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Electric motor with brake

US6459182B1 · kind B1 · utility

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15Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateJun 30, 2000
Grant dateOct 1, 2002
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Expiry dateJun 30, 2020

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH02K7/1025
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The invention relates to an electric motor (1) with a rotor (2) and a housing (3) that has at one end a brake-mounting end shield (4) to support a shaft (5) of the rotor (2) that passes through the brake-mounting end shield (4). The electric motor (1) further comprises an electromagnetically actuated brake (10), which comprises a magnet body (17) with a brake coil (11). An armature plate (13), which can be pulled by the magnet body (17) against a braking pressure force exerted by springs (12), is substantially nonrotatably mounted in a guide mechanism (15) but can be axially displaced in the direction of the shaft (5). A brake rotor (20), against which the armature plate (13) is apposed with the braking pressure when no current is flowing through the brake coil (11), is fixed to the shaft (5), preferably by way of a drive element (28). In accordance with the invention the brake (10) is prefabricated so as to be complete except for the drive element (28) and to be independent of the bearing of the motor shaft, and can be screwed to the housing (3). The effort of installing and removing the brake can thus be considerably reduced in comparison to previously known electric motors with …

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