Patents Examined by Thank Lam
  • Apparatus and method for cooling rotor and stator motor cores
    Patent number: 7692352
    Abstract: A laminated core for a motor includes a plurality of laminations each of which are disposed in a non-spaced relation to an adjacent lamination and each of which have a disc-like configuration and wherein the plurality of laminations are each dimensioned and configured to provide for a flow of a cooling fluid traveling in a radial direction to a rotational axis of the motor. A method of cooling a motor is also presented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2010
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventor: Robert David Sirois