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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 17, 2020
Filed:
Mar. 27, 2017
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Cyrille Goldstein, Ferndale, MI (US);
Joel Hetrick, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02K 5/20 (2006.01); H02K 9/193 (2006.01); H02K 7/00 (2006.01); H02K 9/19 (2006.01); H02K 1/32 (2006.01); H02K 9/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02K 9/193 (2013.01); H02K 1/32 (2013.01); H02K 5/20 (2013.01); H02K 7/006 (2013.01); H02K 9/19 (2013.01); H02K 9/00 (2013.01);
Abstract
An electric machine is provided. The electric machine may include a rotor disposed on a shaft and an endplate. The endplate may define a coolant capture ring. The coolant capture ring may have tapered side walls that extend from an outer portion of the endplate toward the shaft at a periphery thereof. The coolant capture ring may be configured to deflect coolant captured by the coolant capture ring and expelled by the shaft due to centrifugal forces associated with the rotation of the shaft.