Offset Cooling Fins Patents (Class 310/216.014)
  • Patent number: 12191711
    Abstract: The invention relates to a stator device (2) for an electric machine (1), comprising —a stator body (3), —a plurality of cooling channels (9a-9x) that are designed to cool the stator body (3) and extend along the stator body (3) in an axial direction, and —a cooling fluid connection device (7) that delimits a connection channel (12) axially outwards and in a radial manner, said connection channel extending in the circumferential direction, wherein the axial end of each cooling channel opens into the connection channel, and the connection channel extends radially inwards further than the cooling channels (9a-9x).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Assignee: Valeo Siemens eAutomotive Germany GmbH
    Inventors: Sebastian Waider, Philipp Söntgerath, Nils Krais
  • Patent number: 11929648
    Abstract: An electric motor includes: a stator including a first stator core, a second stator core, and a slot in which a stator winding is disposed, and a rotor including a first rotor core facing a first stator core in a radial direction and a second stator core facing the second stator core in the radial direction. The first stator core and the second stator core are laminated in an axial direction. The stator includes a depression formed in a position facing the slot and not touching the stator winding. A volume of the first rotor core is smaller than a volume of the second rotor core.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Tomoki Masuko, Masahiro Nigo
  • Patent number: 11171545
    Abstract: A stator assembly for an electric motor includes a laminate steel core arranged on an axis. The stator assembly also includes a fluid inlet and a fluid outlet. The stator assembly additionally includes a stator housing arranged on the axis concentrically with respect to the laminate steel core. The stator housing has a conduit fluidly connected to each of the fluid inlet and the fluid outlet and configured to circulate fluid around the laminate steel core. The stator assembly also includes a structural skeleton embedded in the stator housing. The structural skeleton is thereby configured to reinforce the stator housing. An electric motor employing the above-described stator assembly is also contemplated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLC
    Inventors: Anthony M. Coppola, Alireza Fatemi, Bradley A. Newcomb, Derek F. Lahr, Sean R. Wagner
  • Patent number: 10784745
    Abstract: A stator for an electrical machine (e.g., a motor or generator) is described. The stator includes a stator core consisting of a plurality of axially adjacent generally annular laminations. The stator has axially extending stator teeth between adjacent pairs of which are formed axially extending stator slots for receiving conductors of a stator winding. At least one of the stator teeth includes an axially extending cooling passageway through which a cooling fluid flows in use. The electrical machine can include means for circulating cooling fluid through the cooling passageway(s) to cool the stacked laminations and means for circulating air around the stator along an air cooling circuit where the circulated air is cooled by the stator laminations and there is no need for a separate heat exchanger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2020
    Assignee: GE ENERGY POWER CONVERSION TECHNOLOGY LTD.
    Inventors: Benjamin Guy Salter, Joseph Christy Eugene, Graham Derek Le Flem
  • Patent number: 10415597
    Abstract: An electric pump can have a stator with a stator core defining a plurality of poles, a coil of electrically conductive material extending around each respective one of the plurality of poles, and a stator-cooling chamber, as well as an impeller coupled to a rotor. A first region can be at least partially occupied by the impeller and fluidicly coupled with the stator-cooling chamber to convey a working fluid from the first region into the stator-cooling chamber. The stator-cooling chamber can be configured to facilitate heat transfer from the stator core and/or the coils to the working fluid in the stator-cooling chamber. Cooling systems can incorporate such a pump. Related methods also are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: CoolIT Systems, Inc.
    Inventor: Geoff Sean Lyon
  • Patent number: 9825508
    Abstract: A linear motor device includes a track member with multiple magnets with alternating N poles and S poles arranged along the moving direction, and a moving body with a configuration which includes an armature which is movably mounted on the track member; and the device generates a driving force in the moving direction between the magnetic flux created armature and the magnets of track member. The armature also includes a heat conduction member arranged in cooling passages formed in cores of the armature. By this, coils on the moving body side are cooled efficiently, and a large driving force can be achieved by passing a large current as well as maintaining a large space for winding the coils in order to increase the winding count.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2017
    Assignee: FUJI MACHINE MFG. CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Makoto Kainuma, Ryo Nagata, Masatoshi Fujita, Shuhei Yamada
  • Patent number: 9729018
    Abstract: An electric machine is provided. The electric machine may comprise an inlet and a stator fluidly coupled to the inlet. The stator may comprise a first cooling channel formed in the stator with a first cross-sectional area. A second cooling channel may be formed in the stator and have a second cross-sectional area. The first cross-sectional area may be less than the second cross-sectional area. The electric machine may also include an outlet fluidly coupled to the stator. A stator assembly is also provided. The stator assembly may include a first channel with a first cross-sectional area and a second channel with a second cross-sectional area. The second cross-sectional area may be less than the first cross-sectional area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2017
    Assignee: HAMILTON SUNDSTRAND CORPORATION
    Inventors: Andreas C. Koenig, Joseph K. Coldwate
  • Patent number: 7876018
    Abstract: A synchronous reluctance motor comprises a stator and a rotor, the rotor comprising: a rotation shaft; a first core having a shaft hole for inserting the rotation shaft at a center thereof, and having a plurality of first flux barrier groups arranged along a circumferential direction of the shaft hole and spacing from each other; and a second core having a receiving hole larger than the shaft hole at a center thereof, and stacked at one side of the first core in an axial line direction. A length of the rotor protruding from a supporting portion can be decreased without reducing a stacked thickness thereof, and a vibration occurrence in a horizontal direction with respect to the rotation shaft can be reduced, thereby enhancing a reliability of the synchronous reluctance motor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2011
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Jae-Yoon Oh, Kyung-Hoon Lee, June-Hee Won, Gil-Su Lee, Hyun-Hun Shin, Dal-Ho Cheong, Jun-Ho Ahn