Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Motor end cap design that functions as a lube distributor in hybrid transmissions
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Application No.: US16778907Application Date: 2020-01-31
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Publication No.: US11984787B2Publication Date: 2024-05-14
- Inventor: Nathan Radl , Emily Yang
- 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: H02K5/15
- IPC: H02K5/15 ; H02K5/20 ; H02K9/19

Abstract:
An endplate for an electric machine may include a disc-like body defining at least one opening and a corresponding channel extending therefrom, the channel extending from the at least one opening to a distal diameter of the body, the opening configured to allow coolant to pass therethrough, and a lip arranged around a circumference of the body and extending therefrom, the lip configured to guide the coolant into the at least one opening to supply coolant at an end winding of a stator of the electric machine.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210242746A1 MOTOR END CAP DESIGN THAT FUNCTIONS AS A LUBE DISTRIBUTOR IN HYBRID TRANSMISSIONS Public/Granted day:2021-08-05
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