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    2009008082: IA cu») United States cz) Patent Application Publication — co) Pub. No.: US 2009/0080823 A1 Bauch et al. (43) Pub. Date: Mar. 26, 2009 MOTOR $371 00 (16) tmenors — Chrhta Banc, GosborwarioE, OE 2.208 Eberhard Lung, Ludwigsbure G0) Foreign Application Priority Data (OP) RardoChombevtdtes 6008 ot) uasososton Rating (DP) Olver Hehe PabientonCtantfcaon emcee (0) Real sy me on mec inane att oe ence | eecd a ey ehara Gortenbere, ss Goines) ‘sreact _ _=——”—t sats Se RIKER | OND (aly Apples assess Bp te Toor (b cured ine ll deans 0 ymca of (2) RETF: Out 10,2006 see eta WIL Po NY Vet 27h Patent Application Publication —_ Mar. 26, 2009 Sheet 1 of 4 US 2009/0080823 AI Fig. 1 Patent Application Publication Mar. 26, 2009 Sheet 2 of 4 US 2009/0080823 AI Fig. 2 : 18 19 Ss Pell aN LUF =) 14 4 a / 3 10 0 : 27 26 29 158 30 28 90 32.17 4 Fig. 3 38 a 19 97 ales Sv (7, NY NW 27 Patent Application Publication —_ Mar. 26, 2009 Sheet 3 of 4 US 2009/0080823 AI Fig. 4 ASisy4 ae ra Fig. 6 Patent Application Publication Mar. 26, 2009 Sheet 4 of 4 US 2009/0080823 AI US 2009/0080823 AI BEARING SYSTEM FOR AN ELECTRIC MOTOR PRIOR ART 10001] The invention relates to 8 bearing system for sup- porting shaft. In particular, he invention relates to abearing system for supporting a shaft of an elecirie motor and to an ‘elecrie motor having such a bearing system, 0002] | From German Patent Disclosure DE 100 195121, clectricmiotoris own that iscan be designedia particular fs # motor for 8 power window or sliding roof, The knowa ‘electic motor asa rotor anda stator that serve 10 dive & shaft. The shaft is in engagement with a gear. One fixed bearing and one loose bearing, te latter located on the enc of the shat, are provided. The loose hearing makes a certain ‘compensation possible for changes in Tength of the shaft that red forinstance to temperature increases during operation of the electric motor. [0003] -Inaneleiric motor ofthe kind know from DE 100 19512 A1,a press-fit seat anda sliding seat on the outer race body and onthe inner race body can be provided forthe loose bearing. The sliding sat has a clearance fit, with the disad- vantage that in altemating-sress operation not only loud noise butalso increased friction, wear, anda shortening ofthe service life must all be expected. These disadvantapes are especially severe for particular pairs of materials. For instance, the shaft may be embodied of aluminum, while the bearing is of stel. Because of the different themnal expan- sion, an inerease in the play of the clearance fit occurs in ‘ertin temperature regions, so that such combinations of ‘material cannot be used under some eircumstances because af their attendant disadvantages, in pancular noise ADVANTAGES OF THE INVENTION 10004} The bearing system according to the invention av= ing the characterises of claim 1 andthe electric motor ofthe invention having the characteristics of claim 10 have the advantage over the prior ar tht inthe radial direction, essen- tally play-free support of the shat is possible in the roller bearing that forms the loose bearing of te bearing system. Moreover, the embodiment according tothe invention makes reliable and in panicular reduced-noise operation possible ‘even with pairs of material in which the problem of ilfeent thermal expansion coeficients exists. [0005] By the provisions rected in the dependent claims, advantageous refinements of the beating system recited in claim and of the electric motor recited in claim 10 are possible 10006] The spring clemeat is advantageously designed asa ‘wormlike tension spring. In the mounted bearing system, reliable prestressing of the spring element can thereby be assured over the life ofthe electric motor. Ifthe spring ele- ‘ment is additionally designed as alosed ng, thea the spring ‘element ean also be prestressed along its circularly curved ‘center ais, Inthe mounted state, the sping element is thus kept in its predetermined position. Moreover, because ofthe radial prestessing of the spring element, an advantageous absorption of the forees of the shaft that actin the radial ‘ireetion is. made possible by the housing oF some other ‘component ofthe electric motor, via