# US 11,444,514 B2 · Sensor module for mounting in a motor > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 11,444,514 B2 - Document ID: US11444514B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 17/021,421 - Filed: 2020-09-15 - Published: 2021-04-29 - Granted: 2022-09-13 - Earliest claimed: 2019-10-24 - Assignees: Te Connectivity India Private Limited Et Al. - Applicants: TE Connectivity Germany GmbH; TE Connectivity India Private Limited; TE Connectivity Belgium BVBA - Inventors: Sebastian Wiechert; Manivasakan Ravinthiran; Bram Embo; Pooventhan A; Shivaprasad B; Ignace Vankeirisbilck; Kiranpal Singh; Manjunatha D V - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11444514B2 ## CPC - G01K 1/14: Supports; Fastening devices; Arrangements for mounting thermometers in particular locations - H02K 11/21: Devices for sensing speed or position, or actuated thereby (specially adapted for machines having non-mechanical commutating devices H02K29/06, H02K29/14) - G01D 11/30: Supports specially adapted for an instrument; Supports specially adapted for a set of instruments - G01K 1/08: Protective devices, e.g. casings - G01K 1/146: {arrangements for moving thermometers to or from a measuring position} - H02K 5/10: with arrangements for protection from ingress, e.g. water or fingers - H02K 5/225: {Terminal boxes or connection arrangements (specially adapted for submersible motors H02K5/132)} - H02K 11/225: Detecting coils - H02K 11/25: Devices for sensing temperature, or actuated thereby - H02K 7/006: {Structural association of a motor or generator with the drive train of a motor vehicle} - G01K: MEASURING TEMPERATURE; MEASURING QUANTITY OF HEAT; THERMALLY-SENSITIVE ELEMENTS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR (radiation pyrometry G01J5/00) - H02K: DYNAMO-ELECTRIC MACHINES (dynamo-electric relays H01H53/00; conversion of DC or AC input power into surge output power {H03K3/53}) - G01D: MEASURING NOT SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR A SPECIFIC VARIABLE; ARRANGEMENTS FOR MEASURING TWO OR MORE VARIABLES NOT COVERED IN A SINGLE OTHER SUBCLASS; TARIFF METERING APPARATUS; MEASURING OR TESTING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR ## Abstract A sensor module for mounting in a motor includes a holder adapted to be mounted in a wet chamber of the motor, a temperature sensor adapted to be mounted in a dry chamber of the motor, a rotational position sensor mounted on the holder, a connector interface adapted to be plugged into a corresponding connector, and a sealing element arranged between the rotational position sensor and the temperature sensor. The temperature sensor is spaced apart from the holder. The rotational position sensor and the temperature sensor are connected via a plurality of signal lines to the connector interface. The sealing element is sealingly penetrated by the signal lines from one of the rotational position sensor and the temperature sensor. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A sensor module for mounting in a motor, comprising: a holder is mounted in a wet chamber of the motor; a temperature sensor is mounted in a dry chamber of the motor, the temperature sensor spaced apart from the holder; a rotational position sensor mounted on the holder; a connector interface is plugged into a corresponding connector, the rotational position sensor and the temperature sensor are connected via a plurality of signal lines to the connector interface; and a sealing element arranged between the rotational position sensor and the temperature sensor and being sealingly penetrated by the signal lines from one of the rotational position sensor and the temperature sensor. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The sensor module of claim 1, wherein the sealing element extends from one face side to an opposing face side of the holder. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The sensor module of claim 1, wherein the rotational position sensor includes a sealing cover closing the sealing element from at least one side. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The sensor module of claim 1, further comprising a holding bracket holding the temperature sensor. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The sensor module of claim 4, wherein the holding bracket includes a connector holder removably fixing the connector interface to the holding bracket in a testing position. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The sensor module of claim 5, wherein, at least in the testing position, the plurality of signal lines connecting the rotational position sensor and/or the temperature sensor to the connector interface are at least partially wound around the holding bracket. ### Claim 7 (depends on 5) The sensor module of claim 5, wherein the connector interface is spaced apart from the holding bracket in an application position for connecting the connector interface to a complementary connector. ### Claim 8 (depends on 5) The sensor module of claim 5, wherein the holding bracket has a through-hole and the temperature sensor extends through the through-hole. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The sensor module of claim 1, wherein the temperature sensor has a limit stop projecting radially and limiting an insertion depth of the temperature sensor. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The sensor module of claim 1, wherein the temperature sensor has a tip with an essentially rotationally symmetrical cross-section. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The sensor module of claim 10, wherein the tip has a different cross-section than a remainder of the temperature sensor. ### Claim 12 (depends on 4) The sensor module of claim 4, further comprising a position assurance member is secured in at least two positions on the holding bracket. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The sensor module of claim 12, wherein a relative position between the temperature sensor and the holding bracket is movable in a first position of the at least two positions, and the relative position between the temperature sensor and the holding bracket is fixed in a second position of the at least two positions. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The sensor module of claim 13, wherein, the position assurance member comprises at least one locking prong; and wherein, in the second position of the at least two positions, the at least one locking prong is pressed against the temperature sensor. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The sensor module of claim 14, wherein the locking prong and the position assurance member are formed integrally with one another as a monolithic component. ### Claim 16 (depends on 13) The sensor module of claim 13, wherein the position assurance member guides the temperature sensor parallel to a movement from the first position of the at least two positions to the other positions of the at least two positions. ### Claim 17 A motor, comprising: a wet chamber; a dry chamber; a passage connecting the wet chamber and the dry chamber; and a sensor module including a holder mounted in the wet chamber, a temperature sensor mounted in the dry chamber, a rotational position sensor mounted on the holder in the wet chamber, a connector interface is plugged into a corresponding connector, and a sealing element arranged between the rotational position sensor and the temperature sensor and sealingly fixed in the passage, the temperature sensor is spaced apart from the holder, the rotational position sensor and the temperature sensor are connected via a plurality of signal lines to the connector interface, the sealing element is sealingly penetrated by the signal lines from one of the rotational position sensor and the temperature sensor.