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Drive device comprising an electric motor and an inverter and motor vehicle

US11489414B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

AUDI AG · DE

Inventors

Benjamin SÖHNLE · Ingolstadt, DE
Sebastian Witt · Ingolstadt, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 31, 2020
Grant date	Nov 1, 2022
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Mar 27, 2041

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH02M7/537
WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A drive device, in particular for a motor vehicle, including an electric motor and an inverter, wherein the electric motor includes at least one electrically conductive motor contact element for electrically contacting a respective electrically conductive inverter contact element of the inverter, wherein the motor contact element is mounted directly or via a motor sealing means on a motor housing component of a motor housing of the electric motor and the inverter contact element is mounted directly or via an inverter sealing means on an inverter housing component of an inverter housing of the inverter, wherein the motor contact element and the inverter contact element are mechanically fastened to one another by a fastening means, wherein the fastening means and a respective housing-external section of the motor contact element and the inverter contact element are accommodated in a liquid-tight receptacle chamber.

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