Patents by Inventor Klaus Buttner

Klaus Buttner 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: 12278527
    Abstract: A conductor bar of a cage rotor of an asynchronous machine has a longitudinal extension and includes first and second sections in the longitudinal extension. The first section has a hardness which is lower than a hardness of the second section and is realized through soft annealing, brief inductive heating or heating by a flame so as to enable a compression of the first section of the conductor bar by way of axial pressure after axially joining the conductor bar in a slot of a magnetically conductive body of the cage rotor, with the first section abutting an inner wall of the slot of magnetically conductive body of the cage rotor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2025
    Assignee: Innomotics GmbH
    Inventors: Klaus Büttner, Klaus Kirchner, Matthias Warmuth
  • Patent number: 12255496
    Abstract: A lamination of a rotor of a rotary dynamo-electric machine includes a shaft bore with a radius, at least two pull-through grooves, and two intermediate space recesses. Each of the pull-through grooves has a lamination tongue facing radially inwards towards an axis such that the lamination tongue ends facing radially inwards lie on a radius which is smaller than the radius defined by the shaft bore.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2025
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Klaus Büttner, Klaus Kirchner, Matthias Warmuth
  • Patent number: 12224626
    Abstract: A rotor of a dynamo-electric rotary machine includes a rotor core arranged concentrically to a rotor axis and including slots filled with electrically conductive material. A front ring is arranged at a front axial end of the slots and includes electrically conductive material, and a rear ring is arranged at a rear axial end of the slots and includes electrically conductive material. A rotor-core-distal surface of the front ring and/or rear ring has a bevel in axial direction from an outer circumference to an inner circumference, with the bevel defined by a bevel angle having a value of 3° to 30°. A support element is at least partially connected to the front and/or rear ring with a positive fit and pressed thereon axially, with the support element being supported on a shaft and having a radial end which terminates at a radial end of the front and/or rear ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2025
    Assignee: Innomotics GmbH
    Inventors: Mario Büttner, Klaus Büttner, Klaus Kirchner, Matthias Warmuth
  • Publication number: 20240356419
    Abstract: A thixotropic potting compound for fixing a permanent magnet in a rotor of a permanently excited synchronous machine includes a base resin material formed as a two-component reactive resin containing a predefinable amount of a thermally conductive additive and/or an additive affecting a gelling of the potting compound, wherein Aerosil fumed silica is present in a range between 0.1-0.5% by volume.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2022
    Publication date: October 24, 2024
    Applicant: Innomotics GmbH
    Inventors: Klaus Büttner, TOBIAS KATZENBERGER, KLAUS KIRCHNER, BASTIAN PLOCHMANN, MATTHIAS WARMUTH
  • Publication number: 20240356421
    Abstract: A rotor of a dynamo-electric permanently excited machine has a predefinable number of poles, with the laminated core having laminations, which each form sectors with at least two different configurations in a predefinable axial order and rotation or axial order and rotation and overlap. The laminations, independent of the configuration of the sectors, each have a shaft bore, an identical number of poles or sectors, axially aligned cut-outs and an identical outer diameter. Sectors of a first configuration have elements for distributing a potting compound or an adhesive within the laminated core, and sectors of a second configuration have retaining elements for mechanical strength of the laminated core. The flux barriers and gaps running substantially axially between the permanent magnets and the laminated core surrounding same, are filled with the adhesive and/or a potting compound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2022
    Publication date: October 24, 2024
    Applicant: Innomotics GmbH
    Inventors: Klaus Büttner, KLAUS KIRCHNER, MATTHIAS WARMUTH
  • Patent number: 12074484
    Abstract: A component for an electric machine includes a flat region in which an electric line runs when the component is integrated into the electric machine and which includes a sharp-edged structure. A polymer layer adheres to the flat region without further aid such as to mask the sharp-edged structure and thereby protect from damage the electric line on the flat region. The polymer layer is made of cured plastic adhesive and jetted onto the flat region in the form of threads, such that the threads are spin-coated on top of one another in the form of overlapping loops and form a network structure which spans the sharp-edged structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2024
    Assignee: Innomotics GmbH
    Inventors: Klaus Büttner, Tobias Katzenberger, Klaus Kirchner, Bastian Plochmann, Matthias Warmuth
  • Publication number: 20240275245
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for pulling a stator winding system of an electric machine into a stator lamination stack of the electric machine and to a winding tool, with the stator lamination stack having stator grooves which run parallel to a rotation axis of the electric machine and are distributed in a circle around the rotation axis and open thereto and which have on an end facing the rotation axis a gap region which is narrowed relative to the rest of the stator groove. Windings are arranged in the stator grooves, and winding overhangs, as seen in the direction of the rotation axis, protrude from the stator lamination stack at the two axial ends thereof, with the windings formed in the stator grooves as laid windings. The stator lamination stack has no guide structures on the two axial ends for guiding the individual turns of the windings.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2024
