Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Method to improve e-machine durability
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Application No.: US17591565Application Date: 2022-02-02
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Publication No.: US12132370B2Publication Date: 2024-10-29
- Inventor: Xiaogang Zhang
- 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: H02K3/50
- IPC: H02K3/50 ; H02K5/173 ; H02K5/24 ; B60L7/10 ; B60L50/60

Abstract:
An e-machine that provides propulsion and regenerative braking includes a rotor and a stator that includes pin conductors encircling the stator. Current is conducted around the stator for a plurality of phases of alternating current. Phase terminals and neutral terminals are connected by terminal connectors to a plurality of wires that connect to the neutral terminal or connect the phase terminals to a source of alternating current. The terminal contacts include means for dampening vibration disposed adjacent terminals. The means for dampening vibration may include a spiral segment of the wire that encircles the terminal or the spiral segment may be disposed adjacent the terminal. A flexible joint assembly may be a clamp including a terminal contact that is movable on ball bearings between an upper jaw and a lower jaw. Another flexible joint assembly may include a receptacle that receives a plug supported on ball bearings.
Public/Granted literature
- US20230246505A1 METHOD TO IMPROVE E-MACHINE DURABILITY Public/Granted day:2023-08-03
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