Electric motor
AssigneeBrose Fahrzeugteile GmbH & Co. KG, Wuerzburg
InventorsRichard Illingworth, Milenko Stamenic, William Brehmer, Marco Batzner
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Abstract
An electric motor having a housing with a housing interior and also with an electronics compartment for a motor electronics system is provided. The housing has a housing base and a housing wall. The electronics compartment is arranged between the housing wall and a housing cover. The housing cover has a ventilation opening for venting the housing interior. The electronics compartment has a ventilation channel which is routed into the housing interior via the housing wall and has a channel connection piece which issues into the ventilation opening of the housing cover and is closed by an air-permeable diaphragm.
Claims12
An electric motor comprising:
- a housing with a housing interior for accommodating a stator and a rotor, which is arranged on a motor shaft so as to rotate with the rotor;
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- an electronics compartment for a motor electronics system;
- wherein the housing has a housing base and a housing wall which is arranged axially opposite the housing base,
- wherein the electronics compartment for the motor electronics system is arranged between the housing wall and a housing cover that closes the electronics compartment,
- wherein the housing cover has a ventilation opening for venting the housing interior, and
- wherein the electronics compartment has a ventilation channel that is routed into the housing interior via the housing wall and that has a channel connection piece that issues into the ventilation opening in the housing cover and is closed by an air-permeable diaphragm.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.