 123, 124) and a phase winding (120, 121, 122, 123, 124) having several directly consecutively wound coils (82) having coil sides (88) and coil side connectors (91), the coils (82) being divided into first coils (82.1) and second coils (82.2), by means of a forming tool (100), in which grooves (105, 106; 105?, 106?) suitable for accommodating the coils (82) are provided, a first coil (82.1) being arranged in one groove (105; 105?) and a second coil (82.2) being arranged in another groove (105; 105?), characterized in that n?1 grooves (105, 106; 105?, 106?) are arranged between the first coil (82.1) and the second coil (82.2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2016
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Gert Wolf, Eberhard Rau, Alexander Mueller, Kurt Reutlinger
  • Patent number: 8878413
    Abstract: An alternating-current generator, in particular a three-phase generator, for a motor vehicle, having a rotor including north and south poles, particularly having claw-pole fingers extending in the axial direction and alternating as north and south poles at the rotor's periphery, a stator having a magnetic core, especially laminated core, having slots and a stator winding disposed in the magnetic core's slots, the stator winding having winding overhangs that are coolable by an approximately radial air flow produced by at least one fan mounted at the rotor, the stator being situated opposite the rotor, and the stator and the rotor having defined positions relative to each other, the multiphase stator winding being made up of winding elements, at least one winding element having more than two sections inserted in slots, and at least one winding element having more than one reversal section which brings about a change in the radial position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 2, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2014
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Gert Wolf, Thomas Berger, Eberhard Rau, Alexander Shendi, Helmut Kreuzer, Christoph Schwarzkopf
  • Publication number: 20140035427
    Abstract: Method for producing a stator winding (18) of an electric machine (10), in particular an AC generator, wherein the stator winding (18) has at least n phase windings (120, 121, 122, 123, 124), and one phase winding (120, 121, 122, 123, 124) has a plurality of directly successive wound coils (82) with coil sides (88) and coil side connectors (91), wherein the coils (82) are divided into first coils (82.1) and second coils (82.2), with a forming tool (100), in which slots (105, 106; 105?, 106?) are provided which are suitable for accommodating the coils (82), wherein a first coil (82.1) is arranged in a slot (105; 105?), and a second coil (82.2) is arranged in another slot (105; 105?), characterized in that n?1 slots (105, 106; 105?, 106?) are arranged between the first coil (82.1) and the second coil (82.2).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2011
    Publication date: February 6, 2014
    Applicant: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
    Inventors: Gert Wolf, Klaus Herbold, Gerlinde Weber, Christoph Schwarzkopf, Eberhard Rau, Alexander Mueller, Helmut Kreuzer, Kurt Reutlinger
  • Patent number: 8631728
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a radial centering surface on an outer circumference of an annular laminated core of a stator comprises the steps of forming a stator with a hollow cylinder from strip-shaped laminations, preloading the stator axially before and during cutting, creating centering surfaces on an outer circumferential of the stator by using at least two cutting tools.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2014
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Eberhard Rau, Thomas Berger, Martin Henne, Klaus Pflueger, Rob Berry
  • Publication number: 20130328435
    Abstract: Method for producing a stator winding (18) of an electric machine (10), in particular an AC generator, wherein the stator winding (18) has at least n phase windings (120, 121, 122, 123, 124), and one phase winding (120, 121, 122, 123, 124) has a plurality of successive wound coils (82) with coil sides (88) and coil side connectors (91), wherein the coils (82) are divided into first coils (82.1) and second coils (82.2), with a forming tool (100), in which slots (105, 106) are provided which are suitable for accommodating the coils (82), wherein a first coil (82.1) is arranged in a slot (105), and a second coil (82.2) is arranged in the same slot (105).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2011
    Publication date: December 12, 2013
    Applicant: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
    Inventors: Gert Wolf, Klaus Herbold, Gerlinde Weber, Christoph Schwarzkopf, Eberhard Rau, Alexander Mueller, Helmut Kreuzer, Kurt Reutlinger
  • Patent number: 8368276
    Abstract: A polyphase electrical machine, in particular, a polyphase generator, includes a stator which features a core body having a circumferential slot pitch, and a winding configuration having a plurality of windings. It is provided that each winding and each slot of the group of slots that extends over one pole pitch is assigned to one of the phases, and the windings have winding sections that lie in assigned slots and between which, in each case, a winding-head connection is formed, the winding-head connections of different windings being disposed radially in layers relative to each other, and the number of phases being five. A method for producing a polyphase electrical machine is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2013
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Gert Wolf, Norbert Pfitzke, Thomas Berger, Eberhard Rau, Alexander Shendi
  • Patent number: 8344580