    Publication date: August 15, 2024
    Applicant: Innomotics GmbH
    Inventors: Klaus Büttner, Tobias Katzenberger, Klaus Kirchner, Bastian Plochmann, Matthias Warmuth
  • Patent number: 12027926
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for pulling a stator winding system of an electric machine into a stator lamination stack of the electric machine and to a winding tool, with the stator lamination stack having stator grooves which run parallel to a rotation axis of the electric machine and are distributed in a circle around the rotation axis and open thereto and which have on an end facing the rotation axis a gap region which is narrowed relative to the rest of the stator groove. Windings are arranged in the stator grooves, and winding overhangs, as seen in the direction of the rotation axis, protrude from the stator lamination stack at the two axial ends thereof, with the windings formed in the stator grooves as laid windings. The stator lamination stack has no guide structures on the two axial ends for guiding the individual turns of the windings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2024
    Assignee: Innomotics GmbH
    Inventors: Klaus Büttner, Tobias Katzenberger, Klaus Kirchner, Bastian Plochmann, Matthias Warmuth
  • Patent number: 12003138
    Abstract: A housing-free dynamoelectric rotary machine includes a stator having a material layer structure which includes a plurality of material layers arranged in a row along a rotation axis. The material layer structure includes a plurality of thickenings and a plurality of slots, with the slots arranged such that each of the slots is arranged between two respective ones of the thickenings. At least one of the slots is designed to receive a slot wedge, with a respective one of the thickenings being designed to fasten the slot wedge. An end element is arranged on an axial end of the stator and includes a connection box for supply with electrical energy. A connecting element connects the end element to the stator and is connected to the slot wedge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2024
    Assignee: Innomotics GmbH
    Inventors: Klaus Büttner, Reiner Grillenberger, Klaus Kirchner, Matthias Warmuth
  • Patent number: 12003150
    Abstract: A stator of a rotary electrical machine includes a laminated core having grooves, windings inserted into the grooves for forming a multi-phase winding system, and an insulating layer made of plastic and sprayed between partial winding overhangs of the windings of phases inserted immediately one after the other. The insulating layer is formed as a mesh-like structure having junctions and brace-like connections running between the junctions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2024
    Assignee: Innomotics GmbH
    Inventors: Klaus Büttner, Tobias Katzenberger, Bastian Plochmann, Matthias Warmuth
  • Publication number: 20240146163
    Abstract: In a method for producing a short-circuit rotor of an asynchronous machine, a laminated core is formed with substantially axial slots and with an axial skew over an axial length of the laminated core, which axial skew is 0.3 to 3 times a slot pitch of the rotor. Conductor bars made of a first conductive material are inserted into the slots such that the conductor bars protrude out of end faces of the laminated core in a skewed manner out of the laminated core to define overhangs. At least the overhangs are coated with a galvanic layer of aluminum, tin or a solderable alloy to provide a lubricating layer. Individual laminations of a second conductive material are axially pressed onto the conductor bars such that the individual laminations short-circuit the conductor bars and form a short-circuit ring, which is composed of multiple individual laminations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2022
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Applicant: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: KLAUS BÜTTNER, KLAUS KIRCHNER, MATTHIAS WARMUTH
  • Publication number: 20230361652
    Abstract: A self-ventilated electrodynamic rotary machine includes a housing configured to at least partially axially enclose the rotary machine, and a fan connected in a rotationally fixed manner to a shaft on a ventilation side of the rotary machine and configured to generate a main cooling air flow when the shaft rotates about an axis. The fan includes a cover which is configured to direct the main cooling air flow onto the housing and is structured to improve cooling of the housing. An air guide element is detachably fixed to the cover to generate an additional cooling air flow. The air guide element, when viewed in a circumferential direction, has a segmented design and is configured as separate part for retrofitting to the cover depending on a thermal requirement of the rotary machine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2021
    Publication date: November 9, 2023
    Applicant: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: KLAUS BÜTTNER, REINER GRILLENBERGER, TOBIAS KATZENBERGER, KLAUS KIRCHNER, MATTHIAS WARMUTH
  • Publication number: 20230275475
    Abstract: A housing-free dynamoelectric rotary machine includes a stator having a material layer structure which includes a plurality of material layers arranged in a row along a rotation axis. The material layer structure includes a plurality of thickenings and a plurality of slots, with the slots arranged such that each of the slots is arranged between two respective ones of the thickenings. At least one of the slots is designed to receive a slot wedge, with a respective one of the thickenings being designed to fasten the slot wedge. An end element is arranged on an axial end of the stator and includes a connection box for supply with electrical energy. A connecting element connects the end element to the stator and is connected to the slot wedge.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2021
