Abstract: A drive device, in particular an electric-motor adjustment drive of a motor vehicle, comprising a drive housing having a brushless electric motor mounted therein, the electric motor having a stator having a stator winding and a rotor having a rotor shaft, the rotor shaft being coupled to a transmission mechanism. The drive housing has a transmission mechanism housing and a motor housing, which is connected to the transmission mechanism housing at a connection interface. A plug connection for receiving a mating plug connection is provided on the motor housing or on the transmission mechanism housing, the plug connection having a number of connection contacts. A number of phase connections of the stator winding is led into a joining and/or contacting position. The phase connections are led, for the electrical contacting thereof, to the connection contacts of the plug connection.

Abstract: A stator winding of a sheet-metal stator for an electric motor. A stator lamination stack of the stator is equipped with an insulating end plate. Stator teeth protruding in the radial direction are wound with a winding wire. After a specified number of stator teeth, the winding wire is guided away from the stator lamination stack and then back to the stator lamination stack, thereby forming an at least U-shaped loop. The loop is then used to contact a motor electronics unit of the electric motor.

Abstract: A stator winding of an annular laminated core for an electric motor. A stator lamination of the annular laminated core is equipped with an insulating end disc, on which a plurality of terminating domes are formed protruding in the axial direction. Stator teeth that project in the radial direction are wound with a winding wire, forming a coil in each case. The winding wire between two coils assigned to the same phase and/or for contacting the or each correspondingly assigned coil with motor electronics is laid on the insulating end disc. In addition to a number of fixing loops each laid around a terminating dome for fixing the winding wire, the winding wire is laid radially outside and also radially inside the terminating domes.

Abstract: A drive device contains a brushless electric motor having a rotor with a rotor shaft coupled to the rotor, and a stator which has a stator support and a rotating field winding or stator winding with a number of phase connection wires. A gear mechanism housing is provided and has an electronics compartment with a printed circuit board which is accommodated in the compartment and has connection points for the phase connection wires. A housing shaft is provided which is coaxial with respect to the axis of rotation of the rotor shaft and in which the stator is accommodated together with the stator support and the rotor is accommodated together with the rotor shaft. A connection adapter is provided in which the phase connection wires are oriented radially and are accommodated in a connection grid which is adapted to the connection points of the printed circuit board.

Abstract: A stator of an electrical machine, more particularly an electric motor of a motor vehicle, comprising: a laminated stator core, which has a number of stator teeth and is provided with a rotating field winding, which is arranged on the stator teeth and comprises a plurality of phases, the phases of the rotating field winding being formed from a continuously wound winding wire; and a connecting device having a number of U-shaped sockets corresponding to the number of phases, said sockets being provided for each holding one insulation displacement contact as a point of connection of the winding wire to phase terminals on a stator end face, each socket having two vertical U legs and a contact slot arranged therebetween for receiving the winding wire, one of the two vertical U legs of the socket being longer in an axial direction than the other vertical U leg in each case.

Abstract: A drive device, having a drive housing with a brushless electric motor which can be installed therein and has a stator winding and a rotor and motor electronics with a printed circuit board, the electric motor being insertable into the drive housing via a housing opening. A main stator body has a number of stator teeth which are arranged in a star shape and around which the stator winding is wound, a number of phase connections of the stator winding being guided into an in particular radially oriented joining position. The printed circuit board has a number of connection sockets corresponding to the number of phase connections, said connection sockets receiving the phase connections as the electric motor is inserted into the drive housing.

Abstract: A drive device, in particular an electric-motor adjustment drive of a motor vehicle, comprising a drive housing having a brushless electric motor mounted therein, the electric motor having a stator having a stator winding and a rotor having a rotor shaft, the rotor shaft being coupled to a transmission mechanism. The drive housing has a transmission mechanism housing and a motor housing, which is connected to the transmission mechanism housing at a connection interface. A plug connection for receiving a mating plug connection is provided on the motor housing or on the transmission mechanism housing, the plug connection having a number of connection contacts. A number of phase connections of the stator winding is led into a joining and/or contacting position. The phase connections are led, for the electrical contacting thereof, to the connection contacts of the plug connection.

Abstract: An electric motor including a stator, an end insulator, and a connection unit is provided. The stator may extend in an axial direction and may include a winding wire. The connection unit may include a housing and a lead frame. The housing may have an annular shape and may include an inner periphery, an outer periphery, and a medial portion extending therebetween. The housing may include a protrusion that may extend in an axial direction from the medial portion. The lead frame may include a number of busbars that may be coupled to the housing and fixed to the winding wire. The protrusion may contact an inner periphery of the end insulator or the stator.

Abstract: A stator of an electrical machine, more particularly an electric motor of a motor vehicle, comprising: a laminated stator core, which has a number of stator teeth and is provided with a rotating field winding, which is arranged on the stator teeth and comprises a plurality of phases, the phases of the rotating field winding being formed from a continuously wound winding wire; and a connecting device having a number of U-shaped sockets corresponding to the number of phases, said sockets being provided for each holding one insulation displacement contact as a point of connection of the winding wire to phase terminals on a stator end face, each socket having two vertical U legs and a contact slot arranged therebetween for receiving the winding wire, one of the two vertical U legs of the socket being longer in an axial direction than the other vertical U leg in each case.

