Rotor for an electric motor and process for manufacturing the rotor

• US 6,300,704 B1
• Filed: 01/27/2000
• Issued: 10/09/2001
• Est. Priority Date: 05/28/1998
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
• Original Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
• Inventors: Schmidt, Ralf, Maldener, Klaus, Fees, Hans-Joerg, Kiefer, Martin
• Primary Examiner(s): Waks, Joseph
• Application Number:
  US09/463,355
• Time in Patent Office: 621 Days
• Field of Search: 310/261, 310/233, 310/234, 310/231, 295/97, 295/98, 295/96, 297/33
• US Class Current: 310/261.1
• CPC Class Codes: H02K 13/04 Connections between commutator segments and windings
• CPC Class Codes: H02K 15/12 Impregnating, heating or drying of windings, stators, rotors or machines
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 29/49012 Rotor

Abstract

A rotor for an electric motor includes a commutator and a rotor shaft with a rotor winding that is contained in a rotor body supported on the rotor shaft in a rotationally fixed manner. The commutator has commutator lamellas that are disposed axially next to one another in the circumference direction with an insulation gap and have connection lugs for attachment of connecting wires of the rotor winding. In a region between the commutator and the rotor body, an additional winding is wound around the connecting wires in order to fix or stabilize the connecting wires. The rotor is provided for electric motors used in vehicle construction.

Claims

1. A rotor for an electric motor, comprising a rotor shaft, a rotor winding (13) on said rotor shaft, said rotor winding including winding wires (14), connecting wires (20) and at least one additional wire (22) each of which are surrounded by a lacquer which is cured by baking and contained in a rotor body (4) supported on the rotor shaft in a rotationally fixed manner, a commutator that has axially aligned commutator lamellas that are disposed spaced parallel to one another in a circumferential direction with an insulation gap therebetween and have connection lugs secured to one end of each of the lamellas for the attachment of said connecting wires (20) of the rotor winding, said at least one additional wire (22) being wound around the connecting wires (20) and forming an additional winding, in a region between the commutator (7) and the rotor body (4), and at least in a region of the additional winding (22) the rotor winding is heated so that the lacquer which is cured by baking is baked on said additional winding.

2. The rotor according to claim 1, in which rotor winding wires (14) of rotor winding (13) constitute the additional winding (22).

3. The rotor according to claim 2, in which the additional winding (22) is wound a number of times around the connecting wires.

4. The rotor according to claim 3, in which the additional winding (22) is wound three to five times around the connecting wires.

5. The rotor according to claim 1, in which the additional winding (22) is wound a number of times around the connecting wires.

6. The rotor according to claim 5, in which the additional winding (22) is wound three to five times around the connecting wires.

7. The rotor according to claim 1, in which the additional winding (22) is carried out before a hooking of a last remaining connection lug (18) of the commutator (7).

8. The rotor according to claim 1, in which electrical current is conveyed through the wires (14, 20, 22) in order to heat at least a region of the additional winding (22).

9. The rotor according to claim 1, in which heat is externally supplied to the rotor (1) in order to heat at least the region of the additional winding (22).