American Axle & Manufacturing, Inc.

Ravi S Desai

Wei Ping Li

Chih-Hung Chung

Yogesh Mehta

Jifa Mei

Anoop Vasu

Shizhu Xing

A weldment includes a first component, a second component, and a weld joint coupling the first and second components together. The weld joint forms a heat affected zone in the first component and creates residual tensile stress in the first component. The first and second components cooperate to define a pocket configured to position a highest magnitude of the residual tensile stress in the first component in a location that is outside of the heat affected zone of the first component.

Vehicle driveline component with weldment having air pocket configured to shift residual stress in weldment away from the weld joint

A rotor lamination for an electric motor includes a body and a plurality of tangs. The body defines a shaft aperture, which defines a rotor axis, a plurality of flux directing aperture (FDA) sets, and a plurality of mass reduction apertures that are formed through the body. The FDA sets are spaced circumferentially about the body and each includes one or more apertures that are configured to receive a permanent magnet therein and/or form a flux barrier. The mass reduction apertures are disposed radially between the shaft aperture and the plurality of flux directing aperture sets. Each of the tangs is coupled to the body and extends radially inward into the shaft aperture. Each of the tangs has a pair of side walls that are disposed about a first centerline that intersects the rotor axis and an associated one of the mass reduction apertures that is disposed radially outwardly therefrom.

Rotor lamination and related rotor and electric motor incorporating same

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Troy, MI, United States of America

Ravi S Desai