Brose Fahrzeugteile Gmbh & Co Kg, Wuerzburg

Richard Illingworth

Milenko Stamenic

Attila Simofi-Ilyes

Marco Batzner

William Brehmer

Michael Groppel

A drive unit for operating a device, in particular a device in a vehicle and a method for operating a drive unit are provided. An electrical drive assembly and a break assembly are combined and arranged together in a common housing. The breaking assembly could be a mechanical breaking assembly or an electrical break assembly. The break assembly automatically locks the shaft of the electrical drive assembly and thus provides self-locking capabilities.

Drive unit and method for operating the drive unit

An electric motor having a housing with a housing interior and also with an electronics compartment for a motor electronics system is provided. The housing has a housing base and a housing wall. The electronics compartment is arranged between the housing wall and a housing cover. The housing cover has a ventilation opening for venting the housing interior. The electronics compartment has a ventilation channel which is routed into the housing interior via the housing wall and has a channel connection piece which issues into the ventilation opening of the housing cover and is closed by an air-permeable diaphragm.

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Clarkston, MI, United States of America

Richard Illingworth