Electric motor
AssigneeSchaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
InventorsSandro Lauer, Friedrich Schuler
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Abstract
The disclosure relates to an electric motor comprising a base motor module and a plug module which is electrically and mechanically connected to the base motor module and is designed as an electronics module. The electronics module comprises a power electronics system, a driver electronics system and a control electronics system, and the electronics module and the base motor module each dissipate heat via separated heat paths. The disclosure further relates to an electric motor arrangement and also to a construction kit for electric motors.
Claims15
An electric motor comprising:
- a base motor module;
- and
- a plug module electrically and mechanically connected to the base motor module, the plug module configured as an electronics module including:
- a power electronics system;
- a driver electronics system;
- and,
- a control electronics system;
- and,
- the base motor module configured to dissipate heat via a first heat path, and the electronics module configured to dissipate heat via a second heat path, the first heat path separate from the second heat path.
An electric motor construction kit, comprising a base motor module and a plurality of selectable plug modules, each one of the plurality of selectable plug modules configured to be electrically and mechanically connected to the base motor module, and each one of the plurality of selectable plug modules being different from one another, wherein each one of the plurality of selectable plug modules is configured as an electronics module including:
- a power electronics system;
- a driver electronics system;
- and,
- a control electronics system, and,
- the base motor module configured to dissipate heat via a first heat path, and each one of the plurality of selectable plug modules configured to dissipate heat via a second heat path, the first heat path separate from the second heat path.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.