the roller bearing. A spring element that i designed a a closed ring may be oon- nected om its ends, by insertion of the fst end of the spring ‘element ito the second end athe spring element; the fis Mar. 26, 2009 end for instance catches inside the second end, ia a manner ‘corresponding to a screw connection, In addition or as aa altemative, however, the to ends ofthe spring element may also beoinedby a soldered or welded connection, Inthe case ‘of a formtlocking connection ofthe two ends ofthe spring ‘element without an additional soldered or welded connection, the produetion effor and expense are fv, so that the unit casts of thebesring system or electric motor are relatively low in tis regard. On the ther hand, by means of a soldered or ‘welded connection, high strength is achieved, which can be advantageous for certain applications. {007} The spring element can be introduced at east partly into a grove provided in the region ofthe inner race boxy oF of the outer race body. This groove may be provided on the ‘outer race ody of the roller bearing, on a housing part ofthe electri motor that has a recess for receiving the roller bear ‘ng, on the inner race body o in the region ofthe inner race body on the shalt. tis also possible for two or more prooves to be provided, which receive two or more spring elements ‘These grooves are preferably embodied on the same compo rent and assure an at fest essentially parallel orientation of the inner race body and the outer race body of the roller bearing relativeto.adesited axis of rotation ofthe shat ofthe motor, DRAWINGS [0008] Prefered exemplary embodiments of the invention fare described in further detail in the ensting description in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, in which ele- ‘ments corresponding io one another are identified by thesamie reference numerals. Shown ae: [0009] FIG. 1, sn elec motor with bearing system in a fragmentary sectional view of a fist exemplary embodiment of the invention: [0010] FIG. 2, the detail marked 11 in FG. 1 i the fist ‘exemplary embediment of the invention, in a more-detailed [0011] FIG. 3, due detail marked I in FIG. 2, in a second ‘exemplary emibediment ofthe invention: [0012] FIG. 4, the detail ofthe electric motor marked I, in FIG. 1 ina third exemplary embodiment of the invetion [0013] FIG. $, the detail ofthe electric motor marked I, in FIG. Lina fourth exemplary embodiment ofthe invention; [W014] FIG. 6, a fragmentary view, partly in section, of a spring clement ofthe bearing systems othe electric motor of the invent DESCRIPTION OF THE EXEMPLARY EMBODIMENTS, [0018] FIG.1 shows an exemplary embodiment ofan elee- ‘wie motor 1 ofthe invention, The electric motor 1 may ia particular be designed as an asynchronous motor and can be ‘sed foran electric power steering system, Theeleirie motor ean also he used for extemal-foree-oetuated adjustment of | clements of'a motor vehicle, However, the electric motor fof the invention is suitable for still other applications as well [0016] The electric motor 1 is equipped with a bearing system 2, which will be deseribed in detail hercinafter. The electric motor has a housing 3, 4 comprising a plurality of housing pars 3,4. The electric motor I asa shaft, which protrides pariway out of the housing 3, 4 and whieh as an Interface 6 that is operatively connected ether dircetly or via ‘gear to elements ofa power steering system or the like. The US 2009/0080823 AI shaft $s supported inthe housing 3,4 ofthe electric motor 1 vist one roller bearing 7 embodied as a fixed bearing and another roller bearing 8 embodied as a loose bearing. The roller hearing 7isfiemly clamped via a erin 9 ofthe housing part 3, so that particulary ina radial direction, that is, in the ‘irection of an axis of rotation 10 of the shal 8, dere is no play between the housing part 3 and the roller beating 7. Moreover, the roller bearing 7 is pressed onto the shaft, and theroller hearing 7 resto shoulder 11 ofthe shat, 0 that there is uo play in the axial direction between the roller bearing 7 and the shat 8, either [0017], The electric motor 1 furthermore has a stator 12 Which s connected to the housing 3,4 ofthe electie motor 1 and comprises a plurality of stator