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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 20, 2018
Filed:
Nov. 30, 2016
Applicant:
Rockwell Automation Technologies, Inc., Mayfield Heights, OH (US);
Inventors:
Steven Herrmann, Chaska, MN (US);
Chetan Chandrasekara, Chanhassen, MN (US);
Assignee:
Rockwell Automation Technologies, Inc., Mayfield Heights, OH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02K 9/22 (2006.01); H02K 11/21 (2016.01); H02K 15/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02K 9/22 (2013.01); H02K 11/21 (2016.01); H02K 15/02 (2013.01); H02K 2213/03 (2013.01);
Abstract
An electric motor assembly including a housing, an electric motor supported in a motor compartment of the housing, an encoder operatively coupled to the electric motor and supported in an encoder compartment of the housing, and a heat sink surrounding at least a portion of the encoder, the heat sink in thermal contact with an end cap of the housing at least partially defining the encoder compartment, whereby the heat sink is adapted to absorb heat from the encoder and conduct heat to the end cap.