Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Air feed device for a fuel cell
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Application No.: US14237375Application Date: 2012-08-17
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Publication No.: US10069154B2Publication Date: 2018-09-04
- Inventor: Dietmar Metz , Martin Mueller , Aleksandar Sekularac
- Applicant: Dietmar Metz , Martin Mueller , Aleksandar Sekularac
- Applicant Address: US MI Auburn Hills
- Assignee: BorgWarner Inc.
- Current Assignee: BorgWarner Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US MI Auburn Hills
- Agency: Patent Central LLC
- Agent Eric L. Doyle; Stephen A. Pendorf
- Priority: DE102011111576 20110824; DE102011113971 20110921
- International Application: PCT/US2012/051352 WO 20120817
- International Announcement: WO2013/028521 WO 20130228
- Main IPC: F04D29/057
- IPC: F04D29/057 ; H01M8/04082 ; F04D25/06 ; H01M8/04089

Abstract:
An air feed device (1) for a fuel cell, having a shaft (2); a compressor wheel (4) fastened to one of the ends (5, 20) of the shaft (2), a bearing arrangement (6, 7, 8) arranged in a bearing housing (9) for mounting the shaft (2), and an electric motor (10) for driving the shaft (2), which electric motor is arranged in the bearing housing (9). The shaft (2) has two shaft bearing portions (11, 12) and a magnet portion (13) arranged between the shaft bearing portions (11, 12), forming the rotor of the electric motor (10). The shaft bearing portions (11, 12) and the magnet portion (13) are centered relative to one another by means of a centering arrangement (12A, 13F) which engages on an outer edge (A), the shaft bearing portions (11, 12) and the magnet portion (13) bearing in each case axially against one another.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140186745A1 AIR FEED DEVICE FOR A FUEL CELL Public/Granted day:2014-07-03
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