Electric machine for dampening vibrations in a drive train and method of using the same

US6209692A · kind A · utility

Assignees

• ISAD Electronic Systems GmbH & Co., KG · DE
• Bayerische Moloren Werke · DE

Inventors

• Thomas Pels · Achern, DE
• Klaus-Peter Zeyen · Recklinghausen, DE
• Ullrich Masberg · Rösrath, DE
• Rahim Pour · Garching bei München, DE
• Michael Maurer · Uerdingen, DE
• Willibald Birzl · Karlshuld, DE
• Wolfgang Wall · Zorneding, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Feb 2, 1999
• Grant date: Apr 3, 2001
• Expiry date: Feb 2, 2019

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y02T10/72
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

An electric machine with a stator and a rotor arranged in the drive train of a drive unit is disclosed. A vibration insulation device is incorporated in the rotor of the electric machine. The electric machine can function as a starter/generator, a generator vehicle brake, an auxiliary drive and/or an active vibration damper.