packets, and a rotor 13, ‘connected tothe shaft § and comprising a plurality of rotor packets, In operation ofthe electric motor 1, by meats ofthe Stator 12 and the rotor 13 «torque is generated, which is transmitted to the interface 6 via the shat 8. [0018] The roller bearing 8 enables an adjustment of the shaft in thedirectionof theaxis of rotation 10. For instance, ‘emperature changes in operation of the electric motor 1 ea ‘cause change in length of the shaft § relative to the housing part 3 ad this change is thus compensated for, ln the exen- lary embodiment shown in FIG. 1, the roller bearing 8 is pressed onto the shaft § at a fice 14 and is braced on Shoulder IS ofthe shaft S.A positioning spring 16 subjects the roller bearing 8 to a positioning force. A sliding seat of the roller bearing # is provided ata slide face 17 of the eller bearing 8, and as result, de roller bearing 8 is displaceable in the direction of the axis of rotation 10. A fist spring ‘element 18 anda second spring element 19 are also provided, ‘which are located inthe region of theslid face IT the roller bearing 8 10019] ‘The bearing system 2 includes the roller bearings 7, 8 aad the spring elements 18, 19 and assures an at least ‘essentially play-fee support of the shaft § of the electric motor 1 in a radial direction 20, The design and mode of ‘operation of the bearing system 2 of theelectrie motor Lof the first exemplary embodiment of the invention is described below in detail in conjunction with FIG. 2 10020] FIG. 2 shows the detail marked Il in FIG. 1 ofthe ‘etoczie motor I in greater detail 10021} The roller bearing 8 of the bearing system 2 has an ‘nner race body 25, an outer race body 26, and roller bodies 27. The toler bodies 27 ae located between the inner race body 25.nd ihe outer race body 26nd runin racesof the race bodies 28,26, The ollerbearing is designed as asingle-ow ‘deep- groove bal bearing, and the roller bodies 27 are formed by balls. Therollerbesring Sembodied asa radial hearingean be desiuned in general as a single- or multiple-row deep- roove ball baring or roller bearing, in particular # cylinder roller, barel, needle, or conical roller bearing. The rollee bodies 27 may be designed as balls, rollers, barrels, needles, ‘cones, andl the usual modifications thereof [0022] | Theouterrace body 26 inthe region ofthe slide face W7ofthe roller bearing 8, has proves 28,29 extendingall the way around; the fist spring element 18 is located in the rvove 28 and the second sping element 19s located the ‘groove 29. At the face 14 ofthe sha, the inner race body 25, ‘of the roller bearing 8 is pressed onto the shat 8, The outer race hody 26, in he region o the slide face 17, can also slide Intherecess 30inthe housing part nthe direction ofteaxis ‘ofrotation 10, ocnablea certain mobility af the bearing point Torte sil 8 in the axial direction. The spring elements 18, Mar. 26, 2009 19 are prestressed i the radial direction 20, so that play between the outer race body 26 and the housing partis at least essentially prevented, Moreover, thesping elements 18, 19, extending at east approximately parallel to one another in the eireumferental direction, assure thatthe outer race body 26 is mounted at least approximately parallel to the axis of ‘tation 10 of the shaft S. Especially on installation of the roller bearing 8 in the housing part 4, a skewed angular positon of fewer than 15 arc minutes, and in particular fewer than 10 are minutes, can be assure. This assures reliable ‘operation ofthe roller bearing 8 over the life ofthe electric motor 1. Moreover, the spring elements 18,19. together with the positioning spring 16, assure that upon a change in the iretion of rotation ofthe electri moto, shaking or knock- ing is averted or reduced [0023] Moreover the shat, roller beating 8 and housing pars 3,4 may also comprise different materials. Forinstance {he shaft andor the housing part 4 may be of aluminum, while te oller bearing 8 is of tel. In use ina motor veh the operating temperature of the electric motor may fuetuate Deween 40° C. and +60° C,, and relatively major differ ences in the thermal expansion behavior oecur between the ‘components ofthe eleviie motor 1 that are omed of alu ‘num and those