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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 13, 2020
Filed:
Feb. 06, 2018
Applicant:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Inventors:
Nicholas Taylor Moore, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Daniel Alan Niergarth, Norwood, OH (US);
Paul Robert Gemin, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02K 3/42 (2006.01); H02K 1/27 (2006.01); H02K 1/16 (2006.01); H02K 9/22 (2006.01); H02K 21/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02K 3/42 (2013.01); H02K 1/165 (2013.01); H02K 1/2793 (2013.01); H02K 9/22 (2013.01); H02K 21/026 (2013.01); H02K 2201/03 (2013.01);
Abstract
An axial flux electric machine includes a rotor assembly rotatable about an axis, and a stator assembly. The stator assembly includes a stator face defining an air gap along an axial direction with the rotor assembly, the stator assembly further including a yoke, the yoke including a back surface, the back surface defining an inwardly sloped angle with the radial direction greater than two degrees.