Abstract: The present invention provides a stator arrangement for an electric three-phase generator, comprising a plurality of stator teeth, comprising a contacting device which is arranged on an end portion of the stator teeth, comprising a continuously wound winding wire which is wound in each case about individual stator teeth in order to form stator tooth windings and portions of which are arranged on the contacting device between the individual stator teeth, comprising a connecting element, which is arranged on the contacting device and designed to electrically connect portions of the winding wire arranged on the contacting device in order to form a star point. The present invention further provides an electric three-phase generator and a method for producing a stator arrangement.

Abstract: An air bearing for movably bearing at least two elements includes a bearing main body with a first air outflow channel and a second air outflow channel. The first air outflow channel is supplied with air via at least one first air delivery device. The second air outflow channel is supplied with air via at least one second air delivery device. A sensor detects at least one of a bearing stroke, a bearing pressure, and a bearing throughflow, and a controller adjusts the supply of the air to at least one of the first air outflow channel and the second air outflow channel in accordance with the at least one of the bearing stroke, the bearing pressure, and the bearing throughflow.

Abstract: An air bearing for movably bearing at least two elements includes a bearing main body with a first air outflow channel and a second air outflow channel. The first air outflow channel is supplied with air via at least one first air delivery device. The second air outflow channel is supplied with air via at least one second air delivery device. A sensor detects at least one of a bearing stroke, a bearing pressure, and a bearing throughflow, and a controller adjusts the supply of the air to at least one of the first air outflow channel and the second air outflow channel in accordance with the at least one of the bearing stroke, the bearing pressure, and the bearing throughflow.

Abstract: A method and an apparatus for providing a toothed motor part of an electric motor with a winding using a coil wire with a round wire cross-section, wherein the coil wire is converted into a coil wire with a wire cross-section different from the round wire cross-section in a forming process, and the formed coil wire is wound around the teeth of the motor part to produce a rotating field winding.

Abstract: The present invention provides a stator arrangement for an electric three-phase generator, comprising a plurality of stator teeth, comprising a contacting device which is arranged on an end portion of the stator teeth, comprising a continuously wound winding wire which is wound in each case about individual stator teeth in order to form stator tooth windings and portions of which are arranged on the contacting device between the individual stator teeth, comprising a connecting element, which is arranged on the contacting device and designed to electrically connect portions of the winding wire arranged on the contacting device in order to form a star point. The present invention further provides an electric three-phase generator and a method for producing a stator arrangement.

Abstract: The invention relates to an arrangement for at least partially compensating a torque caused by gravitational forces acting on a mass body (2), which is rotatably supported on an axis of rotation (3). The arrangement includes a gas pressure spring (5) for providing a linear force. This linear force is transformed into a torque by means of a converter unit (7). The mass body (2) and the converter unit (7) can be coupled to each other in a way which allows for adjusting the amplitude and the phase of a compensating torque.

Abstract: A sensor module for a probe of a tactile coordinate measuring machine has a stationary module base which defines a first measurement plane. The sensor module has a support, which is moveable relative to the module base, for holding a stylus. At least one deformable connecting element movably interconnects the support and the module base. The connecting element has at least a first and a second deformable material layer which, perpendicular to the first measurement plane, are arranged offset with respect to each other. In a preferred embodiment, the sensor module is made from two single-layer module parts arranged above and attached to one another.

Abstract: A sensor module for a probe of a tactile coordinate measuring machine has a stationary module base which defines a first measurement plane. The sensor module has a support, which is moveable relative to the module base, for holding a stylus. At least one deformable connecting element movably interconnects the support and the module base. The connecting element has at least a first and a second deformable material layer which, perpendicular to the first measurement plane, are arranged offset with respect to each other. In a preferred embodiment, the sensor module is made from two single-layer module parts arranged above and attached to one another.

Abstract: A probe head for a coordinate measuring machine has a replaceable, miniaturized probe system with a stylus. The stylus is rigid and forms a structural unit together with a membrane-type sensor system that is deformed in a predetermined way when a force acts on the stylus. The structural unit is permanently fixed to a probe holder and can be handled together with the probe holder when the stylus is being replaced.

Abstract: A coordinate measuring machine for the metrological determination of a measurement coordinate on a test object comprises a table for mounting the test object. A first and a second bearing support are arranged on the table. A first and a second carriage, each moveable in a longitudinal direction, are mounted on the bearing supports. According to one aspect of the invention, the carriages are each mounted on the bearing supports via at least three, preferably four separate bearing points, with the bearing points defining a plane that is perpendicular to the plane of the table.

Abstract: The gesture-based input device for a user interface of a computer comprises two pairs of electrodes scalable for any screen size wherein the electrodes are arranged to capture the quasi-electrostatic field surrounding the user in order for the graphic user interface to provide different options or tasks to be selected by a user, a platform for supporting a user, a quasi-electrostatic field generator source connected to the platform and a circuitry connected to the electrodes for determining, relative to each of the electrodes, the position of that part of a user supported by the platform, e.g. a user's hand, being closest to the electrodes.