    Abstract: A stator (16) is proposed for a polyphase electric machine, having a core body (17), which is provided with slots (114), which are situated in the radial direction with respect to an axis of rotation of the electric machine on one side of the core body (17) parallel to the longitudinal axis of the core body (17), having a slot width (bn1, bn2) and a stator yoke (122) being provided on the opposite side, with two slots (114) each being separated from one another by a tooth (116) having a tooth width (bz1, bz2) and extending from a slot base (120) to a tooth head (118), these slots (114) being provided to receive at least one coil winding having a plurality of coils that is electrically connected in series and are manufactured from at least one continuous wire (124) without interruption, the ratio (bz2/hj) of the tooth width (bz2) to the yoke height (hj) at the tooth head (118) being between 0.3 and 0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2013
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Eberhard Rau, Alexander Shendi
  • Publication number: 20120139383
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing a stator winding (18) of an electric machine (10), in particular of an alternator, the stator winding (18) comprising at least n phase windings (120, 121, 122, 123, 124) and a phase winding (120, 121, 122, 123, 124) having several directly consecutively wound coils (82) having coil sides (88) and coil side connectors (91), the coils (82) being divided into first coils (82.1) and second coils (82.2), by means of a forming tool (100), in which grooves (105, 106; 105?, 106?) suitable for accommodating the coils (82) are provided, a first coil (82.1) being arranged in one groove (105; 105?) and a second coil (82.2) being arranged in another groove (105; 105?), characterized in that n?1 grooves (105, 106; 105?, 106?) are arranged between the first coil (82.1) and the second coil (82.2).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2010
    Publication date: June 7, 2012
    Applicant: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
    Inventors: Gert Wolf, Eberhard Rau, Alexander Mueller, Kurt Reutlinger
  • Patent number: 8099858
    Abstract: A winding device for producing a field coil including a double-layer multiple-circuit winding for an electric motor includes a drive. The drive is configured to operate upon a winding mandrel with multiple lamellas arranged to be swung radially outwardly and inwardly by the drive in order to produce the double-layer multiple-circuit winding as a plurality of winding stacks that are arranged in separate slots and electrically connected in series, in parallel or both. At least two axially-separated winding stacks can be produced at the same time by the drive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2012
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Helmut Kreuzer, Eberhard Rau, Dirk Wolf, Alexander Puhahn, Olaf Simon, Yvonne Goebel, Bernard Walle, Thomas Harrer
  • Patent number: 7926164
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a stator core (20) for an electric machine, in which a plurality of strip-shaped laminations (21) are first stacked to form an essentially block-shaped lamellas packet (40) that is then shaped into an annular form by means of roller bending in one of the subsequent steps so that the outer teeth are provided on the outer circumference of the lamination packets and has an axial direction (a) that corresponds to a cylinder axis (z), the annular form having axial end surfaces (46), wherein in another of the subsequent steps, the annular lamination packet (40) is plastically deformed in the axial direction (a) only on the outer teeth (70) of the axial end surfaces (46).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2011
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Eberhard Rau, Thomas Berger, Martin Henne, Klaus Pflueger
  • Publication number: 20110043059
    Abstract: An alternating-current generator, in particular a three-phase generator, for a motor vehicle, having a rotor including north and south poles, particularly having claw-pole fingers extending in the axial direction and alternating as north and south poles at the rotor's periphery, a stator having a magnetic core, especially laminated core, having slots and a stator winding disposed in the magnetic core's slots, the stator winding having winding overhangs that are coolable by an approximately radial air flow produced by at least one fan mounted at the rotor, the stator being situated opposite the rotor, and the stator and the rotor having defined positions relative to each other, the multiphase stator winding being made up of winding elements, at least one winding element having more than two sections inserted in slots, and at least one winding element having more than one reversal section which brings about a change in the radial position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 2, 2008
    Publication date: February 24, 2011
    Inventors: Gert wolf, Thomas Berger, Eberhard RAU, Alexander Shendi, Helmut Kreuzer, Christoph Schwarzkopf
  • Patent number: 7870657
    Abstract: The manufacturing device for bending an electromagnetic element of an electrical machine, which includes a stator lamination (5), has a first device (10) for bending the stator lamination (5) to form a pre-curved stator lamination and a second device (25) for final forming of the pre-curved stator lamination. The second device (25) includes a first assembly (29) for axially fixing and pressing the pre-curved stator lamination and a second assembly for radially centering and pressing the pre-curved stator lamination. The first device (10) includes a bending mandrel (11) around which the stator lamination (5) bendable, which has an outer diameter that is larger than an inner diameter of the fully bent electromagnetic element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2011
