Integrated outboard motor
AssigneeTorqeedo GmbH
InventorFriedrich Boebel
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Abstract
An outboard drive has an electric motor that is electronically controlled from an inverter. The outboard drive includes a pylon, with the electric motor and inverter arranged in the pylon.
Claims4
An outboard drive, with an underwater gondola, comprising an external rotor electric motor arranged in the underwater gondola, and a carrier body with high thermal conductance and an opening through which a shaft extends, wherein the shaft is connected with the electric motor which is electronically controlled from an inverter, and the inverter is in thermal contact with the carrier body, wherein the inverter has a printed circuit board on which electronic switching elements and additional electronic components arranged, with the electronic switching elements being in thermal contact with the carrier body.
An outboard drive, with an underwater gondola, comprising an external rotor electric motor arranged in the underwater gondola, and a carrier body with high thermal conductance and an opening through which a shaft extends, wherein the shaft is connected with the electric motor which is electronically controlled from an inverter, and the inverter is in thermal contact with the carrier body, wherein the inverter is arranged on a metal plate which is in thermal contact with the carrier body.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.