Electric motor with cooling device
First Claim
1. An electric motor comprising:
- a rotatable shaft having therewithin a longitudinally extending bore, said shaft having a first end portion and a second end portion;
a longitudinally extending tube positioned within said longitudinally extending bore of said shaft, a space existing between an exterior of said tube and an interior of said bore, said tube having a first end portion at the first end portion of said shaft and a second end portion at the second end portion of said shaft, said first end portion of said tube having at least one lateral bore for communicating an interior of said tube with said space between the exterior of said tube and the interior of said bore;
a rotor rigidly secured onto said rotatable shaft;
a frame, a stator secured onto said frame, said frame comprising first and second spaced-apart end members, said first end member supporting a drive-side bearing and said second end member supporting an operating-side bearing, said drive-side bearing receiving the first end portion of said shaft and said operating-side bearing receiving the second end portion of said shaft, said second end portion of said shaft having an extension extending beyond said operating-side bearing; and
a device, secured onto said second end member of said frame, over said extension of said second end portion of said shaft, having a passageway in communication with the interior of said tube for transferring a cooling fluid through said device into said tube at said second end portion of said shaft, along the interior of said tube, through said lateral bore in said first end portion of said tube, along said space between the exterior of said tube and the interior of said longitudinal bore of said shaft.
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Abstract
In an electric motor the shaft projects beyond the bearing on the closed-end and has a central bore running from this side to close to the drive-end bearing. Centrally in the bore is secured a tube which either extends to close to the end of the bore or is secured in a blind hole in the end of the bore. The tube has a lateral bore in the region of the base of the bore. At the end of the shaft near the closed-end bearing outside the motor housing, a device is secured to the end-plate via which water, used as a coolant, passes into the tube and flows back via the space between the tube and the bore. The tube is held centrally in the bore by two discs, having axial holes, slid over the tube. This construction makes it possible to conduct the heat dissipated in the rotor winding and the rotor, which is transmitted to the shaft, away in the best possible way.
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12 Claims
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1. An electric motor comprising:
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a rotatable shaft having therewithin a longitudinally extending bore, said shaft having a first end portion and a second end portion; a longitudinally extending tube positioned within said longitudinally extending bore of said shaft, a space existing between an exterior of said tube and an interior of said bore, said tube having a first end portion at the first end portion of said shaft and a second end portion at the second end portion of said shaft, said first end portion of said tube having at least one lateral bore for communicating an interior of said tube with said space between the exterior of said tube and the interior of said bore; a rotor rigidly secured onto said rotatable shaft; a frame, a stator secured onto said frame, said frame comprising first and second spaced-apart end members, said first end member supporting a drive-side bearing and said second end member supporting an operating-side bearing, said drive-side bearing receiving the first end portion of said shaft and said operating-side bearing receiving the second end portion of said shaft, said second end portion of said shaft having an extension extending beyond said operating-side bearing; and a device, secured onto said second end member of said frame, over said extension of said second end portion of said shaft, having a passageway in communication with the interior of said tube for transferring a cooling fluid through said device into said tube at said second end portion of said shaft, along the interior of said tube, through said lateral bore in said first end portion of said tube, along said space between the exterior of said tube and the interior of said longitudinal bore of said shaft. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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