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Method for mounting an angle measuring device on an electric motor

US8188628B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Siemens Aktiengesellschaft · DE

Inventors

Hubertus Bähr · Bad Königshofen im Grabfeld, DE
Rainer Eckert · Bad Neustadt an der Saale, DE
Udo Grossmann · Heidenheim, DE
Hans-Joachim Muller · Remscheid, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 13, 2008
Grant date	May 29, 2012
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jan 22, 2029

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10T29/49009
WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

In order to connect an angle measuring device to a brushless direct-current motor, a coupling is used, the coupling halves (10, 28) of which are each attached to the rotor (46) of the motor and/or the rotor (42) of the angle measuring device. Instead of using a coupling that is rotationally symmetrical at arbitrary angular positions as in the prior art, a coupling is used in which the coupling halves (10, 28) can be connected to one another only in a finite number of relative angular positions. An adjustment must be made before the coupling halves (10, 28) are attached to the respective rotors (46, 52). This allows all subsequent adjustment to be omitted, for example, even for maintenance work.

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