LIQUID COOLED MOTORS USING HYDRAULIC EXPANSION TUBES WITH CORRUGATED CONTACT

    公开(公告)号:US20230208255A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-06-29

    申请号:US17559894

    申请日:2021-12-22

    Applicant: ABB Schweiz AG

    CPC classification number: H02K9/197 H02K1/20

    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to electrical machines, such as liquid-cooled motors. The liquid-cooled motors can include a stator with cooling tube channels (e.g., corrugated channels) having tubes inserted and expanded. Lamination holes for each lamination in the lamination stack of the stator can have varying diameter along the axial direction to achieve a corrugated internal feature. The tubes for cooling liquid can be fitted in the lamination holes of the stator. In some embodiments, hydraulic expansion expands and plastically deforms the tubes to the contour of the corrugated internal feature of the corrugated channel. In some embodiments, the tube can also be inserted in the corrugated channel and a stator head plate, thereby helping create a compact stator by removing the need for tube connections to connect the corrugated channels.

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