COOLING SYSTEM FOR AN ELECTRIC MOTOR
Application 1454/KOL/2007 published 2008-07-11, filed 2007-10-24
The present invention provides a stator assembly for an electromechanical hybrid transmission. The stator assembly is generally annular and defines a centrally located rotor aperture configured to accommodate a rotor. The stator assembly includes a stator core having a plurality of radially inwardly extending stator teeth, and a stator wire wound around each of the stator teeth to form a plurality of stator coils. Epoxy resin is applied between each pair of adjacent stator teeth. The epoxy resin defines a plurality of stator cooling channels located in close proximity to the stator coils, and a plurality of rotor cooling channels located in close proximity to the rotor aperture. A cooling medium is disposed within the stator cooling channels and the rotor cooling channels such that the stator coils and a later assembled rotor can be cooled. No. of Pages : 15 No. of Claims : 17
Applicant
1)GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS, INC
:300 GM RENAISSANCE CENTER DETROIT, MICHIGAN U.S.A.
Inventor
1)TIMOTHY J. ALFERMANN 2)ARTHUR L. MC GREW JR.
International Info
Classification: H02K1/20; H02K9/19; H02K1/12
Priority Information
11/561,083 U.S.A. 2006-11-17