ELECTRIC MOTOR SPEED-INDEPENDENT SYMMETRIC COOLANT FLOW DESIGN

Organization Name

ford global technologies, llc

Inventor(s)

Matthew Schmitt of Southgate MI (US)

Joel Hetrick of Ann Arbor MI (US)

Devan Anderson of Taylor MI (US)

Jeremy Ikerd of Eastpointe MI (US)

Bharath Madduri of Canton MI (US)

Chin-Yuan Perng of Ann Arbor MI (US)

Sudhir Kumar of Ann Arbor MI (US)

ELECTRIC MOTOR SPEED-INDEPENDENT SYMMETRIC COOLANT FLOW DESIGN

This abstract first appeared for US patent application 20240413687 titled 'ELECTRIC MOTOR SPEED-INDEPENDENT SYMMETRIC COOLANT FLOW DESIGN

Original Abstract Submitted

an electric motor may be provided having a rotor shaft having an internal oil channel therein and a plurality of radial feed oil channels positioned about a middle and center of the rotor shaft, a rotor core, the rotor core having a plurality of axial channels therein, and a pair of end plates coupled to the rotor shaft, where each end plate has alternating inclined channels and drain holes so as to alternate a flow direction of the oil in each adjacent pole.