formed of steel. The bearing system 2 now enables on the one hand a displaceablty of the shaft $in the ‘axial direction in the region af one end 31 in order to com pense for sich changes in length, and on the other hand, because of the spring elements 18,19, it enables a reliable orientation of the roller bearing 8 with respect tothe axis of rotation 10 ofthe shaft 8, resulting in an atleast essentially play-fre suppor that even upon load changes or changes of the diroction of rotation prevent noise, friction, wear, oF a shortening ofthe service life [0024] A width 32 ofthe proove 28 is less than a width or tamicer ofthe first spring element 18, if the spring element 8ooutside the aroove 28s elaxed, so that upon introduction ofthe spring element ISinto the groove 28, prestressingof the spring element 18 is brought about. Espocialy as a result of this, the first spring element 18 protrudes somewhat past the slide face 17 ofthe outer race body 26 when the roller bearing 8 hus nt yet been introduced into the recess 30. Upon intro- {ductionof the ollerbearing into therecess 30 of te housing part 4, prestessing of the spring element 18 in the radial irection 20 then ensues. Accordingly, a width 33 of the ‘grove 29 sess hana wickh or ciameterof the second spring ‘element 19, forthe sake of prestressing the spring element 19. [0025] FIG. 3 shows the detail marked II in FIG. 2 of an cleciric motor I with a bearing system, ina second exemplary ‘embodiment the invention. ln this exemplary embodiment, ‘groovesare provided neither oa the inner rave body 28 nor oa fheitter race ody 26. However, on the housing part 4of the housing 3,4 ofthe electre motor I, i the region ofthe recess 30 ofthe housing part 4 and of the slide face 17 ofthe outer race body 26 of the roller bearing 8, grooves 36, 37 are provided, which are designed extending all the way around relative o the axis of rotation 10 of the shail 5, The grooves 36,37 are thus each embodied eylindriclly. The fist spring ‘element 18 isinseted at least partway into the groove 36, and the second spring element 19 is inserted at least partway into the grove 37. A wid 38 ofthe groove 36 sess thana width for diameter of the spring element 18, 2s ong asthe spring element 18 outside the groove 36s in the relaxed state. Upon insertion of the spring element 18 into the groove 36, pre- stressing ofthe spring element 18 occurs, so that particularly US 2009/0080823 AI 3 a result ofthis, a protrusion ofthe spring element 18 past the recess 30 ofthe housing part 4s brought about. Upon the ‘nteoduction of the roller bearing 8 into the eoess 30, the spring clement 18 is pressed at lest partway into the groove 36. Thus the spring clement 18 in the mounted state of the roller beating # is prestressed inthe radial direction 20. The same is correspondingly tee forthe groove 37 ofthe housing part 4 and the second spring element 19 provided in the groove 37. [0026] FIG. 4 shows the detail marked Il in FIG. 1 of an ‘leciric motor I witha bearing system 2, ina third exemplary ‘embodiment ofthe invention. In thisexemplary embodiment, the outer race hy 26s pressed, inthe region ofthe fae 14, Io the recess 30 of the housing pat 4, so that the outer race body 26isnot displaceable relative tothe housing part ofthe electic motor 1. A sliding seat relative to the shaft § is, ‘moreover embodied between the ier race body 28 in the region ofa slide face 17-Inthiscase, the positioning spring 16 js located, relative to the roller bearing 8, on the side of the shalt §, and the positioning spring 16 surrounds the shalt $ nermittently and s braced onone end ona shoulder 39 ofthe ‘ofthe shall § and on the other on the inner rave bady 28. The ‘inner race body 25 of the roller bearing 8 furthermore has proows 40, 4i, in which the spring elements 18, 19 are located. Because of the prestressing ofthe spring elements 18,19, the inner race body 28 is slaved by the shaft 8, and a cert axial displaceabilty is assured that slices to come ensate for instance fortemperatue-caused changes in length ‘ofthe shalt $ relative to the housing parts 3,4. Moreover, a ‘atleast substantially play-free suppor ofthe shaft on its end 531 in the radial direction 20 is made possible [0027] FIG. § shows