Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Thermal management assembly for an electrified vehicle
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Application No.: US15072731Application Date: 2016-03-17
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Publication No.: US10086538B2Publication Date: 2018-10-02
- Inventor: Prasad Dev Hanumalagutti , Michael W. Degner , Edward Chan-Jiun Jih , Guangyin Lei , Franco Leonardi
- Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Applicant Address: US MI Dearborn
- Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Current Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US MI Dearborn
- Agency: Brooks Kushman P.C.
- Agent David B. Kelley
- Main IPC: B29C41/42
- IPC: B29C41/42 ; B29C41/14 ; B29C41/20 ; B29C41/40 ; H02K3/24 ; B29K63/00 ; B29L31/34 ; B60K6/26 ; H02K9/197

Abstract:
A cover for a housing of an electric machine is provided. The cover may include an inner sidewall and an outer sidewall. The outer sidewall may be spaced apart from the inner sidewall to define a coolant channel therebetween. The inner sidewall and outer sidewall may be defined by an interior surface of the cover such that the coolant channel receives end windings of a stator of the electric machine when the cover is secured to the housing. The interior surface of the cover may define features between the sidewalls to promote turbulence of coolant flowing through the coolant channel. The interior surface of the cover may define a meandering trough between the sidewalls to form a predetermined coolant path relative to a location of the end windings when the cover is secured to the housing.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170271940A1 Thermal Management Assembly for an Electrified Vehicle Public/Granted day:2017-09-21
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