US 12,395,037 B2
Hydrogen recirculation blower
Andre Becker, Bann (DE); Thomas Glass, Rockenhausen (DE); and Kai Homann, Mainz (DE)
Assigned to BorgWarner Inc., Auburn Hills, MI (US)
Filed by BorgWarner Inc., Auburn Hills, MI (US)
Filed on Feb. 15, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/672,056.
Claims priority of application No. 102022100750.2 (DE), filed on Jan. 13, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0223811 A1, Jul. 13, 2023
Int. Cl. H02K 5/136 (2006.01); F04D 13/06 (2006.01); F04D 17/16 (2006.01); F04D 25/06 (2006.01); F04D 29/02 (2006.01); F04D 29/40 (2006.01); H02K 15/14 (2025.01)
CPC H02K 5/136 (2013.01) [F04D 25/0606 (2013.01); H02K 15/14 (2013.01); F04D 13/0626 (2013.01); F04D 17/16 (2013.01); F04D 25/0693 (2013.01); F04D 29/023 (2013.01); F04D 29/403 (2013.01)] 7 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A hydrogen recirculation blower for a hydrogen return arrangement in a fuel cell system, said hydrogen recirculation blower comprising:
a rotatable rotor with a first end region on which an impeller is arranged and with a second end region facing away from the impeller,
a stator with coil windings and with a hydrogen barrier which is formed as a hollow body, the rotor being arranged in a cavity of the hydrogen barrier, and the hydrogen barrier running both between the rotor and the coil windings and between the impeller and the coil windings, wherein the rotor and the stator form an electric motor for driving the impeller,
a printed circuit board which is arranged spatially separately from the cavity and adjacent to a side of the cavity which faces away from the impeller,
a first bearing guiding the rotor at a first end region of a housing adjacent the impeller, and
a second bearing guiding the rotor at a second end region of the housing opposite the first end region and spaced from the impeller,
wherein the hydrogen barrier comprises a containment can formed as a single piece with a cylindrical shell surrounding the rotor longitudinally, with a base at a side of the containment can facing away from the impeller and preventing permeation of hydrogen to the printed circuit board, and with a collar, which encircles the cavity, at a side of the containment can facing toward the impeller, and which covers the windings in a direction from the windings to the impeller, wherein the base of the containment can comprises a closed base,
wherein the second bearing is located in the containment can, and
wherein the rotor is arranged in the containment can in such a manner that the second end region is arranged inside the containment can.