System and method for electric machine cooling
US12212217B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 13, 2022 |
| Grant date | Jan 28, 2025 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 4, 2043 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH02K3/12
- WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Stator packages and electric machines, and methods for cooling same, are disclosed herein. In an example embodiment, an electric machine includes a rotor, and a stator package having one or more stator coils, stator core portions, and a heat exchanger. The stator core portions and heat exchanger are arranged successively along a central axis, with the heat exchanger being positioned between the stator core portions. Each of the stator coils is arranged to extend along/within the stator core portions and heat exchanger. The heat exchanger includes walls forming passageways configured so that coolant entering the heat exchanger via an inlet both flows circumferentially from the inlet to an outlet, and additionally flows in an undulating manner both radially inwardly and outwardly substantially in between outer and inner wall surfaces of the heat exchanger, such that the coolant cools the one or more stator coils and the stator core portions.
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