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Eberhard Rau, Martin Henne, Klaus Pflueger
  • Publication number: 20100295390
    Abstract: A stator (16) is proposed for a polyphase electric machine, having a core body (17), which is provided with slots (114), which are situated in the radial direction with respect to an axis of rotation of the electric machine on one side of the core body (17) parallel to the longitudinal axis of the core body (17), having a slot width (bn1, bn2) and a stator yoke (122) being provided on the opposite side, with two slots (114) each being separated from one another by a tooth (116) having a tooth width (bz1, bz2) and extending from a slot base (120) to a tooth head (118), these slots (114) being provided to receive at least one coil winding having a plurality of coils that is electrically connected in series and are manufactured from at least one continuous wire (124) without interruption, the ratio (bz2/hj) of the tooth width (bz2) to the yoke height (hj) at the tooth head (118) being between 0.3 and 0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2007
    Publication date: November 25, 2010
    Applicant: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
    Inventors: Eberhard Rau, Alexander Shendl
  • Publication number: 20100283349
    Abstract: A polyphase electrical machine, in particular, a polyphase generator, includes a stator which features a core body having a circumferential slot pitch, and a winding configuration having a plurality of windings. It is provided that each winding and each slot of the group of slots that extends over one pole pitch is assigned to one of the phases, and the windings have winding sections that lie in assigned slots and between which, in each case, a winding-head connection is formed, the winding-head connections of different windings being disposed radially in layers relative to each other, and the number of phases being five. A method for producing a polyphase electrical machine is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2008
    Publication date: November 11, 2010
    Inventors: Gert Wolf, Norbert Pfitzke, Thomas Berger, Eberhard Rau, Alexander Shendi
  • Patent number: 7761975
    Abstract: The method for making a stator includes making individual strip-shaped laminas (15) for it; stacking the laminas (15) to form a stator core (13) with grooves (18) on one side extending through the core; producing a subassembly by inserting a stator winding (17) into the grooves (18); bending the subassembly to form a cylindrical cavity so that the grooves (18) end in the cavity and connecting two ends (23) of the stator core (13) to each other by a welding seam (20) to maintain this configuration. To produce a welding seam of sufficient strength which does not exert excessive influence on magnetic properties, the welding seam depth (TS) is given by TS=0.5 mm*(Hyoke/mm?1)±?TS, wherein Hyoke is yoke height and ?TS is a tolerance value. An electric machine including the stator made by this method is also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2010
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Eberhard Rau, Thomas Berger, Martin Henne, Klaus Pflueger
  • Patent number: 7600311
    Abstract: A method for producing a magnetically excitable core for an electrical machine, by which in a method step (S1), the core, having a substantially parallelepiped shape with slots extending parallel on one side, is furnished, into whose slots, in a method step (S2), the core winding is inserted by its winding sides, and then in a method step (S3), the core together with the core winding is reshaped into a cylindrical ring shape with radially inward-oriented slots, is proposed. The method is characterized by a further step, according to which in each case all winding sides that are inserted into each slot are pressed into a slot shape in a tool and reshaped before being inserted into the slot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2009
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Helmut Kreuzer, Eberhard Rau, Adam Willmott, Alan Fussey, Williams Neil, Martin Henne, Klaus Pflueger
  • Publication number: 20090145995
    Abstract: The invention relates to a winding device for producing a field coil (30) for an electric machine, especially a field coil (30) having a double-layer multiple-circuit winding, the field coil being formed by a plurality of winding stacks (31a, 32a, 33a . . . 31j, 32j, 33j) that are connected in series and/or in parallel. The inventive device is characterized by a winding mandrel (10) on which at least two axially spaced-apart winding stacks (31a, 32a, 33a) can be produced at the same time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2005
    Publication date: June 11, 2009
    Inventors: Helmut Kreuzer, Eberhard Rau, Dirk Wolf, Alexander Puhahn, Olaf Simon, Yvonne Goebel, Bernard Walle, Thomas Harrer
  • Publication number: 20090049678
    Abstract: The invention relates to an electrical machine having a stator winding, its manufacturing method and manufacturing apparatus, wherein the winding is manufactured with a predetermined number of coils on automated winding machines and is then embossed in the region of the longitudinal sides of the coils such that the longitudinal sides (17b), which have a plurality of conductors, of the coils (17), in terms of their cross section, are pressed and deformed into the subsequent slot shape.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2006
    Publication date: February 26, 2009
    Inventors: Klaus Pflueger, Martin Henne, Eberhard Rau