Patents by Inventor Rolf Graef

Rolf Graef 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: 11936260
    Abstract: A stator for an electric machine includes: a laminated stator core including stator grooves and having a plug-in side and a bending side, which bending side lies opposite the plug-in side in an axial direction; a stator winding having hairpin elements which are pushed into the stator grooves on the plug-in side of the laminated stator core and bent and electrically connected to the stator winding on the bending side of the laminated stator core; and an end plate which is arranged on the plug-in side in the axial direction between the laminated stator core and the hairpin elements. The hairpin elements are arranged in the axial direction so as to bear against the end plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: DR. ING. H.C. F. PORSCHE AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Joerg Schneider, Andreas Lober, Rolf Graef, Tobias Schmack
  • Patent number: 11641141
    Abstract: A stator (10) of an electric machine has a stator lamination stack (16) that includes stator laminations. The stator (10) also has at least one stator winding (15) defined by conductor bars (11-14) arranged in slots (17) of the stator lamination stack (16) and fixed in the slots (17) of the stator lamination stack (16) with the aid of a fixing device (22). The fixing device (22) in a slot (17), a nonwoven material (20) which can be saturated with a cooling liquid (28).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2023
    Assignee: Dr. Ing. h. c. F. Porsche AG
    Inventors: Johannes Stoll, Rolf Graef
  • Publication number: 20220399786
    Abstract: An electric machine has a rotor and a stator defined by a stator laminated core (15). The rotor and the stator are separated from one another by a can (20) for the cooling of the stator using a liquid coolant. The electric machine has a stator component (100) formed as a single piece and composed of the stator laminated core (15) and of a plastics work-piece (10) molded thereon. The plastics workpiece (10) is formed as the can (20).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2022
    Publication date: December 15, 2022
    Inventors: Rolf Graef, Florian Braunbeck, Tobias Schmack
  • Patent number: 11522418
    Abstract: A bent conductor segment (1a, 1b, 1c) for a stator winding of a stator of an electric machine is formed from a bent metal wire and has at least one first straight section (10a, 10b, 10c) with a first free end (11a, 11b, 11c) and a second free end (13a, 13b, 13c). One of the free ends (11a, 11b, 11c, 13a, 13b, 13c) of the conductor segment (1a, 1b, 1c) comprises a hard solder (2a, 2b, 2c) cohesively connected to said free end (11a, 11b, 11c, 13a, 13b, 13c).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: Dr. Ing. h. c. F. Porsche AG
    Inventors: Rolf Graef, Gregor Michna
  • Patent number: 11482904
    Abstract: A stator (30) of an electric machine has a stator lamination stack (20) that comprises stator laminations (1). The stator (30) has at least one stator winding with conductor bars (31) arranged in slots of the stator lamination stack (20) and fixed in the slots of the stator lamination stack (20) with the aid of a fixing device. To improve the stator (30) with regard to the service life thereof and/or to the producibility thereof, at least one clamping stator lamination (8;28) has a clamping geometry that serves as the fixing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: Dr. Ing. h. c. F. Porsche AG
    Inventors: Johannes Stoll, Rolf Graef
  • Publication number: 20220337136
    Abstract: A method is provided for producing a stator arrangement that has a stator core and a winding arrangement. The stator core has stator slots. The winding arrangement has winding elements with a conductor and an insulation layer. Each winding element has two interconnected winding element legs with two winding element end portions on each winding element leg. The method includes positioning the winding elements on the stator core so that the winding element legs extend through one of the stator slots with winding element end portions protruding on a first side of the stator core. The method then includes using a first laser arrangement to remove the insulation layer from regions of the winding element end portions. The method then includes pressing the first and second winding element end portions against one another and using a second laser arrangement to carry out welding.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2022
    Publication date: October 20, 2022
    Inventors: Rolf Graef, Patrick Knecht, Peter Wurster, Markus Omlor
  • Publication number: 20220271630
    Abstract: A stator (1, 10) for an electric motor is disclosed. The stator includes a laminated stator core (2, 11) and a plurality of hairpin-like elements (3, 12) of a metallic material, the plurality of hairpin-like elements having two longitudinal legs (4, 13) and a connecting section (5, 14) between the longitudinal legs (4, 13). The laminated stator core (2, 11) has a plurality of slots (6, 15), wherein each of the longitudinal legs (4, 13) of the hairpin-like elements (3, 12) is received in a slot (6, 15), wherein the connecting sections (5, 14) of the hairpin-like elements (3, 12) form an annular region (7, 16), wherein the hairpin-like elements (3, 12) each define a plane (18, 19) with their two longitudinal legs (4, 13), wherein the connecting section (5, 14) of the respective hairpin-like element (3, 12) is tilted out of the plane (18, 19).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2022
    Publication date: August 25, 2022
    Inventors: Rolf Graef, Johannes Stoll, Andreas Riedel
  • Publication number: 20220006343
    Abstract: A stator for an electric machine includes: a laminated stator core including stator grooves and having a plug-in side and a bending side, which bending side lies opposite the plug-in side in an axial direction; a stator winding having hairpin elements which are pushed into the stator grooves on the plug-in side of the laminated stator core and bent and electrically connected to the stator winding on the bending side of the laminated stator core; and an end plate which is arranged on the plug-in side in the axial direction between the laminated stator core and the hairpin elements. The hairpin elements are arranged in the axial direction so as to bear against the end plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2021
    Publication date: January 6, 2022
    Inventors: Joerg Schneider, Andreas Lober, Rolf Graef, Tobias Schmack
  • Publication number: 20200373800
    Abstract: A stator (10) of an electric machine has a stator lamination stack (16) that includes stator laminations. The stator (10) also has at least one stator winding (15) defined by conductor bars (11-14) arranged in slots (17) of the stator lamination stack (16) and fixed in the slots (17) of the stator lamination stack (16) with the aid of a fixing device (22). The fixing device (22) in a slot (17), a nonwoven material (20) which can be saturated with a cooling liquid (28).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2020
    Publication date: November 26, 2020
    Inventors: Johannes Stoll, Rolf Graef
  • Publication number: 20200373803
    Abstract: A stator (30) of an electric machine has a stator lamination stack (20) that comprises stator laminations (1). The stator (30) has at least one stator winding with conductor bars (31) arranged in slots of the stator lamination stack (20) and fixed in the slots of the stator lamination stack (20) with the aid of a fixing device. To improve the stator (30) with regard to the service life thereof and/or to the producibility thereof, at least one clamping stator lamination (8;28) has a clamping geometry that serves as the fixing device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2020
    Publication date: November 26, 2020
    Inventors: Johannes Stoll, Rolf Graef
  • Publication number: 20200343796
    Abstract: A bent conductor segment (1a, 1b, 1c) for a stator winding of a stator of an electric machine is formed from a bent metal wire and has at least one first straight section (10a, 10b, 10c) with a first free end (11a, 11b, 11c) and a second free end (13a, 13b, 13c). One of the free ends (11a, 11b, 11c, 13a, 13b, 13c) of the conductor segment (1a, 1b, 1c) comprises a hard solder (2a, 2b, 2c) cohesively connected to said free end (11a, 11b, 11c, 13a, 13b, 13c).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2020
    Publication date: October 29, 2020
    Inventors: Rolf Graef, Gregor Michna