Patents by Inventor Michael Reinlein

Michael Reinlein 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: 11881745
    Abstract: A stator of an electric machine includes: a laminated stator core having sheet-metal blanks which have apertures, the apertures being closed radially on an inside thereof by a web when viewed in a cross section extending in a radial direction of the stator; and stator windings, which are accommodated in the apertures of the laminated stator core. The web which closes a respective aperture radially on the inside is plastically deformed so as to introduce a mechanical stress into the web.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Inventors: Michael Reinlein, Thomas Hubert
  • Publication number: 20230344292
    Abstract: A stator assembly for an electric machine, including a sheet metal package, a winding assembly, and a collimator. The sheet metal package includes sheets and extends between a first and second axial end. The sheets include grooves forming groove pockets in the sheet metal package. The winding assembly extends through the groove pockets, the groove pockets at least partially including a first plurality of grooves configured as open grooves in a first axial region provided at the first axial end, a second plurality of grooves configured as open grooves in a second axial region provided at the second axial end, and a third plurality of grooves in at least one third axial region, the at least one third axial region lying between the first axial region and the second axial region. The third plurality of grooves are configured as closed grooves.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2023
    Publication date: October 26, 2023
    Inventors: Tobias ENGELHARDT, Michael REINLEIN, David BAUER, Johannes WENDE, Thomas HUBERT
  • Publication number: 20220376565
    Abstract: A stator of an electric machine includes: a laminated stator core having sheet-metal blanks which have apertures, the apertures being closed radially on an inside thereof by a web when viewed in a cross section extending in a radial direction of the stator; and stator windings, which are accommodated in the apertures of the laminated stator core. The web which closes a respective aperture radially on the inside is plastically deformed so as to introduce a mechanical stress into the web.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2022
    Publication date: November 24, 2022
    Inventors: Michael Reinlein, Thomas Hubert