Patents by Inventor Patrick Fruehauf

Patrick Fruehauf 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: 12646989
    Abstract: A stator of an electric machine includes a laminated core on which stator teeth and stator grooves are formed. A conductor bundle is arranged in each stator groove. A groove base channel extends in the axial direction and through which a coolant can flow. The groove base channel is formed between the groove base of the respective stator groove and the conductor bundle. A groove slot channel extends in the axial direction and is formed in the groove slot. The groove slot channel is fluidically connected to the groove base channel at at least one distributor point via a distributor connection that runs in the radial direction. The cooling path of the stator groove is formed such that a cooling flow is forced from the groove slot channel into the groove base channel and/or vice versa via the at least one distributor connection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2026
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Daniel Kuehbacher, Felix Bensing, Patrick Fruehauf
  • Publication number: 20240258858
    Abstract: The invention relates to a stator of an electric machine, said stator having a stator axis and a laminated core on which stator teeth and stator grooves are formed and which comprises a plurality of sheet metal laminates. The stator teeth are connected together via a stator yoke, and a conductor bundle comprising a plurality of conductors is arranged in each stator groove in order to form an electric stator winding, wherein each of the stator grooves has a groove base facing the stator yoke and a groove slot facing away from the groove base, and a groove base channel which extends in the axial direction and through which a coolant can flow along at least some sections of a cooling path between a groove inlet and a groove outlet of the respective stator groove is formed between the groove base of the respective stator groove and the conductor bundle arranged in the stator groove. The invention is characterized in that a groove slot channel (18) extending in the axial direction is formed in the groove slot (5.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2022
    Publication date: August 1, 2024
    Inventors: Daniel Kuehbacher, Felix Bensing, Patrick Fruehauf
  • Patent number: 11735981
    Abstract: An electrical machine includes an interconnection assembly that creates contact for a stator of the electrical machine, a busbar that creates contact for the interconnection assembly, a measurement printed circuit board that is arranged perpendicularly to an axis of rotation of the electrical machine, on a side of the interconnection assembly that is averted from the stator, wherein a field sensor is arranged on the measurement printed circuit board, and a flux concentrator that engages around the busbar and the field sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Marie-Luies Schoeneck, Michael Mayer, Patrick Fruehauf, Wolfram Kienle
  • Publication number: 20220140705
    Abstract: An electrical machine includes an interconnection assembly that creates contact for a stator of the electrical machine, a busbar that creates contact for the interconnection assembly, a measurement printed circuit board that is arranged perpendicularly to an axis of rotation of the electrical machine, on a side of the interconnection assembly that is averted from the stator, wherein a field sensor is arranged on the measurement printed circuit board, and a flux concentrator that engages around the busbar and the field sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2021
    Publication date: May 5, 2022
    Inventors: Marie-Luies Schoeneck, Michael Mayer, Patrick Fruehauf, Wolfram Kienle
  • Patent number: 10749399
    Abstract: Stators for an electrical machine which are fitted with a polyphase winding which is in the form of a plug-type winding and the winding sections of which run through slots of the stator and comprise a plurality of different conductor elements are already known. At least some of the said conductor elements have in each case two conductor limbs and in each case one connecting conductor which connects the two conductor limbs, wherein an even number of n conductor limbs is arranged one above the other in the radial direction with respect to a stator axis in each slot. Each conductor limb of one of the conductor elements is provided in its slot in a specific position with respect to a slot base of the slot. These polyphase windings comprise a comparatively large number of different conductor elements, in particular so-called special conductors which differ from the standard conductor elements. These special conductors increase the manufacturing costs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Johannes Riedl, Alexander Kudlek, Patrick Fruehauf
  • Publication number: 20190214872
    Abstract: Stators for an electrical machine which are fitted with a polyphase winding which is in the form of a plug-type winding and the winding sections of which run through slots of the stator and comprise a plurality of different conductor elements are already known. At least some of the said conductor elements have in each case two conductor limbs and in each case one connecting conductor which connects the two conductor limbs, wherein an even number of n conductor limbs is arranged one above the other in the radial direction with respect to a stator axis in each slot. Each conductor limb of one of the conductor elements is provided in its slot in a specific position with respect to a slot base of the slot. These polyphase windings comprise a comparatively large number of different conductor elements, in particular so-called special conductors which differ from the standard conductor elements. These special conductors increase the manufacturing costs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2017
    Publication date: July 11, 2019
    Inventors: Johannes Riedl, Alexander Kudlek, Patrick Fruehauf