# US 2014/0191605 A1 · Electric motor, in particular radiator fan motor > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2014/0191605 A1 - Document ID: US20140191605A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 14/206,187 - Filed: 2014-03-12 - Published: 2014-07-10 - Earliest claimed: 2011-09-12 - Assignees: Brose Fahrzeugteile GmbH & Co. Kommanditgesellschaft, Wuerzburg - Applicants: Brose Fahrzeugteile GmbH & Co. Kommanditgesellschaft, Wuerzburg - Inventors: FRANK MAUCH; TOBIAS OTT; THOMAS SCHENCK; ARTUR SCHMIDT; HERMANN SCHULZ; JAN GWOZDZ; THOMAS ZIEGLER; THOMAS HUSSY - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20140191605A1 ## CPC - H02K 5/10: with arrangements for protection from ingress, e.g. water or fingers - F04D 13/0686: {Mechanical details of the pump control unit (pump control F04D15/00)} - F04D 29/646: {Mounting or removal of fans} - H02K 3/522: {for generally annular cores with salient poles} - H02K 5/00: Casings; Enclosures; Supports - H02K 5/02: Casings or enclosures characterised by the material thereof - H02K 5/225: {Terminal boxes or connection arrangements (specially adapted for submersible motors H02K5/132)} - H02K 7/14: Structural association with mechanical loads, e.g. with hand-held machine tools or fans (with fan or impeller for cooling the machine H02K9/06) - H02K 11/33: Drive circuits, e.g. power electronics (H02K11/38 takes precedence) - H02K: DYNAMO-ELECTRIC MACHINES (dynamo-electric relays H01H53/00; conversion of DC or AC input power into surge output power {H03K3/53}) - F04D: NON-POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT PUMPS (engine fuel-injection pumps F02M; ion pumps H01J41/12; electrodynamic pumps H02K44/02) ## Abstract An electric motor, in particular a radiator fan motor of a motor vehicle, has a rotor which is mounted such that it can rotate in relation to a stator, a motor mount which has an electronics compartment for accommodating a converter electronics system, and an electronics compartment cover. The electronics compartment cover has a peripheral sealing groove into which a peripheral edge of the electronics compartment engages by way of a corresponding sealing web in order to reliably seal off the electronics compartment. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An electric motor, comprising: a stator; a rotor mounted rotatably with respect to said stator; and a motor mount containing an electronics compartment having a peripheral edge with a sealing web for accommodating a convertor electronics system, said motor mount further having an electronics compartment cover with a peripheral sealing groove with which said peripheral edge of said electronics compartment engages via said sealing web. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The electric motor according to claim 1, wherein said motor mount has ribs extending radially; and further comprising at least two fixing clamps integrally molded on said electronics compartment cover on opposite sides and which pass over said ribs. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The electric motor according to claim 1, wherein said electronics compartment cover has a number of spacing pawls for bearing against said sealing web of said electronics compartment and are molded into said peripheral sealing groove on a cover side. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The electric motor according to claim 1, wherein said peripheral sealing groove on a cover side and said sealing web of said electronics compartment define a filling gap there-between for receiving a sealing material or adhesive. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The electric motor according to claim 1, further comprising a plastic casing over-molding said stator; wherein said motor mount has a plurality of fixing openings formed therein; and further comprising a number of caulking nubs integrally formed on said plastic casing, said caulking nubs passing through said fixing openings and being deformed for joining said motor mount and said stator. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The electric motor according to claim 5, wherein said stator has sealing elements and stator-side rotating-field windings with winding ends guided into said electronics compartment via said sealing elements. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The electric motor according to claim 6, wherein: said motor mount has sealing openings formed therein; and said sealing elements have a comparatively hard supporting component and a comparatively soft sealing component sitting in a sealing manner in said sealing openings in said motor mount. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The electric motor according to claim 7, wherein said comparatively soft sealing component of said sealing elements is formed as a labyrinth seal. ### Claim 9 (depends on 7) The electric motor according to claim 7, wherein: said plastic casing has a receiving pocket; and said comparatively hard supporting component of said sealing components sit in said receiving pocket in said plastic casing. ### Claim 10 (depends on 7) The electric motor according to claim 7, wherein: said plastic casing having plug openings formed therein; and said comparatively hard supporting component has least one plug pin engaging in a corresponding one of said plug openings in said plastic casing. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The electric motor according to claim 1, wherein the electric motor is a radiator fan motor of a motor vehicle. ### Claim 12 (depends on 3) The electric motor according to claim 3, wherein spacing pawls are molded into said peripheral sealing groove on an inner-side groove wall thereof facing said electronics compartment. ### Claim 13 (depends on 6) The electric motor according to claim 6, wherein said sealing elements are formed of a two-component plastic.