Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft

Yann Tremaudant

Daniel Loos

Felix Merz

A rotor shaft of an electric motor, in particular of an electrically excited synchronous machine, is composed of a shaft body and a power transmission module, the shaft body having a tubular open end that faces the power transmission module and forms a seat in which an end of the power transmission module located closer to the shaft body is interlockingly accommodated in the seat.

Rotor shaft of an electric motor

An electric drive unit for a motor vehicle includes an electrical machine having a stator and a rotor. An inverter having a first switch unit energizes a first phase system (U, V, W) of the stator. A transmission is connected to the rotor for torque transmission. A lubricant circuit lubricates the transmission and/or cools the rotor. A first cooling circuit cools the first switch unit. A lubricant-coolant heat exchanger thermally couples the first coolant circuit and the lubricant circuit. A control device provides a dissipation-increasing operating mode for the first switch unit in order to increase a dissipation heating a coolant of the first coolant circuit. The lubricant-coolant heat exchanger transfers heat from the heated coolant to the lubricant circuit in order to reduce a viscosity of a lubricant.

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