Patents by Inventor Sam LEROY

Sam LEROY has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20250119022
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided to cool an electric machine rotor. The electric machine fluid cooling system includes, in one example, one or more air vents in fluidic communication with one or more radial cooling passages of a rotor shaft. In the system, the radial cooling passages are in fluidic communication with one or more rotor shaft cooling passages that extend through the rotor shaft and an inlet cooling passage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2024
    Publication date: April 10, 2025
    Inventors: Steven VANHEE, Jaywant S. PAWAR, Maarten DEBROUWERE, Sam LEROY
  • Publication number: 20240380281
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided to cool an electric machine rotor. The electric machine fluid cooling system includes, in one example, an air vent in fluidic communication with a radial coolant passage of a rotor shaft. In the system, the radial coolant passage is in fluidic communication with a rotor shaft coolant passage that extends through a rotor shaft and an inlet coolant passage that extends through a rotor shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2024
    Publication date: November 14, 2024
    Inventors: Jaywant S. PAWAR, Steven VANHEE, Maarten DEBROUWERE, Sam LEROY, Laurens VAN EYKEREN