    Publication date: August 31, 2023
    Applicant: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: KLAUS BÜTTNER, REINER GRILLENBERGER, KLAUS KIRCHNER, MATTHlAS WARMUTH
  • Patent number: 11705765
    Abstract: An electrical machine includes a housing, a stator, and a rotor. The rotor is mounted relative to the stator for rotation about an axis of rotation. The stator radially outwardly surrounds the rotor. The housing is shrunk onto the stator from radially outside. On its radially outer periphery, the stator includes spring dements which are at least partially elastically deflected radially inwards during shrinking of the housing onto the stator such that the projections rest against the housing with a spring force.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Klaus Büttner, Klaus Kirchner, Matthias Warmuth
  • Publication number: 20230208259
    Abstract: A method for producing a rotor of an asynchronous machine includes providing a rotor lamination stack having grooves extending parallel to a rotor axis of the rotor, inserting conductor rods into the grooves such that the conductor rods protrude from end faces of the rotor lamination stack, wherein a twisting tool is placed at each of the end faces onto the protruding conductor rods and the twisting tools are twisted relative to each other, where the parallel grooves with the corresponding conductor rods also extend obliquely after the twisting and where the twisting tools are formed such that the protruding conductor rods remain parallel to the rotor axis when an oblique profile of the stack is produced, removing the twisting tools, providing first and second short-circuit washers, and axially pressing the short-circuit washers onto the conductor rods projecting perpendicularly from the end face of the rotor lamination stack.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2021
    Publication date: June 29, 2023
    Inventors: Klaus BÜTTNER, Klaus KIRCHNER, Matthias WARMUTH
  • Publication number: 20230142750
    Abstract: A rotor of a dynamo-electric rotary machine includes a rotor core arranged concentrically to a rotor axis and including slots filled with electrically conductive material. A front ring is arranged at a front axial end of the slots and includes electrically conductive material, and a rear ring is arranged at a rear axial end of the slots and includes electrically conductive material. A rotor-core-distal surface of the front ring and/or rear ring has a bevel in axial direction from an outer circumference to an inner circumference, with the bevel defined by a bevel angle having a value of 3° to 30°. A support element is at least partially connected to the front and/or rear ring with a positive fit and pressed thereon axially, with the support element being supported on a shaft and having a radial end which terminates at a radial end of the front and/or rear ring.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2021
    Publication date: May 11, 2023
    Applicants: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft, Valeo eAutomotive Germany GmbH
    Inventors: Mario BÜTTNER, KLAUS BÜTTNER, KLAUS KIRCHNER, MATTHIAS WARMUTH
  • Publication number: 20230108171
    Abstract: In a method for impregnating, strengthening or electrically insulating a body supporting single or multi-layer windings, in particular for an electric machine, the body supporting the windings is submerged into a multi-component resin system or is sprinkled with the multi-component resin system or is sprayed with the multi-component resin system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2021
    Publication date: April 6, 2023
    Applicant: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: KLAUS BÜTTNER, TOBIAS KATZENBERGER, KLAUS KIRCHNER, BASTIAN PLOCHMANN, MATTHIAS WARMUTH
  • Publication number: 20230032311
    Abstract: A component for an electric machine includes a flat region in which an electric line runs when the component is integrated into the electric machine and which includes a sharp edged structure. A polymer layer adheres to the flat region without further aid such as to mask the sharp-edged structure and thereby protect from damage the electric line on the flat region. The polymer layer is made of cured plastic adhesive and jetted onto the flat region in the form of threads, such that the threads are spin-coated on top of one another in the form of overlapping loops and form a network structure which spans the sharp-edged structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2020
    Publication date: February 2, 2023
    Applicant: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: KLAUS BÜTTNER, TOBIAS KATZENBERGER, KLAUS KIRCHNER, BASTIAN PLOCHMANN, MATTHIAS WARMUTH
  • Publication number: 20230026832
    Abstract: A conductor bar of a cage rotor of an asynchronous machine has a longitudinal extension and includes first and second sections in the longitudinal extension. The first section has a hardness which is lower than a hardness of the second section and is realized through soft annealing, brief inductive heating or heating by a flame so as to enable a compression of the first section of the conductor bar by way of axial pressure after axially joining the conductor bar in a slot of a magnetically conductive body of the cage rotor, with the first section abutting an inner wall of the slot of magnetically conductive body of the cage rotor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2020
    Publication date: January 26, 2023
    Applicant: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: KLÄUS BÜTTNER, KLAUS KIRCHNER, MATTHIAS WARMUTH
  • Patent number: D1049170
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Assignee: Innomotics GmbH
    Inventors: Klaus Büttner, Klaus Kirchner, Matthias Warmuth