US 11,708,789 B2
Generator module
Matthew Payne, Glenmont, OH (US); and Markus Steinberger, Sagamore Hills, OH (US)
Assigned to Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG, Herzogenaurach (DE)
Filed by Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG, Herzogenaurach (DE)
Filed on Dec. 23, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/560,313.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/253,817, filed on Oct. 8, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0114756 A1, Apr. 13, 2023
Int. Cl. H02J 3/01 (2006.01); F02B 63/04 (2006.01); H02K 7/18 (2006.01); F02B 63/06 (2006.01)
CPC F02B 63/042 (2013.01) [F02B 63/044 (2013.01); F02B 63/06 (2013.01); H02K 7/1815 (2013.01); F02B 2063/045 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A generator module, comprising:
a housing comprising:
a face arranged for mounting to a rear face of an internal combustion engine; and
a pump housing comprising a cylindrical protrusion;
a generator stator fixed in the housing;
a generator rotor arranged radially inside of the generator stator;
a bearing:
pressed onto the cylindrical protrusion; and
arranged to support a radial inside of a distal end, opposite the face, of the generator rotor on the housing; and
a rotary position sensor comprising an encoder fixed to a distal end of the cylindrical protrusion.