the detail marked Il in FIG. Yof the ‘leciie motor 1 with the Bearing system 2, in. fourth exem= plary embodiment of the invention. The fourth exemplary ‘embodiment shown in FIG. 5 corresponds essentially t the thind exemplary embodiment shown in FIG. 4. However, neither the innerrace body 2Snor the auterracebody 26 fhe roller bearing 8 fsa groove. However, om is end 31 in the egion ofthe slide face 17 ofthe inner race body 25, the shaft Shas grooves 42,43. in which the spring elements 18, 19 are Tocated. The grooves 18, 19 embodied on the shaft have Widths that are each Tess than a Width or diameter of the ‘conesponding spring element 18, 19, so that presressing of the spring elements 18,19 in the radial direction 20s broight about, a8 has already heen deseribed above in detail in cone rection with the fist and second exemplary embodiments The same is correspondingly true for the third exemplary ‘embodiment shown in FIG. 4 10028] FIG. 6 shows the first spring element 18 in a frag- ‘mentary view; partly in section. The spring element 18 has 2 spirally curved base body §0, which has an atleast approxi- mately circular eross section 81. A diameter 82 of the spring ‘lenient 18s predetermined by the curvanure ofthe base body 50 relative to a conter axis 53. The spring element 18 is ‘moreover curved sich thatthe center axis 83 of the spring ‘element 18s ocatd at least approximately on circular lin. ‘A mean diameter $4 of the eieularly curved center axis $3 of the first spring clement 18 is adapted toa mean diameter ofthe groove 28, the groove 36, the groove 40, or the groove 42. To ‘effect an addition prestressing ofthe spring element 18, the mean diameter $4is selected to be preferably somewhat less than the mean diameter of the groove 28, the grove 36, the nroove 40, or the groove 42 Mar. 26, 2009 0029] To embody the spring element 18.38 aclosed ring. lint end 85 of the spring clement 18 is counected to a second end 56 ofthe spring element 18. Inthe embodiment shown in IG. 6, de first end 88 is inserted into the second end 56, and the winding diameter of the spring element 18 decreases continuously in the vicinity of the fst end $8, The fist end $8 catches in the windings ofthe second end $6, an as a result f form-locking conection similar to 8 screw concction is ormed. To further improve the connection of thetwo ends S 56, a conection between the ends 88, 56 ca be embodied by ‘soldering or welding in ane or more ofthe regions $7A, 878, SIC. [0030] In the exemplary embodiment shown ofthe spring clement 18, the diameter $2 also dictates the wid of the spring element 18. The second spring element 19 is designed ina way that coresponds tothe first spring element 18, [031] The invention is not limited to the exemplary ‘embodiments described, 1. bearing system (2) for supporting shaft (8), in par sicular for an electric motor (1), having roller bearing (8) that enables a displaceability of the shaft (8) along an axis of ‘ation (10) of theshaft (S), and having at least one inner race body (2), at east one cuter race body (26), and roller bodies (27) located between the inner race body (28) and the outer race body (26), snd having atleast one spring element (18), ‘whieh is located in a region of a slide face (17) ofthe roller ‘bearing (8), which slide fae enables thedisplaceability of the shaft (S) along the xis of rotation (10) ands provided onone ofthe race bodies, and the spring element is prestessable in radial direction (20) in order to enable an st least substan- ‘ally play-free support of the shaft (8) in the radial direction an) 2. The bearing system as defined by claim 1, charaterized in that ‘the spring clement (18) is embodied asa wormlike tension spring. 3. The bearing system as defined by claim 1, ‘harsterized in that the spring element (18) is designed asa closed ring, and a first end (55) ofthe spring element (18) is connected to 1 second end (56) ofthe spring element (18). 4. The bearing system as defined by claim 3, chargeterized in that the first end (85) ofthe spring element (18) is inserted into the second end (56) ofthe spring element (18) fr form locking conntetion of the First end (SS) ofthe spring

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